I didn't even notice this until someone mentioned it in another question. I just thought he was a really level headed guy with a great chance at being president.
So my question is; Who the hell cares that he's black? Why is that such an issue? He's a smart guy. I thought we were to the point were a person could look past color? ANY recognition of color in a positive or negative way it RACIST. Get over it people. He won't be "the first black president". He'll just be, "the '08 elected president" and hopefully if he does become president he'll be a great leader, and that's what he'll be known for, not for being black.
Your opinions?
2007-08-06 18:31:35 · 21 answers · asked by Rhiannon 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I hate to break it to ya, but if he wins, he will be the first black president. It's just something that has to be acknowledged given our countrys history. It's not racist to say someone is black, white, blue or anything, it's racist when you let that be the primary motivation for your opinion of them. For the record, he's done a good job to not make an issue of it and neither has anyone else except in minor conversation so that's saying something in itself.
2007-08-06 18:37:08 · answer #1 · answered by shogun_316 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
How did you not notice the simple fact that he's black, unless you only listen to the radio, and don't actually watch TV, or the YouTube "snowman," who just recently hosted a debate among the Democratic Candidates, which was streaming live on YouTube, but I digress...
Yes, he would be considered more of the first black president than anything else. Recognition of color in a POSITIVE way is NOT racism, at least in my opinion. I personally would not vote for him, as he is just all over the map on where he stands with current issues. One day he wants to pull out of Iraq, the next, he doesn't. The next day, he's making threats against the Pakistani government that he wants to invade if he becomes President. It's insane out there, and I personally say, Fred Thomson for 2008!!!
God, Bless America!
2007-08-07 03:13:31 · answer #2 · answered by forgetmenotcater 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glad you didn't notice! And you're RIGHT- about why. But there are STILL alot of people in this Country who have alot of growing up to do- and until THEY do, people of color will CONTINUE to have an uphill climb to get into the White House. [By the way; Blacks make up roughly 12 to 14% of the Population in the US, -while Women make up about 51%. Don't you think it's even STRANGER- that here we have MORE Women than Men in this Country- and yet we've NEVER have had a Woman President??! WHO the heck have been voting all these MEN into Office??? :0 ]
2007-08-07 02:48:07 · answer #3 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When most people use personal attacks against opposing candidates, it really isn't that they care about the supposed problem...in this case Obama being black...it is about trying to make the person look less than ideal in someone else's mind. It could just as easily be that he has an unusual religion (Romney), that he once wore a lady's dress on TV (Guiliani), that she is a socialist (Clinton), that he used to be a lobbyist for big industry (Thompson), etc. Not that it is right and it is certainly a sad commentary on many Americans, but it is far easier to turn people off of a political candidate by attacking them personally, rather than attacking their issues.
2007-08-07 08:22:04 · answer #4 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You couldn't have put it better. Would also add that the African American community needs to stop this nonsense of Obama proving his "Blackness." He is not running for the President's office of the NAACP, he is running for the Presidency of the United States of America. Does Hillary have to prove her "Whiteness" to run? These litmus test continue to divide this nation. Why can't a candidate run for the betterment of the people, all of the people regardless of skin color or religion.
2007-08-07 03:00:52 · answer #5 · answered by Introspective Girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Amen! Although, I think it will mean something to the millions of African Americans in this country that we have elected the first black president. It's going to be monumental for them, and it'll show the world that we are well beyond a white man's country... that we are a diverse, tolerant and understanding nation. It'll give hope to millions of minorities who feel hindered by their race, and will lift them up with hope and dignity. It'll give them the sense that they're able to accomplish anything, and it'll demonstrate the America of the 21st Century...
History isn't made in small strides. It's made in monumental victories, and an Obama victory is that change.
2007-08-07 02:50:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Youve mustve been iving in a cave if you just found out Obama was black..While he will represent all the American people regardless of race honorably, anyone whose lived in America long enough know its going to be a "big deal" if hes elected, same thing if a women gets elected..
2007-08-07 01:56:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In all due honesty, the true fact that Obama will not get the nomination will have nothin to do with him beng black. He won't get the nomination because he stuck his foot in his mouth with that Pakistan comment. He just literally lost my support. It is a shame that he built himself to be truly liked only for a comment that was not well thought, to knock him off his pedestal.
2007-08-07 07:02:50 · answer #8 · answered by Michael M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is true of what others say that everybody came from Africa then I would have to say that he is not the first black president. I am not the one writing history with the out of Africa theory. So he is not the first.
2007-08-07 06:12:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, Willy Clinton was the first Black President. Second, Obama has little experience.
2007-08-07 05:54:35 · answer #10 · answered by NONAME 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