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raymor · 03-27-2012, 08:59 PM

I can only speak about my part of the country and what I see on the web and in the media. From my perspective, until 2008 we always elected a candidate for president. In 2008, we elected a black man for president. Nobody called him the tall guy, or the good looking guy, or the passionate candidate. He was the black guy, especially to people in the "black culture". (As opposed to people like my wife who consider themselves simply Americans, whose great-great-great-grandparents happened to have come from Africa.)

There was a lot of talk about race. Heck, you've seen the polls - something like 40% of America said they wanted to vote for a black guy. That definitely brought race to the forefront.

Things might be different in South Carolina, but where I live in Texas, 90% of all comments about race are spoken by black people. Personally, I think it's silly. My wife and I prefer to simply be two people. My great-great-great-grandparents came from one place. Her great-great-great-grandparents came from some place. Who gives a shit where they came from, they died a hundred years ago.

I read everything Shap writes because he knows his stuff. I've worked with him enough to admire him as well as seeing his success from the outside. We haven't met in person, so I have no idea what he looks like. I can't see any reason I would care. Am I going to put more or less stock in what he says depending on where his relatives were born? The whole idea is goofy. Goofy if I cared, and goofy if anyone thinks they aren't successful because of their race because on the web noone knows or cares about that.

03-27-2012, 08:59 PM
raymor Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,745	I can only speak about my part of the country and what I see on the web and in the media. From my perspective, until 2008 we always elected a candidate for president. In 2008, we elected a black man for president. Nobody called him the tall guy, or the good looking guy, or the passionate candidate. He was the black guy, especially to people in the "black culture". (As opposed to people like my wife who consider themselves simply Americans, whose great-great-great-grandparents happened to have come from Africa.) There was a lot of talk about race. Heck, you've seen the polls - something like 40% of America said they wanted to vote for a black guy. That definitely brought race to the forefront. Things might be different in South Carolina, but where I live in Texas, 90% of all comments about race are spoken by black people. Personally, I think it's silly. My wife and I prefer to simply be two people. My great-great-great-grandparents came from one place. Her great-great-great-grandparents came from some place. Who gives a shit where they came from, they died a hundred years ago. I read everything Shap writes because he knows his stuff. I've worked with him enough to admire him as well as seeing his success from the outside. We haven't met in person, so I have no idea what he looks like. I can't see any reason I would care. Am I going to put more or less stock in what he says depending on where his relatives were born? The whole idea is goofy. Goofy if I cared, and goofy if anyone thinks they aren't successful because of their race because on the web noone knows or cares about that. Last edited by raymor; 03-27-2012 at 09:07 PM..