Thursday, September 25, 2008

New Race Poll

These new poll results that are getting so much press attention asks whites about their views of black people.

I'm sure by now, most have heard that 52% of whites feel that blacks are aggressive. 49% feel that they are boastful, 41% think blacks are complaining, 34% feel they are lazy and 21% believe they're irresponsible. This has lead many to believe that if Obama loses, it will be because of this seemingly overwhelming white racism.

However, what you don't hear on the mainstream media outlets is that blacks were polled as well. How did they react to the same questions?

59% of blacks feel that blacks can be classified as aggressive, 57% feel they are boastful, 51% feel they are complaining, 39% feel they are lazy and a whopping 40% feel they are irresponsible. Blacks feel much more negatively about their race than do whites.

And although blacks feel all these things about their race, does that mean they think Obama reflects any of these qualities? No, of course not. Neither do the vast majority of whites. Even though blacks feel these negative stereotypes apply to their own race, 96% of blacks intend to vote for Obama. What does this say about the poll?

That it means nothing.

While I'm sure there will be those whites who do not vote for Obama because he is black, there will probably be more whites who will vote for him because he is black. If Obama loses, it will not be because of racism, it will be because of his lack of experience and far leftist views.

Isn't is about time that we move past these pathetic allegations of racism?

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