Curtis Bunn is an Atlanta-based journalist for NBC BLK who writes about race.
Wayne L. Smith, an engineer in the Washington, D.C., area, scoffed at an image he saw last week of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gleefully nestled among a group of smiling Black people. Seeing the image immediately alarmed him. “Everything he does to try to get Black people to like him is fake,” Smith said. “Why wouldn’t that photo be fake, too? It just didn’t feel right.
Raymond Arroyo, a Fox News contributor, said in February that Trump’s release of golden sneakers will be attractive to Black voters because “they love sneakers.” These efforts “are nothing more than bigotry concealed as campaigning,” said Rahna Epting, executive director of the progressive grassroots organization MoveOn. “Black voters have real concerns about tangible issues like the economy, safety and health care.” Ray Richardson, a retired government worker in Atlanta, agreed.
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