It seems that Obama will be elected president. The Republicans may be forced to allow this election to happen: the vote margin could be too large for them to steal it this time around. And if they do steal it we may see a mini-revolution. I suspect more than a few people will take direct action if the bastards steal it. But then, how can a black man be elected president in the U.S. in 2008?
Are we really in a post-racial era? I am from the South and maybe I am, uh, prejudiced. How can a society so drenched in racism suddenly wake up and find itself freed of this disease? I think it is ridiculous to believe that racism has wilted like a raisin in the sun. Open racism has been prohibited except in the deep South and among the mentally challenged at Sarah Palin speeches. The rest of the country has been limited to code words, like crime and welfare queeens; symbols, like Reagan's speech in Mississippi; or black monsters like Willie Horton.
Clinton's headlong race back to Arkansas to kill a retarded black man was arguably the most effective political moment of his brilliant career.
George W. Bush came about as close as a politician can come to open racism by wrapping himself in South Carolina's confederate flag. He hardly needed to even take this chancy move with his sordid record of executions in Texas. In the South it's better to execute black folk, but it's always good to throw in a few whites and even a woman so you can say you are an equal opportunity executioner.
So, what's the deal with Obama? The reason for his success is that he is not a true black American. Sure, he is an African-American, but he does not have a drop of American slave blood in his body. No ancestor of his has ever been sold, whipped or lynched. Now this does not matter to black Americans. They know that he has been subjected to racism just like them. But white Americans see something different: they see a Kenyan without the Kenyan accent. White Americans don't feel guilty about Obama. That's why the code words don't work. All the code words for black: terrorist, socialist, wealth spreader, Muslim, community organizer, etc. just don't work against Obama.
Only in America would the first black president not be a descendant of slaves.