SHOULD BLACK MEN GET AN EXTRA VOTE        l?
474546
Well since they don't put any money into the economy, how about a quarter vote instead.  \n\nOr how about to make it fair we give everyone IQ tests and you get a number of votes equal to your IQ, then you can have your two votes.
1063144
Absolutely! More men need to take pride in that area.
721094
That would be sexist!  Just like anything protecting Caucasian rights would be racist.  African-Americans can have "BET" but whites can't have "WET".\n\nIt's just the way it is.  You will never get Blacks to give up their right to have more rights than Whites.  And you will never get women to give up their right to have more rights than men.
56526
I think a black male will win.
145542
Well, they did give them equal rights and the right to vote. There are also cases of affirmative action (choosing a person for a job or college because they are of a different race; it's also called reverse racism).
603750
It would be very hard for an honest man to get into office. Our voting system is sponsored by companies and business and agencies. If their campaigns were by taxes and all had an equal say on their issues-that would be fair. An honest man could not raise the funds like Exxon and the Pharmaceuticals (and others)have for their candidate-who will support their issues-thus favors are owed . Sad but true.
535690
Personally, I think that the people most qualified for the job should get the job.  Although I am a minority myself, I wouldn't want the white guy who is qualified to protect my life to not get the job because a black lady got it who isn't as qualified.
940090
just because hes a black man?
373109
No way. Politicians can go to any extent to get a few extra votes. In the process, they are destyoying the society and the merit. What is surprising is that a person who already has his legs in grave (Arjun Singh) and is not even able to walk properly, is still thinking about getting more and more votes.
939736
Best man or woman for the job, that is how it should be. Instead of the minorities calling their communities black communities they need to start just calling them communities. This will not happen though because look at who black people have for role models. Criminals.
137800
I agree that it should legal. The only reason it's not is because the right-wing seems deadset on living in the past and not progressing at all. It will happen one day, trust me. There were people who once said black people or women would never have the right to vote either. And to the first answerer, homosexuality is not the only way AIDS is spread!
132568
It's to make Blacks feel better about themselves.
588605
Very clever!\n\nI'm voting for them now. Return the favour! :)\n\nBy the way, you know you can vote for yourself again, right?
445384
No, because People are going to be looking and judging if a black guy is president. He would have to be the best president ever, the slightest mistake everyone will regret picking a black person as president. You know how it is, people will not look at him/her as what good they could do. But they will be look at as when will he make a mistake and screw up. But there can be, but only if they are the best ever.\n\nEX my friends like to play Madden football video games because that all their use to. When I showed them ESPN 2k5 and said if they play it they would like it. But instead of playing it to like it, they played it to find all the faults in the game. None of the things they said where faults in the game, it just that it's different then what they are use too. The point is, they wasn't trying to like the game, but trying to find any faults in it. That way they can go back knowing that change isn't good. Same with a black president, even if he's better tahn any white president. People will remember his faults and not always his qualities, and no one is perfect.
774517
I think the idea has some merit, as long as people are allowed the option of abstaining or spoiling their ballot paper.\n\nMy primary concern though is making sure that people make an informed choice, I think that is at least as important as increasing turnout. I think compulsory voting would only exacerbate the problem of uninformed voting, unless you make people sit through presentations from all the candidates on the ballot paper and then pass a test afterwards...let's face it, that ain't ever gonna happen.
484399
I trust that you are speaking of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. He was a person who was sincerely trying to bring equality back to America for all people. As a Southerner, many of the people who voted for him, were disappointed. They felt that he should continue their own policies of racism. He was not like that. He had the extra burden of having cancer while he was in office. He hung in there and did a magnificent job. Peace and God Bless.
511684
Well before 1865 (Lincoln took office in 1861)only white men could vote. In 1865 slaves were so called emancipated and black men were supposedly given the right to vote. However, because of "black codes" very few black men were able to excercise their right to vote.  So no, the common person did not have the right to vote.  A constitutional amendment allowed all American women to vote in 1920.