Trump talks of ‘ghettos’ in describing urban African American areas

TOLEDO — Donald Trump on Thursday referred to urban areas populated by African Americans and plagued by violence and economic struggles as “ghettos” during an afternoon rally.

“And we’re going to work on our — ghettos, are in so the, you take a look at what’s going on where you have pockets of, areas of land where you have the inner cities and you have so many things, so many problems,” Trump said, appearing to catch himself and fumble over his words. “So many horrible, horrible problems. The violence. The death. The lack of education. No jobs.”