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Originally Posted by Daradon
I do get a little annoyed though when Americans start bragging about it like some on the news have saying, 'this could only happen in America'. Uhmmm, no. Many other nations have had female leaders of state. Places like Canada obviously haven't had a black president because we didn't participate in the slave trade, not because we're more racist or anything like that.
I guess the equivalent might be us having a asian head of state, but that could just as easily be because we haven't had one try to lead a party, not because we're not ready for it.
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Exactly, Canadians are leaps and bounds ahead of Americans in regards to tolerance and being ready to elect people of different colours, religions, sex, etc..
They keep saying on the US news as well "This shows the American dream, anyone can truly be elected president." Which is brutally untrue, a Christian/Catholic white or black 'man' can up to this point
Don't see any hindu's, muslims or atheists running for president in the next 100 years in the USA lol.
Anyhow its a great day, not so much race but for the hope that Obama has brought to the Americans and really I'm as excited for the departure of Bush
