Bryan Cranston Explains Why Donald Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ Is Racist

“Make America Great Again” was the popular slogan used by Donald Trump in his campaign to become president of the United States in 2016. The phrase that continues to give much to talk about seven years later. And now the one who has ruled on her is Bryan Cranston.

The ‘Breaking Bad’ star appeared on CNN’s ‘Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?’ last Sunday to explain why the famous slogan of former President Trump could be considered a racist sentiment. The actor asked both Wallace and viewers at home if they ever took the time to consider why it might be the case that he’s a racist.

“When I see the slogan ‘Make America Great Again’, what I think is: ‘Do you think that could be construed as a racist comment?’Cranston began by telling Wallace.A lot of people say, ‘How could it be racist to make America great again?’ So I answer: ‘Ask yourself from an African-American experience: When was it great in the United States for African-Americans? If you’re doing this great again, don’t include them’“.

Cranston continued: “It is to teach us, in the ‘woke’ world, to open up and accept the possibilities that our privilege has created blind spots for us.. Maybe I haven’t seen what’s really going on, in all my years.”

The Emmy winner for ‘Breaking Bad’ is an outspoken supporter of teaching critical race theory in schools across the country. Such theory examines how social and political movements are shaped by social conceptions of race and ethnicity. For Cranston, the United States cannot act as if its racist past did not exist. “I think it’s an imperative that it be taught,” Cranston said. “We must look at our history; in the same way, I think Germany has looked at its history (and) its involvement in (both World Wars) and accept it and say: ‘ This is where we went wrong. And it went wrong. That’s why it can’t go wrong again.'”

Cranston said Germany, for example, has done “a very commendable job” when it comes to confronting and talking about its history of racism. “But the United States hasn’t really done it,” the actor added.

Cranston is not the only one – nor will he be the last – who has recriminated the speech that Trump sold. More well-known actors and actresses have also done so, such as Olivia Wilde when presenting ‘Don’t worry, dear’, the actress wanted to express her criticism of the supposed well-being of the nation that Trump was selling in her speech, but it was a manifesto that, as the actress made clear, “it was only valid if you were a man, white and straight.”