Would racial relations change if Obama wins?

Last night I was watching a political analyst talk about racial relations in the past, the current situation, and what could possibly happen.

He explained that the first immigrants to the US were White Anglo Saxon Protestant or WASP, and that the following waves of immigrants were forced to assimilate. They were discriminated against until they assimilated and blended with the WASP culture.

With the African slaves being freed they faced another problem as they felt this group could “tarnish their way of life”. After the Sixties and the civil rights movement most African American have lived in a parallel culture. This as well as affirmative action has created a lot of resentment among the conservative WASP’s.

I have notice this, I explained before that I work with mostly African Americans and for the most part they have a separate parallel culture. I agree that there is a lot of resentment from both sides.

According to this analyst the current fly in the soup is the Hispanic/Latino immigration, legal of illegal. Apparently the latest waves of migration are not assimilating.

He said that the proliferation of Spanish radio and TV stations sends a chill down the conservative WASP’s spine; and it is contributing to the anti-immigrant sentiment. The show’s moderator interjected that the second generation of Latinos speak only English and are assimilated. He explained that it is not fast enough.

He explained that there is fear that Los Angeles could turn into another Miami. For those who don’t know this, there are signs on store fronts in Miami that say “English spoken.”

The US doesn’t have an Official language, as I understand it has to do with agreements made when some of the south, southwestern and western states were incorporated. Because of the languages already spoken by the local inhabitants.

How do they manage in Canada, they have two official languages?

Of course I do not understand this fear, I am one of the Alien flies in the WASP’s soup. But I also think that I am also a fly in the  African American soup.

Can anybody explain this to me, please? Looking forward to it!

Well this analyst said that the racial relations are somewhat weak and tense. He said he fears what would happen if Obama wins the presidency, and that very conservative groups could attempt against his life. I hope he is wrong.

How could racial relations be affected if Obama wins? Would they improve? Can having an African American president tip the balance in a positive way?

I have too many questions, I know. I need answers…