The Irresistible Donald Trump
Last month, talk-show host, Wendy Williams, had entrepreneur, Donald Trump as a guest
to promote his NBC show, The Apprentice. Is the irresistibility of Trump so strong, this black woman couldn't deny her affection and support for a man who vehemently demonstrated his disbelief of President Obama, the first African-American president, being a US citizen?
Let’s talk loyalty. Is it so wrong to ask black people to deem Trump’s campaign for
President Obama to present evidence of his American citizenship as racist? Why wouldn't Williams denying Trump access to her show feel as natural to her as reciting, “How You Doin’? (her daily greeting to her audience).”
Loyalty shouldn’t be too much to ask of African-Americans, at least when it comes to Mr.
Obama. He’s the first black president. Vivica A. Fox, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Kenya Moore, Terrell Owens should have had more of an obligation to, not their president, but their blackness. It is that obligation that should have encouraged a united militance against being a contestant on The Apprentice.
Aside from Trump’s blatant disrespect of the president, are the African-American’s on the
show even aware of the scathing comments fellow Apprentice contestant, Geraldo Rivera (subtly and cleverly racist of Trump to have Rivera and the other black contestants on the same show), made about the slain Trayvon Martin? In 2012 Rivera told Bill O’ Reilly, "I think what's far more significant is what Trayvon Martin looked like on that night, Bill," he said. "Aside from the fact that he's dressed in that thug wear — look at the size of him, he’s not a little kid. If this young man was a stranger to George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin looks just like the people who had been burglarizing and victimizing that neighborhood for the last six months.”
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The Irresistible Donald Trump
Is Trump so irresistible, we [black people] can’t say no to him? And, if so, which parts of
him are irresistible—his offensive attack on President Obama, or the apology he never issued to the 5 young black men he, along with many others, accused of raping and beating the Central Park Jogger? Come on, do we really need to be in Trump's presence to feel desirable and cool?
Perhaps African-American’s should study clips of James Baldwin and Malcolm X
interviews. Maybe we should Youtube some of those Eyes on the Prize videos from the 60’s. Let us do whatever it takes to prevent ourselves from falling prey to the what-he-says-abouthim-has-nothing-to do-with-me attitude. For, our definition of loyalty and what is racist needs a serious overhauling.