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Politics : President Barack Obama
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To: Little Joe who wrote (36260)10/3/2008 12:10:16 AM
From: Glenn Petersen  Read Replies (5) of 149317
 
Little Joe,

I grew up on the South Side of Chicago and watched my neighbors (mostly blue collar Democrats) throw bricks at Martin Luther King Jr. in 1966. Dr. King was on record as stating that he found Chicago more segregated than the South. His Open Housing marches were ultimately a failure in Chicago.

On the other hand, I still have contact with some of my old neighbors and for the most part their racial hatreds have dissipated. That is not to say that racism has disappeared from the scene. It still exists in both the white and black communities, but to a far lesser extent than it did 20 or 30 years ago. koan seriously underestimates the progress that the U.S. has made in this area. In my opinion, if Obama loses this election, an event that looks to be increasingly unlikely, it is not going to be because of his skin color.

Regards,

Glenn
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