A BLACK PRESIDENT???

If we take into account all indications, Americans will have to undergo a test case and clarify whether they are willing to accept a man of color as president. Despite the conservatism that can reign in the heart of many American families, it is true that the U.S. is prepared to accept an African American to reach the White House, the problem is that the country is not ready to ignore the racial tensions that have marked decades of history. “Me llamaron Barack, afortunado, porque pensaban que, en una América tolerante, el nombre no es obstáculo para el éxito, y me imaginaron yendo a las mejores escuelas, aunque no eran ricos, porque en una América generosa no hay que ser rico para desarrollar lo que uno tiene dentro”, declaró recientemente para la revista Times.
What the surveys say?
However, looking at all the surveys carried out over the months, it seems that race is less important than sex (referring Hillary Clinton vs. Barak Obama). An analysis by CNN[i] says that 76 percent of Americans would accept a person of color in office, while 63 percent would support a woman president. Well, up here all right, but it is true that not everyone says what he thinks and that in this country, not just the "whites" have decision-making power.

Still, it's impossible to avoid comments like "this country has always been controlled by a white America is too racist to accept a black as president." Above all, such statements are made between the Hispanic electorate, for cultural references that has never find a common point with African Americans.

Obama has moved away from more radical positions, such as those adopted at its day as referring Marthin Luther King and Malcolm X. With this determination, the senator from Illinois has tried to make clear that if he became president, the color of their skin does not play any role in making decisions regarding racial issues are concerned.

By Catalina Delgado, Tatiana Granados and Karen Moreno