On Nov. 4, 2008, Barack Obama, then a senator from Illinois, was elected the first Black president of the United States. His election was seen as a hopeful moment in America and ushered in lots of think pieces and reporting that his presidency was the start of a new “post-racial” society. At long last — in the eyes of many, at least — there was hope that the racial wounds that have long divided Black and white Americans would heal.
That, of course, never happened. Even at the time, certain white voters refused to vote for Obama because of his race, and a rise in hate crimes followed his win. Moreover, in the lead up to Obama’s first election, some polls showed that only about one-third of white Americans (38 percent) thought Obama would help race relations, compared with 60 percent of Black Americans. Moreover, a plurality of white Americans thought (or, perhaps, hoped) that his candidacy would have no […]
Instead of race, I think we should be worried about rich verses poor. Poor people get poorer and rich people get richer. Poor whites are the same as poor Black or Latimo or whatever color they are. Rish people are rich no matter what ethnic race they come from and they just get richer. The IRS is now killing me slowly and I am white. The IRS dos not care what color a person is, and they give no reasons for their stealing of people’s resources. They should be condemned to poverty so they , too, can experience what they are doing to people! I hate a government run by the rich !