Barack Obama actually said...

This incident, along with the case in Jena, Louisiana, is a grave reminder that the signs and symbols of Jim Crow racism continue to burden America.

Obama Statement on Racial Tensions at Columbia University

10/09/2007

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There is a path for them to come back to the international community.

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