Without taking into consideration their political ideology, Ray Lahood is of Lebanese descent and Bobby Jindahl's parents are from India. Lahood was not elected by a Lebanese majority nor was Jindahl elected by a Southeast Asia majority.

When, my fellow Americans, will it be time for us all to say: “I am not my Ancestors. I will not take credit for the things they did right. Please don't blame me for the things they did wrong.” ?

James H. Shewmaker

IN the coming one party state, black voters will act as a subparty within the Democratic Party where black politicians look out for blacks first.

Sadly, the people in power in Atlanta fail to understand, or care, how the election of a white minority mayor in their city would be another milestone in the fight against racism in the south.

How great would it be to finally get past the desire to have a black mayor, just for the sake of having one, after centuries of slavery and oppression…and just electing the right person?

That would be true reconcilation.

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It sounds to me that the opportunity provided by Jackson's win had been wasted. If in 35 years of rule, the establishment had not extended the socio-economic and political position of the black majority, then it's time that voters look to new leadership. That basic failure is somehow missed by these guys.

It may be that the lesson here in a “post-racial” environment, results matter more than the 1970s ethnocentric movement. The Dixiecrats were diminished by Jackson's election, but without produced results, choosing by skin color is by either side is just archaic.

(In fact, you'd be encountering the same kind of thing in any central city that's heavily black going back at least to the 1970s. Much of it is black cultural development post-Great Society, some of it is merely coincidental, and whatever other group was in charge in the cities instead would be doing the same thing. “She's not Italian!” or “She's Anglo!” etc.)