Former President Barack Obama called out “the politics of white resistance and resentment” as one of the reasons why he didn’t push for reparations while he was in office.
During the second episode of Obama’s new podcast with singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen — “Renegades: Born in the USA” — the duo spoke about race in America.
One of the subjects was reparations, and Obama said they were justified since “the wealth of this country, the power of this country … not exclusively, maybe not even the majority of it … but a large portion of it, was built on the backs of slaves,” the Huffington Post said.
He added that it was “perfectly understandable why working-class white folks, middle-class white folks, folks who are having trouble paying the bills or dealing with student loans … wouldn’t be thrilled with the idea of a massive program that is designed to deal with the past but isn’t speaking to their future,” the outlet added.
“We can’t even get this country to provide decent schooling for inner-city kids,” Obama also said, according to the Post. “And what I saw during my presidency was the politics of white resistance and resentment.
Go ask your African “brothers” for your reparations. They’re the ones who sold you and shipped you over here.
This SOB can’t think even one thought without WHITE entering. He (or she?), must really wish it were WHITE, because it is soooo pissed of its skin color. I would be to probably if I looked like that. Seems to me the blacks (left) are the one’s that resisted over four years and still at it. That punk ass sissy should be egged in the public square on Saturday night. Go Trump!
We can’t even get this country to provide decent schooling for inner-city kids,” Obama also said.
Yet we spend more on inner city schools than on schools anywhere else!
The government has spent $27 trillion dollars on poverty programs since 1960. It has largely been a waste of money. When has the government ever proven that they know how to spend money wisely?
Well he was the President for 8 years. Why didn’t he do something about the inner city kids then and make someone accountable for the money spent. I can tell you. HE DID NOT CARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that he is serving a third term behind the scenes he is just dividing the country more than he did before.
Sorry. Never owned one. Don’t owe a damn penny. Oh sorry all those folks are dead just like the slaves he is speaking of. I think it is called living in the past and replaying the race card Reality. What a concept.
Obama is a racist period
White people are owed reparations
Obama is not black, he is 1.2 white and born in Kenya. He should be removed from history books. Bruce, well he is a true racist and has no limelight so just wants attention.
Blacks OWE Whites Reparations for Affirmative Action (Reverse Discrimination ) Period !!!
A divider is never a good thing ..this guy is the reason and poster child for race hated we see today. A man with GOD in his heart would never talk this way. Obama speaks lucifer listens. It all i need to know!!
NO Equality in America when Whites are the ones discriminated against in their Own Country !!!!
Blacks OWE Whites Reparations for fighting all the Wars in the World , which Saved their asses !!!!!!
Civil War / WW1 / WW2 / Korea / Vietnam / Gulf 1 / Gulf 2