Racist researchers say everyone they disagree with is "racist"-Tea party attitude toward Obama influenced by race, researchers say

Tea party attitude toward Obama influenced by race, researchers say | GazetteNet.com:
"Alan Abramowitz, a professor of political science at Emory University, said racial resentment among tea party members is expressed through their hostility toward Obama, the nation’s first black president.
“It goes beyond just the economic issues,” Abramowitz said. 

“It’s a reaction against the trends the tea party dislikes. 

And that includes growing racial and ethnic diversity."
“It’s not old-fashioned racism exactly. 

It’s not like they want to bring back segregation. 

But there’s no question that there’s an element of hostility there,” he said."
...The group did not use racist language or symbols at their meeting held at Hager Hall on Oct. 10.
However, photos of other tea party activists at rallies across the nation paint a different picture.
During the government shutdown, a protester waved a Confederate flag - a symbol of the pro-slavery South - at a tea party rally in front of the White House.
.....Both Schaller and Abramowitz said tea party supporters are smart enough not to express overtly racist attitudes.
......“Without a Republican president, you get a more open expression of some of these more extreme views. And I think that’s what we’re seeing,” he said.