him down. you get the idea. we can quarrel with how those factors apply but the general idea that is being judged, both on the performative idea. it is the basic point to put on the table. >> and i have another pop culture clip that i pulled about the president when he first announced his candidacy back in 2007. this is stephen colbert about whether or not barack obama is black. >> settle something for me. is barack obama black? >> no. he's not. in the american political context, black means the son of west african -- the descendant of west africans brought here to labor in the united states. it is not a putdown. it is not to say he hasn't suffered. it is not to say he doesn't have a glorious lineage of his own. it is to say that he and i who are descended from west african slaves brought to manager, we are not the same.