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Why the American Public Argues Whether There Should Be a Black President Before a Woman President?

By Sarah Price, published May 24, 2007
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Could the American People be on the verge of the next "Chicken or Egg" dispute? Which came first, the African-American President, or the Woman President?

For decades, the American Public has been involved in a heated debate over whether there should be an African-American President before a Woman President. And this upcoming election year brings us closer to knowing which will arrive first than any other election year in our History.

The foundation of this argument stems from the history of American Politics that the African-American Male was allowed, by law, to vote fifty years earlier than Women.

The facts are written out in our Constitution with the 15th Amendment being passed in 1870 to allow African-American Men to legally vote, subsequently then, passing the 19th Amendment, as stated earlier, fifty years later, in 1920, for all women to be able to legally vote.

Knowing the facts in American Politics' History of when Women or African-American Men were allowed, by law, to vote, it is the argument of many American Citizens that an African-American should be elected President of the United States of America before any Woman.

Why should this be?

If there are viable candidates, one of the African-American race, and one of a Woman (regardless of race), why should there be any precedent over whom would be better able to lead the country in a fair, responsible manner, taking the Oath of Office "to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States?"

In this upcoming election year, America finally has both: A Woman, and an African-American.

With Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both vying for the Democratic Party's Nomination for the 2008 Presidential Election, and being the front runners in most polling across the Nation, this debate has never been more prominent.

Although, with the War in Iraq, Global Warming, and Domestic issues presently being the largest debate topics between candidates on both sides of the Party lines, Republican and Democratic alike, it should be "hats off" to the American Public!

Why the American Public Argues Whether There Should Be a Black President Before a Woman President?
Why the American Public Argues Whether There Should Be a Black President Before a Woman President?

Hillary Clinton in Houston, TX

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Andre, actually, Blacks have had the right to vote sense the late 19th century...after the Civil War. The Democratic Klu Klux Klan and its members were the ones who put in the "grandfather clause" and other things to unlawfully stop Blacks from voting.

Posted on 02/04/2008 at 9:02:15 AM

 
Well, I thought Colin Powell would have made a perfect president. But somehow i knew he would never run. I think he is intelligent, respects the military and has more integrity even than Mr. George W. Bush. He would have been a wonderful president because he knows that if you try hard in America, you can make it. His parents came to America and virtually had no money to keep a place to live, yet they raised their son to believe in the American dream. Look how far Colin Powell has gotten. He is MUCH better than Obama, Jackson, and even Sharpton. He does not use the "race card" like Jackson or Sharpton when some Black hoots and hollers racism for ANY reason.

Posted on 02/04/2008 at 9:02:23 AM

 
black population will BOOM higher

Posted on 01/26/2008 at 7:01:36 AM

 
I am for any type of president besides another WASP. It is hard for those in the majority to imagine what life will be like when a black man or woman goes to the WH. I doubt very seriously if the NASCAR crowd is eager to make a change from the Republican party. Nor will the political clout of the mid-west voter. Who by nature live in majority white communities. Not a lot of brothers in Green Bay, WI. Of course the majority of blacks will vote for Sen. Clinton and some will refuse to vote for Sen. Obama. It's a culture thing. The fact remains that the black voting style is not even relivate any more. When 97% of one group votes the same why year after year. Their voice becomes marginalized. Virtually unheard. In essence race and politics says another 4 years of Republican rule.

Posted on 05/26/2007 at 12:05:00 PM

 
And how many of those black men were allowed to go and peaceably vote, you make it sound like when it came time to go and vote white folks were just so overcome with joy to go and let the black man vote...black men were only allowed to go vote on paper...that doesn't really count seeing as how it took civil rights legislation of 1964 to actually allow them to go enforce that right for them to vote...how much opposition did white women really face with the passage of the 19th amendment...how many were lynched, hanged, hand their homes, placed of worship terrorized because they wanted to go pull the lever? Male or female, as long as you've been white in America you have always had it easier.

Posted on 05/25/2007 at 10:05:00 AM

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