Darren, 

For a reference point, I'm a guilt-free white man.  I don't do 
hyphenated-american (african, northern-european or otherwise)  I do think 
though, that words aren't JUST words.  I agree with Gena on this one.  The 
sentence "He's very articulate" can SOMETIMES (the key here is SOMETIMES) have 
the unstated conclusion of "..for a black guy".  You used the word brilliant in 
your vlog. That seems to work pretty well.  How about statesman-like?

Anyhoo, I think the President, like him or not, was simply using it from the 
construct of being a person who is NOT terribly articulate in the realm of 
public discourse.

Jim

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