Reply #15: That is just not true. [View All]

[Bjorn Against]

Yes, I have heard some people talk about race but the vast majority of them do not make it an issue at all. And while you may be able to claim there are a relatively small number of them that play the "race card", please remember something. A white candidate doesn't need to play the race card, because the race card has already been played for them. Minority groups have historically been denied power in our electoral system, we have lived in a racist society for centuries and white politicians automatically have had an advantage on the basis of their skin color. Before you get too upset about the race card being played please think about the reasons why white candidates have not had to have race come up in their campaigns and how they have been able to avoid playing this "race card". Instead of getting upset about Obama supporters lets work to change things so that we can make more progress towards a society in which skin color truly is no longer an issue because we unfortunately we still have a long ways to go if we are going to recover from centuries of racist policies and propaganda.