Saturday, October 18, 2008

Race and the campaign in Western Pennsylvania: "We're voting for the n***er."

Sometimes the USA really does amaze me. I don't know whether this election will make race issues worse or better, but I am beginning to hope it will be better.

Here is a story from 538.com, which does great campaign coverage, particularly aggregating and making sense of the polls, but also interesting on the road type stuff.

"So a canvasser goes to a woman's door in Washington, Pennsylvania. Knocks. Woman answers. Knocker asks who she's planning to vote for. She isn't sure, has to ask her husband who she's voting for. Husband is off in another room watching some game. Canvasser hears him yell back, "We're votin' for the n***er!"

Woman turns back to canvasser, and says brightly and matter of factly: "We're voting for the n***er."

In this economy, racism is officially a luxury."

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/on-road-western-pennsylvania.html

1 comment:

LivelyClamor said...

No wonder I keep hearing the theme song from "Blazing Saddles" in
my overtaxed brain...

(Hides face in hands)