Wow, Reid has never been to Miami?

Comments, notions and suggestions about racism occur and reoccur on this site which is fairly typical, I think, of America as a whole. Are we in any sense “post-racial”?  Can we discuss race in a reasonable way without stirring up racism?  Where are we as a democratic nation regarding racism? Etc.

Yet nothing new happens except the predictable outbreaks of racism showing up in political issues where the rights of non-whites are paramount.  And of course in appeals of political parties at times of election, to secure votes for party candidates.

Yet that people of color do not have rights equal to whites is obvious, though the law says they do. And whites who champion those rights are often more despised than the nonwhites themselves—usually in hidden ways subversive of fair decision-making and sometimes, particularly when jobs are scarce, openly and viciously. Organizing based on race issues is extremely difficult.

It is despicable of both political parties to tolerate discrimination and manipulate inequality between elections by not consistently advocating for equal rights, and then, when elections roll around, appealing to people of color for their vote by promises of changes to come.

Of course racism is not the only problem that is manipulated by party politics in this manner.  Economic and educational differences are also exploited at election time and largely ignored in between.

These facts would seem to indicate that people of color and people in the lower middle class generally should unite in a common effort.  But sadly, the lower middle class whites often harbor race-based resentments.

Until Democrats can admit the conscious manipulation of race in American politics, there is little hope of a productive change toward “justice for all.”  Why Democrats?  Because they at least say they support social justice, whereas Republicans historically take pride in ignoring it as much as possible.

I really hope he gets voted out next election in an overwhelming way that Diebold can’t save him.

Time for the voters to sent in a new government.