Politics

How Obama’s Presidency Kicked Off Today’s White Violence

BONUS PODCAST

Journalist Wesley Lowery addresses the origins of this so-called ‘whitelash’ happening in America today, and how Black Americans saw it coming long before anyone else.

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President Barack Obama’s presidency made history as the occasion marked the first time a Black person held that office.
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