White people were very badly treated, where they did extremely well and they were not invited to go into a university or a college. “I think it was also, at the same time, it accomplished some very wonderful things, but it also hurt a lot of people—people that deserve to go to a college or deserve to get a job were unable to get a job. And the clumsiness of Trump’s explanation suggests that he’s just parroting their talking points rather than drawing his own conclusion on how exactly the Civil Rights Movement stopped white people from getting jobs and going to college.
Author: Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Published at: 2026-01-12 22:27:58
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