VOA常速英语:US Presidential Contenders Focus on Race in America(翻译)

Eight years after the United States elected its first president of color, race has exploded as a theme in the battle to succeeding.

"More than 6,000 African-Americans are the victims of murder, of murder, every single year."

"Trump has stood up in front of largely white audiences and described black communities in such insulting and ignorant terms."

Trump is highlighting crime in the black community as part of a larger narrative about threats to public safetyand his promise to be a law-and-order president.

"Donald Trump’s America is secure. Terrorists and dangerous criminals kept out. The border secure. Our families safe."

Clinton, is painting a darker picture of her opponent and some of his backers.

The reason a lot of Klan members like Donald Trump, is because a lot of what he believes, we believe in.

"Trump is reinforcing harmful stereotypes and offering a dog-whistle to his most hateful supporters.It’s a disturbing preview of what kind of president he’d be.”

Trump’s backers say the candidate is speaking cold, hard truths about issues that need to be addressed,from illegal immigration to inner-city crime.

"If people want safer streets, they want police supported, then they should vote for Donald Trump because that’s what he’ll do.He’ll appoint an attorney general who will send very clear messages about how law enforcement is to be pursued in this country."

Trump drew headlines for a recent Twitter postproclaiming a high-profile gun slaying in Chicago as a reason for minorities to back him in the November election.He followed up with a tweet expressing condolences to the family of the murder victim.