[pessimist]

Yes, both parties do it. In California for example left-wing politics is openly racist and I have sympathy for even the crazy republicans here.

However to defend Obama - he explictly ran on unity and went out of his away to not openly benefit his own race.

[bobxmax]

Yeah I mean to be clear, I think Obama was a remarkable leader and it's hard to believe he once occupied the same seat DJT does today

He didn't explicitly use his race (the way Hillary often used her gender), but many who campaigned for him and large parts of his caucuses did. For better or for worse.