Epstein on DOJ lawsuit against Apple. [Epstein @ Ricochet] Replaying the Duke Lacrosse case at the New York Times with Patrick Witt’s reputation; and why isn’t there more of a scandal with Yale’s abuse of an already abusive process? [KC……

smartdude, I think you just unwittingly (subconsciously?) coined a new acronym for this person, the PHEW! 😉

Ron, are you trying to tell us something about yourself? It is obvious that the reason Liberals are constantly accusing others of racism is due to projection on their part.

I can’t believe I’m struggling to make this point. You can be a racist and still like some black people. That’s why I gave you the Bill Russell example. Obama did not lose the racist vote 100-0.

I’m amazed you think the election of one man – who, not for nothing – is black only because of an antiquated definition of who is black – is so telling of the hearts and, more importantly for this conversation, the subconscious, of the American people.

I agree with you on one point tho: we do have a really poor quality of racists in this country.

So how was that possible Ron if “There are tons of studies to support the idea that MOST whites have an unconscious bias towards blacks”? This was not an election for Congress in a majority Black district, but a national election that would allow all of those white racists to vote against him. By what magic was he able to pull this off and not only win, but win with a sizeable majority?

If Obama had lost you would have insisted that it had nothing to do with his race. Is that right? If one believes that, I got a bridge to sell you in Ithaca (but be careful people keep on jumping off of it). Not only was Obama able to beat McCain, but he was also able to defeat Hilary! whose coronation as the next President had been choreographed for the last eight years. I guess we just have a really poor quality of racists in this country. They are so dumb that they can’t even figure out which was the Black guy that they were supposed to vote against.

There are tons of studies to support the idea that MOST whites have an unconscious bias towards blacks. Read the studies cited by Malcolm Gladwell in Blink. You can take a test online if you Google it. (Find a study that says the opposite.)

I don’t think the fact that Obama is president proves a single thing about racism in America – not overt, subconscious or anything else.

Glad that is resolved.

Ron, are you really incapable of understanding my comment? I thought you were smarter than that. The article was about subconscious bias not overt bias. The study attempted to show “that most whites have an unconscious bias against African-Americans”. If that were the case then it would be logically to conclude that a significant number of whites would, without being consciously racist, vote against a Black candidate simple because he was Black. That in no way precludes the fact that there are openly racist whites and for that matter, given the percentage of Blacks who voted for Obama, openly racist Blacks. Now do you understand?

Obama claims Iowa; Sen. Harkin also wins
USAToday, 11/5/2008
“DES MOINES (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama won Iowa’s seven electoral votes Tuesday, claiming a crucial swing state and the state where precinct caucuses in January put him on the road to the Democratic presidential nomination.”

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/ia.htm

This proves that, as predicted by Critical Race Theory, to fool everyone, all the racists voted for him! This way they can keep all the lower paying state jobs for themselves.