Phire wrote:A very misleading statement. The white vote for Obama was "close" to 50/50. The black vote was "nearly" 100%. Obama got a lot of the black vote because he is black, not because of his ideas. I doubt the white votes he got were because he was black and I doubt half the white votes he didn't get were because he was black.
The racism in this country will continue as long as all parties concerned continue to act racist. As long as we continue to refer to people by their color or their heritage, the racism will not go away. Sad. very sad.
I wouldn't say misleading, maybe a bit too panoptic. So basically, what you're saying is that because black people voted for a black man they're racist. When white people vote against a black man, they aren't racist. Doesn't seem too fair to me. While I agree that Obama did gather a number of votes because of his race, if you look at the age and race states, older white people overwhelmingly voted McCain. I'm sure race had nothing to do with that.
Race certainly played a role, but by the sheer magnitude of Obama's win its hard to say played a significant role. Even Hispanics, who traditionally vote against blacks based on race alone, voted overwhelmingly Obama.
Differences of race and heritage shouldn't have to disappear because bigots use it as fodder for their evil agenda. Ideally, we should be able to celebrate those differences, not forget them. They're what make us unique.