I'm sorry, no.

[penguin_nazi]

Thomas Friedman:

And so it came to pass that on Nov. 4, 2008, shortly after 11 p.m. Eastern time, the American Civil War ended, as a black man - Barack Hussein Obama - won enough electoral votes to become president of the United States.

A typical narrative of this campaign was whether Obama could overcome the Bradley effect, assassination

Comments

[chrsmoos]

Pretty accurate assessment. Why Obama took this challenge I'll never know but I'm glad he is at least willing. He is coming into the presidency at a point of critical mass.

[babybokal]

Friedman should have known better. That was a dumb way to start his column. (And also, I mean, Kristof is a much better writer in general.)

[linaliem]

Ugh, that's an argument I just know will be repeated a million times in the next few months/years that will annoy me every time. Like, the whole reason we(or the media) couldn't shut up about race this election is because it still matters and is still significant.

And, even if you do think that the election of a black man erases racism in this country, Obama's background is not the same as most black people in the U.S. Maybe you can say racism is dead once we've elected a black person who's the descendant of slaves.