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Donald Trump’s long history of racism, from the 1970s to 2016
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<blockquote data-quote="The Cadet" data-source="post: 70062052" data-attributes="member: 261708"><p><a href="http://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racism-history" target="_blank">http://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racism-history</a></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1973: The US Department of Justice — under the Nixon administration, out of all administrations — sued the Trump Management Corporation for violating the Fair Housing Act. Federal officials found <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/opinion/sunday/is-donald-trump-a-racist.html" target="_blank">evidence</a> that Trump had refused to rent to black tenants and lied to black applicants about whether apartments were available, among other accusations. Trump said the federal government was trying to get him to rent to welfare recipients. In the aftermath, he signed an agreement in 1975 agreeing not to discriminate to renters of color without admitting to discriminating before.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1989: In a controversial case that’s been characterized as a modern-day lynching, four black teenagers and one Latino teenager — the "Central Park Five" — were accused of attacking and raping a jogger in New York City. Trump immediately took charge in the case, running <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/01/nyregion/trumps-instinct-for-racially-charged-rhetoric-before-his-presidential-bid.html" target="_blank">an ad in local papers</a> demanding, "BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY. BRING BACK OUR POLICE!" The teens’ convictions were later vacated, and the city paid $41 million in a settlement to the teens. But Trump <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/01/nyregion/trumps-instinct-for-racially-charged-rhetoric-before-his-presidential-bid.html" target="_blank">argued</a>that because they were probably, according to him, involved in other criminal activity that night, they were treated too well.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1991: A <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DD2P5DI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1" target="_blank">book</a> by John O’Donnell, former president of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, quoted Trump’s criticism of a black accountant: "Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. … I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It’s not anything they can control." Trump at first denied the remarks, but later said in <a href="http://www.playboy.com/articles/the-art-of-the-donald" target="_blank">a 1997 Playboy interview</a> that "the stuff O’Donnell wrote about me is probably true."</li> </ul><p></p><p>And of course there's far, far more, particularly his comments during this latest election season. </p><p></p><p>What's more, the article goes into the distinction between bigotry and racism, and comes out at the end with, "Seriously, is that a meaningful distinction?":</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">For one, the argument is tremendously semantic. It’s essentially probing the question: Is Trump <em>racist</em> or is he <em>bigoted</em>? But who cares? Neither is a trait that anyone should want in a presidential candidate — and either label essentially communicates the same criticism.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>Trump is <em>almost certainly</em> a racist. There's a reason the alt-right loves him so much. It might be a good time for republicans who aren't racists to distance themselves from the guy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Cadet, post: 70062052, member: 261708"] [URL]http://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racism-history[/URL] [LIST] [*]1973: The US Department of Justice — under the Nixon administration, out of all administrations — sued the Trump Management Corporation for violating the Fair Housing Act. Federal officials found [URL='http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/opinion/sunday/is-donald-trump-a-racist.html']evidence[/URL] that Trump had refused to rent to black tenants and lied to black applicants about whether apartments were available, among other accusations. Trump said the federal government was trying to get him to rent to welfare recipients. In the aftermath, he signed an agreement in 1975 agreeing not to discriminate to renters of color without admitting to discriminating before. [*]1989: In a controversial case that’s been characterized as a modern-day lynching, four black teenagers and one Latino teenager — the "Central Park Five" — were accused of attacking and raping a jogger in New York City. Trump immediately took charge in the case, running [URL='http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/01/nyregion/trumps-instinct-for-racially-charged-rhetoric-before-his-presidential-bid.html']an ad in local papers[/URL] demanding, "BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY. BRING BACK OUR POLICE!" The teens’ convictions were later vacated, and the city paid $41 million in a settlement to the teens. But Trump [URL='http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/01/nyregion/trumps-instinct-for-racially-charged-rhetoric-before-his-presidential-bid.html']argued[/URL]that because they were probably, according to him, involved in other criminal activity that night, they were treated too well. [*]1991: A [URL='https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DD2P5DI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1']book[/URL] by John O’Donnell, former president of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, quoted Trump’s criticism of a black accountant: "Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. … I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It’s not anything they can control." Trump at first denied the remarks, but later said in [URL='http://www.playboy.com/articles/the-art-of-the-donald']a 1997 Playboy interview[/URL] that "the stuff O’Donnell wrote about me is probably true." [/LIST] And of course there's far, far more, particularly his comments during this latest election season. What's more, the article goes into the distinction between bigotry and racism, and comes out at the end with, "Seriously, is that a meaningful distinction?": [INDENT]For one, the argument is tremendously semantic. It’s essentially probing the question: Is Trump [I]racist[/I] or is he [I]bigoted[/I]? But who cares? Neither is a trait that anyone should want in a presidential candidate — and either label essentially communicates the same criticism. [/INDENT] Trump is [I]almost certainly[/I] a racist. There's a reason the alt-right loves him so much. It might be a good time for republicans who aren't racists to distance themselves from the guy. [/QUOTE]
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