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Re: >CNN chose O'Brien, an unqualified (and powerless?) Black reporter to lead this farce.

This is a hard-hitting review, worth the read. But S.O'Brien is Black? If she is, I guess it's only fractionally, since from her physical presence on TV, it never occurred to me that she may be of mixed Black background. If she is indeed of some-part Black heritage that underscores how subtle racial distinctions can be and why racial prejudice of any kind is as absurd as it is abhorrent. When I see Soledad on TV, I see an engaging female reporter and personality. When I see Barack Obama, I see an earnest and engaging politician. When I see Sarah Palin, however, I shudder to think she could possibly (only in America, as is said) become President if the marbles eventually roll that way. And that has nothing to do with her gender since had Hillary Clinton been on the ticket, I would have been supportive. I have always hoped that when it comes to social and political concerns, our America will eventually become entirely "color blind". We've come a very long way since WWII, and are maturing rapidly.

Still, there are pockets of stupidity about racial and ethnic backgrounds, but that will never disappear entirely. It will most likely, however, soon cease to be of much concern to the flow of the nation. The USA has become so rich in its variegated heritage that there is increasingly little room left for baseless prejudice based on race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or religious convictions {as long as the latter doesn't become so rabid as to interfere with the general interests of what has been designed to be a politically secular nation (hence my concerns about all the Sarah Palin types in national politics)}. That said, excessive "political correctness" itself can be stifling and counterproductive...maybe that subject could also make for worthwhile documentary material. Meanwhile, I suppose we'll all "stay tuned". As with everything, documentaries not excepted, some productions are thoughtfully produced gems while others scour the bushes for a sufficiently low common demoninator that will likely appease the mass-market popularity seekers and their financial-incentive driven promotors. Some things never change and probably never will.