Divided They Fall

[myrgthful]

Assertion (I): If the SuperDelegates end up choosing Hillary over Obama, then many Democrats -- Blacks, especially -- will howl in anger at a circumstance where the popular vote didn't decide the day (again!), and may become extremely pissed-off. Blacks will cite racism, after a black man was in the lead, and STILL got put behind a white woman. "Go

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[bernmarx]

It won't just be blacks crying foul if Clinton gets the nod at this point. But I don't see many people jumping party and voting for McCain: They'll just fail to vote at all. This will still help McCain

[the_pangolin]

Of course a win for McCain would allow the Democrats to regain cohesion. That's the only thing that's held them together for the past eight years: a shared belief that they were robbed and that they had to unite against their perceived common enemy. Once that enemy was removed, they instantly turned to squabbling amongst themselves again.

And to tell you the truth, I'm not entirely convinced that Obama losing to Hillary won't be the result of racism. There may be a lot of white folks in the party who like to pretend they understand and support black folks, but there's just as many who are covert racists. The latter like to think they're open-minded and that they see all people as equals, but in the end they're usually a bunch of rich WASPs who lock their car doors when they drive past anyone who's a shade tanner than them.

[sachikosays]

Forgive my impertinence--I have an OT question about racism.

Has anyone else ever visited a real estate discussion forum, and read posts where people are asking for advice on how to find a place that has...what...."lots of nearby hiking/adventuring and plenty of diversity in the town"?

Dragoon and I lived in Colorado for several years, and thought we might remain there. I read this "diversity" thing over and over again. "Ooo, Boulder sounds nice, but I didn't see enough diversity."

Finally in that discussion someone cautiously ventured, "Ummm, Boulder is really expensive...and there isn't a lot of blue-collar work...the 'diversity' is all living someplace they can afford."

I started to wonder, "Do you want the City of Boulder to truck in brown people? Maybe I could ask my Dad to show up, he's Asian. Or were you hoping for different ethnicities?"

Am I the only one who's noticed this?

Sorry about the hijack. Yes, I'll go back to my blog now; no, I won't keep wandering around the Internet tonight.

[myrgthful]

It's all good. A couple of my longtime friends on the 'Net call me "Tangent-Boi" ;-)

And yeah, there are communities like that in other parts of the nation. They draw close to the minorities with their lips, but their hearts are faaaar from them.