Posted on 12/08/2014 9:16:38 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
* 'I want them to be judged based on....their behavior and their talents and their gifts,' Obama told BET's Jeff Johnson
* Obama said he doesn't want his future grandson 'to be subjected to the kind of constant bias that makes them feel as if this is not their home'
* He also said he believes the Eric Garner video 'troubled' Americans of all walks of life, including some police officers
* The president hit back at critics who say he's not taken the recent killings of black men seriously enough: 'I'm being pretty explicit about my concern'
President Barack Obama got unusually personal during an interview about race relations that aired Monday night on BET.
The president spoke about his experiences as a young black man and opened up about concerns he has about the way his daughters, Sasha and Malia, and future grandsons could be treated in society because of their skin color.
'I want my children to be seen as the individuals that they are, and I want them to be judged based on the content of their character and their behavior and their talents and their gifts,' he told BET's Jeff Johnson.
'I don't want them to be objects of fear simply because of misguided attitudes.'
Obama said that part of what makes the racial tension exploding in America 'so heart breaking and frustrating for a lot of folks' is 'the recognition that simply by virtue of color, you've got less margin for error.'
That's particularly true for black boys,' Obama said....
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Or 1871, back when Robert Byrd (D) was just a Night Rider, private first-class.
Every day’s a pity party for this guy Obama (D).
Yeah, people with lifetime Secret Service protection are a major target of racists. Do I really need the /S tag?
you mean like affirmative actions does? Judgment based on Brown and Martin's actions? Don't listen to the moron. He clearly speaks out of both sides of his mouth...
News for the commie in chief. Pretty much a majority of Americans don’t care about color. They do care about behavior though.
They need to suffer from having to go to Kansas to visit their father in Ft. Leavenworth.
‘I don’t want them to be objects of fear simply because of misguided attitudes.’
DOH!! Things would be going much better for all of us if it went both ways!!
I wonder if they even have to pay tuition for either girl.
I bet the school offers them a deal...
Did the Clinton’s have to pay for Chelsea education???
We will never know..
His daughters will face such scorch they will have to go home to Kenya...or Indonesia, or Moscow, maybe even Chicago. Some third world hellhole.
“punished” with a child — not burdened!
"News for the commie in chief. Pretty much a majority of Americans dont care about color. They do care about behavior though."
Needs to be repeated.
Thank you, vpintheak.
One sick bastard.
0bama has done a superb job of stoking the fires of racism.
WE are paying for their school.
We are also paying Michelle Obama’s mother $176,000 a year to live in the White House and provide day care to the two girls.
He need not worry. I'm sure they will be every bit as racist as he is, and will not suffer for their racism in the slightest.
And his only qualification for president is that he was the right black guy at the right time.
boo hoo hoo.
It’s not racism. It’s your dad is a hated communist. Move to a commie country, oh that’s right. That didn’t work for Paul Robeson. The commies took all his money.
Better stay here and live it up.
Wasn’t a House staffed recently fired for judging them on their behavior?
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