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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEither Donald Trump Doesn't Know Slavery Existed or He Doesn't Think Black People are Humans
Michael Harriot
Now we know that Trump is wrong, there can only be 2 explanations for his comment:
1) He doesnt know slavery was once a thing I think most people learn about the Triangular Slave Trade in the 6th grade at the latest, which might make him one of the stupidest people on earth (without a doubt the stupidest college graduate ever).
2) He doesnt believe black people are human. If he actually knows about the existence of chattel slavery, then he should know that you dont sign up for to be a slave at the unemployment office. Unless he thinks Africans consented to some sort of teleportation, then he should know they were trafficked to the United States unwillingly. And if he knows how they got here, then the only logical conclusion one could reach is that he doesnt consider black people to be human beings.
So Donald Trump is either incredibly stupid or amazingly racist. I do not say this to disparage him in any way. I only bring up this fact to explain why I was wrong about him. I take back all of the names Ive ever called him except for the jokes about him being orange...
And the vagina-grabbing stuff.
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But aside from those 293,403 times, I offer my sincerest, heartfelt apology for calling him an illiterate white supremacist asshole.
...and Read More:https://www.theroot.com/either-donald-trump-doesnt-know-slavery-existed-or-he-d-1825402831
1) He doesnt know slavery was once a thing I think most people learn about the Triangular Slave Trade in the 6th grade at the latest, which might make him one of the stupidest people on earth (without a doubt the stupidest college graduate ever).
2) He doesnt believe black people are human. If he actually knows about the existence of chattel slavery, then he should know that you dont sign up for to be a slave at the unemployment office. Unless he thinks Africans consented to some sort of teleportation, then he should know they were trafficked to the United States unwillingly. And if he knows how they got here, then the only logical conclusion one could reach is that he doesnt consider black people to be human beings.
So Donald Trump is either incredibly stupid or amazingly racist. I do not say this to disparage him in any way. I only bring up this fact to explain why I was wrong about him. I take back all of the names Ive ever called him except for the jokes about him being orange...
And the vagina-grabbing stuff.
snip
But aside from those 293,403 times, I offer my sincerest, heartfelt apology for calling him an illiterate white supremacist asshole.
...and Read More:https://www.theroot.com/either-donald-trump-doesnt-know-slavery-existed-or-he-d-1825402831
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Either Donald Trump Doesn't Know Slavery Existed or He Doesn't Think Black People are Humans (Original Post)
sheshe2
Apr 2018
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CincyDem
(6,385 posts)1. That's a rhetorical question right ?
Of course he knows slavery existed. So....that leaves....yeah, I think that's what it means.
He's such an asshat.
Doodley
(9,119 posts)2. The evidence shows he is a white supremacist. Those who argue against that need to explain why
they would do that.
enough
(13,262 posts)3. Its not either/or, its both. NT
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)4. I'm beginning to really like The Root
Harriot speaks the truth with just the right amount of snarkiness and sarcasm.
sheshe2
(83,860 posts)7. I love Harriot.
Truth. Snarkiness,. Sarcasm.
thegoose
(3,115 posts)5. Duh, yeah, he's racist
And misogynist. He attacks women and people of color.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)6. Probably both.
He's very ignorant and very racist (things that often go together).