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sparkmaster · 01-09-2008

I admit, watching Obama doing his speech at mile high gave me a bit of a chill. It was seeing history, really.

I don't like Obama because of his policies. But I'm glad he's running. It is telling that a Black man can run in the US and have a very good chance at being president. Honestly, I don't think there's any other nation in the world (asides from perhaps canada) that a minority can run for the highest office. It's especially telling that, with obama being so popular, no European country could elect a minority to high office, much less the presidency or prime ministry.

Obama's running proves how far the US has come from the days of Jim Crow. We still have a long, long way to go before we can genuinely say that race is not a factor in society, but this demonstrates that we are on the right track.

01-09-2008	#18 (permalink)
sparkmaster Regular Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 256 Threads: 4 Reputation: 4	I admit, watching Obama doing his speech at mile high gave me a bit of a chill. It was seeing history, really. I don't like Obama because of his policies. But I'm glad he's running. It is telling that a Black man can run in the US and have a very good chance at being president. Honestly, I don't think there's any other nation in the world (asides from perhaps canada) that a minority can run for the highest office. It's especially telling that, with obama being so popular, no European country could elect a minority to high office, much less the presidency or prime ministry. Obama's running proves how far the US has come from the days of Jim Crow. We still have a long, long way to go before we can genuinely say that race is not a factor in society, but this demonstrates that we are on the right track.