Palin loves whitey

The folks over at www.fivethirtyeight.com have noticed a trend to Gov. Palin's visits. This could explain the race-baiting she seems to at least be allowing at her rallies.

"...the racial composition of voting-age (18+) population in these 44 cities as according to the 2000 census. They are, on average, 83.3 percent non-Hispanic white, 7.5 percent black, 5.2 percent Hispanic, and 4.0 percent "other"."

I don't know if this is a function of the OCGM/Palin campaign picking their spots or more of a function of the rust belt being largely white. For what it is worth, the people at this great website note: "Thirty-four of Palin's 44 cities were whiter than the US average."

A final note that I'm generally annoyed by: What's with the "non-Hispanic white" classification? I've never seen on any survey like the Census a box that says "non-African white." I'm quite certain the terrific actress Charlize Theron, who is white and is from South Africa, doesn't have to check a box labeled as such when she fills out her census form.

In my view, white is white...get rid of this stupid Hispanic addition on these forms.