Black People Politics : Barack Obama opens up about the difficulty of 'being a functioning Black person in America' in surprise appearance

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Barack Obama opens up about the difficulty of 'being a functioning Black person in America' in surprise appearance​

Barack Obama opens up about the difficulty of 'being a functioning Black person in America' in surprise appearance

The former president talked about remaining optimistic during trying times.

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Barack Obama makes a surprise appearance during book club for a Black-owned shop. (Photo: Getty Images)

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Obama reveals White House stress had him smoking 8 or 9 cigarettes a day​

Obama reveals White House stress had him smoking 8 or 9 cigarettes a day

There's no question that being the president is a stressful job, former President Barack Obama just had an unhealthy way of dealing with it.In his forthcoming memoir, obtained Thursday by CNN, Obama reveals he didn't actually stop smoking when he entered the White House. In fact, the stress of...

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Barack Obama says slavery reparations 'justified in theory'​

Barack Obama says slavery reparations 'justified in theory'

Barack Obama has backed reparations for slavery and said he could not get it done due to the "politics of white resistance and resentment". The former president said he didn't pursue the issue in office because it had been politically a "nonstarter". Mr Obama said: “If you ask me theoretically...

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Mr Obama said: "And what I saw during my presidency was the politics of white resistance and resentment. The talk of 'welfare queens' and the talk of the 'undeserving' poor, and the backlash against affirmative action.

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Read the words that will appear on the exterior of Obama's presidential library in Chicago​

Read the words that will appear on the exterior of Obama's presidential library in Chicago

On the 56th anniversary of Bloody Sunday — the name given to the events on March 7, 1965 in Selma, Alabama, which included a civil rights march led by the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and the violent response from state police — former President Barack Obama's foundation revealed the text that...

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