Biden reminisces about seeing colored kids go to segregated schools in first post-presidency speech

Former President Joe Biden referred to black children as “colored kids” Tuesday as he explained what motivated him to get involved in politics during his first public remarks since leaving office.Biden, 82, used the outdated and offensive term while telling an anecdote about his childhood move from Scranton, Pa., to Wilmington, Del., in which he noted that before his family relocated to The First State, he’d “never seen hardly any black people.”“I was only going in fourth grade,” he said as he recalled his mother driving him to Catholic school in Wilmington.“And I remember seeing kids going by, at the time called ‘colored kids,’ on a bus go by — they never turned right to go to Claymont High School.”Biden said learning that black children were not allowed to attend public school with white students “sparked my sense of outrage as a kid.”The 46th president’s remarks at the Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled (ACRD) conference in Chicago largely centered on Social Security.“Social Security is more than a government program.

It’s a sacred promise,” Biden argued, before accusing Republicans in Congress of wanting to “cut and gut” the program that provides benefits to retired Americans.“Who the hell do they think they are?” an enraged Biden said before pulling back.“I will not go further.I’ll get in trouble,” he said.Biden didn’t refer to President Trump by name during his roughly 30-minute speech, the first since the end of his presidency in January.However, the former commander in chief did allude to claims of fraud in Social Security that have been made by Trump and Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk.“Those 300-year-old folk getting that Social Security, I want to meet them,” Biden joked.

“I’d like to figure out how they live that long.”“Hell of a thing, man.I’m looking for longevity.”The speech got off to an awkward start, as Biden took the podium and spoke ...