Today on Uncommon Knowledge, part two of my interview with Shelby Steele on Barack Obama.

In the black tradition, Shelby explained yesterday, a “bargainer” lets white people know that, as long as they permit him to get on with his life, he won’t throw race in their faces. In today’s segment, Shelby explains Barack as a quintessential bargainer.

“Obama is like all bargainers. The one rule they have is, they never tell you who they really are. They never tell you what they really think, what their real convictions are. They nurture a kind of invisibility.

“And I can’t think of a more invisible man than Barack Obama.”