Leweman
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That's called "leadership".
There are still huge problems with institutional racism in this country.
President Obama has rightly pointed that out and rightly pointed out there's been a great deal of progress.
This country, great as it is, has done things in the past that have had impacts on the civil rights of American Citizens.
And those things weren't short lived. The solutions are going to be difficult and will need constant care.
That is called divisiveness. Constant care by those who are empowered to do so is necessary. He is to lead a nation as a president not as a black man. As the latter he creates nothing but more problems; he becomes the symbol of racial disparity as Mandella became the symbol of resistance or bin Laden became the symbol for al-Qaeda. This is not good for the US the president needs to lead all people not just those who support his various causes.
Pointing out a problem is not "divisiveness". It's pointing out a problem.
And if we ever hope to allow all American Citizen's equal treatment by Society and the Law, those problems must be identified and addressed.
Obama becoming a symbol for the fair treatment of all American Citizens and Civil Rights is nothing to be ashamed of..
Pointing out some problems and ignoring other, bigger problems is a big issue. The president should have stayed out if this like he does all other issues that don't pit one group against another. This man is horrible at bringing people together. It's getting really old.