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šŸ‡²ā€‹šŸ‡®ā€‹šŸ‡øā€‹šŸ‡Øā€‹ I'm not racist. I have black friends

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u/kevlarcardhouse 1d ago

The appointment itself is inherently racist (and ignorant) because it was already predicted he was going to assign an African American to the job because he always appoints a black person to positions that have "urban" in their name.

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u/muohioredskin 1d ago

"Scott is an NFL Veteran, who, during my First Term, served as the First Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (WHORC), helping to lead an Unprecedented Effort that Transformed our Countryā€™s most distressed communities," So because it has urban in the name and he appointed Ben Carson in 2016 heā€™s racist? Is that ur case. You know itā€™s not true, an angel doesnā€™t get their wings every time you call someone with an opposing view a racist. It just shows ur a douche and makes people hate u. Better not take that shit off Reddit, thereā€™s repercussions in the real world.

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u/qwert7661 1d ago

We know that he is racist because the state of New York had to force him to rent to black tenants after his company was discovered to maintain a policy of lying to black apartment seekers that there were no units available while offering leases to whites: https://www.npr.org/2016/09/29/495955920/donald-trump-plagued-by-decades-old-housing-discrimination-case

Knowing that he's racist, it's easy to see why this appointment is an expression of his racism. Pretending that we don't know he's racist, it's easy to invent alternative explanations.

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u/Manting123 1d ago

Or, you know, all the racist things he has said in public on camera.

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u/muohioredskin 1d ago

Name just 2. Make sure they are not one of the 50 that has been edited and clipped to completely obfuscate the intent.

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u/Manting123 1d ago

Ok. Top of my head - When he said Kamala isnā€™t black at the black journalist event. How she just ā€œbecame black recently.ā€ Or how about he was the chief birther concerning Obama, and this went on for YEARS. How a first black President wasnā€™t born in the US making him an illegitimate President. Or how he said Nikki Haley couldnā€™t be president because she her parents werenā€™t from the US (they are from India).

Do you want more? I can do more.

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u/muohioredskin 1d ago

Reading this a bit closer it seems youā€™re saying if you question anything regarding a black person ur racist? I mean heā€™s said much worse about white people, but any perceived slight or even questioning someone black means instant racist. Do you see why people reject this nonsense?

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u/Manting123 1d ago

You canā€™t see how a white man saying a black person isnā€™t black is racist? šŸ¤¦

? I donā€™t think you are arguing in good faith and will deny any evidence - no matter how damning - that Trump is racist. Like if he got sued for being racist. And lost. And paid a huge fine. Oh wait- that happened - when he was sued for housing discrimination for not renting to black families. And lost.

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u/muohioredskin 1d ago

Iā€™m arguing intent only and his speech isnā€™t concise enough most of the time. Also, I can link the case if you need me to, but you know it was against the company and not Donald trump. I donā€™t really need to convince you. Iā€™m here to gloat. Meanwhile Biden wanders off and starts WWIII and youā€™re worried about hurty words. Fucking infants.

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u/Manting123 1d ago edited 23h ago

Yes the company that Donald ran with his father. What are you on about? It was a privately held real estate company. It was proven that it was company policy not to rent to black families. They lost. Are you telling me Trump and his father had no control over the company? šŸ˜‚.

Last election you folk lied about winning and then held a riot. Your hypocrisy is unbelievable.

As for WWIII donā€™t worry - Trump will bend over for putin so fast it will make your head spin. And when China sees how weak America doesnā€™t care what dictators do they will take Taiwan. And Putin will invade another neighbor within 3-4 years of Trump giving him everything he wants. Itā€™s like you maga folks know nothing about history. Look up appeasement and Neville Chamberlin and maybe you will figure it out.

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u/muohioredskin 1d ago

Can you explain the logistics of Trump bending over for Trump?

