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Yesterday’s protests serve as a reminder that the “Age of the White Man” is over. No longer can a group of racist white guys mandate a change in this country and make it stick without question. Long gone are the days of American ethnic cleansing, desegregation, and bigotry: Good riddance.

The Bush administration doesn’t seem to know this. Even as they promote a Hispanic Supreme Court justice, as they watch a black freshman senator from Illinois take the spotlight, they still deny that “people of color” form a significant portion of the nation, and that portion is growing. White affluent people live in a self-made cocoon formed of their insecurities, of their enclave suburban or small-town boundaries, of their white man’s church mentality. These sons and daughters of privilege are clearly out of touch with America as it is today.

While the conservatives and the white Christians try to regress this country back to a previous era, the world progresses toward unity, inclusiveness and the reality that Caucasians make up a small sub-category of humanity.

Where does it state in our constitution that the founding ideals of this great nation are intended only for European immigrants? Who claims that progress and economic growth can occur without change in society? How can anyone believe that global acceptance of Democracy can progress while any one demographic oppresses another to any degree?

The Bush administration has finally hit a nerve with Americans. As thousands take to the streets in peaceful protest there may be thousands more who are willing to accept a regime change in America, who will not speak out until their votes are counted. We have seen that war and mismanagement, deficits and disaster combined cannot alienate Americans and future Americans as fast as trying to take away their right to live here, their right to choose where on this planet they want to raise a family, to seek happiness and prosperity.

This may very well be the nail on the coffin of the Bush administration. It’s about time…