Like I get no one likes to be called racist, but sometimes, there's just no other way to describe the use of bigoted tropes that for generations have threatened black lives, by stoking white fear of African-Americans and black men in particular.
Menendez criticizes Johnson's comments as racist and harmful, highlighting the impact of such rhetoric.
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