Racism

Christian Group Opposes Christian Nationalism As “Providing Cover For White Supremacy And Racism”

From Christians Against Christian Nationalism: As Christians, our faith teaches us everyone is created in God’s image and commands us to love one another. As Americans, we value our system of government and the good that can be accomplished in our constitutional democracy. Today, we are concerned about a persistent threat to both our religious communities and our democracy — …

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Trump: If I’m A Racist Then So Is Crazy Bernie Sanders

The Hill reports: President Trump on Monday seized on years-old comments from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) comparing parts of Baltimore to a third world country, arguing the Democratic presidential candidate should be labeled a racist for the remarks if people are going to criticize the president’s own recent tweets about the city. The remarks may have been an effort to …

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Trump: Con Man Al Sharpton “Hates Whites And Cops”

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump went after Rev. Al Sharpton Monday morning in what cynics may see as a rather craven attempt to drive an ugly news narrative in which critics see the President driving a racist and/or racialized series of political attacks against people of color. In the economics of Twitter fame and attention, Trump’s attacks on Sharpton are …

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Trump Rages: Rep. Elijah Cummings Is The Real Racist

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump on Sunday doubled down on criticizing House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and his Baltimore-area congressional district. “Congressman Elijah Cummings has done a very poor job for his district and the City of Baltimore,” he tweeted on Sunday, claiming that the congressman has “failed badly.” Later Sunday, Trump called Cummings, who is black, …

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Baltimore Paper Blasts “Dishonest” Trump In Editorial

From the editorial board of the Baltimore Sun: While we would not sink to name-calling in the Trumpian manner — or ruefully point out that he failed to spell the congressman’s name correctly (it’s Cummings, not Cumming) — we would tell the most dishonest man to ever occupy the Oval Office, the mocker of war heroes, the gleeful grabber of …

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Baltimore-Born CNN Host Delivers Emotional Response To Trump’s Attack On His “Rat-Infested” Hometown

“Infested. That’s usually reserved for references to rodents and insects, but we’ve seen the president invoke infestation to criticize lawmakers before. Donald Trump has tweeted more than 43,000 times. He’s insulted thousands of people — many different types of people. But when he tweets about infestation, it’s about black and brown people. The president says about Congressman Cummings’ district that …

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148 Black Former Obama Staffers Denounce Trump’s Racism: He Is Just Providing Jet Fuel For Our Activism

From an op-ed published today by the Washington Post: We’ve heard this before. Go back where you came from. Go back to Africa. And now, “send her back.” Black and brown people in America don’t hear these chants in a vacuum; for many of us, we’ve felt their full force being shouted in our faces, whispered behind our backs, scrawled …

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City Council For Host City Of 2020 GOP Convention Approves Resolution Condemning Trump’s Racism

The Washington Post reports: The Charlotte City Council on Monday passed a resolution condemning President Trump’s “racist and xenophobic comments,” in a rebuke of the president by the city that will host him next year at the Republican National Convention. The 9-to-2 vote came a week after Trump sent a racist tweet in which he said four minority congresswomen — …

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Trump Calls Female Democrats “Racist Troublemakers”

The Guardian reports: A week after President Trump launched a racist attack on a group of four freshman women Congress members known as “the Squad,” telling them to “go back” to the countries they came from, he is trying to turn the attack around on them. “The squad” are a group of four women of color, including Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …

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Trump Pitched Blacks Vs Whites Apprentice Season

The New York Times reports: For the fourth season of “The Apprentice,” Donald J. Trump searched for a gimmick to bolster ratings. His idea was simple if explosive — pit an all-white team against an all-black team. “Do you like it?” he asked, previewing the concept on Howard Stern’s radio show in April 2005. “Yes,” Mr. Stern said. “Do you …

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Geraldo Rivera Can’t Defend Trump’s Racism Anymore

The New York Times reports: For some who defended Mr. Trump against charges of racism in the past, this was a turning point. “As much as I have denied it and averted my eyes from it, this latest incident made it impossible,” Geraldo Rivera, a roaming correspondent at large for Fox News and longtime friend, said in an interview. “My …

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Michelle Obama Reminds Trump: It’s Our America

Agence France-Presse reports: Former first lady Michelle Obama added her voice to the Democratic outcry following President Donald Trump’s attack on four ethnic minority congresswomen, saying “there’s a place for all of us.” “What truly makes our country great is its diversity… Whether we are born here or seek refuge here, there’s a place for all of us,” Obama tweeted, …

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Pro-Trump Miss Michigan Canned For You Know Why

The Hill reports: Miss Michigan 2019 winner Kathy Zhu was stripped of her title on Thursday for “offensive, insensitive and inappropriate” social media posts, she said Thursday. Zhu, 20, tweeted Thursday what appeared to be a screenshot of an email she received from Miss World America officials, who told her she was dismissed from being a pageant participant. “Miss World …

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Trump Whines That “Fake News Media” Covered “Tiny Staged Crowd Greeting Foul Mouthed Omar” [VIDEO]

Politico reports: He once encouraged supporters to attack protesters — then claimed to ensure the safety of all Americans. He mused that Russia should seize his competitor’s emails — then said it was just a joke. And he whipped his crowd into a frenzy about locking up Hillary Clinton — before insisting post-inauguration that the idea of prosecuting his Democratic …

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White Nationalist Leader John Tanton Dead At 85

The Detroit Free Press reports: Dr. John Tanton, an ophthalmologist in Michigan who became an anti-immigrant leader criticized by civil rights advocates as being racist but praised by his supporters, died in Petoskey on Tuesday. He was 85. Tanton established several groups calling for reduced immigration and his ideas have had a significant influence on the immigration debate, helping drive …

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Fox Analyst: Racist Trump Sounds Like A Mafia Don

Andrew Napolitano writes for Fox News: During the past week, President Trump excited two bitter public controversies by sending and publishing two highly inappropriate and offensively incendiary tweets. The first of these tweets was xenophobic, racist and hateful. The second was just plain ignorant. Together they revealed a level of misguided thinking not heard from the Oval Office since President …

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Trump Continues Racist Tirade At Cultist Rally [VIDEO]

ABC News reports: President Donald Trump on Wednesday night continued his days-long attack on four congresswomen at a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, where a raucous crowd chanted, “Sent them back!” and “Traitor!” Just at the mere mention of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass, the thousands of supporters gathered at the …

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Trump To Tabloid: I’m “Not Unhappy” With Racism Vote

Britain’s Daily Mail tabloid reports: President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s ‘not unhappy’ with the result of a political war over his recent comments that Democrats were quick to brand as racist. In a brief phone call a few hours before he will speak to a rally crowd in North Carolina, he told The Daily Mail that his game …

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POLL: 68% Find Trump’s Racist Tweets “Un-American”

USA Today reports: A clear majority of Americans say President Trump’s tweets targeting four minority congresswomen were “un-American,” according to a new USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll. But most Republicans say they agreed with his comments, an illustration of the nation’s sharp partisan divide on issues of patriotism and race. More than two-thirds of those aware of the controversy, 68%, called Trump’s …

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House Passes Resolution: Yes, The President Is A Racist

The New York Times reports: A House Democratic effort on Tuesday to formally denounce comments by President Trump devolved into a partisan brawl on the House floor as Republicans tried and failed to stop Speaker Nancy Pelosi from calling the president a racist. Mr. Trump on Tuesday denied that his tweets suggesting that four minority congresswomen leave the country were …

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