OJ and Obama, Race Relations at a 20 Year Low


For race relations, the OJ Simpson trial was the worst of times, until now, when the first black President has encouraged the worst of times to return.   American’s view race relations in as much of a bleak manner as they did 20 years ago.

This month, only 34% of Americans believe race relations in the U.S. are fairly good or very good, down from a high of 77% in January 2009, after the election of Barack Obama as America’s first black president.

The figure is the lowest since 34% in October 1995, after the acquittal on murder charges of African-American former football star O.J. Simpson, a traumatic and racially polarizing event.

The platform that both OJ and Obama had to make positive change has been squandered.  With much power comes great responsibility and Obama has failed miserably at forging a lasting constructive merging among all races and ethnic backgrounds.

In an unhappy irony, the gloomy view on race relations is a rare point of agreement among blacks, whites and Hispanics who are divided on so many other issues.

In the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, 26% of African Americans, 33% of whites and 38% of Hispanics view race relations as very or fairly good.

The numbers accuse the man who so many hoped would unite and not tear apart the nation, yet no one else can shoulder the blame but Obama, as he took every negative news story, from Zimmerman to Freddy Grey, and turned it into a issue to create a firestorm of distrust.

Source: WSJ

 



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