Dog-Whistling Donald: An Interview With Former NAACP President Cornell Brooks
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By Rebecca Vallas, Off-Kilter
President Trump's "shithole" comment may be his most blatant racist remark to date but are his more subtle dog whistles even more dangerous? And why are so many people in this country so uncomfortable with using the word "racist"? I discussed this and more with Cornell Brooks -- a lawyer, minister and activist who formerly served as the 18th president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Rebecca Vallas: In recent days -- between President Trump's widely noted "shithole" comment, as well as an exchange he had with the Congressional Black Caucus in which he was told that their constituents would be harmed by his Medicaid work requirements policy, and that not all of their constituents are Black -- and he resp...