We've talked a little bit about the Bradley effect in class regarding Obama, but the following article seems to expand a little bit more on the issue (or does it?). The argument made in the article is that the real race issue with Obama will be with white liberals, whom the author says basically practice de facto racism. There have also been arguments made that the liberal media is so quick to call politicians of color, most notably Obama, "eloquent" or "articulate", words that are rarely used to describe a white counterpart. This argument claims that using these words in particular to describe people of color implies the idea that despite Obama being president of the Harvard Law Review (which indicates some level of familiarity with the English language, one would think), it's still surprising to meet/hear a person of color who has a firm grasp of the language.
Here's the link:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/barack_obamas_race_problem_whi.html
Does the article of the author have a valid point? In light of the polling inconsistencies in New Hampshire, are we to believe that if Obama doesn't win big tomorrow, that the Bradley effect is the reason why?
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