The Obama Election and Race Crime

Nothing can change the fact that a majority of Americans did vote for a black man. That there still are a few sore losers is to be expected. These people will be ignored and even shunned by the vast majority of Americans.

I think most of us expected some sort of increased racially motivated criminal activity no matter who won. The race was very racially charged towards the end. I can fully see how people with white supremacist believes could start to act out. Similarly I would have expected something from minority extremists, if McCain would have won. Hurt pride plays into it. In these cases, they can't reach Obama but want to do something to express their disgust and instigate others to follow suit. It was to be expected and security has been tighter around Obama then around any other presidential candidate or President-elect. I'm sure this will also be true when he is President. There is always a bunch of crazies out there who want to carry out their political agenda through violence. They just see the need now more than ever. Besides the tension of the Presidential race, people also act up because of the rising economic crisis and the effect it has on them. They just needed an extra excuse to be violent, some sort of legitimization in their mind. This was expected to happen and has been expected by those in charge of keeping the nation and us save. They are more vigilant than ever. Personally I think, no matter how people feel about Obama and race differences, violence and vandalism is not the answer. I just hope that it will stop with these minor incidents (minor in terms of severity) and not grow into something worse. I also hope that it will stop and that we can grow as a nation and embrace our differences. We might have our different opinions about our soon to be President. We don't have to be at each others throats because of that.

I think it says a lot about some people in our country but not about our country as a whole, if that makes any sense. It shows that while we've come a long way and have a lot to be proud of, we still have a ways to go. Most disturbing to me are the stories of the kids shouting racial taunts and making racial comments because I truly believe that in general the younger generation is closer to being color blind that any other. Annie

Race crime hasn't increased, only the news reporting it. there is a purpose to this, it's not an accident. It's a well orchestrated manipulation of public perception. YOur going to see a lot of this in the comming months, this social engineering, I'll call it. I made the point even further in another similar thread so I won't go in to it all here again, but suffice it to say, it's not an increase in race crime, just an increase in race crime media coverage.