i am going to go ahead and warn you, iwill be talking about race in this post. i am going to be honest and clear in what i think. this may even include what some people might call ‘playing the race card.’ i want to get that out there up front so that if you are offended by that you can go ahead, scroll down to the comments and tell me what a communist i am without considering what i have to write.

just kidding.

the genesis for this post is the discussion that came about in annie’s post just a few down from it titled “i thought i was fearless.” it’s perhaps the most commented on post since i have been writing for the atlanta metblog which at least tells me that somebody is interested in the topic. if you haven’t read it and the ensuing comments i would encourage you to do so as it may make this post a little more understandable.

assuming that you didn’t follow my instructions here is just a tiny bit of background – annie posted about being afraid to take marta home from the dome/phillips arena station one night; frequent commenter bti questioned her about whether her fear might be racially motivated and the whole thing took off from there.

keep with me, this background is really important to the meatier discussion that is going to follow.

ok, final piece of background is on where this author comes from. first, i am a white male. second, i am a daily user of marta. several months ago i made a decision to ditch my car and take marta for my commute from north ormewood (near the zoo) to alpharetta (you can read about the decision here) and have been riding it ever since (for a running commentary of my marta adventures check out here).

okay, that’s the background, now for the meaty racial stuff after the jump -
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okay, i am going to just go ahead and admit this is a shameless plug and anticipate your flames. that being said, one of the benefits of getting to write here is that every now and again i can plug things i believe in.

i have been a supported of sen john mccain since his campaign imploded this year for a whole host of reasons (which i won’t go into here but you can read about it here if you care.

anyway, you probably know that super-duper tuesday is coming up next week of which georgia is a part and john is currently leading in the polls for the republican primary and will be making a campaign stop for a rally here tomorrow. john will be at a rally at the cobb energy center at 5:30 pm. no tickets required just rsvp here, we’d love to see you, especially if you are an undecided republican primary voter ;-)

okay, that’s it. shameless plug over, flame away, and i will get back to posting about marta.