A friend posted this on Facebook years ago and I kept it in my notepad:
“ Whenever a Trump supporter asks you to "name one time Trump was racist," feel free to link to this....
1973: The Nixon administration sued Trump for refusing to rent to black people.
1980s: Trump's casinos were accused of hiding the black staff when Trump visited.
1989: Trump took out a full-page ad, arguing for the death penalty for a group of black men (The 'Central Park Five'), effectively putting a bounty on their heads, and plaguing them with a lifetime of death threats. He was sued by the Justice Department for discrimination.
1991: “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kinds of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day… I think that the [black] guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is.”
1992: Trump's casino was fined $200,000 for transferring black dealers off certain tables to appease racist patrons.
1993: Trump said Native American casinos shouldn’t be allowed because “they don’t look like Indians to me.”
2000: Trump ran a series of attack ads against Native American casinos alleging (with no proof) that they were guilty of crimes.
2004: Trump fired a black contestant from 'The Apprentice' for being over-educated.
2010: Trump argued in favor of segregating Muslims in Lower Manhattan.
2011: Birtherism. Trump alleged that Obama was Kenyan based on nothing but skin color. He never apologized nor renounced that claim.
2015 (1): Trump called Mexican immigrants "rapists" who are "bringing crime and drugs" to the U.S.
2015 (2): Trump called for "a ban on all Muslims entering the U.S."
2016 (1): Trump called for a Mexican judge to recuse himself based on nothing other than his race. Paul Ryan said this was “the textbook definition of a racist comment.”
2016 (2): Trump regularly retweeted material from white supremacists and neo-Nazis during his campaign.
2016 (3): Trump tweeted a picture alleging that Hillary was Jewish, or controlled by Jewish people.
2016 (4): The Trump campaign adopted Nixon's "Law and Order" rhetoric which was based in racial fearmongering.
2016 (5): Trump told black voters "What do you have to lose?"
2017 (1): Trump asked a reporter to set up a meeting with the black caucus simply because she was black.
2017 (2): "...some very fine people on both sides" said Trump of a violent Nazi rally.
2017 (3): Trump said people from Haiti "all have AIDS" and people from Nigeria would never “go back to their huts” after seeing America.
2018 (1): Trump called Haiti and African countries shitholes.
2018 (2): Trump referenced the trail of tears to mock Elizabeth Warren.
2019: Trump tweeted that four black and brown congresswomen should go back where they came from. Then attacked Elijah Cummings. Then Baltimore. Then Al Sharpton.
2020: Trump called black protesters "THUGS" just days after calling white protesters "very good people." Then he threatened to direct the military to shoot the black protestors in the street.”
Todd...what a thing to have kept in your back pocket all these years!
Thank you for posting it.
Reading it straight through does something NO single example ever can: it turns "isolated incident"...into an unmistakable PATTERN...which is exactly the point I was driving at today.
So many of these line up with what I documented this morning...and seeing them shoulder to shoulder...across five decades is its OWN kind of argument.
Grateful you're here, Todd...and grateful you're the kind of reader who keeps the receipts!
I picked up a local newspaper in the airport in Johannesburg around the time of the South African Prime Minister's visit to Washington. Trump was spewing his nonsense about the White South African refugees. A group was in the process of emigrating to the US. Among them, a spouse rejoining another spouse already living in the US. A farmer complaining that the South African government was after his farm. Turns out the government still trying to ameliorate the devastating aftermath of apartheid wanted to buy the land and had made him, according to the paper, a very fair offer which was rejected.
In the article, the reporters had interviewed a number of South Africans. They and my tour guides regarded the whole White African refugee matter with derision.
Trump's actions speak volumes about his racism. In the words of Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an objective of Trump and his backers is to create a White ethno-state.
Ellen..this is the kind of firsthand detail...that's worth more than a DOZEN press releases.
Thank you for carrying it back from Johannesburg!
What you picked up in that paper cuts right to the heart of it: a farmer who turned down a fair offer for his land...then recast an ocean away...as a persecuted refugee.
That's the WHOLE sleight of hand in a SINGLE anecdote.
And...the fact that South Africans themselves...your guides included...met the "refugee" story with open DERISION... tells you how threadbare it is...once you're standing on the actual ground.
The persecution narrative ONLY survives at a distance...where no one can check it against the people living it.
YOU were there to check it. Grateful you brought it here, Ellen!
