President Obama acknowledged Wednesday that the United States still has a ways to go on race relations, even though things have improved.
“We’ve got more work to do on race. It is simply not true that things have gotten worse, they haven’t,” Obama said in his final White House press conference. “Things are getting better.”
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Obama said he has more “more confidence” on resolving racial issues in “the next generation.”
“Kids are smarter about it, they’re more tolerant, they are more inclusive by instinct than we are,” he said. “Hopefully my presidency maybe helped that along a little bit.”
Racial issues are also no longer just black and white, Obama explained, adding that other minorities, such as Hispanics, have to be included in the conversation.
“We’re going to have make sure we do a better job of treating everyone with basic respect,” he said.
