President lectures about Racism , then uses the N-Word
By Jordan Fabian
President Obama has no regrets about using the N-word to make a point during a recent discussion on race, the White House said Monday.
“He does not,” said White House press secretary Josh Earnest. “The president’s use of the word and the reason he used the word could not be more apparent.”
The president’s phrasing renewed a debate over who is allowed to use the word and when it’s appropriate to say.
In a podcast released Monday, the president urged the nation to deal with the enduring problem of racism, saying it has not been “cured” simply because it is no longer acceptable to utter racial slurs publicly.
“Racism, we are not cured of it. And it’s not just a matter of it not being polite to say n—– in public,” he said on Marc Maron’s “WTF Podcast.”“That’s not the measure of whether racism still exists or not. It’s not just a matter of overt discrimination. Societies don’t, overnight, completely erase everything that happened 200 to 300 years prior.”
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/245716-white-house-obama-stands-by-use-of-n-word
