Election Quote by Jamelle Bouie

Clearly, the Obama presidency hasn't wiped out racial prejudices.

— Ron Fournier

I think there's a sort of, you know, very thin way of reading this that says, well, Barack Obama is biracial thus that gives…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

This was in 2004, and it told me that President [Barack] Obama intended to be very careful and noncontroversial in addressing race matters. I

— Julianne Malveaux

[Barack] Obama is the great divider, he has totally used race. And it should have been the other way around. He had an opportunity…

— Donald Trump

People thought once Obama got into office that racism was over with. But, what we ended up learning was that it just came more…

— Lil Rel Howery

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black…

— Jimmy Carter

Everyone who has a pair of eyes in this country understands the racial tensions and the issues we have are very serious and they're…

— Megan Rapinoe

There is no doubt that the issue of race is always present in American politics and in the politics of any multiracial society. There…

— Al Gore

The relationship of black Americans to Obama is sociologically riveting.

— Andrew Sullivan

That [race] is still part of what [Barack Obama] is riding on. Except that, too, is diminishing.

— Nat Hentoff

President Obama, when he was elected, he could have been a unifying figure. He could have chosen to be a leader on race relations…

— Ted Cruz

“When presidential candidate Barack Obama presented himself to the black community, he was not to be believed. It strained credulity to think that a…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates