You’re largely right. I’ve spoken with a couple known activists in Virginia Beach who have said you can’t get Whites to vote for Obama. Yes, race relations have improved, but still have a long way to go.

A few weeks ago I was taking the bus into Norfolk for a matinee. At one stop a young Black woman had a baby with her, and a second young woman helped her load her stroller on – but didn’t come along. When we got to the Cedar Grove Transfer Center (end of the line), I went over to carry it off for her. (She had the baby in her arms) You should have seen the shocked look on her face that it was the White guy helping her with it.

Finally, best wishes to you and your husband. Between living in a 90% minority neighborhood and riding HRT, if I finally do meet a woman, odds are it isn’t going to be a White girl.

No problem, I’ve been bouncing between sites and getting lazy with my spelling and grammer.

Sub-groups within the human race will always find fault in “others” and find reason to hate/fear them. Whether it’s skin color or economics, people will always strive against those others.

Competion is bred it to us at the genetic level. It’s what makes us human:-)

When I have spanked my son in a store cos he was misbehaving, you would think I stabbed him with a knife by some people’s reaction. Let a baby cry for more than 30 seconds, wear jeans in some churches, mention Jesus in a public setting, say you approve of the Iraq War, speak in a polite but non-PC manner and people get agitated.

My wife and I make less than $50,000 a year, but we manage our money well and we have two new vehicles. Someone in my neighbor was insulted by that fact alone and scratched a derogatory word on my hood, knifed a tire, and keyed the driver’s side of my mini van.

When we walk the streets of our small town, hoodlum kids–black, Hispanic and white, make rude comments and gestures cos we are walking their streets.

People are judgmental and selfish here in America. None of us can avoid offending people today. Consider the source. If we cared less about what those idiots think and more about what those who know us think about us, we would all be happier.

Also, how often do we misinterpret the looks and actions of others? I have walked in a store and by a long-time friend who thought I was dissing him/her, and I actually didn’t even see him/her. My wife and I have gotten into arguments because one of us looked at the other wrong, and we took offense when none was meant.

I believe Obama will not win or lose based on race. He will win or lose based on how good a campaign he runs. Most people I know either like or dislike his policies and ideas. I seriously believe those who will not vote for him cos he is black will be cancelled out by those who vote for him because he is.