It's become something of a presidential fixation. And he uses the theme to segue to a discussion of racial and ethnic divisions. Ancient hatreds and petty jealousies still hobble mankind, despite the fact that people are genetically so similar, Clinton says.
Some audiences are less than taken with the topic.
The president's focus on genetics may be a bit hard to follow, but it serves his rhetorical purpose as an unusual approach to the oft-visited subject of race, said Leonard Steinhorn, an American University communications professor and political speechwriter. All rights reserved.