“We have to be persistent,” Obama said in the BET interview. “Typically, progress is in steps. It’s in increments. When you’re dealing with something as deeply rooted as racism or bias in any society you’ve got to have vigilance but you have to recognize it will take some time and you have to be steady so you don’t give up when we don’t get all the way there.” - The president has resisted calls from some African American leaders to visit Ferguson or to deliver a major speech on race. Obama instead held a series of meetings Monday with cabinet members, community officials and youth leaders at the White House, during which he announced the creation of a task force chaired by Philadelphia Police Chief Charles Ramsey.
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