When one mentions the ethnicity of a candidate, it is automatically assumed he is being racist. The poster above was making a comment, no necessarily racist, even though race was the subject. You can not use the term "racist" for any comment that does not meet with your approval.

That said, I do believe that America is going to be "gun shy" after the disaster of the worst failed administration in history, which was run by the first black president in history. Carson would have found it easier to circumvent that ethnicity barrier if not for Obama's failed reign. I believe that many will not vote for Carson, not because they don't respect him, but because they are afraid of another racist/bigoted reign such as Obama's. Obama was/is very much partial to the black minority, and opposed our law enforcement, and endorsed radical demonstrators. Obama was blatantly biased toward and in favor of the black community regardless of whether they were right or wrong. Most of the time that he endorsed their behavior, they were wrong. That in itself could make a voter "gun shy."