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Transcript: Op-Ed: Black Isn't The 'New Black'
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- January 26, 2009
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LYNN NEARY
NPR Talk of the Nation
01-26-2009
Op-Ed: Black Isn't The 'New Black'
Host. LYNN NEARY
Time 2:00-3:00 PM
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LYNN NEARY, host.
This is Talk of the Nation. I'm Lynn Neary in Washington, and now the Opinion Page. The day after President Obama's inauguration, Larry King made the comment, black is in.
(Soundbite of CNN show "Larry King Live")
Mr. LARRY KING (American Television and Radio Host): My younger son Cannon, he is eight. And he now says that he would like to be black.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. KING: I'm not kidding He wants - there's a lot of advantages for being black. Black is in.
Mr. BOB WOODWARD (Associated Editor, Washington Post): Oh well.
Mr. KING: Is this a ...