According to an AP-Yahoo News poll that found one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks — many calling them "lazy," "violent," responsible for their own troubles. . Just seven in 10 people who call themselves Democrats support Obama, compared to the 85 percent of self-identified Republicans who back McCain.
Given a choice of several positive and negative adjectives that might describe blacks, 20 percent of all whites said the word "violent" strongly applied. Among other words, 22 percent agreed with "boastful," 29 percent "complaining," 13 percent "lazy" and 11 percent "irresponsible." When asked about positive adjectives, whites were more likely to stay on the fence than give a strongly positive assessment.
Among white Democrats, one third cited a negative adjective and, of those, 58 percent said they planned to back Obama.
The poll sought to measure latent prejudices among whites by asking about factors contributing to the state of black America. One finding: More than a quarter of white Democrats agree that "if blacks would only try harder, they could be just as well off as whites."
WOW! I don't understand why people still harbor such a hatred for each other. I have a question, How come Black American are viewed as being lazy and complaining too much, yet when a black man runs for president-he is reduced to his race! I don't understand how Obama being African-American ( actually Obama is bi-racial) is a factor in this presidental race! Let's stick to the issues!
What about the economy? What about the war in Iraq? What about the energy crisis? What about Universal Health Care?
Source
http://news.yahoo.com/page/election-2008-political-pulse-obama-race
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