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I recall an interesting

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:46:45 +0000

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I recall an interesting article from the 2008 primary season about how Obama was more popular among white voters in regions with very small black populations and very large black populations, suggesting that racism is strongest in areas with moderate black populations, which are more common in the north.

Thanks for the personal

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:41:33 +0000

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Thanks for the personal anecdote and the reference. I certainly didn't mean to imply that we live in a colorblind society where mixed race is a non-issue. But of course, Bardwell gets it backwards by reinforcing racist ideas rather than challenging them, which belies his expressed concern for the children.

I think you'd find that even

Nebton — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:36:50 +0000

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I think you'd find that even in the South (where I've lived for more than 3 decades now), the number of people who have a problem with people of mixed ancestry is quite small. In fact, it's probably about equal to the number of people who have a problem with someone from another race than themselves.

I'm not sure that the North is really significantly better than the South any more on race issues. This guy doesn't really help in defeating the image of the South, however.

Anti-desegrationalists argued

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:32:27 +0000

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Anti-desegrationalists argued that black children were "better off" in their own schools. Racists rarely lack rationalizations for their racist ideas.

Shocker. Nice catch.

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:21:41 +0000

In reply to Here's another interesting

Shocker. Nice catch.

Obviously, I didn't look very

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:20:06 +0000

In reply to If you trust Wikipedia, he

Obviously, I didn't look very hard. :)

I am a white man married to

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:09:56 +0000

In reply to Official Who Denies Interracial Marriage Lets Black People Use His Bathroom

I am a white man married to an African American lady and we have two boys. Yesterday we were reading the part of "To Kill a Mockingbird" where the sadness of "mulato" children was mentioned... how they do not fit into either society. Yet, even then, it was noted that such issues were not as gruesome in the North. It is, however, a challenging issue to discuss with children even today. Having Obama as president helps a little.

Perhaps he thinks the Supreme

David — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:31:25 +0000

In reply to Official Who Denies Interracial Marriage Lets Black People Use His Bathroom

Perhaps he thinks the Supreme Court ruling in Loving v. Virgina only applied in Virginia.

I loved the line about piles of black friends...my black friends don't take kindly to being piled up, of course they don't think the idea of using a restroom is a strong measure of racial tolerance. Maybe it was in the 1950's when segregated publc facilities were the norm.

What a waste of space that guy is.

Whether or not he's "racist"

Nebton — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:56:00 +0000

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Whether or not he's "racist" possibly gets into a question of semantics. Regardless, the guy is operating under antiquated stereotypes and assumptions. (Most of us here would consider that racist.) That a mixed race child will not be accepted by the majority of people of either race (or even a significant minority) just doesn't hold true anymore. Sure, there are still a few holdouts in both the black and white (et al.) communities that would tease a mixed race child, but these holdouts are statistically insignificant, IMO.

Here's another interesting

Nebton — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:38:46 +0000

In reply to Actually, I'm somewhat

Here's another interesting nugget. He was a Democrat up until an interracial man got elected President.