Among Donald Trump's many alleged race-related sins is his defense of "The suburbs" from low-income housing.
Trump has made the suburbs a campaign issue, thanks to his rollback of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Act, promulgated by the Obama administration.
Trump has implied that such housing would threaten suburbs, and that he is "Protecting our suburbs." In announcing his executive order, he said, "The suburb destruction will end with us." In a speech in Midland, Texas, he elaborated: "There will be no more low-income housing forced into the suburbs ... It's been going on for years. I've seen conflict for years. It's been hell for suburbia."
Despite calling Trump's action and rhetoric racist, nevertheless admitted that suburbs don't need low-income housing in order to be racially mixed.
"Suburbs are by and large integrated," said Biden.
In announcing the AFFH rollback, he explained, "Our suburbs are diverse and thriving communities where the majority of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans now live.... You know the suburbs, people fight all of their lives to get into the suburbs and have a beautiful home."
In response to a question about race and the criminal-justice system, he said, "There's systemic injustice in this country, in education and work and in law enforcement." Yet somehow, white, black, and Hispanic soccer moms are already car-pooling together in integrated suburbs.
https://www.city-journal.org/trump-biden-suburbs-racism-debate
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