How do black people respond to Michael McDonald exactly? There's something weirder and perhaps less objectionable about a white guy who sings in a way that doesn't sound like a white guy ripping stuff off from black music but that sounds like a white guy who's literally hoping that if nobody can see him, they'll assume he's black. Then again maybe Elvis and Mick Jagger actually thought that was what they were doing at the time.
Here's a piece no one cared about. Meh, whatever, probably the most enjoyable article I did during my stint at TIME. Premiered a month before I got laid-off. The nail in the coffin? Ya think?
Here's me going after Al. I didn't so much have a problem with him, as I had a problem with media acting like this dude was the go-to guy for everything black.
This was my first real story at time. I was writing for the Business section, a real change of direction for me. At any rate, it's about Wal-Mart's attempts to colonize the inner-city. As much as I enjoyed this piece, I mostly enjoyed going out to Chicago, which is a beautiful, beautiful city.
This a piece I did about the cops just outside our nation capitol, in Prince George's County, a few years back. I wanted to offer a counter to the dumb, conventional wisdom that if you paint your police force black, you could eradicate police brutality. In fact, Prince George's--one of the richest, blackest counties in the country--also had one of the most brutal police force's in the country.
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood 
And sang it as a cover of Ray Charles' iconic version at that.
Such is Obama's power that he can make Michael McDonald tolerable.
Heh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv4Wkmy7J0o
Even more Michael McDonald on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTI8vg7A5U
Sometimes, It really pays not to watch CSPAN's unedited coverage.
How do black people respond to Michael McDonald exactly? There's something weirder and perhaps less objectionable about a white guy who sings in a way that doesn't sound like a white guy ripping stuff off from black music but that sounds like a white guy who's literally hoping that if nobody can see him, they'll assume he's black. Then again maybe Elvis and Mick Jagger actually thought that was what they were doing at the time.
How do black people respond to Michael McDonald exactly?
Um, we aren't that monolithic, dude. Some of us like him, some don't
me, I live the guy. Doobies, keep forgetting, and all that. Yah mo be there is a hilarious video