Hey, funny thing is, in Virginia, one canvasser for Obama was met by an older woman at the door. When asked who she was voting for, she called to her husband who was watching TV in the other room, “who we votin’ for?” Her husband called back, “we’re votin’ for the nigger.” She told the canvaser, “we’re votin’ for the nigger.” And this was not an isolated occurence.
At least most racism now is just stupidity and not hostility, I guess is the point I’ll make. As people who still use racial epithets begin to live and work alongside non whites, and as non whites become neighbors, co-workers, attend the same churches, go to the same schools, it won’t be as easy for people to throw around hurtful words so nonchallantly. And those who will never get it will die off as new voters are cut from a cloth that doesn’t even SEE race. We’re making progress, we’ve made a lot of progress, but we’re over the hump, I think that’s what this proves.