Racism isn't just "a card" some people "play"

[bcholmes]

Blaming people of color for Prop. 8 passing in California is racist. So cut it the fuck out. Ditto for veiling your racism with "this is because of turnout for Obama" or "you know how conservative those immigrants can be."

sparkymonster states one of those things that I wanted to believe was obvious, but which apparently is not.

Edit: Here's another good response to the "let's blame the brown people" phenomenon.

Edit the second: Here's a statistical analysis of a white election.

Edit the third: Daily Kos has a good analysis, too!

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[firecat]

For what it's worth, I understand that Obama and Clinton (not sure if Bill or Hillary) created a robocall opposing prop 8. I didn't hear it (I hang up on all robocalls) but someone I know did.

So apparently Obama did try to oppose Prop 8. I think it's wrong to blame him for not doing more - he did need to campaign for the presidency after all.