History to be made?

I believe that this country is very much ready for either an African-American president or a female president. I also believe that people should stop looking so much on the outside of the person, but rather on their character. I don’t care what a person looks like or what gender they are, as long as they represent the American government and myself as best as possible and the way the American people see fit. I believe that an African-American or a female would be just as fit for the job as president as any Anglo-Saxon male, as long as they have the qualifications. People should not be so quick to generalize others by race or gender. This country was founded on the equality of “man”, but yet some men and almost all women have had to work long and hard over many years and tremendous struggles for their “equality”. When the founding fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution and stated that all “men” are created equal, did they really mean all men, using men as a general term for both men and women, or did they mean all land owning, white men? Throughout the years, it seems as if our politicians, especially presidents have followed the same trend. They all seem to be white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant, older males. This changed when Kennedy was elected because he was Catholic, the first and only Catholic to become president, of course he filled all the other categories. But way before that time, African-Americans and women were not even allowed to participate in elections. It wasn’t until 1870 that the Fifteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution allowed non-white men to vote (this included African-Americans and all other races except Native Americans). Women were not allowed to vote in federal elections until much later in 1920. White men had had the right since the first presidential election in 1789. I believe that by electing either an African-American president or female president, it will show how far America has come since the Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation and a series of other speeches and political leaders throughout the years. Of course, electing either an African-American or female president would do good for the current and future state of this country, just like any other qualified and willing person; only if they were qualified for the job. Americans have a chance to make history in the 2008 election, but votes should not be based solely on wanting to make history. History will be made by a great leader, a great president, no matter race or gender. Who’s to say that an African-American or a female can’t run a country? Who’s to say that a white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant, older male is dominant and is the only one fit for the job of president? My opinion is a minute part relating to the outcome of the election, but my opinion does matter and history does matter. I’m very excited to be able to participate in the upcoming election of 2008 as a female and to help make history. Whether history be made in 2008 by electing an African-American, female or white president, or not, I believe that they are all capable, no more than the other, for the job of representing the country of the United States of America and making their mark in history for this generation and future generations to come.

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