No. There remains zero evidence that he is a racist. I have heard him talk about grabbing *****. So I can accept that there is some basis to accuse him of being a bit sexist or misogynistic.
I haven’t heard any RELIABLE evidence that he told racist jokes. He has, however, in his life, earned AWARDS from organizations which seek racial equality. Not just photo ops with Don King.
I have heard that some of his business holdings included properties which made him subject to fanciful claims of being a slum lord. That of course is an intentionally loaded term and not something anyone should accept at face value.
Trump has repeatedly claimed he’s “the least racist person.” His history suggests otherwise.
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On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly made explicitly racist and otherwise bigoted remarks, from calling Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists, to proposing a ban on all Muslims entering the US, to suggesting a judge should recuse himself from a case solely because of the judge’s Mexican heritage.
Not to mention calling it the Wuhan Flu. Telling the Proud Boys to stand down and stand by. Calling African American communities shitholes.
From
stereotyping a Black reporter to
pandering to white supremacists after they held a violent rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, to
making a joke about the Trail of Tears, Trump hasn’t stopped with racist acts after his 2016 election.
Most recently, Trump has
called the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus the “Chinese virus” and “kung flu” — racist terms that tap into the kind of xenophobia that he latched onto during his 2016 presidential campaign; Trump’s own adviser, Kellyanne Conway,
previously called “kung flu” a “highly offensive” term. And Trump
insinuated that Sen. Kamala Harris, who’s Black, “doesn’t meet the requirements” to run for vice president — a repeat of the birther conspiracy theory that he perpetuated about former President Barack Obama.
This is nothing new for Trump. In fact, the
very first time Trump appeared in the pages of the New York Times, back in the 1970s, was when the US Department of Justice sued him for racial discrimination. Since then, he has repeatedly appeared in newspaper pages across the world as he inspired more similar controversies.
This long history is important. It would be one thing if Trump misspoke one or two times. But when you take all of his actions and comments together, a clear pattern emerges — one that suggests that bigotry is not just political opportunism on Trump’s part but a real element of his personality, character, and career.
Trump has a long history of racist controversies
Here’s a breakdown of Trump’s history