Joe Biden’s controversial remark on Friday morning—where he told millions of Black Americans across the country they “ain’t black” if they support President Trump over him—has caused some people to look back through his racial record.
We don’t just mean in 2019 when Biden said: “Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.”
We mean all the way back in 1977 when then-Senator Biden claimed school integration would devastate his own children’s futures. “Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle” Joe Biden in 1977.
NEW: @USCGouldLaw prof @droithmayr spotted this 1977 Biden quote. He warns that unless there is "orderly integration" (he favored housing, not busing) "My children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle . . " w/@AsteadWesley https://t.co/yQpjw0V2bN pic.twitter.com/7xPdtqjehB
— Sheryl Gay Stolberg (@SherylNYT) July 15, 2019
In 1977, Joe Biden wrote a letter to arch-segregationist James Eastland thanking him for his support for legislation aimed at killing forced busing policies to desegregate schools. pic.twitter.com/i083bxcAxE
— Alex Kotch (@alexkotch) June 28, 2019
https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-said-desegregation-would-create-a-racial-jungle-2019-7?op=1
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