I don't think any of that was really the point of the episode.

I don't know.
It seems obvious (maybe just in hindsight) that
any
black president is going to want to erase the history of the south [mostly out of spite] so a writer for the team probably came up with it because he'd heard others talk about it in his past.
Of course, the professional black victims (Jesse and Al) don't want history removed because that's their bread and butter, but that's a different topic.
I'm still waiting for my reparations from when the Romans sacked my tribal ancestor's Germanic villages.

Kerbal Space Program:
Failure is not an option. It's a requirement!

And don't forget, the pilot of the short-lived X-Files spin-off "The Lone Gunman" featured a story in which terrorists attempt to fly a jet airliner into the World Trade Center towers just months before the real-life 9/11 attacks.
Coincidence? Perhaps. But when coincidences appear this contrived, it makes one wonder
Originality needs a reboot.