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Originally Posted by jsarno
Your comments beg the question...why do we as a society insist on labels? Why can't he just be Obama? Why label him as black? Why label him?
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Cause society can't get past labels. It's like my best friend tells me, she said when she met me, she didn't see a black female. She just saw Di'Andra (Thats me!
). Which I found amazing because I always thought when people looked at me, the first thing they automatically notice, is that I'm black.
I think society doesn't go, "Oh hey! Look at that great guy making a speech." They go, "Hey, look at that Black guy. He's so articulate."
And here is where I agree with you, that labels are detrimental. I do hope that in another generation or two, people won't be so quick to label someone by race, sexual orientation, or whatever it may be. But unfortunately I don't think we're there yet.