Posted on 12/13/2016 5:07:57 AM PST by Enlightened1
‘We have, by no means overcome the legacies of slavery and Jim Crow and colonialism and racism’
America is still struggling to overcome its "legacies of slavery, Jim Crow, colonialism, and racism," President Obama told Comedy Central Monday night. Appearing on "The Daily Show," Obama was asked about how he speaks to crowds about race. How does he "skirt that line between speaking your mind and sharing your true opinions on race whilst, at the same time, not being seen to alienate some of the people you are talking to," host Trevor Noah asked. "You know, my general theory is that, if I was clear in my own mind about who I was, comfortable in my own skin, and had clarity about the way in which race continues to be this powerful factor in so many elements of our lives," Obama said. "But that it is not the only factor in so many aspects of our lives, that we have, by no means overcome the legacies of slavery and Jim Crow and colonialism and racism, but that the progress we've made has been real and extraordinary, if I'm communicating my genuine belief that those who are not subject to racism can sometimes have blind spots or lack of appreciation of what it feels to be on the receiving end of that, but that doesn't mean that they're not open to learning and caring about equality and justice and that I can win them over because there is goodness in the majority of people."
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Playing the race card...
Sounds like it’s his issue. I didn’t have to overcome anything, I’ve never been a racist like most Democrats and apparently Obama is
But we have overcome the curse of paragraph markers ;)
And until the democratic party is abolished, it will always be
That was directed at the author of the article, not you BTW.
This is why Clinton lost.
This whining is ridiculous.
Another ‘racialism’ squawk.
If you’re not achieving all your dreams, it’s due to systemic racism - not the fact that you’re an incompetent idiot with a room temperature IQ and no education.
Well, don’t worry - no matter how stupid you are, affirmative action will open all doors for you.
Yawn.
Americans are racists. Even if they elected a black president...twice.
I’m glad I can’t relate to what it must be like to live in such a sick mind....
Obama is the fish at the poker table. He thinks he can win the pot by playing the race card. Well, we have a Full House. And a Senate. And a White House. And most of the Governors. And most of the state legislatures.
My uncle told me that “in life you are going to make one of two things”: Progress toward your goals or excuses why you’re not making progress towards your goals. If you’re a 35 year old adult living on food stamps, it’s because you chose the latter, not the former. It’s not more complicated than that.
Hopefully we will soon overcome the legacy of smelly Obamunism.
It’s RACISM, it’s the RUSSIANS, it’s SEXISM, any excuse will do.
truly the first certified a$shole president.
The legacies of the Democrat Party fall squarely on Baraq Hussein Ubama’s shoulders. He denied the Rat Party ever had links to the continued practice of slavery, to the Klan, to Jim Crow laws...
FUBO
Many of American people with black skin are working as hard as they can to maintain their slothful lurch backward into tribal African values.
The black urban subculture that shuns education and work tries it’s damndest to drag down those who get educated and work and have real families and suceed
We were closer 8 years ago than we are now, though.
‘We have, by no means overcome the legacies of slavery and Jim Crow and colonialism and racism’
Otherwise how do you explain someone as unqualified as me getting elected president twice? Never underestimate the power of liberal white quilt.
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