![Vann R. Newkirk II](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/None/img_5236/large_headshot.jpg?1522336646)
Vann R. Newkirk II, the author of this piece. I guess he isn't aware that black violence increased under Obama. But a few people who may subscribe to White Supremacy, are intolerable. No, they were really intolerable during you grandad's early life. They were Democrats, and nothing has really changed within the Democrat Party. They still want you poor & dependent, and living on the plantation.