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has begun.
The 47-year-old politician rose to the highest post because of his stand against the war in Iraq and his plans
to fix a weak economy. But what will the first 47-year-old African-American president do for race relations?
Obama's victory appears to have given blacks and other minorities a true national role model. For years,
many looked to athletes and musicians for inspiration. As Darius Turner, an African-American high school
student in Los Angeles, told the Los Angeles Times, "Kobe doesn't have to be everybody's role model
anymore."
Recent polls (民意测验) also suggest that Obama's victory has given Americans new optimism about race
relations. For example, a USA Today poll found that two-thirds of Americans believe relations between blacks
and whites "will finally be worked out". This is the most hopeful response since the question was first asked
during the civil rights revolution in 1963.
However, it's still too early to tell whether Obama's presidency will begin to solve many of the social problems facing low-income black communities.
Although blacks make up only 13 percent of the US population, 55 percent of all prisoners are
African-American. Such numbers can be blamed on any number of factors on America's racist past, a failure
of government policy and the collapse (瓦解) of the family unit in black communities.
It is unlikely that Obama will be able to reverse (扭转) such trends overnight. However, Bill Bank, an expert
of African-American Studies, says that eventually young blacks need to find role models in their own
communities."That's not Martin Luther King, and not Barack Obama," he told the Los Angeles Times."It's
actually the people closest to them. Barack only has so much influence."
In the opinion of black British politician Trevor Phillips, Obama's rise will contribute more to
multiculturalism than to race relations in the US.
"When the G8 meets, the four most important people in the room will be the president of China, the prime
minister of India, the prime minister of Japan and Barak Obama," he told London's The Times newspaper."It
will be the first time we've seen that on our television screens. That will be a huge psychological shift (心理转变) for both the white people and the colored ones in the world."
B. blacks could only find role models on the basketball court
C. minorities in America couldn't find role models in their real life
D. American blacks had no role model who was successful in political area
B. young blacks should not be so much influenced by Obama
C. blacks should find other role models because Obama is far from their reality
D. Obama is not the proper role model for African-Americans
B. America's New Role Model
C. Obama- A Successful Black.
D. Choosing a Right Role Model
B. Obama is an African-American president.
C. None of the four leaders is white.
D. The other three leaders except Obama are from Asian countries.
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