America's oldest man, an African-American who befriended Louis Armstrong and voted for president-elect Barack Obama "because he's black," has died in Sacramento, California, his family said.
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" ... because he's black ... ". Well that's a good reason. So much for critical analysis of a candidate.
I think I understand Soylent's comment. Voting for anybody just because of their colour is racist.
However, in this case, it's probably understandable considering what he has seen in his lifetime.
"Nowadays, while slavery doesn't formally exist, the mistreatment of blacks by their own still continues ... everywhere."
The mistreatment of people by other people of the same race still continues everywhere. It's called injustice and no race has a monopoly on it.
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