I am watching the fox news coverage of the election results just to see what is being said. I just Carl (Karl?) Rove say that Obama was elected because most people have forgotten that there was a civil rights movement. He stated that "we have come so far..." in the recent years that people have forgotten that there was once a need for great social change.
I don't buy this. I think the correlation between "minority" and "low-income" shows that we haven't really come that far. I hear stories from students about being told to "go back to their neighborhood" and asked if they think the blacks are taking over the city (of Muskegon). I find it frightening that someone would say there is a racial gap in this country.
The election of a minority president will bring many opportunities for interesting conversations.
