Did he wonder, I wonder?

President Obama on the verdict

He is very far from being a stupid man.

So he should realize full well why he and other black men so often encounter mistrust among whites.

Jesse Jackson even said in public he is made nervous by the threat posed by other by black men.

So where’s the understanding for how whites feel, and of the long and unfortunate history that explains why they feel that way?

It’s clear the president was pretty torn up by all this, and part of his problem is that, fundamentally, he buys the black tale of grievance.

Remember the Gates case?

He bought it and he was just entirely wrong. 

But who can complain he does not try hard to be, or at least appear, a fair man and a good and true president for all Americans, in spite of that?

I think he pretty definitely doesn't want to queer the deal for future black aspirants to the White House or high public office in general, as he certainly would if he wound up sounding too much like Rev. Wright giving one of his sermons, screaming to his congregation, "God damn America!"

And might Republicans wish to provoke him to ruin what's left of his presidency and seriously wound the Democrats for years to come with such an outburst?

And might white racists want him to lose his head publicly precisely in hopes it would queer the deal?

Oh, yes.

There are lots of people who have made it as clear as day they want him to fail as spectacularly as possible.

Update.  07202013.

Just to be clear,  there are none so blind as those who will not see.

Everyone knows perfectly well the blacks of America, and maybe the world,  have earned the mistrust and disesteem of all, including each other, but especially of whites. 

No fact about race is more glaring or less admitted.

Obama comes close to recognizing this, himself, in these remarks, but seems not quite able to, instead showing a veiled glimpse of his rancor toward whites.

Who is more certain to blame others than the man painfully conscious of his own fault? 

Full of hatred, finding little or nothing within white Americans deserving of blame, unconcerned with actual truth, America's blacks scream in all our faces, "Your ancestors enslaved mine!"

Among the best, like President Obama,  the screams are muted or silent,  but nonetheless real.