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NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- People have taken to Twitter this week to denounce Donald Trump's views on undocumented Mexican immigrants and Muslims, using the label #WhitesAgainstTrump. The hashtag was started last week, but picked up steam earlier this week after comedian W. Kamau Bell wrote a letter to Salon calling for white people to denounce Trump's rhetoric.
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"Stop acting like Trump isn't the pinnacle and the result of America's history and tradition of white supremacy," Bell wrote, calling on white people to denounce Trump as the black community denounces prominent African-Americans who do not reflect the community as a whole. "Whenever Raven-Symone pops off, we put her cap back on. We even handled Rachel Dolezal for you."
The hashtag trended during Tuesday's GOP presidential debate in Las Vegas, with people decrying the candidate's stances on Muslims and undocumented immigrants.
#WhitesAgainstTrump because he's just Mussolini with a worse hat. pic.twitter.com/Dush0ySbFt
— Schrader (@YoyodyneInc) December 16, 2015I am just another one of many #WhitesAgainstTrump but he is an actual embarrassment to us all
Advertisement— Caitlin Quinn (@TheCaitlinQuinn) December 15, 2015Trump's an embarrassment to white people, white culture, white linen tablecloths, white rice, white bread, you name it. #WhitesAgainstTrump
— Fake Jimbo Wales (@FakeJimb0Wales) December 15, 2015I can't do much, but I can do this: I think Donald Trump is a dangerous fool, and no friend of mine will vote for him. #WhitesAgainstTrump
— Ronaldo the Reckless (@DeezNerts) December 15, 2015Of course, backlash ensued, with many calling the hashtag itself racist.
@wkamaubell the fact that you say trump is the problem of white people is racist in and of itself. You sir are a racist.
— Bryce Velasquez (@brycycIe) December 16, 2015@BadponyMedicine @DMor315 @wkamaubell Yeah and that is wrong, parcelling people up by race is wrong “whitesagainsttrump” perpetuates that.
— Hove (@Hove) December 16, 2015
