Obama's plans for College Tuition

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Well that's interesting, if true, because it would mean that people will yield their own personal values (no matter how dear) in order to appease their minority group. For instance, my black friends who voted for Obama do not support gay marriage or a repeal of the "don't ask don't tell policy." -- Yes, I asked them. They also don't identify with Obama's life in any way other than -- literally -- his status as being half black, and yet they support him as if he did. To me this kind of behavior is worthy of further study and research.

And I have to object to your idea that they will center on a leader who looks like them. This is not true. The black community does not support Condoleeza Rice and their feelings on Clarence Thomas and Gen. Colin Powell are somewhat mixed. It seems that if a black person is seen as supportive of conservative or Republican ideals (a la Bill Cosby, Thomas Sowell), they are immediately dismissed as being respresentative of their race. Why is this so? And put another way, how come only liberal blacks need apply for leadership roles in that culture?

condoleeza rice is deemed to be a "sell out." clarence thomas too.. as he married a white woman. gen powell is a funny situation in that he grew up in the south bronx and went to ccny in harlem. his success seems out of each to most blacks americans who are vocal. middle class blacks tend not to be as vocal as the lower class. liberal blacks apply for leadership roles b/c liberals were typically the ones that helped blacks in the past. Lincoln, FDR, JFK, etc.