Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
I think the point is that race is always an issue. Without question there were millions of americans who were terrified of having a black guy in the White House. For the first black President, race is always going to be the issue that overshadows everything else.

The colour of his skin divides the country. Trump's campaign was incredibly divisive but there is an odd quality here isn't there- isn't all partisan politics divisive? Isn't that the entire point of it?
I think we hugely overstate the importance of the issue simply because it suits our view of Americans as a whole. They are our rivals and we don't really like them.