renard_ruse
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Its easy to laugh at Obama's claim of improving so-called "race relations" when it seems to many people there is more division and anger on both sides than in many decades. Certainly the political divide between whites and other groups is greater than ever.
However, I agree that relations between blacks, Hispanics, and Asian-Americans seem to have drastically improved in the last 8 years. Politically they now form an almost unbreakable coalition for the Democrats, despite not really having anything in common other than "not being [classified] as white."
In the past, blacks and Hispanics used to fight in schools, on the streets, and in the prisons. Hispanic gangs even tried to drive blacks from "their neighborhoods" in some places. Many blacks didn't like competing with low wage immigrants for jobs, being shut out of employment in their own neighborhood because of not speaking Spanish, sharing social services with illegals, etc. This is backed up by significant data from the 1990s. Blacks and Asian-Americans also had problems, such as was seen in places in California like Koreatown in LA.
We also saw this in the 2008 Democrat primaries when most blacks supported Obama and most Hispanics supported Hillary. In fact, I honestly did not believe a majority of Hispanics would vote for a black for President based on annecdotal evidence over the years.
I was obviously completely wrong. The three major "non-white" groups, even though they really have little in common, are actually growing closer together politically. Beyond that, for the first time I actually see quite a few black-mestizo and black-Asian couples in public something that was rare in the past.
I find this deeply troubling and disturbing. The idea that all these groups with nothing in common other than an apparent dislike for whites are forming a coalition is scary, but I do think that relations between these three groups has definited strengthened in the past 8 years.
However, I agree that relations between blacks, Hispanics, and Asian-Americans seem to have drastically improved in the last 8 years. Politically they now form an almost unbreakable coalition for the Democrats, despite not really having anything in common other than "not being [classified] as white."
In the past, blacks and Hispanics used to fight in schools, on the streets, and in the prisons. Hispanic gangs even tried to drive blacks from "their neighborhoods" in some places. Many blacks didn't like competing with low wage immigrants for jobs, being shut out of employment in their own neighborhood because of not speaking Spanish, sharing social services with illegals, etc. This is backed up by significant data from the 1990s. Blacks and Asian-Americans also had problems, such as was seen in places in California like Koreatown in LA.
We also saw this in the 2008 Democrat primaries when most blacks supported Obama and most Hispanics supported Hillary. In fact, I honestly did not believe a majority of Hispanics would vote for a black for President based on annecdotal evidence over the years.
I was obviously completely wrong. The three major "non-white" groups, even though they really have little in common, are actually growing closer together politically. Beyond that, for the first time I actually see quite a few black-mestizo and black-Asian couples in public something that was rare in the past.
I find this deeply troubling and disturbing. The idea that all these groups with nothing in common other than an apparent dislike for whites are forming a coalition is scary, but I do think that relations between these three groups has definited strengthened in the past 8 years.
