It seems like the respondants have figured out a way to speak in moderator-acceptable code. “Obama’s sons” etc.
Plus, after the Martin/Zimmerman case, NBC may be feeling as though they have been “outed” for selective coverage, and might be sensitive to charges that they are deleting posts about a crime story the “wrong” way, that is, black on white.
0Bummer might be the first post-racial President, after all. Wouldn’t that just be something.