{"id":102740,"date":"2023-05-13T21:07:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T21:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/13\/president-bidens-cringeworthy-hbcu-comment-at-howard-commencement\/"},"modified":"2023-05-13T21:07:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T21:07:25","slug":"president-bidens-cringeworthy-hbcu-comment-at-howard-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/13\/president-bidens-cringeworthy-hbcu-comment-at-howard-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"President Biden&#8217;s Cringeworthy HBCU Comment at Howard Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-b88aff3c3665beeb49e4b9e9de0080a3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-4798aabe-5037-4d6e-a833-36ef6df462e4-1285167142-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-4798aabe-5037-4d6e-a833-36ef6df462e4-1285167142-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/62\/16by9\/2023\/05\/13\/62cd17f230ff41afafd7e2deee027d7a_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Howard University<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b88aff3c3665beeb49e4b9e9de0080a3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ee986549244a260f5cd72b91657de6b5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>President Biden<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s coronary heart may be in the fitting place, however his mouth is commonly some place else &#8212; which was seen once more Saturday &#8230; this whereas addressing Howard University graduates.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ee986549244a260f5cd72b91657de6b5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2e7f93f3d716694f51aca0e172ddb77c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>POTUS was tapped as the important thing graduation speaker in the course of the school&#8217;s commencement ceremony this weekend, and there is one comment he made throughout his speech that is getting a little bit side-eye &#8230; each resulting from his supply and even perhaps his not-so-veiled intention.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2e7f93f3d716694f51aca0e172ddb77c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1091adfec84e0828c5a21fbe54ea32c3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230513_041fc9b2d19a4f82ab3e6f2f416ad8d3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:b8edc8cc-3b73-43cd-a26d-fd398f373076\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/04\/4by3\/2023\/05\/13\/041fc9b2d19a4f82ab3e6f2f416ad8d3_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"howard students\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1091adfec84e0828c5a21fbe54ea32c3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b98ea15f9867a06886fe7bf9b9565ced\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Joe was speaking about white supremacy, which he says is probably the most harmful terroristic menace to America &#8230; and inspired everybody to face up in opposition to it. Nothing improper there in and of itself; nevertheless &#8230; what he stated afterward received some double takes, particularly on-line.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b98ea15f9867a06886fe7bf9b9565ced--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7e468d7a920aa1c62841b06660959d67\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>You can inform he went off script a bit when he added &#8230; &#8220;And I&#8217;m not simply saying that as a result of I&#8217;m at a Black HBCU. I say (it) wherever I&#8217;m going.&#8221; There had been some chuckles within the crowd.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7e468d7a920aa1c62841b06660959d67--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dfa203368633d19671884991441e1917\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-879f2df8-c58c-41be-aac3-5f050acbfe03-1863712732-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-879f2df8-c58c-41be-aac3-5f050acbfe03-1863712732-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/47\/16by9\/2023\/05\/09\/47edb291c42341b08e38a981d1d0836f_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dfa203368633d19671884991441e1917--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5707a24c58b53b27aa9aba23640b7243\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Of course, HBCU stands for Historically Black College and University &#8230; so there isn&#8217;t any want for an additional descriptor to emphasise that it is a Black establishment &#8212; it is already within the acronym. On its face, this only a typical and harmless Biden gaffe &#8230; not the top of the world, actually.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5707a24c58b53b27aa9aba23640b7243--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e0b23e08f569515a38d08614060e7f05\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The greater challenge, it will appear, is the truth that he felt the necessity to particularly point out he wasn&#8217;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 &#8230; and that this entire factor comes throughout as pandering and kinda empty.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e0b23e08f569515a38d08614060e7f05--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-86abe3b63ce1fcb9989fa67ae089027f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230513_25143114e67f4ecdad9b28b671a312f3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:b8edc8cc-3b73-43cd-a26d-fd398f373076\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/25\/4by3\/2023\/05\/13\/25143114e67f4ecdad9b28b671a312f3_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"howard students\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-86abe3b63ce1fcb9989fa67ae089027f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-24c3c16a19c3735a81fe51337a6823e1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>BTW, this is not the primary time Biden&#8217;s put his foot in his mouth on the subject of speaking to or about Black folks &#8212; there&#8217;ve been a number of situations over the previous few years the place he is made some eyebrow-raising remarks&#8230; which have all gotten backlash to various levels.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-24c3c16a19c3735a81fe51337a6823e1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7c84a562a6c293e2061fa36603ad2304\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The one which involves thoughts for a lot of is when he stated throughout a &#8216;Breakfast Club&#8217; interview that any Black one that had bother deciding between him or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> within the 2020 election &#8230; wasn&#8217;t Black. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/charlamagne-tha-god\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Charlamagne tha God<\/strong><\/a> pushed again on that and stated it had nothing to do with Trump, arguing JB wasn&#8217;t assured a vote simply because he wasn&#8217;t Trump.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7c84a562a6c293e2061fa36603ad2304--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6cf1adea90c7ff9fa479b1a4d3ce7992\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6cf1adea90c7ff9fa479b1a4d3ce7992--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4335cb9f58ed4e73d80ca85771703a0b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Another one bites the mud.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4335cb9f58ed4e73d80ca85771703a0b--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Play video content material Howard University President Biden&#8216;s coronary heart may be in the fitting place, however his mouth is commonly some place else &#8212; which was seen once more Saturday &#8230; this whereas addressing Howard University graduates. POTUS was tapped as the important thing graduation speaker in the course of the school&#8217;s commencement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-102740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}