I find it sad that you need to subscribe to some specific brand of mysticism to be taken seriously in American politics.
Obama, who grew up fatherless and without a connection to his racial identity had to overcompensate in a sense, by joining this seemingly crazy-ass Chicago church and linking up with Reverand-Black Brains are different from White Brains-Wright, so that the black zombies in Chicago would vote for him.
It clearly worked for him until it didn't and the god of tribalism came back to collect its dues by associating Obama with every person who walked past his church..
While this bias in association has some racial background, it's really more about the failings of the black church to provide anything useful for their flock.