Black President, Double Standard: Why White Liberals Are Abandoning Obamahttp://www.thenation.com/article/163544/black-president-double-standard-why-white-liberals-are-abandoning-obama
Electoral racism in its most naked, egregious and aggressive form is the unwillingness of white Americans to vote for a black candidate regardless of the candidates qualifications, ideology or party. This form of racism was a standard feature of American politics for much of the twentieth century. So far, Barack Obama has been involved in two elections that suggest that such racism is no longer operative. His re-election bid, however, may indicate that a more insidious form of racism has come to replace it.
Still, electoral racism cannot be reduced solely to its most egregious, explicit form. It has proved more enduring and baffling than these results can capture. The 2012 election may be a test of another form of electoral racism: the tendency of white liberals to hold African-American leaders to a higher standard than their white counterparts. If old-fashioned electoral racism is the absolute unwillingness to vote for a black candidate, then liberal electoral racism is the willingness to abandon a black candidate when he is just as competent as his white predecessors.
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So.
You racist white motherfucking democrats / libs / progressives get out there and support that black man (or YOU'RE A FUCKING RACIST)! He has proven himself, what more do you want?
Bonus: And this... this is what our academia consists of.