After Donald Trump told four American women to 'go back' to where they came from, people are sharing heartbreaking stories of American racism.
Trump went on a racist tirade that inspired a flood of stories that will break your heart
Trump has denied that the tweets were racist, even though they single out non-white women and ignore the fact that theof these women who was not born in the U.S. became a citizen before his own wife did — Melania Trump gained her citizenship in 2006 when she was 36 years old. Melania is also white, which illustrates the difference here and what Trump is trying to say: Being born in American or gaining American citizenship isn’t what makes you belong here — being white does.
Growing up in Northern Virginia, I used to get the occasional "go back to China" while playing sports. My father told me stories from when he was in the Navy, a relatively rare officer of Italian descent at the time, being told by some to “go back to where he came from”. Given that he was from NJ & a volunteer, it always rankled him. The was the early 1950s, nearly 70 years ago.In high school, I was out with a black friend when someone yelled at her to "go back to Africa.
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