The biracial sports reporter said, “Barack Obama chose black, and he’s biracial.
I’m like, ‘Well, congratulations to the president.’
That’s his thing.
But hey, you do you.
I’m gonna do me.”
In June 2022, theDaily Mailreported that ESPN had offered her a $501,000 settlement, which was refused.
Sage didn’t offer further details of her settlement.
I’m proud of it" (viaNBC News).
But despite Obama identifying with the black community, this was not always reciprocated.
She said, “American blacks don’t have a monopoly on blackness or suffering.
We black immigrants and children of immigrants are also often stopped by police for driving while black.”
If anything, these issues became more public.
In 2012, a company called Stumpy’s Stickers offered stickers reading: “Don’t Re-Nig In 2012.
Don’t re-elect Obama!”
Obama also faced the birther conspiracy theory before, during, and after his tenure.
