Trump tapping into ‘inherent racism’ in US: Jimmy Carter
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Donald Trump, the US Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee
Former US President Jimmy Carter says presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is tapping into the “inherent racism” in American society to promote his election campaign.
“I don’t feel good, except for one thing: I think the country has been reawakened the last two or three years to the fact that we haven’t resolved the race issue adequately,” Carter told The New York Times on Monday.
“Trump has tapped a waiting reservoir there of inherent racism,” he said of the New York businessman.
Carter said Trump is just one example of Republican animosity toward America’s first black president, Barack Obama, that exudes a “heavy racial overtone.”
“I think there’s a heavy reaction among some of the racially conscious Republicans against an African-American being president,” he said.
The 91-year-old Nobel peace laureate also said Trump’s call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States undermines global human rights.
Trump’s campaign has been marked by controversial statements, including with disparaging remarks about Mexican immigrants and Muslims.
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