Racism and Presidential candidates

By; Sarah Keller

I have been curious as to whether racism would play a factor in how people vote fore the next president. I read an article from AOL news over this subject. The article did a pretty nice job of reporting. It talked about how people who are normally considered “racist” are actually thinking about voting for Obama because of his educational background and half a Caucasian ancestry.

The article did however discuss that some people who said that they would not discriminate based on the color of skin are the ones who are voting for McCain. I am really glad that this article was written. I think that it is important for people to read about how racism could affect the presidential outcome.

Racism is a real issue that is at hand and one that needs to be discussed. It needs to be known that the next president of the United States should not be elected based on the color of his skin but rather the way he can lead our country, I feel as though some people tend to forget that key detail at times.