Jared Kushner criticized after saying Black Americans need to 'want to be successful'

White House adviser Jared Kushner is criticized after saying President Donald Trump can't help Black Americans if they don't want to succeed.

White House adviser and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner came under heavy criticism after he said Monday that Black Americans have to want to help themselves in order for the president's policies to help them. .

Kushner said on "Fox & Friends" that the president can help people in the Black community "break out of the problems that they're complaining about, but he can’t want them to be successful more than they want to be successful." .

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Kushner's implication that Black Americans lack a drive to succeed and to address the problems facing their community drew criticism that he is blind to his own privilege and that his own success is attributable more to his family's wealth than his own efforts.

Jared Kushner’s family connections have provided him his only opportunities in life and he’s still failed miserably at every single thing he’s done, so perhaps it’s Jared who doesn’t want to be successful.

"Jared Kushner speaks as if Black people are lazy complainers who don't want to be successful," said civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who represented Floyd's family.

Jared Kushner speaks as if Black people are lazy complainers who don't want to be successful

Ice Cube, whose real name is O'Shea Jackson, recently met with Kushner and Trump to discuss ideas to help the Black community

Kushner said Ice Cube's proposals influenced the president's "Platinum Plan" to assist Black Americans.