Haley says US has ‘never been a racist country’
thehill.com
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley claimed Tuesday that the United States has never been a “racist” country, rejecting a suggestion that she might have trouble becoming the GOP president…
  • diffcalculus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    10 months ago

    This has to have been taken out of context…

    “No. We’re not a racist country, Brian. We’ve never been a racist country,” Haley said in response.

    Well shit. At least she’s sticking to her guns…

    “I know, I faced racism when I was growing up. But I can tell you, today is a lot better than it was then,” Haley said.

    …so she’s an idiot.

    • fidodo@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      They tried to clarify later:

      "America has always had racism, but America has never been a racist country,” spokesperson AnnMarie Graham-Barnes said in the statement.

      But that’s still total bullshit. This country had legal slavery of black people. What the fuck is that if not the absolute worst kind of systematic racism that could possibly exist?