We may have come a long way to enter the most advanced 21st century, mastered numerous invincible accomplishments of the present day and touched the limits in most walks of human existence, there are certain conservative and inconsequential blockades or taboos that even after a long thriving voyage still directs or subdue the mind and thoughts of indomitable modern human beings.
No matter what is the qualification or other capabilities of a person, racism is one of the conventional hindrances that has always been a dominating force, in deciding certain political, professional or some other social aspects, even in most advanced and resolute American and Western nations, and not to talk about the traditional African and Asian countries. Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state, said,
I do think we’ve come a long way in overcoming stereotypes, role stereotypes about African-Americans. I will say race is still a factor. When a person walks into a room, I still think people still see race. But it’s less and less of a barrier to believing that person can be your doctor or your lawyer or a professor in your university or the CEO of a company. And it will not be long, I think, before it’s no longer a barrier to being president of the United States.
Now the question that will tickle many a people is, whether the American public is ready to support an African American candidate for president? If race should be a factor in hiring and college admissions, then why not the presidency?
Larger majority of the public may indicate their willingness to vote for an African American for the nation’s highest office, a minor can never be assured of success because of the tendency of many whites to tell pollsters they’re willing to vote across race lines but then do something else on the election day.
The Pew researchers study, ‘Can You Trust What Polls Say about Obama’s Electoral Prospects?’, in context of Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign will give you a clear indication of the presence of racism in the US politics.
No one would deny that race still matters in U.S. politics. For the past half century, the political parties have been increasingly divided in their positions on racial issues, and that, in turn, has affected voters’ decisions to call themselves Republicans or Democrats....
Era as well as thinking of people, with fresh and innovative thoughts, in the modern period may have changed from the early 1980s and 1990s when black candidates running against white opponents usually fared worse on the election-day, the truth and fact is that racism does exist, though in small extent now, even in the most advanced nations of the world.
