Trump Downsizes Black College Conference
By Tom O'Connor -- Newsweek
The White House announced Friday it's switching up the format of an upcoming meeting between President Donald Trump and representatives of historically black colleges. The move comes as his administration continues to face deep criticism over its polarizing views on race relations in the U.S.
While the White House statement did not detail what modifications were being made, it did hint that the administration was looking to downsize Trump's meeting with the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HCBUs). Trump found early success in reaching out to these schools, which were at times critical of his predecessor, but the Republican leader's attacks on their funding, controversial comments following last month's deadly white nationalist attack in Charlottesville, Virginia and his poor approval rating among black communities in general have strained this relationship.
READ MORE:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tru...
Posted By: Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
Sunday, September 3rd 2017 at 9:41AM
You can also
click
here to view all posts by this author...
