Discrimination

In his essay Miller clearly states that the word "dicrimination" is very much represented in todays world. When people hear this word they immediatly think of it as meaning prejudice against another group of people. Miller clarifies that the word's true meaning is to be able to tell something apart from something else, or chosing one thing over another (such as friends, the clothes we chose to wear, and the food we eat). He strongly suggests that discriminating is usually a positive concept as opposed to a negative concept, as most people tend to percieve the word. In looking at the word from this different perspective, it may be helpful for Americans to begin discriminating in different ways.

The presidential race of 2008 is unlike any the the history of the U.S. with the two Democratic candidates running against each other being of the minority. I think that a lot of voters are chosing to discriminate these candidates, however they seem to be approaching this in the wrong manner. Instead of focusing on the candidates themselves or the ideas that the candidates stand for people seem to be to preoccupied with either having "the first woman president" or "the first black president". American voters need to stop being silly and start discriminating against these candidates in the correct way. Instead of getting all hyped up about the canidates' minority as a presidential nominee, people should dicriminate who will be the best choice for a president.