President Biden on Wednesday used the term “boy” while referring to Wes Moore, Maryland’s first Black governor, in a speech about the economy.
Speaking in Maryland, Mr. Biden gave a shout to the governor, recalling Mr. Moore’s days playing wide receiver on Johns Hopkins University’s football team.
“You got a hell of a new governor in Wes Moore.
He’s the real deal and the BOY looks like he can still play,”
the 80-year-old Mr. Biden said. “He’s got some guns on him.”
“Look at that monkey run”.
Using the word “boy” to describe a Black man is often viewed a racial slur. That’s because, historically, racist Whites used the term to suggest Blacks weren’t on equal footing with them, both before and after slavery.
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