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Originally Posted by Bigsmc
I think there is more racism down here than people realize. The rural areas of the Southeast are incredibly racist.
I agree, there are many that won't vote for Obama based on race....they just won't admit it publicly in the primary exit polls or any of the current polls. It is easy for a person to say they'd vote for him and race doesn't matter, but when they go behind that curtain, will they really pull the lever?
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i remember people complaining about jeremiah wrights comments that there is rampant racism still in this country. i disagreed with him, as i didn't think that was the case (people tend to think everyone feels as they do, and i'm not racist)...then i go to work, and elsewhere, and listen to others who are upset. then you listen more, and they prove his point, as they are the racists he was talking about. it was shocking to me...this is the bible belt, these people go to church three times a week and listen to 'love your brother', 'god created us all in his image', and then my ex(thankfully) coworker tells me she thinks 'blacks should go to their own church, whites to theirs'. it's CRAZY!!! and scary. she also believed that bullsh!t email that made it's way all over the country that said obama was a muslim. so i had to explain to her that not everything people forwards you is TRUE. hello!!
we've come a long way, but still a ways to go. but my kids and their friends make me hopeful, as most are so much more accepting then their parents.