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...Those interviewed said that an Obama victory would be a symbolic step towards healing America’s racial wounds. And an Obama loss could lead to a sense of “bitter disappointment...
...believe that American voters have made a huge mistake,” Harvard Law School professor Randall L. Kennedy wrote in a letter printed in The Washington Post on Sept. 14. “And I’ll think that an important ingredient of their error is racial prejudice—not the hateful, snarling, open bigotry that terrorized my parents in their youth, but rather a vague, sophisticated, low-key prejudice that is chameleonlike in its ability to adapt to new surroundings and to hide even from those firmly in its grip...
...membership. Leading up to the election, the BSA has been politically active on campus and off, canvassing in New Hampshire and hosting viewings of the presidential debates. Turner added that the enthusiasm was not just because of Obama’s race, saying that the senator ran a post-racial campaign...
...much of Obama’s ability to obtain whites’ support was due to his unusual racial heritage—the grandparents from Kansas, the father in the United States on a student visa, the visible and unembarrassed biraciality? Is it now possible that white voters will be equally enthusiastic about an African American candidate descended from slaves...
...will daily interactions between whites and nonwhites change? Will there be less discriminatory treatment in jobs, health care, education, or the criminal justice system? Conversely, will people of color see racial consciousness as more optional and less necessary, so that their identity as an economic conservative or stamp collector can come to the fore...