Forbes pulled an article suggesting Black voters may relate to Donald Trump and really feel extra prone to vote for him after the assassination try … most likely for good cause.
The piece was titled “Will Surviving Gunfire Be Donald Trump’s Next Appeal To Black Voters?” — and it was written by USC professor and DEI knowledgeable Shaun Harper … who himself is Black, and was extra so posing this premise as a hypothetical fairly than an announcement of reality.
Nonetheless … his argument that Trump could attempt to use this second — which he hasn’t but — as a option to enchantment to Black voters was met with plenty of pushback … with many calling it racist.
He wrote this within the since-deleted article, taking a would-be place by DT … “‘And the Blacks, they love me because they know the terrifying sound of gunshots,’ isn’t that something Trump has ‘actually’ said. Hopefully, he doesn’t. But it isn’t all that unthinkable.”
Harper additionally steered Trump may spin pumping his fist within the air after being hit by the bullet as a “Black Power Salute” — referencing the enduring second from the 1968 Olympics and the current George Floyd marches.
Different factors talked about within the article included Trump’s previous feedback in regards to the Black inhabitants embracing his mug shot. Basically, Harper is saying DT may use this second to pander to the Black group, and he even suggests it would work … that is the difficulty.
As we famous, many say Harper’s insinuation that Black individuals would naturally relate to Trump being shot performs into stereotypes … and it appears Forbes ended up in the end agreeing.
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Vital to notice, Harper makes it clear he hopes none of what he steered truly occurs and thinks it is unlikely Black voters will see Trump as one among them.
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No matter his intention … his entire concept wasn’t well-received within the Twitter-verse.
