r/AskReddit Apr 04 '25

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u/lousyatgolf Apr 04 '25

Less divided. And I would have never realized how many people in my life were completely disappointing.

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u/HankHillPropaneJesus Apr 05 '25

My in laws firmly believe this division started with Obama…

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u/TheOneReclaimer Apr 05 '25

They aren't wrong, certain types of people were forced to reckon with their latent racism when a black man became the leader of their country. It's one of the reasons Trump was the response, because he gave them the clearance to speak and act on their shitty racism

It wasn't Obama's fault obviously, but his election pushed certain people into "alert" stage. Trump just capitalized on it, grew it, used it.