Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Fair and Balanced on Race?

Recently, there were two articles published about race in the upcoming election. The first argued that Barak Obama would face 6% of voters would would vote against him simply because he is half black. The other stated that some middle class Democrats who have a negative opinion of black people. I have no intention of challenging the articles. Racism exists and there are some who simply just not going to vote for Obama or any other black man or woman.

If race is an issue there's another racial story that is not being told. If it is wrong that a small minority will not vote for Barak Obama on the basis of race then what's going on with the Black vote? Barak Obama carriers nearly 100% of the black vote across America. There are multiple blocks behind that total. The majority of blacks are Democrats, so it's natural that Obama, being the Democratic candidate, will get most of their vote. Then there is identiy politics. Some blacks are going to vote for someone who looks like they do. Not exactly the best reason to vote for someone but it's not necessarily racist or unusual because many people do the same thing on the basis of gender, religion, ethinc group or sexual orientation. But is there a small, extremist percentage out there among the black vote that is similar to what's reported about whites that will not vote for John McCain because he is white? We may never know because the magnifine glass is only on whites. What's sad is not that the liberal media will not make the effort to analyze racism on both sides because they're doing what is expected - they're protecting a constituancy that consistantly supports their initiatives. What's sad is that few call them on the issue and once again they are allowed to get away with it. It's OK to call whites racists but in their model of the world racism is only a white issue. The media's model is wrong and should be corrected.

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