Breaking Another Racial Taboo

[Lunar]

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28175.html

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I think the ad looks good.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

It's rather sad that this is even noticable.

[Verily]

It's rather sad that this is even noticable.

The reactions would be... ahem... less positive if he were a black man and his wife were a white woman. You will notice that when interracial couples are shown in a positive light, the man is always white and the woman black.

[Stampever]

It's rather sad that this is even noticable.

I think the ad looks good.

What they said.

[Sam Spade]

You and the Politico are a bit late to this story.  It was news six weeks ago when there was actually a race going on, not now.

[Joe Republic]

You and the Politico are a bit late to this story.  It was news six weeks ago when there was actually a race going on, not now.

The fact that it was news at all either then or now is depressing, frankly.

[Lunar]

You and the Politico are a bit late to this story.  It was news six weeks ago when there was actually a race going on, not now.

Well, the dude won, that's the story, no?

[Lunar]

and yeah, New York has sort of fallen off my radar since the senate seat ceased being competitive.  Florida, as well.  I no longer check the local political news sites every day haha.

[Padfoot]

It's rather sad that this is even noticable.

The reactions would be... ahem... less positive if he were a black man and his wife were a white woman. You will notice that when interracial couples are shown in a positive light, the man is always white and the woman black.

I doubt it.  Black man/white woman relationships are actually far more common.

[Хahar 🤔]

It's rather sad that this is even noticable.

The reactions would be... ahem... less positive if he were a black man and his wife were a white woman. You will notice that when interracial couples are shown in a positive light, the man is always white and the woman black.

I doubt it.  Black man/white woman relationships are actually far more common.

Perhaps, but less positively displayed. Old beliefs about lecherous negroes come into play here.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

You and the Politico are a bit late to this story.  It was news six weeks ago when there was actually a race going on, not now.

The fact that it was news at all either then or now is depressing, frankly.

[minionofmidas]

It's rather sad that this is even noticable.

The reactions would be... ahem... less positive if he were a black man and his wife were a white woman. You will notice that when interracial couples are shown in a positive light, the man is always white and the woman black.

Or the man is black and the woman is basically white but has just barely visible traces of African ancestry.