I was talking about the specific contention that race relations have worsened, which I believe they have/are and it's not limited to the US. I probably should have made that clearer. The phenomenon I'm talking about is just as relevant in Europe as NA and I certainly didn't mean to infer that it was a by-product of Obama's presidency.

Have to admit...at first I didn't understand how observing that a cultural shift that collectively aims at feminism, race justice and religious diversity was a product of a 'white defence shield' lol. Then I realized 'oh...he thinks I'm trying to support the article'.

In anycase....I strongly disagree with sentiment I see popping around that all this stuff is 'business as usual' which DOES also exist outside of an Obama-related context. To be clearer...there is a popular view popping up here and there that the alt-right/brietbart/Brexit/Trump stuff isn't a real cultural shift. That's what I'm disagreeing with.