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"When President Trump tweeted on Sunday that "'Progressive' Democratic Congresswomen" — an apparent reference to Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley, who are all women of color — should "go back" to their countries, the backlash was swift. It also sparked another conversation: What makes something racist?  

Ibram Kendi, a professor and director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, joined "CBS This Morning" to address that question from a historical perspective and discuss whether racist actions or words make someone a racist.

Kendi explained the important historical context behind telling a person of color to go back to where they came from.

"In the 19th century, there were many, many reformers, racial reformers who thought the way to solve the race problem, the Negro problem, was to essentially send back all free blacks [to Africa]. And that started with Thomas Jefferson, his Notes to the State of Virginia which was published in 1787, and went up to Abraham Lincoln," Kendi said.

He also pointed out that this language is aimed almost exclusively at people of color — because America is assumed to be a place for white people. "So where would they go back to? But people of color, it's assumed that this is not their country," Kendi said.

A common refrain among Trump supporters, whenever he sets off a furor with an early-morning tweetstorm, is that he's just inappropriate — not racist. There's a difference, they say.  And Mr. Trump asserted in a tweet, "I don't have a Racist bone in my body!"

"First, I'd say there's no such thing as not racist. There's racist and anti-racist," Kendi said. "Racist ideas suggest that there's something wrong or right, superior or inferior about a particular group. It suggests there's something inherently normal about white Americans, that Americans are white and whites are Americans. And his idea suggests that somehow people of color are not American, and that's deeply racist.""

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Well gee...that settles it then. He won't be biased at all...oh no.  I couldn't help but notice he didn't comment on the "THEN COME BACK" part of the tweet!! Next up....Bill and Hillary Clinton speaking on the importance of fidelity in marriage with their special guest John Edwards...and a cameo appearance by Chelsea Hubbell. Joe Biden drops by to discuss Obama..."I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," Biden said. "I mean, that's a storybook, man."

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Kendi was born as Ibram H. Rogers in 1982 in Jamaica, Queens. He received his undergraduate degree in Journalism and African American Studies from Florida A&M in 2004, and earned his doctorate in African American Studies in 2010 from Temple University.

 

 

A historian??

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OldSalt posted:

Great job trying to deflect away from Trump towards what others said, as if that makes what Trump said okay.  And, great job with the attempted ad homenim attack against Dr. Kendi.  Why would you do that?  Because he is Jamaican?  Because of his dark skin color?

Oh pftttttttttttttt.....What Trump said IS OK...the truth and it was not racist! You need a new line. I didn't try to attack him...I told the truth about him! Since you consider everything a deflection or an attack I won't bother posting to you any longer.

Jutu posted:
OldSalt posted:

Great job trying to deflect away from Trump towards what others said, as if that makes what Trump said okay.  And, great job with the attempted ad homenim attack against Dr. Kendi.  Why would you do that?  Because he is Jamaican?  Because of his dark skin color?

Oh pftttttttttttttt.....What Trump said IS OK...the truth and it was not racist! You need a new line. I didn't try to attack him...I told the truth about him! Since you consider everything a deflection or an attack I won't bother posting to you any longer.

You did try to deflect when you said, "Next up....Bill and Hillary Clinton speaking on the importance of fidelity in marriage with their special guest John Edwards...and a cameo appearance by Chelsea Hubbell. Joe Biden drops by to discuss Obama..."I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," Biden said. "I mean, that's a storybook, man."", and you did try to discredit Dr. Kendi when you objected to the CBS headline including "s historian." 

OldSalt posted:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/t...torian-explains-why/

"When President Trump tweeted on Sunday that "'Progressive' Democratic Congresswomen" — an apparent reference to Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley, who are all women of color — should "go back" to their countries, the backlash was swift. It also sparked another conversation: What makes something racist?  

Ibram Kendi, a professor and director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, joined "CBS This Morning" to address that question from a historical perspective and discuss whether racist actions or words make someone a racist.

Kendi explained the important historical context behind telling a person of color to go back to where they came from.

"In the 19th century, there were many, many reformers, racial reformers who thought the way to solve the race problem, the Negro problem, was to essentially send back all free blacks [to Africa]. And that started with Thomas Jefferson, his Notes to the State of Virginia which was published in 1787, and went up to Abraham Lincoln," Kendi said.

He also pointed out that this language is aimed almost exclusively at people of color — because America is assumed to be a place for white people. "So where would they go back to? But people of color, it's assumed that this is not their country," Kendi said.

A common refrain among Trump supporters, whenever he sets off a furor with an early-morning tweetstorm, is that he's just inappropriate — not racist. There's a difference, they say.  And Mr. Trump asserted in a tweet, "I don't have a Racist bone in my body!"

"First, I'd say there's no such thing as not racist. There's racist and anti-racist," Kendi said. "Racist ideas suggest that there's something wrong or right, superior or inferior about a particular group. It suggests there's something inherently normal about white Americans, that Americans are white and whites are Americans. And his idea suggests that somehow people of color are not American, and that's deeply racist.""

This is really just some guys opinion nothing more.  As you always say has he published a paper on this theory and had it peer reviewed?   I am tired of the left trying to redefine words and meaning like racism or racist.  Anyone with a brain knows someone can be racist regardless of white, black, red or blue!  

One quick serious question did President Trump name anyone in his original tweet or tell them to leave?  You and I know the answer that is no.   You and the left are going to be in for a big surprise next election if you think the majority of Americans support the squad!

Well, he does have a PhD in African American Studies, and has been published in peer-reviewed journals, so I'll think some credence can be given to what he has to say about racism. 

To answer you question - no, Trump didn't name anyone specifically, but he also has not attempted to correct the news outlets when they named "the squad" as the targets of his tweet. 

By the way, I don't support the political ideology of "the squad" either.

OldSalt posted:

Well, he does have a PhD in African American Studies, and has been published in peer-reviewed journals, so I'll think some credence can be given to what he has to say about racism. 

To answer you question - no, Trump didn't name anyone specifically, but he also has not attempted to correct the news outlets when they named "the squad" as the targets of his tweet. 

By the way, I don't support the political ideology of "the squad" either.

You know what a honest answer I can respect that.   I have a PHD in good old fashioned common sense!  Hahaha

CBS never reports the truth of the news, that was settled years ago
along with many other extreme liberal fronts.
 
These biased networks don't report the news, they post a collective
assortment of lies they all agree on.
 
It's all MSM Trump hate, people need to remember a Lie is anything
used by the liar to persuade others to believe what's not true.  

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