President Obama Played the Race Card?

In a recent New Yorker article President Obama shared his personal feelings about his position stating, “There’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of a black President,” Obama said. “There is a historic connection between some of the arguments that we have politically and the history of race in our country, and sometimes it’s hard to disentangle those issues.” 

Former vice president hopeful Sarah Palin, decided to send the president a special message regarding his comments on MLK day that read: 

Happy MLK, Jr. Day!

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mr. President, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. and all who commit to ending any racial divide, no more playing the race card.

Do you think President Obama played the race card?

Absolutely not. The president was simply speaking from a historical perspective and if anyone knows the history of this country, then you'd know that the color of one's skin has always been a deciding factor of if you found a good job, if you found decent housing, if you found a good school and an overall better way of life. 

And Obama was just stating what news correspondents and Americans already know, and have been saying for years. It's funny because there are people that actually think that the president made racism worse, but in actuality, his national status brought what was already lurking behind-the-scenes into the spotlight. 

Who knew that all we had to do was elect a black president, in order to realize that the past is still the present.

For instance, if Obama was anti-gay he wouldn't have fought so hard for gay rights and as a result, Americans probably wouldn't have given it much thought. We'd probably have to wait to elect an out gay president and hypothetically speaking if we did, Americans would see just how vitriol others can be that are in opposition to gay rights. 

But it's a good thing we didn't have to wait to elect a gay president to have these issues addressed, right? And now that we are addressing gay issues Americans can clearly see the hate that some house within their hearts, and those that use oppressive policies to keep gay issues at bay; same for minorities.

The race card? Ha! Please. It can't be the "race card" if it's true.

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