Is America ready for a Black president ?

Question

Unless you have been living under a rock, then you know
who and what I am talking about. His name is Barack
Obama. Well spoken, "articulate", intelligent, thourough,
man. He has what it takes to lead this country into a place
it has never been before. But some out there are not ready
for a Black persident, in the US. And could cause racial
tensions to rise even more so. But will this be the beginning
of a revolution ? Is America ready for a Black president ?
Best answer wins.

Yes. We are ready for a Democratic
president. Republicans, Black or
White do this country a great
diservice......

Answer 1

Its African American not Black!

Answer 2

Well, most of America is, as is evident by his large support. However, there are still those who want to cling to an old racist ideology. Don't get me wrong, most of the people voting for McCain are hardworking honest people, as are those voting for Obama. It amazes me how two people can get along so well until they reveal their politics. Suddenly- that hardworking honest funny guy is now a backwards racist hick-and that intelligent calm and collected guy becomes a limpwristed socialist radical. Politics are a virus that infects otherwise intelligent people to take sides against each other when they really should work together despite their differing beliefs. The danger is not from the majority who are ready, but from the racist minority that are not.

Answer 3

What difference would it make as long as the person is the right man with the right policies and strong enough to carry those policies through it shouldn't matter if the person was Green and with two heads.It seems that we associate being black with being THICK which is in the main not correct.Most of the blacks I have associated with are educated and articulate.Like any other colour or creed you have your dummies but don't class everyone the same.As for Barak Obama I would say that at the moment he dosn't have the experience or political clout of someone of the ilk of Martin Luther King who if he had lived would in my opinion have made a greater impact than Kennedy BUT given time I would say he will make a good president in the future.

Answer 4

Why not! is a coloured man any different. Condolisa Rice is up there, Jessie Jackson..Black Americans fought in the Independence war with the UK,the Civil war,two world wars,Vietnam,and in the gulf,They are an integral part of US and UK society and have a right to be our representatives both locally and on the international platform as leaders and policy makers.

Answer 5

NOWHERE is ready for a change ...CHANGE is only REALIZED after a singular or series of events. This is NOT an attempt at a humorous or smart-a$$ed answer. Think about this, please:
Which monumental or catastrophic events in our history were we or did we, PREPARE for?

The closest ANSWER would probably be our WARS but the true answer is NONE? But even with that imperfect model, PREPARATION itself is STILL at a disjunct for a host of reasons. Some being, who do we prepare to fight? What will be the intensity of resistance? What will be the length (time) of the campaign? What number of casualties will we be able to sustain? How severe of a "body count" are we willing to inflict on this "enemy"?

Our problem is that without a RESULT, we can never honestly answer a question of preparation. Until that result, we must do as our parents and their parents' parents did. Their QUESTIONS MIGHT have been "Are we READY for a Civil War? Are we READY for a GREAT DEPRESSION? Are we READY for man to travel in space and walk on the MOON? We must do as they did and face the realization of the inevitable. We must then allow for cooler heads to prevail and eventually come around to doing what SHOULD be so easy for us all, ACTING AS AMERICANS.
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Answer 6

Does it really matter if the president is black, pink, purple, red or blue male or female as long as the president is a good and charismatic leader unlike the last 40 odd.

Answer 7

I think so. I think the main thing is that the candidate is seen as representing all the people, not simply their own racial group. Fairly or unfairly, guys like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton get this stigma and aren't able to garner enough support across the spectrum.

Answer 8

Had he run on the Republican ticket in either 96 or 2000 Colin Powell would already be president. So yes.. we could certainly elect a black man. (now a black woman....)

Answer 9

Racial tension has become old fashioned, American people will be ready for a leader they can connect to ref: Michelle Obama Good morning America part 1.

Answer 10

Black, green, orange purple whatever - after Bush what we're ready for is a competent president.

Answer 11

I do not think America would vote a Black president into office yet. I think that they would be supported by the American people if they won the election but I think there is still enough racism in this country to prevent their getting elected.