I also finished that statement with "in my generation", but yea. Only in the past decade or so have I seen black people as elected officials and such. This is a huge change from when I was a child where everyone I saw on TV, and in life, people in positions of power and authority were white men.
Growing up in the Boston area, were there were race riots over forced integration, I see it as progress. Having had recent conversations about it with life-long racists that still voted for Obama because the viewed him as a better candidate through his skin color, I see it as progress. So, if I understand the definitions of the words 'cultural' and 'progess', yes, I beleive thats what this is. http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cultural http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=progress *shrug* -- ME2 On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <[email protected]> wrote: > Just that you said that you thought it was one of those most significant > things to happen in cultural progress... > I don't disagree with significant...but progress? That I question. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:46 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT: Inauguration Streaming > > I'm not sure how that relates to what I said, but I agree with you. > > -- > ME2 > > > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm not certain that the ability of the majority of Americans to care more >> about a person's skin color than their qualifications should be labeled >> progress. As far as I am aware, decisions based on the color of a person's >> skin are still racist decisions regardless of which color is being approved >> (or disapproved) of. >> TVK >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:18 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: OT: Inauguration Streaming >> >> Race shouldnt be an issue - but you know that it is. There are considerably >> few non-white males in politics (and any positions of considerable power) in >> general. >> >> I don't mean to turn this into a race discussion, but Obama's election has >> considerable historic significance. To add some perspective to this, many >> people in other countries (only knowing about he US via movies and global >> news) didn't think we would elect him specifically because he was black - >> that we were not a society that would elect a person of African heritage. >> That we, as a nation, were not of the cultural maturity to do so. >> >> In terms of cultural progress, I think Obama's presidential election is one >> of the most significant things to happen in my generation. >> >> -- >> ME2 >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >>> That's the thing, it's not significant. He's just another president. >>> He might be a good one, or a poor one, but he's just another one. 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