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Barack obama reflects the deracialized post civil rights movement just as Martin Luther King reflects the civil rights movement

...... Being less radical than predecessors such as Martin Luther King and other activists, Obama has the power to subtly and effectively create the changes that he feels are necessary. His paradigm of moderate policy, eloquent public speaking, and professional politics position him in a much favorable light in terms of his fellow politicians than would activism and radicalism. And indeed, contemporary America provides a more unique and radically different platform for such leadership than has ever been the case before
Not all authors are however in agreement with this viewpoint. Political scientist Shelby Steele for example views Obama as a bound man, precisely as a result of his tendency to bargain rather than challenge. According to the author, bargaining is at the heart of all success attained by black people. And there are many instances of bargaining in Obamas speech. Indeed, his entire political campaign focuses on a bargaining process for the unification of citizens of all colors within the United States. The lack of challenge, according to Steele, is not so much the problem as the tendency to hide it for the benefit of successful bargaining. In order to do so successfully, according to Steele, discipline is required.