Omarosa Manigault-Newman says President Donald Trump is a racist
Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman tore into her former boss Sunday, calling President Donald Trump a racist and a “performer” who she believes “wants to start a race war in this country.”
Manigault-Newman, speaking with the Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBC’s “Politics Nation,” said Trump’s claim during his presidential campaign that he would promote diversity was all just a ruse to get votes.
USA President Donald trump accused of being a racist
“He was disingenuous about his commitment to diversity. He could care less if African-American civil rights leaders, anyone came to the table, because he had his agenda and that agenda did not include advancing and uniting the African-American community or even putting any policies in place that he promised during the campaign,” she said. “He’s a performer. He wants to use people as props.”
Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman on Sunday called President Donald Trump a racist who uses people as props. (MSNBC)
Asked whether she believes that Trump is a racist, she answered: “Yes, Donald Trump is.”
“I believe that he wants to start a race war in this country,” she added, though did not elaborate on that point.
The former White House aide stressed the small number of African-Americans who are working in his administration. She also accused his administration of trying to dismantle former President Barack Obama’s accomplishments.
“Donald Trump is not equipped to serve in the role that he is in,” she concluded. “I would say that he’s unfit to serve as the president of the United States. He has completely taken the presidency to the gutter.”
Manigault-Newman, who said she held a 15-year friendship with Trump, has increasingly spoken bitterly of the president since she left the White House as director of communications for its Office of Public Liaison. Before joining his administration, she oversaw African-American outreach for his presidential campaign and appeared as a contestant on his TV show “The Apprentice.”
She is now promoting her book Unhinged about her time in the White House, and has said she has a trove of recordings to back up her claims.
US rap artist Kanye West has said the historic enslavement of African Americans that took place over hundreds of years may have been a “choice”.
“When you hear about slavery for 400 years … for 400 years? That sounds like a choice,” he said during an appearance on entertainment site TMZ.
The star recently made headlines over his vocal support for President Trump.
Black people were forcibly brought from Africa to the US during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and sold as slaves.
West later tweeted that his comments on Tuesday had been misinterpreted and that he “brought up the 400 years point because we can’t be mentally imprisoned for another 400 years”.
to make myself clear. Of course I know that slaves did not get shackled and put on a boat by free will.
To the interviewers at TMZ, West said that “right now we’re choosing to be enslaved”, which provoked an angry response from a black member of staff at the company, Van Lathan.
Mr Lathan said the rapper’s comments appeared to be made with “the absence of thought”. Kanye defends Trump in new song.
Kim Kardashian defends Kanye’s tweets “You’re entitled to believe whatever you want, but there is fact and real-world, real-life consequence behind everything that you just said,” he added as the star stood still stroking his chin.
“We have to deal with the marginalisation that has come from the 400 years of slavery that you said for our people was a choice,” Mr Lathan continued, adding: “I’m appalled, and brother I am unbelievably hurt by the fact that you have morphed into something to me that isn’t real.”
In the TMZ footage, West refers to Mr Trump as “my boy” and says that the president is “one of rap’s favourite people”.
His comments sparked a backlash on social media with some Twitter users suggesting the rapper should revisit the history books. Somebody needs to get @kanyewest a copy of Ed Baptist’s “The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism” pronto.
It comes just days after West released a song defending his support for Mr Trump, who he has insisted is “fighting for the people”.
The controversial track, Ye vs The People, caused a stir among rappers, including Snoop Dogg, who appeared offended by its lyrical content.
“Like a gang truce, the first Blood to shake the Crip’s hand,” West raps, referring to a peace agreement between two notorious Los Angeles street gangs.
Snoop Dogg’s cousin, the rapper Daz Dillinger, later posted a video message calling on Crip gang members to “f**k Kanye up” if they see him in California. The video is being investigated by police, according to reports.
West has courted controversy with his support for Mr Trump and conservative commentators like Scott Adams and Candace Owens, who has spoken out against the Black Lives Matter movement.
Us rap artist Kanye west said the historic enslavement of africa, Americans that took place over hundreds of years may have been ‘a choice’.
“When you hear about slavery for 400years …… for 400years? That sounds like ‘a choice’, he said during an appearance on entertainment site.
The star recently made headlines over vocal support for president Trump.
Black people were forcibly brought from Africa to US during 17th century up to 19th centuries and sold as slaves.
West later tweeted that his comment on Tuesday had been misinterpreted and that he ‘ brought up 400 years point because we can’t be mentally imprisonment for another 400 years.
Ever since the film, Black Panther hit the silver screen on February 16 this year, social media has been awash with praise.
Qatar-based Wanthaza Mughogho had this to say: “It’s one of the best superhero movies I have ever watched and that’s not only because it is Afrocentric, but because the storyline is relatable and I can connect it with the past and current world events. It is a game-changer in the blockbuster movie industry as it transcends what has been considered the norm for so long in Hollywood movies.
A proud Salawian: Connie
“Superheroes have been portrayed as coming from a certain demographic only when, in truth, every culture and race have their superheroes. Personally, the movie hit a note for me when I saw someone I have met, our very own Connie Chiume, appearing in more than one scene. That was a proud moment for me.”
