The Race Card is Getting Old

I am officially calling for a new deck of cards. The one that's being used over and over is old, too old to deal from any longer. You see, the issues that surround all of us right now have nothing to do with race; yet be prepared, that's all we're going to hear about for the next five months.

I hate to be the one to break the news to you, Obama. But, as long as black people are a minority, there are fewer black fathers than white fathers who shirk the responsibilities of fatherhood. There are far more poor white than poor black. Why should this be about race? Is race the card you think will carry you into the White House?

Perhaps the race card is the only card up Obama's sleeve for his campaign. The articles about his speech in a new and different church serve up the same thing. The Washington Post quoted Obama as saying, "too many black fathers are missing from too many lives and too many homes"

CNN takes the issue farther, highlighting more of the overall attitude of this presidential contenter:

"We can't simply write these problems off to past injustices," Obama said Sunday. "Those injustices are real. There's a reason our families are in disrepair ... but we can't keep using that as an excuse."

Listen up, Obama. I am no more responsible for my father's actions than I am for my great-great-great grandfather's. This whole country is populated with immigrants in one way or another, and everyone deserves to be represented, not just black people. If you happen to get elected in November, you had better serve all of us.

You see, I will vote for a person capable of doing the job, not just a black man. It is way past time for a new deck of cards.