After my election there was talk of a postracial America. And such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic.
Barack ObamaWe consume about 25 percent of the world's oil. We only have 2 percent of the reserves.
Barack ObamaIf we got there and we looked up and we said, "You know what? Black folks are still doing a little bit worse off than whites, but it's not like it was 20 years ago," then we can have a discussion about how do we get that last little bit. But that's a high-class problem to have.
Barack Obama