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Trump posts the Obamas as ape, monkey illustrations. Why is it racist?

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President Donald Trump's Truth Social account shared a video depicting the Obamas with monkey-like bodies. Portraying Black people as monkeys or apes is a racist trope with historical roots in eugenics. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt initially dismissed concerns about the racist imagery but the White House later blamed the post on a staffer and deleted it. President Donald Trump's social media account shared a clip of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama's faces transposed on a monkey-like illustration, a racist image rooted in eugenics and the Jim Crow era. The roughly minute-long video posted on Truth...
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