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“What happened to you?” It’s a question I get a lot on Twitter. “When did you become so far right?” “Why have you become a white supremacist, transphobic, misogynistic eugenicist?” Or, of course: “See! I told you who he really was! Just take the hood off, Sully!” It’s trolling, mainly. And it’s a weapon for some in the elite to wield against others in the kind of emotional blackmail spiral that was first pioneered on elite college campuses. But it’s worth answering, a ye...

Another way of saying that is trayvon martin could have been me 35 years ago. >> president obama was both praised and criticized for that statement, one of several reminders for the first black american president that how and when he discussed race was something he and his advisers had to think carefully about. in his book he writes that early on in his presidential campaign, his advisers warned him about being boxed in as, quote, the black candidate. looking back, as president, did you tell the...

Black candidate. looking back as president, did you tell the story of race in america enough do you think? >> yeah, well, look, i tried. i think i told a lot of stories. you take a look at the speeches i gave in selma and the speech i gave during the campaign about reverend wright and that episode and each and every time i tried to describe why it is that we are still not fully reconciled with our history but the fact is that it is a hard thing to hear. its hard for the majority in this country ...

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Obama: ‘White Americans’ Need to Reconcile With Their ‘Terrible’ History Image Credit: Email Former President Barack Obama said Monday during an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper that “certain right-wing media venues” were monetizing, stoking fears of white Americans. Cooper said, “Looking back as president, did you tell the story of race in America enough do you think?” Obama said, “Yeah, well, look, I tried. I think I told a lot of stories. You take a look at the speech...

I gave in selma, and the speech i gave during the campaign about reverend wright and that whole episode. and each and every time i tried to describe why it is that we are still not fully reconciled with our history. but the fact is it is a hard thing to hear. its hard for the majority in this country, white americans, to recognize that look, you can be proud of this country and its traditions and its history and our forefathers, and yet it is also true that this terrible stuff happened. the vest...

Still is the embodiment of race. he is -- he was a president who just happened to be black. but his campaign and he knew if he went out there and talked about race all the time, he would lose out. when he talked about skip gates, he lost a certain segment of white america and never gained it back. hes keenly aware that he wrote about it in the book and he talked about it in this great interview with anderson cooper, but he talked about race with skip gates. he talked about race as he said in the...

President, that youre going to believe other conspiracy theories. natural progression. >> i agree with you. i thought the anderson interview with the former president was excellent. obama talked to anderson about his frustration that he wasnt able to shift the conversation about race in america while he was president. watch this. >> looking back, as president, did you tell the story of race in america enough? >> i tried. you look at the speeches i gave in selma and the speech i gave during the c...

Tra trayvon martin could have been me 35 years ago. >> president obama was both praised and criticized for that statement one of several reminders for the first black american president that how and when he discussed race was something he and his advisors had to think carefully about. in his book he writes that early on in his presidential campaign his advisors warned him about being boxed in as quote the black candidate. looking back as president, did you tell the story of race in america enoug...

Yall know what yall talking about. thats why i invited you on. good evening to both of you. bakari, lets start with you. anderson and the former president barack obama, they spoke a lot about race in this country. take a look, and then well talk about it. >> looking back as president, did you tell the story of race in america enough, do you think? >> yeah. well, look, i tried. i think i told a lot of stories. you take a look at the speeches i gave in selma and the speech i gave during the campai...