Whatever the historians write, Obama – America’s first black president – can certainly claim some bona fide successes. Political divisions are to be expected, with Republicans and Democrats refusing to work together to the point of sometimes paralyzing government. But racial fault lines also came to the fore during Obama’s presidency, and with an unexpected force. Careful not to be seen as a “president for black Americans,” Obama paradoxically may have been the wrong leader to move the needle on the race issue. After Trump’s victory, he called on the country to accept that “sometimes, history zigzags” and move forward.

Source: New Strait Times January 16, 2017 02:47 UTC