Folks:
At the risk of appearing like I am defending Dr. Ben Carson, I have to note that I took some time to watch the video clip below and no where in that clip he did say say what he is quoted as saying. So unless he there is another video or substantiated claim of him confirming that claim, I would say that there is at-least reasonable doubt that he said "Before Obama, people barely noticed skin color; that goes back 150 years. Blacks were happy and grateful for what we were given."
Hence, borrowing from Prof. Boloji Aluko, I would say that this is most likely a case of the news being embellished negatively.
On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 5:08 AM, Cornelius Hamelberg <corneliushamelberg@gmail.com> wrote:
--It's outrageous that a Black man could see and if he wasn't a brain surgeon you'd think that he had a screw or two loose, up there. And this man wants to be elected president of the United States?
"Before Obama, people barely noticed skin color; that goes back 150 years. Blacks were happy and grateful for what we were given." (Benjamin Carson)
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