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This is the first source I am looking at so it is hard to compare and contrast, but it did do an excellent job of introducing me to the topic and theme. This source talked about the issues, ideas, and focuses of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and also how reading it at different times in life changes the meaning of it. Huck Finn should be censored to elementary school kids these days because of the language it uses and strong opinions about race and morals. This relates to a lot of the music that we listen to today. A good amount of Hip-Hop / Rap music today has the use of the N - word, yet most people listen to it and don't think it is that big of an issue. Just like Huck Finn, the meaning of music can change based on who you are and when you are listening to it.

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The poem "Gate A-4" by Naomi Shihab Nye is a poem that describes the unity that our world can have. This relates to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because Huck and Jim forgot about their differences and what society's "rules" are, and just lived respectfully together in peace. Naomi talks about her experience in the airport as living in a mini world full of kindness and how it is not too late for our world as a whole to do this. The world today and in history is always divided. There is a natural tendency to want to be better than others and live in groups separate than others. For example when America was first founded, people were more loyal to their states than the country as a whole. We need to find a way to look past any differences we have with people and try to live peacefully as one like they did in the airport.

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Poll: Most Americans Think Their Own Group Faces Discrimination

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The fact that every group in America thinks they are discriminated against is a telling sign that are race issue are not where we need them to be. This contrasts The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because in the story, black people were the only group focused on that showed discrimination. There were no other groups discriminated against. This article also contrasts the other sources I have looked at because it is the first to mention anything about white people being discriminated against. The issue of not wanting to do a certain thing because of the fear of being discriminated against was very common during the time of Martin Luther King Jr. It has eased up over time and most places accept everyone, no matter their race, but the thought is still in the back of people's minds when they make decisions.

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Majorities in many ethnic, identity and racial groups in America believe that discrimination exists against their own group, across many areas of people's daily lives, according to a poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The poll asked a wide range of questions about where Americans experience discrimination - from the workplace to the doctor's office - and people's perception of it. The groups polled include whites, blacks, Latinos, Asian-Americans, Native Americans and LGBTQ adults.

White Americans are among those who feel their group is discriminated against, with 55 percent saying discrimination exists against whites in the U.S. today.

These results are part of a large national statistically representative survey of 3,453 adults from Jan. 26 to Apr. 9.

We will be releasing the full results of the poll over the next several weeks, starting Tuesday with results from the survey of African-Americans. We will highlight and analyze the particular acts of discrimination that each group experiences.

The African-American results, in 802 adults, provide insight into the historically high levels of discrimination blacks have faced since arriving in America. These experiences happen across a broad range of situations: interacting with police; applying for jobs or seeking promotions; trying to rent an apartment or buy a home; or going to a doctor or health clinic.

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The findings on African-Americans have a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.

The perceptions of discrimination are not primarily based in actions by institutions, as some might expect. "Most African-Americans believe that discrimination is due to the attitudes of individuals that they interact with," says Robert Blendon, the poll's director and professor of policy and political analysis at the Harvard Chan School. "A smaller share believes it's actually government or institutional policies."

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Fear of discrimination, possibly triggered by past encounters, plays out in different ways. We found that this fear significantly influences people's decisions whether to seek medical care, to call the police when in need, and even whether to drive or attend social events. Nearly one-third (32 percent) of African-Americans polled said they have personally experienced racial discrimination when going to the doctor or a health clinic, with 22 percent avoiding care out of fear of discrimination.

"If someone is avoiding seeking medical care out of fear of discrimination, they're at risk of going undiagnosed for serious conditions," says Dr. Richard Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "We know that repeated stress from discrimination and racism can actually make some of those conditions more likely in the first place and shorten lives."

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And repeated stress comes from many kinds of discrimination and the fear it engenders. Numerous studies have shown that African-Americans are more likely to be stopped by police compared with other racial groups. In the poll, 60 percent of people told us that they or a family member have been unfairly stopped or mistreated by police because they are black.

That has consequences for them personally and across society - 31 percent of poll respondents say fear of discrimination has led them to avoid calling the police when in need. And 61 percent say police are more likely to use force on a person who is African-American than on a white person in the same situation.

Where people live can make a big difference, too. Our survey found that 64 percent of blacks live in non-majority-black areas. For these people, perceptions of local discrimination, opportunity, police and government and community environment were generally better when compared with majority-black areas, sometimes by wide margins.

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Our poll found substantial numbers of African-Americans who say they have been slurred or have been the target of insensitive or offensive comments or negative assumptions. A story later in our series will explore the split by income and gender in the chart below.

