I live in SE NC. Race relations are pretty great. People don't like to admit this, but race relations in the south are better than the north.
The south is far more integrated. There are fewer hate crimes in the south than in the north. Trouble starts whenever there is an election and people in big cities start race baiting and then problems arise.
By the way, Obama was not the first black president. He was a detached, biracial, Democrat plant that loved LGBTQ and DACA kids more than citizens in his own "neighborhood". He used Chicago as a launching pad and did nothing for the community he came out of