Uh, Ya Think?

From Yahoo News:

"Now, in what could be a historic year for a black presidential candidate, a new Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll, conducted with Stanford University, shows just how wide a gap remains between whites and blacks.

"It shows that a substantial portion of white Americans still harbor negative feelings toward blacks. It shows that blacks and whites disagree tremendously on how much racial prejudice exists, whose fault it is and how much influence blacks have in politics.

"One result is that Barack Obama's path to the presidency is steeper than it would be if he were white.

"Until now, social scientists have not closely examined racial sentiments on a nationwide scale at a moment when race is central to choosing the next president. The poll, which featured a large sample of Americans — more than 2,200 — and sophisticated survey techniques rarely used in media surveys, reflected the complexity, change and occasional contradictions of race relations.

"More whites apply positive attributes to blacks than negative ones, and blacks are even more generous in their descriptions of whites. Racial prejudice is lower among college-educated whites living outside the South. And many whites who think most blacks are somewhat lazy, violent or boastful are willing or even eager to vote for Obama over Republican John McCain, who is white.

"The poll, however, shows that blacks and whites see racial discrimination in starkly different terms. When asked 'how much discrimination against blacks' exists, 10 percent of whites said 'a lot' and 45 percent said 'some.'

"Among blacks, 57 percent said 'a lot' and all but a fraction of the rest said 'some.'

"Asked how much of America's existing racial tension is created by blacks, more than one-third of white respondents said 'most' or 'all,' and 9 percent said 'not much.' Only 3 percent of blacks said 'most' or 'all,' while half said 'not much at all.'

"Nearly three-fourths of blacks said white people have too much influence in American politics. Only 12 percent of whites agreed. Almost three times as many blacks as whites said blacks have too little influence.

"Far more blacks than whites say government officials 'usually pay less attention to a request or complaint from a black person than a white person.'"

You want to know why whites "harbor negative feelings toward blacks"? Because of reverse discrimination. I'm fucking sick of it. Do you want to know why "blacks and whites disagree tremendously on how much racial prejudice exists, whose fault it is and how much influence blacks have in politics"? Because blacks want reparations, and they will do whatever they can to get it, including crying wolf in false discrimination charges. Do you want to know why people think "Barack Obama's path to the presidency is steeper than it would be if he were white"? Because their parents told them and their parents told them that "whitie" is bad and he is out to get you. Do you want to know why "race is central to choosing the next president"? Because blacks make it that way. The President of the United States should be elected based solely on his/her qualifications and motives. Not his/her color. Case in point: "many whites who think most blacks are somewhat lazy, violent or boastful are willing or even eager to vote for Obama over Republican John McCain, who is white". Yes, whites are willing to vote for Obama, even though he is black. And, blacks are not willing to vote for anyone but Obama JUST because he is black. Do you want to know why when "[a]sked how much of America's existing racial tension is created by blacks, more than one-third of white respondents said 'most' or 'all,' and 9 percent said 'not much.' Only 3 percent of blacks said 'most' or 'all,' while half said 'not much at all.'? Because blacks are victims, and they never do anything wrong. This victim mentality is really starting to piss me the fuck off.