Why cant you just except the fact that there is going to be a "black" president?

Question

why cant he just be black? it seems all the white people on here wanna keep praising him for being half white. what about being black. cause he is black you know....

Answer 1

I think it's just time to start looking at people as people. Why is it that no one can ever speak of Obama without mentioning his heritage? It isn't as though every time someone talks about McCain his Scottish heritage is brought up. Obama is 1/2 white and 1/2 black. His mother is American, his father is African, so that makes him an African-American. But all of that aside, he is just a person. It's time for everyone to stop focusing on his ethnicity and start seeing him as a human being.

Answer 2

Because he's not black. He's only half. You can't be something you're not. Someone could call me Japanese but it doesn't mean I am.

Besides he is far from the American black term. He is not African-American descent. Her father is from Kenya. His mother is white American. He grew up with his white family in India. He doesn't know anything about growing up black in America.

Answer 3

Just call him African American. White people just want to be connected to him and its natural. But if you have any questions where his loyalty lies just look at his family.

Answer 4

It isn't over until the fat lady sings. He hasn't made it yet. Lets wait for the results to come in.

His color does not concern me. His politics do.

Answer 5

Why can't you spell the word "accept?"

Answer 6

i don't care, i just want a good president. who knows what he(or she one day) is doing.

Answer 7

Stay with that train of thought and remember you said it.  Black president indeed.  Looks like there is no actual limit for black people in this country afterall. Now maybe all those stupid white people who have clung to some perverse sense of guilt will get their head out of their @ss and quit listening everytime some jackass claims racism.

The well has run dry..or as Carlos Mencia said,"break time is over."

Answer 8

Black or white- what's it matter?  I think it's much more important where he stands on issues, not his race.  People who are really concerned about the future of the country will vote for the person who most closely stands for their beliefs.  People who vote for someone based on their race or s*x ("black" or "woman") are being more racist and discriminatory than the people they accuse of being racist and discriminatory.

It shouldn't matter if he's black, red, white, green, purple or camouflage polka dot.  What he's wants to do to/for this country is the bottom line.  Maybe the next presidential election should be a blind ballot where the candidate's names & pictures are not released. They don't make public appearances and all voters have to go on is their stance on the issues.

Answer 9

It's because of white people that  Jesus I mean Obama will be president so take a deep breath and relax.

Answer 10

The GOP is waaaaaaaaaaaay strong.

He will lose.

Old man McCain will win and

the GOP will prevail............AGAIN.

Answer 11

You used the word 'except" in the wrong manner

in your question.

The word you should have used is ACCEPT. They sound

alike,are spelled different and have 2 very different meanings.

Anyway, a lot of people accept him as simply a

black man [which he is not]. He has tons & i do

mean tons] of supporters which is why he got this far.

He's intelligent,well-spoken, articulate, charismatic

and charming and he very well could be

our next president.

Answer 12

Why focus on one? He's BOTH. He's also just a person. Exclude his ethnicity from discussion, they have no relevance.

Answer 13

why cant he just be a person.. and not be looked at for his ethnicity, we will have overcome racism when we can look at a person as just a person and not a color

Answer 14

He better find a good VP because he'll get assassinated quick.

Answer 15

Put him in a doo-rag, some baggy pants and make him walk towards them on the street and then see how white he is to those people.

Me- He spent a part of his childhood in INDONESIA, and attended both high school and college in the states, after which he became a senator in Chicago, where he currently resides on the South side. He considers himself black. He knows what it's like to BE black in America. Do you?