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Shockingly, Obama refers to himself as a "mutt" as a mixed race person.This is a very foolish gaffe that undercuts him and his stature as POTUS. His use of this term in reference to himself removes the taboo from it and gives permission for others to do so as well.
Worse yet, it will stick with him and be used against him by Europeans, Asians, Latinos, and even Africans that disdain interracial mixing.
It's a big mistake. The first of many because he's clearly not disciplined enough in his public speech.
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'Most shelter dogs are mutts like me': Obama defies political correctness at press conference
Barack Obama referred to himself as a 'mutt' last night in his first press conference since being elected America's first black president.
The president-elect brought up his own mixed race roots while talking about the type of puppy he'd promised his daughters for their move to the White House.
Although the focus of his first public appearance since Tuesday night's historic triumph was the economy, Mr Obama astounded observers by defying political correctness to explain his doggy dilemma.
He joked that after promising his daughters a dog in his acceptance speech, the choice of pooch has become a 'major' issue in the Obama household.
Saying that daughter Malia, 10, is allergic to dogs, they are considering a hypoallergenic breed.
But in a reference to his own identity as the son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, he added: 'Our preference is to get a shelter dog, but most shelter dogs are mutts like me.'
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