~~edited from comment thread because I am not completely right with my analysis
1) a mixed race man is president, not a black man.
Ok, now that that is over, I think it is not going to make much of a change in race relations.
In some ways it shall get better, in some ways worse.
Violence against "minority" Obama supporters is escalating, the KKK and neo-Nazis are hollering louder. All you have to do is read the news to see it. Surf the net and see the rise in the hate as well.
I have heard of violence from blacks rising against whites.
This has stirred a hornet's nest.
So, combine the good with the bad and I think it shall come out to "no change."
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Avatar SABOTEUR Jan, 24 2009 at 08:00 PM
Sorry, but I have to disagree. While you comment may be TECHNICALLY accurate, it denies the fact that President Obama identifies with and accepts HIMSELF as a Black man, not mixed-race. His wife identifies with and accepts her husband as a Black man (
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/01/michelle.obama/ ), so for all intents and purposes, Barack Obama is America's first Black President. Now, as I was deciding whether or not to add MY 2 cents, I came across this article (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/.../7735503.stm ). The author sums it up by stating, "For us, being black and mixed-race are not mutually exclusive. We have learned to live with the contradictions. Perhaps it's time for everyone else to learn to live with them too." Indeed. Why is it so difficult to accept someone how they want to be accepted? Until we can answer THAT question, we have a long way to go before we make significant progress in race or any OTHER kind of relations.
Avatar Arisztid in a COAT of Romani Awareness Jan, 24 2009 at 08:04 PM
I stand, or sit, corrected. He should be accepted as he defines himself. Thankyou Saboteur. :)
Avatar SABOTEUR Jan, 24 2009 at 08:14 PM
You're welcome.
Avatar Arisztid in a COAT of Romani Awareness Jan, 24 2009 at 08:16 PM
:) Many apologies for spreading the wrong information. I shall add this into my answer.
