Vice-president brushes off remarks by Donald Trump in which he said Harris ‘happened to turn Black’ a number of years ago
Kamala Harris has shrugged off Donald Trump’s questioning of her racial identity, saying that it was “the same old show” and that “America deserves better”, at a rally in Texas.
On Wednesday, in an appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), Trump antagonised senior Black journalists and questioned Harris’s race, saying, “She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black.”
His interview, which was meant to last an hour, according to Axios, was cut short after 34 minutes.
“He did crap the bed today. The only question is if he’s going to roll around in it or change the sheets.”
— GOP operative Scott Jennings, on CNN about Donald Trump’s questioning of whether Kamala Harris is Black
He’s absolutely rolling around in the shit, and his campaign’s yes men and his cultish supporters will tell him he smells like roses
i don’t understand. what does he think he gains if he were to actually convince people that she’s only “pretending to be black”? it sounds like the only reason he even went to that event was to get more votes from racists who were already going to vote for him…whatever. fucking moron
… what does he think…
That’s the secret: he doesn’t.
He doesn’t have that thing in his head we all have to tell him what he is about to say is fucking stupid. It’s a direct path from brain to mouth.
Ironically, that is also the secret to his success because his moronic cultists perceive it as “authentic”.
His people arranged it and told him to go, otherwise he would have never been there. Someone in his camp decided it was a good idea.
“mr dear leader majesty sir, we really need to bring up the black vote numbers”
“easy, i’ll just tell them harris won’t do anything for them because she’s not actually black!”
“um…there are multiple problems with that argument sir…”
“shut up and get me a happy meal”
The best people, to be sure
what does he think he gains if he were to actually convince people that she’s only “pretending to be black”?
It means horrible attacks against her aren’t racism. It’s a permission slip to his followers to be racist to her.
I think this is just his narcissism, racism, and sexism all fighting it out for top billing.
Because large swaths of his voter base (and party in general) are inherently racist so attacking from this angle resonates best with them.
Also, when this is his biggest vector of attack against someone that should let you know exactly how much they have on the table
Kamala is right. It is.
Do you remember when Biden received a lot of flack for saying “you ain’t black” if you vote for Trump. It was just another symptom of the problem of having leaders so ancient that they often congee off a tone deaf.
In Biden’s defense, though, he seemed to recognize he misstepped and proceeded with more sensitivity.
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If you have any questions or comments about me, you can make a post to LW Support lemmy community.I think a big part of this is a lot of people still go by the “one drop” rule.
Which leads to people saying Kamala is the first Indian and Black VP for example.
Like, we call Obama the first Black president, but it’s more accurate to say the first mixed race president. And even then, we’re all “mixed race” to some degree.
But someone with parents of different races/cultures often deal with a lot of baggage because they can feel they’re not accepted by either side. Which is why I don’t see why we make a big deal about it on the left.
Just leave race out of it and when Republicans get racist (or any kind of bigotry) dismiss it just like Kamala did here.
Obama is black, and Harris is black (in addition to their other racial identities). They have non-black parents or ancestors but so do basically all black Americans. You don’t have to be purebred to count. Black Americans with some white ancestors certainly don’t get exempted from racism and hatred.
But people mix up genetics and culture.
Drake might have one Black parent, but he didn’t grow up in that culture.
Obama had one Black parent, but growing up in Hawaii back then isn’t anything like being Black anywhere else in America. That’s not my opinion, Obama spoke about how shocked he was coming to the mainland for college.
It makes no sense to talk about it genetically, because there are shockingly few differences between what we consider races in a genetic level.
The difference is the culture, not skin color, eye shape, or hair texture.
It’s just for the vast amount of human existence, the two went hand in hand. That’s not always true these days.
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now I’m just “white” and racists wouldn’t have a problem with me.
It won’t stay that way tho.
Pretty much the only time “slippery slope” is valid is when talking about fascists. They always lie about what they want and nothing will ever appease them.
You’re still “other” to them, just not the most vulnerable “other” which is who their target always is.
I accidentally deleted my response so I’m posting it under yours.
That’s why “race” is a bullshit unscientific term, it changes all the time, at one time both me Irish and Slavic background would have been rejected in American society, now I’m just “white” and racists wouldn’t have a problem with me.
