Black Americans are demanding to know what “Black jobs” are after former President Trump used the phrase during Thursday’s debate with President Biden in Atlanta.
In response to the only question about black voters during the first debate before the 2024 general election, Trump criticized Biden’s stance on immigration.
“The fact is, the big hit he’s done to black people is he’s allowed millions of people through the border,” Trump said. “They’re now taking black people’s jobs. It could be 18 million, 19 million, even 20 million. They’re taking black people’s jobs, they’re taking Hispanic people’s jobs. You haven’t seen it yet, but you’re about to see the worst of our history.”
Black social media users immediately demanded clarification on what “black work” is.
“What kind of jobs are there for blacks and Hispanics?!” the NAACP asked. Social Platform X.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison Agreed, postWhat is a black job?
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) She said she wanted The CNN host asked for an explanation for the comments.
“I still don’t understand the ‘black job’ comment. I wish there was a follow up to understand what he was trying to say,” Omar posted on X.
Meanwhile, others expressed their confusion in more humorous ways.
“Well, the debate is over. Time to get everyone ready for bed in time for #BlackJobs tomorrow,” said BlackPAC, a group that works to build black political power. Posted with A meme of actress Viola Davis removing her makeup.
Trump’s comments came in response to CNN host Dana Bash asking Biden what he has done for black voters amid what appears to be growing dissatisfaction with the White House, particularly among black voters.
In his response, Biden noted that unemployment rates for black people had been historically low under his administration.
According to the White House, from September 2022 to February of this year, the unemployment rate for black workers remained below 6%. In April 2023, the unemployment rate for black workers fell to 4.8%. In April of this year, the unemployment rate for black Americans was 5.6%.
Under Trump, the black unemployment rate was about 8% between 2016 and 2020. It was 11% between 2000 and 2015.
In a post-debate report by NBC, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the only black Republican in the Senate and a potential running mate for Trump, tried to avoid a question about what the former president meant by “black jobs.”
NBC News’ Tom Llamas asked Scott whether language like “black jobs and Hispanic jobs” would offend some American voters, to which Scott said it didn’t.
“All I can say is, everybody wants more jobs, whether you’re black, white, Hispanic, whoever, Native American,” Scott said. “We want wages to go up, and under Donald Trump, the bottom fifth of wage earners saw their wages go up faster than the top fifth. That translates to more purchasing power. But under Joe Biden, the exact opposite has happened. They’ve lost $28,000 in purchasing power over the last three and a half years. So you can talk about black jobs and white jobs. At the end of the day, I think Donald Trump has provided more jobs for Americans.”
Black social media users seemed unhappy with Thursday’s debate, with some calling it the “whitest debate” they’d ever seen after Biden and Trump began talking about golf and arguing about handicaps.
“The dissonance of this debate sickens me,” said David Johns, CEO and executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition, a civil rights group dedicated to empowering black LGBTQ people. Added subtitles to the video Discuss the debate
“If this isn’t the most white thing I’ve ever experienced in my life, I don’t know what is,” Johns said in the video.
Both Biden and Trump are trying to win over black voters, but Biden has a demographic advantage over Trump.
Black Americans demand to know what 'Black jobs' are after Trump debate comment
Black Americans are demanding to know what “Black jobs” are after former President Trump used the phrase during Thursday’s debate with President Biden in Atlanta.
In response to the only question about black voters during the first debate before the 2024 general election, Trump criticized Biden’s stance on immigration.
“The fact is, the big hit he’s done to black people is he’s allowed millions of people through the border,” Trump said. “They’re now taking black people’s jobs. It could be 18 million, 19 million, even 20 million. They’re taking black people’s jobs, they’re taking Hispanic people’s jobs. You haven’t seen it yet, but you’re about to see the worst of our history.”
Black social media users immediately demanded clarification on what “black work” is.
“What kind of jobs are there for blacks and Hispanics?!” the NAACP asked. Social Platform X.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison Agreed, postWhat is a black job?
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) She said she wanted The CNN host asked for an explanation for the comments.
“I still don’t understand the ‘black job’ comment. I wish there was a follow up to understand what he was trying to say,” Omar posted on X.
Meanwhile, others expressed their confusion in more humorous ways.
“Well, the debate is over. Time to get everyone ready for bed in time for #BlackJobs tomorrow,” said BlackPAC, a group that works to build black political power. Posted with A meme of actress Viola Davis removing her makeup.
Trump’s comments came in response to CNN host Dana Bash asking Biden what he has done for black voters amid what appears to be growing dissatisfaction with the White House, particularly among black voters.
In his response, Biden noted that unemployment rates for black people had been historically low under his administration.
According to the White House, from September 2022 to February of this year, the unemployment rate for black workers remained below 6%. In April 2023, the unemployment rate for black workers fell to 4.8%. In April of this year, the unemployment rate for black Americans was 5.6%.
Under Trump, the black unemployment rate was about 8% between 2016 and 2020. It was 11% between 2000 and 2015.
In a post-debate report by NBC, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the only black Republican in the Senate and a potential running mate for Trump, tried to avoid a question about what the former president meant by “black jobs.”
NBC News’ Tom Llamas asked Scott whether language like “black jobs and Hispanic jobs” would offend some American voters, to which Scott said it didn’t.
“All I can say is, everybody wants more jobs, whether you’re black, white, Hispanic, whoever, Native American,” Scott said. “We want wages to go up, and under Donald Trump, the bottom fifth of wage earners saw their wages go up faster than the top fifth. That translates to more purchasing power. But under Joe Biden, the exact opposite has happened. They’ve lost $28,000 in purchasing power over the last three and a half years. So you can talk about black jobs and white jobs. At the end of the day, I think Donald Trump has provided more jobs for Americans.”
Black social media users seemed unhappy with Thursday’s debate, with some calling it the “whitest debate” they’d ever seen after Biden and Trump began talking about golf and arguing about handicaps.
“The dissonance of this debate sickens me,” said David Johns, CEO and executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition, a civil rights group dedicated to empowering black LGBTQ people. Added subtitles to the video Discuss the debate
“If this isn’t the most white thing I’ve ever experienced in my life, I don’t know what is,” Johns said in the video.
Both Biden and Trump are trying to win over black voters, but Biden has a demographic advantage over Trump.
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