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Obama: As a Black Man He's Been Mistaken for Valet
Source: Associated Press
Obama: As a Black Man He's Been Mistaken for Valet
WASHINGTON — Dec 17, 2014, 8:42 AM ET
He may be president now, but Barack Obama says he's a black man who has been mistaken for the valet.
"There's no black male my age, who's a professional, who hasn't come out of a restaurant and is waiting for their car and somebody didn't hand them their car keys," Obama told People magazine in an interview out Wednesday. That happened to him, he said.
First lady Michelle Obama said her husband also once was mistaken for a waiter at a black-tie party and asked for coffee. She said even when she went to Target as first lady, a fellow shopper asked her to get something from a shelf.
"I think people forget that we've lived in the White House for six years," she said. "Before that, Barack Obama was a black man that lived on the South Side of Chicago, who had his share of troubles catching cabs."
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WASHINGTON — Dec 17, 2014, 8:42 AM ET
He may be president now, but Barack Obama says he's a black man who has been mistaken for the valet.
"There's no black male my age, who's a professional, who hasn't come out of a restaurant and is waiting for their car and somebody didn't hand them their car keys," Obama told People magazine in an interview out Wednesday. That happened to him, he said.
First lady Michelle Obama said her husband also once was mistaken for a waiter at a black-tie party and asked for coffee. She said even when she went to Target as first lady, a fellow shopper asked her to get something from a shelf.
"I think people forget that we've lived in the White House for six years," she said. "Before that, Barack Obama was a black man that lived on the South Side of Chicago, who had his share of troubles catching cabs."
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/obama-black-man-mistaken-valet-27658201
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Not directed at you Eugene 
- but the fact that I've seen a few threads tells me this is super secret insider knowledge on Shit Black People Just Know that is like -
Woooooooooooooooooooow - for a lot of people.
Who knew? The 'common' is shocking! 
Don't touch my hair and don't touch me! Hmph! 
Tee hee - the first time someone did that to me - and my then boyfriend/now husband saw it? He slapped their hand. Older man.
He was shocked that someone would put his hands on 'what his' regardless of how 'fascinating' her hair is.
Violence is not the answer! 
Uh - you touched me first - he's there? Someone is gonna get ittttttttttttttt! 
Sid
In case you didn't know it, but you probably did. 
