This list of racist comments and actions by Joe Biden is by no means exhaustive, but it needs to be spread. Each of these [EDIT “15”] examples is supported by primary sources (I particularly included ones the left finds credible).
- Joe Biden explains why Iowa schools outperform DC schools. It’s because there aren’t as many minorities in Iowa schools.
“There’s less than 1% of the population of Iowa that is African American. There’s probably less than 4% or 5% that is, that are minorities. What is it in Washington [D.C.]? So look, it goes back to what you start off with, what you’re dealing with.”
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Joe Biden sponsored an amendment which barred the federal government from withholding funds to schools who refused to desegregate. NBC of all places reported this. Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond were co-sponsors. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/joe-biden-didn-t-just-compromise-segregationists-he-fought-their-n1021626
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Joe Biden said integration of schools by busing would result in his children “growing up in a racial jungle.” Even the joke snopes.com had to admit that was true. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-racial-jungle-quote/ “Unless we do something about this [integration], my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions having built so high that it is going to explode at some point. We have got to make some move on this.”
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In support of his 1994 crime bill that led to the mass incarceration of African Americans, Joe Biden said “We have predators on our streets that society has in fact, in part because of its neglect, created…they are beyond the pale many of those people, beyond the pale. And it's a sad commentary on society. We have no choice but to take them out of society….a cadre of young people, tens of thousands of them, born out of wedlock, without parents, without supervision, without any structure, without any conscience developing because they literally … because they literally have not been socialized.”
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Joe Biden called KKK leader Robert Byrd a “mentor,” a “guide,” and a “friend.” https://youtu.be/qcBQYApjSa4
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Joe Biden praises segregationist George Wallace as “someone who’s not afraid to stand up and offend people, someone who wouldn’t pander but would say what the American people know in their gut is right.” Biden further praises George Wallace as “one of the outstanding young politicians of America.” https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/18/jones-joe-biden-believes-all-black-people-think-the-same/
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Joe Biden performed a heartfelt eulogy for segregationist Strom Thurmond. https://youtu.be/WAV9fg30xyE “I have been so conditioned by Senator Thurmond that I still refer to him as ‘Mr. Chairman.’”
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Joe Biden said that Barack Obama was the “FIRST” mainstream African American who was “articulate and bright and clean and nice looking.” https://youtu.be/EgIFV7jXBFQ The clear implication is that every other mainstream African American figure was inarticulate, dumb, unhygienic, and unattractive. This includes American hero Frederick Douglass.
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Joe Biden referred to Jews as “ Shylocks who took advantage of, um, these women and men while overseas." https://www.cnn.com/2014/09/17/politics/joe-biden-jewish-term/index.html
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Joe Biden said “if you have a problem figuring out if you’re for me or for Trump, then you ain’t black.” https://youtu.be/x0X75QI861o What did Biden mean by that?
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Don’t worry, he clarified that statement. He meant that all black people think exactly the same. “Unlike the African American community with a few notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community.” https://youtu.be/v21QwOpydis
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Joe Biden had a Freudian slip when he said “poor kids are just as talented and just as bright as white kids.” https://youtu.be/idpevmeoK1A
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Joe Biden mocked Indian Americans for running 7-11 stores: “ In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking,”” https://youtu.be/AEG1wuoa2hs
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Joe Biden, while talking about children sitting in his lap and rubbing his leg hair, referred to “learning about roaches.” https://youtu.be/oihV9yrZRHg Neither Biden nor his campaign will explain what he meant by “roaches,” but that term is an old racial slur used to describe black children.
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When asked about what should be done to repair the legacy of slavery in this country, Biden answered that black mothers need the government to help them raise their children: “We bring social workers into [black people’s] homes and parents to help them deal with how to raise their children. It’s not that they don’t want to help. They [black people] don’t know quite what to do. Play the radio. Make sure the television — excuse me, make sure you have the record player on at night.” https://atlantablackstar.com/2019/09/16/joe-biden-gets-major-flak-after-suggesting-black-parents-need-help-raising-their-children/
Considering the fact that Trump won the Rosa Parks award along with dozens of other recognitions for his work on behalf of the black community, it seems that Chris Wallace’s request that Trump denounce white supremacy would have been better directed at Joe Biden.
Biden’s supposed work on behalf of black people comes from a place of pity and patronizing condescension, not respect for black people.
Thank you for compiling this.
I pray to God for Joe to say "dogwhistle" next time, and have Trump ask, "what is a 'dogwhistle', exactly, Joe?"
I'd bet anything Joe can't answer the question.
fire post pede should be a copypasta
Thanks pede. While everyone loved Trump and no one thought he was racist before he ran for president, Biden has such a long history of looking down on black people. It’s Biden’s condescending attitude of “poor dumb black folks, just let Daddy Biden take care of you” that is sickening. I think if more people saw these examples, it would cause real problems for Biden.