I think Obama's Presidency inadvertently created a massive problem. It created the impression that America is some "post-racial utopia" where everyone was welcome and we were all singing along together. Worse still, some black folks bought into this..lololol.
Racism is alive and well; in the eyes of many white people, black people are just...nothing. As in, literally, nothing. Seeing black people get killed on tv (no matter how young) is met with "why didn't they comply with instructions?"..no matter how moronic the situation is. That's why the phrase "black lives matter" drives a lot of these guys into a tizzy, they just can't accept that black people deserve anything.
That's why I'm ultimately lukewarm on #Metoo or Timesup. The Metoo and Timesup movements were spear headed by black women too but it's been hijacked by white women that range from the genuinely sexually assaulted by pigs like Weinstein to the failing actress that can't get roles anymore that's angry at their ex-boyfriend. There's been a METRIC TON of black women that have screamed assault by some actors or rapper or sports women but we don't hear shit from MeToo or Timesup. I'm not against these movements just that it appears that white women are somehow perceived as more innocent than black women.