Bryan Cranston Explains Why 'Make America Great Again' Can Be Construed as Racist

“I think that Germany has looked at their history in involvement in the wars — one and two — and embrace it and say, ‘This is where we went wrong. This is how it went wrong. This is why it can’t go wrong again,'” Cranston explained. “And I think they have done a very commendable job in doing so. But the United States really hasn’t. You present it and say, well, 400 years of slavery, yeah, but…we’re moving on. No, let’s really discuss it. How did that happen? How did we get to a point where we treated other human beings as slaves?”

Cranston connected this to Trump’s ubiquitous campaign slogan “Make America Great Again,” and argued to Wallace that the phrase could be “construed as a racist remark.”

“Just ask yourself, from an African American experience, when was it ever great in America for the African American? When was it great?” he said. “It’s to teach us in the woke world to open up and accept the possibilities that our privilege has created blind spots for us.”