John Oliver Exposes The Racist Origins Of Trump's Latest Campaign Promise

US President Donald Trump ’s latest campaign talking point is a promise to keep low-income housing out of America’s suburbs, a vow that’s been slammed  for its overt racism . 

“Oh my. I mean, it’s not even a dog whistle anymore,” Senator Chris Murphy  wrote on Twitter. “Our president is now a proud, vocal segregationist .” 

But as “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver  explained on Sunday night, there’s been a long and tortured path to this moment. Racism, he said, has pervaded American history for centuries in ways rarely taught in school, and that lack of education has only helped to perpetuate it. 

“A history of America that ignores white supremacy is a white supremacist history of America,” Oliver said.

Then, he shared some of John Lewis’ last words on the importance of understanding our history, all of it: