Elusive Diversions

elusive exclusivity – hey, it rhymes

I’m not very political. I probably couldn’t tell you half of what either of the major party candidates stood for this election year. For that matter, I got the feeling that no one else I ran into could either: this was an election based solely on a marketing campaign. But, that’s just my opinion.

Though I lack any political expertise, I have had one opinion I feel should be considered: that Barack Obama is not black; he is bi-racial. And it bothers me, to my core, that he waged a campaign under the banner of being black. I am not denying him his African American heritage. However, he is denying something: his white heritage; his mother’s heritage. Be who you are, and I will love you for it.

And now, we are calling him our first “black” president. No, he’s our first [known] bi-racial president, and there’s a big difference.

I just had to get that off my chest. I like things to be called what they are, not molded as someone feels a situation deems.