Michael H. Cottman and Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com
- A leading anti-racism activist says Sen. Barack Obama could lose the presidential election in November because many whites will never vote to put a black man in the White House — even if they tell pollsters and friends they are color blind.
“Senator Obama faces a huge racial barrier,” Dr. Joe Feagin, a sociology professor at Texas A&M University and author of more than 20 books on race and racism issues, told BlackAmericaWeb.com Monday.
“Whites have learned to hide their feelings about African-Americans,” he said. “Race for whites is a highly emotional concept in our minds. There is so much hidden racism in this country.”
