CNN Highlights Racist Writings To Argue That An Obama Presidency Could ‘Hurt Black Americans’

thinkprogress.org     Jul 23, 2008            

Today, CNN’s John Blake has an article titled, “Could an Obama presidency hurt black Americans?” In the piece, Blake notes that some commentators — including African-Americans, whites, Latinos, and conservatives — warn that “an Obama victory could be twisted to suppress the push for racial equality.” One of the white commentators Blake cites is Steve Sailer: Steve Sailer, a columnist for The American Conservative magazine, wrote last year that some whites who support Obama aren’t driven primarily by a desire for change. […] “So many whites want to be able to say, ‘I’m not one of them, those bad whites. … Hey, I voted for a black guy for president,’ ” Sailer wrote. Sailer cited another reason why many whites want Obama as president: “They hope that when a black finally moves into the White House, it will prove to... [read full story]                    


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