Joy Reid Warns Black Voters About Amber Rose

MSNBC’s Joy Reid urged Black voters to do their “own research” into the GOP and former President Trump following entertainer Amber Rose’s address at the Republican National Convention on Monday evening.

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While some, like CNN commentator Van Jones, seemed to think Rose’s words may resonate, Reid said she is “dubious” Rose’s endorsement will speak to Black voters, in part because Rose appears racially ambiguous and has previously been accused of trying to downplay her Blackness.

Rose, whose father is white and whose mother is Black, has previously said she does not consider herself a Black woman. Rose later said she was not denying her Blackness but instead identifying herself as a mixed-race person.

“They brought somebody whose whole career is based on Black culture — she used to be on a show on BET, that’s the reason most people know who she is, she dated one of the most prominent African American rappers in the business, in the history of hip-hop — so her whole culture came from Black culture, even though she says she’s not a Black person herself,” Reid said, referring to Rose’s relationship with Ye, the rapper born Kanye West.

“The fact that she is now the person they’re using to try to recruit young people of color, and to say that this is the person who is the endorser of Donald Trump when she won’t even claim the culture that brought her to the table, I’m dubious that this will work,” Reid concluded.

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