Obama: No ‘authentic’ way to be black

The Hill's Briefing Room ^ | July 21, 2014 | Justin Sink

[Responsibility2nd]

I’m a typical white person. And I submit I know more about African American males than does Obammaie. What would HE know?

His mother was white. His white grandparents raised him. In a condo in Hawaii. Except for a few years when he lived as a muslim boy in Indonesia. In short - Obammie has never lived the typical African American experience.

[onona]

I’ll agree with Obama’s statements to this degree: The pressure of the “hood” to conform is literally killing black America and condemns them to a future of poverty.

Totally concur.

[Graewoulf]

Can an Elected Politician Democrat Black Man act like an authentic American, or will the Democrat Party always come before Country?

[Uncle Miltie]

[UCANSEE2]

"When I was in my teens, I didn’t have a father in the house..."

Wasn't his 'nanny' a 'male' ?

[denydenydeny]

...as long as you vote reliably Democrat. Black Republicans may be called any name you like.

[556x45]

‘The notion that black men need to act, dress or speak in a certain way to be “authentic” is something that “has to go,” President Obama said Monday at an event promoting his initiative to aid young men of color.’

Thats a lie. As far as liberals are concerned you cant be black and conservative. Staying on the liberal plantation is the only way to be ‘authentic’.

[Toespi]

And this is why, and absolutely no racism is intended, that most black leaders are not ready to lead this nation and the population as an entirety.. They do not have the ability to move beyond the color of their own skin. Sadly, they hold contempt for not only the whites but more importantly the country itself. Their decision making is hampered by partiality for their race and a need to get even.

[NCLaw441]

The very idea that one’s role models ought to share one’s race is, and ought to be, repulsive.

[VRWCmember]

"The notion that there’s some authentic way of being black, that if you’re going to be black you have to act a certain way and wear a certain kind of clothes, … that has to go, because there are a whole bunch of different ways for African-American men to be authentic," Obama said.

Justice Clarence Thomas, Colonel Allen West, Herman Cain, Dr. Thomas Sowell, and Walter Williams would probably have been available for comment had they been invited.

[Zionist Conspirator]

Did he mention that you don’t have to vote Democrat?

[2ndDivisionVet]

[WayneS]

It can be rough where Michelle grew up, but she’ll talk proper when she needs to..

He, however, can/does not.

[WayneS]

That is a very funny movie.

[SampleMan]

Can a black man be a conservative and still be authentic Mr. President? Care to address that?

[MRadtke]

In other words, Obama says black people don't need to act like uneducated fools just because they're black.

Can't say I disagree. The sad part is that it really does need to be said in our present society. One thing that has to be done in this country is break the paradigm that blacks have to stay on the plantation. The surprising part is that Obama actually said that.

[ChicagahAl]

Pastor Manning - Black Folks Can't Run Anything

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Sure there is. Go back to the areas in which your tribe lived. The capture members of neighboring tribes and sell them into slavery.

[GOP Congress]

I wonder if Obama has heeded the illustrious words of Bo Snerdly, whose ancestral slave blood renders him "certified black enough to criticize President Obama."

[informavoracious]

Interesting that he admits other ethnic cultures have been able to make it in America (Asian, Jewish). Sadly, this will be just another money pit where grants will be made to cronies for phony programs where no positive results for the target population will ever need to be demonstrated.