the first white politician in U.S. history elected to a major office with a black spouse

[aGameOfThrones]

Another milestone is passing in America's racial journey: The next mayor of New York City is a white man with a black wife.

Even in a nation with a biracial president, where interracial marriage is more accepted and common than ever, Bill de Blasio's marriage to Chirlane McCray is remarkable: He is apparently the first white politician in U.S. history elected to a major office with a black spouse by his side.

This simple fact is striking a deep chord in many people as de Blasio prepares to take office on Jan. 1, with McCray playing a major role in his administration.

"It reflects the American values of embracing different races, ethnicities, religions. I think it's just a great symbol," said William Cohen, the former Maine senator and Secretary of Defense, who is married to a black woman.

Cohen was already a senator when he started dating Janet Langhart, a black television journalist. He proposed several times, but she feared that her race would hurt Cohen's political future. They married in 1996, a few weeks after Cohen announced he would not seek a fourth term.

"There has been that fear (of interracial marriage) on the part of politicians. I didn't have it," Cohen said. He noted that a few white politicians have married Latino or Asian women, like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, whose wife is from Mexico, or Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, who is married to the Taiwan-born former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao.

http://news.yahoo.com/white-mayor-black-wife-nyc-shatters-image-160244789.html

[enhanced_deficit]

At least he didn't pretend to be "black" to win election as allegedly happened in Houston:


(http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=ycEF6-fM427JiM&tbnid=ibRuDBXWSXu6FM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.brobible.com%2Flife%2Farticle%2 Fman-wins-election-pretending-hes-black&ei=Ad6HUr2GJvbG4AOY6YDYCg&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNHhw2KDFbPlRWCx4alCNc-MSVd3jA&ust=1384722181585457)White candidate wins after leading Tex. voters to think he's black (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57611671/white-candidate-wins-after-leading-tex-voters-to-think-hes-black/)CBS News-Nov 10, 2013


http://m.brobible.com/files/uploads/made/files/uploads/images/white-man-election_480_273_c1_c_t_0_0.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=ycEF6-fM427JiM&tbnid=ibRuDBXWSXu6FM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.brobible.com%2Flife%2Farticle%2 Fman-wins-election-pretending-hes-black&ei=Ad6HUr2GJvbG4AOY6YDYCg&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNHhw2KDFbPlRWCx4alCNc-MSVd3jA&ust=1384722181585457)
http://images.politico.com/global/2013/11/11/131110_houston_voters_ap_605.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=HBOk2MdjUCYujM&tbnid=-22ksXcODDEl4M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fstory%2F2013%2 F11%2Fdavid-wilson-houston-community-college-board-99654.html&ei=ot2HUrWSNqXD4AOfxoGgBw&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNHhw2KDFbPlRWCx4alCNc-MSVd3jA&ust=1384722181585457)

[compromise]

At least he didn't pretend to be "black" to win election as allegedly happened in Houston:


(http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=ycEF6-fM427JiM&tbnid=ibRuDBXWSXu6FM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.brobible.com%2Flife%2Farticle%2 Fman-wins-election-pretending-hes-black&ei=Ad6HUr2GJvbG4AOY6YDYCg&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNHhw2KDFbPlRWCx4alCNc-MSVd3jA&ust=1384722181585457)White candidate wins after leading Tex. voters to think he's black (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57611671/white-candidate-wins-after-leading-tex-voters-to-think-hes-black/)CBS News-Nov 10, 2013


http://m.brobible.com/files/uploads/made/files/uploads/images/white-man-election_480_273_c1_c_t_0_0.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=ycEF6-fM427JiM&tbnid=ibRuDBXWSXu6FM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.brobible.com%2Flife%2Farticle%2 Fman-wins-election-pretending-hes-black&ei=Ad6HUr2GJvbG4AOY6YDYCg&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNHhw2KDFbPlRWCx4alCNc-MSVd3jA&ust=1384722181585457)
http://images.politico.com/global/2013/11/11/131110_houston_voters_ap_605.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=HBOk2MdjUCYujM&tbnid=-22ksXcODDEl4M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fstory%2F2013%2 F11%2Fdavid-wilson-houston-community-college-board-99654.html&ei=ot2HUrWSNqXD4AOfxoGgBw&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNHhw2KDFbPlRWCx4alCNc-MSVd3jA&ust=1384722181585457)

This is actually an excellent tactic that all liberty candidates running in majority black districts should aim to replicate.

