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Well, it’s over.? But still, Snoop shared his thoughts on Barack Obama getting the nomination in Esquire’s “What I’ve Learned” spread.

“Barack Obama makes me feel good to be a black man. Just seein’ him up there representin’ intelligently and really knowing what he talkin’ about and defending his shit even when they try and shoot at him. The old president and baby girl — Bill and Hill — they tried to double wop on him. Boo bop. But he have enough game to get out of that.”

I’m not quite sure what it means to double wop on someone, but I’m pretty sure no one actually tried to shoot Barack Obama.? Also, wouldn’t it be great if Snoop Dogg could narrate your life and make even the most trite and boring aspects of your day sound exciting?

“Yeah that’s Jim representin’ the moring cereal.? Double O’s!”? You best believe that I’m going to double wop on Phil from accounting later today.? I’m sure there are a million more jokes to be made that I don’t have time for… but just think about Snoop Dogg narrating your day.? [via]

This is an excellently cut recap of the Democratic Primary. The narration is concise and enjoyable; the VFX are as good as you could hope for from a segment produced by Slate. Which is to say that writer Chadwich Matlin and director Andy Bouve should be commended for their efforts.

Even if you aren’t into politics this is a good primer to catch up on the hootenanny of the past year and wet your lips to looking ahead to November.

Obama wrapped up the Democratic nomination last night and with his speech he tried to look towards John McCain and praise Hillary Clinton for a hard fought race.

But Sen. Clinton refused to accept the obvious and go quietly into the night. MORE »

Leave it to Al Jazeera of all places to explore the reasons why people in the Appalachian region of this country won’t vote for a black man to be their President. This video takes place in Kentucky. And despite the explosive topic, I can’t believe that major American news outlets haven’t explored this. Of course, they’ll be the first to claim that Sen. Obama can’t win the white vote, citing losses in several Appalachian states as the reason why. And now we know it’s not white people that won’t vote for Obama, it’s a very specific type of white person.

Still, according to Halfricanrevolution, the piece still doesn’t go into the history of coal mining.

“After emancipation, coal mining companies sought an advantage over unions by hiring former slaves as scabs since, the unions were racist, wouldn’t allow blacks as members. The companies didn’t have to fulfill many obligations to this new, unorganized labor force, and a lot of white miners lost their jobs. So it actually makes sense that people would see race relations as a question of pure exploitation; with one side dominating the other. That’s the history of the region.

Exploiting racial tensions helped the coal companies make a buck. And that story was repeated in urban and rural areas all over the country for years. So who exactly benefited from all this racial tension? It wasn’t coal miners or factory workers.”