Editorial Submission: Trump's Missing Black Judges | Afro

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Editorial Submission: Trump's Missing Black Judges | Afro

By Michael Higginbotham There has been much discussion over the last four years about President Trump’s racist rhetoric, policies, and past and present actions. Since Trump’s initial candidacy in 2016, Americans have witnessed this political leader characterizing Mexican immigrants as “rapists and criminals”, restricting Muslim immigration , dividing families and incarcerating brown children seeking asylum […]

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