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This is indeed what the election will be about: women vs men, black vs white. This is exactly what Republican attack ads are trying to do: Provoke the dorment fear in white Americans that once elected, Obama (or any black man) will "enslave the white race." Jon Stewart's Daily Show has pinpointed the heart of the matter, but no one else in the media dares to pick it up. Even if there were no Rev. Wright, something else would have been brought up to remind white voters of their fear of the black man.
Let the real color of every voter show. The sentiment and interpretation of each person on Obama's candidacy in regard to the "Wright controversy" reflect less about Wright and Obama, but more about the person's own view of racial conflicts in this country.
Let's not kid ourselves that just because a black man is one of the frontrunners in the presidential campaign, this country is free of self-delusion about racism. The longer this debate goes on, the more the true colors come out -- what the real state of racial relations is in this country, not what people would like them to be.
