Prometheus 6

I think Is Obama the End of Black Politics? should be read with The Race Isn't About Race in mind. Unfortunately, The Race Isn't About Race was written last.

After showcasing their new ticket at their convention in Denver this week, Democrats may well see, at long last, the significant boost in the polls for which they have been waiting. But if Joe Biden’s selection does anything to help break the stalemate, it will be because he is a serious foreign-policy thinker and a voice of experience, not because he is somehow reassuring to narrow-minded white voters.

There are plenty of reasons to think Mr. Biden will make a strong running mate. Rampant racism, real or alleged, isn’t one of them.

I'm assuming, given the nature and intensity of the responses to Mr. Bai's previous article, there is an element of self-defense in that closing plaintive cry.