Same reasons it's awesome to have a black president:
1. There are people it would inspire, and
2. There are people whose expectations would be shaken up
The latter group needs as much help as the former.
1. There are people it would inspire, and
2. There are people whose expectations would be shaken up
The latter group needs as much help as the former.
The important difference is that there are now millions of black American kids no longer growing up in a world where they just "know" as a first principle that "black people can't be president". That sort of example simply changes people's outlook. Inspiration and aspiration matter.
That's precisely the shakeup the world needs - to realise that whatever skin colour, male or female, people are people and you shouldn't judge them negatively or positively on how much melanin or testosterone they produce :P