An amazing list of threats both overt and diffuse towards the president elect and minorities have cropped up since the election.
Right wing politicians and talk show hosts sure have kept their base strung along for the last 40 years with hate and paranoia. They do this for power and money, and yet help support and continue the hate that way.
(Richard Nixon is credited with starting the pattern of using race bating to build his voter base.)
I have heard analysts , "But still, the US is less ethnocentric that most European countries."
Really? If a minority won an election say in Britain or Swedem, would people be allowed to threaten the new leader and other minority people?
Excerpt AP report "Election spurs 'hundreds' of race threats, crimes":
Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars.
Incidents around the country referring to President-elect Barack Obama are dampening the postelection glow of racial progress and harmony, highlighting the stubborn racism that remains in America.
From California to Maine, police have documented a range of alleged crimes, from vandalism and vague threats to at least one physical attack. Insults and taunts have been delivered by adults, college students and second-graders.