From the Atlanta Daily World:

By: Tarence Wheeler I can’t speak for every single Black man in this country, but I can lay out the facts for my brothers here in Detroit. Donald Trump is a lifelong racist. From discriminating against Black tenants in the 1970s to suggesting the Exonerated Five, formerly the Central Park Five, deserved the death penalty, … Continued

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  • madthumbs@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    It reads like propaganda. The discrimination of tenants is conjecture with no source cited for it. I’m sure there were black people that wanted the death penalty for the Central Park Five. I don’t vote or really care for politics but wanted to see if there was merit to the claims. -Nope, just hoo-haa political propaganda as usual.

    • criitz@reddthat.com
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      Trump refused to rent apartments in predominantly white buildings to black tenants. Testimony showed that the applications filed by black apartment seekers were marked with a “C’’ for “colored.” A settlement that ended the lawsuit did not require the Trumps to explicitly acknowledge that discrimination had occurred — but the government’s description of the settlement said Trump and his father had “failed and neglected” to comply with the Fair Housing Act.