Couldn't resist that Subject line. And the quote is accurate, although the context is what makes it interesting.
"We Don’t Live on the Moon Or Have Flying Cars, But We Do Have a Black President: What Science Fiction Can Teach Us About Barack Obama" http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2011/07/16/we-dont-live-on-the-moon-or-have-flying-cars-but-we-do-have-a-black-president-what-science-fiction-can-teach-us-about-barack-obama/ None of the links in that article work. Here are a couple that looked worth pursuing. http://www.amazon.com/American-Science-Fiction-Isiah-Lavender/dp/0253222591/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310850923&sr=8-1 Race in American Science Fiction, by Isiah Lavender III http://afrofuturism.net/ Afrofuturism Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
