People of all races are still discussing the whole ‘articulate black’ issue. I’ve had half a dozen conversations about it directly and my friends tell me they’re discussing it with their friends, too. Senator Joseph Biden’s comments, and the rush of media analysis that followed, touched a nerve about appropriate sensitivity vs. irrational political correctness. Here is Biden’s quote, as it appeared in the New York Observer on 2/5/07:
“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, …