What color was your vote?

Have you read the stories?

Have you heard the sound bytes?

"Why I voted."

People have a myriad of reasons for voting. "I hate the current administration." "I can't stand that candidate." "Throw the bums out." "Let's have change." "He was black." "I don't like her dress."

Wait a minute, hold the phone - "He was black?" Are you serious? You voted for a man solely because of the color of his skin? I thought I heard you say the other day that those white folks are racist. Doesn't it run both ways? Aren't you a racist if you take an action *solely* on the basis of the color of someone's skin?

It's absolutely amazing to me that one group of people can claim that another group of people are racist and then in the same breath admit that they voted for our new "savior of the world" because he was black. Sounds like racism to me.

I get it that some groups of people were treated horribly in the past. I get it that racism and lots of other isms are alive and well in our country. But can you look in the mirror and say that you are not a racist if you vote for someone because of his skin tone?

Do we really need to keep this battle of the skin shades alive by voting based on color?

Here's my take. I did not vote for the current Prez-elect. It had absolutely nothing to do with his hue. It had to do with his ideas, thoughts and plans for this nation. I don't like them. I don't trust them. I don't think they'll work. This time I was in the minority - more people voted for him than the other guy. And even though I don't like it, I accept it. It's called democracy. You can bet that I'll be working hard to see that guys (or gals) who have ideas, thoughts and plans that I do support will be victorious next time.

And I won't really care about the skin tone.