President Biden addressed the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Lanham, Maryland on Wednesday, raising many eyebrows and engendering more than a little offense when he referred to the first black governor of the state as \u201cboy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The term \u201cboy\u201d is seen as a racially derogatory term<\/a> used against black men intimating somehow they are not on the same level as white men. The phrase was used by Biden to describe the newly elected Democratic governor of Maryland, Wes Moore, 44, who is a former college football star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou got a hell of a new governor in Wes Moore, I tell ya,\u201d Biden informed the union workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe\u2019s the real deal, and the boy looked like he could still play. He\u2019s got some guns on him,\u201d the president proclaimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Biden made the slur, the audience cheered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is not the first time<\/a> that the president has used the racially-charged term referring to a grown black man as \u201cboy,\u201d according to the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He did it in 2019 in front of a crowd on the campaign trail as he recounted that he worked with James Eastland, who was a Mississippi senator, plantation owner, and an open white supremacist. Eastland resigned as a senator in 1978 and died in 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During that speech, Biden claimed that Eastland respected him, claiming, \u201cHe never called me \u2018boy,\u2019 he always called me \u2018son.’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) chastised Biden at the time for using the word \u201cboy\u201d in reference to black men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Booker stated the use of the term was inappropriate, according to CNN<\/a>, \u201cYou don\u2019t joke about calling black men \u2018boys.’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n That prompted Biden to call Booker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senator\u2019s spokeswoman, Sabrina Singh, stated after the call, \u201cCory shared directly what he said publicly \u2014 including helping Vice President Biden understand why the word \u2018boy\u2019 is painful to so many. Cory believes that Vice President Biden should take responsibility for what he said and apologize to those who were hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Biden snapped in response, \u201cApologize for what? There\u2019s not a racist bone in my body.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Musician Benny S, wearing an \u201cI identify as non-Bidenary\u201d t-shirt on Twitter, proclaimed to his 88,000 followers that the president\u2019s statement was unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhy does Biden get a constant pass with his blatant racism and Democrats\u2026 especially black Democrats just let it slide every time\u2026\u201d he asked. \u201cI have compiled SO many videos of other instances of this it\u2019s ridiculous. Wes Moore even though he\u2019s a Democrat is NOT a boy\u2026 he\u2019s a grown-ass man. The last black man Biden called \u201cboy\u201d quit\u2026. and rightfully so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Biden did it again in 2021 when he referred to Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama, who was 29 at the time, as \u201cboy\u201d according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou\u2019ve got a Japanese boy coming over here and guess what? He won the Masters. He won the Masters. He won the green jacket,\u201d the president told the Japanese prime minister during a press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He did it a third time in October, calling Delaware Senator Chris Coons, a 59-year-old white man, \u201cboy\u201d during a speech on student loan forgiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd Chris Coons, who has the seat I used to hold,\u201d Biden stated. \u201cOnly difference is that he not only has a law degree, he has a divinity degree. The boy can preach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In April, during his remarks on the Safer America Plan, Biden referred to former U.S. Secretary of the Army Patrick Murphy, who is white, as \u201cboy,\u201d according to Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd my buddy, Patrick Murphy, former \u2026 Secretary of the Army as well as a former congressman. And the boy stays in shape, man. Look at him,\u201d Biden remarked at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier in his presidency, Biden also called a black adviser \u201cboy\u201d during a Federal Emergency Management Administration briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n