I AM A RACIST- And So Are You

YOU ARE A RACIST Me Too “ Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds Those views could cost President Barack Obama votes as he tries for re-election. Martin Luther King defined today's operative word— "judging not by their character, but by the color of their skin."  So when I read "AP poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks," it was a "duh" moment for me.  Because I am a racist by definition.  And so are you.  And so are a statistical 100% of Americans, I'll wager..  Today's New York Times makes my point. The Price of a Black President WHEN African-Americans go to the polls next week, they are likely to support Barack Obama at a level approaching the 95 percent share of the black vote he received in 2008. As well they should, given the symbolic exceptionalism of his presidency and the modern Republican Party’s utter disregard for economic justice, civil rights and the social safety net. It is nigh impossible today to look at a person with black skin and not make an assumption about political character.   If they voted, or will vote, it will be for Obama.  It's a virtual statistical certainty.  That doesn't mean I would discriminate against blacks by, say, refusing to patronize their businesses.  It could factor into a hiring decision— if  good decision making skills were critical. But Democrats are worse.  When they see a black skin, they see a commodity called "where the votes are." If black skin is worn by a person voicing support for the GOP, that person is deemed to have violated the franchise agreement, and will be set upon like a pig that wandered into at a Moslem wedding party (See Herman Cain, for one). Ours, here, is not racism in the traditional sense; it's a manifestation of thinking man. We notice things. For Democrats however, racism is a tool.  Always has been..  ”