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~ A Question Was Raised, “Show Me The Proof!” ~
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Gregory V. Boulware, Esq.
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8 Reasons Donald Trump Would Not Be Great For 'The Blacks'
For one thing, he calls us "the blacks."
Zeba Blay
Voices Culture Writer, The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/8-reas...

Donald Trump and Reverend Darrell Scott, 'a Black dude,' possibly his friend.
On Friday, former Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson gave his public endorsement for Donald Trump. The endorsement marks another interesting chapter in the ongoing saga of the businessman and would-be politician's "relationship with the blacks," one that has been rocky for decades, despite his confidence that black people (like Ben Carson) love him.

"I will be great for African-Americans," Trump declared in January. But will he really, though?

Last month, Trump faced criticism when he initially failed to denounce the KKK, after former leader David Duke endorsed him for the presidency. His initial reaction to Duke's endorsement, and his flippant dismissal of that reaction later on, is proof that he wouldn't have the interests of people of color very high on his list of priorities as Commander-In-Chief.

Of course, in addition to Carson, Trump has many black supporters, including former "Apprentice" contestant Omarosa. While these supporters are certainly entitled to vote for or endorse whoever, perhaps it's time to break down some of the things that suggest Donald Trump would not, in fact, be great for "the blacks":

1. He was once sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination.

In 1973, while serving as president of the Trump Management Corporation, Trump was accused of allegedly discriminating against black people who were trying to rent apartments in his buildings in Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island. The Justice Department sued the company for lying to black prospective renters about the availability of apartments, and giving them different lease terms and conditions than white tenants. And while Trump dismissed the accusations, countersuing the Justice Department for defamation (to the tune of $100 million), his company was sued again in 1978 for violating conditions in a settlement from the first case -- by continuing to discriminate against black people.

2. He placed a racially-charged full page newspaper ad calling for the return of the death penalty in New York.

The way the media covered the story of the Central Park Five (teen boys wrongly accused and imprisoned for the rape of a Central Park jogger) was bad enough. But Trump taking out an ad in several New York City newspapers in 1989 during the height of the trial demanding that the death penalty be reinstated in New York was just the awful cherry on top. "I recently watched a newscast trying to explain 'the anger in these young men,'" Trump wrote. "I no longer want to understand their anger. I want them to understand our anger. I want them to be afraid." Yikes. The over-the-top ad, a thinly veiled reference to the Central Park Five and other young black boys in the city, further demonstrates Trump's subtle but profound lack of regard for the lives of underprivileged black people.

3. He thinks black people are lazy.

According to a book written by former Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino president John R. O'Donnell, the real estate mogul once said in 1991 that "Laziness is a trait in blacks." He was allegedly referring to a black accountant working for Trump Plaza, and added, "“Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day." The kicker is that Trump, in a 1999 Playboy magazine interview, did not even deny saying those things. He admitted O'Donnell's allegations were "probably true," but insisted it didn't matter because he was obviously a disgruntled employee.

4. But he also thinks educated black people have it way better than white people?

Trump has attacked affirmative action on several occasions. In a 1989 interview with Bryant Gumbel on NBC's two-hour special "The Race" Trump said:

“A well-educated black has a tremendous advantage over a well-educated white in terms of the job market. I think sometimes a black may think they don’t have an advantage or this and that... I’ve said on one occasion, even about myself, if I were starting off today, I would love to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual advantage.’’

Ok, bruh.

5. He's antagonistic toward the Black Lives Matter movement.

Trump has often made off-color remarks about the Black Lives Matter movement, defiantly insisting on using the conversation-derailing phrase "All Lives Matter" and criticizing the movement for peacefully protesting political candidates including Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Speaking to reporters ahead of a Michigan rally in 2015, Trump said that Sanders was "weak" for allowing protesters to interrupt one of his rallies. "I would never give up my microphone. I thought that was disgusting,” he said. But perhaps what's more disgusting is the fact that...

6. ...He doesn't call out some of his supporters for their blatant racism.

Besides dragging his feet in disavowing David Duke and white supremacy as a whole, Trump has been pretty conspicuous about failing to call out some elements of his core supporters who are quite obviously racist. Case in point: the several instances in the last few weeks of peaceful black protestors at Trump rallies being forcefully, violently removed by his supporters. Check out this one incident, where a protester was punched and shoved at a North Carolina rally:

The Trump supporter who was charged for assaulting the young black protester in the video later said: "The next time we see him, we might have to kill him."

Trump's silence around all this can be read as complacency at best and subtle encouragement at worst. Whether he agrees with this kind of behavior from some of his supporters or not, there's no denying that Trump's message of anger is stoking the fires of hatred for certain voters.

7. This tweet:

8. Reminder: his stance on Muslims and immigration would affect millions of black people, too.

Donald Trump has said some pretty awful things about Latinos (especially Mexicans) and Muslims over the last several months. But what he and many others probably forget is that his positions on immigration, his call for a ban on Muslims and a border wall would also affect the twenty-three percent of Muslims in the United States who are black. There are approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants living in America. According to the Pew Research Center, 16 percent of those undocumented immigrants are black -- some are Afro-Latinos, or African, or from the Caribbean and the West Indies. While Trump's comprehension of Black issues in America seem to begin and end with employment and police brutality, there's a whole population of Black people who would be just as negatively affected by these other issues.

Yes, Donald Trump took the time to meet with black pastors last year. Yes, he likes Ben Carson, and Omarosa, and surely plenty of other black people, too. He hosted a gala dinner for the NAACP once. Wonderful. But those things, in light of his past and present history with race, are the equivalent of saying something like, "But I have a black friend!" This isn't even about whether or not Donald Trump is racist or not. It's about how his past comments, practices, and approaches to pressing Black issues (like police brutality) would manifest themselves in his policies. He would not be "good" for us at all. Not by a long shot.

Editor's note: Donald Trump is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist, birther and bully who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims -- 1.6 billion members of an entire religion -- from entering the U.S.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/8-reas...

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“John Legend Schools Trump’s Son on Racism Following Chicago Rally Cancellation!”
by
the Grio March 12, 2016
http://thegrio.com/2016/03/12/john-legend-...

After Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was forced to cancel a rally in Chicago because of safety concerns of fights breaking out between Trump supporters and protesters, Donald Trump Jr. re-tweeted a negative statement about the protesters. John Legend couldn’t let it stand, so he let Trump Jr. have it and schooled him on racism.

“Ha, 5 students when asked why they were protesting couldn’t even answer. The participation medal/micro aggression generation is pretty sad!” Trump Jr. retweeted on Friday.

Legend jumped to the protesters’ defense, saying, “@DonaldJTrumpJr I think they were protesting your racist father. This isn’t complicated.”

Trailers released for John Legend-produced series ‘Underground’

“Here we go again. That can’t be the answer for everything you don’t like. That’s why the country is so divided now!” Trump Jr. shot back.

Legend also took on “Trump trolls” who responded to his calling out Trump Jr., including one Twitter user who said that he was uneducated. His response was flawless: “The Donalds and I graduated from the same University, funny enough.”

Both Legend and Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.

Legend also tweeted an article stating that staff at Trump properties would mark black people’s applications with a “C” for “colored” and said, “Yes, Trump trolls. I’m the real racist.”

Check out the exchange and on ‘Twitter!’
http://thegrio.com/2016/03/12/john-legend-...

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I'm pretty sure their are more items to be added to this listing of what the Devil has and plans to do...I'm sure that he can also produce a few more "*****s in the woodpile" as well!

...We'll keep a watchin while residing in the "Hot-LZ!"

In Pride, Peace, and Love,


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