Obama to put basketball court in White House

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Originally Posted by DeltAlum

It'll be interesting.

In another era, I recall people attacking JFK as a candidate because he was Roman Catholic. The rhetoric was that the Vatican (Pope) would be running the country.

The American people got past that. Whether they can get past race (or gender someday), we'll simply have to see in November.

Agreed and Irish Catholics had that struggle to assimilate into "whiteness."

Unfortunately, if America gets past race for the November election, that doesn't mean the structural inequalities have been overcome. It means that Obama (if he wins) was considered "an exception." I hope people who want substantive and long lasting change do not become complacent and comfortable if Obama is elected.