For some reason, our people seem to hate Trump more than any other group. Especially our sistas. While I do believe Trump to be the a bad president, I don't get why we seem to hate him so much. When I look at policies, I can't identify any that seemed to obviously be aimed at us as a people. I've heard him called racist but I can't identify anything he has done as President that was clearly racist towards us.
The reason i'm interested in this is that Bill Clinton was LOVED by us during his Presidency even though he enacted policies that CLEARLY were racist towards us and disproportionately affected black folks negatively. My hypothesis is that the media has the power to form our opinion as a whole. Lets discuss....
Name one black man who has taken out a full page ad in the NYT advocating that 5 white teenagers be given the death penalty for a crime they'd been found not guilty.
and didn't even apologize when it was confirmed they were not guilty.
Bill Clinton is a racist for sure, but in 1992 he ran as a Democrat, campaigned hard to get black votes, so much to the point of going on the Arsenio Hall show and playing fucking jazz saxophone. That was all BEFORE black people were aware what was happening with the 1994 Crime bill and the 1996 Telecommunications Act. He was young. And he smoked weed. Hindsight is 20/20.
You can't compare Donald Trump to Clinton. He was anti-Obama the whole time Obama was in office. He's reversed or tried to reverse Obama's accomplishments. His campaign was built on racism. He was a known racist with the power to practice it (redlining discrimination). He uses black people as props. MAGA. Both Sides. Shithole countries.
Fuck you mean?
People bring up the crime bill but it was a reaction to what the black community was calling for and most black representatives voted for that bill.
It was a time when dems were being called soft on crime and were trying to look tough. Context is important.
Trump on the other hand came in on some some racist shit, brought in white supremacists to his cabinet, speaks to white supremacists hopes, and dreams, etc...
One thing white folk would say when it came to slavery is that most white folk didn't own slaves. Yet they benefited and participated in the mistreatment of the enslaved people.
The incident w/ the teens was more of a condemnation of the entire NYPD than it was Trump and his racists cohorts.
Most of NYC thought these dudes were guilty based on the tactics of the NYPD and a maj newspaper printed this article.
Trumps entry into the political arena and his base was formed by attempting to humiliate the first Black POTUS.
First w the birth certificate then w asking to see his transcript and now overturning everything he does.
I truly believe that O’Bannon has convinced him that his primeobjective as a white nationalist should be to make sure
that Obama will not be historically a celebrated President.
Make sure their great grandkids read the Obama paragraph and not chapter in the history books.
I question the integrity of any black person that embraces Trump. Someone recently posted melanias birthed video.
I don’t dismiss OPs question because people have short memories.
Kiss evryone you know over 70.(aside)
Carry on.....
