 ‘Not-Racist’ Steve King Doubles Down: Nope, Whites Are Definitely The Superior RaceYou know what s even more stupid than blaming Melania Trump s plagiarism on My Little Pony? Claiming that whites are the superior race. What s even worse than that? Doing it again.On Monday, Iowa Rep. Steve King replaced his dog whistle with a microphone and openly declared that whites are the superior race. Responding to criticism that the Republican National Convention is filled with  loud, unhappy, dissatisfied white people  during an appearance on MSNBC, King snapped: This whole business does get a little tired. I would ask you to go back through history and figure out where are these contributions that have been made by these other categories of people that you are talking about, where did any other subgroup of people contribute more to civilization? Than white people?  Chris Hayes asked. Than than western civilization itself that s rooted in western Europe, eastern Europe and the United States of America, and every place where Christianity settled the world,  King replied after realizing that he had actually uttered the words he was thinking.  That s all of western civilization. On Tuesday, King clarified his remarks, explaining that while whites are the superior race, people of other races have also made contributions to civilization. It s pretty close [to what I said]. What I really said was  Western civilization  and when you describe Western civilization that can mean much of Western civilization happens to be Caucasians. But we should not apologize for our culture or our civilization,  King told ABC News. The contributions that were made by Western civilization itself, and by Americans, by Americans of all races stand far above the rest of the world. The Western civilization and the American civilization are a superior culture. King says he was responding to, and correcting, political blogger Charlie Pierce but he s happy that he was able to start a dialogue about how awesome white people are: But what we have is people who are trying to parse something, to hyperventilate about that. I m OK if they do that because it starts the dialogue so we can open up more minds so people can think about what s right for America. So, there you have it: whites have contributed far more than other races, according to King, but he s now willing to admit that maybe others have done stuff too.Watch King s original remarks below:Featured image via Getty Images/Andrew BurtonNews
steve king doubles down note whites are definitely the superior raceyou know even stupid blaming melanie trump plagiarism my little pony claiming whites superior race what even worse doing monday iowa steve king replaced dog whistle microphone openly declared whites superior race responding criticism republican national convention filled loud unhappy dissatisfied white people appearance msnbc king snapped this whole business get little tired i would ask go back history figure contributions made categories people talking subgroup people contribute civilization than white people chris hayes asked than western civilization rooted western europe eastern europe united states america every place christianity settled world king replied realizing actually uttered words thinking that western civilization on tuesday king clarified remarks explaining whites superior race people races also made contributions civilization it pretty close i said what i really said western civilization describe western civilization mean much western civilization happens caucasians but apologize culture civilization king told abc news the contributions made western civilization americans americans races stand far rest world the western civilization american civilization superior culture king says responding correcting political blogger charlie pierce happy able start dialogue awesome white people but people trying parse something hyperventilate i ok starts dialogue open minds people think right america so whites contributed far races according king willing admit maybe others done stuff king original remarks featured image via petty burtonnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT:  ‘Not-Racist’ Steve King Doubles Down: Nope, Whites Are Definitely The Superior RaceYou know what s even more stupid than blaming Melania Trump s plagiarism on My Little Pony? Claiming that whites are the superior race. What s even worse than that? Doing it again.On Monday, Iowa Rep. Steve King replaced his dog whistle with a microphone and openly declared that whites are the superior race. Responding to criticism that the Republican National Convention is filled with  loud, unhappy, dissatisfied white people  during an appearance on MSNBC, King snapped: This whole business does get a little tired. I would ask you to go back through history and figure out where are these contributions that have been made by these other categories of people that you are talking about, where did any other subgroup of people contribute more to civilization? Than white people?  Chris Hayes asked. Than than western civilization itself that s rooted in western Europe, eastern Europe and the United States of America, and every place where Christianity settled the world,  King replied after realizing that he had actually uttered the words he was thinking.  That s all of western civilization. On Tuesday, King clarified his remarks, explaining that while whites are the superior race, people of other races have also made contributions to civilization. It s pretty close [to what I said]. What I really said was  Western civilization  and when you describe Western civilization that can mean much of Western civilization happens to be Caucasians. But we should not apologize for our culture or our civilization,  King told ABC News. The contributions that were made by Western civilization itself, and by Americans, by Americans of all races stand far above the rest of the world. The Western civilization and the American civilization are a superior culture. King says he was responding to, and correcting, political blogger Charlie Pierce but he s happy that he was able to start a dialogue about how awesome white people are: But what we have is people who are trying to parse something, to hyperventilate about that. I m OK if they do that because it starts the dialogue so we can open up more minds so people can think about what s right for America. So, there you have it: whites have contributed far more than other races, according to King, but he s now willing to admit that maybe others have done stuff too.Watch King s original remarks below:Featured image via Getty Images/Andrew BurtonNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: steve king doubles down note whites are definitely the superior raceyou know even stupid blaming melanie trump plagiarism my little pony claiming whites superior race what even worse doing monday iowa steve king replaced dog whistle microphone openly declared whites superior race responding criticism republican national convention filled loud unhappy dissatisfied white people appearance msnbc king snapped this whole business get little tired i would ask go back history figure contributions made categories people talking subgroup people contribute civilization than white people chris hayes asked than western civilization rooted western europe eastern europe united states america every place christianity settled world king replied realizing actually uttered words thinking that western civilization on tuesday king clarified remarks explaining whites superior race people races also made contributions civilization it pretty close i said what i really said western civilization describe western civilization mean much western civilization happens caucasians but apologize culture civilization king told abc news the contributions made western civilization americans americans races stand far rest world the western civilization american civilization superior culture king says responding correcting political blogger charlie pierce happy able start dialogue awesome white people but people trying parse something hyperventilate i ok starts dialogue open minds people think right america so whites contributed far races according king willing admit maybe others done stuff king original remarks featured image via petty burtonnews