Morphine Prince 109,656 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese lawmaker who said US President Barack Obama carried the "blood of ... slaves" was under pressure to explain himself Thursday after his remarks sparked uproar. Kazuya Maruyama, a legislator from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party, was attempting to highlight the dynamism of US society while speaking in parliament in Tokyo when he made the remarks, which instantly backfired. "Now in the United States, a black man serves as president," Maruyama told lawmakers on Wednesday, adding that Obama "carries the blood of black people. "This means slaves, to put it bluntly." He then described as "unthinkable" at the time of the founding of the United States more than two centuries ago the idea that a black man could become president. "It is a nation that transforms itself in dynamic ways," he concluded, praising the power of the country to change. Obama is not a descendant of slaves but rather the son of a white mother from Kansas and a black Kenyan father who went to US as a student. Maruyama, when approached by reporters shortly after the parliament hearing, apologised and said he would ask for his remarks to be omitted from the official records. He said he was trying to argue that Japan must learn from the United States and had not been aware of the tone of his comments, according to local media. Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/japan-ruling-party-defensive-over-obama-slave-133515651.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I understand what he meant but generalizing all black people as descendants from slaves is the equivalent to me saying he carries the blood of people who bombed Pearl Harbor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv u Sum 2,535 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 2 minutes ago, BoysBoysBoys652 said: I understand what he meant but generalizing all black people as descendants from slaves is the equivalent to me saying he carries the blood of people who bombed Pearl Harbor The sad thing is that he would enjoy that... I agree tho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neight Shayde 7,925 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 not surprised. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auro 1,829 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Nnnn it's a nice idea about how a country can change but then he ruins it with the slave comment He/They Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsn 1,669 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I mean his intention was good but lmao oops Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarstruckIllusion 53,564 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 This sounds like he's personally attacking Obama himself… I bet he has never even visited Japan smh. That law maker needa to chill. EDIT: ignore this I misunderstood the title. thats a messy generalization, pretty sure not every single black person was snatched up from Africa and turned a slave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizzily 14,571 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Welp Inside my head I have the best time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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