President Barack Obama’s race has once again become an issue among the Hollywood elite, as Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman recently spoke up about Number 44’s upbringing and parents.
STORY: Uh Oh! Anti-Obama Fourth Of July Float Causing Backlash!
In an interview on NPR’s “Tell Me More” with host Michel Martin, Freeman said that Obama should not be called America’s first black president.
Freeman said:
“First thing that always pops into my head regarding our president is that all of the people who are setting up this barrier for him … they just conveniently forget that Barack had a mama, and she was white — very white American, Kansas, middle of America…There was no argument about who he is or what he is. America’s first black president hasn’t arisen yet. He’s not America’s first black president — he’s America’s first mixed-race president.”
Freeman went on to say that he has been disappointed by what he considers unfair treatment of Obama by his political opponents:
“He is being purposely, purposely thwarted by the Republican Party, who started out at the beginning of his tenure by saying, ‘We are going to do whatever is necessary to make sure that he’s only going to serve one term…That means they will not cooperate with him on anything. So to say he’s ineffective is a misappropriation of the facts.”
When it comes to Obama’s race, the semantics involved steer the conversation into a weird discussion. Shouldn’t it matter that the President is working hard for the American people, regardless of his skin color or background?
