'The Butler' Director: America More Racist with Obama as President

Many Americans, even those who didn't support Sen. Barack Obama's policies, welcomed the sight of a black president in 2008 as a sign of racial progress.

The director of Lee Daniels' The Butler insists that election showed the country's "true colors"--we're still a racist nation. And it's gotten worse since Obama first took office.

Daniels, speaking with the low-rated Piers Morgan on CNN Monday night, gave this answer when asked if the country had become more or less racist since Obama's 2008 election victory.

"I think that people are angry that he's president, and I think that they're showing their true colors. And I think that – I think that, you know, when Danny Strong wrote those words, "Any black man can be killed by any white man and get away with it," Trayvon Martin had not happened. I end the movie with hope, you know. He's walking down and Obama's giving that famous speech, you know? And then I come out of my edit room and Trayvon Martin has happened. So yeah, I think so – sadly I think so."

Black Americans are psychologically healthy, do not go through life demanding the public defer to any particular minority group and are positive parents and leaders.

I wrote my statements as all inclusive (implying all black Americans) because I believe your statement is written in the same all inclusive manner.
I understand that you are upset about the OP. So am I. But I want remember that some people not familiar with our site or us or conservatives may not factor in that neither you nor I actually believe our statements apply to 100% of black Americans but that we are addressing a vocal segment and when writing with passion, sometimes do not include qualifying statements which would more accurately describe the portion of Americans we are referring to.

When I read the op:

‘The Butler’ Director: America More Racist with Obama as President

I immediately wondered if the person who wrote the title (journalist?) realizes that it seems to advocate against allowing black Americans from being POTUS. We want to reduce racism, don’t we? Well if having a black President makes America more racist, then we must not have one. The way I almost wrote my comment (in a moment of exasperated disgust) might have given people the impression that I am a bigot demanding black Americans be denied the right to hold office when in fact I am disgusted that the race baiters don’t even realize what they are saying.

I do wonder now about those who called me a racist because I wouldn’t vote for Obama on the grounds that he had no qualifications that would motivate me to vote for him were he running for Govenor, Senator, Representative let alone President. My accusers preened that they were morally superior to me because they were willing to “give someone a chance”. If having a black president increases racism in America, doesn’t that mean my accusers are guilt of racism for advocating for his campaign? *sigh*

I agree with The Butler director that America is more racist with Obama as President. Much like Detroit, black people feel empowered and free to let their racism shine when a black leader is in office. Since Obama has been President black attacks on whites are up, the DOJ’s use of disparate impact legal theory is up, and anti-white rhetoric from black people is up. The Butler director is correct that racism, black racism that is, is up since Obama became President.

Hey Lee!

You can't defend Obama’s anti-American, Communist agenda, so you pretend our objections to his agenda are evidence of racism.

You can't defend his anti-Constitutional tactics and illegal executive orders, so you pretend our objections to his agenda are evidence of racism.

I suggest that your baseless allegations are evidence of ignorance or complicity, or both.

The genetic makeup of skin color is like the genetic makeup for height and neither has anything to do with a person’s character. The term racism is a misnomer when one considers that there is only one human race. The solution cannot be formulated until the problem is properly defined. This is a cultural/family/social issue that exists from poor education. The issues will not go away until families and societies teach empathy which is becoming a lost virtue.

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