that taken by itself "typical white person" is an unfortunate phrase.

But it is only through ignoring the message of what Obama was saying that the hurtful implications of that phrase can be seen.

It requires special pleading to claim that this reflects what Obama feels, especially since you have to ignore everything else he was saying in that response.

It isn't Obama who is dividing us--It is his critics who are consciously and cynically distorting his message to play upon our nation's racial tensions.