Carter warns Trump White House bid fueling racism

AFP, WASHINGTON: Former US president Jimmy Carter is decrying the resurgence of racial tensions coinciding with the rise of Donald Trump, warning that the billionaire tycoon’s White House candidacy has tapped a reservoir of “inherent racism.”
Carter told The New York Times on Monday that he was disappointed about a recent spike in racism, “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.”
Republican animosity toward President Barack Obama has had “a heavy racial overtone,” Carter told the daily, adding that the presumptive Republican nominee’s stunningly successful presidential campaign had “tapped a waiting reservoir there of inherent racism.”
“I think there’s a heavy reaction among some of the racially conscious Republicans against an African American being president,” Carter said. The 91-year-old politician-turned humanitarian aims to address such issues of when he convenes the New Baptist Covenant Summit 2016 on race relations and social inequality.

Carter warns Trump White House bid fueling racism

AFP, WASHINGTON: Former US president Jimmy Carter is decrying the resurgence of racial tensions coinciding with the rise of Donald Trump, warning that the billionaire tycoons White House candidacy has tapped a reservoir of inherent racism. Carter told The New York Times on Monday that he was disappointed about a recent spike in racism, except for one thing: I think the country has been reawakened the last two or three years to the fact that we havent resolved the race issue adequately. Republican animosity toward President Barack Obama has had a heavy racial overtone, Carter told the daily, adding that the presumptive Republican nominees stunningly successful presidential campaign had tapped a waiting reservoir there of inherent racism. I think theres a heavy reaction among some of the racially conscious Republicans against an African American being president, Carter said. The 91-year-old politician-turned humanitarian aims to address such issues of when he convenes the New Baptist Covenant Summit 2016 on race relations and social inequality.