racists, racists, racists, racists, racists... oh and we’re all racists..
“whether those feelings were measured using questions that explicitly asked respondents about racist attitudes, or through an experimental test that measured implicit views toward race without asking questions about that topic directly. “
Really?!
What? Trick questions?
Did they ask blacks the same questions?
I am a racist. I am a sexist. I am a religionist. I am a linguicist. I am a cutlurist.
I treat women differently than I treat men. I treat people that talk differently than me differently than those that talk like me.
I used to be in sales. A person who is all of the above and learns to skillfully communicate uniquely to each will do MUCH better than a person who blindly treats all people exactly the same. Sex, race, vocabulary, dialect, manner of dress and attitude ALL impact how I treat a person.
And there is a reason, after certain crimes are reported, that people her sarcastically say, “Looks like the Amish are at it again.”
Ultimately, it all boils down to culture and subculture. Anyone that tries to ignore that is in for a very difficult life.
Silly me. I thought I didn’t vote for Obama for the same reasons that I didn’t vote for Humphrey, or McGovern, or Carter, or Mondale, or Dukakis, or Clinton, or Gore, or Kerry.