Black Racists? Yes. Election Deciders? No.

If you can’t handle the truth, go pick up any newspaper and read another article, column or editorial about the President-elect.

After I settled on the concept for this post, I read an AP story at ESPN.com with these excerpts (I give the example before I share my thesis):

Days after the election of the country's first black (Blogger’s Note: The skin-color obsessed cannot stop noticing skin-color) president, a study shows the number of African-American coaches in major college football is not growing.

With the recent dismissals of Ty Willingham at Washington (Blogger’s Note: Washington is not Notre Dame, so absent the opportunity for Catholic-bashing very few people know Mr. Willingham was fired) and Ron Prince at Kansas State, the number of black head coaches in the 119-school NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision was reduced to four (Blogger’s Note: A study had to be conducted to assess if 4 was less than 6, I guess) . . .

“. . . the general picture is still one of white men running college sport. Overall, the numbers simply do not reflect the diversity of our student-athletes. Moreover, they do not reflect the diversity of our nation where we have elected an African-American as President for the first time,” said Richard Lapchick, the report's co-author (Blogger’s Note: and a man who knows 4 is less than 6). (End of excerpts.)

Once America is done congratulating itself for electing a person whose skin color it cannot stop noticing America is going to come to the realization that race relations in this country are not going to improve until we have an honest conversation on race. Black militants will still continue to shame guilty whites into concessions whenever the tactic can be implemented. I fear for the white who defends any prospective race related event with, “But we just elected a man whose skin color we cannot stop noticing as President.” Electing a man whose skin color we cannot stop noticing is not going to be satisfactory penance for the militant blacks and guilty whites – see the ridiculous study above as Exhibit A.

If Sen. John McCain won the states of North Carolina, Indiana, Virgina, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania he would be President-elect.

With the liberal extremists who control the media ignoring the war in Iraq, gasoline prices at $2.39 a gallon and the President of France denouncing Sen. Obama, it is very difficult to assess a single election variable on an election result. Nonetheless, I try, assuming all other election variables constant except race.

Sen. McCain lost North Carolina by 14,053 votes (2,123,334 to 2,109,281). Exit polls say whites voted for McCain 65 – 35 while blacks voted for Sen. Obama along the national average 95 – 5. Digging deeper into the numbers though, black women voted for Sen. Obama 100 – 0! Black women made up 14% of the electorate in North Carolina. If they voted for Sen. Obama 98 – 2, Sen. McCain would have won the state by more than 7,000 votes. I don’t know what percentage of black women in North Carolina are racists but I’m quite positive more than 2% cast a racist vote on election day. Black racists definitely were the difference in the election results in North Carolina.

Sen. McCain lost Indiana by 26,163 votes (1,367,264 to 2,708,365). Exit polls say whites voted for Sen. McCain along the national average of 55 – 45 while blacks (just 6% of the electorate) voted for Sen. Obama 90 – 10. If blacks voted for Sen. Obama at a less offensive rate of only 80 – 20, Sen. McCain would have won Indiana by 20,000 votes. I don’t know what percentage of blacks in Indiana are racists, and I don’t suggest it was 10%, but clearly the monolithic black vote for Sen. Obama was the difference in the election results in Indiana.

The story repeats in Virgina. Sen. Obama won by 155,164 votes (1,792,502 to 1,637,338). If blacks (20% of the electorate) voted 80 – 20 instead of 92 – 8, Sen. McCain would have carried the state. Clearly, the monolithic black vote for Sen. Obama was the difference in election results in Virginia. Whites, by the way, voted McCain 60 – 40.

The story repeats in Florida. Sen. Obama won by 194,902 votes (4,103,638 to 3,908,736). If blacks voted 75 – 25 instead of the eye-popping 96 – 4 they did, Sen. McCain would have won the state. Clearly, the monolithic black vote for Sen. Obama was the difference in election results in Florida. Whites, by the way, voted McCain 56 – 44.

Alas, the story does not repeat in Ohio. Sen. Obama won the state by 204,414 votes. Blacks (11% of the electorate) would have had to vote less than 75% for Sen. Obama to win the state and this is about the point where I think blacks still cling to some Democratic Party principles such that it’s unlikely, in the short-term, that Republicans can honestly get more than 25% of the vote. Blacks voted for Sen. Obama at another eye-popping clip of 97 – 3; whites voted for Sen. McCain 52 – 48.

And, the story does not repeat in Pennsylvania where the racist and redneck whites in western Pennsylvania also proved that there is no insult you can dump on them that would offend them. So, let’s call them stupid as well. Sen. Obama won by 600,688 votes. Blacks make up 13% of the electorate and even if they voted 75 – 25 for Sen. Obama instead of 96 – 4 as they did, Sen. Obama still would have won the state of racist, redneck and stupid whites by 400,000 votes. Rep. Jack Murtha was re-elected by 58 – 42 over a 28-year Army veteran.

There are most certainly many black racists but black racists did not elect Sen. Barack Obama.

I do not know if blacks are more racist than whites. I’m not aware of any study that has contemplated the question. An honest discussion on race would contemplate the question.

An honest discussion on race would acknowledge that there are black racists. Race relations are not helped when black racists are shielded by the pleasant sounding “pride”; good luck to the white who exhibits any skin-color related pride. There is no such thing as “good” racism. All racism is bad.

This story is anecdotal but I know it played out many times on election day. I overheard a white woman at work tell co-workers how she cried in the election booth as she voted for Sen. Obama. She couldn’t help but notice the color of his skin; how could she not?; it’s all this skin-color obsessed nation can see.

As I wrote some time ago, the answer is Cold Turkey. We have to stop noticing today (I think people who notice the skin color of college football coaches are going to be noticing for a very long time).

I’m not going to cut and paste my March 4, 2008 post titled “Cold Turkey” here but please go read it. I think it might be one of my best posts on race relations.

If you have a comment on the post above please hold it until after you read the Cold Turkey post; I suspect there may be something there that is relevant to any comment you would make here. My first question to any person who makes a comment will be, did you read Cold Turkey?