Conservative = Racism

It’s no surprise that specific races are typically intertwined with political party affiliations. Exit polls and surveys have shown that blacks, Hispanics and those of other ethnic decent are more likely to vote liberal and whites commonly vote conservative. It could be historical reasons, preferences as a race, but whatever the cause, it’s the truth. There is no reason to assume anything by these facts, other than particular races seem to value many of the same principles and ideas. There are black conservatives, white liberals, and Hispanics all across the board. As much as I wish this idea was kept in the minds of every American, I take it with a grain of salt and remember that in anything done in society today, race is always a deciding factor.
The race card will be pertinent in some situations, and incorrectly used in others. Politics in my opinion is no place to cry foul or to cause the issue to begin with. Politics are about laws and rules for this country to abide by so that we all have an equal opportunity. I don’t see how involving race in any decision that would affect the entire nation could be beneficial to a people.
The elephant in the room these days is that we do in fact have a black president. He might be mixed, he might have another religion, whatever. The point is, Obama is black. This fact alone has put the entire country on its head and has driven a wedge into relationships, the government, and the way we interact on a day-to-day basis. My assumption as to how this man was elected president sounds racist, and it may be. It also may be a proven fact but that would take extensive research to truly figure out. I have to admit that I believe Obama was elected because a large number of blacks and ethnic groups came out to the polls to vote for him solely because of his ethnicity. The many times I saw women walking around the grocery store with shirts reading “The First Black President,” only convinced me more. It wasn’t “The President to Change This Nation,” or, “The 44th President of The United States.” The thing these shirts aimed to let everyone know was that there was a man in office and he was black.
On Election Day, a young black man stood in front of me in line. He had mentioned that this was his first time voting and they sent him off to a polling station. I walked into mine, began marking slots as usual, when the same young man poked his head out of his station to ask, and I say this verbatim, “Do we gotta vote for anything but the president if we ain’t know what it is?” If this man had not taken the time to inform himself on the issues on the ballot, I’m going to go ahead and assume that he didn’t do any research on Obama’s platforms either. This situation makes it very easy to establish his reasoning for coming to the polls if he both did not know anything on the ballot and did not care, and that his only interest in coming was to vote for the president, who is in fact of the same ethnicity.
I’m not here to patronize a culture for having pride, by all means there’s quite a bit of a lack of that in this country. But cultural pride and racism are of completely different natures. Since Obama was first announced as the democratic candidate for president, I have opposed. I always have and I can assure you I always will. I do not care if he is Muslim, if he is black, or if his middle name is Hussein. What I care about is his stance on political, economical, and social issues, with which none of them I agree. Yet since the day I voiced my opinion, I have been chastised, attacked, and labeled as a racist. I missed the part where my disagreeing with a political candidate caused an automatic hate for anyone other than my fellow Caucasians. I live in a mostly black community and I attended a mostly black high school. I’ve been surrounded by it. Why someone can’t accept my views for what they are baffles me.
What baffles me further is that I am a racist for not supporting the black candidate, yet those who only supported Obama because he was black, and yes there are some, are not considered the same. Denying a man of any other race a chance because you want to vote for someone of an ethnic background, is in my book profiling and racist. I didn’t write the rules. I won’t attempt to change them. If my solely voting against him because I’m white makes me a racist, then solely voting for him because he is black is racist all the same. I don’t get why negativity toward an ethnicity is prejudiced and racist, yet positivity solely for one ethnicity is not. I’m talking about giving people a fair chance. I’m asking that they’re considered, that they’re recognized, and that this country can focus on what’s more important than the blacks, the whites, the Asians, the Hispanics, the Native Americans and so on. What matters here is the nation, the whole, that is supposed to be under God, and indivisible, not confirmed or denied as racist by your party affiliation.