We all have seen the controversial remark that Sen. Harry Reid made about then Sen. Barack Obama;
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized Saturday following reports he had privately described then-candidate Barack Obama during the presidential campaign as a black candidate who could be successful thanks in part to his "light-skinned" appearance and speaking patterns "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.".
The Media and others have decided to place emphasis on his use of the word Negro as if that's where the offense lies. It is not. As an African American, I have already accepted the fact that older Americans of all races creeds and colors are going to still use that word till the day they die. I will use the term African American or Black till the day I die even of society accepts a new word.-like chocolate or something-. What I am identified as in this nation reflects more on the person identifying me than it does me. I wasn't offended at that.