Ben Carson Refers to Slaves as ‘Immigrants’ Who ‘Worked Even Longer, Even Harder for Less’

Ben Carson Refers to Slaves as ‘Immigrants’ Who ‘Worked Even Longer, Even Harder for Less’ (Mediaite)

In a speech today before departmental employees of Housing and Urban Development, recently confirmed HUD Secretary Ben Carson went on a tangent about immigrants that included those who came to America aboard slave ships.

After talking about how America is a “can-do society” and not a “what can you do for me society,” Carson then referred to slaves as immigrants.

“That’s what America is about,” Carson said. “A land of dreams and opportunity. There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less.”