Howard University
President Biden‘s coronary heart may be in the fitting place, however his mouth is commonly some place else — which was seen once more Saturday … this whereas addressing Howard University graduates.
POTUS was tapped as the important thing graduation speaker in the course of the school’s commencement ceremony this weekend, and there is one comment he made throughout his speech that is getting a little bit side-eye … each resulting from his supply and even perhaps his not-so-veiled intention.
Joe was speaking about white supremacy, which he says is probably the most harmful terroristic menace to America … and inspired everybody to face up in opposition to it. Nothing improper there in and of itself; nevertheless … what he stated afterward received some double takes, particularly on-line.
You can inform he went off script a bit when he added … “And I’m not simply saying that as a result of I’m at a Black HBCU. I say (it) wherever I’m going.” There had been some chuckles within the crowd.
Of course, HBCU stands for Historically Black College and University … so there isn’t any want for an additional descriptor to emphasise that it is a Black establishment — it is already within the acronym. On its face, this only a typical and harmless Biden gaffe … not the top of the world, actually.
The greater challenge, it will appear, is the truth that he felt the necessity to particularly point out he wasn’t simply saying this as a result of he was at an HBCU, with a predominantly Black scholar physique and school. Of course, you may argue that is (in all probability) precisely why he is mentioning it on this setting … and that this entire factor comes throughout as pandering and kinda empty.
BTW, this is not the primary time Biden’s put his foot in his mouth on the subject of speaking to or about Black folks — there’ve been a number of situations over the previous few years the place he is made some eyebrow-raising remarks… which have all gotten backlash to various levels.
The one which involves thoughts for a lot of is when he stated throughout a ‘Breakfast Club’ interview that any Black one that had bother deciding between him or Donald Trump within the 2020 election … wasn’t Black. Charlamagne tha God pushed again on that and stated it had nothing to do with Trump, arguing JB wasn’t assured a vote simply because he wasn’t Trump.
Another one bites the mud.