Barack Obama actually said...

"I have to strongly condemn the statements that were made. They do not reflect my views or Michelle's views."

"I have never been naive enough to think that we get beyond these issues of race or gender or our history or our past."

"What I have said is that we have the capacity to move beyond them and improve our relationship with each other in a way that actually reflects the best of American values and American ideals."

"We have a history of discrimination and, you know, slavery and Jim Crow that continues to have a powerful pull on the African-American memory."