Acceptance Quote by Conan O'Brien

We're ready for a real black President - someone like Jay-Z. Obama's fine, just not all black. He's our gateway Negro.

— Christopher Titus

Beyond [Barack Obama] having made history as the first African-American president, I hope that he gets re-elected for what he does while in office,…

— Lenny Kravitz

You can be disappointed but only if you thought [Barack Obama] was something that he said he wasn't!

— Bill Ayers

“If Barack Obama came to embody America’s history of racial progress, then Donald Trump should come to embody America’s history of racist progress. And…

— Ibram X. Kendi

Obama has spoken out a few times since on race, but without much effect.

— Neil Macdonald

This will play right into Obama's hands. He's humanitarian, compassionate. They'll use this to burnish their, shall we say, 'credibility' with the black community…

— Rush Limbaugh

When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest tribute in…

— Willard Wigan

I forgot he [Barack Obama] was black tonight for an hour.

— Chris Matthews

This week, President Obama attended what was either the G-20 summit or his high school reunion. I haven't seen old white dudes this excited…

— Seth Meyers

See, Barack been, um, talking down to black people on this faith-based... I want to cut his nuts off. Barack, he's talking down to…

— Jesse Jackson

So, to say Barack Obama is progress is saying that he's the first black person that is qualified to be president. That's not black…

— Chris Rock

“When presidential candidate Barack Obama presented himself to the black community, he was not to be believed. It strained credulity to think that a…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates