At tonight’s presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, in the midst of a contentious conversation about how to address rising racial tensions across the country, Trump resorted to a line that a lot of Twitter users are taking issue with: "African-Americans, Hispanics, are living in hell." He then added, "In Chicago, you walk down the street, you get shot."
This isn’t the first time Trump, in what might be an attempt to appear sympathetic, has instead slummified African American neighborhoods. Back in August Trump called African American neighborhoods “war zones” and directly addressed the Black community, saying, “You’re living in your poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth is unemployed—what the hell do you have to lose?”
It’s a line that many African Americans and Latino Americans rightfully see as condescending and grossly stereotypical. And in response, Twitter users are reminding Trump that Black and Latino communities aren't a collection of gang members and drug dealers by using a simple message: “I don’t live in hell.”
