There’s No Problem With Obama’s Hanging Out With Jay-Z and Tiger Woods

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The president, argues Allison Samuels, is sending a message with the African-American company he keeps.

Published Feb. 28 2013 4:45AM EST

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Just this past Sunday The New York Post’s Phil Mushnick penned a rather self-righteous article condemning President Barack Obama’s highly visible friendship with the rapper Jay-Z.

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The angry post examining the friendship between the two men was in many ways long overdue for a president regularly analyzed and usually criticized for...

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There’s No Problem With Obama’s Hanging Out With Jay-Z and Tiger Woods

The president, argues Allison Samuels, is sending a message with the African-American company he keeps.

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Allison Samuels