Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jan 20 2019 07:28pm)
Good post, I largely agree. I would, however, say that Obama could not have said or done anything to reduce racial tensions, simply because of who he is. If/when he called out real racism against minorities, it being him, the first black president, who's calling it out would/has only added additional fuel to the fire of white supremacists. On the other hand, if he had openly sided with white officiers in these cases, or officially denounced BLM, he would have been considered a race traitor by blacks. Had Obama done that, he would have massively increased their feeling of being discriminated against, it would have increased their racial resentment against whites and/or cops. On the other hand, had Obama spoken out more aggressively for criminal justice reform, racial quotas, BLM etc., then the president right now would not be named Donald Trump, his name would be Steve King.
Obama's historic role as the first non-white president made everything race-related a minefield for him, so the best thing he could do was to keep a low profile on racial issues, and thankfully, that's what he did most of the time.
I too largely agree with what you are saying. Snitch/traitor culture is a very real thing. Which, is why you have places like Chicago with a high murder rate, yet low arrests. People dont want to speak out against others. And, like you said, I've seen that as well when watching person's speaking their political ideology and they are labeled as traitors. Despite that they take a very educated, non-offensice stance. You're correct, it's a very difficult thing to combat, I'm not sure I can provide an example of anybody that would be immune to that sense of negativity. I honestly think if we could reincarnate Martin Luther King Jr., that even he probably would have a very difficult time trying to change that ideology.
I mean, hell, you can even see it just with interracial couples and the lack of support that can get.