“We can do a much better job. Especially CNN. We could do a much better job … of doing like an individual night where we have plenty of time,” he said.

“I think all politicians take black folks for granted. They talk to black folks every four years and that’s about it … and then do nothing about it,” Barkley told Yahoo News. “Both parties suck in that aspect.”

At the debate Tuesday evening, Barkley said things have not improved.

“It’s an economic thing … and that’s what both parties have been neglecting, especially the Democratic Party,” Barkley said. “Every black person I know has always voted Democratic and, with the exception of a few guys who can play sports, all those people are still poor.”

“I’m leery of calling people ‘racist.’ He says some things that can be construed as racist,” Barkley said of Trump. “Some things he’s said are very wrong and flagrant.”

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