Whether or not you watched it dwell or did one thing (something) else in an effort to protect your psychological well being, you most likely haven’t been capable of ignore the discourse concerning the CNN presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump that happened on Thursday (June 27). It’s saturated tradition a lot that even BET Awards host Taraji P. Henson acquired in on the motion throughout the Sunday (June 30) broadcast of the awards present.
Whereas Biden’s broadly panned displaying ate up a whole lot of the post-debate narrative, loads has additionally been stated about Trump’s quite a few outright lies and continued demonization of immigrants throughout the debate. A type of feedback got here when he claimed that immigrants coming to America are “taking Black jobs.”
“They’re taking Black jobs now and it may very well be 18, it may very well be 19 and even 20 million individuals,” Trump stated. “They’re taking Black jobs they usually’re taking Hispanic jobs and also you haven’t seen it but however you’re going to see one thing that’s going to be the worst in our historical past.” Economists from a wide range of political backgrounds have stated there’s no knowledge to help the declare that immigrants are taking jobs that may have in any other case gone to U.S. residents.
Opening the BET Awards with a parody transforming of Kendrick Lamar’s Drake-dissing, Billboard Scorching 100-topping single “Not Like Us,” Henson modified the lyrics to “it’s about us” and rocked a purple hoodie in homage to Ok.Dot. After that, she took at jab at Trump’s remark about “Black jobs” throughout her opening monologue.
“[This is] a present packed stuffed with all-stars with Black jobs. No matter meaning,” she added, drily. “However clearly we all know there’s a distinction – thanks for the data, however we already knew it.”
Later within the present, comic/actor B. Simone had some enjoyable with Trump’s “Black jobs” remark, asking people within the viewers whether or not jobs the TSA agent, TV decide and hairstylist have been “Black jobs.” (The solutions: Sure, sure and sure.)
