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Originally Posted by Meroe
I honestly believe all the presidential candidates with the exception of Dennis Kucinich are too entrenched with the political status quo of this country. I have little to no faith in the electoral process. I would vote for Obama simply because he's a Black man running for the highest office in the land. But do I believe Obama would fulfill some sort of meaningful change in regard to the most pertinent issues effecting this country and particularly African Americans? No. Obama is still a trained politician who must walk a fine line between real domestic change or the end of his political career.
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Exactly. We always like calling a person Black when it doesn't cause us harm to do so; but how many Black people truly believe that Obama is a Black man concerned with the Black cause and willing to assist in the uplift of Black people?
The only reason he has made it so far is because he lacks some of the most essential characteristics of the Black psyche. He's physically Black and mentally something else. I'm still looking for a candidate that will promote some real change. Particularly with the obvious class inequality that exists in America today, where 1 out of every 4 Black Americans live in poverty.