Commentary: No racism in the presidential election

Source: Commentary: No racism in the presidential election from CNN

Life gets much interesting every time election draws near and the candidates fight (with words) for the votes. The candidates present many different points in the debate to win the support of the Americans. Ruben Navarrette Jr. from San Diego, California (CNN) wrote another very interesting commentary on the yet another irony from the speech by one of the candidates (Hillary Clinton).

In “Commentary: No racism in the presidential election”, Navarrette brings up Clinton’s argument that “she should be the Democratic nominee because only she can win in November”. Navarrette mentioned that earlier Clinton said either she or her opponent could win in November, spotting the inconsistency in Clinton’s speech. Although I dare not say that racism do not exist anymore, I certainly feel that it has diminished by much compared to the era where blacks (pardon me) were slaves and had less than equal human rights. It definitely is not sensible for Clinton to say that the reason she could win was because the “whites” will vote for her.

There has never been a history of an African American presidency in the United States, but there always is the first to everything. Navarrette made a good point saying, “Some want to know why it isn't racist when 70 percent of African-Americans vote for Obama but it is when 70 percent of whites vote against him,” very interesting observation. Its irony runs deep in the blood of the “white American”. Especially, since “white Americans are still raised to think of black Americans as inferior.”

Navarrette seems to strongly support Barack Obama. He is urging the Americans to get used to having an African-American, “especially for people who never thought they'd see the day that an African-American would be elected president.” Navarrette also believe that America may soon have African-American president.