Oh I had no intention of even commenting on this thread, but thanks to your question - I will.
Initially, I will start by saying that if he isn't a racist himself, then he has done a damn good job of disguising himself as one.
For starters, there's the fact the Justice Department sued his company -
twice - for not renting to black people. But let's say you want to argue that was just his company and not him - then I direct you to the fact that he refused to disavow -
three times in a row - the KKK. But maybe you believe a failure to act is not a sign of racism, then I direct you to the fact that Trump spent time and effort researching whether Obama was born in America and allegedly his people were finding
"stuff you wouldn't believe" and he still maintains that doubt, raising it as recently as
late february. But perhaps, you don't believe that the birther movement was heavily steeped in racism, then I direct you to the fact that Trump re-tweeted an incredibly
false and racist statistic about Black people. And there is also the fact that he encouraged his supporters to beat up
a black lives matter protester and he called his supporters that beat up
a homeless latino "passionate."
And I haven't even touched on his comments regarding
Mexicans,
Indians, or
Jews.
But if you look at that entire post and still reach the conclusion that Trump is not racist (or pretending to be one at the very least), then I suppose I could chalk that up to confirmation bias. Confirmation Bias because it has been demonstrated that Trump's supporters are
statistically more likely to have racist beliefs themselves when compared to the general population.
