racism

[stephen]

I think all of this has alot to do with race. even if black pple and white pple pick the opposite race (thats minus the other races who try to fit in either race categories) there is a small percentage of america that is only picking from performance and what is said. These topics about who should be president is much deeper than angry pple picking the right color. It has a lot to do with the "underview" (meaning things going on that the avergage american might not know by way only having limited knowledge of what society says) or overstanding what america thinks they need to clean up the mess that is going on.

i think that hit the nail on the head. when you hear people on the radio or whatever, saying "let's get a black president!" you have to think about how much that person truly knows about politics. let's think in terms of just the IA community for example. how many people REALLY know/care about politics? look at how many people know only the "basics" and are still going out to vote? what do you think those people's votes rely on? well the same goes for people who vote for a candidate due to race. naturally, me being a black man, i'd be damn happy to see a black man achieve such an achievement (given our history), but that's not what's making or breaking my vote. we can't pretend that some civil injustices still don't exist, and the people who are directly affect by them are going to do something about it when they can. SEEING IS BELIEVING to a lot of people. some people need to actually see a black man get elected in order to believe that America has let that portion of racism go. the same will happen if we ever get a woman president.

[Tasuki_Civic]

just because a white person votes for obama does not mean they agree that he is a black man. lol you guys either missed the those pples views on obama or you know you just dont bring them up and stick to one side of the topic.

[Tasuki_Civic]

i dont think any race has moved on just a small percentage of PEOPLE have.

[dohc4.6sc]

What race has moved on and doesn't let it get to them, and what race doesn't want nothing to do with the others..

very oppinionated topic, just read these on AOL and found it odd:

Barack Obama is the first African-American to clinch a major political party's nomination for the presidency, but apparently that doesn't mean the nation is more united on racial issues. A New York Times/CBS News poll finds voters are deeply divided on this year's main-party candidates.

Views on McCain: Of the white voters who responded to the poll, 35 percent had a favorable opinion of John McCain, the GOP presidential candidate. Only 5 percent of blacks held a favorable view, while 57 percent held an unfavorable view. Twenty-eight percent of whites saw him unfavorably.

Views on Obama: Eighty-three percent of blacks had a positive opinion of the Democrat, but only 31 percent of whites did. Just 2 percent of blacks saw him unfavorably; 37 percent of whites did.

Race Relations: The poll also found a deep black-white divide on broader racial questions. For example, 55 percent of whites believed race relations in the U.S. were good; only 29 percent of blacks did. And 53 percent of whites said members of both races had equal chances of getting ahead in society. Just 30 percent of blacks said they believed that. Source: New York Times



these we each lil captions under the 4 photos it showed.

too me it just seems the 'blacks' are voting for obama...bcuz he is 'black'

but im not much into politics so w/e


thoughts?

didnt read past that nor did i read the thread, racism will always exist. no matter what anyone does it will always be an issue, im white and yea what my ancestors did was wrong but SOME people now a days still think about it too damn much. it didnt happen too you so stfu, thats how i look at it anyways, and im not racist by any means, most of my friends are black so dont take this the wrong way.

[AirMax95]

^^^You are correct, I mean as far as people who give a damn and are taking care of business.