That is outrageous, pulse.
After I made my other post I had the further thought, what if he was a black man who was believed to be from the UK and it was suggested that he go back there? Or a black man from any nation that's perceived to be "white." Because Kenya is perceived to be a "black" nation the remark was considered a racist insult. making the perception racist though not neccesarily the suggestion. GAK meant well, but this is a persistant problem with our "beloved" president - many statements critical of him are percieved to be racist while in fact are just critical statements, statements that would not be thought to be racist in any way if they were made about a white man. This is true in general about race relations in this country. Most of the old prejudices have been left behind but there's a big chip on the shoulder of many folks of color that just won't let them go, and there are too many folks not of color going overboard in their attempts to tilt the scales to give people of color a more favorable review when in fact their review is most often not racially motivated at all. It's called political correctness, or using the race card and causes more problems that it solves.