As a white woman who's been working very hard for ten years to fully understand and transcend my own white privilege, I'm dismayed by how surprised I continue to be by common sense statements like "far from being biased toward him because he is black, black voters are not biased against him because he is black."

I also loved the Boo Boo the Fool statement. I work for an overwhelmingly black organization, of the three black people who run this place, one has a Masters and two have Ph.D.s. In fact, 80% of the people I interact with on a regular basis all over the country in this job are highly educated black people; I may know more blacks with advanced degrees than whites at this point. I makes my head hurt when I hear white people marvel at Obama's intelligence. Unfortunately, that demographic includes my parents and in-laws.

Thanks for another thoughtful post.

*Edited b/c my typing is atrocious.