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ATHENS — President Obama warned Tuesday that Americans and people around the world “are going to have to guard against a rise in a crude sort of nationalism, or ethnic identity, or tribalism” taking root amid the populist movements that are gaining currency around the world.
Speaking at a joint news conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras by his side, Obama refrained from criticizing President-elect Donald Trump directly as he discussed the impact of his electoral victory last week. But the president made it clear that he sees a dark side to the kind of populist movements Trump's campaign embodied — ideals that other conservative leaders are advocating in Europe and elsewhere.
“We are going to have to guard against a rise in a crude sort of nationalism, or ethnic identity or tribalism that is built around an us and a them, and I will never apologize for saying that the future of humanity and the future of the world is going to be defined by what we have in common, as opposed to those things that separate us and ultimately lead us into conflict,” Obama said.
“Take Europe,” he continued. “We know what happens when Europeans start dividing themselves up and emphasizing their differences and seeing a competition between various countries in a zero-sum way. The 20th century was a bloodbath.”
Obama, who made it clear during the course of the hour-long news conference that he did not view the recent U.S. election results as a referendum on his own tenure or world vision, suggested that targeting specific racial, religious ethnic groups could backfire.
“In the United States we know what happens when we start dividing ourselves along the lines of race or religion or ethnicity. It is dangerous. It is dangerous, not just for the minority groups that are subjected to that kind of discrimination, or in some cases in the past, violence, but because we then don’t realize our potential as a country when we are preventing blacks or Latinos or Asians or gays or women from fully participating in the project of building American life,” he said.
Obama, who made it clear during the course of the hour-long news conference that he did not view the recent U.S. election results as a referendum on his own tenure or world vision, suggested that targeting specific racial, religious ethnic groups could backfire.
“In the United States we know what happens when we start dividing ourselves along the lines of race or religion or ethnicity. It is dangerous. It is dangerous, not just for the minority groups that are subjected to that kind of discrimination, or in some cases in the past, violence, but because we then don’t realize our potential as a country when we are preventing blacks or Latinos or Asians or gays or women from fully participating in the project of building American life,” he said.
Looking at the last two paragraphs,
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and we can see how out of touch and big his ego is. His vision he claims is the correct one. Trump ran on a completely different vision and was elected. He is in denial and his ego won't let him process it yet. He then states his bias and racism failing to understand he divided and targeted a group for exclusion and it backfired. He excluded whites.
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He recognizes the danger of dividing along lines of race and religion or ethnicity, not just for the groups he divides people into, but to the country. He includes " blacks or Latinos or Asians or gays or women " but excludes whites from participating in the project of building American life. It's clear he doesn't want to include them and they must accept it and step aside. He is engaged in a political genocide of the white race and never mentions them for inclusion. If they object what happens ? They are demonized as racist and bigots and shouted down. His undoing is his support for globalism and open borders. 84 % of the worlds population is non white. Only 16 % are white and that is the minority he targets like a slave owner of the past. They are the ones that don't get a seat on the bus let alone get to sit in the back in his vision of America.
Wow, Obama keeps fanning the flames of discontent amongst his protestors/rioters. The guy is clueless to the fact that his entire presidency was a sham and was repudiated big time by American patriots.
ATHENS — President Obama warned Tuesday that Americans and people around the world “are going to have to guard against a rise in a crude sort of nationalism, or ethnic identity, or tribalism” taking root amid the populist movements that are gaining currency around the world.
warns of division while simultaneously separating everyone into boxes and vilifying white man
You meal like using terms such as "people of color", "minority groups", and "protected class"? They are terms used to describe anybody who is not white and specifically not a white male.
I do not understand the need to pit people against eachother this way. We have a black president, this crap should be behind us but instead it's getting worse!
You meal like using terms such as "people of color", "minority groups", and "protected class"? They are terms used to describe anybody who is not white and specifically not a white male.
I do not understand the need to pit people against eachother this way. We have a black president, this crap should be behind us but instead it's getting worse!
D party strategy and I can only see them doubling down. They know that once they have the numbers that they are golden. very irresponsible and dangerous rhetoric for political gain.
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