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Persistently higher premature death rates in blacks compared with whites was one of the issues that inspired this poll and series. The most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that gap at 16 percent, even though it has narrowed since 1999, when death rates for blacks from all causes were 33 percent higher than whites.

Many factors play into the gap, including a considerable drop in crime rates involving African-Americans over that period and improved access to medical care for many people. What we're trying to explore with our "You, Me and Them" series and poll is how the stress-inducing experiences of discrimination in everyday life affect health.

"Over 200 black people die prematurely every single day in America, in part because of racism in society," says David Williams, a professor of public health at the Harvard Chan School who has pioneered work in the field of racial disparities in health care. "This poll helps us see where we need to take action to address the problem."

The poll was conducted in the first quarter of 2017. A final report discussing major highlights from the series will be released in December.

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Poll: Most Americans Think Their Own Group Faces Discrimination

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Majorities in many ethnic, identity and racial groups in America believe that discrimination exists against their own group, across many areas of people's daily lives, according to a poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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The N-Word: An Interactive Project to Explore a Singular Word 

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The N-Word is a powerful word that is over used in our society today. This source relates a bit to "This Amazing, Troubling Book" because it expands on the issues that the author talked about reading in Huck Finn, but focuses specifically on the aspect of the N-Word. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the N-Word is used constantly through out the book. It was common during that time period to call African Americans that word. As time has gone by to today, we know it is unacceptable to call a black person the N-Word. However, it is still used by many rappers, comedians, and even kids today in their everyday conversations. This shows that as a society, we have been moving a bit sideways in the effort to end racism. The N-Word is still being used today, but the way we use it has changed.

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The n-word: An interactive project exploring a singular word

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After the National Football League made the controversial decision to ban the n-word on the field this year, a team of Washington Post journalists explored the history of the word, its evolution and its place in American vernacular today.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates just explained why white people shouldn’t use the n-word in the perfect way

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This video made a lot of sense to me. It was very impressive how Ta-Nehisi Coates explained why white people shouldn't use the N-Word. This video heavily relates to, The N-Word: An Interactive Project to Explore a Singular Word, yet it becomes more specific in focusing particularly on white people's use of it. The connection to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is also there because in the book, no one was hesitant to use the N-Word, especially not white people. In today's world, at least some progress has been made where white people are questioning why they can'y use it. They simply do not have the right because the word has no personal meaning to them, it is just offensive. Even though black hip - hop artists use this word heavily in their music, white people have to refrain from using it because it is not their culture.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates just explained why white people shouldn't use the n-word in the perfect way

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'Racism is as American as baseball' banner dropped over Red Sox's Green Monster

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'Racism is as American as baseball' banner dropped over Red Sox's Green Monster

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This event happened on September 14th, 2017, so it is very recent. The article explains that people made an anti - racism banner, displayed at Fenway Park in Boston, and their reasons for doing it. This source is different than any other source I have looked at so far because it explains an event about racism that actually happened recently. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn racism was the norm in American society. It relates to this event because the banner said "Racism is as American as Baseball" which comments on the fact that racism has been around forever and is still an issue. Sports is a whole new category where racism is prevalent. Jackie Robinson did break the color barrier in baseball, but this protest is proof that racism is still around in sports today. Our society has definitely improved since the time of Huck Finn, but yet again this source shows signs of more sideways progression because of the continued issues.

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'Racism is as American as baseball' banner dropped over Red Sox's Green Monster

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This database article gives hope of what life could be like. It also give a good definition on what life is like now, how we tend to use subtle racism rather than blatant racism, but the effect of it is just as bad. This source relates to the poem "Gate A-4" a lot because it gives an idea of how to live with no racism. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn uses a lot of blatant racism. Jim is constantly called the N-word and he is visibly discriminated against. This source contrasts that because it introduces the use of subtle racism in society today and how it is just as bad. If it is just as bad, then we have really made no progress to end racism today from the time of Huck Finn. We have just change the form in which we are racist. This article also dives into the idea of no complaining aboit racism and self choice. I feel that in life, complaining does nothing about the problem. In order to make change, you have to do something about it and have the self drive and decisions to let nothing get in your way. However, to get rid of something as large as racism needs more than one persons work. We need to come together as a nation to fight this moral battle.

