Twitter Slams Nikki Haley After She Claims Obama 'Set Minorities Back' [View all]
Two of the most common talking points from Republican presidential candidates in recent years have been to deny the persistence of racism in the United States and to criticize President Barack Obama. Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and former ambassador to the United Nations, attempted to do both with a tweet sent out last week — and Black Twitter was having none of it.
Haley started a Twitter firestorm on Friday when she tweeted a message critical of Obama, who she claimed “set minorities back by singling them out as victims instead of empowering them.” After arguing that “in America, hard work & personal responsibility matter,” Haley then brought in her own parents to make her point. “My parents didn’t raise me to think that I would forever be a victim,” she claimed, stating that they instead “raised me to know that I was responsible for my success.”
If Haley thought her shot at Obama and her latest attempt to downplay American racism would go unchallenged, she was soon proven wrong.
“Then why are you passing as a white woman. You literally survived off the kindness of Black people,” retorted journalist Kathia Woods.
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