Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Tuesday that he made the much-criticized &#8220;you ain&#8217;t black&#8221; remark last week because &#8220;The Breakfast Club&#8221; co-host Charlamagne Tha God was &#8220;being a wise guy.&#8221;
“Well, first of all, um, you know, I, uh, it was a mistake, number one,” Biden said. “And I was smiling when he asked me the question.”
“I shouldn’t have been such a wise guy with him,” Biden continued. “He was being a wise guy and I responded in kind, I shouldn’t have done that.”
During the interview on &#8220;The Breakfast Club&#8221; last week, Biden said, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”
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Biden was widely slammed for his remarks by prominent members of the black community, including athletes, business owners, politicians, and celebrities.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-tim-scott-hud-secretary-ben-carson-slam-democrat-joe-biden-over/">said</a> during an interview on Fox News:&#8221;Well, I&#8217;m not going to whitewash his arrogant, insensitive, painful comment that he made,&#8221; Scott said. &#8220;It tells me that he has taken the black vote for granted and he will continue to do so. This is not the first time we have had rhetoric from the vice president that has been offensive.&#8221;
&#8220;It was Senator Kamala Harris that called attention to vice president Biden&#8217;s ignorance on the issue of school busing,&#8221; Scott continued. &#8220;It was Senator Cory Booker who called him onto the carpet for the crime bill. So, his record has been called into question by his own party. The thing I hear right now from his party, however, crickets. It is quiet as a church mouse right now on the left. I’m tired of hearing people put democrats on a perch when it comes to offensive, racially offensive comments and they hold Republicans to a very different standard.&#8221;
BET founder Robert Johnson, who is America&#8217;s first black billionaire, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bet-founder-robert-johnson-blasts-democrat-joe-biden-over-racist-remarks-he-believes-that-black-people-owe-him-their-vote">responded</a>, “Vice President Biden’s statement today represents the arrogant and out-of-touch attitude of a paternalistic white candidate who has the audacity to tell Black people, the descendants of slaves, that they are not Black unless they vote for him. This proves unequivocally that the Democratic nominee believes that Black people owe him their vote without question; even though, we as Black people know it is exactly the opposite. He should spend the rest of his campaign apologizing to every Black person he meets.”
Famed running back Herschel Walker also took a shot at Biden, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/herschel-walker-son-unload-on-democrat-joe-biden-over-bigoted-you-aint-black-remark">writing</a> on Twitter: “Wow. I just watched former Vice President @JoeBiden… Does he not understand that black and brown skinned people can think for themselves. You don’t determine who we vote for.”
This article and its title have been revised for clarity.
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Biden: I Made ‘You Ain’t Black’ Remark Because Charlamagne Tha God Was ‘Being A Wise Guy’

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After former Vice President Joe Biden appeared on radio host Charlamagne tha God’s show “&#8217;The Breakfast Club” last week and stated, &#8216;If you&#8217;ve got a problem figuring out whether you&#8217;re for me or for Trump, then you ain&#8217;t black,” he offered a quasi-apology, saying, “I shouldn’t have been such a wise guy. I shouldn&#8217;t have been so cavalier in responding to what I thought was — anyway, I don’t take it for granted at all. No one, no one, should have to vote for any party based on their race or religion or background.”
That so-called apology was not sufficient for Charlamagne tha God, apparently, as he appeared on MSNBC on Sunday and called it “lip service,” as <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8354285/Charlamagne-tha-God-rejects-Joe-Bidens-lip-service-apology-aint-black-gaffe.html">The Daily Mail</a> reported. He stated, “I don&#8217;t even care about the words and the lip service. The apology is cool but the best apology is actually a black agenda. You know, they got to make some real policy commitments to black people.”
He continued, “We gotta stop acting like the fact that blacks are overrepresented in America when it comes to welfare, poverty, unemployment, homelessness, drug addiction, crime, coronavirus, like that’s no accident. Like the whole function of systemic racism is to marginalize black people.&#8221;
Asked by host Joy Reid what blacks were telling him that they would want Biden to do, Charlamagne tha God answered, “Just some really major policy commitments for the black community, mainly in the form of economic justice so we can tip the scales on some of this wealth and inequality in America.”
He added, “I do hear a lot of people say, you know, we also want him to have a black woman running mate, you know, but not just any black woman running mate, one that&#8217;s going to actually get in office and care that black people benefit from our presence there. We need substance and significance over symbolism, and he&#8217;s already committed to putting a black woman on the Supreme Court. So, I just want him and the Democratic Party to know that it&#8217;s time to give back to the black community in a very tangible way.”
Alicia Garza, a Black Lives Matter co-founder and principal of Black Futures Lab said of Biden’s remarks. “None of us can afford for the party or for this campaign to mess this election up, and comments like these are the kinds that frankly either make black voters feel like we&#8217;re not really valued and people don´t care if we show up or not.”
Adrianne Shropshire, executive director of BlackPAC, stated, “The first thing I thought about was to what degree did this just turn off those voters and how much more work the rest of us are going to have to do to convince people that it is worth their time and their efforts.”
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Charlamagne Tha God Rips Biden’s Apology For ‘You Ain’t Black’ Remark: ‘Lip Service’

