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Senator Barack Obama has a good chance of becoming America's first-ever black president. SPIEGEL spoke with the Reverend Al Sharpton about Obama's chances, whether the black community will offer its support, and how big the problem of racism still is in the US.

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jovial
March 21, 2007, 1:10 p.m.
This is a profound statemen by Al Sharpton.
"We had the first black secretary of state and the second black secretary of state and they brought us the most wicked war in our lifetime. So you have to be more than our color. You have to be our kind."
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Locky12
March 21, 2007, 9:45 p.m.
Rush Limbaugh had a parody of Al Sharpton singing:
"Barack, the magic negro, lives in D.C. and the LA Times returns his calls because he's not black authentically".
(Sung to Puff the Magic Dragon)