Former US President Barack Obama on Tuesday (local time) said that he once broke a schoolmate's nose after the then-friend used a racial slur during a locker room fight. We played basketball together," Obama told the "Born in the USA" singer during a wide-ranging conversation on race. The country's first Black President added with a laugh, "And I remember I popped him in the face and broke his nose. "That basic psychology that then gets institutionalized is used to justify dehumanizing somebody, taking advantage of 'em, cheatin' 'em, stealin' from 'em, killin' 'em, raping 'em," The Hill quoted Obama as saying. He evoked a racial slur in a 2015 interview to warn that America is not "cured" of racism.

Source: Mint February 24, 2021 06:00 UTC