Fact Checking Worksheet

Debate Date: 09/26/2016

Location: Hofstra University, NY
Partner Names: Kenneth Arnold, Claire Rodriguez
Candidate: Donald Trump
1. View your assigned video (take notes here about the video and the
context), and copy down your assigned quote.

Hilary claimed that Trump had a long history of racist behaviour towards
African American
Trump was being sued by Justice Department in 1973 for racial
discrimination.
Trump claims that he has a great relationship with the African American
community.
Trump claims he did a great service in getting Obama to produce his
birth certificate
Trump claims that Hillary was not always fond of Obama
Trump claim that Hillary disrespected Obama in their debates
Trump claims that Hilary produced images of Obama in a certain
garb.

2. Check out what other fact-checkers have said about this specific
statement.

START
WITH: Politifact-- (Others to check if you want:
Factcheck.org, the Washington

Posts Fact Checker) -- credit them

appropriately!
True: Trump was being sued by Justice Department in 1973 for racial
discrimination.
-Him and his father denied access to African-Americans to live in these
apartments, labeling people of colors applications with a C for colored.
Trump and his father were then sued by the justice department for breaking the
Fair Housing Act of 1968. The case was privately settled and Trump claimed that
he did not make an admission of guilt.

(http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/sep/27/hillary-clinton/true-hillary-clinton-says-federal-government-sued-/)

3. Do a DETAILED Google search for answers: Search using as many different

combinations as you can. If were writing about something like climate change,
we might search on "climate change," "global warming," "carbon emissions,"
"carbon capture," "electricity," "EPA regulations. List one source besides the
fact check website that can help fact check this quote. Write a brief analysis on
what you found (2-3 sentences).
African-Americans who turned in an application, which was labeled C, would
mean that they would have been denied access to living in the apartments. Trump
later denied and counter-sued the DOJ (Department Of Justice) for $100 million.
His lawyer claims that the entire investigation was Gestapo-like. Thomas
Miranda, a realtor of Trump, was instructed to separate white applications from
non-white application. Miranda didnt want Elyse Goldweber, the attorney on the
case, to disclose his name because he was afraid that the Trumps would have
him knocked off.
(http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/15/doj-trump-s-early-businesses-blocked-blacks.html)

4. Find an EXPERT OPINION. What does the expert have to say about this
quote? Do you agree with him/her? Why or why not?
Thomas Miranda, a super who worked for Trump, told them that he was South
American and not Puerto Rican because, he thought that the Trumps did not
want a Puerto Rican working or living in their buildings.
(http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/15/doj-trump-s-early-businesses-blocked-blacks.html)

5. List 2 questions that you still have about this topic that YOU would like to ask
the candidate if you met him/her face to face.
1. What was Trump thinking when he did this? Was it an economic bias, or a
racial bias?
2. Is Trump only publicly supporting people of color to benefit his candidacy?