Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
You're saying that if McCain or Clinton called their grandmother a "typical white person," the news agencies would be calling for their immediate withdrawal from the race? Seems unlikely.
I think he meant if Clinton or McCain called anyone a "typical black person", the media would give them a very hard time about it... possibly to the point of demanding that they withdraw from the race.

Obama deserves no special treatment because of his race. Even though Rev. Wright and Al Sharpton would be quick to claim otherwise, he's not anything special just because he's black. Nobody is special just because they're black, or white, or Asian, or Hispanic, or whatever. What makes the person is what's inside their heart and their deeds/actions, not the color of their skin. It amazes me that certain groups still wish to see their race get preferential treatment, just because of atrocities committed many years ago. They feel like society owes them something. Society owes them nothing, until they've done something to deserve preferential treatment. This goes for every race and nationality in this country. The day civil rights dictates who's 'entitled' to become our President is the day that I move to Holland. But I don't think I'll ever have to worry about that.