[MD] Zen

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Platt, Arlo,


>[Platt]
>I can't say that Obama wouldn't be a current presidential candidate unless he
>was black...
>
>[Arlo]
>Because it is untrue. Is McCain a candidate because he is white? Did you get
>where you are because you are white? Why would you take offense to that, but
>turn around an accuse a black man of attaining his success simply "because he
>is black"? If Geraldine Ferraro had said McCain is a candidate only because he
>is a "white man", wouldn't you take offense to that? 
>
>What else can't you say, Platt? Seems to revolve a lot around "blacks", doesn't
>it? What is it you want to be able to say, but can't? (By the way, you were not
>prevented from saying what you said above, were you?)

Steve:
I don't think he means that he literally can't say it. He does seem to be correct that he can't say it without being written off as a racist.

Regards,
Steve