“Daily Show” host Trevor Noah, himself the son of one black parent and one white (his dad), comes to the defense of mixed-race President Obama and attacked Ben Carson.
As addictinginfo.org reported:
“Ben Carson has once again outdone himself. During an interview, Ben Carson claimed that President Obama was ‘raised white’ and thus can’t identify with the ‘experience of black America.’ But, Trevor Noah of The Daily Show isn’t letting him off so easily.”
Noah said:
“Like a glitched character on a video game, Ben Carson is just off facing the wrong direction. Yeah, he is not attacking Trump or the other Republicans, but rather he’s chosen to attack President Obama. And it’s not for his policies and it’s not for his record. It’s for not being black enough. So Ben Carson is saying that because Obama didn’t grow up poor, he didn’t grow up black. That is such a bullshit argument. Being poor isn’t what makes you black. Because if it is, then there are a lot of people living in trailers in the middle of America who will be very upset to hear the news. ‘I’m what??’ But they’re not black. And we know this. Because if they were, their trailers would have nicer rims.”
Other dissections on social media:
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Posted by Jeff Cohen on Thursday, February 25, 2016
Oh Ben… Ben… Ben… You just got OWNED! […] “You chased a black woman — your mama — with a hammer and you’re still…
Posted by Jack Boardman on Thursday, February 25, 2016
If Obama was “raised white”, then Carson was “raised by morons”…..
Posted by Tim Conner on Thursday, February 25, 2016
Is this what passes for professional journalism these days? Carson was just pointing out that being raised by white…
Posted by Josh Anthony on Thursday, February 25, 2016