Supreme Court backs New Haven Firefighters

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

White people, in general, essentially voted for Obama based on a cost and benefit analysis and because they decided to choose gender over race.

Granted, you put the "in general" caveat in there, but I think this is an unfounded generalization. I'll agree that some white people (and probably some black people, too) voted for Obama based on a cost v. benefit analysis. But to accuse white people of choosing gender over race is as offensive as me accusing black people of choosing race over gender. There isn't always a race- or gender-related motivation.

/end rant

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

...accusing black people of choosing race over gender

Obama is both Black and a man.

A more proper generalization would be that Blacks, in general, voted for Obama based on both a cost and benefits analysis and based on race (which intersected with gender for him).

I agree. Thanks.