White House adviser Jared Kushner--whose family is worth an estimated $1.8 billion--is seen here with his wife Ivanka Trump at a New York gala in 2015. (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
Oct 26, 2020
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner--who like his boss and father-in-law President Donald Trump is a product of his family's fortune--was mercilessly lambasted on social media on Monday after he mocked Black Lives Matter activists and suggested that many Black people don't want to be successful.
"Jared Kushner is the face of white privilege and nepotism. He doesn't want to change our racist, broken system because he benefits from it."
--Rep. Barbara Lee
Appearing on the Fox News morning show "Fox & Friends," Kushner--some of whose $1.8 billion family fortune was amassed off the misfortune and suffering of Black people--and the hosts discussed economic issues facing the Black community. Racism was not mentioned. Kushner did touch upon the subject, albeit in a decidedly derisive fashion. After mentioning George Floyd, the unarmed Black man killed in May by Minneapolis police, Kushner accused people who expressed support for Black lives of "virtue signaling."
"They'd go on Instagram and cry or they would put a slogan on their jersey or write something on a basketball court," he said. "And quite frankly, that was doing more to polarize the country than it was to bring people forward."
\u201cJared Kushner on the Black community: "President Trump's policies are the policies that can help people break out of the problems that they're complaining about, but he can't want them to be successful more than that they want to be successful."\u201d— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1603722190
While admitting that Black Americans overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, Kushner asserted that Trump's "Platinum Plan"--which seeks to help Black people through capitalism-based solutions without acknowlegding the existence of racism as an obstacle to opportunity--and other policies "can help people break out of the problems that they're complaining about, but he can't help them be successful more than they want to be successful."
The Democratic National Committee released a statement blasting Kushner for demeaning racial justice protests as mere "complaining."
"This dismissive approach to the issues that Black voters care about is indicative of Trump's callousness and disregard for the lives of Black people," the statement said.
Reaction to Kushner's remarks came fast and fierce on social media:
\u201cJared Kushner is the face of white privilege and nepotism. He doesn't want to change our racist, broken system because he benefits from it. \n\nHe\u2019s the last person that should be lecturing the Black community on the value of \u201chard work.\u201d\u201d— Rep. Barbara Lee (@Rep. Barbara Lee) 1603739530
\u201cDear #JaredKushner ,\n\nYou say \u201cBlacks don\u2019t want to be successful?\u201d My enslaved grandfather fought for his country in the Civil War, led a strike for fair wages in 1876, & died a success\u2014in poverty. Your ancestors left you wealth, mine left us a nation. \u201d— Rev. & Prof. Cornell William Brooks (@Rev. & Prof. Cornell William Brooks) 1603743600
\u201cJared Kushner wants to distract white voters with images of \u201ccomplaining\u201d and \u201clazy\u201d Black people so they won\u2019t vote to make billionaires like the Kushners pay their fair share in taxes.\n\nOur country will be truly great only when we put an end to their divide-and-conquer tactics.\u201d— Jamaal Bowman Ed.D (@Jamaal Bowman Ed.D) 1603736247
\u201cJared Kushner speaks as if Black people are lazy complainers who don't want to be successful. This blatant DISRESPECT shows he has NO understanding of the Black community and its challenges that have spanned centuries. You can't "fix" these problems from this level of ego.\u201d— Ben Crump (@Ben Crump) 1603727760
\u201cworth noting that \u201cthey just don\u2019t want to work\u201d has been in the racist\u2019s bag of rhetorical tricks since the moment the ink was dry on the thirteenth amendment https://t.co/lrIJJA4fyU\u201d— b-boy bouiebaisse (@b-boy bouiebaisse) 1603734652
\u201cIf it weren't for nepotism, @jaredkushner would be Jared, the creepy north Jersey accountant with a weird voice who isn't terribly good at math, but sure, tell me again about how to be successful .\u201d— Franklin Leonard (@Franklin Leonard) 1603737429
\u201cJared Kushner the highest ranking slumlord in the country calling black ppl lazy\u201d— Rae Sanni (@Rae Sanni) 1603728754
\u201cJust what black people love. Being lectured by some rich kid who never had to earn anything. \n\nWhy don't you Go Fuck Yourself Jared Kushner?\u201d— Alex Cole (@Alex Cole) 1603729245
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Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner--who like his boss and father-in-law President Donald Trump is a product of his family's fortune--was mercilessly lambasted on social media on Monday after he mocked Black Lives Matter activists and suggested that many Black people don't want to be successful.
