Barack Obama talks to HBCU students about race and vaccines, tweets video

Former US President Barack Obama tweeted on Monday, sharing a video of his talk with a group of HBCU students. He tweeted, “I recently spoke with a group of HBCU students who are helping folks in their communities get vaccinated. They’re doing amazing work, and have some great advice about how to answer questions and build trust.”

I recently spoke with a group of HBCU students who are helping folks in their communities get vaccinated. They’re doing amazing work, and have some great advice about how to answer questions and build trust.pic.twitter.com/GxOiPtOtpB

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 24, 2021

Barack Obama chatted with HBCU health care students about race, vaccines, and the role Black caregivers play in their communities.

He commenced his delivery by saying, “HBCUs disproportionately produced the Black doctors, and the Black nurses, and health care workers, and public health officials all across the country. And those graduates are far more likely also then to give back to the community and to be providing their expertise and knowledge into underserved communities. Nobody has a bigger interest in putting the pandemic behind us than our communities and our folks.”

He spoke about black representation in the health field and listened to various medical students talk about their experiences of vaccinating people and getting vaccinated themselves. Obama also shared his and wife Michelle Obama’s experience of getting vaccinated.