Why? It's prejudice to judge all Black people on the basis of racist dumbasses like SJL. The racists will -- very quickly -- self-identify; you can tell them from pretty much the first sentence they utter. Sheila might as well have an SS tattoo or a swastika on her neck. I think ultimately this improves race relations between people who're genuinely of good will, because it's becoming clearer and clearer to a lot of formerly squishy types that "racism" is all too frequently a bogus charge. Can't happen soon enough.
Do you know many black people? I live near to, and work with many. All of them are proud of Obama as a matter of race. I have no problem with that. However, I certainly didn't support McCain because he was white or vote for him becuase Obama was black. As a military retiree, I thought it was like, you know, when Navy people were proud of McCain because he was a sailor. But it it much worse than that. Now Obama, for many of thse people, represents their very essence. I cannot logically compete with essence. If I am not for Obama, I am against their essence.
However, now they are also very defensive. Any criticism must be done in hushed whispers because you will be accused of being a racist if you criticize him. You will get “invited” to diversity training by Human Resources. It's already happend to my boss who is more vocal about how the democrats have screwed this country. He MUST go to diversity training. No reason given why.