So What If He Said It?

Code Switch

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In recent weeks, rumors of a recording of President Trump using the N-Word have resurfaced. But critics have been describing Trump as racist for years. So, if this tape were to exist, would it even matter?

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0:00.0	What's good, y'all?
0:00.8	All right, before we get started this week,
0:02.2	I want you to do me a favor.
0:03.0	I want you to take out your cell phone or your laptop
0:04.9	or whatever device you're using to listen to us right now.
0:07.7	And go to mpr.org slash newsletter slash code switch
0:10.9	and sign up for the code switch newsletter.
0:13.0	It's where we talk about what we're reading,
0:15.6	what we're listening to, what we're watching,
0:17.7	and what we're arguing about with each other.
0:19.6	This week, I'm on newsletter duty
0:21.2	and I'm trying to pull together some thoughts
0:22.6	on John McCain and what his life in his career tells us
0:26.2	about this idea around civility and racial discourse
0:29.2	and mainstream American politics.
0:30.6	If that sounds interesting to you and I hope it does,
0:33.0	sign up at mpr.org slash newsletter slash code switch.
0:36.4	I heads up, the following podcast contains language
0:38.5	that some people may find offensive.
0:40.6	All right, one to the show.
0:41.8	You're listening to code switch.
0:46.3	I'm Gene Demby.
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