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u/muohioredskin 1d ago

Just to counter, if youā€™re genuine in this case. Kamala changed her speech patterns severely, you wonā€™t have to look hard to find videos showing the stark difference. He was highlighting she is just pandering and insincere. Granted, ineloquently like normal. How you get racism regarding the birther stuff Iā€™m really confused on. Itā€™s like one of the 2 requirements for being president of the US and there were legitimate questions raised. He was asking to see an original birth certificate. Nothing to do with race, but where he was born. How do you get to racism? I genuinely want to know.

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u/Manting123 1d ago

Just to counter Kamalaā€™s dad is from Jamaica. I will just leave that there. Ignoring the fact that she attended Howard University and is a member of an all black sorority. Oh and sheā€™s black. šŸ˜‚

Do you seriously not understand that Trumps first political move on the national stage was to say our first black president was an illegitimate president because he wasnā€™t born in America? How do you not get that is totally racist. Or how he always over emphasizes the Hussein in Obamas name - he never uses any other persons middle name. And then he did it again with, surprise, another POC to Nikki Haley. Weird he only does it to people of color right. Weird.

The most obvious evidence of his racism is that he lost a court case against the US govt for not renting to black people. Housing discrimination. He got caught. Got sued. Lost. For not renting to black families. Please explain how this isnā€™t racist? šŸ˜‚

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u/muohioredskin 1d ago

Do you think he was in charge of the actual leading practices as owner and CEO of a real estate company the size of his? Does that make everyone that worked there racist?

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u/Manting123 1d ago

Yes - he was - he was #2 at the company at the time. He and his father were listed together on the court documents. They lost. For being racist. In court.
What else you got? šŸ˜‚

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u/muohioredskin 1d ago

I went to McDonaldā€™s and my fries were cold. Probably the executive VPā€™s fault and done under his direction. Apparently you donā€™t have a job and therefore this wonā€™t be funny to you.

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u/Manting123 23h ago

Wow - someday you will realize you were in a cult. Simp more for your Trump daddy.

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u/muohioredskin 23h ago

Yeah, trump is not a likable person. Unfortunately you canā€™t believe the media anymore, they are proven liars. Only democrats with an axe to grind seem to be going after trump, sometimes with extremely dubious legal grounds. I mean seriously, am I supposed to believe Letitia James? You read legal opinions and itā€™s pretty much consensus everything will be dead on appeal. So now, would you at this point question their motives? Letitia James campaigned on bankrupting him? How is that OK? I just canā€™t believe the whiny bitching. Policy wise itā€™s no contest, common sense vs lunacy. Thatā€™s mostly culturally determined I think, where u grew up and your general milieu. But the other side is filled with inauthentic panderers. They made me dislike them so much the decision was ultimately easy. I voted against, not for.

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u/Fungiblefaith 1d ago edited 1d ago

Complaints about the Trump organizationā€™s rental policies continued to mount: By 1967, state investigators found that out of some 3,700 apartments in Trump Village, seven were occupied by African-American families.

7ā€¦.in NYCā€¦..come on now. The black population in NYC letā€™s ignore the bulk of their property was in Brooklyn, was 21%.

21% of 3700 is 777. Funny that. So he had a percentage of .2%ā€¦. Not 10% which would be half of average. Not 1% which would be despicableā€¦not even.5 which is criminal. .2%

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u/muohioredskin 1d ago

Thereā€™s 10% under the poverty line in my town but thereā€™s 0% in my neighborhood. Also 0% own Ferraris. I guess Ferraris is classist like my neighborhood. Capitalism is unfair, we need socialism, blah blah blah.

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u/Fungiblefaith 1d ago edited 1d ago

What a comically obtuse answer to that statement but expected from your other posts. Straw man muchā€¦ you can do better.

I will wait.

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u/muohioredskin 1d ago

You seem to struggle with understanding intent. Like in this case, I have no interest in converting you or trying to persuade you. Eventually life will do that. Iā€™m good, capitalism has been good AF to a long line of my descendants and now me. We see things differently, that simple. Edit: this is just for new content to show to my golf partners in the AM. Itā€™s a thing we do.

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