LARRY ELDER: Why Are Americans At Each Other’s Throats? Ask Barack Obama

At the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Illinois State Sen. Barack Obama said: “There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America — there’s the United States of America… We are one people…”
 

After announcing his candidacy for president, Sen. Obama appeared on “60 Minutes”:

“60 Minutes”: “You think the country’s ready for a black president?”

Obama: “Yes.”