Fear of a Black President

In this article to me it seems Mr. Coates was trying to inform and open the eyes of America about the relation between racism and our first black president. Becoming the first black president Obama had a lot weight on his shoulder to bring about change in revolution for the black culture, but Coates goes to show how that even though Obama use this ticket of change the for racism and the black culture to become president, he has yet to bring about much change let alone much less even spoke about racial problems we have. Coates feel that Obama avoids trying to talk about the racism in America to keep his image clean from being a stereotypical black person in power just trying to help the black culture.
He feels his argument is important because the black culture had such high hopes of change with gaining our first black president, but not much has change nor has anything been done to repair the damage done by racism. Coates expresses his anger to inform those blinded by the fact we have a black president that the change promises is being clearly avoided. In other words Obama has only given words and showed no action for the words he proposed during his speech for change on racism in our country.
In my words Coates argues that no change has come or action has been taken to take step toward repairing the racial problem we face in our country. Throughout many in counters of racial incidents in America nothing has change. The black culture has for long awaited the arrival of a black president in hopes that one of the countries longest and biggest issues could be dealt with and so far nothing has come to change of our first black president but unwanted health care and legalization of marijuana. I think what anger Coates the most is the moments when Obama utters on racial issues that get to big for America to control from getting out