Run through an ebonics translator....
On his pre-inaugural visit ta Ben’s Chili Bowl, uh landmark fo’ Washington’s African-American community, President Barack Obama wuz asked by uh cashier if he wanted his change back.
“Nah, we’s straight,” Obama replied.
The phrase wuz so subtle some listeners missed it. The reporter on pool duty quoted Obama as saying, “No, we’re straight.”
But many other listeners did not miss it. A video o’ da exchange became an Internet hit, an’ dere wuz uh clear moment o’ recognition among many blacks, who got uh smoke out o’ they Harvard-educated prezident sounding, as one commenter wrote on uh hip-hop site, “mad tight.”
On matters o’ racial identity, many observers in da African-American community say he benefits from what’sknown as “dog-whistle politics.” His language, mannerisms an’ symbols resonate deeply wiff his black supporters, even as da references largely sail over da heads o’ whitey audiences. slap mah fro!
Tru dat!
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