Which of the following has been offered to support the view that the election of Barack Obama aggravated racial tensions?
a) Some whites became resentful at seeing a black man in the White House.
b) An all-white jury acquitted police officers in the beating of Rodney King.
Consider This: Hopes that Obama’s election signaled the beginning of a post-racial era quickly diminished. See 32.5.3: Past and Present: Did the Election of Barack Obama Change Anything?
c) The Patriot Act disproportionately targeted Muslim Americans.
Consider This: Hopes that Obama’s election signaled the beginning of a post-racial era quickly diminished. See 32.5.3: Past and Present: Did the Election of Barack Obama Change Anything?
d) Hurricane Katrina highlighted the relationship between race and poverty.
Consider This: Hopes that Obama’s election signaled the beginning of a post-racial era quickly diminished. See 32.5.3: Past and Present: Did the Election of Barack Obama Change Anything?
a) Some whites became resentful at seeing a black man in the White House.
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