Gold-Medalist Simone Biles Elegantly Eviscerates The Racist Dog-Whistle ‘Black Jobs’

Biles leads a cacophony of Black voices pushing back against Donald Trump’s racist falsehood

Rod T. Faulkner
2 min readAug 2, 2024
Olympic-Gold-Medalist Simone Biles by Ocoudis is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

During his presidential debate with President Biden, Donald Trump made another of his trademark incendiary claims, asserting immigrants are taking away “Black jobs.”

The racist overtones are deafening, and Black Americans online are pushing back against this outrageously false narrative.

From U.S. Representative Gwen Moore (Democrat, Wisconsin):

TikTok account @WatchTheYard released this video comprised of brief snippets of their interviews with members of the Black fraternity Omega Psi Phi. During their grand conclave in Tampa, Florida, participating members were asked “What do you do for work?”

Here are a few of their responses:

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Rod T. Faulkner
Rod T. Faulkner

Written by Rod T. Faulkner

Proud Blerd. I write about sci-fi, fantasy, and other areas of interest. Founder of EYE ON SCI-FI Podcast. https://bio.site/eyeonscifi Chocolate lover.

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