You're the one who seems to want to focus on one single election when there is a bigger picture to look at. That was the appropriate response.

Now you just seem to be complaining about the long-established way presidential elections are run. Why should there be any outrage? And again, Obama defeated white men in every election. The only election he lost was to a black guy.

There is overwhelming evidence but you just choose to ignore it. Hillary got more votes than anyone in every election she was in but she lost the last 2. Imagine the outrage if that happened to Obama? We just told her to shutup and go away.

I disagree with that. I don't think the fact a black man can be elected president says anything about racism ending. In fact, I think Obama's presidencies proved as much.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

The point still stands. In politics especially but also in MANY other places it's white men >>>> black men >>>>>>>>women.

That is used far too often as the proverbial escape hatch. Obama had to be the non offensive black guy that denigrated blacks more often than he praised him. He couldn't address any racial issues without there being backlash.

Look at the primary stage for both parties. There were like 24 (19 Repubs/5 Dems)? I recall one black guy, one Indian, and two women. The Hispanics are moving up the ladder, but they really are of the "white" variety from a racial perspective.

Once the current diversity of the country, white children are now below 50%, comes of age, I think the numbers will change drastically. But white males have significant advantages in this country. Hard to argue otherwise.

Stories of working hard don't change the argument, which has become an emotional one. Right now based on income figures, Asian Americans are the most successful group in the United States. If whites were this unified group looking to hold minorities down in the United States, how would this be the case? Should I not sleep well at night because I was born white, which means I have blood on my hands for sins that occurred before my lifespan?

If all black people feel like whites are going to pull the carpet out whenever they feel like it, it's so self-defeating that there will always be a racial divide. I am not sure what benchmark has to be reached to change this perception. A black man was elected president, yet that is being discredited because he "made people comfortable".

I don't think that the accident of my heritage provides me with any special insight into past sins, and we seem to be venturing into a realm past "equality" whatever that means. Would reparations make things better? I honestly do not know because the goalposts keep moving.

What blacks ask for isn't necessarily equal playing field. They want an equal opportunity. Currently their isn't one existent.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

Only a fool would blame Barack Obama for failing to end racism.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

No one was expecting him too. You are missing the point. He had to go out of his way to not perpetuate the divide. Lets contrast that with Trump. Did he have to do that?

I don't know this for sure and I don't know if anyone has analyzed from this perspective but it sure seems like from the demographic breakdown that there several of the same people voted for Obama AND Trump.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

Non responsive to my post.

Also, Trump privilege does not equal enhanced difficulty for Obama. Trump had privilege over everyone. Jeb is as privileged as they come and Trump had privilege over him

Why does MLK get his own day while Lincoln and Washington are forced to share a day?

Alabama is currently one of only three states that observe a combined Martin Luther King Jr./Robert E. Lee holiday.
Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi are the only states that still combine the two days as part of their official celebrations.
At least Lincoln isn't sharing a day with John Wilkes Booth.

Yeah, not many people could have done it the way Trump did successfully. It's not like he showed up rich and white and America said, "Hey! Our next president!" In fact, most people thought he was a joke right up until the results came in from Michigan.

That big hillbilly who ran his social media knew what to do with Twitter and Facebook.

but even before all of this, Trump had board games named after him, popular TV shows centered around him, bestselling books written about him, all of which had been present for 30 years

How many great candidates have we seen over the years who fell by the wayside simply because they could not get their message out to the people? That was never an issue with Trump.

Trump=Success (or at least financial prosperity) has been imbedded on people's minds since I was a teenager.

What blacks ask for isn't necessarily equal playing field. They want an equal opportunity. Currently their isn't one existent. Yes Obama was elected but if contrast the campaign he ran versus the campaign Trump ran you see where the disparity truly exists. Obama had to be the non offending black guy. Obama was handcuffed by his race. Trump wasn't. Trump could be as divisive as he wanted to be and it still wasn't offensive to disqualify him.

When you talk about the successful level of other minority groups there is validity but it isn't necessarily overriding. Blacks have the stigma of skin color if a person really wants to term it as such. They don't have the luxury of simply changing their name as a means of assimilating (As the Trumps have done).

Is it really any accident that only black neighborhoods in Chicago are ghettos? You'd be hard pressed to find a white ghetto anywhere in this city. Do you think black unemployment is simply related to black laziness?

When people talk about Prison Reform the first place they should start is the archaic felony laws which prevent you from working if you have a felony.

For instance they were never taught that Columbus was a slave owner.

Check out places like Farmer City, Illinois. The downtown is two bars and a bunch of boarded up buildings.

Except he was wrong. Oops

If you hate Laurence, then don't listen - don't comment. When he co-hosts the B&B show, take that day off ... listen to an old podcast of a Bernstein solo show and jerk off all day.

I wasn't wrong though. None of those people ever held a elected office prior to being president. They certainly had better governmental bona fides than Trump but they were not politicians prior to deciding to run for president.

I suppose if you want, we can remove Hoover from the list since he was a non elected cabinet member.

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Is it really any accident that only black neighborhoods in Chicago are ghettos? You'd be hard pressed to find a white ghetto anywhere in this city. .

I don't think an Asian man can change his name to Mr. Smith and assimilate. That was the example I used. Not white guys changing their name.

Black unemployment is due to decreased economic opportunity across the board for people of a certain education/skills level. I don't know what you are saying about ghettos in Chicago. There are plenty of white ghettos across the state as well. Check out places like Farmer City, Illinois. The downtown is two bars and a bunch of boarded up buildings.

Obama not winning like Trump proves what? I don't know of anyone who could have won like Trump did. I think you are too quick to dismiss the election of a black man. It does not mean that black families all have equal opportunity, but race is certainly less important now than education and income level. A black man who went to Harvard has a much better chance of success than a white guy who got an associates from College of Dupage.

I am in total agreement about the felonies.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

This is wrong but I get the impression this is a popularly held belief by some and an unexpressed cornerstone of those who believe in white privilege.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

I don't think Woodrow Wilson held office either. He would probably be the best Obama comparable.

For instance they were never taught that Columbus was a slave owner.

I wasn't wrong though. None of those people ever held a elected office prior to being president. They certainly had better governmental bona fides than Trump but they were not politicians prior to deciding to run for president.

I suppose if you want, we can remove Hoover from the list since he was a non elected cabinet member.

Where Canaryville? I'm sure there are pockets here and there but it is no comparison.