Rocketeer, I did not accuse conservatives of racism. I am however pointing out that two fairly intelligent individuals have been labeled intellectual light weights with no real explanation for the label. It has been my observation that if a liberal minded minority (particularly black or Hispanic) person rises to a position of influence, that person’s qualifications and intelligence are called into question. You might have a case for Michelle Obama given the typos in her thesis, but what about Obama or Sotomayor has earned them the labels of intellectual light weights?
To 22: Just a thought, the Irish and Italian communities were able to do something Black and Hispanic communities were not, learn the language and assimilate into the dominate culture. By virtue of color of skin, and the prejudices that came with it, even blacks who were willing to assimilate could not because they looked different. Here we are in 2010 and we would like to move on but 400 years cannot be reversed in 60 or 70 years so easily.
Racial politics suck because they keep us divided. Republicans and Democrats have been equally guilty of playing them. How is it that racist Southerners came to be predominately Republican? Republican appealed to them through less than honorable means just as Democrats appeal to minority groups.
