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Kathy Miller called the Black Lives Matter movement a stupid waste of time and said low African American voter turnout could be due to the way theyre raised
Donald Trumps campaign chair in a prominent Ohio county has claimed there was no racism during the 1960s and said black people who have not succeeded over the past half-century only have themselves to blame.
Kathy Miller, who is white and chair of the Republican nominees campaign in Mahoning County, made the remarks during a taped interview with the Guardians Anywhere but Washington series of election videos.
If youre black and you havent been successful in the last 50 years, its your own fault. Youve had every opportunity, it was given to you, she said.
Youve had the same schools everybody else went to. You had benefits to go to college that white kids didnt have. You had all the advantages and didnt take advantage of it. Its not our fault, certainly.
Miller also called the Black Lives Matter movement a stupid waste of time and said lower voter turnout among African Americans could be related to the way theyre raised.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/22/trump-ohio-campaign-chair-no-racism-before-obama
Joanie Baloney
(1,357 posts)Poster woman for the oblivious white folks movement.
Holy crap!
-JB
BeyondGeography
(39,386 posts)vdogg
(1,384 posts)HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Especially since this fucktroll resides in the county I was born in.
Ohio's got some first round picks in the Stupid Draft, let that not be denied . . .
maryellen99
(3,790 posts)Trumpies? The people I know who are voting for Trump are not hurting economically.
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)saltpoint
(50,986 posts)this article:
http://businessjournaldaily.com/flashback-remembering-jim-crow-in-youngstown/
-- and see if maybe she overlooked a few things before shooting her ignorant mouth off.
imanamerican63
(13,823 posts)Racism comes in all forms. These people pushed racism to the fore front of our every day life. It is called "HATE".
Johonny
(20,913 posts)These are the questions this election is turning on because a certain segment of America is comfortably dumb.
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)She's paid $20,568 a year for her services. The article linked above explains how to run for the job in Mahoning County (Youngstown area)