Barack obama Quote by Shelby Steele

What it is is that Barack Obama was raised by a white mother and two white grandparents who, A, told him he was black…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I think Barack Obama was born into a home not just to a white woman and white grandparents, but a white woman and white…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

The first thing that always pops into my head regarding our president, is that all of the people who are setting up this barrier…

— Morgan Freeman

Like myself, President Obama is the father of two daughters. He understands the obstacles that they face as women, but he also understands the…

— Al Sharpton

I've never thought that I would see any man of color, not just a black president, but any man of color, I never thought…

— Donte Stallworth

Barack Obama actually grew up black in America. He knows a thing or two about being judged by the color of his skin, rather…

— Neil Macdonald

I heard someone the other day who said 'How can Colin Kaepernick lead this because he's mixed and he was raised by adoptive White…

— Ed Gordon

The small moments I've had to talk with President Obama, I've told him, 'I get it.' His presidency was in some ways almost overshadowed…

— Kenya Barris

News flash to black Americans: Barack Obama has never loved you, and by now, it should be clear to you!

— Jesse Lee Peterson

“(On Barack Obama) "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean,…

— Joe Biden

I think there's a sort of, you know, very thin way of reading this that says, well, Barack Obama is biracial thus that gives…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“I had never seen a black man like Barack Obama. He talked to white people in a new language—as though he actually trusted them…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates