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demmiblue

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Mon Jan 15, 2018, 09:03 AM Jan 2018

Donald Trump's Racism: The Definitive List

Source: NYT

Donald Trump has been obsessed with race for the entire time he has been a public figure. He had a history of making racist comments as a New York real-estate developer in the 1970s and ‘80s. More recently, his political rise was built on promulgating the lie that the nation’s first black president was born in Kenya. He then launched his campaign with a speech describing Mexicans as rapists.

The media often falls back on euphemisms when describing Trump’s comments about race: racially loaded, racially charged, racially tinged, racially sensitive. And Trump himself has claimed that he is “the least racist person.” But here’s the truth: Donald Trump is a racist. He talks about and treats people differently based on their race. He has done so for years, and he is still doing so.

Here, we have attempted to compile a definitive list of his racist comments – or at least the publicly known ones.


Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/15/opinion/leonhardt-trump-racist.html
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Donald Trump's Racism: The Definitive List (Original Post) demmiblue Jan 2018 OP
A keeper. dalton99a Jan 2018 #1
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