On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote:
> So I say again, if a black > man can aspire to the highest public office in America, it is proof that > anyone can be anything they want to be, it is more a matter of personal > choice rather than circumstance. To an extent, perhaps. But if Barack Obama was able to overcome additional hardships that are in place in this country because he is black, and still achieve the highest office in the land....that doesn't mean that those hardships should not then be removed. Put another way, racism isn't dead in 21st century USA just because we have a black president. It's a sign of progress, but it should not be an excuse to turn a blind eye to very real instances of racial bigotry that still occurr in America today. "Barack Obama" is not a valid excuse to dismiss claims of racial inequality when they come up. -- Somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go May lie a reason you were alive that you'll never know ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299218 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
