A test of race

This presidential election will definitely be a test for race and racism for America. If Barack Obama had fair skin, he’d be leading the polls at 65% by now on the account of his program, his smarts and the amount of hope he projects. Problem is there are still too many Americans above 50 or so who are still very much “tainted” when it comes to race and this is blurring their vision with regards to the next election. They’d rather vote for an idiot than for an excellent candidate who isn’t quite white. I’m not even mentioning the various conspiracy theories circulated by right-extremist radio talk shows and blog, suggesting that once in office, Obama will bring all of his friends (?) along and many other stupidities. The bottom line is that early November, we’ll discover if America has finally grown up, entered the modern world, or disserve the fate of today’s Zimbabwe, that faltered under the destructive work of Ian Smith and his racist views when he was running Rhodesia…