Why has Clinton vs Barack Obama come down to ‘black votes’. Is this white female vs black man? or policy?
I notice in the American press there is alot of emphasis on Barack Obama trying to get the ‘black votes’. Sounds to me like this has become a ‘race election. Black man vs white woman. We all know who has historically always won that little battle. Why has this thing become a race issue at all? Surely policy is important to the most powerful country in the world. Or, has it now become so theatrical that really it doesn’t matter because the seat of power is elsewhere? If it is the case that it doesn’t matter, then it would figure that ‘before a black man’ becomes president, ‘a white woman’ should get the job. The actual important stuff and decisions will be made behind the scenes regardless of who is in the hot seat.
The media has way too much influence. It’s really hard to dig through all the hype, like the race/gender issue, to get to the real issues. We all know it’s not that simple.
The The Ballot or the Bullet: Is Barack Obama Black Power
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