Reply #27: The problem is why the question is necessary at all?

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Because I believe that most people aren't initially judging people or making decisions in this election based on race. One can't have seen those HUGE rallies for Obama in states with <1% black population and assume that these people were attending them because he was the "black candidate". They came because he had something to say that they agreed with.

The fact that the white population in the U.S. are by far the biggest buyers of black rap music is a case in point. The black population was not what made Michael Jackson a billionaire. Fans of Tiger Woods, who are mostly white, see a masterful golf player as he plays and when he wins a green jacket.

But keep bringing the subject up and all those old ugly stereotypes will surface in people's minds because this country, with the help of the media, has conditioned people's minds to react so - whether the person is the one who gets asked the poll question or is a reader of the results of a poll with that as a subject.