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Obama's candid reflections on race
CNN ^ | 12/7 | Kevin Liptak

Posted on 12/07/2016 3:44:07 PM PST by ErikJohnsky

Now, as he departs office, those hopes have largely evaporated. Tensions between African-American communities and police departments have deteriorated following a slate of high-profile shootings of unarmed black men. ...

A majority of Americans now say relations between blacks and whites have worsened since Obama took office.

Obama has said he never believed his election could completely erase centuries of racial conflict in America. But the decline in racial ties is nonetheless an ironic legacy for the first African-American president, one Fareed Zakaria explores in the CNN Special Report "The Legacy of Barack Obama" airing Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET. In interviews, Obama and those who worked closely with him identify a strain of racial bias that hardened against the President, even as his election crumbled a historic racial wall.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: grievanceculture; obama; racialism; racism
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very nice summary of how Barry Hussein Obama racially polarized America. Don't forget messing around with the $20 too!

Let's be real; it was a way Obama thought he could whip up the Democrat base. It backfired, and did so badly.

1 posted on 12/07/2016 3:44:07 PM PST by ErikJohnsky
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To: ErikJohnsky

He took race relations, threw a can of gasoline on them, and then dropped the match. He has not only exacerbated but created a whole raft of racial and other social problems basically by creating a privileged legal and political system for blacks and other minorities, and then discriminating against whites.


2 posted on 12/07/2016 3:46:38 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: ErikJohnsky
Obama's candid reflections on race

Obama doesn't even know the meaning of "Candid".

3 posted on 12/07/2016 3:48:03 PM PST by GoldenPup
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To: ErikJohnsky

“identify a strain of racial bias that hardened against the President” -— The opposite is true - Obama is biased against white Americans (and police, and American as a nation). Except for people on the fringes, and drunks and not-powerful people, he has little actual racism directed at him. He is just a bad man, with little skill besides hyping himself.


4 posted on 12/07/2016 3:48:17 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: ErikJohnsky

“following a slate of high-profile shootings of unarmed black men”

Fake news created by the establishment media and pushed by an anti-police, anti-rule of law president.


5 posted on 12/07/2016 3:51:20 PM PST by marktwain
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To: kaehurowing
Remember the Beer Summit??

Van Jones: Obama 'Forced' to Sit with 'Racist' Cop at Beer Summit
6 posted on 12/07/2016 3:51:39 PM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: ErikJohnsky

I conjecture that Obama grew up as a black child in a white culture. He might have not had any other black children as childhood friends. In that environment, he discovered that all the “bullies” he encountered were white. Thus, he demonized white people as the “bullies” to be reckoned with.

That certainly is the way he behaves with that chip on his shoulder and “I’ll show you!” attitude.


7 posted on 12/07/2016 3:53:01 PM PST by the_Watchman
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To: ErikJohnsky

Lies repeated by liars.


8 posted on 12/07/2016 3:53:04 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: ErikJohnsky

I wonder if Obama also learned that you can’t put out fires using gasoline.


9 posted on 12/07/2016 3:53:09 PM PST by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed. About time.)
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To: ErikJohnsky

I can tell who what I won’t be watching on cnn.


10 posted on 12/07/2016 3:53:09 PM PST by ColdOne ((poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~WE DID IT DEPLORABLES!EraseThe0bagambiLegacy!)
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Tensions ... deteriorated

To paraphrase Arthur Dent, "this is obviously some strange usage of the words "tension" and "deteriorated" paired in such a way that I wasn't previously aware of."

11 posted on 12/07/2016 3:55:34 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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well then...... my advice to you is Don’t Panic


12 posted on 12/07/2016 3:57:19 PM PST by Thibodeaux (Exile Barack, Exile the Wookie, Exile Malia, Exile Shasha)
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To: ErikJohnsky

Yep, this was collaborated with Soros to gin up the Black, and to some extent, or to be followed by, the Hispanic vote as well. This was evil unleashed for the purpose of getting votes. The Democrats are in league with Satan.


13 posted on 12/07/2016 3:58:45 PM PST by Obadiah
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To: ErikJohnsky

Obama’s priorities are the three things near and dear to his heart:

1. - To advance Islam

2. - To advance homosexualism and sexual perversion

3. - To bring America to its knees

His interest in advancing American blacks and bringing about racial understanding and harmony are nonexistent.

American blacks are just tools (fools?) he can and does use to advance his three primary interests.

He gins up their hate and resentment and uses them to help destroy American culture and society and doesn’t even throw them a bone now and then.

But they always come back for more.


14 posted on 12/07/2016 3:59:35 PM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: ErikJohnsky

Obama’s candid reflections on race
“I hate whitey!”


15 posted on 12/07/2016 4:00:47 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: the_Watchman

This human disaster is totally uncomfortable in his own skin and that obvious by ALL of the racist and stupid decisions he has make throughout his entire life...what a pile of human waste aka POS...........


16 posted on 12/07/2016 4:01:08 PM PST by Stayfree (yes)
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To: ErikJohnsky

The media will continue to sing his praises and laud him for a while, but history won’t be that kind to him. He will be recognized as a failed president.

His only real major legislative accomplishment was Obamacare, and it is disintegrating on its own. If the Republicans/Trump do repeal it, that will be merciful.

His foreign policy was as much of a disaster — throughout the Middle East. We will have repercussions from that for the next century.

His only major accomplishment was managing, somehow, to get reelected, considering the disasterous economy he and his media sycophants have managed to hide from the public for 8 years.


17 posted on 12/07/2016 4:02:49 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: ErikJohnsky

“(Alexrod) recalled a moment when a powerful Republican said to him, “you know, we don’t really think you should be here, but the American people thought otherwise so we’re going to have to work with you.”
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Implying racism. Fact is, Obama proved he did not belong in an executive position, much to our detriment. IOW, to NOTICE that BO is incompetent is racist. If you don’t notice, well, you’re inclusive of incompetence. I guess.

Fact is, BO decided he didn’t need to work with anybody. He might have succeeded if he had sincerely reached across the aisle. History will show that the election of DJT was caused by a nadir of incompetence, the lasting legacy of BO.

America has a huge task ahead of it to reverse nearly three decades of people who shouldn’t be there. DJT is the kind of man we need to restore decency and competence to our culture and institutions.

Hating this business of declaring racism to explain failures. Such an attitude gets in the way of America and DJT getting our task accomplished.

GBA, GBDJT, MAGA!


18 posted on 12/07/2016 4:03:20 PM PST by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: kaehurowing

Racialist divisiveness: Finally President Obama lectures us on something on which he is an expert.


19 posted on 12/07/2016 4:03:44 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: ErikJohnsky

....the only thing candid about Odungo is his gay
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20 posted on 12/07/2016 4:05:49 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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