A New Account Rekindles Allegations That Trump Disrespected Black People On 'The Apprentice'
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Fresh allegations are surfacing about Donald Trump's disrespectful behavior toward Black contestants on the reality TV show he hosted from 2004 to 2015.
Gene Folkes had just been jettisoned as a contestant on “The Apprentice” and was commiserating with a crew member at a bar inside the lobby of Trump Tower. He was indignant — and not just at having been kicked off the reality show after its star, Donald Trump, had delivered his catchphrase: “You’re fired.”
One of two Black contestants chosen for that season in 2010, Folkes was insulted that Trump had called him inarticulate and accused him of illiteracy in a lengthy boardroom tirade minutes earlier.
As the crew member, a Black woman who worked as a contestant manager, consoled him, Trump suddenly appeared at the bar.
“He came up and he asked me: ‘Is this your woman? Because you two would make a really great couple. You both have the same background,’” Folkes told The Associated Press.
The contestant manager quietly reminded Trump that she worked for him. Then, Trump made a comment similar to something he uttered in the boardroom that never aired on TV, Folkes said.
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