Absolutely suffered racism while President: Barack Obama
December 09, 2016  20:08
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US President Obama has said he absolutely has been the victim of racism during his time in office.

The US President suggested the criticism he faced from whites in Southern states was a result of the colour of his skin.

He told CNN: "There's a reason why attitudes about my presidency among whites in Northern states are very different from whites in Southern states.

Are there folks whose primary concern about me has been that I seem foreign, the other? Are those who champion the "birther" movement feeding off of bias? Absolutely.

Racism was not a major element of mainstream Republican opposition to his presidency but was an issue on the political fringe, he added.

Obama has faced repeated questions about whether he was born in the US despite there being no evidence he was not. 

US President-elect Donald Trump is among those who suggested Obama is not really American and that his birth certificate is a fake.
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