During that same period of time, I was having problems with DISH tv. I called and of course customer service is not in the US. The girl was from South Africa and was delightful. We chatted for quite a while, after she handled my concern (Surviving Ohio State was airing for the first time) and the tv guide did not show the title. I thought it was because Jim Jordan was in the documentary and I wanted the title in the guide to be able to DVR it. She had heard about the South African president's visit and did not believe whites were being discriminated against. I like to take the opportunity to find out from the local people their thoughts on immigration and other such topics.
Too bad this message isn't getting to the people that need to read it. Unfortunately, the supporters he has left are all racist white nationalists (read Nazis). The south, where I live, is flooded with these lovely human beings.
Steven...the exhaustion in this is real, and I share more of it than I usually let on.
You've nailed the thing that keeps me thinking at night: the people who most need to hear it are the LEAST likely to read it.
But...here's what I hold onto. I'm not really writing to convert the true believers...the cult members; I've made my peace with the fact that some doors...just won't open.
I'm writing for the much larger group...in the middle: the tired...the checked-out...the ones who haven't quite let themselves see it...yet.
They're reachable...and...there are more of them than the worst days suggest.
So...we keep putting the truth where they MIGHT stumble onto it...and we keep at it.
Thank you for standing in the gap with me...it matters more than you know.
A welcome bag, in my opinion, would be totally different. It would be pleasant and useful, not including literature based on prejudices or intent to manipulate minds.
At one time the person making the statements quoted was heard wishing aloud for immigrants from Sweden. Most, if not all, of the behaviors, wishes, and statements seem to indicate the individual’s idea of “cleansing” and steps toward genocide as we have read about in history. That type of attitude or collection of attitudes in no way defines America or what
Americans as a nation stand for, want, or represent.
Americans must wake up fast. Elections must be protected from federal interference, and somehow, our checks and balances must make up for lost time in taking the necessary steps to re-secure and protect our blessings of liberty and more. We must save America and its ideals for the freedoms for all as declared in our Constitution.
A friend posted this on Facebook years ago and I kept it in my notepad:
“ Whenever a Trump supporter asks you to "name one time Trump was racist," feel free to link to this....
1973: The Nixon administration sued Trump for refusing to rent to black people.
1980s: Trump's casinos were accused of hiding the black staff when Trump visited.
1989: Trump took out a full-page ad, arguing for the death penalty for a group of black men (The 'Central Park Five'), effectively putting a bounty on their heads, and plaguing them with a lifetime of death threats. He was sued by the Justice Department for discrimination.
1991: “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kinds of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day… I think that the [black] guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is.”
1992: Trump's casino was fined $200,000 for transferring black dealers off certain tables to appease racist patrons.
1993: Trump said Native American casinos shouldn’t be allowed because “they don’t look like Indians to me.”
2000: Trump ran a series of attack ads against Native American casinos alleging (with no proof) that they were guilty of crimes.
2004: Trump fired a black contestant from 'The Apprentice' for being over-educated.
2010: Trump argued in favor of segregating Muslims in Lower Manhattan.
2011: Birtherism. Trump alleged that Obama was Kenyan based on nothing but skin color. He never apologized nor renounced that claim.
2015 (1): Trump called Mexican immigrants "rapists" who are "bringing crime and drugs" to the U.S.
2015 (2): Trump called for "a ban on all Muslims entering the U.S."
2016 (1): Trump called for a Mexican judge to recuse himself based on nothing other than his race. Paul Ryan said this was “the textbook definition of a racist comment.”
2016 (2): Trump regularly retweeted material from white supremacists and neo-Nazis during his campaign.
2016 (3): Trump tweeted a picture alleging that Hillary was Jewish, or controlled by Jewish people.
2016 (4): The Trump campaign adopted Nixon's "Law and Order" rhetoric which was based in racial fearmongering.
2016 (5): Trump told black voters "What do you have to lose?"
2017 (1): Trump asked a reporter to set up a meeting with the black caucus simply because she was black.
2017 (2): "...some very fine people on both sides" said Trump of a violent Nazi rally.
2017 (3): Trump said people from Haiti "all have AIDS" and people from Nigeria would never “go back to their huts” after seeing America.
2018 (1): Trump called Haiti and African countries shitholes.
2018 (2): Trump referenced the trail of tears to mock Elizabeth Warren.
