[Marxism] Obama: The Price of Being Black

["Pance Stojkovski" <pance@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Obama: The Price of Being Black

By Andrew Hacker

In May, Hillary Clinton described many of her core supporters as
"hard-working Americans, white Americans." Primary voting in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, and West Virginia confirmed her surmise. Her remark seemed, without
saying so, to claim an advantage over Obama that was due to his race. But
there's more we need to know. We can see how being a farmer or a bond trader
or a gun collector might influence your vote. And we understand why black
Americans would want a person of their race in the Oval Office. But just
what is there about being white that might incline someone toward one
candidate instead of another?

Senator Clinton implied that this identity was salient for some voters and
that she could appeal to it. Polls showed that some 15 to 20 percent of
white voters in those three states said that "race" was a factor in their
vote, and we are left to wonder just how much of a factor and how many more
would have said the same if they had been frank with the interviewer. People
are uneasy talking about the subject of race, but the feeling persists that
Obama's half-ancestry could tip the scales on November 4.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21771




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