Comments on: An interesting exchange — give me your thoughts

By: Dann Siems

Dann Siems — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:02:59 +0000

How is it that someone with one white parent and one black parent is black? Is race paternally inherited? If Obama had a white father and a black mother would he then be white?

Of course not. The pervasive tendency to seek (and uncritically accept) such simplistic categorization is a yet another symptom of the failure of public education to grasp and promulgate even the most basic tenets of post-Darwinian biology. Obama, like Tiger, force us to recognize that racial categories are social constructs rather than biological realities.

Can Obama win? Of course. Will he be assassinated by some racist lunatic? Sadly, it seems quite probable. Is the melatonin level of his skin relevant to his electability? It certainly shouldn’t be…

By: Bob Tokarski

Bob Tokarski — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:39:56 +0000

Place your dreams with Obama with care! He is a wonderful speaker, but it is all smoke and mirrors. He did NOTHING as an Illinois senator (at the time, he held the record for most Not Presents) and was part of the senate cabal in that state. He has nothing more than platitudes and smooth words. Don’t we need soemthing more concrete than promises?
We could really use a good candidate now, and a third party seems to be the way to go. I pray that it happens, for the sake of our children and our country.

By: Alexandra Saperstein

Alexandra Saperstein — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:24:59 +0000

A black man HAS now won the candidacy against the most powerful woman in the Democratic party. And I believe he can win the presidency as well. I’m looking forward to it!

By: Seren

Seren — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:08:50 +0000

If we base our views on the past and cynicism, that is what we will get more of in the next president. If we open our minds to possibility and take a stand, that is what will show up in the next president. I’m “old” and “white” and not expecting anyone else to provide hope for me or any sector of the population to either represent me or take responsibility for me. Kent Nerburn inspires me, Barack Obama inspires me, and I move forward with a sense of resonance with their points of view.

By: Frank Bird

Frank Bird — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:19:50 +0000

So many civilaztions have been built upon the foundations of previous ones. Electing Jillary and or McCain would have been just that and yes our country would have continued and one day we would ride out the cyclic economic pressures of today and tomorrow we would still have a bigger gap between rich and poor and the only place the MAerican Dream would be alive is in China. My son came home some what like yours Kent excited about a candidate for the first time ever after hearing Obama at Georia Tech in Atlanta last year. He texted me during the speech called me following and came out to the house to talk about his experience. We can say it is simply that an experience but it is through experiences and others experiences that we create movements and it is through movements we build new foundations and now is as good a time as any. Why wait eight years lets start NOW.