On August 10, Forbes reported that a group of more than 100 prominent black men had written a letter to Joe Biden demanding that he pick a black woman as his running mate.  They warned that if Biden failed to comply, he would lose the election.  One wonders if Whoopi Goldberg would suffice. In these tumultuous times, aren't there other criteria for high office that are more important than one's skin tones?  And if the melanin in a lady's skin is so very important, then one wonders if Biden's choice, Kamala Harris, is black enough for the "melanists" who signed the letter to Mr. Biden.  For years, some have been calling for a "national conversion on race," so let's start one. I don't know if Sen. Harris has taken a DNA test to confirm her racial pedigree, but we're told her mother was one Shyamala Gopalan, an Indian émigrée.  If her mother's racial makeup...(Read Full Post)