Post shared on social media Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said that people should stop complaining about “lazy immigrants” because white people were enslaving others to do jobs they didn’t want to do. be done.
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Verdict: False
There is no evidence that Mr. Powell said this.
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In a post shared on Threads, Powell allegedly argued that people should stop calling immigrants lazy because of slavery. The post featured a photo of Powell above the alleged statement.
“We don’t want to hear about ‘lazy immigrants’, a race of people who enslaved other races to do all the work they didn’t want to do,” the argument goes.
That claim is inaccurate. Older iterations of this quote do not contain Powell’s name. The State Department doesn’t have this. statement on record.
Powell spoke about immigration in 2014, saying this country is a “nation of immigrants” and that we are a nation of immigrants. Fueled by immigration, according to politiko. “We are heartened every time a new wave of immigrants enters this country,” he said. (Related: Video claims showing Haitians voting in Georgia)
Mr. Powell was criticized for not speaking more about racial issues while in a position of national power. US government, independent person Reported. said Kevin Powell, a New York-based author and rights activist. There was no sense that Colin Powell was one of us. ”
This is not the first time misinformation has spread online. Check Your Facts recently debunked former president Donald Trump’s claim that he had issued a “rallying cry” against Britain.
