Latest Fact-Checks In Race and Ethnicity

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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
Dave Murphy
Dave Murphy
stated on November 7, 2023 Wisconsin Assembly
"Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo signed a three-year contract for $186 million. He and his family, being African American, could receive benefits under affirmative action.”
Mostly False
By Ricardo Torres • January 17, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 8, 2024 a speech
“The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.”
Half-True
By Sara Swann • January 12, 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on December 6, 2023 a debate
“The great replacement theory is not some grand right-wing conspiracy theory. But a basic statement of the Democratic Party's platform.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • December 13, 2023
Dean Phillips
Dean Phillips
stated on November 13, 2023 a speech at Dartmouth College
"Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2023
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
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 20, 2023 a speech to the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • July 24, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on July 11, 2023 a video
“COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • July 19, 2023
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on April 11, 2023 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.”
True
By Matthew Crowley • May 19, 2023
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 21, 2023 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."
Mostly True
May 16, 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
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on March 20, 2023 a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
“Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.”
True
By Cameron Carr • April 25, 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
Scott Adams
Scott Adams
stated on March 8, 2023 a tweet
The 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was “an American intel op against Trump.”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • March 10, 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
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on February 6, 2023 in a TV segment
“No administration has ever looked less like America, just by the numbers, than the Biden administration.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 17, 2023
Sawyer Hackett
Sawyer Hackett
stated on January 16, 2023 a tweet
Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”
Half-True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 14, 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
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on January 29, 2023 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."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • February 1, 2023
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