a roll, there is the effect of statistics.
While I do not have exact numbers to quote and based on common knowledge, the "help" when aimed at the "poor", "needy", unemployed/unemployable people with "of color" for what ever the reason populate these categories.

It is the same as finding more blacks or hispanics in a jail....where the population is primarily made up of those folks in an area.

That aside, there is no doubt that race has been and is being exploited, daily and given credence by the media as well as the actions and flurry of activity seen coming from the WH this past week. Obama and his wife just cannot rise above it. Their backgrounds and roots (just as ours would) affect their reactions
without having the facts.

I personally think it is a significant capability flaw that Obama is unable to rise above the fray and not participate where the POTUS should not be. Each time he does participate it is with emotion followed by a retraction. It does signal to the lead steers of minority groups the direction he favors.

All the above....are my personal opinion with no intention to offend and as I see it.

btk