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Exploring Race/Racism Pastand Present: A Forum at UnionPresbyterian Seminary

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Exploring Race/Racism Pastand Present: A Forum at UnionPresbyterian Seminary

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This source brought up a new point that when analyzing racism, you must look at what is going on in the certain time period and the reasoning for doing things. No other sources relate much to this one because this is the only one to bring up why racism happens for each specific time period. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn acts as an example for this source because during this time, it was normal for people to have slaves because they felt like needed them for labor. Without slaves, in the time where our country was not stable yet, America would not have been successful. Of course any option other than slavery would have been better, I am not saying slavery was a good thing, but you have to take in account the reasoning when comparing times of racism. In today's society, there is no purpose, benefit, or reason at all for racism, yet it is still around. This source supports the idea that our society has gone backwards in the movement towards ending racism because we have no purpose to be racist, we just do it for no reason.

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It’s time to stop talking about racism with white people

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It’s time to stop talking about racism with white people

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This source is different than most all the other sources I have looked at so far. That is because it talks about how black people are beginning to give up in trying to talk about race to white people because of how they never change, listen, or show respect. All of the other articles talk about the movement to end racism, which contrasts this source. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn contrasts this in a different way because during that time, black people never even talked about race because they never had the power or freedom to. The article said, "Hey man, you wouldn't go to a cancer rally shouting 'All diseases matter,' would ya?". That quote really stood out to me because it shows that white people really aren't making much progress in the effort in even understanding racism, let alone solving the issue. Racism was very bad during the time of Huck Finn, it has progressed over time, but this article is a sign that it is going in a more sideways direction. Black people are starting to not care anymore to even discuss the issue which is a big problem. When people stop caring, nothing ever gets done, that goes for anything that happens in life.

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As reports of police overreach and brutality in the black community become more and more commonplace in mainstream news, many black people are feeling a strange combination of frustration and relief - relief because the shootings of unarmed citizens have become part of a national discussion, but frustration because, time and time again, we hear the same dismissive and deflective responses from white America:

"There must be more to the story."

"If you people would just do what you're told."

"Cops have a hard job."

"White people get shot too."

"He was just another thug. Good riddance!"

"Why do you people make everything about race?"

"What about black on black crime?"

" All lives matter."

I've grown too disillusioned to be relieved and too numb to be frustrated. I'm just tired.

I'm tired from sacrificing millions of once healthy brain cells reading through the comment sections of race-based web articles - thread after thread, chock-full of black folks trying to navigate oblivious whiteness. At some point, we really need to ask ourselves: Why even bother?

Why are we losing solid hours out of our day, wearing our fingertips numb on keyboards and touch screens in an attempt to explain to some dense dude-bro why "All lives matter" is a messed up and functionally redundant response to "Black lives matter"?

We've spelled it out for white America a hundred different ways that their beloved police forces are full of officers who are simply more volatile, fearful and prone to harassment and abuse of power when dealing with us - and it's costing us our lives. We've laid out all the statistics and all of our millions of personal testimonies. We've made it clear that even though the subject of police brutality, as a sensationalized national discussion covered by mainstream media, is a relatively new phenomenon, it is an issue as old as our involuntary occupation of this country. With all of this information readily available and reiterated constantly, it's beyond ridiculous that the simple words "black lives matter" require any added explanation at all. And yet, here we are coming up with a dozen analogies trying to, even further, simplify it.

"Hey man, you wouldn't go to a cancer rally shouting 'All diseases matter,' would ya?"

"Hey Scottie, 'Save the rain forest' doesn't mean 'Kill all the other forests.' "

"Hey Kip, when a house is burning, you don't turn the fire hose on some non-burning house because #AllHousesMatter."

Can we please stop?

We need to stop acting like white people don't take the same reading comprehension portions of standardized tests all through middle and high school that we do. They know how analogies work. They got it the first time - they just didn't care.

If they really considered the affirmation of one life mattering to be a denial of the same for all others, then they would consider "Blue Lives Matter" to be just as offensive as "Black Lives Matter." But they don't.

["Blue lives matter" bill becomes law in Louisiana]

Not only are they unoffended by #BlueLivesMatter, but they consider any concession or policy change aimed at countering black vulnerability to be unearned special treatment - while they actively advocate giving police officers protected class status, oblivious to the fact that they already have it.

Only, I'm not sure they're legitimately oblivious. They know damn well there isn't a state, city or county in this country where the penalties for crimes committed against cops aren't a hell of a lot steeper than they are for civilians. They know they don't need a protest, riot or hash tag to ensure that thorough investigations will be done to bring cop killers to justice. They're not worried about dead cops being put on trial for their own murders. They're not worried about a not guilty verdict for the murderers of police officers or even a reluctance to bring charges. No one's looking into a dead cop's record, fishing for reasons to justify his or her demise. They know that cops have the delusional admiration of the vast majority of (white) America in their corner.

