Do you think the election of Obama-Biden 2008 worsened racial tension?

For a while in the 2000s, after September 11, 2001's horrific terrorist attacks, America was united. Blacks and whites got along. Latinos as well.

Obama ran as a uniter, but do you feel he was part of the problem in racial tension?

 

Yes and no. I don't think Obama himself worsened them. Quite frankly, he really didn't do much of anything as POTUS other than obamacare. I think the Obamas being in the White House, however, united the racists behind conservatism and they became more open and flagrant about it. The internet plus a bunch of mouthy racists pretending to be the "true conservatives" has grown in intensity since then. Unite the Right really worked in organizing and institutionalizing the post-modern KKK into the GOP.

 

Utter nonsense. Obama threw fire on every even vaguely racist happening during his administration with little care for the facts in the case and even less for the consequences of his actions.

 

The election of Obama didn’t worsen racial tension, but Obama sure did. Libs fanned the flames by calling everyone who disagreed with him a racist. And when they weren’t stirring the pot Mooch did.

 

I too endorse this logic!

 

Absolutely 10000% the election of Obama led to more open racism in America.

It had nothing to do with Obama himself though. Most Republicans simply cant stand to see a black man as president.

I cant tell you how many times I heard people lament that we put a nig*er in charge. They didnt even see him as human.

 

I think Obama exploited and encouraged racial tension as part of the Marxist-like agenda to divide classes for the attainment of power. Running as an uniter was just demagogic cover, like Biden now.

 

There may be some truth to that BUT, many on the right could not handle having a black president. A small percentage, but many nonetheless.

 

You hang out with racists? You do know the people who habitually use the word you mentioned the most are the people allegedly offended by it. For all we know, the people you heard lamenting were black, and based on who uses that word the most the odds that I’m right favor me.

 

And that stat would also encompass Black, Latino's, Asians and any other race, likes and dislikes are the nature of the beast..

 

CAN'T? And I suppose you think every vote Mr. Obatard got was from a Democrat, and BLACK? I see you didn't spare the letters when describing the, well as I and most would put it, THE "N" word..

Quite revealing

 

Yet it took many on the right for him to win.
Go figure

 

I don't feel like it made a difference, but here is what I find very funny. America elects a black man TWICE (yes i know he's part white but according to most blacks, black + white = black), AND somehow most of America is "racist"?
if thats the case how the heck did he get elected?
Also, IMO, the best race relations period of my time was during the Clinton admin. I'm not sure why and don't have stats or anything, but I feel like racial tensions were low at this point.

 

Well, I don't know if it took many on the right for Obama to win. He certainly had a lot of help from the people in the middle.

 

I also believe Obama constrained himself and his governing, nationally and internationally, for the very reasons stated above. The Russia 2016 election interference alone with an international white nationalist united push also occurred directly under his watch.

 

Racists worsen racial tension

 

Well yeah, it serves their agenda.

 

I can honestly say that I have never heard even one person in my life utter such a phrase or mindset.

You may want to double-check with whom you associate. Or stop fabricating nonsense. It's one or the other.

 

Obama ran on disrupting the culture of the nation. We see these results today.

 

Why again? I assert the only folks who can't tolerate a minority as president are those in the democratic party who can't ever get over the past. Kind of like Joe these days. All that "clean and articulate" clearly got to the guy. I suspect that those of your friends who are democrats probably do lament that whole "we put Obama in charge" and are still resentful. It's powerful testimony friend. Confess your sins....

 

This is what liberals and progressives refer to as transference. When they themselves can't stand it, they blame others for their feelz.... It just never gets old though... LMAO...

 

Part of the problem in what way? Racism was present, resentment because of a black man being prez made it worse. Racism rose to the surface in frequent, unexpected ways. Like the racist who called the driver of an Uber car a "n" lover.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1525581289453125636

 

The first thing I thought of was Gallup and the history of race relations. Interesting whites averaged around 70% in the very good to somewhat good race relation category from 2000-2013. Blacks with some ups and down over the same period average 65%. See the link below and the graph.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/1687/race-relations.aspx

Then something happened between 2013-2015 where whites fell from 72% down to 45% and blacks from 66% down to 51%. I can’t remember anything happening between those years to cause the decline. Obama was still president, but apparently something did. Today, only 43% of whites say race relation is very or somewhat good along with 33% of blacks. These numbers are the lowest ever since Gallup began keeping track of race relation numbers in 2001.

The above is what all Americans think. Fact is when comparing the numbers for Trump’s last year as president 2020 and the numbers today, each white and black have dropped another 3 points each. Apparently, how one feels about race relations between black and white has little if anything to do with who is president. If it did, one would expect blacks to be very high during all of Obama and rising with Biden/Harris administration. At least higher than when Trump was president which isn’t the case.

I personally haven’t seen any change for the worst for the entire Gallup history of race relations. But then I’m an easy-going guy who gets along with everyone I meet. There’s a ton of information in Gallup’s report if one has the time to scroll through it. But to answer you question, no I don’t think the election of Obama/Biden worsen racial tensions or relations.

Does anyone know what the heck happened between 2013 and 2015 that would drop race relations that steeply? I certainly have no idea.

 

He was black and Republicans HATED him and openly said he was elected only because he was black. Then followed the birther nonsense, and "he is a muslim" stuff, and a slew of hanging effigies (even at Christian churches), and him painted as witch-doctor and other racist BS, so how can you unite people who hate you? They'd rather be dead than unite. And then (as they always do) they blamed him for their own anger and hatred.

I did not vote for him, but the anger and hate was sad to watch, and ironically the same people shrieked every time someone said anything even remotely critical of Trump

 

No, there has been racial tension since the first slaves landed in America. I saw less racism during the Obama administration than I see today. He wasn't a uniter but he wasn't a racist either.