Russell Simmons: Trump often used racial and anti-Semitic slurs
Russell Simmons says he often heard Trump use racial and anti-Semitic slurs when they were together.
Click here for reuse options!In a recent interview with Fortune, music mogul Russell Simmons discussed his relationship with Republican nominee Donald Trump, with whom he was friends for 30 years.
Simmons told Fortune that he was able to have friendships with people like Trump and former Fox CEO Roger Ailes, despite their political beliefs. He said, “I can believe in them, I can like them.”
However, he also said that Trump isn’t a “suitable person for the presidency,” noting times when Trump had made racist and anti-semitic comments over the course of their friendship…
Simmons noted how some of Trump’s comments were at times anti-black and Islamophobic. “The fear,” Simmons explains, “is that his statements would take people who would never even admit to having those seeds of hate in them, and water those seeds, and then those people would say things they wouldn’t even imagine saying, and then it became the norm.”
The interview with Fortune is not the first time Simmons has opened up about his friendship with Trump. In an interview with CNN Money in September, he told CNN correspondent Cristina Alesci, “[Donald] has said racist things for 30 years.”
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Suzanne McFly October 22nd, 2016 at 09:35
How can Simmons hear those comments and not feel they are directed at him? If I hear people use anti-women talk, I don’t need them to use my name to feel offended. I don’t know what Simmons sees as a benefit to keep this relationship.
Larry Schmitt October 22nd, 2016 at 10:47
Exactly. How far does Trump have to go before Simmons no longer considers him a friend? And does he really think the feeling is mutual?
Duncan Harmon October 22nd, 2016 at 17:06
Trump probably was not blatant but he said sideways things just like he did to Billy Bush, and then smiled and cheesed at that woman. They think it is going over people’s heads. In another instance the Black Miss Teen saw his racist behavior toward the other Black Miss Teen contestant. I am sure the White contestants did not care a whit. Simmons noticed because when you are the brunt of bigotry your radar goes off like a car alarm. To white people it’s non-existent or a “card”. until it happens to them.
Suzanne McFly October 22nd, 2016 at 18:08
I am white and I grew up in a diverse neighborhood, I was the minority. I hear things and I am offended even though the comment is not directed at me and I know many others who are the same way. I have called people out and I educated them on the comments they were using, I come from the standpoint that they must be too ignorant to know what they are saying so I give them a pass, until they do it again and that is when I just walk away.
bpollen October 22nd, 2016 at 15:43
Makes me seriously question Simmons’ judgement. People who feel free to use ethnic slurs or racist statements are not going to remain my friends.
Duncan Harmon October 22nd, 2016 at 16:58
These people don’t even know they are being racist. They are accepted in society just that way. White people more than a person like Russell Simmons accept them around you and don’t say anything or by omission agree with them. Otherwise they would not be so comfortable and prevalent in society.
Duncan Harmon October 22nd, 2016 at 16:56
What shocks me is that people are surprised or appalled that Simmons was around a racist and ignored him. Well for white people, many of them if you work with them , go to school etc say and do racist things and don’t even know any better. You would spend all your day being upset and correcting them. I grew up in all white schools, it didn’t offend me if they weren’t intentional because they really did not know what they were saying.