Thread: 'Tis A Good Week To Be Black

Originally Posted by sidneykidney

What has upset me is the concentration that European press has made of the issue. All over the radio, TV and newspapers are headlines of 'Americas first black president'. Suddenly it seems that everything else is forgotten. Forgive me for bringing this up Silver but it is something that makes me ashamed to be associated with a country where the press would focus on this. Perhaps it was always going to be an issue, but that doesnt make it any more excusable.

What you folks seem to be missing is that for the first time in the history of this great nation, someone other than a white man has been elected to our highest office. The fact that he is half white would not allow him to eat at a whites only lunch counter in the Jim Crow south. The fact that he is half white did not and will not stop the white supremists from plotting his assasination. Regardless of how good a leader Mr. Obama is, first he will be seen as a black man by both the people who hate him and the people who identify with him.

Sorry Brad but he will be seen as black because that is what he has labeled himself as.