Reply #6: As an old pasty-looking guy of Nordic ancestry, let me point out that the civil war [View All]

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amendments passed a century and a half ago, so we should have had three or four Presidents of African heritage by now; and women have had the vote for a century, so we should have had ten or twelve female Presidents by now

There are plenty of smart people here who have native or Hispanic or Asian ancestors -- and I don't know why more of those people don't regularly show up as candidates for top office

This is a ridiculous situation, and the article is imbecilic