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All Fact-checks for Race and Ethnicity

stated on July 20, 2023 in a speech to the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

stated on July 11, 2023 in a video

“COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”

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stated on April 11, 2023 in Senate Banking Committee press release

“For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.”

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stated on April 21, 2023 in an interview with Noticias Telemundo

"Latino small businesses are 1 in 4 new businesses, but only 1% of venture capital funding goes to Latino businesses."

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stated on May 7, 2023 in a post

California has approved $1.2 million in reparations for every Black resident.

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Kirsten Gillibrand

stated on March 20, 2023 in a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

“Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.”

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stated on March 15, 2023 in a headline shared on Facebook

Silicon Valley Bank “donated $73M to 'BLM Movement'”

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stated on March 8, 2023 in a tweet

The 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was “an American intel op against Trump.”

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Instagram posts

stated on February 17, 2023 in an Instagram post

“Joe Biden changes the name of Black History Month.”

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stated on February 16, 2023 in an Instagram post

KFC tweeted an image of a chicken drumstick for Black History Month.

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stated on February 6, 2023 in in a TV segment

“No administration has ever looked less like America, just by the numbers, than the Biden administration.”

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stated on January 16, 2023 in a tweet

Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”

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Marjorie Taylor Greene

stated on February 1, 2023 in a House committee hearing

Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”

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stated on January 29, 2023 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press"

"I got a list of 20 jurisdictions that defunded the police to the tune of over $1 billion total."

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stated on January 18, 2023 in a post

Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved.

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Instagram posts

stated on December 4, 2022 in a post

Says Hitler said Black people are the “true Hebrews.”

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stated on December 1, 2022 in an interview

Hitler “didn’t kill 6 million Jews” and “the Holocaust is not what happened.”

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stated on November 29, 2022 in remarks to reporters outside the White House

"I think President Trump came out four times and condemned” Nick Fuentes.

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America First Legal

stated on November 1, 2022 in an ad

“Kamala Harris said disaster aid should go to non-white citizens first."

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stated on October 16, 2022 in an interview

Suggests fentanyl, not Derek Chauvin, killed George Floyd

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Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' video includes footage from non-U.S. protests

Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' video includes footage from non-U.S. protests

By Jeff Cercone • July 20, 2023

The Supreme Court ended affirmative action for colleges. Are legacy admissions next to go?

The Supreme Court ended affirmative action for colleges. Are legacy admissions next to go?

By Jeff Cercone • July 7, 2023

Fact-checking Ron DeSantis' 2024 presidential campaign kickoff on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk

Fact-checking Ron DeSantis' 2024 presidential campaign kickoff on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk

By Matthew Crowley • May 24, 2023

Verificamos lo que dijo Kamala Harris sobre los negocios latinos y su financiamiento

Verificamos lo que dijo Kamala Harris sobre los negocios latinos y su financiamiento

By Marta Campabadal Graus • May 17, 2023

Does a graphic showing use of words about racism prove media manipulation? There’s more to the story

Does a graphic showing use of words about racism prove media manipulation? There’s more to the story

By Jeff Cercone • May 16, 2023

Tucker Carlson parts ways with Fox News. These are some of his most consequential falsehoods.

Tucker Carlson parts ways with Fox News. These are some of his most consequential falsehoods.

By Madison Czopek • April 24, 2023

Trump’s attacks on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s backing by George Soros: What to know

Trump’s attacks on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s backing by George Soros: What to know

By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2023

How an antisemitic conspiracy theory amplified by Ye, Kyrie Irving divides Black, Jewish people

How an antisemitic conspiracy theory amplified by Ye, Kyrie Irving divides Black, Jewish people

By Salvador Rodriguez-Ruiz • February 21, 2023

What’s the ‘determinant’ in police use-of-force cases: The civilian’s race or the officer’s?

What’s the ‘determinant’ in police use-of-force cases: The civilian’s race or the officer’s?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 9, 2023

Fact-checking Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Republican response to Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union

Fact-checking Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Republican response to Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union

By PolitiFact Staff • February 8, 2023

'Indoctrination'? Banning Black history? Unraveling competing claims about rejected Florida AP class

'Indoctrination'? Banning Black history? Unraveling competing claims about rejected Florida AP class

By Yacob Reyes • January 25, 2023

Fact-checking Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker in Georgia's Senate race

Fact-checking Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker in Georgia's Senate race

By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2022

How Ye stirred up antisemitism among social media users

How Ye stirred up antisemitism among social media users

By Gabrielle Settles • October 25, 2022

Ask PolitiFact: Is homeownership harder for Black Americans to achieve?

Ask PolitiFact: Is homeownership harder for Black Americans to achieve?

By Gabrielle Settles • August 31, 2022

Tucker Carlson feigned ignorance over ‘great replacement theory,’ despite talking about it often

Tucker Carlson feigned ignorance over ‘great replacement theory,’ despite talking about it often

By Bill McCarthy • May 19, 2022

What is the ‘great replacement theory’ linked to the Buffalo shooter?

What is the ‘great replacement theory’ linked to the Buffalo shooter?

By Bill McCarthy • May 16, 2022

Russia, Ukraine, and the contested language of genocide

Russia, Ukraine, and the contested language of genocide

By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2022

Tracking Biden's campaign promises, one year in

Tracking Biden's campaign promises, one year in

By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2022

PolitiFact Mailbag: ‘You were spot on’ about the lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack

PolitiFact Mailbag: ‘You were spot on’ about the lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack

By Amy Sherman • January 3, 2022

PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2021

PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2021

By Amy Sherman • December 21, 2021

Latest promises about Race and Ethnicity

Expand Justice Department power to address police misconduct

Use a national commission to address policing issues

Make HBCUs, TCUs, and under-resourced MSIs more affordable for their students

Invest $300 million in COPS program

End pay discrimination

Reduce health uninsured rate for African Americans

Create a public credit reporting agency

Increase access to affordable housing

Nominate the first Black woman to U.S. Supreme Court

Eliminate cash bail

Support the study of reparations for slavery

Ensure funding for historic black colleges

Load more promises about Race and Ethnicity