MSNBC’s Dyson: Obama’s Use of the N-Word ‘Payoff’ for Being Pressed on Race

‘Look, those of us who have been pressing President Obama to speak more explicitly and more articulately about race, this is part of the payoff’

Michael Eric Dyson: Obama's Use Of The N-Word "Payoff" For Those Of Us Who Have Been Pressing Him On Race (RealClearPolitics)

On MSNBC this morning, network contributor Michael Eric Dyson reacted to President Obama saying the n-word in an interview with comedian and podcaster Marc Maron. Dyson called Obama's comments an example of President Obama speaking "more articulately about race." Dyson called it a "payoff" for those pushing Obama to speak more explicitly about race.

"Those of us who have been pressing President Obama to speak more explicitly and more articulately about race, this is part of the payoff," Dyson said.

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