The New York Times opinion writer, Charles Blow, had some harsh words regarding Trump’s attempt at Black outreach. In an appearance on CNN, he said what he really thinks of the Orange Menace.
‘It’s An Outreach To White People’
Blow said on Wednesday that Trump’s latest “outreach” to Black voters is:
“…The most insidious kind of bigotry. It’s the kind of bigotry that says, ‘I will knock you down while I pretend to pick you up.’ It says that I am not talking to you, I’m talking to the guy behind you or over your shoulder. It’s the kind of bigotry that says, ‘I am urinating on you and telling you to dance in the rain.’ This is the most horrible kind of bigotry. The fact that people keep asking the same question, particularly to black commentators like me, is he reaching out to black people, he is not reaching out to black people.”
Blow is absolutely correct in his assessment. What’s even more interesting is that Trump’s supposed “outreach” has come at the same time that he hired Stephen Bannon, former chief of Breitbart, to be his new campaign manager. When Bannon took over the Breitbart website, which was already known for its lunacy, things took an even darker turn. As reported by Mother Jones:
“Under Bannon’s leadership, the site has plunged into the fever swamps of conservatism, cheering white nationalist groups as an ‘eclectic mix of renegades,’ accusing President Barack Obama of importing ‘more hating Muslims,’ and waging an incessant war against the purveyors of ‘political correctness.'”
Racist To Their Core
One of the many problems with the way Republicans attempt to court the Black vote is by basically telling Black voters that they simply don’t know what’s good for them. Republicans stand in front of largely White audiences and talk about how “oppressive” the Democratic party is to the Black community. Sites like Breitbart like to talk about the “Democratic plantation.”
Republicans say these things, and then continue to oppress minorities with every move. They attempt to appear non-racist, but their angle in doing so tends to appeal to White people who have racist tendencies. Is it any wonder, then, that White supremacists support Trump in spades?
