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Originally Posted by sparkmaster
Is there any evidence, anywhere in Europe, that an ethnic minority man or woman has ever made a legitimate run at President, Prime Minister, or equivalent office?
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This time last year you could have replaced 'Europe' with 'America' and the answer would also have been no. Clearly that did not mean that no ethnic minority could ever hope for high office in the states, it simply meant that such a person had not yet come along. It's the same in Europe; if Obama was British he would be lapped up and swept into office right now and his skin colour would not bar him from that.
I've shown you that equivalent proportions of minorities are elected as representatives in Europe as America and I've shown you that being black has not affected Obama being extremely popular here. There are and have been ethnic minorities at very high levels of politics in this continent and there have been women and ethnic Jews at the very highest level here. Where in that picture do you decide that 'no European minority could ever hope for such office'? Your argument just doesn't seem to have any substance, mate.
It has not happened yet but nothing culturally, socially or politically suggests that it would be impossible.