Victor Cruz said the racial slurs scrawled on the walls of Giants fullback Nikita Whitlock’s home in Moonachie, N.J, on Tuesday are a direct reflection of the America that elected Donald Trump its next president.
Trump America officially has arrived at 1925 Giants Drive.
“I think it’s definitely a direct reflection of how this country’s being run and how this country’s reacting maybe to some of the decisions, some of the ways that this country’s being run and things that are being said by people at the helm of this country and at the helm of our day-to-day lives — our day-to-day from social media all the way up to the White House,” Cruz, 30, a product of nearby Paterson, N.J., said Thursday in the Giants’ locker room. “These are things that are being spoken of and talked about on a daily basis, the good and the bad, more so the bad at this point right now because that’s all we have to work with. It’s just an unfortunate situation we’re going through right now.”
Cruz said he sees graffiti swastika, the initials “KKK” and the message “Go back to Africa” left for Whitlock and his family during a break-in, according to the Giants fullback, as direct reflections of the mindset that is sending Trump to Pennsylvania Avenue. Read more here : http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/victor-cruz-whitlock-vandalism-reflection-american-racism-article‑1.2903492