Tavis Smiley Calls Out Trump's Racism, Media's Complicity In Selling It

Tavis Smiley Calls Out Trump's Racism, Media's Complicity In Selling It

Author : Ryan Grenoble

Tv Host Tavis Smiley is tired of Donald Trump’s crap and so am I. Racism underlies Trump's high poll numbers, said Smiley, and the media is complicit in selling it. "It wasn't about calling him out, I tried to tell the truth -- and I think that's what you and I are supposed to be doing in this media business that we're in," Smiley said. "Donald Trump is an unrepentant, irascible, religious and racial arsonist." "And by religious and racial arsonist," he explained, "I simply mean that when you go after people like Muslims, because of their faith ... when you go after people like immigrants, and there's a race issue involved here ... I don't know what else to call that."

Smiley then argued the media must do a better job of connecting the dots between Trump's popularity and support from the "night side" of America. What happens to be annoyning is that we keep talking about Trump rising in the polls as if it is somehow happening miraculously. It’s happening because he’s appealing to a certain base voter in this country. He’s appealing to a certain side of America and that’s why he’s rising in the polls, and we should stop covering that up. “We don’t need Muslims. We need smart, well-educated white people who will assimilate to our culture,” a man identified by Reuters as Jared Taylor, editor of a white supremacist magazine says.

I wrote this article because it's time to start speaking  out. We all know that Donald trump is advancing because of his racist views, let us acknowledge the fact that some part of America is still racist. Let us acknowledge that white supremacy is still an issue that runs rampant in the country. Let us make things more black and white and disregard the grey area.