http://www.redstate.com/2014/02/17/bi-partisan-agreement-national-public-radio-nprnews-misrepresents-facts-to-fan-racial-tension/
Racial tension has been around as long as the concept of migration. Yet through the centuries, racial tension remains unable to be eradicated. The issue of race in American politics originated as a party platform for the Republican party in the era of Abraham Lincoln. Today, most minorities are more closely tied to the Democratic party. This makes race a fairly liberal issue today, therefore, it makes sense for the liberal radio station NPR to do an exposé on the voting rights act and how they believe the black community is being suppressed in southern areas like Georgia.
NPR was given a few facts, which they correctly stated. The district had recently consolidated, combining Macon and Bibb to become Macon-Bibb County. Turnout was expected to be around 50%, but was around 60%. There were four candidates running for mayor: a white man, a rabbi, and two black men. The winner was white. NPR took this information and spun it to mean something that everyone has claimed it is not. The news organization even went as far as getting claims from "experts" that really knew nothing other than what NPR had told them, bias included. But all of their points could easily be nullified. The county voted to consolidate. Black voters make up 60% of the registry. And the expected 50% came from the fact that 50% of the voters in the counties voted in the 2010 election.
Just because the winner of an election in a predominantly black area happened to be white, Liberals are all ready to cry foul. Race is no longer as big of an issue as people make it out to be. The "race card" is getting old. It's used to defend criminals, slander anyone who doesn't give greater sympathy to minorities than anyone else, and justify racism toward white people. I am in no way saying that the tables of racism have turned on the white majority. But the terrible history Black Americans have endured is no longer as relevant as it was in the post-Jim-Crowe-era, not everything needs to be turned into an issue of racism anymore. Anyone can share political ideals with anyone else, regardless of race, gender, religion, etc. That is true equality.
It's 2014. Voter suppression hasn't been a relevant issue in 30 years! There are much larger social issues to be fighting, relevant ones that still need support if we want to see a difference in the world.
