At this rate, running against President for Life Obama will be outlawed as a form of "hate speech."
Posted on 10/16/2008 7:42:24 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
ITHACA-Two Cornell researchers are arguing that “unconscious bias” may prevent people from voting for Presidential Candidate Barack Obama.
Law professor Jeff Rachlinski and Greg Parks, a 2008 Ph.D. graduate from Cornell's law school, are co-authoring an article on the effect of unconscious race and gender bias on the presidential race …
Unconscious bias is distinguishable from racism or sexism because it is not explicit, and the person carrying it is unaware of its effect on their actions, Parks said. While racism involves animosity and awareness, a person displaying an unconscious bias will sometimes vehemently deny they lean one way or another, Rachlinski said.
Rachlinski and Parks alleged that many people unconsciously view black faces more negatively than white ones and that this may make them less likely to vote for Obama, despite his message of change:
“People talk about the need for change, but when a new candidate gets on the scene, suddenly experience starts to matter,” Rachlinski said. “(Bias) changes the field…”
The duo also [said] that McCain’s campaign is exploiting racism by criticizing Obama’s lack of experience:
An example is the commercials the McCain campaign has made about Obama, which use words such as ‘risky' and ‘dangerous' to describe the Democratic candidate. Words such as that resonate with the unconscious bias, the researchers argue.“Raising a question like, ‘Who is the ‘real' Barack Obama?'... has consequences,” Parks said. “These raise unconscious concerns....”
The researchers also alleged that a person who calls the Democrat candidate by his full name, “Barack Hussein Obama” is a “lunatic,”
(Excerpt) Read more at federalreview.com ...
At this rate, running against President for Life Obama will be outlawed as a form of "hate speech."
Obama voters are sexists. They voted against Hillary and now they are voting against Palin. Bunch of lousy misogynists.
The racism charge is losing its potency, except to help McCain because it pisses everyone off.
Two Cornell researchers:
I fart in their general direction.
I don’t care if they declare everyone of us racist at this point. Osama must be defeated and I’m willing to say that I’m voting for the white guy to do it.
Do people get paid to do this type of research?
People have an unconscious bias? They are not openly bigoted, nor do they think bigoted thoughts. They don’t think of themselves as racist, but they are subconsciously racist. And thus, they won’t vote for Obama because of this subconscious bias????
Is this for real or is it satire???
Is the only reason to vote against Obama due to skin color???
Obama's problem isn't his skin color - that's irrelevent to almost everybody. His problem is that he's a raving socialist/communist that pals around with terrorists.
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Law professors writing on a non law related subject? No political scientists, statisticians, just law professors?
Yeah, mine were perfectly capable of writing on the voter attitudes.
Right.
If anyone is racist, it's Democrats that won't vote for Obama. It's so obvious I guess you have to be a Cornell University researcher not to get it.
Or in this case....BOTH!
30%+ registered democrats are racist...according to ap poll.
Thank God, I’ve never had a racist thought in my LIFE!
Cornell Researchers: A Pack of Idiots with Degrees.
Buttheads like this are the main reason I doubt the benefits of higher education (excepting science/math and medicine).
Yep. I’m racist because I deny I’m racist.
Call me what you wish - I voted against Obama because he is a psychopathic liar.
I could care less what race he belongs to. I think he is a racist himself - he uses African people like his own slaves to carry out his wishes - filling them full of promises and lies.
In his case - I would be proud to label myself racist - but it goes deeper than skin - it goes to honesty and character!
Dem Murtha: Western PA ‘Racist’ but Obama Still Wins State
Way to go, 'Rats!
And doncha know both Rachlinski and Parks live in predominantly black neighborhoods.
White liberals always diversify to show the world how non racist they truly are.
I don’t understand.....He’s half white.....so...Am I racist against White people or Black people if I don’t vote for him? I’m so confused....
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