"Are You Black Enough?" -The latest qualification needed to be president?

"Are you black enough?"

That is the question that has been directly asked to the two democratic front-runners, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. I am aware that it is in part to be humorous, but at the same time it still rubs me the wrong way. In fact, I'm not really sure what the question means. Who defines what "black" is? It is like turning the clock back to racism and stereotyping, where "black" is a defined roll. The question that is reasonable and appropriate to ask is, "What have you done for the African-American community and what will you do for it as President?" How "black" someone is shouldn't qualify or disqualify a person to be president. It should be what have they done for african-americans, and for that matter for all people, of all colors. A candidate shouldn't be defined by the color of his or her skin, gender, ethnicity, the part of the country he's from, or anything else. The only question that needs to be answered correctly to be president is, "What have you done and how do you plan on making this country a better place?" That question covers everything, all the issues, and if the candidate can provide the correct answer to that question, than he or she deserves to be president.

.....But then again, maybe if that question was asked in 2000, we wouldn't have Mr. Dubya as President...