"Jared Kushner is the face of white privilege and nepotism. He doesn't want to change our racist, broken system because he benefits from it."
--Rep. Barbara Lee
Appearing on the Fox News morning show "Fox & Friends," Kushner--some of whose $1.8 billion family fortune was amassed off the misfortune and suffering of Black people--and the hosts discussed economic issues facing the Black community. Racism was not mentioned. Kushner did touch upon the subject, albeit in a decidedly derisive fashion. After mentioning George Floyd, the unarmed Black man killed in May by Minneapolis police, Kushner accused people who expressed support for Black lives of "virtue signaling."
"They'd go on Instagram and cry or they would put a slogan on their jersey or write something on a basketball court," he said. "And quite frankly, that was doing more to polarize the country than it was to bring people forward."
\u201cJared Kushner on the Black community: "President Trump's policies are the policies that can help people break out of the problems that they're complaining about, but he can't want them to be successful more than that they want to be successful."\u201d— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1603722190
While admitting that Black Americans overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, Kushner asserted that Trump's "Platinum Plan"--which seeks to help Black people through capitalism-based solutions without acknowlegding the existence of racism as an obstacle to opportunity--and other policies "can help people break out of the problems that they're complaining about, but he can't help them be successful more than they want to be successful."
The Democratic National Committee released a statement blasting Kushner for demeaning racial justice protests as mere "complaining."
"This dismissive approach to the issues that Black voters care about is indicative of Trump's callousness and disregard for the lives of Black people," the statement said.
Reaction to Kushner's remarks came fast and fierce on social media:
\u201cJared Kushner is the face of white privilege and nepotism. He doesn't want to change our racist, broken system because he benefits from it. \n\nHe\u2019s the last person that should be lecturing the Black community on the value of \u201chard work.\u201d\u201d— Rep. Barbara Lee (@Rep. Barbara Lee) 1603739530
\u201cDear #JaredKushner ,\n\nYou say \u201cBlacks don\u2019t want to be successful?\u201d My enslaved grandfather fought for his country in the Civil War, led a strike for fair wages in 1876, & died a success\u2014in poverty. Your ancestors left you wealth, mine left us a nation. \u201d— Rev. & Prof. Cornell William Brooks (@Rev. & Prof. Cornell William Brooks) 1603743600
\u201cJared Kushner wants to distract white voters with images of \u201ccomplaining\u201d and \u201clazy\u201d Black people so they won\u2019t vote to make billionaires like the Kushners pay their fair share in taxes.\n\nOur country will be truly great only when we put an end to their divide-and-conquer tactics.\u201d— Jamaal Bowman Ed.D (@Jamaal Bowman Ed.D) 1603736247
\u201cJared Kushner speaks as if Black people are lazy complainers who don't want to be successful. This blatant DISRESPECT shows he has NO understanding of the Black community and its challenges that have spanned centuries. You can't "fix" these problems from this level of ego.\u201d— Ben Crump (@Ben Crump) 1603727760
\u201cworth noting that \u201cthey just don\u2019t want to work\u201d has been in the racist\u2019s bag of rhetorical tricks since the moment the ink was dry on the thirteenth amendment https://t.co/lrIJJA4fyU\u201d— b-boy bouiebaisse (@b-boy bouiebaisse) 1603734652
\u201cIf it weren't for nepotism, @jaredkushner would be Jared, the creepy north Jersey accountant with a weird voice who isn't terribly good at math, but sure, tell me again about how to be successful .\u201d— Franklin Leonard (@Franklin Leonard) 1603737429
\u201cJared Kushner the highest ranking slumlord in the country calling black ppl lazy\u201d— Rae Sanni (@Rae Sanni) 1603728754
\u201cJust what black people love. Being lectured by some rich kid who never had to earn anything. \n\nWhy don't you Go Fuck Yourself Jared Kushner?\u201d— Alex Cole (@Alex Cole) 1603729245
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner--who like his boss and father-in-law President Donald Trump is a product of his family's fortune--was mercilessly lambasted on social media on Monday after he mocked Black Lives Matter activists and suggested that many Black people don't want to be successful.
