Having just finished reading White Trash by Nancy Isenberg, The book quotes Lyndon Johnson as saying: "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best coloured man,he won't notice you are picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." The US does not care much about equality. They voted in the nut bar because their knickers were in a twist that a black man had made it into the White House.