Ohio Needs a Black President

turns out bigotry was a factor, or as cuyahoga county commissioner timothy hagan, an obama supporter, put it: The state's white voters aren't ``bigots, but the image they see every day of black America is drugs, crime, guns and violence.''
here's one white person's remarks:

``If Obama gets in, it's going to be a black thing and it's going to be all blacks for blacks,'' said Victoria Mikulski, a 63-year-old clerk in Edison Park. ``Everything's got to be equal.''

i do drink lattes and i am college educated but i'd like to think that even if i wasn't, even if i worked in a factory putting doors on cars, i wouldn't think like that. in fact, i know i wouldn't. i don't know what it's like to live in ohio (and i know that not every person there is racist). but if there is a disproportionate amount of black crime, it has its roots in racism.

and this is clearly another reason why we need barack obama as president. imagine what bigots might learn. they might learn to put aside their prejudices. think about how the disaffected young black people would benefit from a barack obama as president. obama would go a long way to help mitigate racism just by being a role model.

and ms. victoria mikulski, yes, everything's got to be equal.

here's another story on the topic. fortunately, ohio is in the minority.