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Donald Trump’sRacism:
The Definitive List
Let’s not stop with @SteveKingIA
Strip Trump Of His Position
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Donald Trump’sRacism:
The Definitive List
Let’s not stop with @SteveKingIA
Strip Trump Of His Position
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Trump’s Racism /1
The New York Years—
Trump’s real-estate company tried to avoid renting apartments to African-Americans in the 1970s and gave preferential treatment to whites, according to the federal government.
The New York Years—
Trump’s real-estate company tried to avoid renting apartments to African-Americans in the 1970s and gave preferential treatment to whites, according to the federal government.
Trump’s Racism /2
Trump treated black employees at his casinos differently from whites..Trump criticized a black accountant: “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. … I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks.”
Trump treated black employees at his casinos differently from whites..Trump criticized a black accountant: “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. … I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks.”
Trump’s Racism /3
In 1989, Trump took out ads in NY newspapers urging the death penalty for five black & Latino teenagers accused of raping a white woman in Central Park; he argued they were guilty as late as October 2016, more than 10 years after DNA evidence had exonerated them
In 1989, Trump took out ads in NY newspapers urging the death penalty for five black & Latino teenagers accused of raping a white woman in Central Park; he argued they were guilty as late as October 2016, more than 10 years after DNA evidence had exonerated them
Trump’s Racism /5
An Obsession With Dark-Skinned Immigrants
He began his 2016 presidential campaign with a speech disparaging Mexican immigrants as criminals and “rapists.”
An Obsession With Dark-Skinned Immigrants
He began his 2016 presidential campaign with a speech disparaging Mexican immigrants as criminals and “rapists.”
Trump’s Racism /6
He uses the gang MS-13 to disparage all immigrants. Among many other statements, he has suggested that Obama’s protection of the Dreamers — otherwise law-abiding immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children — contributed to the spread of MS-13.
He uses the gang MS-13 to disparage all immigrants. Among many other statements, he has suggested that Obama’s protection of the Dreamers — otherwise law-abiding immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children — contributed to the spread of MS-13.
Trump’s Racism /7
In December 2015, Trump called for a “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” including refusing to readmit Muslim-American citizens who were outside of the country at the time.
In December 2015, Trump called for a “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” including refusing to readmit Muslim-American citizens who were outside of the country at the time.
Trump’s Racism /8
Trump said a federal judge hearing a case about Trump University was biased because of the judge’s Mexican heritage.
Trump said a federal judge hearing a case about Trump University was biased because of the judge’s Mexican heritage.
Trump’s Racism /9
In June 2017, Trump said 15,000 recent immigrants from Haiti “all have AIDS” and that 40,000 Nigerians, once seeing the United States, would never “go back to their huts” in Africa.
In June 2017, Trump said 15,000 recent immigrants from Haiti “all have AIDS” and that 40,000 Nigerians, once seeing the United States, would never “go back to their huts” in Africa.
Trump’s Racism /10
At the White House on Jan. 11, Trump vulgarly called for less immigration from Haiti and Africa and more from Norway.
At the White House on Jan. 11, Trump vulgarly called for less immigration from Haiti and Africa and more from Norway.
Trump’s Racism /11
Obama As Unqualified, Lazy
and Un-American—
He spent years declaring that the nation’s first black president was born not in the United States but in Kenya, a knowing lie for which Trump still has not apologized.
Obama As Unqualified, Lazy
and Un-American—
He spent years declaring that the nation’s first black president was born not in the United States but in Kenya, a knowing lie for which Trump still has not apologized.
Trump’s Racism /12
Trump called Obama (who was editor in chief of the Harvard Law Review) “a terrible student, terrible.”
Trump called Obama (who was editor in chief of the Harvard Law Review) “a terrible student, terrible.”
Trump’s Racism /13
Urban America As a Hellscape—
He often casts heavily black American cities as dystopian war zones...Trump said, “Our inner cities, African Americans, Hispanics are living in hell because it’s so dangerous. You walk down the street, you get shot.”
Urban America As a Hellscape—
He often casts heavily black American cities as dystopian war zones...Trump said, “Our inner cities, African Americans, Hispanics are living in hell because it’s so dangerous. You walk down the street, you get shot.”
Trump’s Racism /14
He frequently offers false crime statistics to exaggerate urban crime, including about Oakland, Philadelphia and Ferguson, Mo.
He frequently offers false crime statistics to exaggerate urban crime, including about Oakland, Philadelphia and Ferguson, Mo.
Trump’s Racism /15
Minorities As Uppity and Ungrateful
He frequently criticizes prominent African-Americans for being unpatriotic, ungrateful and disrespectful.
Minorities As Uppity and Ungrateful
He frequently criticizes prominent African-Americans for being unpatriotic, ungrateful and disrespectful.
Trump’s Racism /16
Friendliness with Proud Racists and
White Nationalists
He has retweeted white nationalists without apology.
He called some of those who marched alongside white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., last August “very fine people.”
Friendliness with Proud Racists and
White Nationalists
He has retweeted white nationalists without apology.
He called some of those who marched alongside white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., last August “very fine people.”
