Obama DID say he had black children

[bluewater]

A series of posts, that I think are divisive, have been criticizing Harris for saying she was the only black person on stage and wanted the opportunity to address a question just asked on race.

Now Be Blasio is being criticized for saying he was the only person on stage that had a black son in the same context.

The following comment, which to me just seems divisive, made me want to address this here:

"Remember when Obama said he had black kids?!?
Me neither! "

Well, I DO remember when President Obama said he had black kids and much more than that on race.

I want those people attacking Harris and De Blasio for daring to mention their personal connection to racial issues to read THIS:

"I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas. I was raised with the help of a white grandfather who survived a Depression to serve in Patton's Army during World War II and a white grandmother who worked on a bomber assembly line at Fort Leavenworth while he was overseas. I've gone to some of the best schools in America and lived in one of the world's poorest nations. I am married to a black American who carries within her the blood of slaves and slave-owners - an inheritance we pass on to our two precious daughters. I have brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles and cousins, of every race and every hue, scattered across three continents, and for as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible."
-President Barack Obama

The divisive attacks on both Harris and De Blasio on this issue simply have no meriit.

[underthematrix]

1. The MSM was focused on President Obama's heritage so he

addressed when appropriate. He never used his heritage and experiences with other groups to attack a primary candidate of his own party.

To me that's the difference.

[dawg day]

2. That was a beautiful passage of Obama's also

It's nice to remember a time when the president loved our country, with all its flaws and beauties.

[underthematrix]

3. Amen