I was told by a white southern female that she voted for Barack Obama but was upset that he has failed to "bring us together" as a society. She meant this in a racial way; as in bring the races together to end prejudice. I thought-but unfortunatly did not say-that this was a cruel charge to make of our first "black" president. Our society has been divided racial, and still is, but to blame a black man for not ending that is incredible. In the 1960's the Kerner Commission Report on race in America noted that the racial divide in this country was caused by "white racism" and I see no reason to think anything substantial has changed. For a white southern to blame a black man for not ending racial prejudice in America is further proof that "white racism" is still the problem.
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