like biden saying if you haven’t figured out whether you’re for me or for trump, you’re not black. He later apologized for it, but the media defended him even before then. He said he didn’t want his kids growing up in a racial jungle. He’s said a couple of things that could be taken as racist. I remember Hillary once said something about spicy food like it was for “those blacks or hispanics” and it offended a few black ppl, but the media hasn’t called her racist. I don’t even know or care if it’s racist, but the media definitely would have called others racist for it. Kamala once called Biden a racist when she was running against him, but then changed her mind once she was running with him, saying that what she said before was just debate talk.
However, Republicans especially, or anyone popular or anyone on social media face criticism for stuff that ain’t even racist. Pokimane (a popular twitch user) got into trouble for saying stuff in AAV. That isn’t even racist, but she sure did get in a whole lot of trouble for it. And Trump; what did he even do that was racist? Hansen (an older music band) got in trouble for not saying anything about BLM when it got popular, and then they finally came out in support of it after being utterly harassed.
My point here is not to assume racism is the motive behind everything. I do not live by that lens. But what i’m pointing out is that with Republicans, people are willing to assume racism is the motive of everything they say and do that can possibly be viewed as racist. With Democrat politicians, it’s always a misunderstanding whenever they do things that can be viewed as racist (even if they are extreme cases).