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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 year after I was booted from New York Magazine for my unacceptable politics. Because it seems to me th...

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 story of race in america enough, do you think? >> well, look, i tried. i think i told a lot of stor...

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. it's hard for the majority in this country of white americans to recognize that look, you can be proud of this country and its traditions and ...

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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 speeches I gave in Selma and the speech I gave during the campaign about Reverend Wright and that episode ...