<p>Let’s be honest for a second. Even if you’re not an <strong><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba-t19117" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBA</a> fan </strong>or a basketball fan, <strong>you know who <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/shaq-threatens-to-punch-scottie-pippen-for-his-comments-on-michael-jordan-20211124-0005.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shaquille O’Neal</a> is. </strong>Moreover, you can recognize the<strong> <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/los-angeles-lakers-t101482" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Lakers</a> legend</strong> even if you’re two blocks away.</p>
<p>But even for someone as famous, wealthy, and influential as <em>The Big Diesel, </em>there are still limits and boundaries. And getting close to the <strong>President of the United States </strong>is one of the few that pop to mind.</p>
<p>That’s why the four-time <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/nba-finals-all-nba-champions-by-year-20210701-0003.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>NBA Champion</strong></a> had such a tough time trying to give his shoes to former POTUS<strong> Barack Obama</strong>, as he recently said in an interview for Complex’s Sneaker Shopping.</p>
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<h2>Shaq Tried To Meet Barack Obama And Failed Twice</h2>
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<p><em><strong>“I was in the area. I was there. What happened was I was there but I didn’t have clearance. And I didn’t want to use my powers.</strong> Because I wanted to hand-deliver him the shoe. I met him but I didn’t meet him. One time I was in DC and I tried to flex my powers. Went to the gate. ‘Hey, tell Obama Shaq is here. I showed them my police badge. They said ‘Shaq we love you’ but all this. So as I’m walking away, I get a phone call from a strange number.<strong> I say ‘hello’? It’s the president. I said ‘Mr. Obama, how’d you get my number?’. He said ‘Come on, Shaq, I’m the President’.”</strong></em></p>
<p><strong><em>“… I finally met him. He invited me to this thing he did at the White House. But I was 0-2 in just trying to use my powers to meet him.”</em></strong></p>
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<p>Imagine Shaq going through this just to get to know YOU. I mean, it just doesn’t get any cooler than that. That’s how you knowthat <strong>you have the best job in the world.</strong></p>

Shaq tells the story of how Barack Obama messed him up twice

Shaq tells the story of how Barack Obama messed him up twice - Bolavip US

<p>Ever since he made it to the <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/nba-t19117" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>NBA</strong></a> in 2003, <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/lebron-james-t92259" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>LeBron James</strong></a> has always been an advocate for racial equality and a <strong>leader for the African American community.</strong> Obviously, that has earned him a lot of fans and also plenty of detractors.</p>
<p>The King, however, just doesn’t seem to care about what people think or say of him when it comes to his work off the court, and he continues to commit money, time, and efforts <strong>to the fight against racism and social injustice.</strong></p>
<p>That’s why he invited former President <strong>Barack Obama </strong>to his show <strong>‘The Shop’ by HBO to </strong>discuss the roots of racism in America and the next steps in the fight against racism ahead of the upcoming election.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The 2020 season made <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KingJames</a> question everything. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheShopHBO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheShopHBO</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hbomax?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hbomax</a> <a href="https://t.co/5ypoZdDyBH">pic.twitter.com/5ypoZdDyBH</a></p>
<p> — UNINTERRUPTED (@uninterrupted)    <a href="https://twitter.com/uninterrupted/status/1322344266404753408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2020</a>   </p></blockquote></div>
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<h2>Barack Obama Explains The Roots Of Racism In America on LeBron James’ Show ‘The Shop’</h2>
<p><em>“<strong>The roots of racism in this country is deep.</strong> The psychology of it has lessened, but it never fully went away. The legacy of slavery and Jim Crow means that we started the race behind, with respect to resources in our communities, the way the criminal justice set-up, and lack of representation in corporate America,”</em> Obama said.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">“The idea that you would just stop and give up is something that would be a betrayal to our ancestors.” <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BarackObama</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KingJames</a> why it’s our obligation to continue the fight for equality <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheShopHBO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheShopHBO</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hbomax?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hbomax</a> <a href="https://t.co/OaNFnVUkgb">pic.twitter.com/OaNFnVUkgb</a></p>
<p> — UNINTERRUPTED (@uninterrupted)    <a href="https://twitter.com/uninterrupted/status/1322347104988098561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2020</a>   </p></blockquote></div>
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<p><em>“All those things didn’t just go away. They built up over 400 years, they weren’tgonna go away in just 50 years, let’s say my lifetime. We could say that, each time we took two steps forward there was gonna be some pushback. Because there are forces in our society that don’t wanna give us status and privilege. <strong>They don’t want a level playing field,”</strong> </em>Obama continued.</p>
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<h2>Barack Obama Shares Advises With LeBron James Over Fighting Racism</h2>
<p><em>“The key is to be able to sustain both our spirits, our hope, and our focus and, we vote, we get a win like the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act. We consolidate that power and then we go at it, all over again. To go after the next injustice. And sometimes it gets exhausting and sometimes it doesn’t feel fair. But the idea that you would just stop and give up is something that<strong> would be a betrayal to our ancestors.</strong> It would be a betrayal to all the folks. Black and white, and Latino, and Asian who fought to allow us to be able to sit here,”</em> the former POTUS concluded.</p>
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<p>LeBron James has been <strong>an outspoken detractor of <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/donald-trump-t132193" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a></strong> and the POTUS hasn’t shied away from the fight either. They’ve been trading jabs for some time now and that’s only going to get more heated as election day comes. Still, whether you like LeBron or not as a person or as a player, his commitment as a philanthropist and activist is just remarkable.</p>

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