I wonder if Martin Luther King Junior is rolling over...
Barack Obama is a tragedy in the Greekest of sense.
I can't help but cringe at the awful irony that on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking these words:
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
that Barack Obama is consolidating his run for President on exactly the opposite. Sure, he can claim African American status (so can I, go ask the Census Bureau, it all depends on my sociopolitcal self-identification). but really, if he didn't look African American would anyone believe him? If he looked like his white mother, would anyone be touting his nomination as the first African American? I highly doubt it.
It really is a rather unpleasant turn of events.
I can't help but cringe at the awful irony that on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking these words:
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
that Barack Obama is consolidating his run for President on exactly the opposite. Sure, he can claim African American status (so can I, go ask the Census Bureau, it all depends on my sociopolitcal self-identification). but really, if he didn't look African American would anyone believe him? If he looked like his white mother, would anyone be touting his nomination as the first African American? I highly doubt it.
It really is a rather unpleasant turn of events.