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Originally Posted by tld221

i dont know if, for example, if Obama won the presidency that black people would be walking around with Kool-Aid smiles like "one point for us!" Okay, probably that first 24 hours...

Ummm-hmmmm (read: what did I tell ya'?)

if that was the case, it A. wouldnt be a "lighter note" and B. the bolded wouldnt have been necesary in your statement. or is that me reading too much into your statement?

Yes, in all seriousness, you are reading too much into my statement. I was just making an honest attempt to change the tone of the post because I thought it was getting too heavy and "negative".

i feel like point #1 answers point #2, in other words, you answered your own question and therefore the discussion is not trivial. in that case, do we need to lay out exactly what cultural aspects each candidate can bring to the particular issues that we should be concerned with in choosing the best candidate regardless of race or gender?

YES, YES, A HUNDRED TIMES, YES!!!! (I'm glad someone here finally sees where I am coming from when I kept asking the same question ad infiniteum)

again, i somewhat disagree. there is only so long that black folk/women can go around on the "hey we won" high horse. and history shows that we're never satisfied. how many folks will go around saying "oh, they LET us win it... this is part of the plan..."

and now i feel like YOU'RE insulting the average American by assuming that we'd get "special attention" because one of ours would be elected. anyone who thinks such is, for lack of better wording, buggin.

Again, it comes back to the bolded question you asked in the previous paragraph: Using concise examples, explain what difference(s) would having a minority POTUS make?