Charlamagne Tha God, co-host of &#8220;The Breakfast Club,&#8221; told CNN&#8217;s Erin Burnett on Friday night that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was a major player in creating many of the problems that black people face in America today.
Charlamagne Tha God&#8217;s comments came in response to remarks that Biden made earlier in the day, which were widely condemned as racist, saying that if a black person did not vote for him, &#8220;then you ain&#8217;t black.&#8221;
&#8220;I see black communities all across America catching hell regardless of who is in the White House,&#8221; Charlamagne Tha God said. &#8220;People like to bring up coronavirus and how it’s hitting black people the hardest. That’s because we have a bunch of underlying conditions created by systemic racism that have never been fixed.&#8221;
&#8220;And like I said before, if you created legislation that hurts, then you have to create legislation that helps,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s just that simple. Like, the whole system needs to be dismantled and rebuilt, and he&#8217;s been a very intricate part of that system, whether you&#8217;re talking about, you know, in ‘84 with the mandatory minimum sentences for drug dealers, or you’re talking about ‘86 with the crack laws that gave you more time for crack cocaine than powder cocaine, or you&#8217;re talking about the &#8217;94 crime bill, like, he was really one of the people on the front line when it came to the war on drugs and mass incarceration.&#8221;
Later, when asked about a supposed apology that Biden gave over his remarks that have been called racist, Charlamagne Tha God said that his apology was not enough to convince him to vote for Biden.
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<blockquote>CNN&#8217;s ERIN BURNETT: That included someone on his team trying to cut in and saying thanks so much for your time, I apologize, trying to end it. What was your overall takeaway from the conversation?
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: My overall takeaway from the conversation was I heard him talking about things that he did for black people back in the day. But, you know, what have you done for me lately is my motto. I see black communities all across America catching hell regardless of who is in the White House. People like to bring up coronavirus and how it’s hitting black people hardest. That’s because we have a bunch of underlying conditions created by systemic racism that have never been fixed. And like I said before, if you created legislation that hurts, then you have to create legislation that helps. It&#8217;s just that simple. Like, the whole system needs to be dismantled and rebuilt, and he&#8217;s been a very intricate part of that system, whether you&#8217;re talking about, you know, in ‘84, with the mandatory minimum sentences for drug dealers, or you’re talking about ‘86 with the crack laws that gave you more time for crack cocaine than powder cocaine, are you&#8217;re talking about the &#8217;94 crime bill, like he was really one of the people on the front line when it came to the war on drugs and mass incarceration. So I think that, you know, if he wants to be president, he needs to fix that, he needs to really, really help the people that have helped Democrats all of these years.
BURNETT: Later on today, he walked back his comment in call with the U.S. Black Chamber of Commerce this afternoon, and specifically about the idea that just because you’re black you would vote for him as a Democrat.
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOE BIDEN: I shouldn’t have been such a wise guy, I shouldn&#8217;t have been so cavalier. No one should have to vote for any party based on race, religion, or background.
BURNETT: So that’s what you’re saying, but you’re saying he still hasn’t shown you why you would vote for him specifically?
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: Yeah. I mean, it’s just that simple. He has black agenda called the &#8216;Lift Every Voice&#8217; plan. There’s some cool things in there, but I still think that it could be much stronger.</blockquote>

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Biden: I Made ‘You Ain’t Black’ Remark Because Charlamagne Tha God Was ‘Being A Wise Guy’

Charlamagne Tha God Rips Biden’s Apology For ‘You Ain’t Black’ Remark: ‘Lip Service’

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