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Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Jsarno,

Our country has made great strides in race relations in the past 30 or so years. I think the overwhelming majority of whites are NOT racist. But, racism does exist. There are racist whites, racist blacks, racist Latinos, racist Asians, etc. African Americans overwhelmingly cast their votes for Obama. But, look at the voting demographics in any New England state and compare those stats to the voting demographics in Mississippi and Alabama and you will see a very clear difference in the white vote. In New England, the white vote was pretty much split between Barak and Hillary. In the deep South, the white vote was solidly behind Hillary. (Disclaimer: I obviously do not believe all, or even a majority, of white Southerners are racist.)

As for Obama being "black enough," I simply meant to say that you asserted that Obama was not black enough to qualify as truly black. If you believe that black means someone who is 100% African American, you will soon find that there are very few blacks in the U.S. Historically, people have been labeled black if they appeared black. Obama appears black. Therefore, at least historically speaking, Obama is black.

There are other differences, besides perceived racism, between a southern Democrat and a northern Democrat that would cause the numbers to look like they do. Think Huckabee vs McCain in the southern states on the Republican side.