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Title: Obama: Racism ‘deeply rooted’ in U.S.
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Washington Times
URL Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news ... ma-racism-deeply-rooted-in-us/
Published: Dec 7, 2014
Author: Dave Boyer
Post Date: 2014-12-13 17:04:24 by Dakmar
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Views: 33
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Sunday, December 7, 2014 Addressing protests over minorities killed by police officers, President Obama said racism is deeply rooted in the U.S. and that activists should keep pressing steadily in their demands for reform. This is something that is deeply rooted in our society, its deeply rooted in our history, Mr. Obama said in an interview with BET, a portion of which was released Sunday. When youre dealing with something as deeply rooted as racism or bias
youve got to have vigilance but you have to recognize that its going to take some time, and you just have to be steady so you dont give up when we dont get all the way there. Ads by Adblade And on Thursday, after a grand jury in New York refused to indict a white police officer for the choke-hold death of a black man, the president he wants to ensure that law-enforcement officials are serving everybody equally. Demonstrators protested across the nation again Saturday night, in locations including New York City; Seattle; Portland, Oregon; Davidson, North Carolina; and Tampa. This isnt going to be solved overnight, Mr. Obama said in the BET interview, adding that America has made progress on civil rights over the past 50 years and that he believes the nation will eventually solve its problems with racism. As painful as these incidents are, we cant equate what is happening now to what was happening 50 years ago, the president said. If you talk to your grandparents, parents, uncles, theyll tell you that things are better not good, in some cases, but better. We have to be persistent, because typically progress is in steps. Its in increments. Mr. Obamas comments come as a new Bloomberg Politics poll found that a majority of Americans, 53 percent, say the interactions between the white and black communities have deteriorated since he took office. Among white people, 56 percent said relations have worsened; 45 percent of blacks feel the same way. The survey on Sunday showed that 36 percent of Americans believe that race relations have stayed the same under Mr. Obamas leadership, and only 9 percent believe relations have improved. The poll also showed wide disparities by race over the New York and Missouri cases. Ninety percent of blacks in the poll said the grand jury in New York was wrong not to indict the officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner; 52 percent of whites believed the officer should have been indicted. In the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, 89 percent of blacks disagreed with the grand jurys decision not to indict the police officer. But 64 percent of whites agreed with the grand jurys decision. The president has resisted calls from some civil rights leaders to visit Ferguson. Instead, last week Mr. Obama held a series of meetings Monday with Cabinet members, community representatives and young activists at the White House, and he announced the creation of a task force to develop recommendations for improving relations between law enforcement agencies and minority communities. Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/7/obama-racism-deeply-rooted-in-us/#ixzz3LolYOK00 Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
Poster Comment:
LOL, I thought I had addressed all this with the Primus videos I used to post.
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