Crass jokes, especially those based on race, are crass whether delivered by Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, and should be condemned by everybody regardless of political affiliation.
Clinton made a joke last Saturday that all blacks “look alike” after an interviewer botched a question and mixed up two prominent African American politicians.
Clinton made the comment after questioner Kara Swisher of Recode asked her following a discussion of political correctness: “What do you think of Cory Booker saying, ‘Kick them in the shins essentially’?”
“Well that was Eric Holder,” Clinton responded – correcting her host, who meant to reference the former attorney general.
“Eric Holder, sorry,” Swisher responded, according to video of the event.
“I know, they all look alike,” deadpanned Clinton, apparently taking a shot at her questioner.
“No they don’t,” Swisher quickly interjected.
Clinton then let forth a grin while members of the crowd of listeners burst into laughter.
Let’s be honest: Had a Republican or conservative lumped together an entire race and joked “they” all look alike there would be appropriate outrage from the left and in the media.
And that outrage should extend to Hillary Clinton too.
In writing this article it’s very difficult to find a video clip of Clinton’s joke, which would be readily available all over the place had Trump made it.
And that’s a problem.
Just before she made the racial crack, Clinton had just been stating that “what’s often called political correctness is politeness” and “not being rude and insulting to people.”
“It’s respecting the diversity that we have in our society,” she added, calling her own Democratic Party “a much more diverse political party, attracting people who are African-American, Latino, LGBT” compared to the GOP. “And I don’t think it’s politically correct to say, we value that.”
Booker is the only Democratic African American man serving in the Senate, while Holder is a prominent party figure who served as President Obama’s attorney general.
And “they” do not look alike.
No, it’s not a problem. He’s the president. She’s a failed candidate. She identified the interviewers mistake and made a sarcastic joke. Clinton knows who black people are.
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