Did Obama wear a tuxedo to address the Congressional Black Caucus?

'Cause if he's gonna be impotent, he might as well look im'potent!

Ha ha!  Because his speech is a laughing matter.

On MSNBC, the African-American author Karen Hunter complained the news service transcribed Obama's speech without cleaning it up as other outlets did--specifically including the "dropped g's."

 Via the AP version:

 "Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes," he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. "Shake it off. Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'. We are going to press on. We have work to do."

No, I do not think the AP is racist for keeping true to what was said.  In fact, I would admire them for not cleaning it up.  After all, wouldn't it be racist to suggest that a Black president's speech needed cleaning up, that his own words could not be taken "as is?"

But wait - was it racist of Obama to presume that members of the Congressional Black Caucus could only grasp the meaning of what he was saying if it is delivered to them in folksy "ethnotalk?"


And I am still wondering about the term "bedroom slippers."  If MSNBC can hear the derogatory use of the word "boy" in "You lie!," am I okay to presume "bedroom slippers" is code for "welfare recipient?"

I be confused!

Or is it all just shuck and jive?