Hill Diversity
Washington Informer Quoted Joint Center In Article on President Trump Firing Black Leaders
May 11, 2026
The Washington Informer quoted Joint Center President Dedrick Asante-Muhammad in an article discussing President Donald Trumps’ decisions to fire Black leaders, dismantle civil rights protections, and gut federal jobs.
From the article: “Trump seemed to be very proud to have ‘Blacks for Trump’ at all of his rallies and behind the podium, but not behind him in the cabinet meetings,’ said Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. ‘When we’re not in the room, things don’t tend to go better for us.'”
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