Talk Tuesday: Election Report on Trump

Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 10 a.m.

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This weeks episode of Talk Tuesday includes my riveting response to the Presidential debates. President Donald Trump unveiled a plan aimed at winning over Black Americans on Friday, less than two weeks  before Election Day, largely expanding upon the existing economic-related initiatives the President established in his first term. The proposals include prosecuting the Ku Klux Klan and Antifa as terrorist organizations, making Juneteenth a federal holiday and efforts to bolster Black economic prosperity.

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During an Atlanta event announcing what was deemed the Black Economic Empowerment "Platinum Plan," Trump sought to draw contrasts between his plan for the African American community and Joe Biden\'s proposals, arguing that the former vice president "inflicted" damage on the Black community over the last 47 years he\'s spent working in Washington.

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The disconnect between the two definitions allows for a straightforward interpretation of HBCUs, federally-designated colleges designed to reverse vestiges of slavery and Jim Crow policy, to now themselves be vestiges of discrimination against white students and professionals in higher education.

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But let\'s assume that the Trump Administration says, "well, we weren\'t talking about HBCUs with this; we were trying to get rid of all of these diversity initiatives." Remember that in 2017 that Trump had to quickly walk back statements he made about the HBCU Capital Financing Program being "unconstitutional."

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