Two things

Thursday June 19, 2008 - 1:45AM EDT

Two recent things got me thinking. One was Tiger Woods of course, his mug is plastered everywhere after the US Open win. But what is becoming more impressive is that people don't talk about him with any kind of racial tones much anymore. It has been that way for a while but when he started out that was a fairly common overtone. Each of these people chip away at that idea of "race" that plagues the human pysche. The other thing is Barrack Obama presidential run and just as importantly his wife possibly being the first lady. I have to think that having an African American woman in such a position of reverence will do so much for the image of minority women in the minds of all people. If Obama get elected and Michelle becomes first lady I really think that something like people looking to hire a person for an excutive postion or something along those lines might take a much fairer look at the minority women who have applied or interviewed and that as direct result of an African American woman being first lady someone might get a job or an opportunity that otherwise wouldn't have been there.

Also there was a refence in a story about how Obama and Michelle relationship is one more of equals. That could also be important too.