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Obama urges persistence in confronting deep roots of racism
MSN ^ | 12/07/14 | David Nakamura, Vanessa Williams

Posted on 12/07/2014 6:07:03 AM PST by Libloather

President Obama on Sunday sought to calm tensions in the wake of racially charged protests in New York and Ferguson, Mo., saying the nation has made progress on race relations but emphasizing that the distrust between minority communities and law enforcement “will not be solved overnight.”

“This is something that’s deeply rooted in our society, that’s deeply rooted in our history,” Obama said in an interview on the cable network BET.

**SNIP**

“We have to be persistent,” Obama said in the BET interview. “Typically, progress is in steps. It’s in increments. When you’re dealing with something as deeply rooted as racism or bias in any society you’ve got to have vigilance but you have to recognize it will take some time and you have to be steady so you don’t give up when we don’t get all the way there.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: looting; obama; racism; roots
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To: Libloather
real
41 posted on 12/07/2014 9:00:14 AM PST by baddog 219
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To: Libloather

He and his ilk really want a race war.


42 posted on 12/07/2014 9:10:31 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Libloather

Burn this bitch down.


43 posted on 12/07/2014 9:14:16 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: rstrahan

His racism is “persistent,” for a half-white, you have to admit Persist racism, he much!


44 posted on 12/07/2014 9:26:00 AM PST by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them or they more like we used to be?)
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To: Libloather

The entire “racism” brouhaha is so fatiguing for me that I have had to tune it out.

It never ends.

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45 posted on 12/07/2014 9:28:08 AM PST by Mears
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To: Libloather

The Peckerhead is totally oblivious to the fact that the major racism today isn’t Whites leveling it against Blacks.

It’s the other way around.


46 posted on 12/07/2014 9:34:12 AM PST by DoughtyOne (GOP. GOPe. GOPeGads! GOPeWWWWWWWWWWWWW...)
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To: CatherineofAragon

..” a living breathing bobblehead”

but just barely!


47 posted on 12/07/2014 11:16:18 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Libloather
If only we could get a handle on what blacks want to be called. Seriously, have you ever considered the amount of changes/corrections this minority group has made in just naming themselves. How do we address the "race" issues if we have no idea what the PC label is for the black population?

If you were black in the fifties, you were a negro. If you were black in the sixties you were Afro-American. If you were black in the 1970’s and 1980’s, you were black, and if you are black in the present century, you are an African-American. (It doesn't matter that you cannot identify WHICH country on the continent Africa you are from, just that you are African-American and, (yes), Africa is a continent.

Second, In order not to be considered a racist bigot, all white Americans must be “flexible” and allow for the various, bizarre, and ever-changing labels of the black race to change at whim. Oh, and incidentally, they can call themselves and others of their race N—g-r but whites can be prosecuted for doing it.

More than 150 years has passed since the abolition of slavery and blacks have not settled on what they want to be called. Words give them a sense of worth that has eluded them. They play the race card from a very worn deck, hoping for some edge of leverage against whites.

As for me, just refer to me as a “white, honky cracker”. (Or worse, if you wish.) It doesn't bother me at all.

48 posted on 12/07/2014 11:56:03 AM PST by scottiemom (As Texas public school teacher, I highly recommend private school)
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To: cripplecreek

Bingo!


49 posted on 12/07/2014 3:31:51 PM PST by Catsrus (al)
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