2019: Trump tweeted that four black and brown congresswomen should go back where they came from. Then attacked Elijah Cummings. Then Baltimore. Then Al Sharpton.
2020: Trump called black protesters "THUGS" just days after calling white protesters "very good people." Then he threatened to direct the military to shoot the black protestors in the street.”
Todd...what a thing to have kept in your back pocket all these years!
Thank you for posting it.
Reading it straight through does something NO single example ever can: it turns "isolated incident"...into an unmistakable PATTERN...which is exactly the point I was driving at today.
So many of these line up with what I documented this morning...and seeing them shoulder to shoulder...across five decades is its OWN kind of argument.
Grateful you're here, Todd...and grateful you're the kind of reader who keeps the receipts!
-Jack
Jack, I’m grateful to have you in my life.
Likewise, Todd.
-Jack
I think we all are grateful to have Jack in our lives, and Todd, I thank you for sharing the quotations you cited. I have forwarded them to myself.
Nothing if not consistent.
Bingo, Ellen!
-Jack
I picked up a local newspaper in the airport in Johannesburg around the time of the South African Prime Minister's visit to Washington. Trump was spewing his nonsense about the White South African refugees. A group was in the process of emigrating to the US. Among them, a spouse rejoining another spouse already living in the US. A farmer complaining that the South African government was after his farm. Turns out the government still trying to ameliorate the devastating aftermath of apartheid wanted to buy the land and had made him, according to the paper, a very fair offer which was rejected.
In the article, the reporters had interviewed a number of South Africans. They and my tour guides regarded the whole White African refugee matter with derision.
Trump's actions speak volumes about his racism. In the words of Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an objective of Trump and his backers is to create a White ethno-state.
Ellen..this is the kind of firsthand detail...that's worth more than a DOZEN press releases.
Thank you for carrying it back from Johannesburg!
What you picked up in that paper cuts right to the heart of it: a farmer who turned down a fair offer for his land...then recast an ocean away...as a persecuted refugee.
That's the WHOLE sleight of hand in a SINGLE anecdote.
And...the fact that South Africans themselves...your guides included...met the "refugee" story with open DERISION... tells you how threadbare it is...once you're standing on the actual ground.
The persecution narrative ONLY survives at a distance...where no one can check it against the people living it.
YOU were there to check it. Grateful you brought it here, Ellen!
-Jack
Thank you Jack. I'm grateful for the work you do.
During that same period of time, I was having problems with DISH tv. I called and of course customer service is not in the US. The girl was from South Africa and was delightful. We chatted for quite a while, after she handled my concern (Surviving Ohio State was airing for the first time) and the tv guide did not show the title. I thought it was because Jim Jordan was in the documentary and I wanted the title in the guide to be able to DVR it. She had heard about the South African president's visit and did not believe whites were being discriminated against. I like to take the opportunity to find out from the local people their thoughts on immigration and other such topics.
Too bad this message isn't getting to the people that need to read it. Unfortunately, the supporters he has left are all racist white nationalists (read Nazis). The south, where I live, is flooded with these lovely human beings.
Steven...the exhaustion in this is real, and I share more of it than I usually let on.
You've nailed the thing that keeps me thinking at night: the people who most need to hear it are the LEAST likely to read it.
But...here's what I hold onto. I'm not really writing to convert the true believers...the cult members; I've made my peace with the fact that some doors...just won't open.
I'm writing for the much larger group...in the middle: the tired...the checked-out...the ones who haven't quite let themselves see it...yet.
They're reachable...and...there are more of them than the worst days suggest.
So...we keep putting the truth where they MIGHT stumble onto it...and we keep at it.
Thank you for standing in the gap with me...it matters more than you know.
-Jack
A welcome bag, in my opinion, would be totally different. It would be pleasant and useful, not including literature based on prejudices or intent to manipulate minds.
At one time the person making the statements quoted was heard wishing aloud for immigrants from Sweden. Most, if not all, of the behaviors, wishes, and statements seem to indicate the individual’s idea of “cleansing” and steps toward genocide as we have read about in history. That type of attitude or collection of attitudes in no way defines America or what
Americans as a nation stand for, want, or represent.
Americans must wake up fast. Elections must be protected from federal interference, and somehow, our checks and balances must make up for lost time in taking the necessary steps to re-secure and protect our blessings of liberty and more. We must save America and its ideals for the freedoms for all as declared in our Constitution.
#HOLDFAST AND FASTER!!!!!