Posted on 12/08/2016 10:31:25 AM PST by PROCON
Full Title: I 'absolutely' suffered racism in office, says Obama: Some Americans' 'primary concern about me has been that I seem foreign'
President Barack Obama says the color of his skin has 'absolutely' contributed to white Americans' negative perceptions of his time in office.
The president said in a Wednesday special looking back on his legacy, 'I think there's a reason why attitudes about my presidency among whites in Northern states are very different from whites in Southern states.
'Are there folks whose primary concern about me has been that I seem foreign, the other? Are those who champion the "birther" movement feeding off of bias? Absolutely,' he told CNN's Fareed Zakaria.
David Axelrod, a senior advisor to Obama at the White House who now runs the Chicago Institute of Politics, concurred.
'It's indisputable that there was a ferocity to the opposition and a lack of respect to him that was a function of race,' Axelrod told CNN, where he's also paid to work as a contributor.
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Barry is full of sh!t. I have no problem with Barry’s white half, nor his black half. I have a big problem with his red whole.
Marxism for those in Rio Linda.
5.56mm
Racism is the only thing that got you into office you stupid @$$;
Other than focusing on your race, why would anyone think a disbarred "community organizer" lawyer who never held a real job in his life would have the slightest qualification to be President?
"Black" is your *ONLY* f***ing qualification, and that's only if people focus on your race in voting for you.
Non racist people looked at you and saw an inexperienced nobody who was completely unworthy and unfit for the office.
So do you think he thought we were alright with that lying communist thingy?
What a coincidence.......I am white and I have suffered racism since he has been in office also!
I equally detest both halves of Barack Hussein Øbama, black and white.
He is race obcessed. Even becoming president is not enough to overcome?
No pun intended.
This is why we’ll never have a black president.
If anything, his race probably helped him. Everyone was so hyper-sensitive to being labeled a racist that nobody, including republicans, resisted anything this moron or his wife did for 8 years. Oh, and if so many are true racists, explain how he could’ve been elected twice.
Thanks be to God that the adults are back in charge, or will be soon.
History will not treat America’s first (half) black (and maybe Muslim) president kindly.
However, I recognize that the man had a one-time-only, never-to-be-repeated chance to be a racially transcendent leader and do an enormous amount of good. He merely needed to take the time at his inaugural address, or shortly after, to say something along the lines of..."This country has had racial issues in the past, and there still is work to be done. However, me standing here as President proves that America has moved beyond the massive racial divide, and into a more progressive..." yada yada yada, you get the picture. He could have risen above the fray and led.
But, instead, he chose to surround himself with racially divisive people and play petty racial politics.
Ultimately, he was a small man, on a large stage.
Fantastic opportunity, totally wasted. And, in fact, I'd argue that race relations are orders of magnitude worse than when he started.
Obama is one of those (not so rare these days) people who can’t grasp that other people may be viewing him differently than he sees himself.
1. They see a man that has very flawed ideas.
... He sees a man that is Black, and persecuted
2. They disagree on policy
... He thinks they disagree because he is Black
3. They don’t like his tone when he uses racial Black focused terms
... He thinks he should address them from a Black focal point
4. They think he should address everything from a logical point of view, no racial influence
... He thinks he is doing the right thing, because he thinks Black voices haven’t been listened to
5. People on the Right see Obama as half White, half Black, with no bias vs people who are all White
... He thinks folks have to be racist to see him this way
6. They judge things by what everyone should be called to do or comply with
... He thinks that asking him or a Black person to comply with this mindset is racist
7. When problems arise, people think about the players, the victims, the public first
... He thinks about himself first, then the players, the victims, the public last
8. An issue should be addressed on it’s merits
... Obama thinks it should be addressed with no color if it is good, and White if it’s bad
... He thinks it should only be addressed by Black identity if it is good, and no color if it is bad
He is race obcessed. Even becoming president is not enough to overcome?
No pun intended.
Perhaps some day?
A trifecta!
Kenyan father, raised in Indonesia, not a natural born citizen = Kenyanesian Usurpation
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