NPR, Tell Me More, March 26, by Michel Martin
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89109192
“When [Barack Obama is] governing, race will be important simply because it’s required to address it, I believe, in order to forge the kind of moral and political consensus we need on issues whether it’s immigration or whether it’s when do we use troops abroad…. If you hide from the issue of race than you’re going to fail in your obligations as a leader to build bridges that will connect people across lines of class and color.”