"Catch up quick: Trump recently posted - and deleted 12 hours later - a clip portraying the Obamas as apes at the end of a video on his Truth Social feed. The White House on Friday initially said criticism of the video was "fake outrage." It later backtracked, deleting the post and claiming it was erroneously posted by a staffer, after the backlash grew to include Republican lawmakers demanding its removal."
"The big picture: Monkey and ape imagery has been used for centuries to dehumanize Black people, especially during slavery and the Jim Crow era. Civil rights groups and historians have long classified such depictions as explicitly racist, not ambiguous or coded. Zoom in: Over the last four decades, such depictions have been treated as an unmistakable racial slur that resulted in widespread outcry and consequences."
A Truth Social clip showed the Obamas depicted as apes and was posted then removed within 12 hours. The White House initially dismissed criticism as "fake outrage" before saying the post was erroneously made by a staffer amid growing Republican demands for removal. Senator Tim Scott publicly condemned the clip as overtly racist and urged its removal. Monkey and ape imagery has long been used to dehumanize Black people, particularly during slavery and Jim Crow. Civil rights groups and historians classify such depictions as explicitly racist, and similar incidents over decades have produced swift consequences and public outrage.
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