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Author Anand Giridharadas flagged the moment, wondering, "Is this not one of the most explicitly racist moments of all time in a Democratic primary debate?" and he posted on ''Twitter'': "Joe Biden's answer on how to address the legacy of slavery was appalling -- and disqualifying. It ended in a sermon implying that black parents don't know how to raise their own children. This cannot go on. #DemDebate"<ref>Ryan Grim | ''The Intercept_'', Joe Biden’s Stunningly Racist Answer on the Legacy of Slavery Has Been Overlooked, https://theintercept.com/2019/09/13/joe-biden-democratic-debate-slavery/, September 13 2019</ref>
Author Anand Giridharadas flagged the moment, wondering, "Is this not one of the most explicitly racist moments of all time in a Democratic primary debate?" and he posted on ''Twitter'': "Joe Biden's answer on how to address the legacy of slavery was appalling -- and disqualifying. It ended in a sermon implying that black parents don't know how to raise their own children. This cannot go on. #DemDebate"<ref>Ryan Grim | ''The Intercept_'', Joe Biden’s Stunningly Racist Answer on the Legacy of Slavery Has Been Overlooked, https://theintercept.com/2019/09/13/joe-biden-democratic-debate-slavery/, September 13 2019</ref>
In a barb reminiscent of Hillary Clinton's maxim, "I’m going to start thanking the woman who cleans the restroom in the building that I work in....I want to start seeing her as a human being," Biden said during the coronavirus lockdown, "the reason I was able to stay sequestered in my home is because… some black woman was able to stack the grocery shelf.”<ref>https://www.redstate.com/mike_miller/2020/09/27/wait-huh-biden-was-able-to-stay-in-basement-because-some-black-woman-was-able-to-stack-grocery-shelves/</ref>
===Xenophobia===
===Xenophobia===