Fmr. Celebrity Apprentice Star Randal Pinkett: Trump ‘Feeding into a Stereotype’

‘If you endeavor to be the president of the free country then you have to have more responsible language, more inclusive language’

LEMON: “I want Randall to be able to get in here because we don't have a lot of time. But, I understand. You think that his messages right but he's not saying it properly. Randal, you disagree with that?” 
PINKETT: “Yes. I completely disagree with all due respect to Katrina. I don't hear any truth in what Donald is saying, to say that Mexicans are rapists and are criminals. And I think the real issue here is an issue around privilege. First of all, I don't think Donald realized what he was saying when he said it. And he said it as he was kicking off his presidential campaign. Just like his introduction to America as a candidate for political office. You're saying Mexicans are rapists and are criminals. And then having been called out on saying it, the man is doubling down and not retreating and not apologizing. There is no truth in the idea of immigrants being rapists and criminals. And the second thing I say on that is –“
LEMON: “But Randal, he's not saying -- you have to give he's not saying that all Mexicans rapists.” 
PINKETT: “No, he's not saying all, but he is –“ [Crosstalk]
CAMPINS: “Exactly. He's not saying all Mexicans are –“
PINKETT: “-- but he is stereotyping. And he's feeding into a stereotype. And if you endeavor to be the president of the free country then you have to have more responsible language, more inclusive language, more representative language that all Americans can see what it's like –“[Crosstalk]
LEMON: “There's no truth to what he's saying at all that -- there's no truth to what he's saying at all in your estimation?” 
PINKETT: “Well, there's no truth to the stereotype of Mexicans being rapists and criminals, no. And as much as he is not retreated. He has lost sponsorships, he has lost business. I don't think it's a matter of us not wanting to have honest or direct dialogue. I think it's a matter of insensitivity.”
CAMPINS: “Right.”
PINKETT: “And a lack of awareness of what he's saying as a result of privilege.”

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