This was the most offensive aspect of the speech to me:
Like the anger within the black community, these resentments aren’t always expressed in polite company. But they have helped shape the political landscape for at least a generation. Anger over welfare and affirmative action helped forge the Reagan Coalition.
So, Ronald Reagan earned the votes of nearly 100 million Americans in his two landslide victories, and yet we’re supposed to believe that his success was built on white racism. Perhaps this was all an attempt by Obama to make up for his “Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America” flap in January.
