Tag: KKK

On Tuesday,  March 1,  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was rather racially insensitive. Although he is ahead in the election, he is not quite ahead in terms of diversity with the public eye, for he has been critical towards certain religious and minority groups. Throughout the years, it is common for the campaigns and elections to have their level of personal experiences with race, economic troubles, and public welfare. Movements such as the Black Lives Matter movement are receiving backlash from Donald Trump.
The Black Lives Matter movement and other activist organizations are strongly defending and supporting for equal rights of immigrants, Muslims, women, and people of color, generally because of  police brutality, broken economy, nativism, and sexism. All of these open-minded associations and social activist groups are including and bringing forth many Americans to protest and have their voices heard. Unfortunately, Trump’s pro-fascist nativism is increasing in power and the Republican Party is shocked that his racism and sexism is being brought to the forefront. Many minorities were rudely treated at Donald Trump’s rally in Louisville, Kentucky. Many white males in the crowd shoved and mistreated these minorities at this rally.  Ignorance united them in their demonstration of corruptness towards the barbaric actions across lines of race, religion, and gender. With the internet being overridden by Trump’s beliefs, the reporters interviewed his wife Melania Trump, asking her personally what and why people are angry about her husband’s views on certain groups of people. “He is not a racist, he speaks his mind and isn’t afraid to do so,” said Trump. Bill Maher replied with, “If you are a Republican, you are not necessarily a racist, but if you are a racist you are probably a Republican.” I believe that running or being president should give you advantage to be open towards everyone, not just a select few. I understand that the first amendment gives people the right to freedom of speech. However, like the old saying goes: “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” Donald Trump is putting a façade that he doesn’t interfere with the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) David Duke. He claims that he was unaware of the existence of David Duke and his endorsement for Trump’s campaign. Trump speaks with such arrogance and deception to the topic and is very apprehensive of including his interest with this particular group. I find it hilarious that a man of Trump’s educational caliber “doesn’t know anything” about the KKK and David Duke.
I suggest that he snaps himself back to reality and understand that race is a personal yet hard issue to speak openly to the public. “I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists,” said Trump. “So I don’t know. I don’t know why he did endorse me, or what’s going on? Because I know nothing about David Duke; I know nothing about white supremacists.”