Obama: 'No black male my age' hasn't been taken for a valet

Obama: &#039;No black male my age&#039; hasn&#039;t been taken for a valet

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last updated 8 January 2015

In a new interview with People magazine, Barack and Michelle Obama share their experiences with racial prejudice in America.

"There's no black male my age who's a professional who hasn't come out of a restaurant and is waiting for their car and somebody didn't hand them their car keys," President Obama told People. He added that he himself has been mistaken for a valet, while Michelle added that someone asked him to get coffee while he "was wearing a tuxedo at a black-tie dinner."