2007 Gallup poll found that among whites over age 50, less than two thirds, or 64 percent, approve of marriage between a black person and a white person. Subtract a few points for those who were reluctant to appear intolerant on the survey, and you wind up with roughly 4 in 10 white people over age 50 refusing to support interracial marriage. It hardly seems far-fetched that voters who oppose black-white unions in the first place might have some difficulty supporting the product of such a union as their president.
--from NYTimes.com
1 comment:
geez.
that's harsh.
guess i shouldn't be surprised, but i am.
we fought for civil rights.
our generation forged the way.
since, there's been a backlash.
so, i would have guessed that younger generations would be more opposed.
but....
wrong again.
the world never ceases to amaze me.
g.
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