why is it not racist that at least 97% of black people voted for Obama?

It's ok to be proud of your race, but sometimes, but not all times, I feel like some black people take it way too far. In this case, they let the color of a candidates skin dictate who would be a better leader for the country.

And to answer your question, yes it's extremely racists. But white people are too scared to be called a "racist" so no one will speak out about it. There were black voters all over the media screaming "it's time to see a black president in office!" My reply? Who gives a damn? I don't care what color he is. He has no experience, and he has questionable policies. I don't care if he's black, white or orange.

It's sad that so many black people feel like they are so oppressed, even though they are not. There are more opportunities for blacks in this country than every before, and yes, we are equal not, whether they want to believe it or not.

Voting for Obama because he's black is like buying a car because you like the color. You're so blinded by the nice color that you don't bother to research the car, test drive it or inspect it. That is what has happened with Obama. Even before he started campaigning hard and before there wasn't a lot of information about him for people to research, many black people, but not all, made up their mind to vote for him because they want to be a united race.

It's so wrong and really says a lot about our country and what it's become. So terribly sad.

So many of my black friends that voted for McCain told me people were pressuring them to vote Obama, and telling them it's their duty as a black man to vote for him. They were incredibly insulted but at the same time, they told me they could only nod their heads at the ignorance. I can't believe that our country has come to such a scared, politically correct place that voting on someone for race is considered OK.

SO sad.

Blacks are a minority in the country, whereas whites are the majority. Thus even if 97% of blacks vote for a certain candidate, it translates to a very small percentage of the overall population. Whereas when 97% of whites vote for a candidate, that is a large portion of the country.

And there is still another difference. Blacks were brought to this country as slaves and have endured oppression over the years often being stifled of their rights. Whites came here by choice. It cannot be called racism when supporters of the underdog support the underdog into winning an election. It's called lending their support to one of their own. As opposed to a large group of people shutting off the voice of the minority if whites support McCain.

It's not racism if they made the right choice, and the fact that he won is proof that they were right (at least, it's all the proof you'll ever be offered).

However, the fact that McCain got as many votes as he did proves that a large number of whites voted for McCain, so you're still a racist if you're white.

Obama's election changes nothing about that.

Any whites expecting that the "racism" charge is behind us because of this result are in for a shock.

It's not racist for the following reason - 97% of black people voted for a Democratic candidate who happened to be black. You are pretending like they voted for him BECAUSE he is black. The Republican party has always been the party of race-baiting and division. Of course almost all the blacks would vote against a party that is hostile to them and their interests.

Clinton - 83 then 84 %

Gore - 90%

Kerry - 94%

Obama - 97%

As the Republican party has become more radically conservative, and more overtly racist and has gone to war on the working class, blacks have vote, increasingly, for Democrats.

John Kerry is as white as it gets. Your random grasping at a statistic without looking at the background says more about your own biases about race than anyone else's.

EDIT: You're right, 97% have never voted Democratic before, but 94% have. Now, if you are a historically oppressed minority, and you get a candidate from the same minority group, is it racist to think that 3% more MIGHT, just might, think that this person might be interested in issues that affect that group?

Is that racist for 3% of the population to say "I think this person, moreso than others, might understand issues that concern me" because of similar identity?

Please. Find another straw to grasp at, other than the "I'm a racially oppressed white guy" one.

Edit the Edit: My initial research was flawed. When trying to find documenation to back up on op-ed that listed the numbers, I found others that agreed with each other - looks like the Clinton and Gore numbers are correct, Kerry, however got 88%. HOWEVER, LBJ got 94% against Goldwater in 1964, so the "Dems have gotten 94%" statement is still true. Links below, as requested.

Again, though, I must disagree with your characterization. In past general elections white voters have pretty much always voted at 100% for white candidates, because that's all there was. However, that statistic doesn't mean it's BECAUSE. Also, being in a white dominated society, whites don't ever have the consideration of their concerns or issues not being looked out for based on race. Believe it or not, we're not to the point of societal equality, as some of the race-baiting ugliness is concerned. Think about the old Jim Crowe laws in the south. If blacks back then boted for LBJ because he supported civil rights equality, does that make them racist? Is it racist to say "I'm going to vote for someone who will do their best to make sure I'm not at a disadvantage because of race?"

The same people probably wouldn't vote for Alan Keyes (Obama's conservative black Republican Senate opponent in 2004), so they're not voting for him because he's black, but they might be voting for him because they're confident that he can address issues of race they felt have been getting the short-shrift.

Maybe that's too subtle or nuanced for a forum like YA!, but I think it is a legitimate difference. Okay, end of pontificating and edits for me.

i understand blacks have often constantly voted Democrat... yet you need to confess there's a sprint racism happening while by surprise for the 1st time in historic previous ninety seven% of them truthfully flow to the polls.. and marvel, marvel.. all of them vote black.. Come on.. you need to be an fool to have self assurance that it enhance into all appropriate to the subject concerns.. his stance on well being care and so on and so on. No.. it enhance into entire unadulterated racism.. Why do blacks locate it so hard to admit that. they're very stable at crying racism while that's directed at them.. yet no longer so stable at taking it. i won't be able to assert Obama gained purely through fact he's black.. through fact i think of particularly some people additionally voted for exchange... any style of exchange after Bush. So as a rely of actuality, if he had no longer been black.. and introduced out the black vote.. and if Bush had no longer screwed up so badly.. I doubt Obama could have gained. you are able to wager that if he were a white candidate with so little or no experience he could by no ability have gained. So there you flow!

Because black folks have a long tradition of voting for the Democrat. If Obama had been white, the numbers wouldn't have been a lot different. Stop looking for ways to make black folks seem like racists. Being proud of someone who shares your ethnicity isn't racism. I grew up in an Italian neighborhood. They were the proudest bunch of "racists" I ever met. Enough already.

Well whether you want to act dumb about it or not, race was an issue. And nobody trusts the Bush family, especially minorites. So when McCain was seen as a Bush clone, everyone flocked to Obama. So even if Obama was green or blue, people wouldve voted for him just because no one wanted another Bush.

If 97% of white people would have voted for McCain, not everyone would be shouting racism.

Just the other 3% and the minority races who voted for Obama.

Who Cares! The country has spoken. OBAMA is the 44th President of the United States.

Move on and support your president and your country. Unless you know 97% of the black people in America, how can you say they all or the majority of them voted solely on race. Such a small mind!

It is. But they feel they are in titled because over 100 years ago their ancestors were slaves. I sympathize with the ancestors, but not with the descendants.

So I guess it is OK to vote for a 1/2 black man and call him black.