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PJ Mediahttps://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/07/31/when-acknowledgment-means-perpetuation-or-obama-liberals-and-the-issue-of-race/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 08:41:34 -0400When "acknowledgment" means "perpetuation," or Obama, liberals, and the issue of race.<![CDATA[There is probably a lot one could say about the piece The New York Times ran yesterday about Barack Obama’s 12-year tenure teaching law at the University of Chicago. That Obama “never completed a single work of legal scholarship” may seem surprising given that he was teaching at a major research university where, as the Times notes, “most colleagues published by the pound.” Unsurprising is that, even back then, Obama exuded an aura of “self-absorption” and was surrounded by “groupies.” Also unsurprising is that fact that much of his teaching concerned issues of race and that, as the Times puts it, he “was especially eager for his charges to understand the horrors of the past, students say.” Just this past Sunday, at a Chicago fundraiser, he lectured his audience about the “sad,” even “tragic” nature of America’s past. “I personally would want to see our tragic history, or the tragic elements of our history, acknowledged,” he said.]]>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:34:00 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2008/07/31/when-acknowledgment-means-perpetuation-or-obama-liberals-and-the-issue-of-race-n115039