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In reply to the discussion: Who do you blame for the rise in overt racism in America? [View all]WestCoastLib
(442 posts)The 1% is not blind to the fact that they are losing their grip on public opinion & demographics. With the rise of internet, they are only going to be losing younger generations more and more as people have their eyes opened to what the rest of the world holds.
Ironically, I believe a lot of them thought America was MORE racially divided than it even is. I think they actually initially wanted Obama to take down Hillary in the '08 Primary because they thought deep seeded racism would make him easy to defeat in the general election.
The fact that Obama won got them in a panic and they've been trying to exploit it ever since to drive racism. I think things will settle down a little bit after he leaves office...and we can probably expect them to start upping their game on sexism and trying to polorize the sexes in preparation for Hilary in 2016.