I have wondered why it is that Barack Obama has risen to the top tier of candidates so quickly and without an experienced past. Who decided that he was a strong candidate to begin with? When and how did that happen? Is it, perhaps, because it makes white people feel good to support a black candidate? Does it ease their conscience and help to expiate their perceived sins against black people? Do they look forward to the opportunity of saying in front of a black person that they are voting for Obama? Do they fear black people and want to appease them? Do they think Obama is the "safe" black candidate that they have been waiting for?
2007-05-30 05:07:10 · 23 answers · asked by pomosimulacrum 2 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I feel that some support him just because of his skin color. I personally like him, but feel that he would be better in a few years. His inexperience seems to hold him back on giving the full picture of his plans as president. He stands for change, which would be the second huge reason people love him. I agree that we need a change, but I am not sure that it is his time yet. I think by 2012, he will be ready and make a WONDERFUL president.
As far as your other questions...I have no idea. I have African American friends, but we don't talk about politics. Also, I don't see why it would matter. Voting one person in to office does not erase years of oppression that have barely found their way into our past. No one should fear anyone else. Obama does not strike me as safe...but he does seem to be "the people's candidate." HE talks to others about issues and forms his platform off of that. That is what will make the change and that is what makes him a great candidate.
2007-05-30 05:16:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Given that these two candidates are really not very different from one another politically or policy-wise - what then becomes the deciding factor? In these circumstances, what is wrong with an affinity-based decision? Nothing at all. Now if Obama were manifestly unqualified and was still getting 90% of the black vote, then there may be an issue. When Obama ran against Keyes for the seante seat he now occupies he won in a landslide. Both are black. I think black voters are capable of voting for the candidate that will best serve thier needs.
2016-04-01 05:00:42 · answer #2 · answered by Flor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about the people who have white great grandparents and their grandparents married less white and their parents married less white....should they feel blame for something someone in their family did 120 years ago? Considering that only 40-60% of Americans will vote and the majority of them being 40-70 year old white people I doubt that someone with the name Barack Hussein Obama and may be a muslim will win. People who say they gave a pitty vote never really voted or lied.
2007-05-30 06:09:29 · answer #3 · answered by travis e 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If that is the reason that people will vote for him they should just save their votes. The color of his skin isn't the point, the point is that he has a fresh view of things, he has his ideas that are fresh and new.
The fact that you would pose such a question is part of the problem in America today. Why does it have to be about race? Why can't it be about the person's mind and efforts to change the United States for the better?
2007-05-30 05:16:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes. But people should vote for what is in the best interest of the people.
People shouldn't let the events of the past fog their ability to decide in this election.
It is sad that someone would vote for a candidate because of his/her skin color. What is important is the values that the candidate has and his vision for the countries future.
2007-05-30 05:16:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonnnn24424 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like Barack Obama for his ideas and his manner of expressing them, such as ending the war in Iraq, working toward universal healthcare, and bringing a new degree of honesty and accountability back to the White House.
The current decider-guy ran in 2000 on a platform of "a new era of personal responsibility" (see: the GOP convention that year). Well, we could never have known just how far that concept of being personally responsible could be dragged out!
2007-05-30 05:18:39 · answer #6 · answered by MidwestWally 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
In case you don't know, Barack Obama has a white mother. Even if his mother was a Martian, his racial background would not cause me (as a white person) to vote for him or not vote for him. I believe many people are burned out on the whole career-government, you scratch my back mentality that permeates Washington. Barack Obama provides what many see as a very viable option.
2007-05-30 05:16:21 · answer #7 · answered by clarity 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i have no guilt for the way any person was treated in the past , i do not treat anyway that way and had no control over my ancestors. blacks were not the only people treated with such disregard, the Jews, the Italians , Indians, whites, come on we have all had our share. if everyone keeps living in the past where does that leave our future? it drives me crazy that people can not get over it. when i vote it will be based on a overall view of the candidate not what color he is.
2007-05-30 05:15:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Surely no one today would have guilt for something our ancestors did. That is ridiculous. Besides, only a very small percentage of people had slaves or were bigots.
I certainly do not. Get over it. Living in the past will guarantee a lousy future.
2007-05-30 05:38:25 · answer #9 · answered by GABY 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Way off the money. People will vote for him because of his qualifications. His skin color has no bearing. Most white people I know could care less about what he looks like and more about what he stands for.
2007-05-30 05:37:06 · answer #10 · answered by New Moon Daughter 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