Lloyd Elam says he supports Hillary Rodham Clinton at his own risk.

At least that’s what the African-American accountant felt when he entered his DeSoto Democratic caucus in March and found the room packed with vocal Barack Obama loyalists, most of them black.

“I felt like if I stood up and said I was for Hillary, there was no telling what would have happened,” Mr. Elam said. “I went home early and watched the results on television.”

Mr. Elam, 34, is a minority within a minority. He’s supporting Mrs. Clinton, even though Mr. Obama would be the first black president in history. That possibility has earned Mr. Obama overwhelming support from black voters, but it also has created an intense peer pressure on black Clinton supporters – so much so that voters such as Mr. Elam have been called “playa haters,” gullible Uncle Toms or devious traitors.

Full story…