Race in Jena, and the Race for the Presidency

As these articles note, the racist underpinnings of this country, are once again being exposed in Jena, La.

http://www.alternet.org/rights/58989/
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2007/08/jena-6
-movement-for-justice.asp

This supports my contention that America has made little progress from it's racist past. I am virtually alone in this pessimistic assessment, because most Blacks prefer to tout how much racial progress has been made, and most Whites tend to deny there is still a racial problem. I say progress is mostly an illusion and most of the racism has gone underground, but is nowhere close to being eliminated.

There is no way something as outrageous as this perversion of justice in Louisiana, could slip under the radar of the white national media if America was not racist to it's core. Also the fact that it is only starting to come to light now because of the concentrated grass-root efforts of civil rights groups, further proves my point.

Race in Jena has a parallel in the race for the presidency, because I believe that the Democratic party will not select Obama as it's standard bearer, both because of it's own hidden racial ambivalence, and because they know that the majority of whites/Latinos/Asians will not elect a good Black Democrat, over a despicable White Republican. As a matter of fact, I don't believe Obama will even get the V.P. nod on the party ticket.

It's also interesting that Magic Johnson, Quincy Jones and other prominent Blacks in business/entertainment, have just publicly announced their support for Hillary Clinton. As businessmen, they probably know the reality of racial politics in America, and are hitching their star to a contender that has a real chance of getting the Democratic party nomination.