Byron Donalds, in a world of hurt after suggesting
Black families were stronger under Jim Crow segregation:
“You see, during Jim Crow, the Black family was together.
During Jim Crow, more Black people were not just conservative—Black people have
always been conservative-minded—but more Black people voted conservatively. And
then H.E.W.[Department of Health Education and welfare], Lyndon Johnson—you go
down that road, and now we are where we are.”
Of note, President Lyndon Johnson introduced legislation on
the heels of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965,
which overturned the Jim Crow-era caste system that kept African Americans as second-class citizens after slavery was
abolished.
Donalds doubled down a bit saying:
“Let’s agree on something: I am, you know, obviously, one of
the better communicators in the Republican Party.”
Except your foot is in your mouth.
For the record, The Jim Crow laws were state and local
laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries that enforced racial segregation and for a man of color to paint that
as a positive time is disgusting.
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