I'm white and I don't feel guilty. The first of anything is noteworthy. In fact, one could argue that it's more noteworthy because it took 40 years after civil rights movement(really it never stopped, but we can agree on the late 60's).
on't feel guilty either, but there is that white guilt movement, I don't so much think we need to look at the time it took, rather than what it took to get there.
I don't think Condi could have won.
I'm not sure, I would think she could, but this one is trickier because she was attacked on almost as regular of a timeline as our outgoing president, so I couldn't even begin to speculate.
Mediocre people usually aren't the first to do something either though.
Eh, depends on what it is, but fair enough.
I truly believe if a black man spoke like Bush he wouldn't have ever had a chance.
I think it would depend on the message and whether or not they could connect with people, but you may have a point.