“Donald Trump insisted yesterday that he is not racist, because one time an African-American won Apprentice. Because nothing says 'not racist' like making a black man run your errands.” MenRunningBlackTrumpYesterdayAfrican AmericanRacistOne TimeApprenticeErrands Author:Conan O'Brien
“Trump says he wants to run for president. Why not? It wouldn't be the first time he pushed a black family out of their home.” WantFirstsHomeRunningBlackPresidentTrumpFirst TimeWhy NotBlack Family Author:Snoop Dogg
“Donald Trump first gained political prominence leading the charge for the so-called birthers. He promoted the racist lie that President Obama is not really an American citizen, part of a sustained effort to delegitimize America's first black president.” FirstsAmericaPoliticalLyingBlackPresidentEffortTrumpCitizensRacistPresident ObamaAmerican CitizensProminence Author:Hillary Clinton
“You have Hillary Clinton who has called black teens or black kids super predators, you have Donald Trump who's openly racist. We have a presidential candidate who has deleted emails and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate. That doesn't make sense to me because if that was any other person you'd be in prison.” IfsPersonsDoneKidsBlackTrumpPrisonClintonMake SensePresidentialCandidatesRacistTeensEmailPredatorPresidential Candidate Author:Colin Kaepernick
“Donald Trump has not held an event in the black community. He has not gone to a black church, as Hillary Clinton has done.” DoneBlackCommunityChurchGoneEventsTrumpClintonBlack CommunityBlack Church Author:Donna Brazile
“Donald Trump has not gone to historical black colleges - Hillary Clinton. He's not met with the mothers of children who have been slain and killed from violence in the country as Hillary Clinton has done.” ChildrenHas BeensCountryDoneMotherBlackGoneViolenceCollegeTrumpMetsHistoricalClinton Author:Donna Brazile
“[Donald] Trump has quietly rolled out an immigration plan with specifics and everyone wants specifics. He's got immigration with specifics, a black and Hispanic outreach plan with specifics.” WantBlackPlansTrumpImmigrationHispanicSpecificsOutreach Author:Eric Bolling
“I've heard Donald [Trump]s ay this at his rallies, and it's really unfortunate that he paints such a dire negative picture of black communities in our country.” CountryBlackCommunityHeardTrumpNegativePaintOur CountryUnfortunateBlack Community Author:Hillary Clinton
“Mr. [Donald] Trump, for five years, you perpetuated a false claim that the nation's first black president was not a natural-born citizen. You questioned his legitimacy. In the last couple of weeks, you acknowledged what most Americans have accepted for years: The president was born in the United States.” YearsFirstsStatesLastsNationsBlackPresidentBornNaturalUnitedUnited StatesFiveWeekTrumpCoupleCitizensClaimsAcceptedFive YearsLegitimacy Author:Lester Holt
“[Donald Trump] has really started his political activity based on this racist lie that our first black president was not an American citizen. There was absolutely no evidence for it, but he persisted, he persisted year after year, because some of his supporters, people that he was trying to bring into his fold, apparently believed it or wanted to believe it.” PeopleTryingYearsFirstsBelieveWantedPoliticalLyingBlackPresidentTrumpCitizensActivityEvidenceRacistSupporterFoldsAmerican Citizens Author:Hillary Clinton
“The way Donald Trump talks about the problems of black Americans as a kind of separate group who are not part of his audience but he's kind of reaching over his audience or behind his audience to black Americans, saying what have you got to lose? As in you might as well join me because the Democrats haven't done anything for you. But joining me means joining this group that already supports me.” WayWellsKindMeanDoneProblemMightBlackLosesBehindsSupportAudienceGroupsHavensTrumpDemocratReachingJoiningSupport Me Author:George Packer
“When Donald Trump yells at his supporters to throw somebody out of the hall - and usually that somebody is brown or black or often is - that means he's galvanizing a kind of mob spirit, which is also a racial mob spirit.” KindMeanSpiritBlackTrumpBrownHallsSupporterOften Is Author:George Packer
“Whites who otherwise were able to tolerate a black president, Obama, because on certain issues he appealed to them on substance, Trump was able to reach down into some of those same people and pull out this racism inside them.” PeopleAbleCertainBlackPresidentIssuesTrumpRacismSubstancePresident ObamaTolerate Author:Allan Nairn