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02-23-2016, 09:04 PM
Ben Carson says Obama was 'raised white'
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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said on Tuesday President Barack Obama (http://www.mashable.com/category/barack-obama?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) was "raised white" and may **t identify with "the experience of black Americans."
"He's an 'African' American. He was, you k**w, raised white," the retired neurosurgeon told Politico's Glenn Thrush (http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/full-transcript-politicos-glenn-thrush-interviews-ben-carson-219644). "Many of his formative years were spent in Indonesia. So, for him to, you k**w, claim that, you k**w, he identifies with the experience of black Americans, I think, is a bit of a stretch."
Carson's comments came after Thrush asked him whether the inauguration of the nation's first black president was "significant" for him. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/23/ben-carson-barack-obama-white/)
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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said on Tuesday President Barack Obama (http://www.mashable.com/category/barack-obama?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) was "raised white" and may **t identify with "the experience of black Americans."
"He's an 'African' American. He was, you k**w, raised white," the retired neurosurgeon told Politico's Glenn Thrush (http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/full-transcript-politicos-glenn-thrush-interviews-ben-carson-219644). "Many of his formative years were spent in Indonesia. So, for him to, you k**w, claim that, you k**w, he identifies with the experience of black Americans, I think, is a bit of a stretch."
Carson's comments came after Thrush asked him whether the inauguration of the nation's first black president was "significant" for him. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/23/ben-carson-barack-obama-white/)
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