Why can't we talk about race?
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| Wed, 10-15-2008 - 4:35pm |
I've seen this come up here and elsewhere. In the *very strange* thread about Obama's birthplace (or something like that; I couldn't follow the propaganda, quite frankly), two posters said that they wish Michelle Obama had not referenced race. (I don't mean to point those individuals out but merely point out their posts.)
In a country where race is a huge elephant in the room, I don't understand why we shouldn't talk about it. Of course this election is about race. For the first time in our country's history, a black man is running for president on a major political party ticket.
It doesn't have to be a bad thing or a good thing. But race is a factor in this election. It's not necessarily a factor because of McCain or Palin or Obama or Biden -- but because one of the candidates is black. Likewise, gender is an issue, simply because we have a woman on the Republican ticket. Why avoid the topic? Why suggest that the candidates or their spouses not talk about it?
Laura

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So...I should vote McCain because I'm white and so is he, therefore he has my best interests at heart? Please. I imagine that if you present the American public with a list of policies and information about what the candidates will do for this country and it's people without telling them who is doing what, then ask them who they would vote for, the answer would be much different that if they knew what color the candidates were, and I find that sad. My husband and I have both researched both candidates throughly - as throughly as one can sift through so much bias both ways - have had discussions and arguments about policies and what would be best for us in our situation (where we live, how we live, how much we make, what our jobs are, etc.) and we still haven't been able to come to a definite conclusion on who we're voting for - but make no mistake we won't choose someone just because of the color of their skin - not Obama for being black, or McCain for being white.
I wish people could realize that this is the next President of the United States - the person who will be in control for the next four years....we have seen and experienced what both good and bad presidents can do to us....or for us....so I'm so surprised that people are so focused on the color of skin instead of the policies and politics that the candidates are proposing to us. Whether the next president is black or white isn't going to affect me - because I'm not racist EITHER WAY - but his healthcare plan sure will.
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Well, one thing that's for sure is that Obama is not all "Black" or "African-American."
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