You won’t often hear me giving props to the Rev. Al Sharpton, but I was impressed wity his perspective on whether or not race was a factor in this election.
His comments came during an interview on Hannity and Colmes, when he was asked to respond to a recent AP/Yahoo poll that suggests that racial bias is a factor. Contary to what I expected from him, Rev. Sharpton downplayed the poll, as well as the role of race in the current election.
Some of his remarks:
I’m amazed at how people of all races are coming out, really excited. Of course, I think there’s still bias in the country, but I do not think it’s to the degree that it will be a major factor in this campaign… Would I say there’s no bias in America? Of course not? But I do not think it’s the factor it once was, and I do not think it will determine the winner of this race.
At a time when many leaders are tellinig us that racial bias is the only factor that could explain the closeness of the presidential race — and that if Obama is not elected, it will be because of racial bias — I have to applaud Rev. Sharpton for offering a voice a reason.
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