Barack Obama has long chosen to identify himself as a black American. But Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman made some controversial remarks about the president this week during an interview, calling that description into question:
“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,” Freeman said. “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.”
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