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Andie, I was stuck in B2. I don't disagree with you, but we aren't the most enlightened place in the whole world. We still had a lot of racist sentime

Posted by emoticripple Nov 6 '08, 12:45

nt in this election.

That said, I'm disappointed that the 'black president' narrative is almost completely eclispsing the 'democratic president with an IQ above 80' narrative, but we'll get there.

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I can't think of another Western country that has elected a leader who doesn't have a European background - Roger More Nov 6, 12:58 2
- most of those countries are ... European though. -- nm - Andie Nov 6, 13:00 1
  - also, don't get me wrong, Obama winning *is* ground breaking... - Andie Nov 6, 13:06
The racial narrative in this election is "silly", as Andie says, because racism itself is "silly". - con_carne Nov 6, 12:55

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Andie, I was stuck in B2. I don't disagree with you, but we aren't the most enlightened place in the whole world. We still had a lot of racist sentime

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