Posted on 11/16/2020 7:15:40 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Former President Barack Obama expressed his belief that racism was a “defining feature” in the United States of America.
The president spoke about his memoirs with National Public Radio host Michel Martin and discussed the “fever of racism” that still existed during his presidency and continued to exist in the United States.
“That fever, as you said, that’s been a defining feature of a lot of our life,” Obama said, adding that he never believed that Americans were living in a “post-racial era.”
Obama argued that some Americans had a backlash to his presidency simply because he was the first black president.
“I think that what did happen during my presidency was yes, a backlash among some people who felt that somehow, I symbolized the possibility that they or their group were losing status not because of anything I did, but just by virtue of the fact that I didn’t look like all the other presidents previously,” he said.
Many Americans were “scared” or “frightened” by the advancement of blacks or Latinos, he explained, because they were racist.
“It would surprise me if you didn’t have a big cross-section of the country that was still carrying around a bunch of baggage and still a little disturbed by the advances that African Americans had made,” Obama said.
He continued, “It would surprise me if changing demographics and the growing Latino population didn’t scare a certain segment of this population, just because I know enough about American history to know that that’s always been a fault line in American history.”
Obama signaled optimism that younger Americans carried less racial baggage of past generations and cited the George Floyd protests as a sign of progress.
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Racist POS.
Not true. I hate Obama’s white half as much as I hate his black half.
We are in the hands of hateful crazy racists.
So why has he surfaced again so much. . . vying for a position during the Tribulation?
Obama is the fever blister.
Zip it Dumbo, your legacy is Trump. Get over it.
Are you ready for 4 years of this BS?
If so then your lame ass wouldn’t ever have gotten (s)elected. The dumbassery is YUGE here.
>> So why has he surfaced again so much.
same question
This crazy asshole wants South Africa.
Someone WON’T be in that number when the calling happens.
I would have accepted any other black person as president. Barack was not qualified, and he wasn’t a natural born American citizen, and he had never accepted America for what it was/is and means, and he hates what it stands for, and hates the constitution, and most of all, he was/is a communist and a Muslim sympathizer and is Muslim himself.
Lots more to dislike about him, but not the fact that he’s black (or part black).
Obama is the real deal. Most women would take off their pants in front of him. Too many of us are jealous.Ok so he’s gone. Good for us. there will be other wannabes. just look at John edwards, Beto, Peter buttboy. Tellme I’m wrong.
Obama argued that some Americans had a backlash to his presidency simply because he was the first black president.
He would not have become president in the first place if it wasn't for millions votes by white people. This man is the very definition of a racist.
He’s a devil always looking to create chaos
Screw You.
Seditious Treasonous Bastard Obama speaks.
He could be the Anti Christ if he were quite a bit sharper.
Here he is, back like a bad penny—agitate, agitate, agitate. I hate that m&f’er
So the racist sexual degenerate magic negro accuses Americans of racism? What’s news about that demonic bilge?
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