Al Gore Quotes:
Ocupation: Former Vice President of the United States
Life: b. March 31, 1948
Birthday: March 31
There is no doubt that the issue of race is always present in American politics and in the politics of any multiracial society. There is also no doubt that for some people it is an element in the manifested hostility to Obama. But I don't think it is the major theme at all. Obama is right when he reminds people: By the way, I was black before the election.
source: "'I Am Optimistic'". Interview with Philip Bethge, Gregor Peter Schmitz and Gabor Steingart, www.spiegel.de. November 02, 2009. 
topic: Thinking, Issues, Race, Multiracial
