Why is it so important for Obama to be black like him (Stanley Crouch)?

Question

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/us_vote_obama2008

Stanley Crouch is an African-American newspaper columnist.

This is one young man that is going to go far even if he's not black like Stanley Crouch. The fact that he is black should not even come into play. Do NOT judge on the color of his skin BUT listen to what he is saying. He sounds like a young man who's seen something of this world while a young kid, he stated "It made me mindful of the huge gaps in opportunity that exist in many countries of the world. It also made me appreciate how deeply impoverished people can be -- how issues of corruption can thwart opportunity," and then he goes on to say "There is not a black America, and a white America, a Latino America, and Asian America -- we are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America,"

Answer 1

he does not know what he is talking about.

Answer 2

It of course doesnt but people are of course gonna treat him different because he is a different color. Stanley Crouch is saying that people shouldnt treat like him like he is a different color because he isnt really "black" whatever that means. Which is completely redicoulous.

Answer 3

It doesn't enter into it.