>people who say that and solely blame Obama for that being the
>case on the idea that he went to the podium and decreed all
>white people as deplorable and undeserving, are clueless and
>white.
>
>people who say that and see the reaction to Obama (symbolic),
>the rising amount of racial antagonism, police brutality, etc.
>are living in reality.
>


i think many white people overestimate race relations (while many blacks underestimate as well). But with Obama, you had the President of the United States occasionally validating a much more negative perception of racial relations in this country than many white people had. So a lot of folks make it seem like he is MAKING relations worse when he's really just making them aware that it's not as good as they thought.

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