01-23-2008, 01:12 AM
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/...,530129,00.html
A very interesting article. German article xlated to english. The article makes several interesting points but not even once thinks its important enough to mention that Obama is black and that actually might (just might) be a factor with white voters in the US of A.
I read somewhere before the Iowa primaries that Republicans said Obama was the guy to watch. How many amongst us think that, if nominated, Obama's race might give a significant advantage to Republicans ?
Question for US politics guroos -> Has anybody seen any surveys that analyzes the race factor in Obama's nomination ? Any surveys, interviews etc ? I am really curious to know
1. whether race is really a non-issue in Obama's case ?
2. whether race-as-a-factor has been debated in the open enough or is it something that just stays in the background - a dont-ask-dont-tell type thing ?
3. whether it has been debated plenty and the society has accepted a black man as a-ok for the top-post in western world.
A very interesting article. German article xlated to english. The article makes several interesting points but not even once thinks its important enough to mention that Obama is black and that actually might (just might) be a factor with white voters in the US of A.
I read somewhere before the Iowa primaries that Republicans said Obama was the guy to watch. How many amongst us think that, if nominated, Obama's race might give a significant advantage to Republicans ?
Question for US politics guroos -> Has anybody seen any surveys that analyzes the race factor in Obama's nomination ? Any surveys, interviews etc ? I am really curious to know
1. whether race is really a non-issue in Obama's case ?
2. whether race-as-a-factor has been debated in the open enough or is it something that just stays in the background - a dont-ask-dont-tell type thing ?
3. whether it has been debated plenty and the society has accepted a black man as a-ok for the top-post in western world.