Lawmaker Maruyama criticized for linking Obama to slaves - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

A Japanese lawmaker is being criticized for saying U.S. President Barack Obama was a descendant of black slaves and so would have been an unthinkable presidential choice in America's early history. Kazuya Maruyama, a lawyer-turned-lawmaker in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party, apologized hours after making the remark at a parliamentary constitutional panel in Tokyo, saying it was misleading

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APIを引いた朝日英文記事：丸山議員の発言が批判の的になったことで安倍政権にはスキャンダラスが続き、政権支持に影響の恐れを示唆しているが、発言は丸山氏個人。引用した黒人奴隷の修辞は今の時代では問題あり。