There are a lot of people who would rather continue to see things in a stark division of "good vs evil"...."us and them"...because they've become addicted to feeling angry and righteous and put upon. They don't want to rise above their old grievances and hatreds.

Such people will not be pleased by Obama's ability to see and honestly recognize both the good AND the bad in people on BOTH sides of a divide...but that's what must be done if the divide is to be healed.

You've got to stop seeing things from your own angle only (as a Black person...as a White person...as a Latino...as whatever you think you are)....and start seeing things simply from a human point of view, because your common humanity is a far greater fact than your narrow racial or cultural identity.

Those who cannot let go of fear, hatred, and judgement won't get it. Their inner desire is to perpetuate division along racial and cultural lines, not to do away with it and find human unity.