In Obama era, have race relations improved?

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Race transcends class in this country. My "bubble" consists of middle-class and upper middle class people of many races and there are still racial stereotypes and resentments just beneath the surface. All it takes is a few drinks and the illusion of safety and it all comes out.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Reducing the rich/poor divide is fine as long as you don't penalize the rich simply for being rich. It's not the responsibility of the rich to make the poor richer, it is up to the poor to step up and make strides to better themselves. As long as there are race baiters like Sharpton and Jackson, the rich/poor divide will always be racially charged.

Well again it's not simple is it. If you mean 'punish the rich' by having them pay more tax via the assumption that they can pay more, that's hardly a profound realisation. The argument is usually how much the rich should be expected to pay, not whether they should pay more. That part is a given.

Especially given that there's a fair bit of legitimate blame on the banking classes for getting us into the economic 5hit.

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In Obama era, have race relations improved?

imho: they've deteriorated.

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In Obama era, have race relations improved?

imho: they've deteriorated.

of course, the old order has been disrupted.

[Ban Hammer 13,555]

Race transcends class in this country. My "bubble" consists of middle-class and upper middle class people of many races and there are still racial stereotypes and resentments just beneath the surface. All it takes is a few drinks and the illusion of safety and it all comes out.

avoid alcohol

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avoid alcohol

no!

alcohol brings people together and it tears them apart. it's a thing of pure beauty.

[natty bumppo 297]

no!

alcohol brings people together and it tears them apart. it's a thing of pure beauty.

beer goggles ?

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of course, the old order has been disrupted.

thats horseshit & you know it. the 'old order' elected the man. since then, everytime someone has had a difference of opinion they're labeled a racist. that has set race relations back.

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thats horseshit & you know it. the 'old order' elected the man.

the 'old order' wanted hillary.

(the democratic primary WAS the presidential election. everything after that was just theater.)

Edited July 30, 2012 by Habitual Offender

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the 'old order' wanted hillary.

apparently not. she lost.

[Teddy B 17,252]

the 'old order' wanted hillary.

(the democratic primary WAS the presidential election. everything after that was just theater.)

I wonder what would have happened to the womans movement if Hillary got elected. Would anyone man who questioned her policies be labeled as a male chauvanist pig? (I doubt it)

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apparently not. she lost.

yeah, they lose sometimes. social disruption is a fact of human civilization. nothing ever stays the same.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

thats horseshit & you know it. the 'old order' elected the man. since then, everytime someone has had a difference of opinion they're labeled a racist. that has set race relations back.

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the 'old order' wanted hillary.

The south would never vote for a woman president.

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The south would never vote for a woman president.

they'd vote for a woman...just not that one.