Our Governor Being Bullied By Racists

So on the news tonight I heard that our Gov. Pat Quinn may not win the race if he doesn't pick Rep. Art Turner, who happens to be African-American, as his running mate. Rep. Charles Jefferson, D-Rockford was quoted as saying if Quinn didn't pick Turner,  "it  would be a slap in the face to the African-American community."  This tells me that Jefferson only wants to perpetuate racism by forcing Quinn to pick an African-American   running mate or suffer the consequences of not winning the race based simply on the fact that African-American voters will not give Quinn their vote if he doesn't choose Turner.   What does this say about that community as a whole and isn't this the type of thing we are trying to get away from?