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Originally Posted by jon1856
DA-I agree with you.
There were a few more stats in story that I found of interest:
"At the same time, there is an overwhelming public openness to the idea of electing an African American to the presidency. In a Post-ABC News poll last month, nearly nine in 10 whites said they would be comfortable with a black president. While fewer whites, about two-thirds, said they would be "entirely comfortable" with it, that was more than double the percentage of all adults who said they would be so at ease with someone entering office for the first time at age 72, which McCain (R-Ariz.) would do should he prevail in November. ".....a few more as well later on in story.
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LOL.
This just means that these whites view Obama as "an exception," which is also why the issue of biracialism is being discussed more. It's an attempt to highlight the "anything but black" in him. But if he becomes POTUS and he skrews something up, he'll go back to being a typical NEGRO and many will say "I
knew a black person couldn't be trusted in the presidency."
The fact that we're still discussing the openness to a black president is the real point. Being a racial and ethnic minority is still viewed as a pathology to many as it uneasily deviates from the norm. Similar to how people discuss having a female president, a homosexual president, a blind president, an old president, and so forth.
Sorry, T La Rock, LL killed it. 
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