Vice President Harris said clearly that the U.S. has racism in its history, bucking remarks to the contrary from GOP presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
“There is no denying that we have, in our history as a nation, racism,” she said in an ABC News interview Wednesday. “I think we all would agree that while it is part of our past, and that we see vestiges of it today, we should also be committed collectively to not letting it define the future of our country.”
“It’s unfortunate that there are some who would deny fact, or overlook it, when in fact, moving toward progress requires that we speak truth,” she added, referencing Haley’s remarks earlier this week.
Haley denied the country’s history of racism in a Fox News interview Tuesday.
Yeah, if you read the very public reasons the south gave for leaving the union, it’s pretty damn clear. It wasn’t some sort of vague conceptual thing about limited government or liberty, it was all about slaves. People believed black folks were property, not people. And more importantly, a lot of rich and powerful white folks stood to lose a LOT of money and power once the engine of their wealth was emancipated.