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Opinion - Letters to the Editor

Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008

Still being judged by skin color

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As a 73-year-old African-American male, I have never been more caught up in the political process as I was during this race for the White House. What interested me most was the blatant racism. During the primary, it was often spoken of the white women who were Hillary Clinton's supporters. When she lost the nomination, the question was asked, "Will her white women supporters vote for Barack Obama, a black man?" He is half-black and half-white. His "daddy" is black (full- blooded African, born in Kenya) and his "momma" is white, a distant descendant of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, and part Cherokee. Is it not an injustice that her ethnicity has been discounted?

Why could it not be asked, "Would they vote for an African-American?" Why must he be judged by the color of his skin? How does one decide on what part of his ethnicity should get the vote? In the 21st century, a man of mixed blood is still being judged by the color of his skin.

Will racism ever die in these United States, and will man ever "be judged by the content of his character rather than the color of his skin"?

REV. JAMES M. ANDERSON

Modesto