Obama's race speech (Scripting News)

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Obama's race speech

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 by Dave Winer.

Presidential candidate Barack Obama gave a speech today about race.

Here's an MP3 of Obama's speech.

Video of the speech.

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Dave Winer, 53, pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies. A native New Yorker, he received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Tulane University and currently lives in Berkeley, California.

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