So how could anyone possibly believe that we, as a society and as a system, don't already do everything in our collective powers to ensure that value be placed on police lives?

Could it be that white people actually aren't as concerned with supporting the police as they are in maintaining a counter-narrative to black complaints about racist police misconduct? Could it be that their counter-narratives to race issues in general are largely disingenuous and, often, just plain spiteful?

Could it be, and I'm just spit-balling here, but could it be that white folks are ... completely full of it?

This is why I submit that black people should simply disengage with white America in discussions about race altogether. Let them have their little Klan-esque chats in the Yahoo and USA Today comment sections. We need to stop arguing with them because, in the end, they aren't invested like we are. They aren't paying attention to these stories out of fear for their lives and the lives of their children and spouses; they are only tuned in out of black and brown contempt. This is trivial to them, a contest to see who can be the most smug, condescending and dismissive. When black people debate these issues, we do so passionately - not always articulately, and often without a whole lot of depth to our arguments - but we always come from a place of genuine frustration, outrage and fear. When most white people debate the very same issues from an opposing stance, they do so from a place of perpetual obtuseness and indifference. Their arguments always seem to boil down to "If it isn't my experience, it couldn't possibly be yours." Even "well meaning" white folks tend to center themselves in the discussion (#NotAllWhitePeople #IDontSeeColor). Yes, there are plenty of white people who aren't racist, who think shouting "Blue Lives Matter" is wrong, who truly do wish things would change. But the fact is, they figuratively and literally have no skin in the game.

I understand that white people are mad. They've gone their whole lives being the default for social and cultural normalcy and never really had to think critically about race at all. Now a black first lady addresses the nation, and she talks about slavery. Now social media identifies and challenges their micro-aggressions. They're getting the tint snatched off of their rose-colored glasses; that "Shining City on the Hill" they know as America is starting to lose some of its gloss. And they ain't here for that - but we are.

[White people think racism is getting worse - against white people]

So we need to let them cry. Let them gripe about how white is the new black and they are now the true victims of racism because their black co-workers don't invite them to lunch or some black guy on the train called them a cracker or because black people on the interwebs hurt feelings. (How nice it must be to have the option of simply logging off of your oppression.) We need to let them cry. And we need to learn how to just sit our intellectual selves back and enjoy it.

When Rachel Dolezal got her counterfeit black card snatched, we struck comedy gold for black meme-makers all over the web. The "Ask Rachel" hashtag was born, and scrolling through your Black Twitter feed became something like running a marathon, only the people on the sidelines were handing out little paper cups filled with white tears instead of regular drinking water. But instead of enjoying ourselves, far too many of us were arguing with smug white people about why this is completely different from Caitlyn Jenner and why this doesn't, in any way, make " black privilege " a thing.

When Beyoncé released the video for "Formation," featuring a black kid in a hoodie, a "hands up, don't shoot" banner and a sinking police car - then performed the song while paying homage to the Black Panther Party smack in the face of white America during the Super Bowl halftime show - she provided us with a bottomless open bar of white tears. But instead of getting good and drunk like we should've, too many of us were arguing with white folks about why nothing she did was racist, " reverse racist" or anti-cop. We should've just taken the win and left the field.

[What white people can do to help Black Lives Matter]

During the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump plagiarized a chunk of a Michelle Obama speech. And a lot of you were out here arguing with Trump supporters and other assorted delusional white folks who had the audacity to claim there was never any plagiarism at all. What you should've been doing was joining me, Jesse Williams and our beloved Black Twitter in intentionally misattributing black quotes to Mrs. Trump because it was fun.

I had a field day:
"Until you do right by me, everything you even think about gonna crumble" - Melania Trump "When he f- me good I take his ass to Red Lobster, cuz I slay" - Melania Trump
If Colin Kaepernik's decision to stand against social injustice by sitting during the National Anthem has shown us anything else, it's that much of white America is more bothered by our methods of protest than they ever will be about the injustices we're protesting. Let's dispel the notion that if we only protested better, white people will miraculously become more receptive of our message and less scornful of our audacity in speaking out.

