tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post811762116289277106..comments2024-03-28T07:58:41.643-04:00Comments on pancocojams: What Donald Trumps' "We'll Take Care Of Our African Americans" Comment Made Me Think OfAzizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-73237507693231204952016-06-08T11:29:28.272-04:002016-06-08T11:29:28.272-04:00Here are the two comments from Donald Trump's ...Here are the two comments from Donald Trump's June 7, 2016 speech that are pertinent to this post. (Trump read from a teleprompter -meaning they weren't off the cuff remarks) :<br />"We’re going to take care of our inner cities which are absolutely a shame and so sad. We’re going to take care of our African-American people which have been mistreated for so long.”<br />-snip-<br />As Jason Easley, the author of the article about Donald Trump's June 7, 2016 racist comments wrote, "You would think that Donald Trump would know that not all African Americans live in "inner cities".<br />-snip-<br />Also, you would think that Donald Trump would know that it's grammatically incorrect to use "which" (or "that"- another word that I've seen given in that sentence) to refer to people. The grammatically correct word to use for people is "who".<br /><br />Furthermore, some online commenters have mentioned that a slang meaning of "take care of" is to harm or kill. <br /><br />For example, here's a tweet that was included in this article about that June 7, 2016 speech: <a href="https://mic.com/articles/145605/donald-trump-promises-to-take-care-of-our-african-americans-as-president#.x05goybKH" rel="nofollow">https://mic.com/articles/145605/donald-trump-promises-to-take-care-of-our-african-americans-as-president#.x05goybKH</a> "Donald Trump Promises to "Take Care of Our African-Americans" as President" By Celeste Katz June 08, 2016 <br /><br />Ginger Zoe @ZoePerdue<br />When Trump says he will "take care of our African American people" it sounds like a threat."<br />9:22 PM - 7 Jun 2016<br />-snip-<br />My sense is that Trump was going for the paternalistic meaning of that term instead of that slang meaning. <br /><br />And you would think that the Republican nominee for President wouldn't be racist... But then again, racism in the Republican party is a feature and not a bug.<br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.com