President Joe Biden made a head-scratching remark during a Black History Month event at the White House on Monday when he declared that he was not stupid despite being a “white boy.”
“We hosted a screening because it’s important to say from the White House, for the entire country to hear, history matters. History matters, and black history matters,” Biden told the audience while reflecting on his screening of the movie “Till” earlier this month. “We can’t just choose to learn what we want to know. We learn what we should know, to learn everything, the good, the bad, the truth of who we are as a nation. That’s what great nations do, and we are a great nation.”
Biden then referenced a group of African-American sororities called the “Divine Nine,” saying, “I may be a white boy, but I’m not stupid.”
“I know where the power is … you think I’m joking,” Biden continued. “I learned a long time ago about the Divine Nine.”
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Do this math:
Biden in 2019: “Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.”
Biden today: “I may be a white boy, but I'm not stupid.”
What is he trying to say? pic.twitter.com/mtIOHzps21
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) February 27, 2023
Social media users commented on the bizarre nature of Biden’s remarks and noted past controversial racial remarks that have landed him in hot water.
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In August 2019, Biden said, “poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids” while talking about education.
“We should challenge these students, we should challenge students in these schools and have advance placement programs in these schools,” Biden said. “We have this notion that somehow if you’re poor, you cannot do it. Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.”
Yet another entry added to the long list of Joe Biden's career of gaffes.
Today in Iowa, Joe Biden said, “Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.”pic.twitter.com/3uUvSK3Xwv
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 9, 2019
Biden also said during an interview amid the 2020 presidential race that “if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”