<![CDATA[Obama And Race: Most Whites Open To Black President, But Hate Groups Growing]]>

1.0 link 108503 <![CDATA[Obama And Race: Most Whites Open To Black President, But Hate Groups Growing]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/22/obama-and-race-most-white_n_108503.html The Washington Post reports "an overwhelming public openness to the idea of electing an African American to the presidency."

In a Post-ABC News poll last month, nearly nine in 10 whites said they would be comfortable with a black president. While fewer whites, about two-thirds, said they would be "entirely comfortable" with it, that was more than double the percentage of all adults who said they would be so at ease with someone entering office for the first time...

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