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01-13-2018, 07:23 AM
NAIROBI: Africans reacted angrily Friday after Donald Trump reportedly referred to their nations as ?shithole countries?, with many lashing the US president for racism and ignorance.
The United Nations also slammed US President Donald Trump?s reported description of African nations and Haiti as ?shithole? countries as ?shocking and shameful?, and ?racist?.?If confirmed, these are shocking and shameful comments from the President of the United States. Sorry, but there is no other word one can use but ?racist?,? Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UN human rights office, told reporters in Geneva.
He was referring to comments reportedly made by Trump during a meeting Thursday with lawmakers about immigration reform, demanding to know why the United States should accept citizens from ?shithole? countries.
US President Donald Trump repeatedly used an incendiary slur to describe countries including Haiti and African nations during a meeting about an emerging immigration deal, a senior Democratic senator at the meeting confirmed Friday.
?That?s when he used these vile and vulgar comments, calling the nations they come from ?shitholes,? Democratic Senator Dick Durbin told MSNBC. ?The exact word used by the president, not just once but repeatedly,? he added.
Social media users across the continent posted images of modern skylines and beautiful nature from their countries with the ironic hashtag ?shithole.?Others heaped scorn on a president who last year caused widespread sniggering when he twice referred to Namibia as ?Nambia?.
?I?m a proud son of the shining continent called Africa. My heritage is deeply rooted in my Kenyan roots. Africa is NO #shithole Mr. Trump,? tweeted record-holding Kenyan runner Bernard Lagat, who became a US citizen in 2004.
He was referring to comments reportedly made by Trump during a meeting Thursday with lawmakers about immigration reform, demanding to know why the United States should accept citizens from ?shithole countries?, including Haiti, El Salvador and the entire African continent.
Trump then suggested the United States should welcome immigrants from places like Norway, whose prime minister met with Trump on Wednesday, according to the reports.Trump, on Friday, implied that he did not use the controversial words ? ?this was not the language used,? he said in a tweet.
Many reminded the US of its historic role in the continent?s woes.?President Trump, One day, I?ll take you to a ?shithole? country called Ghana,? wrote Ghanaian Edmond Prime Sarpong on Facebook.
?First stop would be Osu Castle, Elmina Castle, and the over 40 Forts that detained about 30 million slaves, beaten and shipped out like sardine cans and then I will tell you the history of Africa and why people like you made that a ?shithole? continent.?
Botswanan Foreign Minister Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi wrote on Twitter that the remarks had struck a ?nasty blow? to diplomatic relations with the US.Prominent Kenyan commentator Patrick Gathara, told AFP that this was nothing new from a ?racist and ignorant? administration, nor from the West at large.
?What is even more insulting is the hypocrisy of everyone condemning Trump, and he should be condemned, without examining their own offensive language and conduct,? he said.
?This is no different from what Hollywood and Western media have been saying about Africa for decades. We have consistently been portrayed as shitty people from shitty countries,? he said.Some acknowledged problems in their countries, but blamed this on their poor leaders as well as western nations such as the US.?Please don?t confuse the #shithole leaders we Africans elect with our beautiful continent... Our motherland is the most blessed continent that has been raped by imperialists in collaboration with our shitty misleaders for generations,? wrote Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi on Twitter.
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The United Nations also slammed US President Donald Trump?s reported description of African nations and Haiti as ?shithole? countries as ?shocking and shameful?, and ?racist?.?If confirmed, these are shocking and shameful comments from the President of the United States. Sorry, but there is no other word one can use but ?racist?,? Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UN human rights office, told reporters in Geneva.
He was referring to comments reportedly made by Trump during a meeting Thursday with lawmakers about immigration reform, demanding to know why the United States should accept citizens from ?shithole? countries.
US President Donald Trump repeatedly used an incendiary slur to describe countries including Haiti and African nations during a meeting about an emerging immigration deal, a senior Democratic senator at the meeting confirmed Friday.
?That?s when he used these vile and vulgar comments, calling the nations they come from ?shitholes,? Democratic Senator Dick Durbin told MSNBC. ?The exact word used by the president, not just once but repeatedly,? he added.
Social media users across the continent posted images of modern skylines and beautiful nature from their countries with the ironic hashtag ?shithole.?Others heaped scorn on a president who last year caused widespread sniggering when he twice referred to Namibia as ?Nambia?.
?I?m a proud son of the shining continent called Africa. My heritage is deeply rooted in my Kenyan roots. Africa is NO #shithole Mr. Trump,? tweeted record-holding Kenyan runner Bernard Lagat, who became a US citizen in 2004.
He was referring to comments reportedly made by Trump during a meeting Thursday with lawmakers about immigration reform, demanding to know why the United States should accept citizens from ?shithole countries?, including Haiti, El Salvador and the entire African continent.
Trump then suggested the United States should welcome immigrants from places like Norway, whose prime minister met with Trump on Wednesday, according to the reports.Trump, on Friday, implied that he did not use the controversial words ? ?this was not the language used,? he said in a tweet.
Many reminded the US of its historic role in the continent?s woes.?President Trump, One day, I?ll take you to a ?shithole? country called Ghana,? wrote Ghanaian Edmond Prime Sarpong on Facebook.
?First stop would be Osu Castle, Elmina Castle, and the over 40 Forts that detained about 30 million slaves, beaten and shipped out like sardine cans and then I will tell you the history of Africa and why people like you made that a ?shithole? continent.?
Botswanan Foreign Minister Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi wrote on Twitter that the remarks had struck a ?nasty blow? to diplomatic relations with the US.Prominent Kenyan commentator Patrick Gathara, told AFP that this was nothing new from a ?racist and ignorant? administration, nor from the West at large.
?What is even more insulting is the hypocrisy of everyone condemning Trump, and he should be condemned, without examining their own offensive language and conduct,? he said.
?This is no different from what Hollywood and Western media have been saying about Africa for decades. We have consistently been portrayed as shitty people from shitty countries,? he said.Some acknowledged problems in their countries, but blamed this on their poor leaders as well as western nations such as the US.?Please don?t confuse the #shithole leaders we Africans elect with our beautiful continent... Our motherland is the most blessed continent that has been raped by imperialists in collaboration with our shitty misleaders for generations,? wrote Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi on Twitter.
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