Quotes about Black president

The first black president will be a politician who is black. Votes: 4

Electing a black president was probably the only coup America could pull off. Votes: 4

The first black president was a hotter plot line than the first woman president. Votes: 4

I am excited to have a black president because white supremacy is real and it needs to be shattered. Votes: 4

This country is just that great that the opportunities are there for a Hispanic president, a black president or any other race for a president, yes. Votes: 4

There's already been black presidents who've been corrupt, so it doesn't strike me that having a black man in office means he's going to be the Messiah. Votes: 4

I know black people love the idea that we finally have a beautiful, good-looking black president. But if he is doing awful things to us, we should wake up. Votes: 4

I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing. Votes: 4

I never thought we'd ever have a black president. President Obama has done such a tremendous job... He just has been unable to get what he needs to be moved at the level it should be moved. Votes: 4

I love Obama, and I love the fact that it's a black president of the United States of America, but he's not the first black president. Robert Mugabe is a black president, too, so let's not get to talking about precedents being set. Votes: 4

If Barack Obama now, or some black person in the future, should become president, neither Jesse Jackson nor Al Sharpton would be out of a job. A black president can't end black misery; a black president can't be a civil rights leader or primarily a crusader for racial justice. Votes: 4

I'm not racist, I've got a black president. Votes: 3

At least they [people] showed the world we could elect a black president. Votes: 3

How ridiculous! You're going to have the first black president apologize for slavery? Votes: 3

Our black president can't say that he's for gay marriage. That is upsetting to me. Votes: 3

Listen, we've got one little ol' black president, and white folks are upset, but they've had 43. Votes: 3

Wasn't Winston Churchill the first black president of America? There's a statue of him near me... that's black... Votes: 3

With a black president, I can relax... I can dance in public... I can buy a whole watermelon now. Votes: 3

Even the notion that, you know,[Bill] Clinton was the black president strikes me as the greatest irony of all times. Votes: 3

There's no doubt that there's some folks who just really dislike me because they don't like the idea of a black president. Votes: 3

In my wildest dreams, I never would have thought we'd come to the point where were talking about the re-election of a black president. Votes: 3

President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second. Votes: 3

In my wildest dreams, I never would have thought wed come to the point where were talking about the re-election of a black president. Votes: 3

When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest tribute in history. Votes: 3

I don't think that the United States are ready for a presidency as the one of Obama, at least because he would be the first black president. Votes: 3

Is America ready for a black president? Well, I say we just had a retarded one. When did being black become a bigger deterrent than being retarded? Votes: 3

First black president ever, and to be living while it happened - that's a good part of history. That's probably the biggest person I admire right now. Votes: 3

I never thought we'd ever have a black president. President Obama has done such a tremendous job He just has been unable to get what he needs to be moved at the level it should be moved. Votes: 3

Donald Trump first gained political prominence leading the charge for the so-called birthers. He promoted the racist lie that President Obama is not really an American citizen, part of a sustained effort to delegitimize America's first black president. Votes: 3

Fox News reported Thursday that Bill Clinton can't get into any of New York's better golf and country clubs. Not one member has been willing to sponsor him. So it's official, he really is America's first black president. Votes: 3

Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review. Votes: 3

Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.' Votes: 3

Whites who otherwise were able to tolerate a black president, Obama, because on certain issues he appealed to them on substance, Trump was able to reach down into some of those same people and pull out this racism inside them. Votes: 3

I think that having a black president in this country has been a seismic shift, in terms of what has been going on racially in America. I think that America is now engaging with how we have come to this point. Votes: 3

Once one understands that 'racial tensions' is a euphemism for a black animosity toward whites and a left-wing construct, one begins to understand why the election of a black president has had no impact on most blacks or on the left. Votes: 3

It's an important moment. I just feel like I want it to happen tonight, either for myself or Viola [Davis] so we can get past it, so it's not big news anymore. I mean, it is 2015. We have a black president. Votes: 3

(Harry Reid) was wowed by Obama's oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama - a 'light-skinned' African American 'with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one. Votes: 3

