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Entry: "Transcending Race" is a Good Way to Get the Black Vote Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/transcending_race_can_get_you_the_black_vote#15924 Post contents: OBAMA'S APPEAL TO WHITE AMERICANS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLICY OR IDEOLOGY. HE IS A RATHER CONVENTIONAL LIBERAL. WHITE SUPPORT FOR OBAMA IS A MARK OF HIGH SOCIAL STATUS. IT IS A WAY FOR HIGHLY-EDUCATED WHITES ON BOTH THE ESTABLISHMENT LEFT AND RIGHT TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM WORKING-CLASS WHITE VALUES. ON A HOST OF ISSUES SUCH AS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, CRIME, IMMIGRATION, WHITES SHOW HOW "ENLIGHTENED" THEY ARE COMPARED TO RACIST, NATIVIST, XENOPHOBIC WHITES. Sent at: 2008 07 05