This is being called a 'Beer summit'. President Obama is said to not be announcing anything toward racial profiling and will not speak to the press, although they will be allowed to take pictures. The President is hoping that this will foster a dialogue by getting the men together, the arresting officer and the Presidents friend a Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. It is said he will not address the night in question. But instead it will be a more casual setting a meeting at the picnic table at the White House. The arrest sparked a national debate about race, class and police attitudes toward minorities. The President quickly got involved, commenting at a news conference that the police acted "stupidly".
An because he is President that word rang accross the world. I am sure that he had no other choice but to comment because of all the minorities that back him with his election. It is just sad that he selected that word. It is also saddening that he has to take this much time out of his business scheduled to address this.
(http://www.printthis.clicability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title-Obama%2C+prof%2C+cop...)
Week 9
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