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In his remarks about the vice-president’s race, Trump showed how laughably out of touch he is.
Predictions are a fool’s game. But I’ll tell you one thing any fool could have predicted: that Donald Trump’s appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists’ convention last week would involve him saying something stupid and racist.
Lo and behold, this is exactly what happened. When asked about Kamala Harris, Trump complained that the vice-president seemed to have undergone some sort of racial metamorphosis. “I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black,” Trump proclaimed. “So, I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?”
He added: “You know what, I respect either one. But she obviously doesn’t, because she was Indian all the way, then all of a sudden she made a turn and she became a Black person. And I think somebody should look into that.”
While somebody is looking into that, they should probably also investigate what year Trump thinks it is. I know the guy was born in 1946 – 21 years before the US struck down state antimiscegenation statutes – but it’s 2024. It feels laughably out of touch to be publicly bemused by multiracial people when they are the fastest growing demographic in the US. This growth is partly down to an increase in interracial couples, but it is also because the 2020 US census added more nuance to racial categorisation, allowing for better data capture. People whose identity didn’t fit into a neat little box didn’t have to tick “Other” any more.
www.theguardian.com
Predictions are a fool’s game. But I’ll tell you one thing any fool could have predicted: that Donald Trump’s appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists’ convention last week would involve him saying something stupid and racist.
Lo and behold, this is exactly what happened. When asked about Kamala Harris, Trump complained that the vice-president seemed to have undergone some sort of racial metamorphosis. “I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black,” Trump proclaimed. “So, I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?”
He added: “You know what, I respect either one. But she obviously doesn’t, because she was Indian all the way, then all of a sudden she made a turn and she became a Black person. And I think somebody should look into that.”
While somebody is looking into that, they should probably also investigate what year Trump thinks it is. I know the guy was born in 1946 – 21 years before the US struck down state antimiscegenation statutes – but it’s 2024. It feels laughably out of touch to be publicly bemused by multiracial people when they are the fastest growing demographic in the US. This growth is partly down to an increase in interracial couples, but it is also because the 2020 US census added more nuance to racial categorisation, allowing for better data capture. People whose identity didn’t fit into a neat little box didn’t have to tick “Other” any more.
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In his remarks about the vice-president’s race, Trump showed how laughably out of touch he is, writes Arwa Mahdawi
www.theguardian.com