Way to go AP

Okay, so this the headline of a news article linked to on yahoo's front page, Obama's success as president hinges on more than race. Really, Associated Press? Really? You have to be the most retarded person alive to think that race should be the only reason for failure or success at anything. Race shouldn't play even the slightest sliver of difference in how anyone does anything. Sadly, I know that there were many people who voted for our new president based solely on the fact that he is black. They really should have listened to MLK's speech about judging people not on the color of their skin, but by their actions, their achievements, their character. Why would anyone write an article headline like that? It simply boggles my mind.

Also, having listened to a very well-reasoned talk on the matter, I now believe that the classification of race is a completely false, not to mention harmful, one. Ethnicity, yes; Race, no. Race implies major genetic differences, and has been used over and over again to commit heinous atrocities against mankind. By that reasoning, I might be a completely different race from my brother, who looks way different from me. I have yet to see or hear of something good come from using race as a classification. All that comes to mind with the concept of race is it being used to say that one is superior to the other(s) in order to dominate or exterminate the other. Slavery and Nazi germany comes to mind as some vivid examples...