ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the racial gap in foreign policy opinions and the possible impact of a larger political context on this racial gap. It discusses light on the impact of President Barack Obama on the racial divide in American foreign policy opinion. The chapter suggests that the presence of President Obama has positively affected African Americans' view of how foreign policy is generally handled, the handling of terrorism, and the situation between Israel and the Palestinians. It employs existing public opinion research dealing with the foreign policy views of African Americans and Whites. The overarching goal is to investigate the potential for a political context to influence African American foreign policy opinions, and to gauge how it might affect the opinion disparity between African Americans and Whites generally. In foreign policy opinion research, race has been one of the most consistent correlates of American attitudes toward foreign policy, especially in connection with matters concerning the use of force abroad.
