| No Images? Click here   Reality BreakI'm sorry but we're going to talk about Omarosa Manigault Newman. She is best known for playing the "villain" in Trump's first reality TV show, The Apprentice. More recently, Omarosa was fired during the debut season of Trump's latest reality show, the apocalyptic White House edition. These days she's promoting a memoir about her time as a White House aid. So far her revelations about the president are hardly surprising -- he's sexist and racist, she writes. He fired back by calling her a dog and a lowlife, thus confirming that he is indeed sexist and racist. (Vox dug into the president's history of attacking women, particularly black women.) More interesting perhaps, Omarosa has managed to shine a light on the Trump administration's use of non-disclosure agreements -- a tool long-used in business to shut people up, including women who've been harassed or discriminated against. NDAs have come up for harsh criticism lately for the way they're used to silence women who've experienced sexual harassment. NDAs help harassers hold on to power. They were of particular service to now-disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. NDAs were pretty standard in the private Trump world, too, and he's tried to keep the tradition alive in the White House. Only problem is, for a president, the practice is almost certainly illegal. My colleague S.V. Date explains: Before you go...You can follow me on Twitter @EmilyRPeck    HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25, 2018 we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which explains how your data is used and shared. Learn More.The reality of being a woman — by the numbers. Like what you see? Share it with a friend. Did someone forward this email? Subscribe here. Can't get enough? Check out The Good Life.©2018 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 |
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