re: Gen x and how we were brought up with race and on tv

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Race relations were in a great place until 2008 then Obama decided against ending racism one and for all. Instead he not only was the worst president ever, he happily divided the nation and brought us back to the 60s with his divisiveness and race baiting politics. What a pos

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I remember when he invited that black Harvard professor who got arrested breaking into his own home to the White House for a beer. The cop was there, too. Biden had O'Douls.

It was intended to show how racism could be solved by just communicating, I guess, but it really rubbed me the wrong way. Those of us living in the real world already knew you could be arrested for petty reasons, particularly if you acted like an arse, and didn't see what happened as related to race. And yet here was the President, apparently buying into the hood logic that Whitey can do whatever he wants.

That was really a turning point, I think.