1. I'm a 47 year old white male.

2. I'm pretty darn tired of hearing and reading the term African American...to heck with that term is what I say, by gawd either you're an american or you're not!

3. I agree that Colin Powel would have made a good President. If he would have run I would have considered voting for him, depending on who he was running against of course. I would have also considered voting for Hillary (maybe)...although she did have an emotional day one time while standing at the podium.

4. If you don't think the white american male is a minority you need to look again.

5. I never cared to see the day a black man became elected President of the United States just for the sake of seeing a black man represent the country, are you kidding me, people actually dreamed of seeing the day a black man became president? Get real people!...a man is a man by golly, black or white is irrelevent. If a man (or woman) seems to me like he could do the job (Colin Powell) then I would vote for him.

6. It's been many many years ago, but I remember it to this day. I was discriminated against being hired for a job because of my skin color way back when I was in my early 20's....granted I didn't have any experience in the position I was interviewing for but I guess I interviewed well because they kept calling me back for a second and third interview. Anyway, I didn't found out until six months later that I didn't get the job because they had to have so many blacks, so many women, etc......True story. I have no sympathy for anyone who cries about being discriminated against, all I can tell anyone is to pick yourself up and make yourself better and the money and the jobs WILL come your way.