Raise, Riaze, Race.

RACE

Race. no not Track and Field but one of the most uncomfortable issues to talk about. When someone brings up race most of us look away or some of us leave the area, but for some of us who it affects, the African American's, the Latinos..etc immediately are furious or angry, because of the stigma that comes with the color of our skin; Racism.

George Edwin Taylor. A forgotten African American Presidential Candidate, the reason he is forgotten is because he did not win the election. He is not Barack Obama, first black president in the history of the United States. George was born in 1857 to a slave man and a free woman. He had originally worked as a professional Journalist before deciding to dive into politics. George  "gained distinction, according to the Tacoma, Wash., Times on Aug. 17, 1904, as a leader in the Republican national convention of 1892, "to which he was an alternate delegate-at-large from his state." 

People took notice of that so in 1904 The Nation Liberty Party, and independent party called on George to run as a third party for presidency. George didn't get much recognition though, he barely got 2000 votes. His name was left out of majority of ballots, the reason being because of his Race, because he was not a White Man, because he was black man running for a majority white country, so nobody took him seriously, in fact many people laughed at the fact that he was running, they took him as a joke.

This goes to show that back then if you weren't White, you had to give 200% to the white mans 100%, because even if you had the same score or the same placement, if you were not white it didn't matter, I'm thankful that I was born after those times because i probably would have been so fed up with that, and might have done something reckless. After Obama ran for president in 2008 I think it really paved a way for young people of color to run for those government offices and win. The lesson learned from George Edwin Taylor to me is you have to always give 200% if you aren't white because odds are if you don't you're going to be behind the white man always.