Bird of a different feather

Many are wondering if T.V. personality Oprah Winfrey’s campaign for Barack Obama, is going to help his Presidential campaign or not. I am of the opinion that it is going to hurt him badly. The reason is that the big turnouts of the blacks in the ‘Oprah events’, covered extensively on TV, have stamped Obama as 'the black candidate'. So far, the ‘blackness’ of Obama was in question as his mother is white, and there was no overwhelming support for him from the black community. (Blacks adore Clintons!) Now it is no longer the case. He has become the 'man of the moment' for the blacks. Over the years, the whites in USA might have become more tolerant of blacks – but not to the extent to elect one as their ‘supreme leader’!

This reminds me of a disturbing attribute of Indians who occupy high positions in corporations in USA – they mostly ignore other Indian employees in the company, and are least helpful to them. The reason? They do not want to be identified as an Indian, different from other executives!