via csmonitor.com
Black politics experience positive and negative fluctuation.
Blacks of Reconstruction saw their fair share of ups and down. While Black people experienced political gains, they also endured detrimental political backlash. Ups and downs can also be seen when examining the Era of Obama. With the celebratory election of the United States of America’s first Black president came the evidence of racism deeply rooted in the nation’s society. Throughout Obama’s presidency, racist Republicans brought about a national divide. Even Colin Powell, a Black Republican, admitted that his party was “full of racists” and that them wanting to remove Obama from office had “everything to do with the color of his skin.”
via southernnationalist.com
The threat of Southern secession has resurfaced.
Prior to Reconstruction, 11 Southern states seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America. These states were Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. In addition, these states did not rejoin the Union until after the beginning stages of Reconstruction. During the Obama Era, the threat of secession still exists. In fact, according to Elizabeth Flock, a journalist for U.S. News & World Report, a Texan petition supporting “the right to secede from the rest of the country” gained 64,000 signatures a week after Obama’s re-election.
