I agree with you about Condoleezza Rice's politics, BlueCat (nice to see you back by the way). When I said Blacks should look up to people like her I meant professional and successful, not Bush scum. People are getting off the subject here. It's not about who is in the Bush administration. It's about the fact that so many Blacks seem to be getting their role models in the wrong places.

You mention leveling the playing field, what does that really mean? I'm a professional working for a distributor of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. In my position I hire, and sometimes fire, people. When I interview someone I look for qualifications. I don't give a rats ass about a person's color, race, sexual prefernce, etc. I want the person who can do the job the best. So, if leveling the plaing field means hiring someone based on their skills without regard to their skin color I am all for it. If, however, "leveling the playing field" means bringing the level down to accommodate those with fewer skills , whatever their color, then forget it.

I honestly don't see that there is so much discrimination out there anymore. At least not soley because of a persons skin color. Maybe it's because I'm out here in California which is so liberal or maybe I'm just blind, but I don't see it. There are a lot of other minorities out there who came here with nothing and they're doing great. Nobody I know would deny a person a job, or anything else, soley because of the color of his or her skin. They would, however, deny that person a professional job if he came in wearing gangsta clothing, speaking in ebonics, and acting like he was still in the ghetto. Is that still discrimination? I don't think so.