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Obama fears his own daughters will suffer from racism: Tells of concern in full interview
The London Daily Mail ^ | December 8, 2014 | Francesca Chambers

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 ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blacks; ericgarner; obama; racism
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Full title: Obama fears his own daughters will suffer from racism: President tells of concern for Sasha and Malia in full interview addressing anti-police protests
1 posted on 12/08/2014 9:16:38 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Narcissism and paranoia cannot be separated.


2 posted on 12/08/2014 9:19:35 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The president spoke about his experiences as a young black man...

Oh, good grief! 0bama was raised as a privileged white kid by his white mother and his typical white grandmother and grandfather. He went to an upscale school in Hawaii and lived in Indonesia for eight years.

3 posted on 12/08/2014 9:20:32 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Nobody knows the troubles I’ve seen.
Nobody knows my sorrow. And gay angst.”
Barry-O


4 posted on 12/08/2014 9:20:40 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Olog-hai

Especially with regular crack and popper use.


5 posted on 12/08/2014 9:20:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Makes one wonder how he can still read the teleprompter.


6 posted on 12/08/2014 9:23:42 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Next scene; “Crocodile Tears”, sprayed on both cheeks with a misting bottle during the commercial break.


7 posted on 12/08/2014 9:24:02 PM PST by lee martell
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To: TigersEye

Privileged white kid with Marxist indoctrination.


8 posted on 12/08/2014 9:24:21 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Allowing them to dress as sluts in their adolescence can’t possibly drive the narrative!


9 posted on 12/08/2014 9:24:51 PM PST by freedumb2003 (AGW: Settled Science? If so, there would only be one model and it would agree with measurements)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Malaria and Sharia are already bearing up admirably at their $28K/year dump of a school and the hovel they are expected to call home.


10 posted on 12/08/2014 9:25:41 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: Olog-hai

Taught the fine art of propaganda and demagoguery from the cradle on up.


11 posted on 12/08/2014 9:27:12 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If he teaches them respect and how to follow orders from the Police no worries, There should not be a worry about the grandsons either if they have a Father that teaches them right from wrong and the same respect for those in charge, but I thought he did not want his daughters burdended with a child.


12 posted on 12/08/2014 9:31:40 PM PST by easternsky
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To: TigersEye
Obama is just like Arafat says one thing on Networks another on Black and Hispanic TV's.

The American people can't wait until he is gone.

Holder claims this BS about profiling something Bush had already done in 2002.

13 posted on 12/08/2014 9:32:03 PM PST by scooby321
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

THIS GUY IS THE U.S. PRESIDENT. POOR, OPPRESSED HIM.


14 posted on 12/08/2014 9:32:39 PM PST by 4Liberty (Prejudice and generalizations. That's how Collectivists roll......)
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To: Blue Jays
President Obama is absolutely out-of-his-mind utterly crazy.
Does he seriously think that if either his daughter Sasha or Malia is stopped by a police officer for speeding in 2021 they will be mistreated by those law enforcement professionals?
Yeah, right. Get a grip, President Obama.

15 posted on 12/08/2014 9:32:46 PM PST by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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'I want them to be judged based on....their behavior and their talents and their gifts,' Obama told BET's Jeff Johnson

Copying Martin Luther King, no doubt.

16 posted on 12/08/2014 9:35:00 PM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He really does think it’s 1971, doesn’t he?


17 posted on 12/08/2014 9:38:56 PM PST by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ironic comments from a man who got everything in his life because of affirmative action.


18 posted on 12/08/2014 9:41:42 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: JennysCool

He’s emotionally stuck in ‘71, when he was ten, so why shouldn’t he be historically stuck in ‘71?


19 posted on 12/08/2014 9:41:54 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: Arthur McGowan
Malaria and Sharia are already bearing up admirably at their $28K/year dump of a school and the hovel they are expected to call home.


Actully, Sidwell Friends tuition is around $37,000 per year.

And once they have finished their time at the upscale , elite 1% er Sidwel Friends, they will be afforded the opportunity to surpass their mothers epic and unforgettable Senior thesis at an Ivy League school such as Harvard, Princeton or Yale

20 posted on 12/08/2014 9:43:56 PM PST by rdcbn
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