Teenaged Pregnancy: What's race got to do with it?

... A whole damn lot when it comes to the media.

I really hate to keep going back to this whole race thing but life experiences are very much different depending on your race. As we all know, Senator McCain's new running mate, Sarah Palin, has a 17-year-old pregnant and unwed daughter, Bristol.

Bristol isn't the first [or last] teen to be pregnant and unmarried. However, her pregnancy isn't what's upsetting me. What ticks me off is the fact that no one really says too much about it or has tried to really throw it in Palin's face the way they beat Obama over the head with his loud-mouthed, America-bashing [former] pastor, Rev.

I strongly believe that had Bristol been a "sista," we wouldn't have heard the end of it. Had that been one of Obama's daughters, the American people would have flipped this presidency race upside down and he wouldn't even stand a chance.

While America condemns those women of color who have found themselves in the same predicament, they have practically rallied behind Bristol and her family. A complete hypocrisy.

Just take a look at how CNN broadcasted the faults of unwed and pregnant Black women in America in the "Black In America" TV special. However, according to news reports, Bristol plans to marry to father of the baby which is apparently the opposite of what Black women are doing. According to "Black In America, " Black women rarely ever get married and the fathers of the children don't generally stick around.

I think I'm going to stop there.

Honestly, I don't see what Bristol's pregnancy or Obama's former pastor has to do with the people involved in the presidential race anyway. So what if the girl got knocked up. Her pregnancy isn't even interesting! Why is it all over the news? And so what if Obama's former pastor took his 15-minutes of fame to new and drastic heights of ultimate embarrassment. Neither are running for a seat in the White House.

Lets stop worrying so much about everything else except the people who will potentially run our country.