Mayor Bloomberg Declares His Independence

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Originally Posted by firstdown

I get so tired of this Americia is not ready for a ___________ type president. If the right person either black, women, jewish etc.. ran the American people would vote for them. Yes, some would not but I don't believe its an issue any more. The media likes to feed us that bull but I just don't see it as an issue.

I think that is a naive view point. While racism/sexism/religious intolerance are not near the levels they once were there still is a strong current of latent feelings. I will be totally shocked if Obama were to get the nomination and win. It is a sad statement but I think it is very true. Unless confronted with the latent racism a lot of people seem to think it doesn't exist and let me tell you based on experience I KNOW it exists.

True story: Someone I know has numerous black friends, close black friends. In fact they helped a young black man make his way through his teens with support and money and basically paid his way through college. By all appearances a very accepting and open person. But when their daughter wanted to date a black guy, a honest straightup guy with no problems, it was like armegeddon in the house. The racism was flying all over the place and it came down to this person didn't think there was a black guy alive good enough for his daughter and that most of them would end up getting her pregnant and beating her. Racism still exists it just hides itself so much better now.