Staten Island Opinions

I was listening to a report on WNYC radio which interviewed a conservative woman on Staten Island. The reporter said the driving force for her to vote was that she simply didn't want to have a black president. She was quoted saying: "I don't want the impoverished communities to feel more empowered than they're beginning to feel... if you want me to be honest."

I'm pretty appalled by that statement. As someone who was raised to feel empowered and be an advocate for yourself, I just don't understand why anybody would want to suppress that feeling in others. If you don't want people to be empowered, then I'd argue you might as well be suppressing them. It's just sad... I thought in this day and age we were beyond that.