Charles Barkley To CNN’s Burnett: When People Talk Race, They Assume ‘It’s Only White People Who Are Racist’

Charles Barkley sat down with CNN’s Erin Burnett tonight for a wide-ranging conversation on the George Zimmerman trial and President Obama‘s remarks today about Trayvon Martin. Barkley maintained that he agrees with the verdict, and echoed sentiments made Friday afternoon by President Obama talking about his own experiences as a black man. Barkley told Burnett that too often when the country has a conversation about race, there’s a general and inaccurate assumption that white people are the only racist ones.

Barkley added onto what Obama said about the unique experience of black men, pointing out that the country never discusses race “until something bad happens, and when we do, “everyone protects their own tribe.” He also told Burnett, “When people talk about race, they always want to act like it’s only white people who are racist,” noting that it’s possible for black people to be racist too.

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