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"Why do you only see me as an African American, Bill? That troubles me. I'm an American."

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Ouch. Tell it like it is, Colin Powell! As the Huffington Post reports, the quote above was his response to a line of questioning from Fox News' Bill O'Reilly, who was "perplexed" about how the former secretary of state could possibly vote for President Obama when "his economic plan hasn't worked among African Americans."

Watch the entire exchange here and let us know whether you think there's hope of O'Reilly ever becoming less "perplexed" when it comes to matters of race.

Read more at the Huffington Post.

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