From Kumail Nanjiani to George Takei these celebrities are sharing their own encounters with racism after Trump’s tweets (via toofab)
"'Go back to your country' is a taunt immigrant kids hear on the playground," says"Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi, an American citizen who was born in India.has inspired some celebrities to share their own encounters with racism following his most recent controversy over telling four progressive congresswomen to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.
"They're free to leave if they want," Trump said Monday morning, referring to Representatives Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna S. Pressley of Massachusetts. On Tuesday, POTUS took to Twitter to assure his 62 million followers that he doesn't "have a Racist bone in my body!" Yes, he capitalized the R.
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