"I had no identity [when I was 27] - I was terrified that somebody would ask me what I was doing, and I would have no answer."

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Barack Obama's said some very nice things and he says them well. But if you ask me, the reason that we're looking at somebody who is such an inexperienced senator, who has said some very pleasant but not especially sterling or innovative things, the reason that he's considered such a big deal is simply because he's black.

— John H. McWhorter