Blake Masters, the far-right Senate candidate in Arizona backed by former President Trump, is staking his political career on a not-so-novel conservative idea: Blame Black people for the world’s ills. (via thereidout Blog)
Nevertheless, conservatives like Masters haven’t stopped targeting nonwhite groups with baseless and biasedConservatives like Masters haven’t stopped targeting nonwhite groups with baseless and biased invective.by The Daily Beast on Sunday, in which Masters blames America’s gun violence problem on “Black people, frankly.”
Appearing on the obscure"Jeff Oravitz Show," a conservative podcast, Masters said of America’s gun problem:"It’s gangs. It’s people in Chicago [and] St. Louis shooting each other. Very often, you know, Black people, frankly." Masters added that"Democrats don’t want to do anything about that."To start, let’s be very clear: Masters has no idea what percentage of the country’s shootings are committed by Black people — because the country doesn’t know either.
Let’s be very clear: Masters has no idea what percentage of the country’s shootings are committed by Black peoplereleased last month, “longstanding systemic inequities and structural racism have resulted in limited economic, housing, and educational opportunities associated with inequities in risk for violence and other health conditions among various racial and ethnic groups.” In other words, several factors contribute to a community's rate of gun violence.
That dovetails nicely into another lie Masters told: That “Democrats don’t want to do anything” about this scourge. In fact, it’s Republicans — mostly white Republicans at the national level, I might add — who support policies we know contribute to rampant gun violence domestically and abroad.
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