I know the post was to Igor but Id like to chime in with some answers.

It took 100 years because it took that long for people in positions of power to become brave enough to do what was right rather than what was popular.


race relations seemed to be bad, just like sex relations will seem to be bad if we ever have a female president, because people dont complain as much when they are keeping a status quo that suits them as they do when things get shaken up. and because media was sure to highlight it more than they had before.

Trump was elected because Americans admire wealth and confuse it with skill and merit, because many people saw him as hope that the status quo that preferred them would be returned, and because a woman with a voice was running against him, and because of a falsely promoted ideal that No experience would be automatically better than poor experiences.

Im sorry Ms.harmony I dont agree.

America has always had race relation problems or cultural problems,and religious problem.

Whether it was the Native Indians, the Chinese, us Italians, the Irish, Blacks, Communists, Hispanics , Roman Catholics etc.

we are just slower to admit it and slower to get rid of it, but it does happen

Race relations were bad under Obama, and that has nothing to do with him being President, if that was the case he wouldn't have been elected TWICE.

We haven't had a female president because no female wanted the job, I will admit they had no chance up to the year 2000, but when Condoleezza rice became the first black secretary of state well that changed the game.

Even Augusta finally allowed women to be members of that elusive club, and Ms.Rice was one of the first.

How many black or minority governors have there been ? not many in the beginning (12) since 1990 12, so from 1776 to 1989 there were 12 minorities and since 1990 there have 12.

how do you explain that?

Trump was elected because he knew how to play the game, he did exactly what Obama did to McCain and Romney, Obama made them look bad, and basically said if you elect these guys you will regret and the republicans are bad and awful people, meanwhile Mccain and Romney painted Obama as a good guy but not a great leader.

Trump learned that lesson and painted HiLIARy as the horrible, mean despicable person she is and it worked, It had nothing to do with HiLIARy being a female, she was just despised all around.

Just like I told you before if Carly Fiorina won the republican nomination and she was going up against HiLIARy ,Carly would have cleaned her clock.

ms.harmony,

the reason why race relationship got so much coverage was because of social media, as you said there were racial problem in the past and as each generation continue it got better and better.

Prior to Social media there were only main street media and they reported what they wanted, when social media took off everybody and their mother is considered a journalist reporting on anything and that included race matters.

Obama let his party's people do the dirty work,but he still had the final say Obama was more diplomatic his party wasnt , the attack press in the democrat party were ruthless.

2) I didn't say Obama painted HiLIARy with bad brush, that was Trump, now speaking of Obama and HiLIARY , Obama went after her hard during the 2007
democratic primaries, you can see it on You tube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PupNqMFsCpk , they describe the primary, listen to what the woman had to say about that democrat debate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opNmTcTwFp0
example of the 2007 democrat debate between HiLIARy and Obama


even back then HiLIARy wasnt well liked and people questioned her honesty , Obama even made jabs at it, this is what he is good at.

Just like I told you before if Carly Fiorina won the republican nomination and she was going up against HiLIARy ,Carly would have cleaned her clock.

I have raised this issue before but Im really wondering where we are headed with this as a society. The question I have is if being under the influence of a drug or alcohol can impede ones ability to consent, why is it not just as accepted that it can impede ones ability to reason(or recognize consent)?

and even then, how will we start defining what 'consent' looks like when every person is different and reacts differently leading into intimate situations? I know I personally dont want the guy asking me every five minutes if its okay, or do I consent, or if I want them to stop ...et cetera. For me, once its heated, its only body language and reaction that are true indicators of consent.

then there is also the matter of being persuaded, which happens in real life adult situations. Women raised a bit more traditional may not immediately be sure but may become very sure during the physical lead up to an intimate encounter, some whisper no not because they are disinterested but because they do not want to be or seem too eager.

Sex is a very complicated thing and people are very different one to the next in sexual encounters. so where do we find common ground on the topic of effective communication (and it doesnt have to be verbal) of sexual intentions or 'consent'?

I have raised this issue before but Im really wondering where we are headed with this as a society. The question I have is if being under the influence of a drug or alcohol can impede ones ability to consent, why is it not just as accepted that it can impede ones ability to reason(or recognize consent)?

and even then, how will we start defining what 'consent' looks like when every person is different and reacts differently leading into intimate situations? I know I personally dont want the guy asking me every five minutes if its okay, or do I consent, or if I want them to stop ...et cetera. For me, once its heated, its only body language and reaction that are true indicators of consent.

then there is also the matter of being persuaded, which happens in real life adult situations. Women raised a bit more traditional may not immediately be sure but may become very sure during the physical lead up to an intimate encounter, some whisper no not because they are disinterested but because they do not want to be or seem too eager.

Sex is a very complicated thing and people are very different one to the next in sexual encounters. so where do we find common ground on the topic of effective communication (and it doesnt have to be verbal) of sexual intentions or 'consent'?

I will disagree if race relations got 'better', the dischord certainly transformed into other more 'justifiable' forms though ... and state sanctioned BLATANT racism decreased, although more subtle forms also replaced it.


Obama and Hilary challenged each others positions by drawing attention to quotes and data that was researchable and not subjective (where they worked and when and who for ...et cetera) Still not in line with what Trump did.

IMHO, that was a race between two qualified candidates so I cant say what tipped the scale. But when there is a qualified woman against an unqualified man, that conclusion is easier to draw.

I disagree race relationships was getting better in America, I mean look at interracial marriages and relationships today?

50 years ago if a white person married a black person it was looked down upon, today most folks wont blink an eye, the exception is those who are bigots and alt right whack jobs.

2) you still haven't explained what "TRUMP DID".

3) you keep bringing up that the reason Americans voted for Trump because HiLIARy is a woman, you're trying to cleverly say that an experience person like HiLIARy should have been enough to win against an inexperience guy like Trump , so therefore the only reason why Trump won because America is not ready for a Woman President.

And that is nonsense.

I posted earlier, Obama won the democratic primary and he was the least experienced.

I posted earlier that Obama cleaned John McCain's clock in 2008, a lesser experienced multi racial man against an establish war veteran man in McCain.

You cant claim experience is the key when your former president beat the odds every time.

By your logic Obama shouldn't have been president, I wonder if Obama lost in 2008 would you have said he lost because he is multi racial/african american too and this proves Americans are racists?

I dont consider people marrying because they were finally LEGALLY permitted to as proof of relations improving, there have always been interracial relationship, whether with legal validation or not

What Trump did was run a campaign of divisiveness and attack, putting media in cages, calling them out from jump as a basic untrustworthy enemy, painting muslims as a group to be 'watched', painting immigrants as indecent, attacking women's appearance, encouraging and applauding violence , using personal marital problems as fodder ... painting himself as the only one to receive truth or progress with ... and on and on ...

Obama HAD experience, McCain had experience

I don't believe women that are intoxicated are any different than men

What did Hilary or Trump have to do with #MeToo and consent?

Best choice of the two for POTUS was Trump. US needed change and not because we needed a woman.

A woman could be POTUS but Hillary wasn't the right one.