You would think WV never elected an African American to office...

[boston bean]

and lo and behold Vermont is even more racist. see for yourself.


http://allcountries.org/uscensus/473_black_elected_officials_by_office_and.html



I am being sarcastic for those deficient in detecting sarcasm.



Now,stop calling Hillary's supporters racist.

[MannyGoldstein]

1. Who Called Clinton Supporters Racist?

Link please?

[Secret_Society]

2. Maybe you haven't been on DU the last couple of days?

[MannyGoldstein]

8. So It Will Be Easy To Provide An Example, Yes? [nt]

[Secret_Society]

20. Here's one calling WV Clinton supporters racisits

If I find other pertinent ones, ill let you know.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5934312&mesg_id=5934312

[MonkeyFunk]

26. I used to think he was playing dumb

now I'm not so sure.

[hokies4ever]

30. Are you still crying victim?

[Secret_Society]

29. Here is a fresh example

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5958190

[Texas Hill Country]

3. its has been going all day long

[boston bean]

4. I have been called one. nt

[VeraAgnes]

17. right here............

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5954766

[kwenu]

5. There are damned lies and then there are statistics.

[OzarkDem]

13. and then there are the facts...

[kwenu]

22. Or so you've heard because you rarely seem to post any.

[OzarkDem]

23. Check the link

Its from the US Census bureau.

[kwenu]

28. You really are from the Ozarks. What do those stats mean in terms of your point?

There needs to be a match between the two. Those of us who are familiar with that certain knowledge called American history knows better if the point is that states that have elected black leaders can't be racist. The south had large numbers of black elected officials after slavery. The period was called Reconstruction. And then what happened?

[iamthebandfanman]

6. id like to see the districts they came from ;)

also, nobody has called her supporters racist...
but to deny there isnt a racism problem in WV, and alot of places for that matter, is silly.

[kikiek]

7. K&R for real facts!

[AllentownJake]

9. Stop attacking the nominee

[kikiek]

10. Oh go home. There isn't one yet. And neither one is mentioned here.

[AllentownJake]

14. I wasn't talking about this thread

I was talking in general.

Want to make ad hominem attacks on people...than you are attacking the nominee.

[kikiek]

15. There isn't one. And why are you on this thread if you're not responding to it?

Makes Obama sense I guess.

[AllentownJake]

16. Guess what

Your team is losing...no matter how snarky you get :-)

[kikiek]

19. Typical..nothing there..

[AllentownJake]

21. I'm tired

I had a great thread on the evil state of NJ and it took all my thunder out.

Also I really aren't that threatened by you guys anymore since NC and IN.

[OzarkDem]

11. and none elected in Obama strongholds

Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, or Utah :shrug:

What gives?

Amazing, no AA ever elected to office in Obama's "swing" states.

[Name removed]

12. Deleted sub-thread

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[NewHampshireDem]

18. Vermont has an AA population of .8%, WVA 3.2%

That means there are about 5,000 black people in Vermont, as opposed to about 60,000 black people in WVA (based on 3.3% of total population). My guess is that it's more about the size of the pool than the nature of the electorate, if one wanted to have that argument. :shrug:

On edit: I over-stated the percentage of African-Americans in VT by .1%; it is actually .7%, so the total population is actually just under 4400.

FWIW: Great site for demographic data--

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/50000.html

[dcindian]

24. I hate to point out the obvious

This is the tenth Clinton operative post about reverse racism today. A topic which has made the career of most right wing radio heads.


What strange bedfellows politics makes?

[kikiek]

25. This isn't about reverse racism.

[papapi]

27. I'm appalled by what some can get away with....

I thought Hillary's comments about 'working class whites' was very offensive on many levels, not just for blacks but for people of all colors. I live in VA and went to school in WV and I can assure you there are PLENTY of racists in BOTH states. Whether they are Hillary supporters or not is open to debate. I would guess most vote the repugnatcan ticket. I have even on occasion been completely shocked to learn that someone I thought would never be a racist turns out to be one in the end. As a child, my parents taught me to respect all creation. I'm one of the lucky ones. I have sympathy for the rest. Some day I hope the Democratic Party can truly be the party for ALL THE PEOPLE regardless of race, gender, religion, economic advantage, sexual orientation or whatever the color of your plaid. It certainly isn't there yet.