One thing to take into account: A lot of racists probably are technologically backward and don't use Twitter. Another thing: I'm sure that a lot of racist twee

One thing to take into account: A lot of racists probably are technologically backward and don't use Twitter. Another thing: I'm sure that a lot of racist tweets were NOT detected by their methodology. Still, it's true that racism is mostly in the past, particularly in conservative circles. I have met a couple of older people who were racist. They wouldn't use the n-word, but they would speak in somewhat stiff terms of "electing someone who is Anglo-Saxon" or "electing someone who is like us." The couple I mean were previously members of the John Byrd society, so they were from THAT stream of people. I would observe the widespread acclaim that Herman Cain received from conservative media as a good indication that racism is a thing of the past for conservatives. Also when you consider that Obama's party, the Democratic Party, was once a southern phenomenon with a vocal racist branch that even split out a "Dixiecrat" party, it's pretty clear we've come a long way.