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Originally Posted by JayJamJah
ED I feel like you want to believe racism is a major problem and that is troubling to me. What type of racism have you experienced in your life?
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Like I just said, I live in a part of America where immigration is still a major issue and see racism directed at immigrants on almost a day to day basis by whites, blacks, and other races alike. There's a large amount of racial tension even in some of the upper class neighborhoods. My high school was in one of the wealthiest parts of Los Angeles, and even there every once in a while you would hear about a fight between blacks and Hispanics on campus.
As for Obama, I've read quite a few newspapers (given that I actually still trust the journalistic integrity of papers like the NY and LA Times and SF Chronicle) with quotes from seemingly average Americans from a variety of backgrounds about how they're uncomfortable with a black President. A while back, in what I believe was the New York Times, there was an entire article on how a lot of Jewish Florida voters weren't going to vote on Obama on the basis of race (among other things).