Morrissey: Barack Obama is white on the inside

Former Smiths singer criticises president over his response to deaths of black men at police hands

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Morrissey has said that Barack Obama must be "white inside" during an interview in which he told veteran US broadcaster Larry King of his disappointment at the US president's handling of allegations of racist police brutality.

In June, Morrissey told Alternative Nation that Obama "seems to be white inside" because "he doesn't appear to support black people when they need it most". On Wednesday, King asked Morrissey about those comments for his online show.

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