[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by nexialys

Yeah, color vote is so "American" ... racism come when you make a difference... black people are proud to have one of them on the top, white people are proud to have elected the first non-slave to the top.... pathetic on both sides...

even Barrack never talked about his color to be a point to elect him, because he hates all sides of racism...

Actually, you'd be mistaken there. Obama gave a rather significant speech about race mid-way through the primary called "A More Perfect Union".

I'd also have to disagree with you that there's something wrong with black folks being proud to have one of their own in the White House, especially when he's a qualified person to be proud of. There's nothing pathetic about that.

I understand why some people say they don't see color. What they mean is race doesn't matter to them. But I think we should come up with a better expression. Because I do see color. You can't celebrate diversity, if you can't see what makes us different. You can't change what's wrong with race relations if you don't acknowledge where the problems are coming from. This was too important a step forward for race relations the world over for us to diminish it as if people where just giving in their own worst instincts. The opposite is actually true.