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demmiblue

(36,853 posts)
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 06:11 PM Aug 2018

Omarosa: DeVos said black college students lack the 'capacity to understand' her agenda

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos allegedly said the students who booed her May 2017 commencement speech at a historically black college didn't have the "capacity to understand" what she wants to accomplish, according to the tell-all book by former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman.

Manigault Newman describes DeVos' comments during a conversation with her after the May address at Florida's Bethune-Cookman University as "meaning, all those black students were too stupid to understand her agenda."

Manigault Newman trashes DeVos throughout the book and calls her "woefully inadequate and not equipped for her job." She alleges President Donald Trump referred to the education secretary as "Ditzy DeVos" and promised to "get rid of her" after the Bethune-Cookman event.

In the book, "Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House," Manigault Newman also blames DeVos for confusion around an annual conference in D.C. for historically black colleges and universities, which the administration downsized in September 2017. She writes that DeVos was the "number one driver for cancellation."

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/14/omarosa-devos-black-college-students-777522
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Omarosa: DeVos said black college students lack the 'capacity to understand' her agenda (Original Post) demmiblue Aug 2018 OP
Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2018 #1
I would not put it past DeVos to say such a demeaning comment. riversedge Aug 2018 #2
Why do the obviously dumb racists like Devos and trump feel the need to try to... brush Aug 2018 #24
The problem, dear Betsy, is that those students understand you all too well gratuitous Aug 2018 #3
I have no problem believing she said this. badhair77 Aug 2018 #4
Omarosa told Katy Tur that everything in quotes madaboutharry Aug 2018 #5
If it is then Omarosa has a hit book, would love to hear the tapes. Also sounds like a uponit7771 Aug 2018 #6
I have noticed that too. madaboutharry Aug 2018 #7
Racist DeVos, to put not too fine a point on it. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #8
I'm a college-educated white woman Bettie Aug 2018 #9
her agenda is very simple: end public education AlexSFCA Aug 2018 #14
Yeah, you're right Bettie Aug 2018 #16
Easy. An uneducated populace is easy to control. Case in point: the Deplorables. hedda_foil Aug 2018 #21
The agenda is simple Matthew28 Aug 2018 #22
Bingo! hedda_foil Aug 2018 #23
Ditsy Devos Racerdog1 Aug 2018 #10
Ditsy Devos, the Scamway Queen... I can't wait to have adults back in charge.. NT List left Aug 2018 #19
And I thought her nickname was "Tipsy" DeVos. Anon-C Aug 2018 #11
DeVos shits all over people and is claims they are too dumb to realize it actually smells great! Takket Aug 2018 #12
FLASHBACK: Al Franken Questions Betsy DeVos on Proficiency vs Growth demmiblue Aug 2018 #13
Good thing we have Al Franken fighting for us. Lucky Luciano Aug 2018 #15
Betsy, I'm certain they booed BECAUSE they have the capacity to undersand your goals bitterross Aug 2018 #17
DeVos does not have the capacity to make money without criming. McCamy Taylor Aug 2018 #18
They're not even trying to hide their racism anymore. Initech Aug 2018 #20

brush

(53,778 posts)
24. Why do the obviously dumb racists like Devos and trump feel the need to try to...
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 02:38 AM
Aug 2018

put down AA intelligence. They're both dumb as rocks and their insecurity of their own smarts drives them to try to feel better than others.

Their dog whistles are really bullhorns now though—in Devos' case there's actually a dual-use, as in the better to warn against approaching grizzly bears.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. The problem, dear Betsy, is that those students understand you all too well
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 06:22 PM
Aug 2018

It's the gullible rubes you're used to fleecing who don't see the truth right in front of their insipid faces. The students at Bethune-Cookman fully understand what you're all about.

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)
6. If it is then Omarosa has a hit book, would love to hear the tapes. Also sounds like a
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 06:57 PM
Aug 2018

... lot of the Kremlin KKKlan aren't denying what is said but attacking Omarosa.

madaboutharry

(40,211 posts)
7. I have noticed that too.
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 07:00 PM
Aug 2018

They are strangely unable to offer rebuttals to the claims in the book. When they’ve tried Omarosa has released a tape proving them liars. All they’ve been able to do so far is call her names.

Bettie

(16,109 posts)
9. I'm a college-educated white woman
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 07:25 PM
Aug 2018

and I don't understand her agenda.

Oh, I get it, maybe you need to be home schooled and rich to "understand" her agenda.

Bettie

(16,109 posts)
16. Yeah, you're right
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 08:10 PM
Aug 2018

what I don't understand is WHY? An educated work force is better for employers.

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
17. Betsy, I'm certain they booed BECAUSE they have the capacity to undersand your goals
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 08:24 PM
Aug 2018

The reason they booed you is not because they lack understanding. It is because they very much understand this administration's goals and what it wants to accomplish.

You want uneducated serfs and they know it.

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