Given American history - such as the removals and gencides against the First Peoples, race based slavery and segregation, and the roundup and detainment of Japanese Americans in concentration camps in WW2, and the current dehumanization and demonisation of gays by people from the far right - I would be terrified of what might happen with the tyrany of the majority in this country.
Just watch the news and see the Klan Rally atmosphere at Palin rallies, and you can see exactly what I mean.
At least this election has brought some of the nastiness out from under the rocks and into the open air, so the rest of us can see how ugly some areas of the country still are with racism and religious intolerance.
I actually know some white Americans who think...well, used to think...that racism is something unpleasant from the past. They thought that blacks have had plenty of opportunity to catch up and get ahead with other groups. And it is true that in some areas of the country, such as the Ann Arbor area, if you were to be or say racist things publicly, you would be shunned and shamed by people of all colors and beliefs.
Everyone who watches the news knows better now. And we who think that the "real America" is a place of tolerance and inclusion, with valuable additions to our culture from all races and ethnic groups and religions - well, we have out work cut out for us, don't we?
