Obamas Discuss Experiences Facing Racism In New Interview...This Will Make You Mad [VIDEO] Recently, Barack and Michelle Obama sat down with People Magazine to discuss the racism that theyve both faced in the past. Michelle revealed that she and the president both were victims of racism before moving into the White House. I think people forget that weve lived in the White House for six years, Michelle told the magazine. Before that, Barack Obama was a black man that lived on the South Side of Chicago, who had his share of troubles catching cabs. She went on to describe an experience in which she was shopping at Target and someone asked her for help, assuming she worked there. During that wonderfully publicized trip I took to Target, not highly disguised, the only person who came up to me in the store was a woman who asked me to help her take something off a shelf, Michelle said. Those kinds of things happen in life. Theres no black male my age, whos a professional, who hasnt come out of a restaurant and is waiting for their car and somebody didnt hand them their car keys, President Obama claimed. The small irritations or indignities that we experience are nothing compared to what a previous generation experienced. Its one thing for me to be mistaken for a waiter at a gala. Its another thing for my son to be mistaken for a robber and to be handcuffed, or worse, if he happens to be walking down the street. What do you think of the Obamas comments? Do the incidents they describe have anything to do with race, or do they happen to all of us? 