I would say it’s ‘well tolerated’ because it’s largely KEPT on the proverbial ‘down low’. If or when the image of the hypermasculine black male gets messed with, I think that toleration would rapidly become something quite the opposite.
I’m not doubting your word, don’t get me wrong, but the community that I know isn’t suddenly gonna go “disco 70s’ en masse and start dancing with glitter and glowsticks. Quite a few are gonna push back hard.
No matter what the tapes show it will be framed as racially motivated.
Obama is the result of hyper liberal afirmative action. He doesn’t have to be judged on merit.