(NAME-MCE) FW: Regardless affiliation... food for thought...

[Carrie Stewart]

Similar to the Tim Wise piece ~
 
Carrie L. Stewart, M.C.I.S.
Owner/Principal
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Gathering People ~ Finding Common Ground
 
 
 
How racism  works:
 
1.	What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard  Law
Review? 
2.	What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his
graduating class? 
3.	What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said "I do"
to? 
4.	What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she
no longer measured up to his standards?
 
1.	What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to
pain killers, but acquired them illegally            through her charitable
organization? 
2.	What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard? 
3.	What if Obama were a member of the "Keating 5"? 
4.	What if McCain were a charismatic, eloquent speaker?

If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election
numbers would be as close as they are? This is what racism does. It covers
up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and
emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference.


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