Obama dismisses claims of racial slur on ‘slippers’ - Not stereotyping, White House says
Washington Times ^ | 9/30/11 | Dave Boyer
Posted on September 30, 2011 9:53:09 PM EDT by Libloather
Obama dismisses claims of racial slur on ‘slippers’
Not stereotyping, White House says
By Dave Boyer
The Washington Times
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Facing an uproar from President Obama’s most loyal base of supporters, the White House on Thursday rejected claims that Mr. Obama stereotyped blacks when he told them to “take off your bedroom slippers” and work for his re-election.
“I have heard him make similar comments to all sorts of different groups,” said presidential press secretary Jay Carney, who fielded nearly a dozen questions from the White House press corps about Mr. Obama’s comments and his relationship with black supporters. “He’s certainly used vivid language, similarly vivid language, before a variety of audiences.”
But a search of Mr. Obama’s speeches dating back to mid-May shows that he has used the quip about bedroom slippers only one other time — on Sept. 14 at North Carolina State University, while promoting his jobs bill. About 8 percent of students at N.C. State are black.
The president stirred up the issue when he urged the predominantly black audience at the annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation awards dinner in Washington on Saturday to stop criticizing him and get to work on his re-election.
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Wonder if Benny, andre , blacken, 240, straw have the pink bunny slippers or the generic type?