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Originally Posted by Ma'ake
Weird, and disappointing. Regardless if Obama is elected or not, I hope as a nation we can keep progressing on the issue of race. I believe things are better, but I'm reminded that objective progress is tempered by subjective fear & doubt, on the part of those who've historically been on the short end of the stick.
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I'm surprised there aren't more people attributing Obama's inability to win rural, less-educated, predominantly white areas to racism. There aren't, in my opinion, enough platform differences between Obama and Clinton to account for the lopsided voting tallies in places like West Virginia and rural Pennsylvania.
There is also an issue of Hispanic - African-American racial tensions as well. e.g. Los Angeles:
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedi...a-news-comment