http://blog.pulkitsethi.com Procrastinators: leaders of tomorrow Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:06:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://blog.pulkitsethi.com/15/breaking-the-mold/ http://blog.pulkitsethi.com/15/breaking-the-mold/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:42:30 +0000 Pulkit Sethi http://blog.pulkitsethi.com/?p=15 We have finally broken the mold of white guys in office, but what about an Asian, Hispanic, or Middle Eastern looking president.  Taking race out, Obama still fits the mold of a Christian, straight, male President.  There are still many barriers to cross including religion, gender, and sexual orientation to name a few.  Some of those barriers were tested during this election.  In the course of the election, there was an issue with many Americans that Obama was potentially raised under the Islamic faith or that he practiced Islamic teachings.  So what?  What’s wrong with being associated with the Islamic faith?  Does beliving in a religion equate to having a greater moral fiber or make you a more qualified President?  I think this commotion was an example of how this country still has a far way to go in crossing those barriers.  So as a country I hope we don’t think this is the end.  We are moving in the right direction, but the day we have a non-Christian, non-male, and non-straight President, that is the day that our country can truely say that we have broken the mold.

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