Winner of NYT teen cartoon contest.... appropriate given it is Black History Month

This is by Anna Desmet, Sonoma, California

Paraphrasing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Considering Trumps complete lack of knowledge when introducing Black History Month, and not even knowing anything of Frederick Douglass, this speaks volumes to Trumps true motives, his true constituency, and I could go on....

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MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

The media controls what you see and hear. Don't mean he didn't acknowledge it.

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It's not that he didn't acknowledge Frederick Douglass...it's [i]how[/i] he acknowledged Frederick Douglass.

CassandraFemale17 · 26-30, F

He did acknowledge it. By showing how ignorant he is of it, and of history.

I'm a teenager, and I could name so many African American heroes and heroines. I could tell you stories of so many of them.

He couldn't even sound knowledgeable about one of the most important figures in American History.

And I didn't say African American history.
African American history ISSSSSSS American History!

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MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@CassandraFemale17: Can you name American heroes from all races?

CassandraFemale17 · 26-30, F

@MrBrownstone: from all races? Probably not. But from several, yes. Including from the Middle East, Mexico, South America

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@CassandraFemale17: Then you would be a racist. If you don't know all from all races.