Via Twitter
During a recent interview, President Barack Obama got a chance to speak on experiencing racism during his term. According to Obama he ‘absolutely’ experienced it. CNN aired Fareed Zakaria’s special report “The Legacy of Barack Obama” in which he spoke on the matter.
“I think there’s a reason why attitudes about my presidency among whites in Northern states are very different from whites in Southern state. 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 also got a chance to speak on Donald Trump saying he had a “pretty troubling and not necessarily connected to facts.” Obama’s former senior adviser David Axelrod agreed saying,
“It’s indisputable that there was a ferocity to the opposition and a lack of respect to him that was a function of race.”
Obama supporters agreed with him saying,
The majority of GOP devoted 8 years to making Obama seem foreign, “other”. I HATE them. Donald Trump came out of that swamp.
Another person tweeted,
Thank you for speaking the truth @POTUS #Racism is what elected #Trump
Ofcourse we had the Donald Trump haters in the mix but yeah.
Check out the interview below.
Thank you for speaking the truth @POTUS #Racism is what elected #Trump https://t.co/CtyEjkUkib
— Erin Golden (@goldenerin) December 8, 2016
The majority of GOP devoted 8 years to making Obama seem foreign, "other". I HATE them. Donald Trump came out of that swamp. https://t.co/2pRUZqoihb
— Kathleen Harold (@kdunnachie) December 8, 2016
Foreign as in you're an Islamic douche. https://t.co/4EUAnS6pj0
— Bobbi (@RicanDeplorable) December 8, 2016
…. still not born in this country https://t.co/oIwAiz6LQQ
— THE REAL (@vhhcjhv) December 8, 2016
Source: Complex
