Earlier this month, the naming of actor Kal Penn to a White House liaison post designed to forge relationships with the art world and Asian and Pacific Islander audiences caught many by surprise. Penn, whose claims to Hollywood fame are the Harold and Kumar films and TV series “House,” dedicated his political energies exhaustively to the Obama campaign according to The Daily Beast.
If you recall former actor Ronald Reagan’s era, it’s not unusual for a president to incorporate Hollywood into his strategic platform. Nevertheless, I question whether the move mandates necessity or political payback. I’d rather see a commoner’s council to keep the president abreast of what’s happening in American hoods. Obama must not forget a minority constituency challenged daily by the lack of judicial and economic parity.
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