Cemlo2, I do love Hillary Clinton. I think that she has accomplished great things and I am proud to support her. Loving her is not a problem. If you do not care about your candidate as much as I care about mine, that is not my problem either.

Everyday I do try to change ignorance. You are right it is my responsibility to change ignorant perspectives. That is why the racism and misogyny in this race has effected me so. I do speak out against these things, which is why I am participating in this blog. The dialog hopefully can make us stronger. I am glad that you have your religion to help you cope with these issues. Maybe you should read Corinthians and check in with the racism and bigotry in your own comments. Life is not fair and elections in America are not wholly democratic. Condemning the whole Democratic Party into collapse is not the answer either.

I am not suggesting that white democrats are interested in the black vote to get white democrats elected to leadership positions. I am sure it happens and that is truly unfortunate, but you will not get better treatment voting Republican either. I am troubled by the double standard between misogyny and racism, in this race. I am troubled by bigotry, homophobia, and classism of any kind that I also see in our own democratic party. This is the first time that we have had a minority (woman or black man) that can win the race for the White House. Instead of being divided, all democrats and others interested in these candidate need to take a good look at themselves and get over there issues for the greater good. We cannot lose with a Hillary/Obama or Obama/Hillary ticket. That is what matters!