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Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson, and political expectations.

Hello again, I'm Orman Alany, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

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Jesse Jackson apologized quickly for the crude way he criticized Barack Obama, but the sentiment behind his comments is shared by other black Americans.

Before Jackson was overheard in a TV green room, Obama was scolded for lurching right by Bob Herbert, columnist for the New York Times.

On To the Point,

we'll hear other African-Americans say that Obama's unexpected success leaves them with a sense of vertigo. Should he talk more about correcting the legacy of slavery and discrimination? Does his

nomination mean that black victimhood is a thing of the past? On reporter's notebook later on,

will a head of state face criminal charges

at the International Criminal Court.

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Barack Obama is the first African-American to secure the nomination of a major political party.

Black leaders and public intellectuals who never thought that would happen are struggling over

how to respond. On To the Point, if Obama is moving toward the center in order to win,

is he abandoning the struggle of black people? Has his very success redeemed the legacy of slavery and

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