I am not used to writing about politics, but I think the Obama vs. Hilary debate has caught an amazing amount of attention, especially in Europe. It is an interesting and important issue in general, but what has intrigued me about it was a side issue.
At some point Oprah Winfrey openly endorsed Obama, and attracted the criticism of women across the world: in a race that is increasingly about a black guy vs. a woman, why did Oprah 'betray' her gender and align herself with her race? Her answer was that her choice had to do with the person, the character of the candidate more than anything else.
My question to this is: how much of the Obama vs. Hilary debate actually IS about the character of the individual and not for the fact that he is black and she is a woman? And if Obama and Hilary are indeed just symbols of their race and gender respectively, how should the voters vote? Should they align themselves with their gender or with their race? Is Oprah a traitor? Should all women vote for Hilary and all blacks for Obama? And who should all the Hispanics vote for? What about the Greek lobby?
The important question is, if someone asks you to define yourself in one word, what would you say? Woman, white, other?
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