The fact is, we can fight systemic racism without white validation. We can continue shutting down bridges and highways every time there's a new Alton Sterling, Philando Castile or Korryn Gaines in the news and let white folks complain about the intrusion on their lives. We can continue moving our black dollars into black banks and keeping our money in our businesses and communities. We don't need them to "get it" for us to keep fighting.

And likewise, white people who truly want to be allies can find their path to ally-ship without black validation and without us having to take time out of our days to educate them. They can find their own curriculum and figure out for themselves how they can do their part in fighting the good fight. And they can do it without the promise of black praise. And, I'm not about to keep checking to see if they're doing that much. Because it's not my job - and it's not yours, either.

Black people, it is long past time for us to start practicing self-care. And if that means completely disengaging with white America altogether, then so be it.

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It's time to stop talking about racism with white people

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As reports of police overreach and brutality in the black community become more and more commonplace in mainstream news, many black people are feeling a strange combination of frustration and relief - relief because the shootings of unarmed citizens have become part of a national discussion, but frustration because, time and time again, we hear the same dismissive and deflective responses from white America: "There must be more to the story."

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Social media has become a catalyst for the spread of racism and hate

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Social Media is used by most every american on a day to day basis. This article explains how it is another way people can be racist in society today and it is very easy to do. Just like other sources I have looked at that describe different ways race is an issue today like sports and music. This contrasts The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because during that time, the only way to be racist was to talk to someone or through your physical actions. In today's society, we have more ways than ever to be racist and we are using all of them. People tend to use social media often because they feel like there will never be any consequences against them and they can just hide behind their phone screen. People wouldn't say half the things they say online in person today because they know it is not right. Social Media allows the severity of racist comments and discrimination to grow which supports the idea that our society today is moving backwards in ending racism.

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For close to a decade, the innovative social media and internet campaign that helped propel Illinois Sen. Barack Obama to the presidency has been closely examined and praised. But ironically, the same online commenting and social media platforms were used by critics to target the first black American President with blatant racism, bigotry and stereotyping - viciously attacking Obama and his family on a daily basis.

Two early aspects of the online assault against Obama were the "birtherism" allegations that questioned whether Obama was a natural-born U.S. citizen, and unfounded claims that he is Muslim.

A small sampling of the Obama loathing from online commenters included:

Calling him a "boy"

Accusations that one of his administration's goals was to give blacks and Muslims a higher status than white Americans

Accusations that his administration planned to hire "lazy" black teachers to educate white children

Calling First Lady Michelle Obama "un-American" and apelike

Repeatedly referring to Obama as the "anti-Christ"

Documentarian and media consultant Eric Tait Jr. sees racism as an underlying and sometimes overt reason for the attacks on Obama.

"Unquestionably, Barack Obama (and Michelle) were treated highly unfairly about their race by online commenters," he said.

What's most unfortunate about this is the fact that much of the unfair online comments were triggered by racist news, feature stories, even editorial cartoons published in mainstream print and magazine outlets, as well as broadcast media," said Tait, adding, "Just the birther, Muslim-not-Christian issues fueled eight years of nonstop negative comments."

The unprecedented disrespect of Obama - and the office he held - was one catalyst for my book, "Rants & Retorts: How Bigots Got a Monopoly on Commenting About News Online" (CreateSpace, 2016), which examines the psychosocial causes of racist and negative online commenting about African-Americans.

The book's "Fear of a Black President: 2008 Campaign, Election and 2012 Reelection Aftermath" chapter documents the explosion of hate speech against Obama by online commenters who were emboldened by hatred and, in some cases, fueled by innate fears, that a person of color was America's head of state.

Social media not only added to the volume of online racist comments against Obama, but it increasingly became an almost instantaneous method to project and share racism.

"The ability to share online comments via Twitter, Facebook, etc. has been vastly enhanced since President Obama's election in 2008," said veteran technology journalist Robert Anthony. "What used to take a slow cut-and-paste procedure now requires just a click or two of a "share" button. This has worked both ways: It became easier to call out and share racist comments, whether you wanted to attack them or spread them further," he said.

In "Rants & Retorts," Michael Days, editor at the Philadelphia Daily News and author of "Obama's Legacy: What He Accomplished As President" (Center Street Publishing, 2016), said news organizations should be encouraging people to engage in a dialogue about controversial issues through online comments.

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For close to a decade, the innovative social media and internet campaign that helped propel Illinois Sen. Barack Obama to the presidency has been closely examined and praised. But ironically, the same online commenting and social media platforms were used by critics to target the first black American President with blatant racism, bigotry and stereotyping - viciously attacking Obama and his family on a daily basis.