The difference between MSNBC and Comedy Central grows thinner by the day.

MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry: I’d argue that President Obama has, he has, because of his interracial heritage, an access to white privilege that could afford him a certain status. But as an adult, he chose to move away from that privilege rather than toward it. He chose to live in the south side of Chicago, he went into public service rather than private law. He checks off ‘black,’ just ‘black’ on his census forms. So the president actively decided to be a person with less privilege rather than with more”

HT: RCP