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He's black, he's white, he's two mints in one! The Obama problem is that he is the realization of living in this country. Evidently, while trying to keep the so called gene pools separate, (they're living in the same dish folks) they have mixed, now nobody wants to claim the outcome "as is". We rather analyze as to whether he is black enough or too black. (The degree to which he has been mutated from purity and how he is culturally defined.) Calibration by examination is such a cruel process. Bill Clinton played the sax, did that make him cool enough for blacks? Maybe Obama should wear baggy pants and rap or get an honorary degree from a historically black university. Then is Obama automatically expected to be the "Great Black Hope" because he is "sort of one of us"? Oh my, Jesse is so disappointed.
Would we have done better if Obama had marched, been beaten in a riot, been shorted of opportunities while growing up and been a committed fundamental Baptist? I think we don't trust the life that is in a black person who has grown up in America any more than we trust a white person. But we think we know what to expect from McCain. It would be a big mistake to make Obama the Saviour of our race. Even what he represents in history is only an increment to progress. We have to go through the process of time in this country, there are no shortcuts when it comes to changing minds and improving America. A president is not a king, if the rest of gov doesn't saddle up we are doomed anyway. And speaking of standing up for the black community, shall he do it at the expense of other communities? Historically, everybody in America has played the "different race" card trying to promote separation, blending but denying and not changing even though change in evident. Obama is really a change, America has to deal with it.
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