Obama backs student protests at University of Missouri

The school’s football team, with the support of its coaches, said it would not play until Wolfe resigned.

In an interview with Stephanopoulos past year, Obama said that Clinton would make a “great” president if she chose to launch a bid for the White House. “I don’t want you to think that a display of your strength is simply shutting other people up”.

“I want an activist student body just like I want an activist citizenry, and the issue is just making sure that even as these young people are getting engaged, getting involved, speaking out that they’re also listening”, Obama told Stephanopoulos, according to The Kansas City Star.

“Does that put more of a burden on minority students?… It may put a slightly higher burden on them”, he added.

President Obama said students wanting to change society have to be courageous and protest in a thoughtful and peaceful way.

The 44th United States President is no stranger to racism or prejudice, in fact, Obama admits to having discussions about the topics with his family around the dinner table. I want you to be somebody who’s strong and sees themselves as somebody who’s looking out for the vulnerable’.

“I’ve heard of a few college campuses where they don’t want to have a guest speaker who is too conservative or they don’t want to read a book if it has language that is offensive to African-Americans or somehow sends a demeaning signal toward women”, Obama said.

He said it’s very important for protesters to “be able to listen” because if you feel threatened by dissenting ideas, that’s a “recipe for dogmatism and I think you’re not gonna be as effective”. However, he added that being an activist also “involves hearing the other side”.

“And, you know, I tell you, I trust Malia in an argument”, the president concluded. At a town hall event on September 14, the president told an audience that speakers should be allowed to give speeches on college campuses, even if students don’t like what they’ll say.