Aside From Haitians Eating Pets, 14 Dangerous Lies Spread about Black Folks

Before JD Vance falsely accused Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio of eating pets, more white people put Black lives in danger with their lies.

We have the sheer ignorance of VP wannabe JD Vance to thank for the hate being launched on the Haitian community of Springfield, Ohio.

A single tweet alleging the Haitian immigrants were eating cats and dogs - based off an unrelated story about a Black woman allegedly confessing to eating a cat - took the racist Republican side of the internet by storm. Then, as expected, wannabe-President-again Donald Trump spewed the same lie on the presidential debate stage. However, despite the moderators calmly correcting him, the lie resulted in the unwarranted, racist violence and taunts against Springfield’s Haitian community, children included.

Does this come as a surprise, though? Over history, white political figures or white people who weaponized their white privilege lied about Black people for political gain or to fuel their own racist ignorance. The sad part is... some people take the bait.

For reference, we pulled 15 examples of dangerous lies white people told about Black people.