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Embarrassed when something resembles something of the black poor. many feel differently and feel like this is ridiculous talk that reflects the shame of the middle class of the poor. it s okay to speak like us, to hang with us. you can say our name and nothing bad is going to happen, samuel jackson, the president, anybody. can why can t there be more outrage? of all the things going on in the world, syria, health care, the economy, this is what ticks off samuel jackson? the article was saying he should get stronger and tougher, and there is a danger in there where he doesn t want to come off as being the angry black man, which is a csubject we hav tackled a lot of. that s why we tackled that. do you think that s legitimate, first to you, ben, and then to mark. do i think, say that one more time? about he has to pplook at hi they look at him as the president of the united states of america who is allowed to get angry and be inspired even if i disagree with him. ....
Hillary clinton sduz the same thing, goes into selma and speaks like a black person, tries to clap on beat. you see george bush go to texas and speak with a drawl. everybody does it, let s let president obama do what everybody else does. all right, y all, i m going to go to the white guy. what did you think, ben? that was the most fun i have ever had not talking on cnn ever. wow. i m going to sit back and relax and enjoy the show here. look, i think the president, one of the things that s great about him that s got him elected not once but twice is he s been able to go around and be a chameleon. he s been able to speak at the million dollar dinners, go to hollywood and speak with the hollywood types, get down in the south and drop the gs if he wants to with the crowd. i think samuel s point is at some point, you are the president, and the president should act like the president and not try to change for a group. when you re the president of the united states of america. his other p ....
About what everybody is talking about on social media when it comes to dealing with critical issues in the nation. does the president need to toughen up or get scary? samuel l. jackson seems to think he needs to do the latter. you may have heard about his recent comments in playboy magazine saying president obama needs to stop dropping the gs on his words. stop trying to relate and just conjugate, mr. president. be more presidential. during that interview, jackson also reaffirmed what he said in a previous interview, saying he wants to see a scary obama. jackson told playboy, quote, he got heated about the kids getting killed in nigh tn and about the gun law. he s still a safe dude. if hillary clinton decides to run, she s going to kick their they being republicans, f ing as. glad i didn t say that. i almost did. i was like scared me there for a second. joining me, cmn political si.tor, ben furtherenso ev an, ....
can t make any promises. ben, why is this such a touchy subject? there s this thing called the politics of respectability. there s a certain sentiment among black middle class folk that they want to appear in the general public to look a certain way, to be a certain way too, be respectable, dignifiy eied folk. obama represents the ultimate dream. if he s dropping his gs and not speaking english properly, it makes some people anxious. i disagree entirely. i think it s elitist. it s nothing but ridiculousness. and quite frankly, samuel l. jackson of all people is going to give a lesson on language? this is the guy who curses in every movie. even the voiceover mark, it s samuel l. jackson. everybody is so up in arms. my gosh, can everybody take a chill pill. it s samuel l. jackson. he s the guy with the nursery ....
Are trying to get out and are trying to get a job, and are trying to make something of themselv themselves? they should look up to the president and say he s incredibly well spoken, incredibly well educated and i m going to work hard and stay out of trouble and make good grades and want to aspire to be that instead of him coming down to a different level because he thinks it s somehow more acceptable to the audience which i actually think helps push stereotypes instead of break them down. i kind of find a little of what samuel l. jackson said refreshing minus all the curse words in there. come on, ben, you can t be serious. he kind of made a point. i am serious. why can t he be serious? you re kind of being ridiculous right now. go ahead. first, the president is not coming down a notch because he drops a g when he s talking to an informal odd yngs. we all do it. the president is well spoken, the president is well educated. he doesn t compromise i agree. because when h ....