NBA legend Charles Barkley got angry and laughed at Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley's controversial comments about America.
Last week, former South Carolina Gov. America declares it is not a racist country And America has “never been a racist country.”
This comment was controversial because, in the eyes of her critics, it was evidence that America was built in part on racist ideals such as slavery and slavery. This is because there are many. three-fifths compromise. And when Barkley got the chance to respond, he could only laugh.
The basketball legend taunted Haley after he cooled himself down.
“I have a really hard time deciding who to vote for. That's why Nikki Haley is the leader in the clubhouse. If you forget about slavery, Jim Crow, racism, anti-Semitism, she… “Because it's 100% true,” he said on CNN, “the anti-Asian hatred that's going on in this country — America has been smooth sailing.”
Barkley said Haley's comments were “absolutely stupid” because “America is built on racism.” But that doesn't mean America isn't “the greatest country in the world,” Berkeley said.
“Listen, you can criticize the country. This country is the greatest country in the world. You can still criticize. Who thinks we don't have racism?” “But turn on the TV. There's racism every day. And for her, it's really stupid that someone who wants to be president of the United States would say something stupid like that,” he said.
“Because it's unthinkable. It's unthinkable that racism doesn't exist in this country,” he continued. “America was built on racism, segregation, Jim Crow, and slavery. Anti-Semitism still exists today. Asians have been mistreated in recent years.”
haley later defended her commentsAnd a spokeswoman for Ms Haley said there were differences by country. There is A country where racists and racism exist. In addition, USA Today He noted that Haley's own memoir details How her Indian family experienced prejudice.
In a recent interview, Hailey also claimed to have personally experienced racism.
“I was teased every day for being brown,” she says Said About her childhood. “So for anyone who wants to question that, just go back and look at what I said about how difficult it was to grow up in the Deep South as a brown girl.”
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