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In reply to the discussion: Has anyone found this to be true since President Obama was elected? [View all]Matrosov
(1,098 posts)Democratic presidents always seem to bring out the crazier factions of the conservative movements. Militias were especially popular during the Clinton years for instance, as the inbreds thought he was going to hand sovereignty of the United States over to the United Nations, among many other things.
An African-American rising to the ultimate position of power within our government however, is also the ultimate insult to these people. President Obama not only reached the highest office in the nation, but he did so with the support of the majority of the people, as slim as that majority might have been.
It's understandable that this unapologetic display of racism would also make members of our African-American community more tense. They're now the targets of the conservatives who'd have you believe a Kenyan Muslim is our President and is attempting to undermine the white population somehow.
They're sadly painting whites with a broad brush at times, as though we're all responsible for the racism that seems to be getting deeper and deeper, but at the same time that kind of response is understandable when they have to be extremely frustrated about not having their voices heard. African-Americans are screaming out in pain and not enough of us are willing to listen.