This Is What You Sound Like When You Don't Really Have Any Black Friends
The comments are demeaning, one-dimensional, and racist.
“Some of my best friends are Black,” is a phrase white people use to use dilute any accusations that they might be racist.
But the phrase has become a punchline because the people who say it are often clearly out of touch with Black life and culture.
And in an era where we can be “friends” on social media with a click of a button, how well do we really know the folks whose racial identities we conveniently deploy?
This week, two prominent examples of “Tell me you don’t really have any Black friends without saying you don’t really have any Black friends” stand out.
The first comes from none other than Donald J. Trump himself.
