Drapetomaniac

While the press wonders whether or not Obama can capture Latino votes, they have ignored that his iconic “Yes, we can” speech is a remix of the Cesar Chávez ¡Sí se puede! This is public rhetoric being remixed from one generation to another. One wonders what would have happened if the United Farm Workers trademarked the phrase. In reality, the UFW has prevented others from trademarking it while maintaining it as their own intellectual property, but at the same time has not appeared to hinder many civil rights movements from using it.

A more political BTW – I also don’t like the idea of a whole generation growing up under only Bush and Clinton leadership. They are not royalty. I used to support McCain in his first run, until his straight talk racial problems and his blatant lies about the war before he even gets into office to claim executive privilege.

And back to remixes-

There was a Bollywood remix of Obama that was amusing, but Will I Am of Black Eyed Peas is more on message. This is an unsolicited video he created after watching Obama’s speech.