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Tyler Perry’s tribute post for Obama’s birthday Photo: @tylerperry/Instagram
SOURCE: atlantablackstar.com
Tyler Perry had to go back and edit his birthday tribute to Barack Obama after social media users dragged him for erroneously referring to the 44th president as a descendant of slaves.
Perry and the former president are good friends. So, when he wished him happy 62nd birthday on Instagram on Friday, Aug. 4, people were shocked that he forgot that Obama’s Black side was from the motherland and not from the United States.
“This photo was taken at my house. I bought these chairs from an auction because they belonged to Abraham Lincoln. We both sat in them and had a conversation,” he mused.
“I wondered when he freed the slaves could he have imagined that one day a descendant of those slaves would become president of the United States. Only in our America and with all of her flaws… what a great country we live in, and we must fight to keep our democracy,” he said before ending, “Happy Birthday to you President @barackobama.”
The backlash was immediate and prompted him to change “a descendant of those slaves” to “this man” in the caption.
One person applauded the actor for editing his post, “Tyler Perry did the right thing by deleting that hyper-misinformation tweet claiming Obama as a descendant of slavery. Lineage consciousness is critical.”
