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Originally Posted by BeanCounter
Buzz,
Malachi and Jaden aren't my "black nephews", just like Obama isn't my "black president". He's my President, although I sometimes slip "village idiot" in front of President.  |
Bernie, ultimately that's the way it ought to be - everyone judged and described by who they are and not what they are. A person's race means little or nothing to me and to you as well he is just a man who happens to be president. However, given the history and legacy of the racial divisions in the US, won't you at least agree that, forgetting political affiliation for a second, there is arguably some degree of significance in the election of a black man to the office of president? Not necessarily to you as an individual but in the context of society as a whole?