"Jared Kushner is the face of white privilege and nepotism. He doesn't want to change our racist, broken system because he benefits from it."
--Rep. Barbara Lee
Appearing on the Fox News morning show "Fox & Friends," Kushner--some of whose $1.8 billion family fortune was amassed off the misfortune and suffering of Black people--and the hosts discussed economic issues facing the Black community. Racism was not mentioned. Kushner did touch upon the subject, albeit in a decidedly derisive fashion. After mentioning George Floyd, the unarmed Black man killed in May by Minneapolis police, Kushner accused people who expressed support for Black lives of "virtue signaling."
"They'd go on Instagram and cry or they would put a slogan on their jersey or write something on a basketball court," he said. "And quite frankly, that was doing more to polarize the country than it was to bring people forward."
\u201cJared Kushner on the Black community: "President Trump's policies are the policies that can help people break out of the problems that they're complaining about, but he can't want them to be successful more than that they want to be successful."\u201d— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1603722190
While admitting that Black Americans overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, Kushner asserted that Trump's "Platinum Plan"--which seeks to help Black people through capitalism-based solutions without acknowlegding the existence of racism as an obstacle to opportunity--and other policies "can help people break out of the problems that they're complaining about, but he can't help them be successful more than they want to be successful."
The Democratic National Committee released a statement blasting Kushner for demeaning racial justice protests as mere "complaining."
"This dismissive approach to the issues that Black voters care about is indicative of Trump's callousness and disregard for the lives of Black people," the statement said.
Reaction to Kushner's remarks came fast and fierce on social media:
\u201cJared Kushner is the face of white privilege and nepotism. He doesn't want to change our racist, broken system because he benefits from it. \n\nHe\u2019s the last person that should be lecturing the Black community on the value of \u201chard work.\u201d\u201d— Rep. Barbara Lee (@Rep. Barbara Lee) 1603739530
\u201cDear #JaredKushner ,\n\nYou say \u201cBlacks don\u2019t want to be successful?\u201d My enslaved grandfather fought for his country in the Civil War, led a strike for fair wages in 1876, & died a success\u2014in poverty. Your ancestors left you wealth, mine left us a nation. \u201d— Rev. & Prof. Cornell William Brooks (@Rev. & Prof. Cornell William Brooks) 1603743600
\u201cJared Kushner wants to distract white voters with images of \u201ccomplaining\u201d and \u201clazy\u201d Black people so they won\u2019t vote to make billionaires like the Kushners pay their fair share in taxes.\n\nOur country will be truly great only when we put an end to their divide-and-conquer tactics.\u201d— Jamaal Bowman Ed.D (@Jamaal Bowman Ed.D) 1603736247
\u201cJared Kushner speaks as if Black people are lazy complainers who don't want to be successful. This blatant DISRESPECT shows he has NO understanding of the Black community and its challenges that have spanned centuries. You can't "fix" these problems from this level of ego.\u201d— Ben Crump (@Ben Crump) 1603727760
\u201cworth noting that \u201cthey just don\u2019t want to work\u201d has been in the racist\u2019s bag of rhetorical tricks since the moment the ink was dry on the thirteenth amendment https://t.co/lrIJJA4fyU\u201d— b-boy bouiebaisse (@b-boy bouiebaisse) 1603734652
\u201cIf it weren't for nepotism, @jaredkushner would be Jared, the creepy north Jersey accountant with a weird voice who isn't terribly good at math, but sure, tell me again about how to be successful .\u201d— Franklin Leonard (@Franklin Leonard) 1603737429
\u201cJared Kushner the highest ranking slumlord in the country calling black ppl lazy\u201d— Rae Sanni (@Rae Sanni) 1603728754
\u201cJust what black people love. Being lectured by some rich kid who never had to earn anything. \n\nWhy don't you Go Fuck Yourself Jared Kushner?\u201d— Alex Cole (@Alex Cole) 1603729245
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