John Russo, who runs the Center for Working Class Studies at Youngstown State, says the resentment of the press among members of the working class is similar to the resentment of politicians. “Every four years they come to get their stories just like the politicians come to get their votes,” he says, “and then they’re gone.” The story of Obama’s victory in many of these “blue-collar hamlets” of Ohio and Pennsylvania says as much about the people there as it does about Obama. If the national media would spend a little more time exploring what happens in these parts of America between presidential campaigns, they might do a better job of explaining them when it comes time to hit the trail again.
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Could it be that the reason for the reporting of racism only in certain areas of the country is because racism is prevalent only in those areas of the country? Or do you think that racism is to be found everywhere in equal measure?
Posted by John on Wed 12 Nov 2008 at 06:51 PM
Look at where the Rodney King riots were -- and where they weren't. Look at which police force had officers convicted of sodomizing a black prisoner with a broom handle.
Then notice the disconnect with where many in the the media (and you, John) apparently seem to think where racism exists.
The race issue was an important one to raise in this campaign, but it should have been raised in the bluest of blue states just as it was in the reddest of the red.
Posted by Beau on Wed 12 Nov 2008 at 10:12 PM