Sharpton railed against rappers who have been "seduced" by Trump on MSNBC, Tuesday after several hip hop stars expressed solidarity with Trump over his arrest.
People forget that there are certain elements of black culture in the US that has a lot in common with Trump’s form of populism. For instance, there’s a fair amount of homophobia and misogyny in that particular part of pop culture, and that aligns very, very neatly with Trump. Black culture in the US can be very religious and socially conservative (75% of black people identify as Christian, versus about 69% of white people; 20% more black people than white are Protestants of one denomination or another). If Republicans could stop being racist (difficulty: impossible), then the values that Republicans espouse would fit neatly with values that a large number of black people have.
People forget that there are certain elements of black culture in the US that has a lot in common with Trump’s form of populism. For instance, there’s a fair amount of homophobia and misogyny in that particular part of pop culture, and that aligns very, very neatly with Trump. Black culture in the US can be very religious and socially conservative (75% of black people identify as Christian, versus about 69% of white people; 20% more black people than white are Protestants of one denomination or another). If Republicans could stop being racist (difficulty: impossible), then the values that Republicans espouse would fit neatly with values that a large number of black people have.