After ranting about how hard it is becoming to be an American overseas, I ran across the following paragraph in an article from the San Francisco Chronicle on 19 February. I must admit, having spent several months in Mississippi and Alabama the last few years, I was still unprepared for the idiocy displayed in this article. I know from my time in the South, we are still a racist society. No one wants to admit to being a bigot, but when presented with a black man running for President, the true colors show, and as#$oles will obviously grab at any straw to keep white men in power:
People across the political and racial spectrums started discussing presidential candidate and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's race after he spoke at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
Some insist he is not African American and is unsuited to be a black candidate, because he is not a direct descendant of slaves and hasn't had what they see as an authentic African American experience.
You have got to be kidding me. I am embarrassed that an American newspaper can print a statement like this on the front page and not have a riot on their doorstep. It is unconscionable both that race is such an important topic for discussion in a Presidential race, not the actual vision a candidate might hold for our country, and that some of the people who will vote for our next leader are so ignorant (or blatantly racist). Does anyone question that John McCain might not be “man enough” to run as a “male” for President?
I thought not…..
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