Why do people have to always bring up race?

[SheHateMe]

I didn't this week (too many people around), although I have been accosted by political campaigners of both sides over this last month. Generally they ask me if I'm a registered voter, then they ask me if I support Obama, then if I ask for a quick rundown on what they consider to be the best reasons, they'll cite Obamacare and a recovering economy. If I saw an LGBT sign I could give them props since Obama repealed DADT and obviously has a much better record there than Romney. But I don't see why the racial angle factors in. I suppose if I talked to the Latinos For Obama camp they'd mention the DREAM Act or maybe talk about Arizona's profiling law, but are Hispanics really unaware of either? If so, why not just put up a poster stating "Obama supports the DREAM Act, and supports your education"? Says more and doesn't delve to the argument of "Vote for me because you're brown/black".

Meh, I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill. They just want to make sure that minorities vote. I don't see the problem.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Meh, I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill.

It's a molehill to begin with. I just think it's pathetic that they have to appeal to the people that already overwhelmingly support them in such a simplistic and flagrant manner.

 

[SheHateMe]

It's a molehill to begin with. I just think it's pathetic that they have to appeal to the people that already overwhelmingly support them in such a simplistic and flagrant manner.

And because of this, you feel your power as a white voter is marginalized?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

And because of this, you feel your power as a white voter is marginalized?

My power? No. But why do they feel a need to stress the importance of racial minorities when there are plenty of white Obama-supporting kids on campus? It's like I'm not as special.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

My ability for me and my children to live equally is very important to me.

I thought you said you didn't have any children.

 

[Nemesis 1]

Well here is a something we can do . Find any Obama picture with his family Not wiffe and his kids . His mommy daddy and friends . . Any one I don't care and lets examine the Picture . You get the picture I will just show were its photochopped

 

[werepossum]

My power? No. But why do they feel a need to stress the importance of racial minorities when there are plenty of white Obama-supporting kids on campus? It's like I'm not as special.

I can think of three reasons. First, the Democrats' main card is always the race card. Every issue. So it simply makes sense for them to group along racial lines. Second, the Democrat Party is not a party of individuals, it's a party of groups. Find a group identity and the Democrats either have proposed perks for you, or they've identified you as the enemy. No less than Her Royal Clintoness said they (her husband's Democrat administration) was at war with the cult of the individual. Thus, Team Obama has to have groups; it's the basis of their proposals. And third, race-based electoral identity is stronger than an electoral identity based on positions. If they can convince someone to vote for the Democrat because of their skin color or ethnicity, they stand a good chance of getting that vote no matter whether the voter agrees more with Romney on some or even all issues. If I decide to vote for Obama based on health care, I may decide that Romney has a more practical health care plan. If I decide to vote for Obama based on my skin color - well, that's not likely to change during an election cycle no matter how badly Obama does in the debates, nor which way the economy goes. Race-based voters are the most loyal. Unfortunately for them, that isn't available to the Pubbies; it would be perceived as racist in a way that the same behavior among minorities would not.

 

[davmat787]

There were some political happenings on campus over this week due to early voting, and both Obama tents had prominent "African Americans Decide" and "Latinos for Obama" signs posted. Romney tents made no mention of race that I could perceive. As a white person I felt slightly marginalized by the whole ordeal. I could kind of understand the black angle in the 2008 election since getting a half-black dude in office was without precedent, but how is it relevant to a bunch of young undergraduate kids?

Remember Obama's speech at the DNC in 2008? There is no black America!! There is no white America!!!

I don't get it either. If we could fast forward to a time when we are beyond racism and stereotypes, I am pretty sure you would not have seen those signs.

 

[emperus]

I thought you said you didn't have any children.

I don't have children. But I know I will one day and I want them to live in a USA where they are equal. I didn't know there was something wrong with looking toward the future.

 

[werepossum]

I don't have children. But I know I will one day and I want them to live in a USA where they are equal. I didn't know there was something wrong with looking toward the future.

That was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's dream. Considering that probably most Americans are descended from day laborers, religious refugees, indentured servants, slaves and assorted other people sufficiently downtrodden to make an uncertain future in an untamed wilderness look attractive, it's probably safe to say it's the quintessential American dream. Unfortunately, it's also at odds with human nature, which tends to accept other people being somewhat less than equal.

 

[D-Man]

To see this on a college campus is beyond good sense. By allowing this we have separated what should be Americans voting their preference to Americans voting by race.