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Roland slams Ezra Klein, Ben Shapiro for discussion on Obama, race and racist Republicans

2025-09-20 News & Politics
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Roland Martin Slams Ezra Klein and Ben Shapiro for Distorting History on Obama and White Backlash

Understand the historical pattern: White backlash always follows Black progress, a truth obscured by current media narratives that Roland Martin deconstructs by analyzing interviews with Ezra Klein and Ben Shapiro.

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  • Confront the media fantasy that characterized Obama’s presidency as a "post-racial" moment.
  • Recognize the predictable historical pattern where conservative opposition immediately follows significant Black achievement.
  • Identify how mainstream and right-wing commentators fail to challenge misleading narratives about Presidential statements on race.

This segment analyzes specific media interactions surrounding Barack Obama’s presidency to reveal underlying racial dynamics. Roland Martin employs historical precedent—noting that white resentment consistently surfaces after Black advancement—to contextualize the failures of figures like Ben Shapiro and Ezra Klein to maintain intellectual honesty during discussions on race. This offers crucial insight into the roots of contemporary political polarization.

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Roland slams Ezra Klein, Ben Shapiro for discussion on Obama, race and racist Republicans Roland Martin directly confronts the dishonest narratives pushed by Ezra Klein and Ben Shapiro around President Barack Obama, race, and the reaction of racist Republicans. He highlights how white backlash has always followed Black progress, with Obama’s presidency serving as clear proof of this historical pattern. From media fantasies about a “post-racial America” to resentment over Obama’s willingness to tell the truth about America’s racist history, Roland underscores the raw hypocrisy at play. The discussion makes clear that Trump’s rise was rooted in the same backlash against Obama and the progress he represented. 🔥 Roland calls out Ezra Klein and Ben Shapiro’s distortion of Obama’s presidency 🔥 “White backlash always follows Black progress — Obama proved it” 🔥 Post-racial America was a lie — a white media fantasy, not Black reality 🔥 Trump’s rise exposed the backlash rooted in resentment of Obama’s truth-telling #Obama #RolandMartinUnfiltered #BlackStarNetwork #WhiteBacklash #PostRacialLie Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjXB7nX8bL2U2sje8d212Yw/join Support #RolandMartinUnfiltered and #BlackStarNetwork 👉🏾 Use Cash App by visiting Stripe https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3ccgYyfSQ8y45kl 👉🏾 PayPal ☛ https://www.paypal.me/rmartinunfiltered Venmo ☛https://venmo.com/rmunfiltered Zelle ☛ [email protected] Annual or monthly recurring #BringTheFunk Fan Club membership via paypal ☛ https://rolandsmartin.com/rmu-paypal/ Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox 👉🏾 http://www.blackstarnetwork.com #RolandMartinUnfiltered and the #BlackStarNetwork are news reporting platforms covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.

Top Comments (10)

@BeybladeStar01 2025-09-20

This is the problem with mainstream media. They always platform people who do not need to be platformed.

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@mrachel4946 2025-09-21

Why dissect Obama's every word instead of dissecting the words of their own people who have actually caused direct harm.

121 8 replies
@vivpace7049 2025-09-21

If it weren't for Roland, we wouldn't know the truth about anything or anybody. Thank you, Roland. You have been blessed with absolute recall of many many years.

108 6 replies
@fallsconsulting 2025-09-21

Roland!!! Keep it going. It is important that you clear it up!! Great job!!!!👏🏽

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@MrExBearPoker 2025-09-21

I don't understand why this is conversation after what they did to the police at the capital

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@darlasaling3880 2025-09-21

Again a wonderful and infomiñtive program! Obama was one of the most intelligent, informed and kind President we ever had. He still is a bright light today. This is coming from a 79 yr old white grandma.

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@lawrencegambrell4293 2025-09-21

Outstanding job Roland!!

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@CapricornQueen7425 2025-09-21

The conservative right hates the truth. Ezra Klein clearly doesn't have the bandwidth for this conversation.

32 1 replies
@paperbagbrown2026 2025-09-21

Roland, I have nothing to say except keep going, please

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@reginaldbowden5785 2025-11-07

Tell them Roland, about American history...

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