Most local movie fans did not know that Black Panther features an actress of Malawian origin—Connie Chiume, 65.
The legendary actress, well-known for her now defunct role Mamokete Khuse in soapie Rhythm City has conspicuous Malawian heritage.
She was born Connie Temweka Gabisile Chiume to Wright Tadeyo Chiume who came from Usisya, Nkhata Bay and a South African mother from KwaZulu-Natal.
“I was born in Welkom, a town in the Free State. Ours was an ordinary family. We were not rich, but my father was a hardworking man. I grew up in Welkom and attended school there. Then, I proceeded to Eastern Cape to do my Metric. That is the time my father decided to go back to Malawi and I remained with some of my elder sisters and mother, who followed my father later.
“I then went to do nursing, which I did not complete and, later, I went to do teaching. By the time I finished school in 1976, I started teaching. That is when the uprisings started in South Africa and things were unstable—there was a big revolution going on. Then, I got an audition and I was a cast. I resigned from teaching and went to Israel where the show was going to perform. So, I performed in Israel and Greece and that was where my arts, culture and film life started,” she said.
Her father died in 1983 in Malawi, but she feels strongly about her Malawian culture, which unfortunately, she was deprived of, having been born in South Africa.
Among her many relations in Malawi is politician-cousin Ephraim Mganda Chiume. As a result of her mixed blood, Connie coined the word Salawian [South African and Malawian], which she proudly calls herself.
“I am a Salawian, one cannot take away that from me,” she affirmed.
The mother of four has been acting since 1977. It is not surprising, therefore, that she is one of the award-winning actresses in the Rainbow Nation. She started her acting journey with theatrical plays such as IpiNtombi, Porgyand Bess; and Little shop of Horrors.
Connie with her children
She also acted in a number of feature films including The Air Up There in 1994, Chikin Biznis in 1998, I Dreamed of Africa in 2000 and Country of My Skull in 2004, alongside Holywood actor Samuel L. Jackson.
Connie also featured in a drama series Zone 14 from 2005-2010, for which she won the Golden Horn Award for Best Supporting Actress in a drama at the third South African Film and Television Awards in 2009.
She believes acting is a calling: “I was a performer and an entertainer at school. I grew up doing all this. Unfortunately, when I started, there were no drama schools. As such, I have never studied art, save for workshops that I have attended along the way,” she said.
Connie with other actresses
When it came to Black Panther, Connie went for auditions with something totally different on her mind, only to learn later that she was in a Hollywood blockbuster.
“I knew I was auditioning for a Hollywood movie called Motherland; until later on when I got the communication that I had been casted for Black Panther movie. Even then, I was not sure about what it was all about because I was associating it with an African-American activist group that used to exist and I don’t even know if it still exists,” she explained.
Connie noted that being on the set of other international movies, such as In My Country and I Dreamed of Africa, was nothing compared to working on the set of Black Panther.
“It’s really an honour to be in that movie. I feel like I have had a chance and opportunity to represent, not just Malawi and South Africa, but the whole continent and all the people in the diaspora. Working in the movie was wonderful. It was like being reunited with brothers and sisters that you have always known because the atmosphere was so good and so professional. It was so intriguing to work with big names such as Angella Basset, and proudly having all the African actors,” she said.
Considered an icon for her work in the South African entertainment industry, Connie plays one of the four elders of Wakanda, the fictional African country overseen by King T’Challa played by Chadwick Boseman, who operates as the eponymous superhero.
Connie has a dream of bringing movie makers to hr paternal home, to tell the interesting Malawian stories.
“I do have a production company, though I have not started doing anything on it as I was busy registering a school of acting and filming. Definitely, Malawi has beautiful stories and I have seen a number of movies from Malawi whose acting is good and natural. If there’s an opportunity, I am ready,” she explained.
Connie is a mother to four children—two biological and two adopted. She got married in 1985 and divorced in 2004.
Her advice to aspiring actresses is simple: “Come into the industry if you know that this is really the talent that God has given you. Acting can be a difficult profession because you are always freelancing. You do not have a permanent job. We work in projects and if the film is finished, you have to look for another one. The same if you are doing a television series. But I would encourage you that if you really love it and if it’s your passion then go to school to create your own job if there are no jobs or auditions. But it should be your passion, don’t go into it just because you want to appear on television or you just want to be famous”.
Washington- President Donald Trump is taking credit for a decline in the African-American unemployment rate again, this time by taking aim at rapper and businessman Jay-Z following his comments on CNN Saturday night.
“Somebody please inform Jay-Z that because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!” Trump tweeted Sunday morning.
The President’s tweet follows Jay-Z’s remarks on the premiere of CNN’s “The Van Jones Show,” where the rapper addressed Trump.
Asked by Van Jones whether it’s OK for Trump “to say terrible things but put money in our pockets” amid Trump’s claims that unemployment for African-Americans has dropped, Jay-Z said no, “because it’s not about money at the end of the day.
Money doesn’t equate to happiness. It doesn’t. That’s missing the whole point.
“You treat people like human beings. That’s the main point,” he said. “It goes back to the whole thing — ‘treat me really bad and pay me well.’ It’s not going to lead to happiness, it’s going to lead to, again, the same thing. Everyone’s going to be sick.”
