November 2, 2008

  • Racism

    I posted a comment on a fellow xanga's page about racism in this election.  It revolved around a post about a "racist" email sent by a Republican volunteer about Black people voting for Obama just because he was Black.  The statistic of course was the in polls 90% of Black are voting for Obama.

    Now, I pointed out that the volunteer was just making an observation and wasn't being a racist.  Others of course disagreed.  But here's some more evidence that it wasn't racism.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081102/ap_on_el_pr/election_black_hopes_and_fears

    Implicit is the desire to see a Black person elected president.  Get to the bottom and you have 6 and 4 year olds saying no to McCain and yes to Obama.  Do you really think that a 4 year old would understand the intricacies of politics?  Granted, it's possilbe, but I find it more likely that they are making racial choices.  No, children do not vote, but if they can have those same ideas about race, wouldn't it be possible that voting adults would also?