As I walked into the SOS — East Student Office Space — on Tuesday, I walked through a large group of mixed clubs all in deep discussion over a Daily’s commentary article. Naturally, I was inquisitive. My fellow students immediately asked me if I had read the article “Judge Obama campaign on politics, not race.” Before I could speak, they grabbed my paper, opened it to the page and said “read.” As my friends continued to talk, I read the article and realized that it made no sense.

The young man who wrote the article starts out to discuss how many white democrats are prejudiced, but then later continues not to elaborate on what type of people these whites are or their location or anything of that nature. His whole article becomes the focus of black Americans, and in turn makes him appear to be the prejudiced one.

As a young black American at ISSUE, the majority of my friends are white. Out of those friends, most are democrat and I don’t want to stick my nose out there, but I believe it’s safe to say that they aren’t prejudiced. If anything, from all of the news coverage and informational sites, I’d say that the news is trying not to make this a racial issue.

When Hasenmiller states, “They just see the statistics and believe rightly so in many cases, that blacks as a whole exhibit … characteristics at a higher than average rate,” it becomes clear to me that he is not speaking from personal experience, yet from what he believes in his heart. In the future, I personally would like to read an article that goes along with its topic and doesn’t seem to be so far away from the subject. This particular commentary made me disappointed; then I remembered that it was just the commentary section and I turned to the real Daily.

Anasia Sturdivant

Senior

Sociology