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....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Sasha and Malia may indeed suffer discrimination at some point in their lives because of the color of their skin. It’s possible. It’s also illegal.
But any white child born today may suffer discrimination at some point in their lives because of affirmative action laws in hiring and education. And it will be legal. The difference is discrimination against whites is codified into law.
LOL.
Soetoro is an anti-white raciss. He’s a bigot.
Yah, Young Lady Protestor, I hate to break it to you, but grand juries are our us! With them, we shield ourselves from the dread power of the state!
Obama, as a good little Marxist, constantly promotes racism as part of the divisive agenda.
More like schizophrenia and demonic possession...
Your daughters wil suffer from having a father who tried to destroy America.. That is YOUR fault, not their skin colors fault...........
And went to Ivy League colleges. Those same people who he is blaming for racism elected him not once but twice to the highest office in the land so his daughters will have every privilege they can imagine. The only thing that is going to screw up his kids' lives are his and moo's own personal demons, not their misconceived notions of the greatest country in the world.
That gal looks well fed, well clothed and obviously has excess money to buy make up. She also has enough money to stand around in the middle of the street instead of at home caring for her family or working the night shift like so many white women.
I don’t remember 1971 being so bad.
She must be referring to Afirmative Action and Welfare.
The daughters will suffer not from racism but from black political culturalism .
The daughters are the spawn of the black political culture of Barack Obama, Al Sharpton, Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin. They are the living presence of the terrible black political culture
Really, gangsta signs, Malia? Someone needs to review proper protocol with the girls. It’s becoming clearer every day the fired staffer was telling the truth.
It’s only ok when HE calls attention to the surly mini-mooches.
The staffer in question commented on something that actually DID happen.
The Cretin-In-Chief is just projecting more delusions to keep the “base” perpetually riled.
I want someone to ask him when he’s going to give an interview on the White Entertainment Television channel.
He’s sort of correct as he’s thinking that due modern cults of personality, they will probably end up only half as rich as the Olsen twins. Of course those girls had TV shows.
Who do we know who fits that description?
Me, me, me...I was, me...
Statistically speaking, his "Grandson" probably has a much greater chance of being murdered by someone of his own race... I wonder how the obummer feels about that..?
Well said.
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