I remember this from talking to some young people who were in college...they'd be walking along, minding their own business, and some black guy who was a stranger and maybe not a student on campus would yell at them as they passed..."Obama!" It could be unnerving because it brought with it an air of intimidation and threat. I wonder if those students are remembering that with a kind of cheer that they get to vote against that kind of covert thuggishness this time around.
There is no doubt that the yells were used for intimidation purposes where I work. These past four years have been basically hell in that regard. Hopefully things will smooth out after Obama leaves office. I don’t see the Blacks that I know as people who would get out and riot, many of them are very angry about the gay marriage thing and seem to be apathetic about Obama this time.