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Trump Is A Racist, and So Are Most Of You
Trump is a racist…full stop. Play world salad, deny, justify, and hypothesize all you want, but the man has a track record of racism. He’s been racist since he fell from his mother’s musty, crusty, dusty womb, 73 years ago.
We can go a step further and say that his father has direct ties to the Klan, so it’s not a stretch to say that he taught his son that same brand of hate. But if you want even more proof, in 1973, not long after his father gifted Trump with his first million to begin his real estate business, he was sued by the federal government for failing to rent to Black people.
In 1989, when the Exonerated Five, five Brown and Black youth, were erroneously accused of the brutal rape of the Central Park jogger, Trump publicly decried their guilt, took out whole page ads in the local media calling not only for their conviction, but their execution as well. In 2002, they were found not guilty, after having the dark cloud of guilt hanging over their heads for over 13 years, even with new found DNA evidence, the full confession of the actual rapist, Trump refused to apologize. As late as 2019, when the brilliant director, Ava Duverney produced the documentary, When They See Us, fully depicting how they were railroaded by an unjust justice system, Trump maintained their guilt and refused to apologize. Ironically, he is now up to over 21 women, the youngest victim, a mere 13 year old, who have credibly accused him of rape.
During his 2016 campaign, he called Mexicans rapists, referred to NFL players who refused to…