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Obama: Nation 'less racially divided'
The Hill ^ | Jesse Byrnes

Posted on 12/27/2014 1:40:57 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

President Obama believes that the United States is less racially divided than when he took office in 2009.

Asked in an NPR interview set to air starting Monday whether the nation is more racially divided than six years ago, Obama said "No."

"I actually think that it's probably in its day-to-day interactions less racially divided," Obama told "Morning Edition" host Steve Inskeep. Excerpts of the interview were released before broadcast by NPR.

A majority of Americans, 53 percent, believe that race relations have worsened under America's first black president, compared to 36 percent who say they have stayed the same and 9 percent who say they have improved, according to a Bloomberg Politics poll released earlier this month.

The issue of race in the United States has been a primary focus since protests erupted across the country last month following a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man, in a St. Louis suburb.

Protests and scrutiny of police tactics intensified earlier this month after a Staten Island grand jury declined to indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, another unarmed black man.

Another poll released by CNN/ORC earlier this week found that 57 percent of white Americans believe few police officers, if any, treat black people differently, while only a quarter of nonwhite respondents held the same view.

The NPR interview took place Dec. 18, a day after People magazine published remarks by the president and first lady Michelle Obama saying that they themselves had experienced racial prejudice.

"I think people forget that we've lived in the White House for six years," the first lady said.

"Before that, Barack Obama was a black man that lived on the South Side of Chicago, who had his share of troubles catching cabs," she added.

"There's no black male my age, who's a professional, who hasn't come out of a restaurant and is waiting for their car and somebody didn't hand them their car keys," the president said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: communityorganizer; gaslighting; gruberism; joker; liar; obama; obamagaslighter; obamanation; obamaracist; racebaiter; racehustlers; racehustlersphoto; racist
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Pathological liars lie. They can’t help themselves. Especially islamists.


41 posted on 12/27/2014 7:39:51 AM PST by onedoug
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To: Ann Archy

LOL Good one.


42 posted on 12/27/2014 7:54:57 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
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43 posted on 12/27/2014 9:20:02 AM PST by MtnMan101
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To: Russ

They are not just ignorant; they are envious and covetous as well (and extremely insecure about their financial futures).


44 posted on 12/27/2014 10:24:11 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Al Sharpton visits White House 35 times.

I read that to Mrs.OLA. Mrs.OLA responds: "To see Michelle?"

45 posted on 12/27/2014 12:41:41 PM PST by OneLoyalAmerican (In God I trust, all others provide citations.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I wonder who the dipsh ... ah, dipstick thinks he’s fooling??


46 posted on 12/27/2014 2:52:58 PM PST by RobinOfKingston (Straight ahead, and don't bunch up.)
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To: period end of story

“Who would be at fault?”

Jeb’s brother.


47 posted on 12/28/2014 7:23:56 PM PST by RipSawyer (OPM is the religion of the sheeple.)
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