A Trump supporter running for a North Carolina school board has defended a racist Facebook post where he called Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot a"dumb monkey."
James England, a candidate for the Gaston County Board of Education, has shared several controversial posts on hisEngland, who lives in Gastonia, recently shared a meme that criticized Lightfoot, who is Black, over the high crime rate in her city, according to theHe told the newspaper that he stood by the remark and claimed he didn't call Lightfoot a monkey because she is Black. The comparison has long been used as a slur to denigrate Black people.
"Generally what I post is the damn truth. It's just a fact. We can't cover up the truth," England said."It's not because of her color. I've seen white people who look like monkeys," he said.Alongside a picture of Clint Eastwood and an orangutan, England wrote:"Clint hanging out in Chicago with the Mayor."England also defended a post from July where he called a Black man a"Black b*****d.
Alongside a picture that showed a Black man attacking a white man, England wrote:"The Black b*****ds need to be shot."that he still agreed with his remark, but conceded the use of the word"b*****d" was harsh.On his Facebook page, England regularly rails against Democrats and Black Lives Matter protesters, while expressing his support for the Confederate flag, law enforcement and President Donald Trump.
In recent posts, he has attacked the Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, who is the first Black and South Asian American woman on a major party ticket, calling her an"idiot" and a"phony."
Trump is Openly running on a racist platform ! He has come out of the (hate) Closet . Yet we still have people of color worshiping him . HELP TheRevAl JoyAnnReid donlemon RealDLHughley BarackObama Oprah RobinRoberts NAACP Blklivesmatter
Black school board candidate defends calling Black mayor 'dumb monkey' Or School board candidate defends calling mayor 'dumb monkey' ... Fixed it for you
He is black and therefore cannot be a racist. Them's the rules. You made them Live by them.
Claims he’s not racist while also saying he supports the confederate flag, calling black women monkeys and saying black men should be shot. 👍
According to the American Evolution chart, monkeys evolved into white people.
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Where is his photo? If you won't put a face to that racist, disgusting, shameful pos, why post this crap? Aiding and abetting racism makes you just as shameful.
PapaCan I am a dumb monkey 🐒
MATTER A Trump supporter running for a North Carolina school board has defended a racist Facebook post where he called Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot a 'dumb monkey.'
now just to be clear this is not white on black violence, because even if it exists, systemic racism isn't violence...
What the Millennials don't know everyone else do.
If she actually said it fire her
josh_hammer is the only good thing about this group
beh, non ha tutti i torti... la fisiognomica parla chiaro.🤣