Many view 'black friend defense' that Mark Meadows used during Cohen hearing as a tired, hollow argument
1 / 2In this image made from a Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, video, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., listens as he questions Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, as Cohen testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Darden and countless other African-Americans have experienced variations of the"black friend defense" — saying that a person can't be racist because of the color of the company he keeps — for generations. And the trope played out in front of a national TV audience this week as Republican Rep. Mark Meadows defended President Donald Trump against testimony by Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen , who claimed the president is racist.
Harvey, who voted for Hillary Clinton, told media outlets in 2017 that he regretted meeting with the president at Trump Tower because of the backlash. He only did so in the hopes of helping with Trump's transition to the White House. The phenomenon was the subject of a 2014 study done by University of London Business School professor Daniel A. Effron.
Parry said he finds it remarkable that people in the public eye keep using"the black friend" excuse over and over in almost verbatim language rather than issue a mea culpa. It comes off shallow and brings the authenticity of the friendship into question, he said.
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