http://www.metafilter.com/tags/lobato Posts tagged with 'lobato' at MetaFilter. Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:20:41 -0800 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:20:41 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/76912/The%2DBlack%2DPresident <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2200417/">A 1926 Brazilian sci-fi novel</a> predicts a <a href="http://www.groundreport.com/Arts_and_Culture/The-Black-President-Before-Obama">U.S. election determined by race and gender.</a> O Presidente Negro envisions the 2228 U.S. presidential election. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=adwgpWd8zLts&refer=latin_america">In that race</a>, the white male incumbent, President Kerlog, finds himself running against Evelyn Astor, a white feminist, and James Roy Wilde, the cultivated and brilliant leader of the Black Association, "a man who is more than just a single man ... what we call a leader of the masses." tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.76912 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:20:41 -0800 black brazil election lobato monteiro monteirolobato obama president sciencefiction scifi Tom-B