3.I maintain that the level of overt racism and the rise of ugly of Black stereotypes in popular media is a direct response to Obama being elected.
There is no doubt that some, perhaps more than some, in Congress don't want to give Obama what he wants because, consciously or not, they don't want a black man to succeed. But racism alone doesn't explain Obama's failures. And, remember that, despite pervasive racism in America, Obama was twice elected president by a largely white electorate, running against white candidates.