[angelatc]

Who cares?

[eduardo89]

Who cares?

Closet racists who try to prove they aren't racist by applauding this?

[HOLLYWOOD]

At least he didn't pretend to be "black" to win election as allegedly happened in Houston:


(http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=ycEF6-fM427JiM&tbnid=ibRuDBXWSXu6FM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.brobible.com%2Flife%2Farticle%2 Fman-wins-election-pretending-hes-black&ei=Ad6HUr2GJvbG4AOY6YDYCg&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNHhw2KDFbPlRWCx4alCNc-MSVd3jA&ust=1384722181585457)White candidate wins after leading Tex. voters to think he's black (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57611671/white-candidate-wins-after-leading-tex-voters-to-think-hes-black/)

CBS News-Nov 10, 2013


http://m.brobible.com/files/uploads/made/files/uploads/images/white-man-election_480_273_c1_c_t_0_0.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=ycEF6-fM427JiM&tbnid=ibRuDBXWSXu6FM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.brobible.com%2Flife%2Farticle%2 Fman-wins-election-pretending-hes-black&ei=Ad6HUr2GJvbG4AOY6YDYCg&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNHhw2KDFbPlRWCx4alCNc-MSVd3jA&ust=1384722181585457)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTsd3VUAiYg

[Henry Rogue]

At least he didn't pretend to be "black" to win election as allegedly happened in Houston:


(http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=ycEF6-fM427JiM&tbnid=ibRuDBXWSXu6FM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.brobible.com%2Flife%2Farticle%2 Fman-wins-election-pretending-hes-black&ei=Ad6HUr2GJvbG4AOY6YDYCg&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNHhw2KDFbPlRWCx4alCNc-MSVd3jA&ust=1384722181585457)White candidate wins after leading Tex. voters to think he's black (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57611671/white-candidate-wins-after-leading-tex-voters-to-think-hes-black/)CBS News-Nov 10, 2013


http://m.brobible.com/files/uploads/made/files/uploads/images/white-man-election_480_273_c1_c_t_0_0.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=ycEF6-fM427JiM&tbnid=ibRuDBXWSXu6FM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.brobible.com%2Flife%2Farticle%2 Fman-wins-election-pretending-hes-black&ei=Ad6HUr2GJvbG4AOY6YDYCg&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNHhw2KDFbPlRWCx4alCNc-MSVd3jA&ust=1384722181585457)
http://images.politico.com/global/2013/11/11/131110_houston_voters_ap_605.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=HBOk2MdjUCYujM&tbnid=-22ksXcODDEl4M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fstory%2F2013%2 F11%2Fdavid-wilson-houston-community-college-board-99654.html&ei=ot2HUrWSNqXD4AOfxoGgBw&bvm=bv.56643336,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNHhw2KDFbPlRWCx4alCNc-MSVd3jA&ust=1384722181585457)LOL, pays to learn about the person you're voting for.

[James Madison]

Not really surprising. Very few white guys are married to black women.

[Ender]

Not really surprising. Very few white guys are married to black women.

That's because of the history of having interracial marriage outlawed for so long; the state marriage license came about to prevent this very thing.

[James Madison]

That's because of the history of having interracial marriage outlawed for so long; the state marriage license came about to prevent this very thing.

You see quite a few BM/WF couples though. Probably 10:1.

[brandon]

Isn't Obama kind of a white guy with a black spouse?

[erowe1]

Not really surprising. Very few white guys are married to black women.

I think about 1 in 300 are. Given the number of white men who have held high office in the US over the past 10 years, and the number of new ones elected to one each year, it is pretty remarkable that this is the first instance of this.

[erowe1]

Isn't Obama kind of a white guy with a black spouse?

Wow. Great point.

[Ender]

Isn't Obama kind of a white guy with a black spouse?

According to the Fed Law if you had 3% of black blood- you were black.