VIDEO: A white man doesn’t get to define what racism is, says Adichie
November 12
12:52
2016
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, an award-winning Nigerian novelist, says white people lack the moral standing to define racism.
The writer said this during an argument with Emmet Tyrell, the editor in chief of the American Spectator, on BBC Newsnight.
When asked by the host Emily Maitlis if Trump had been racist in his language, Tyrell said “no he hasn’t”.
Adichie almost immediately interjected, saying: “I am sorry but if you are a white man you don’t get to define what racism is”.
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She maintained that the U.S. president-elect is racist for saying a United States judge, who’s Mexican, can’t judge him fairly.
Watch video below.
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Chimamanda really messed up with these comments. How can you term all white men as racist and then blame Trump for calling all Muslims terrorists. The black struggle would not have succeeded if some white men didn’t support it. Just as some of the heroes of Nigerian democracy are military men like Obasanjo and Abdusalam who willing handed over to Democratically elected governments. I think she needs to apologize for this statement.