Posted on 09/09/2012 11:37:09 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
Does racial bias fuel Obama foes? How to tell?
Is it because he's black?
The question of whether race fuels opposition to President Barack Obama has become one of the most divisive topics of the election. It is sowing anger and frustration among conservatives who are labeled racist simply for opposing Obama's policies and liberals who see no other explanation for such deep dislike of the president.
It is an accusation almost impossible to prove, yet it remains inseparable from the African-American experience. The idea, which seemed to die in 2008 when Obama became the first black president, is now rearing its head from college campuses to cable TV as the Democratic incumbent faces Mitt Romney, the white Republican challenger.
Four years after an election that inspired hopes of a post-racial future, there are signs that political passions are dragging us backward.
"We're at a tipping point," said Susan Glisson, director of the Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi. "But I don't know which way we're going to tip."
Glisson knows that many conservatives disagree with Obama solely because of his policies. "But I am also quite certain that there are others who object to the president because of his race, because they have a fear of blacks that is embedded in our culture," she said.
Her conclusion is based on something called "implicit bias"— prejudices that people don't realize they have.
Studies show that due to longstanding negative stereotypes about African-Americans — which give such false impressions as most black people are dangerous, unintelligent or prefer welfare to work — many people harbor anti-black biases yet don't even know it.
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Of course “implicit bias” (”longstanding negative stereotypes”) exist entirely and only among “whites”; right? NOT
People oppose Obama not because he is black but because they love America and they see that Obama’s policies are destroying that America.
If we want to end racism, quit throwing money at it.
Projectile projection.
Boring... You know what would really attract the attention of readers? How does THIS work:
Does Racial Bias Fuel Black Obama Supporters? How to Tell?
Answer to the first question, YES. Answer to the second question, "95% of black voters voted for the black guy".
This is how the same story is reported elsewhere..
Another source since your link is broken.
Full article:
With Obama everything is about race or homosexuality, because he isn’t a man. He is a product of aggrieved groups. When caught in a lie, fraud or corruption, Obama gets a pass. We say, “If he were a white Republican...,” but a white Republican could never get away with being part of an aggrieved group. A white Republican has to meet us as a man or woman. Same goes double for black Republicans, and less so for Hispanic Republicans. Republicans have to be more than the sum total of some parasitic, aggrieved mob. Obama can be the chief of parasites because whatever he is, he isn’t really Obama. ...When he looked at the camera, peering through his teleprompter, and said, “I am your president,” he was claiming victory for the aggrieved over individuals. In his world view, the parasites and perverts have won because of him.
RACIAL BIAS does fuel Obama’s voting base!!!!!
My hard won indifference trumps your ‘race card’ every f’n time
I tell you what I'm prejudiced against -- a fat, ugly whitebread bitch.
Is anyone else amused that the people who claim to hate racism the most do the most to keep it in the public spotlight?
My Rottweiler looks better than than dog.
I found this article also at the San Francisco Chronicle, tried to post it but it didn’t go through:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Does-racial-bias-fuel-Obama-foes-How-to-tell-3851467.php
Scary is that we have a lot of White Guilt Liberals who fall for this garbage...even some in the GOP
In fact the opposite is the case.
Obama gets nearly 100% of the black vote. 95% or so. And a lot of well-meaning others who wanted to support Obama simply because of what he represented.
There is a PRO-Obama bias, which needs to be overcome. Luckily that will start to happen this election.
If Obama were not black, he would not have won.
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