Latest Fact-Checks In Race and Ethnicity

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 a Truth Social post
The Digital Equity Act is a handout "based on race,” and “illegal.”
False
By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2025
Ian Miles Cheong
Ian Miles Cheong
stated on March 19, 2025 an X post
Netflix show “Adolescence” is based on Southport, England, knife attacker but the show “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy.”
False
March 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2025 a post
Michael Jordan said that “any athlete who kneels for our national anthem should lose their medal.”
False
By Claire Cranford • February 19, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 29, 2024 an Instagram post
Kamala Harris paid The Shade Room to interview her “for perceived support amongst black voters.”
False
October 30, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 21, 2024 Instagram posts
Jussie Smollett is Kamala Harris’ nephew.
False
October 23, 2024
Laura Loomer
Laura Loomer
stated on July 31, 2024 an X post
“Nowhere on her birth certificate does it say that she is BLACK OR AFRICAN. … Kamala Harris is NOT black and never has been.”
False
August 6, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 24, 2024 a Facebook post
Chiefs' Coach Andy Reid "fires 3 top players for anthem kneeling."
False
By Mia Penner • July 1, 2024
Libs of TikTok
Libs of TikTok
stated on March 28, 2024 a post on X
“Nothing to see here… just the Mayor of Baltimore threatening White people.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 1, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 9, 2024 a rally in Rome, Georgia
"In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 15, 2024 an Instagram post
Abraham Lincoln’s coin is copper because he ended slavery. Figures on other U.S. coins “face left because they turned their backs to him in protest.”
False
January 17, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2023 a video shared on Instagram
“New court documents reveal that George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose.”
False
By Madison Czopek • November 3, 2023
X posts
X posts
stated on May 7, 2023 a post
California has approved $1.2 million in reparations for every Black resident.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • May 12, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2023 a headline shared on Facebook
Silicon Valley Bank “donated $73M to 'BLM Movement'”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 22, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 17, 2023 an Instagram post
“Joe Biden changes the name of Black History Month.”
False
February 23, 2023
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 16, 2023 an Instagram post
KFC tweeted an image of a chicken drumstick for Black History Month.
False
February 17, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on February 1, 2023 a House committee hearing
Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”
False
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 4, 2022 a post
Says Hitler said Black people are the “true Hebrews.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • December 6, 2022
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 29, 2022 remarks to reporters outside the White House
"I think President Trump came out four times and condemned” Nick Fuentes.
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2022
America First Legal
America First Legal
stated on November 1, 2022 an ad
“Kamala Harris said disaster aid should go to non-white citizens first."
False
November 5, 2022
Kanye West
Kanye West
stated on October 16, 2022 an interview
Suggests fentanyl, not Derek Chauvin, killed George Floyd
False
By Gabrielle Settles • October 18, 2022
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