Sen. Tim Scott underlined his controversial “America is not a racist country” comment today on CBS’ Face The Nation. The South Carolina Republican made that remark on America in …
The South Carolina Republican made that remark on America in his rebuttal last week to President Biden’s first address to Congress. His remarks drew fire and racist comments from those who disagreed with his assertion that the US cannot replace one type of discrimination with another.
Twitter eventually stepped in last week to stop a trending string of comments that used the slur “Uncle Tim” to describe him in the wake of his comments. “I’ve been saying for a long time: America is not a racist country,” Scott said. “The question is, is there a lingering effect after a couple of centuries ofand discrimination in this nation. The answer is absolutely. The question we should be debating and fighting over is how do we resolve those issues going forward. One side says, ‘I’m going to take from some to give to others.’ Fighting bigotry with bigotry is hypocrisy, it just doesn’t work.
“When you pass a Covid package with $2 trillion of spending, and in your package you hide in there: If you are a black farmer, we will give you resources, but if you are a white farmer, you’re excluded from those same resources. That’s taking from one to give them the other,” Scott said. He is referring to a US Department of Agriculture initiative that has brought a number of lawsuits from white farmers.
“So we’re going to reverse that and call that a way of creating fairness in our country. That doesn’t really work,” Scott said.believes "America is not a racist country," but has also said the system is "breaking the back and breaking the spirit” of millions of Black Americans.
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