Barack Obama actually said...

Racism, we are not cured of it, clearly. And it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say nigger in public. That's not the measure of whether racism still exists or not. It's not just a matter of overt discrimination. We have -- societies don't, overnight, completely erase everything that happened 200 to 300 years prior.

Context

President Obama addresses the ongoing issue of racism in America during an interview.

06/21/2015

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