Time for Change or NOT?

A new change is about to occur in the United States. This change will not only have an effect in the United States, but it will also cause a monumental effect across the world. This change of course is coming in form of the presidential elections. This election may see either the first woman to ever become the president in American history(Hilary Clinton), or the first African American to ever become president (Barack Obama).
The question that is frequently asked by all is if America is ready for a female or ready for an African American president. What I say is the only way to find out is if one of these two candidates is elected into the office. Years prior to the integration of the united states and the civil rights of the 1960s, the question then was if America was ready for integration. The only way that was answered was by instituting the Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) which open the door to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
I await to see the results of the 2008 presidential election to see if history is made in the United States, but I highly doubt a major change such as that will occur.