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Racism in US is institutional ‘white man’s problem’: Joe Biden
2019-08-29
[DAWN] Racism in America is an institutional "white man’s problem visited on people of color", former US Vice President Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
...Old, boring, a plagiarist, fond of hair sniffing and grabbing the protruding parts of women, and not whatcha call brilliant...
said on Tuesday, arguing that the way to attack the issue is to defeat President Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
and hold him responsible for deepening the nation’s racial divide.

Taking aim at incendiary racial appeals by Trump, Biden said in an interview with a small group of news hounds that a president’s words can "appeal to the worst damn instincts of human nature", just as they can move markets or take a nation into war.

Biden is leading his Democratic challengers for the presidential nomination in almost all polls, largely because of the support of black voters. He has made appealing to them central to his candidacy and vowed to make maximising black and Latino turnout an "overwhelming focus" of his effort. The interview, more than an hour long, focused largely on racial issues.

"White folks are the reason we have institutional racism," Biden said. "There has always been racism in America. White supremacists have always existed, they still exist." He added later that in his administration, it would "not be tolerated".

By highlighting the nation’s racial tensions and placing blame on Trump, Biden is showing that he, too, is willing to make race a core campaign issue, but from the opposite perspective of the president. Turnout and enthusiasm among black voters will be critical for the Democratic nominee, notably to try to reclaim states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. He also emphasised a crossover appeal to both black voters and non-college-educated white voters.


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Posted by:Fred

#6  #5 All white people with his attitude should do this.

And all environmentalists should volunteer to be turned into compost.

Otherwise, how are we to take them seriously?
Posted by: charger   2019-08-29 08:54  

#5  Well then, you better resign and give all your money to the minorities Joe.

Then maybe commit seppuku in front of the White House as an apology for your racism.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-08-29 08:37  

#4  a trollish media type would ask, 'Would you characterize it as the white man's burden?'
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136   2019-08-29 07:20  

#3  These gaffs are too choreographed. Someone is writing for him. No one could be that dull. Early stage Parkinson's to be diagnosed very soon, then the long awaited political exit as planned.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-08-29 05:00  

#2  "White folks are the reason we have institutional racism"... in his administration, it would "not be tolerated"

WTF does that even mean ?
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-08-29 03:47  

#1  Joe, you make a lot of gaffs when you open your mouth. You are greedy. You ae a clown. And you are always number 2 (and I am not just referring to human waste).

But that is not because of your race. Even if you were yellow, brown or black, your low self esteem is because it is your nature to go around TRYING to be a stupid jerk.
Posted by: Phaick Uneretle6310   2019-08-29 01:12  

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