You've got the Wall Street situation, the sub-prime situation. You've got a black president. We've got wars. We've got unemployment. But the music doesn't reflect that. And I challenge anybody to show me a music that's on the radio that reflects that. Votes: 3

And of course, in the case of Barack Obama, had he not won primaries - and particularly the heavily important caucus in Iowa - if the public hadn't shown that they were prepared to vote for a black president, we wouldn't have one today. Votes: 3

I know that so many of us hoped that, by electing our first black president, we had turned the page on this chapter in our history. But, despite our best efforts and our highest hopes, America's long struggle with race is far from finished. Votes: 3

Some said America took a step forward electing a black president. In light of the unconstitutiona l expansion of powers, lack of transparency and fueling the fires of unrest that clearly hasn't been the case. Vote based on merits, not to fill a racial quota. Votes: 3

I think it's unfortunate that there exists only one path in America to complete social legitimacy, and that is marriage. I think, for instance, that it would be far easier for Americans to elect a black president or a female president than an unmarried president. Votes: 3

Martin Luther King would celebrate the symbolic status (of having a black president), but he would examine what the real substance was. And if he saw that poor and working people were not at the center of public policy, he would be deeply, deeply upset. Votes: 3

In interviews with dozens of black advisers, friends, donors and allies, few said they had ever heard Mr. Obama muse on the experience of being the first black president of the United States, a role in which every day he renders what was once extraordinary almost ordinary. Votes: 3

The fact that women have been moving forward, that a woman was running for president, that we had a black president - I think there was, without a doubt, a whitelash and a complete backlash against the liberation of women, against the power of people of color. Votes: 3

In 2016, the conversation of the black experience is so broad, and it's very raw. I mean, c'mon, we have a black president. That's a major thing, and there are so many other significant occurrences that have come from the '60s and '70s up to now. Votes: 3

I wonder what it's like to be from a state that is spread across a few islands way out in the Pacific Ocean, only added to the United States in 1959. Not only that but to be the birthplace of America's first black president? Pretty cool, I bet. Votes: 3

White folks are the luckiest people: Finally a black president and he's a behaved one. Went to the best schools, best colleges, never raises his voice. I ran for president in 1968. I tell (audiences) if I won, I would have dug up the Rose Garden and planted watermelon! Votes: 3

[Donald] Trump, for five years, you perpetuated a false claim that the nation's first black president was not a natural-born citizen. You questioned his legitimacy.In the last couple of weeks, you acknowledged what most Americans have accepted for years: The president was born in the United States. Votes: 3

We do have a black president, and that means a lot. People ask, 'What has he done?' What he's done is change the color up, which you see on the screen. When the head of the free world is black, there's got to be some sort of spin-off from it. Votes: 3

Obama sees himself as such a huge change that he can be cautious about other societal changes. But what he doesn't realize is that legalizing gay marriage is like electing a black president. Before you do it, it seems inconceivable. Once it's done, you can't remember what all the fuss was about. Votes: 3

With respect to Barack Obama, let's face it; Barack Obama is an iconic figure in the African-American community. We respect that. We understand that. African-Americans are going to vote for the first black president, especially when he happens to share the liberal politics on economic issues that many in that community hold. Votes: 3

Really, an historic night last night. You may have heard, Barack Obama will be the first black president of the United States of America. ... Obama is also the first Democrat to receive more than 50 percent of the vote since Jimmy Carter, the first senator to be elected since Jack Kennedy, the first Muslim to be ... I said too much. Votes: 3

New Rule: The rest of the world can go back to being completely jealous of America. Our majority white country just freely elected a black president, something no other democracy has ever done. Take that Canada! Where's your nubian warrior president? Your head of state is a boring white dude named Steven Harper, and mine is a kick-ass black ninja named Barack Hussein Obama! Votes: 3

I had great admiration for the election of President Obama. I believe that the U.S. at that moment showed tremendous capacity to show that it is a great nation, and it surprised the world. It may be very difficult to be able to elect a black president in the U.S. - as it was very difficult to elect a woman president in Brazil. Votes: 3

