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Sorry, no, he was clearly referring to black people using racist rhetoric. He said they were born out of wedlock, had no parents and hadn't been socialized --
by 0xy 6y ago
Sorry, no, he was clearly referring to black people using racist rhetoric.
He said they were born out of wedlock, had no parents and hadn't been socialized -- all racist tropes. [1]
The bill resulted in the incarceration of millions of additional black people, not to mention the deaths while in jail or from the expansion of the death penalty.
He has a long history of racism against black people in particular. [2]
Just look what he said about Obama -- "You got the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man" [3]
[1] https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/07/politics/biden-1993-speech-predators/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/07/politics/biden-1993-speec...
[2] https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/06/joe-biden-latino-african-american-remark-392354 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/06/joe-biden-latino-af...
[3] https://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/31/biden.obama/ https://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/31/biden.obama/