1. La Ilusión de un Estados Unidos Post-Racial.
Muchos usuarios expresan que la elección de Obama generó una falsa sensación de que el racismo había sido superado, lo que llevó a una reacción negativa cuando las tensiones raciales persistieron.
- When barack obama was first elected, i remember people saying that racism was dead.
- I was so naive. When obama won the presidency, i took it for a sign that racism had lessened. It did not.
- This really sums up that a lot of my fellow white people thought obama being elected really met racism was over.
2. El Despertar de un Racismo Latente.
Otros argumentan que la presidencia de Obama no causó el racismo, sino que simplemente lo sacó a la luz, permitiendo que actitudes previamente ocultas se manifestaran abiertamente.
- Obamas presidency unleashed previously hidden racism. The racists erupted and publicly voiced their appalling views.
- The election of president barack obama did this. His reelection drove the haters and racists crazy.
- Ca native living in the south for 20 years. While i sensed racism when i first arrived, it was obama running and winning in 08 that changed things. The racism exploded into the open.
3. Obama como Chivo Expiatorio.
Algunos usuarios culpan directamente a Obama por el aumento de las tensiones raciales, argumentando que su mera presencia en la presidencia provocó una reacción negativa.
- Someone once said to me that obama caused racial tensions. And i replied that the only thing he did was scare anger racists by getting elected.
- Obama was the cause for the rise of trump. That should tell you a lot about racism in this country.
- Instead of just saying obama cause tension, i like them to say what exactly he did. The only thing he did was to be a black president, and be a damn good black president. All the racism was on the republican side.
4. La Persistencia del Racismo Sistémico.
Varios comentarios señalan que, independientemente de la presidencia de Obama, el racismo sistémico en Estados Unidos es un problema profundo y arraigado que no desapareció con su elección.
- Electing obama was supposed to make racism go away as a policy issue forever and certain types got genocidally mad when no, it turns slavery and jim crow still cast long shadows and obama kept reminding them we have a lot of wrongs to right.
- Never underestimate the magnitude of racism. This country is steeped in it. The orange shit stains ascension to power was a white lash to obama.
- Racism is alive and well. Obama elected did not equate to racism solved. I am guilty of once believing that we cannot change what we refuse to acknowledge.