Joe Haldeman - It's fair to say that white America wouldn't have elected an African-American...

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It's fair to say that white America wouldn't have elected an African-American president without the integrating effect of black music - from Louis Armstrong to hip-hop - and black drama and fiction, commercial as much as 'serious.'

Joe Haldeman

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Man kann sagen, dass das weiße Amerika ohne die integrierende Wirkung der schwarzen Musik - von Louis Armstrong bis zum Hip-Hop - und des schwarzen Dramas und der Fiktion, die ebenso kommerziell wie "ernsthaft" sind, keinen afroamerikanischen Präsidenten gewählt hätte.

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