Opinion: The Real Reason Trump Attacks Harris’ Racial Identity: It’s a Distraction

October 21, 2024

And in a room of predominantly Black journalists who have covered Harris—it’s obvious they know this already as well. So why did Trump resort to attacks on Harris’s racial identity? Trump used a highly coveted Black media space to question the racial identity of a Black woman, and now the point has been officially missed. Newsflash: A white man doesn’t have the right or credibility to verify or discredit the racial identity of a person of color. Trump, left, and Rachel Scott at the National Black Journalists Association convention.