Early this morning I was watching a national news show. In the featured politics piece, the show highlighted the points of an interview with Barack Obama. During this interview, he referred to his grandmother as a “typical white person”. I was rather shocked by this. For as long as I can remember America has been referred to as a “melting pot”. I believe part of America’s success as a melting pot is due to the acceptance and welcome of all races, nationalities, religions, etc. So I have a few questions: Is there such a thing as a typical white person? If there is, what makes a white person typical? If there is a typical white person, is there a typical black person? Is there one certain characteristic or set of characteristics that makes a person typical? What makes Barack Obama qualified to decide who is or is not a typical white person? America is still a melting pot. Can a good presidential candidate for America really define people for their race?
Tags: Barack Obama, election, melting pot, politics, president, typical white person
March 22, 2008 at 12:10 am |
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September 13, 2008 at 3:43 am |
I believe there is a typical white, black, latino person. Only because we as a people have roots. By that I mean traditions based on where we come from our ethnicity. I don’t believe Obama was trying to be rude, or generalize every single white person. But we have to stop being so sensitive about race remarks. No, I’m not a typical black woman. Yet, I have met some pretty typical black females in life.
Keep in mind most of us or followers not leaders. That my friend makes a lot of us very typical.
I think I will use this for my next youtube blog conversation, very interesting topic.