A Very Racist Remark From The First Lady Obama

Posted: 7/26/2016 Updated: 7/28/2016, 7/27/2016

Trigger

During her speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she said “Slaves built the White House”.

I think this remark was racist in nature and expressed some form of supremacy!

It was a cheap slogan fishing for black votes!

This incredibly careless remark was made shortly after several police officers were killed by armed, black Americans!

Why Racist?

Had a white First Lady uttered the White House was built by whites, a storm of protest would have immediately ensued.

Why supremacist? If you think that only white people are supremacist towards other colored people, your ignorance maybe forgiven.

A Highly Inaccurate Remark

Sources:

1. http://www.snopes.com/was-the-white-house-built-by-slaves/
2. The White House Was, in Fact, Built by Slaves  Along with the Capitol and other iconic buildings in Washington, D.C. (Politically correct Smithsonian Institution repeats the inaccuracies or racist remark in the article headline)
3. https://www.whitehousehistory.org/questions/did-slaves-build-the-white-house

What we know:

1. Nobody knows exactly who and how many people worked on the White House.
2. To start with, the architect, James Hoban, was white.
3. George Washington was reported to have objected using slaves to built the White House as it would reflect badly on the new republic
4. Initially it was planned to import workers from Europe to meet labor needs. However, response to recruitment was dismal. Only then were slaves recruited to help build the White House.
5. About ⅔ of the total workforce about 600 workers were black slaves
6. About 50 workers were freed black Americans
7. That leaves about 150 of all workers who were not black. “... a workforce that included local white laborers and artisans from Maryland and Virginia, as well as immigrants from Ireland, Scotland, and other European nations.”