See also this article on boingboing:
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/01/white-supremacists-f.html

The original Esquire article is here:
http://www.esquire.com/the-side/feature/racists-support-obama-061308

I think it depends on what kind of racist you are looking at. There are racists who blindly hate everyone else and then there are those who are more worried about keeping their particular heritage pure and insular (I don't condone either).

From the article:
"Obama might be a better candidate for our cause because he’s racially conscious. One of our big things in the National Alliance is to raise the racial consciousness of our people. Young whites in universities, they’ve been stripped...

See also this article on boingboing:
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/01/white-supremacists-f.html

The original Esquire article is here:
http://www.esquire.com/the-side/feature/racists-support-obama-061308

I think it depends on what kind of racist you are looking at. There are racists who blindly hate everyone else and then there are those who are more worried about keeping their particular heritage pure and insular (I don't condone either).

From the article:
"Obama might be a better candidate for our cause because he’s racially conscious. One of our big things in the National Alliance is to raise the racial consciousness of our people. Young whites in universities, they’ve been stripped of any kind of racial identity. Obama may be a racist in a positive sense for his people--that will awaken a lot of the whites, knock some sense into them. They’ll see that non-white Americans are allowed to be proud of who they are, to be racially conscious, to talk about their people or their community without being attacked as being racist. Let’s face it, white people aren’t going to fight for their causes, for their kind with a white president. I don’t think McCain even acknowledges that a white race exists. He’s all about granting amnesty to illegal aliens. The fact he wants to keep us in wars in the Middle East for 100 years, that’s not a good thing. I give Obama credit, he seems to have stuck to his guns as far as pulling the troops out of Iraq. He’s a very intelligent man, an excellent speaker and has charisma. John McCain offers none of that. Perhaps the best thing for the white race is to have a black president. My only problem with Obama is perhaps he’s not black enough."

A rather amazing statement: "I'm voting for the ...n-word"

It does seem paradoxical doesn't it. But I guess it's far, far better to have this willingness to to vote for Obama rather than not.

I don't think -- at least I've never heard -- that America is 'post-racist."

Who said that?

The facts, anyhow, will soon show that the majority of white do not see race as a barrier to being elected president.

Black have already been elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, as governors, etc. - but this sure is one giant step forward, 4sure.

Although Obama has no black issues the issue of him being black (actually, he's half-balck) has become an issue.

I think, overall, we're doing oka...

A rather amazing statement: "I'm voting for the ...n-word"

It does seem paradoxical doesn't it. But I guess it's far, far better to have this willingness to to vote for Obama rather than not.

I don't think -- at least I've never heard -- that America is 'post-racist."

Who said that?

The facts, anyhow, will soon show that the majority of white do not see race as a barrier to being elected president.

Black have already been elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, as governors, etc. - but this sure is one giant step forward, 4sure.

Although Obama has no black issues the issue of him being black (actually, he's half-balck) has become an issue.

I think, overall, we're doing okay. Centuries of cruel slavery (which we got from England, France, Spain and Holland) -- and a century of hassling black voting rights and civil rights -- centuries of racism will soon be challenged and changed somewhat by a great triumph.

For a race of people going from slavery to political leadership of a country is a great triumph, a truly historic event, a great victory that would be seen so anywhere in the world.

It will soon be, IMO: A LANDSLIDE VICTORY!

Polls also show, not surprisingly,that the younger voters are more 'color blind,' that older folks. This is expected. This is also expected to be the ongoing trend. Having a black (i.e. half-black) president will ad to and encourage this 'color-blind,' trend.

Obama being black is meaningless to me. But as it has become an issue whipped up by the media and Republicans, as I thought about it I see it as a Bonus, something extra, something good, giving racism a fatal shot.