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You keep holding up black unemployment's historically low levels as though black people should just be eternally grateful for the work you've given them. But there's a catch to those numbers -- including the reality that hate crimes are through the roof. Thread follows. 1)
2) First of all, while black unemployment is indeed at a record low, it's _still_ more than double the rate of white unemployment.

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4) And even if there are more jobs, is life better for black people? Well, not if hate crimes, which have traditionally been used to terrorize minority communities, are factored in.

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5) Another study found that much of the hate being unleashed was increasingly connected to Trump's rhetoric and his policies.

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6) Chief among the Trump administration's economic effects, of course, is aggravated income inequality, thanks in no small part to his recent tax cuts. Guess how that affects life for minoritie

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7) How does this affect black people specifically? Well, one study found that anti-black crimes were the top category of hate crime in five of the eight cities that reported them.

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8) What Spike Lee spoke was the truth. You have made the lives of every person of color -- black, Latino, Asian, Native American, Pacific Islander -- materially worse during your tenure in office. Hate crimes are being committed in your name, Mr. Trump.

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9) And frankly, no sane person has even a wisp of hope that you might ever reverse course. Your presidency has been built on stoking hate. Now live with the consequences. #30

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