Why can't we talk about race?
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| Wed, 10-15-2008 - 4:35pm |
I've seen this come up here and elsewhere. In the *very strange* thread about Obama's birthplace (or something like that; I couldn't follow the propaganda, quite frankly), two posters said that they wish Michelle Obama had not referenced race. (I don't mean to point those individuals out but merely point out their posts.)
In a country where race is a huge elephant in the room, I don't understand why we shouldn't talk about it. Of course this election is about race. For the first time in our country's history, a black man is running for president on a major political party ticket.
It doesn't have to be a bad thing or a good thing. But race is a factor in this election. It's not necessarily a factor because of McCain or Palin or Obama or Biden -- but because one of the candidates is black. Likewise, gender is an issue, simply because we have a woman on the Republican ticket. Why avoid the topic? Why suggest that the candidates or their spouses not talk about it?
Laura

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I must have missed what Michelle Obama said because I listened to her on the radio and she actually said that she doesn't think "race" or the bradley effect will effect this race.
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Obama and his racist wife
do tell.....how is Michelle racist?
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sumox, in the US it is illegal for campaigns to accept donations from foreign sources.
Obama's campaign, rather than making sure that foreign money isn't contributed, has only been refunding it when independent audits have shown the money is coming from foreign (hence, illegal) sources.
Why does a black persons vote automatically equal "voting for the black man because I'm black"....
Please.........If obama has every black vote in this country he would NOT win this election.
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Why should we not talk about the RACE issue, that everyone is too scared to bring up.
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