Don Lemon: You Weigh How Much to Criticize Obama 'Because He's Black'

Immediately following President Barack Obama’s announcement of his “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, a partnership with businesses and nonprofits promote greater opportunity for young minority men, CNN anchor Don Lemon said, “When you are the first of anything there is a bigger responsibly put on you. He is a spectacle in a way, everyone is looking to hit him everyone is looking to punch him and I understand that, and as journalist you weigh how much you should criticize the president, because he’s black, but then you have to do it because ultimately you’re a journalist.”