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The White House stands by President Obama’s use of the n-word in his interview on the WTF podcast_ --- Jul 27, 2023 6:27 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Watch: President Obama 'Appreciates' The First Lady's Curves](/video/mxW0Vkqd/) ### Watch: President Obama 'Appreciates' The First Lady's Curves [Porsche Denies Negligence In Paul Walker's Death](/video/bCObZYQv/) ### Porsche Denies Negligence In Paul Walker's Death [Paul Walker Leaves $25 Million Fortune To Daughter](/video/1JDTwoIb/) ### Paul Walker Leaves $25 Million Fortune To Daughter --- ## Transcript His use of the n- word has created some stir in social media, and, which was part of the President's broader and deeper discussion of racism. But I wonder if his use of that was intended to be provocative, and given the reaction Direction does he in any way regret using? He does not. The presidents use of the word and the reason that he used the word could not be more apparent from the context of his discussion on podcast. The president made clear that it's not possible to judge nations progress on race issues. Based solely on an evaluation of our country's manners. The fact is that we've made undeniable progress in this country over the last several decades, and as the president himself has often said, anyone who lived in this country through the 50s and the 60s and the 70s In the 80s notes the tremendous progress that we've made. That progress is undeniable. But what's also undeniable is that there is more work that needs to be done and there's more that we can do and the fact is everyone in this country should take some inspiration from the progress that was made In the previous generation, and use that as a motivation and an inspiration to try to make further progress toward a more perfect union. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"White House Defends Obama's Use of the N-Word in Interview","description":"The White House stands by President Obama’s use of the n-word in his interview on the WTF podcast","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/RXy7N3ej/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T21:42:38.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/RXy7N3ej.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/RXy7N3ej/","duration":"PT1M23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/RXy7N3ej/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```