Obama's win spurs hundreds of race threats
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The Associated Press
Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars.
Incidents around the country referring to president-elect Barack Obama are dampening the post-election glow of racial progress and harmony, highlighting the stubborn racism that remains in America.
From California to Maine, police have documented a range of alleged crimes, from vandalism and vague threats to at least one physical attack. Insults and taunts have been delivered by adults, college students and second-graders.
There have been "hundreds" of incidents since the election, many more than usual, said Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate crimes.
One was in Snellville, Ga., where Denene Millner said a boy on the school bus told her nine-year-old daughter the day after the election: "I hope Obama gets assassinated." That night, someone trashed her sister-in-law's front lawn, mangled the Obama lawn signs, and left two pizza boxes filled with human feces outside the front door, Millner said.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081115/obama_racial_081115/20081115?hub=TopStories&s_name=
Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars.
Incidents around the country referring to president-elect Barack Obama are dampening the post-election glow of racial progress and harmony, highlighting the stubborn racism that remains in America.
From California to Maine, police have documented a range of alleged crimes, from vandalism and vague threats to at least one physical attack. Insults and taunts have been delivered by adults, college students and second-graders.
There have been "hundreds" of incidents since the election, many more than usual, said Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate crimes.
One was in Snellville, Ga., where Denene Millner said a boy on the school bus told her nine-year-old daughter the day after the election: "I hope Obama gets assassinated." That night, someone trashed her sister-in-law's front lawn, mangled the Obama lawn signs, and left two pizza boxes filled with human feces outside the front door, Millner said.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081115/obama_racial_081115/20081115?hub=TopStories&s_name=
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Once again they prove to be nothing more than disappointments and wastes of space.
Do you have a solution? Or are you going to let your anger get in the way of one?
If a racist saw your post, the chances of him/her changing their views/thinking is very low. We need to come up with a real solution to the problem of racism.
Well maybe the problem of racism will never fully come to an end. But I know that we can change some hearts. That should be our goal.
For one, finding out why an individual would have such views in the first place. I mean what would make someone not like another based just on the color of their skin?
I guess we can address it on an individual level for maximum effect.
Thoughts?
I mean it's easy to just get angry and wish bad for these people. But the truth is, we should feel sorry for them. Try and understand them. Deal with the problem.