"Blacks Are Racists!"?

I know the title seems strange. "Blacks are racists!"? But I think after this post, you will understand why I titled it the way I did.

On local greater Baltimore area conservative radio talk shows, the talking heads are pointing out that Obama is getting 90% of the Black vote and "no one is discussing it." When that was being said I had to scratch my head in wonder how that could be when ALL of the media has been pointing this voting pattern out.

Now, the progression of mentioning this voting pattern is going to, "If whites voted like this, they would be called racists! So, Blacks are racists!" One national example is Rush Limbaugh. Here is a part of a comment Limbaugh made on May 8, 2008:

But has anybody noticed that Obama is getting 90% of the black vote?  And nobody thinks that's racist.  Nobody sees any problem. In fact, the Drive-Bys and the Democrats say, "Why, that's cool! Why, that's absolutely wonderful: 90% of the black vote voting for the black guy." If 90% of white people voted for the white candidate, we would never hear the end from these same people about how racist it is.  If 90% of the white vote in the Democrat primaries were going for Hillary, folks, we would have an even greater Uncivil War going on.  In the meantime, Mrs. Clinton went ahead and got in on this.  Last night, USA Today's Kathy Kiely interviewed Senator Clinton and asked this question.  "How does Hillary Clinton win the nomination?"

His comments, like the comments by others, are disingenuous. The comments are insipid. But I'm going to respond anyway.

When Al Sharpton ran for the Democratic presidential nomination and only won one majority Black voting district, were Black Democrat voters racist for voting against Sharpton and for the white candidates?

When Doug Wilder ran for the Democratic presidential nomination and registered as a blip on the radar for Black voters, were Black Democrat voters racist?

In Baltimore, when Martin O'Malley was running for the Democratic mayoral nomination, he received 30% of the Black vote. Blacks voted 70% for the other nine candidates and gave the top three candidates, including Martin O'Malley, 30% each. The Maryland press raved about "Blacks voting for the white candidate" but said nothing about the white voters who voted 95% for O'Malley. If you don't know, O'Malley is white.

In Washington, D.C., a white man named David Clarke ran for the at-large city council chairman seat. He received an overwhelming percentage of Black votes. David Clarke was white and he ran against Black opponents.

Anyone who pulls the "Blacks are racist" line is race baiting; period.