Zerlina Maxwell: Trump ‘Is Normalizing Racism’

‘That means that people are feeling like they can be emboldened and racist in public without any fear of social repercussions of any kind’

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MAXWELL: "It’s so tricky. You don’t have a First Amendment right to have a television show. That is not in the Constitution. We’re seeing  now is just the result of the normalization of racism, which was something that Donald Trump did during the campaign. I remember specifically meetings we had on the campaign. I met with a Latino media person. We had our own private meeting, just the two of us at one point because we were like, we need to be able to come up with clear messaging around the fact that he is normalizing racism and what are the consequences of that. That means that people are feeling like they can be emboldened and racist in public without any fear of social repercussions of any kind. I think it’s important that ABC decided to cancel Roseanne."

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