I don't blame the people of color. You must have stopped reading before I said how absurd and unfair it is to blame African-Americans. However, the thought that anyone who has suffered discrimination could turn around and okay it for someone else makes me ill, but it happened in CA (and probably Florida and Arizona).
Undoubtedly there were higher numbers of white people. But percentage-wise, 70 is a pretty high number for a demographic that is all too familiar with how it feels to be a hated minority.
I think even releasing that information was a divisive tactic, and sadly it worked. There are lots of really angry people right now who are looking for anyone to blame. I'm not one of them, because I recognize the sample in question isn't representative of an entire race of people, but yes, for a day I let it get to me. I'm over it.
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Date: 2008-11-10 03:44 am (UTC)Undoubtedly there were higher numbers of white people. But percentage-wise, 70 is a pretty high number for a demographic that is all too familiar with how it feels to be a hated minority.
I think even releasing that information was a divisive tactic, and sadly it worked. There are lots of really angry people right now who are looking for anyone to blame. I'm not one of them, because I recognize the sample in question isn't representative of an entire race of people, but yes, for a day I let it get to me. I'm over it.