I have a question about racism [Update note at end]
By SusanUnPC on May 22, 2008 at 12:49 PM in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Race, Race Card, Sexism
Why is it racism if a majority of whites decide to vote for the white candidate and they tell exit pollsters they’d never vote for Obama, and a few of them tell the pollsters that racism is a factor?
And why is it not regarded by the pundits as racism if a huge majority (80%+) of blacks vote for the black candidate, simply because he is black?
Why do the pundits regard the huge black vote sympathetically? As if they are OWED the chance to vote for a black candidate simply because he’s black?
I’m faced with the prospect of being labeled a racist because I am a WHITE female who refuses to vote for Barack Obama, now or ever.
I am to be labeled a racist, even though I am (only theoretically, apparently) OWED the chance to vote for the first time for a female candidate who happens to be white?
Just asking.
UPDATE: I have hundreds of reasons why I choose to vote for Hillary Clinton and not Barack Obama, and you’re all well aware of many of those reasons. Those factors are assumed in this post.
Heck, if someone like Michael Nutter (black Philadelphia mayor) — with a few more years of electoral experience — were running, I’d work my ass off for him, no matter his color, because in him I see the qualities needed in a president.

















