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Barack Obama tan suit controversy
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this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2026
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He was talking about serious things and tan is an unserious color. It's never okay for a president to act unserious unless he's a white male Republican, in which case it's fine.
Racism is the context, the justification, and the motive. It's not really much more than that.
I understand that Republicans are racist and use racism as a weapon. But "tan is an unserious color" is the kind of context I was looking for and helps me understand what they're even basing their attack on. Thanks!