Another race besides caucasian being a brain surgeon

This is my first debate too, coincidence much? And it's not late to me, I live in England so you might get random replies in the middle of the night over there. Thank you for replying so quickly as well. I found it related because as I saw it, it was the ethnicity of the person was the issue, not the profession. Are you saying that African Americans are good enough to do some jobs but not others? My point was, why would a Caucasian be superior in surgery while you see no such hierarchy within presidential candidates, or any other profession? I was not commenting only on Obama and his profession, only that if a member of his race is good enough have the huge responsibility of running America then an African American should be able to have the responsibility and skill needed to be an equally skilled brain surgeon. It seems that your view of Caucasian superiority is only found in surgery, but why? What is it about surgery that brings about the assumption that a Caucasian would be superior when you think that this is not true for other professions? "I would follow an African American in to the battle lines yet I wouldn't let one operate on my brain." Here, you are saying you would put your life into the hands of an African American in battle, so why is having an African American operate on your brain any different? You are entrusting your life in both cases. Your last statement alarms me the most, however. There is no such this as 'positive segregation' or most commonly described in England as 'positive discrimination', because that is essentially what it would be; discrimination. (Definition: treat differently on the basis of sex or race.) Is there any medical reason that one race should only operate their own race's brains? I would be very surprised if there is. What you are supposing is racial segregation, where services and resources are separated for different racial groups, despite living under the same government. There is a possibility that it could lead to only black doctors for black patients and could spread to other areas, such as 'black only' buses, restaurants, hospitals, schools, even police forces. It would only seem logical the next step would be African American areas of residence so that different races live in different areas. This is apartheid. Examples of this is South Africa, and to a lesser extent the USA before the civil rights movement. These are extreme cases I know, but it isn't too unbelievable that after the segregation of doctors into different races that segregation would spread for other areas. If the segregation did go ahead, and races started to divide in society there would be a rift between them, fueling hostility. The majority (Caucasian) would see the ethnic minority as less like them (with different resources ect) and if you have ever looked into any social psychology, when this happens, racial hatred and discrimination can be carried out freely among the majority without being chastised because the ethnic group is 'not like them' and so the normal human attitudes to these people are more hostile than to their 'own kind.' An example of this (although extreme, is the only one I have on the top of my head) is Nazism and the Jews, where Jews were segregated and isolated from the majority who were told these people were different from themselves and it was alright to show racial hatred. Perhaps you do not mean that the segregation would affect all areas, just medical: "when it comes to issues such as this." However, who decides when the segregation would stop? It would be very easy to go one step further every time. It is often called gradual commitment or 'the foot in the door' method. Once hospitals are segregated, it isn't too far to do the same with doctors surgeries, and then with dentists, and then buses ect ect. Also, on your comment on hair dressers; I'm not entirely sure about the situation in America, but in England there are Afro-Caribbean hair dressers only because the hair is different to Caucasian and it takes a specialist hairdressers to do it. It is not 'black only' it is just specialist to that type of hair, but if the hairdresser is also qualified in Caucasian hair then I'm sure white people could also go there. Thank you.