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I think more racism has been reported on than pre-Obama, but I doubt the amount of racism has really gone up. I also think that the line of what's racist and what isn't has really moved - a comment that would have been harmless just a decade ago is now racist from poor attempts at reading between the lines because the media is so fervently looking for any "X made a racist comment" stories to put out. I think maybe because we have a black president, media figures the racial tension is higher (which who knows, maybe it is) and plays on it with their hyperfocus on racism.

Hell, look at this Zimmerman situation - if it was a white guy who followed another white guy and ended up killing him, it would be a local news story at best. But because Zimmerman used a slur on his 911 call and the black guy he was following ended up getting killed, this story is everywhere and just won't die down. I wonder how many murders there have been since this story first broke that barely even got local coverage. It's a total pooch screw situation either way. Either Zimmerman did it in cold blood and race becomes an even bigger issue, or Martin instigated the violence and it was self-defense, which let's face it many people will simply refuse to believe regardless of facts and Zimmerman's life will be over anyways. Then everyone will be calling Martin a thug who deserved it and race will still become a bigger issue.

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