It became stronger because systematic racial oppression was almost impossible to still justify after a black president was elected, and yet racial disparities didn't really disappear. If anything, they grew wider after the recession of 2009. Instead of being honest and accepting responsibility for the factors that were keeping that disparity in place, it was easier to fabricate a racial oppression boogeyman and get young people fixated on identity politics. This is ironically hurting the very people these progressives like to say they care about.
Don't you claim to be from NYC? Of course you thought racism was gone before Obama, you're completely out of touch with middle America
Racism was never gone and probably never will be gone. The problem is systematic racism -- the ability for one racial group to collectively hold another racial group down. That does not exist in 2018 and hasn't for quite some time. ---