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		</div><p>Former president Barack Obama has criticised some officials overseeing the coronavirus response, telling college graduates that the pandemic shows many <i>“aren’t even pretending to be in charge.”</i></p>
<p>Mr Obama spoke on Show Me Your Walk, HBCU Edition, a two-hour livestreaming event for historically black colleges and universities broadcast on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.</p>
<p>His remarks were surprisingly political and touched on current events beyond the virus and its <a href="https://londonglossy.com/us-unemployment-rate-soars-to-14-7/"><u>social and economic impacts</u></a>.</p>
<p><i>“More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing,”</i> he said.</p>
<p><i>“A lot them aren’t even pretending to be in charge.”</i></p>
<p>Mr Obama did not name President Donald Trump or any other federal or state officials.</p>
<p>As he congratulated graduates and commiserated over the difficult world they face, the former president noted the February shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, who was killed while jogging on a residential street in Georgia.</p>
<p><i>“Let’s be honest: A disease like this just spotlights the underlying inequalities and extra burdens that black communicates have historically had to deal with in this country,”</i> Mr Obama said.</p>
<p><i>“We see it in the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on our communities, just as we see it when a black man goes for a jog and some folks feel like they can stop and question and shoot him if he doesn’t submit to their questioning.”</i></p>
<p>Mr Obama will also deliver a televised prime-time commencement address for the high school Class of 2020 during an hour-long event that will also feature LeBron James, Malala Yousafzai and Ben Platt, among others.</p>
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