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Because of our nation's extremely complex history with racial issues, there have never been any "good old days" for race relations in America. We began as a slaveholding nation that simultaneously held the contradictory belief that "all men were created equal," actually fought a civil war in large part over slavery, and eventually we moved on from government mandated discrimination against black Americans for their skin color to government mandated discrimination against white Americans for their skin color.
Because of our tumultuous, knurly history, opinions over race vary wildly....
5 Reasons Obama's Election Is Bad For Race Relations
Location: NJ
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Date: Sep 23, 2009 - 10:11 P
Brian: My comment was not an attack on Bush. Colin Powell gave his reasons for not voting Republican and it was not because Obama was black. He felt the Republican party had changed. And, the Republican party itself seems to say it had changed. Cheney and Rush are the new faces of your party. There isn't room for Rush, Cheney, and Powell in the current party. Period.