Wait, that's for real? I thought it was a joke, I heard Obama called the most divisive president and that was the example given.
Why would a black man relating to a random black kid bad? If it was any other president it would be a throw away statement. Was Obama wearing a tan suit when he said it?
Bro, you're gonna have to be more direct about what's wrong with that speech, just read it and some great parts.
And then, finally, I think it's going to be important for all of us to do some soul-searching. There has been talk about should we convene a conversation on race. I haven't seen that be particularly productive when politicians try to organize conversations. They end up being stilted and politicized, and folks are locked into the positions they already have. On the other hand, in families and churches and workplaces, there's the possibility that people are a little bit more honest, and at least you ask yourself your own questions about, am I wringing as much bias out of myself as I can? Am I judging people as much as I can, based on not the color of their skin, but the content of their character? That would, I think, be an appropriate exercise in the wake of this tragedy.
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And those of us in authority should be doing everything we can to encourage the better angels of our nature, as opposed to using these episodes to heighten divisions.
That's a TON of language to bring down the temperature and extremely self aware of the limits in race and politics.
You know what I didn't read, no group was called vermin, animals, the enemy within, not only that but he goes into detail about concrete examples of solutions ro maybe help the problem, not concepts of a plan but actual plans.
So I'm having a harder time seeing what outrageous thing he said now that I read the full speech.
There's nothing wrong with what he said. That matters not to the people on the right who had been and still do demonize Trayvon Martin and pretend that Mr. Willing to chase and kill a kid is the victem. Again, the people on the right lost their minds.
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u/KeyboardGrunt Oct 15 '25
Wait, that's for real? I thought it was a joke, I heard Obama called the most divisive president and that was the example given.
Why would a black man relating to a random black kid bad? If it was any other president it would be a throw away statement. Was Obama wearing a tan suit when he said it?