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I stand corrected. However, were they denied the position based on race?
That's impossile to determine when the position is decided by a popular vote.
It's entirely possible that Obama only won the primary because he was up against a woman and that women are now more "oppressed" than blacks with regards to positions of political power. Perhpas Palin being McCain's running mate only served to provide more assistance for Obama on that regard. If that were true, then that wouldn't be evidecne that blacks not an oppressed people, just that they are the preffered oppressed choice between women and blacks.
Or it could just be that people just liked him better overall and there was no racism or sexism involved in the decision.
But even that doesn't provide evdiecne that there is not some lingering opression that hasn't been fully alleviated with equal rights. Think about it, we have hundreds of years of systematic oppression of minorites in this country which has led to a culture of oppression within our scoiety. While we've removed most of th ethings that were creating this oppression, the ramifications of hundreds of years doens't magically disappear overnight. It takes time. And in the 40 odd years since we've started truly changing, there have been remarkable improvements. But again, that doesn't mean that there aren't still lingering affects. Especially given the correlations betwen opportunity and socio-economic status.