Shocked & Disgusted

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by OtterXO

I don't agree. If the black candidate vs white candidate was never an option before in the general election then the race of a candidate wouldn't have been a factor. If two white guys were running then their "whiteness" (for lack of a better term) would cancel itself out since it was on both sides of the coin. So those who were already voting would vote anyway without considering the race of the candidate as a factor.

Actually, the race of the candidates has been a factor in every election because whiteness, white privilege, and white male privilege were presented as the template. Whiteness isn't invisible just because we are surrounded by it everyday, although whites feel that it is because they are the mainstream and dominant group.

Race was simply a different type of factor in this election than previous elections.

So what are you disagreeing with?

Originally Posted by OtterXO

Additionally, I wasn't saying anyone was afraid of a white president. I was just saying that it's the same decision to vote for someone because they're white OR to vote for someone because they're black. I don't think one is morally better than the other.

I didn't say you said that. I'm saying that.

It still isn't the same decision, generally speaking, regardless of how many times you all type that it is.