Tipsheet

"A Typical White Person"

As we wait for President Obama to speak in Ohio about jobs, the economy and his personal connection to hard times when he was raised by his grandmother, let's look back at an audio clip from then candidate Barack Obama on the campaign trail in 2008.

"She is a typical white person who if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, there is a reaction that has been bred into our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way. That's just the nature of race in our society."

Stranger danger!