Real race discussion #1

It is the spring of 2010 and the Tea Party movement is starting to attract attention as a threat to the Obama administration. The first reaction of political progressives is to notice that the Tea Party crowd is largely white. A portrait of Obama with a Hitler-style mustache has been seen at one of its rallies. The Tea Party must be a racist organization masquerading as something else.

Race is one of the main dividing points of U.S. politics. The Democrats tend to attract black voters, …