Maya Angelou

I caught this over at Jack and Jill Politics. It looks like the Hilary Clinton campaign has released a video of the poet Maya Angelou officially endorsing Clinton’s candidacy. (It’s after the jump.)

The video is so interesting, as it uses Angelou’s blackness to authenticate Clinton’s femininity, and by some kind of metaphysical extension, her integrity as a candidate. Mainly consisting of images voiced over by Angelou, Read the rest of this entry »