Hear the Final Segments of NPR's Race Series

Hear parts 5 & 6 of NPR's series on race and the 2008 election. In these last two segments, the participants talk about how they feel now that the election season is over. Some seemed to have softened their earlier positions on race.

Hear Part 5

Hear Part 6

Listen to Parts 1 & 2... and Parts 3 & 4.

Update to NPR's Race Series - Part 4 Added

Part 4 of the series has been added. Listen to parts 3 & 4 here.


"If Obama is elected, there will be chaos"-- Interviewee from York Pennsylvania
(an example of how fear is still influencing people)

Racial Prejudice and the 2008 Election

NPR has just completed the first segment of a series of programs that focus on how race will influence voters in the upcoming election.

In the first program (in two parts) the hosts talk with voters in York Pennsylvania.

This is a must listen....

Hear Part I

Hear Part II

It helps confirm many of the problems that I have been pointing out regarding the aptitude of the American voter, and the impact identity politics may play in this election. This is why Democrats should have cause for concern.

This election, in my view, may likely come down to Race for many voters.