![]() Trump emerged as a political force owing to his full-throated embrace of “ birtherism,” the false charge that the nation’s first black president, Barack Obama, was not born in the United States. His statements have been reflected in his behavior-from public acts (placing ads calling for the execution of five young black and Latino men accused of rape, who were later shown to be innocent) to private preferences (“When Donald and Ivana came to the casino, the bosses would order all the black people off the floor,” a former employee of Trump’s Castle, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, told a writer for The New Yorker). In the years since then, Trump has assembled a long record of comment on issues involving African Americans as well as Mexicans, Hispanics more broadly, Native Americans, Muslims, Jews, immigrants, women, and people with disabilities. ![]() To hear more feature stories, see our full list or get the Audm iPhone app.
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