World renowned boxing promoter Don King received scorn on social media after he made a slip up as he introduced Donald Trump in a predominately black church in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday.
But during the introduction, where he used the word “negro” several times, he accidentally uttered the n word.
“If you’re poor, you’re a poor negro,” King recalled telling pop star Michael Jackson, “I would use the N-word.”
“But if you’re rich, you are a rich negro. If you are intelligent, intellectual, you’re an intellectual negro. If you’re a dancing and sliding and gliding n***er – I mean negro – you are dancing and sliding a gliding negro. — You know, you’re gonna be a negro til you die,” he recalled.
Social media went wild after the mistake.
Here’s video of Don King accidentally dropping the N-word while introducing Donald Trump at a Cleveland church pic.twitter.com/HK4FWpVEC0
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) September 21, 2016
Don King just said the N-word in a church while introducing Donald Trump, who is in a chair onstage a few feet away
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) September 21, 2016
Uncle Tom Don King Drops N-Word While Introducing Donald Trump at Church Shttp://bit.ly/2dh2BC6
— Dwight E Miller (@DwightMiller) September 21, 2016
Don King campaigns with Trump, accidentally uses n-word. Who could’ve seen that coming? https://t.co/n8NRdN01F3
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) September 21, 2016
Not everyone was as outraged.
@JDiamond1 @Bencjacobs And this is newsworthy? Guess you don’t watch the NFL on Sundays
— Dawn Sweeney (@DawnSwe12515208) September 21, 2016
@oliverdarcy Everybody acts like this is a big deal, rappers make money doing it repeatedly and they’re cheered!
— Deplorable Me (@GDJ213) September 21, 2016
@oliverdarcy @JenniferJJacobs But it’s OK, Black Americans can use the word without fear or retribution.
— Integrity Rules (@Integrity_911) September 21, 2016
@oliverdarcy @JenniferJJacobs If this had happened at a Dem event, press would have been calling it black liberation. Screw the media.
— Ron Starts (@RonStarts) September 21, 2016
@JDiamond1 You do realize black people us the n word all the time Jeremy. You should get out of your bubble.
— Nita (@Nita7_) September 21, 2016
@JDiamond1 He is black, he is allowed, lest you forget!
— Deplorable Me (@GDJ213) September 21, 2016
And others mocked how the media started to try to spin it as if Trump said the word.
@JDiamond1 OMIGod! And did you know Trump’s a ventriloquist? Get Wolf Blitzed on this before MSDNC scoops you.
— JimBobElrod (@JimBobElrod) September 21, 2016
@JDiamond1 “Thereforrrre, Trump endorses the use of the n-word.”
— Right Ghost (@RightGhost) September 21, 2016
@JDiamond1 @Bencjacobs Don King is not Donald Trump. Blacks are allowed to use the N-word.
— gary oglesby (@garyoglesby1) September 21, 2016
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