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Originally Posted by cacophony
disheartening, yes. however, not exactly pandemic. the problem is, it's like the public and the media are in cahoots to try to deliberately ruin our own afterglow. we've been bracing since election night for these events to occur. like we just knew something would happen so we waited with baited breath. we can't wait to be victimized or at least share in the victimization by proxy.
it's just really irritating. we KNOW racism is alive and well. this isn't new information. so why are we wallowing around in this like it's a revelation?
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To me, it's more that this election has simply brought some of the racism I already knew existed out of the closet. It hasn't revealed some kind of big surprise or anything - it's just made it slightly easier to see exactly where and with whom the bigotry is located. Again, that's just how it hits me personally.
Where it hits all of us and legitimately warrants our attention is when you read that Obama has reportedly been on the receiving end of
more death threats than any other President-Elect in history. It's probably safe to draw a correlation between these reports and the color of his skin unfortunately.
It may not be a revelation, but having our first black President certainly brings the subject to the forefront of our consciousness, and gives us an opportunity to make some much needed progress as a result - as long as some nut-job doesn't take it upon themselves to screw it all up.