Ben Carson has said worse.
According to The Washington Times (10/11/13), Carson said that Obamacare is "the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery…" in that year's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. Imagine that from not an African-American, but a trained medical doctor to a blood thirsty ideology driven audience. Did Carson say who blacks are happy with and grateful to "for what they were given" Does he know that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others on all sides lived? Is knowledge of history his problem? I wonder.
Specific audience targeted hyperbolic statements might just be his stock in trade. Everyone must make up their minds about whether or not he believes them.
From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of kenneth harrow
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 10:12 AM
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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Dr. Ben Carson on the race issue in the US
he really said this? amazing. no wonder white conservatives like him.
On 9/25/15 6:08 AM, Cornelius Hamelberg 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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