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RandySF

(58,855 posts)
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 11:17 PM Sep 2018

Trump Official Questioned If N-Word Was Racist

Eric Blankenstein, a senior Trump appointee responsible for enforcing laws against financial discrimination, once questioned in blog posts written under a pen name if using the n-word was inherently racist and claimed that the great majority of hate crimes were hoaxes, the Washington Post reports.


https://politicalwire.com/2018/09/26/trump-official-questioned-if-n-word-was-racist/

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Trump Official Questioned If N-Word Was Racist (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2018 OP
these people really wanna use the n word that bad eh JHan Sep 2018 #1
Eric Blankenstein, feel free to use it and make it part of your daily vocabulary dalton99a Sep 2018 #2
I'm only surprised it was a Trump Official and not *Trump* RockRaven Sep 2018 #3
He was asking for a "friend" world wide wally Sep 2018 #4

dalton99a

(81,512 posts)
2. Eric Blankenstein, feel free to use it and make it part of your daily vocabulary
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 11:25 PM
Sep 2018

Also be sure to practice the Sieg Heil salute

RockRaven

(14,967 posts)
3. I'm only surprised it was a Trump Official and not *Trump*
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 11:34 PM
Sep 2018

actually, I'm pretty sure he has voiced that opinion more than once in his life, we just don't have an article about it.

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