The elephant in the room re: Biden

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Re: The elephant in the room re: Biden

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His casinos could not have African Americans working the floors of the casinos. He and his father would not rent apartments in the buildings they owned if you were a person of color.

Interesting, I’ve never heard/read anything about this. Do u mind sharing sources? I gotta say...I’ve only heard Trump being a racist during his presidency, primarily a narrative by the Democrats. But looking back, I never heard this before, I mean even his actions (his life before presidency) have showed him as a non-racist person. Often surrounded by minorities either in a professional level or just while having a good time. To me, hearing him say he’s not a racist has less value than his actions throughout his life.

https://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racist-racism-history

Wait, GoldenRod didn’t u call out Valentinesbaby for using right-wing sites? Vox is pretty leftist. I did read the whole article including its links that mainly brought me to other Vox articles. My thoughts...Trump def needs a filter before saying things. He needs more tact when speaking to others and he needs to become more aware of what comes out of his mouth but I do think they’re dissecting every single thing, and twisting it to fit their narrative. For example when they’re saying that supposedly Trump called Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists. He obviously didn’t mean to say that all Mexican immigrants are criminals and rapists, that’s just silly. A lot of illegal immigrants (Mexicans included) come to this country with the truest instentions to better themselves in honest, decent ways. But have no doubt that unfortunately there’s also a lot of scumbugs that take advantage of these people’s dispare and steal their money and whatever belongings they have, rape them, and do other barbaric things to them. The stories I’ve heard from some of these poor people have literally brought me to tears. Another example is when Trump called Wareen Pocahontas (how is that even clearly connected to The Trail Of Tears btw?), he didn’t mean it as racist offense against Native American tribes, he was making fun of Warren’s claims of being Native American. Two different things. 100% I do not agree with the way he addresses people but to say he’s actually racist when his actions prove otherwise is pushing it. Racial insensitivity is not the same as racism. Does Vox, TNYT, or any other site/publication that tends to be leftist have ever talked about the remarks and actions of Biden regarding race? Do u mind sharing those links too?

The Vox article was mainly to show a list of trump's own words and actions. As was posted later, there are plenty of the same lists. Listing his own racist words and actions isn't left-leaning.

Here's NPR's article on Biden's race relations over the years.
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/14/920385802/biden-vows-to-ease-racial-divisions-heres-his-record

Unlike trump supporters, I'll never claim that Biden is perfect. He wasn't my first choice during the Primaries. But he was "safe". He's too far right-wing for most Democrats, but he's a heck of a lot more left than trump is. He's a career politician, but right now, we need someone that was assured of beating trump (and with getting more than 7 million votes, and a *landslide* (using the phrasing from trump when he had the exact same Electoral College numbers 4 years ago) victory in the Electoral College, he did that easily...) and fixing as much of the damage as possible.

In four years, I hope there are a better variety of candidates, and I can vote for someone that can move the country forward. Right now, I just need someone that can fix the damage.

Yes Trump’s racial insensitive words are not left leaning but the twisting of his words to fit a narrative def is. Thank u for posting that NPR article. I’m glad they mentioned some of the remarks and actions of Biden. Although I did notice throughout the article that they didn’t give as much weight to some points and that instead they rushed to the next one. I’m also surprised they didn’t include other things he has mentioned like when he said integrating black students would turn schools into a jungle and “unless we do something about it, my children will grow up in a jungle”, or “if u have a problem figuring out whether u’re for me or for Trump, u ain’t black”, or “poor kids -meaning minorities- are just as bright and just as talented as white kids”, or “if my opponent wins, they’re going to put y’all back in chains”, or the several times he used the n word. But hey, I’m glad he was able to be VP of Obama, and now chose Kamala as his VP. Hopefully he has learned throughout his whole political career about the impact of words and actions. Would u say he’s a racist?

Posted 1/2/21 3:42 AM