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Originally Posted by Nikki+2  Good post.  The older generations do come from such a different place. My grandmother will say things that are blatantly racist and then swear she doesn't have a racist bone in her body- and she believes herself.  There's no changing a woman in her 80s (but I sure wouldn't want to see her give a nationally aired speech  ). I don't think it was the best wording for a national audience (and I'd bet President Obama would agree) but we should take into consideration that he's from a completely different generation and has very different life experiences than people of my generation. Honestly, how many of you over 30 yrs old (regardless of your race) would want to see your grandparents give a public speech involving race? |
I see what you and a lot of other people are saying. He did come from a different time frame YES BUT what makes him different than our grandparents is he in the public eye. Our grandparents wouldn't be out making national speeches on race. He was. Everyone is always so worried about being politically correct and using terms like "holiday tree" as not to offend different religions and you can't say "Merry Christmas" any more, but there can be national made speeches about RACE? And I'm sorry, but if he didn't mean it, "like that" then he would have used the past tense... not present.