Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
Where I live is not important. The fact is Washington, DC just elected a mayor because his predecessor was thought to be insufficiently racist. Columnists in the Washington Post complained that he had appointed too many whites to high level jobs. Can you imagine if someone complained that an officeholder appointed too many minorities?
As for your other claims, Montgomery County , Md, one of the nation's richest counties, has an elected county executive who is black. Same for neighboring Prince George's County, although he and his wife were just arrested on a federal corruption charge.
The vast majority of racism in this country comes from minorities and is directed at whites. Some of it is government-directed, plenty of it is just hate and resentment, no doubt stoked by irresponsible politicians.
