In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, President Obama answered the criticism that he's waited until late in his presidency to forcefully address matters of racial justice. Obama argued that he's "been pretty consistent" throughout his presidency, going on to say that "some of it, I think, is events" and that "if, in my first term, Ferguson had flared up, as president of the United States, I would have been commenting on what was happening in Ferguson."
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