“It has a potential for pushing race relations seriously backwards”
Yes. And backwards they go, pell-mell. A shame really. What is the take away from Obama’s candidacy?
1) America indeed is not ready for a black man as president, because very few black men are ready to be president. This is most especially true in the Democrat Party. Look around. Do you see one black male Democrat who is not infected with this viral spiritual disease? Nope.
2) The Republican Party is the only hope for us to see a black man as U.S. President in our lifetime. Democrat black men are hopelessly and congenitally infected with the racialism personified by Wright and Obama. Unfortunately, here is the quandary: Black men in the Republican Party are such a new phenomenon that they have not yet climbed the electoral food chain to places of prominence that would convey the kind of gravitas to make those black men realistic candidates. And unfortunately, the very few who have (Colin Powell) have effectively eliminated themselves from the competition by selling out the traditional values of American Conservatism.
3) This means that we will not see an American black man as president in our lifetimes.
4) So if we’re going to make it over any of the identity politics hurdles, it will have to be the gender hurdle. America will have a female U.S. President long, long before our nation sees a black man elected president.
It’s too bad. It would be a great blessing and a great step forward for America to elect a black man as president. The healing potential would be enormous. Unfortunately America can not take a chance electing a black man president because the stakes are too great. America is not some podunk middle tier country like Mexico or Switzerland where the person elected leader makes no difference to Planet Earth. Choosing America’s president is very important for our planet.
What is most unsatisfying about this is that black America did this to itself, almost by itself. Black Americans could not move beyond the historical grudge by one inch. They could not see how taken for granted they are by the establishment of the Democrat Party. And they could not recognize how their individual opportunities and identities could trump the identity politics to which they shackled themselves.
Hurry up black Americans. Faster. Please try to catch up.
