Z Politics

From George Washington to Abraham Lincoln all the way to Jimmy carter and George W. Bush all forty-three Presidents of the United States of America have been white men. But for the first time there is a very real possibility that the next President won’t be a white man. Even if the Democratic Primary process doesn’t get sorted out until the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August the nominee will not be a white man.

I think this is long overdue, but I still worry that this country isn’t ready to elect a President that isn’t a white man. This country has been run by white men for far too long. Most of this country is not white men. Think about it 50 to 51 percent of the population is women. Then fact in African-American men, Latino Men, Asian Men, Middle Eastern Men and Native American Men and in the end White Men are a minority in this country yet they hold most of the wealth and power. How  messed up  is that?

Now White Men find themselves as the ones with the power again? How? By being the key swing vote this year. So it doesn’t matter if it’s Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama as the democratic nominee white men have to be convinced that one of them is presidential material or John McCain, a white man of course, will be the next President.

How ironic is that? Even when the candidate isnt’ a white man the power rests with white men because they are the key swing vote. That makes them important and powerful. So in the end having an African-American or a Woman nominated doesn’t really take the power away from white men. They keep it by default. I guess the more things change the more they stay the same.