"The notion that
any African would discriminate against anybody because of the color of their
skin, after what black people around the world have gone through, is
crazy," Obama said at the Young African Leaders Initiative summit,
according to a White House pool report. "It is infuriating. And I have no
patience for it."
He also criticized
gender-based discrimination, including practices like female genital mutilation
and bride abduction, which are prevalent in some African countries.
Obama added that it
was time to end prejudice against Africa's LGBT community. "If you're
treating people differently just because of who they love and who they are,
then there's a connection between that mindset and the mindset that led to
racism," he said.
During
a trip to Africa last month that
included a visit to his father's home country, Kenya, Obama said racism and
violence against women "have no place in the 21st century."
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