It's not impossible for a woman - a Black woman - to become President. Votes: 2

Two people will never be President in my lifetime. A woman and a black. Votes: 2

Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President. Votes: 2

I don't think President Obama has been that revolutionary in reaching out to ethnic communities. President Reagan did a lot for the black community that people don't realize. Votes: 2

I'm not saying that President Obama should be exempt from criticism, nor do I believe it is some act of racial treason for a black person to hold our president accountable for his actions. Votes: 2

The election, and even the re-election, of a black man as president, in a country that is 87 percent non-black - a first in human history - has had no impact on what are called 'racial tensions.' Votes: 2

Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go on with a list of black men that were qualified to be the president of the United States. So the Obama victory is progress for white people. Votes: 2

There is no doubt that the second President Bush inherited a very serious terrorist threat, though not such a threat as had been represented by the totalitarian Great Powers, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Votes: 2

All the other members of the U.N. were admitted, at the outset or subsequently, but Israel was created by the U.N. as a Jewish state, on the motion of Stalin's ambassador, seconded by President Truman's. Votes: 2

You Weigh How Much You Should Criticize The President Because Hes Black Votes: 0

Is it possible that more black people hate the President than are actually alive? Votes: 0

There's a million white people better qualified than a black man to be president of America. Votes: 0

A black President? Now come on y'all, we got Clinton, that's close. He got negro tendencies. Votes: 0

A black man will be elected President of the United States. I'm sorry, that's in the year 10,000. Votes: 0

President [Barack] Obama has been an unbelievable divider of this country, whether it's rich and poor; white and black. Votes: 0

Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president. Votes: 0

Barack H. Obama is a landmark presidential figure as the first black, multiracial, multicultural president from Hawaii and the Pacific. Votes: 0

We're ready for a real black President - someone like Jay-Z. Obama's fine, just not all black. He's our gateway Negro. Votes: 0

Shirley Chisholm is another one [political hero]. She was a dynamic speaker, and the first black woman to run for President. Votes: 0

Black men - one might be the president. Well, America's in too much trouble - I don't want that job now. Votes: 0

Trump says he wants to run for president. Why not? It wouldn't be the first time he pushed a black family out of their home. Votes: 0

They call me racist too just because I disagree with a President who happens to be black. You are not racists - you are patriots. Votes: 0

The exceptionalism of a black U.S. President is not important to me. It's what he does - and who he has at the table. Votes: 0

A lot of people are wanting him [Barack Obama] to be the president just because he's black. But I think he does have some good views. Votes: 0

We have a black President in the United States. I think the world has matured. It's no longer about colour, but the person in the skin. Votes: 0

I've been a fascinated observer of grand public funerals since I was a kid, starting with the life-altering black-and-white images of President John F. Kennedy's funeral. Votes: 0

Now look at the crowd. We've got everybody here tonight: Black, white, Asian, Latinos—and guess what? President Obama says we can all stay! God Bless America! Votes: 0

I love Obama because he is proof all black people don't look alike. Nobody every told me, 'Good morning, Mr. President.' We don't all look alike. Votes: 0

Mr. Bush is an illegitimate President. In Florida, his brother Jeb deleted many black voters from the electoral registers. So this President is the result of a fraud. Votes: 0

Don't count out Marian Wright Edelman, because there is talk that President Clinton may want to shock the nation by putting a real black on the Supreme Court. Votes: 0

So, to say Barack Obama is progress is saying that he's the first black person that is qualified to be president. That's not black progress. That's white progress. Votes: 0

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American. Votes: 0

Add it all up, and some prominent Obama supporters are now saying that it paints a picture of an opposition driven, in part, by a refusal to accept a black President. Votes: 0

Will Herman Cain become the first black President that I acknowledge? I call him a dark horse because he's an unlikely candidate who surged forward, and not because he's a horse. Votes: 0

It's a new world that's very, very difficult to make sense of. But we have a new hope. We have a new man. America has now elected its first openly black President. Votes: 0