good morning. or as say and say in texas, hi you all. it s a great day to be in austin texas and today i have the honor and pleasure to be at the book festival with the moderator new york times author and writer, rachel swarns. i m going to tell you a few things about rachel because i know you came here to hear her and not me and because our time is limited. she has worked for the new york times since 1995 reporting on domestic policy, national politics, immigration, the presidential campaigns of 2004 and 2008 and on first lady michelle obama and her role in the obama white house. i met rachel at different events this year where i got a book that she wrote, american tapestry the story of the black, white and multiracial ancestors of michelle obama. after hearing her talk, i bought six more copies. i bought them for all of my family members and to give out as christmas gifts. now after having read her book i can tell you is a good investment. it helped me better unders
great day to be in texas and today i have the honor and pleasure to be at the texas book festival serving as a moderator, and i m pleased to be here with rachel l. swams. i will tell you a few things about rachel because you came here to hear her and not me and our time is limited. she has worked for the new york times since 1995. reporting on domestic policy, national politics, immigration, the presidential campaign of 2004, and 2008, and first lady michele obama and her role in the obama white house. i met rachel at an event this year where i bought a book, the book she wrote, american tapestry: the story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of michelle obama . after hearing her talk, i d bought six more copies. i bought them for all my family members and to give out as christmas gifts. now after having read her book i can tell you it was a good investment. it helps me better understand my own family and many mysteries surrounding my own family. rachel l. swams s
view, are completely unobjectionable. dick gregory titled his first autobiography, nigger an autobiography. and richard pryor with two great albums, that nigger is crazy and bicentennial nigger. host: when you wrote the book, it was published in 2002. what reaction did you get? host: when i do. guest: when i wrote the book i got a lot of reaction, some positive and some negative. and continue to get some positive reactions and negative reactions. some people took real offense at the title. if there was one aspect of the book that probably got me the most negative reaction was people who complained about the title, and who thought that i was being sensationalist, i was exploiting this term by putting it right there in the title, right there on the cover of a book that would appear in your book stores all across america. and what i said to people was and i still say and i say this unapologetically if you write a book you want people to read your book. there ar
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