"This is not just a black issue." —President Obama
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"I just ask folks to step back and think, 'What if this happened to someone in your family? How would you feel?" —Obama
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"We have some tough history and we haven't gotten through all of that yet." —Obama
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Obama adds that the "vestiges" of racism won't disappear in his lifetime, and it's unlikely to disappear in his daughters' lifetimes.
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