Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) is comparing Obama to Jackie Robinson.

As quoted in this article, Jackson said:

?Barack
Obama has the capacity to hit,? Jackson said a breakfast panel just
before the opening of the Democratic National Convention. ?But he is in
the situation where he can?t hit back, which Jackie Robinson could not
do. ? He had to be able to run the bases, even though the crowd was
jeering the first African-American on the field.?

Robinson was
jeered at for being an African-American.  Exactly who is jeering
Obama for being an African-American?  Who is bringing up race
besides Obama and Jackson?

This Jackson-type race-baiting argument also of course sets up the
defense that when people criticize Obama, they are being racist. 
This isn’t exactly a way to bring the country together.