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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Official Questioned If N-Word Was Racist
Eric Blankenstein, a senior Trump appointee responsible for enforcing laws against financial discrimination, once questioned in blog posts written under a pen name if using the n-word was inherently racist and claimed that the great majority of hate crimes were hoaxes, the Washington Post reports.
https://politicalwire.com/2018/09/26/trump-official-questioned-if-n-word-was-racist/
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Trump Official Questioned If N-Word Was Racist (Original Post)
RandySF
Sep 2018
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Eric Blankenstein, feel free to use it and make it part of your daily vocabulary
dalton99a
Sep 2018
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JHan
(10,173 posts)1. these people really wanna use the n word that bad eh
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)2. Eric Blankenstein, feel free to use it and make it part of your daily vocabulary
Also be sure to practice the Sieg Heil salute
RockRaven
(14,972 posts)3. I'm only surprised it was a Trump Official and not *Trump*
actually, I'm pretty sure he has voiced that opinion more than once in his life, we just don't have an article about it.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)4. He was asking for a "friend"