Samuel L. Jackson Sees ‘Same Rednecks’ From His Childhood in Donald Trump

Samuel L. Jackson is sharing his view on the state of the world around him.

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the actor looked back on the political climate he experienced as a child to now. 

"When I grew up in segregation, I knew which white people didn't want to be bothered with me and I knew how they felt about me," Jackson shared in an interview published Tuesday. "I know how the Republicans feel about me now because of what my mindset is."

When Jackson sees President Donald Trump, the actor said, "I see the same rednecks I saw when I was growing up who called me 'n-----' and tried to keep me in my place. That's what the Republican Party is to me. They're doing it to young people, gay people. They don't care who you are. If you're not them, you're the enemy."

According to Jackson, who was born in 1948, he remembers watching what happened at the 1968 Democratic Convention when police confronted demonstrators.

It was then when Jackson said he learned "there's a certain kind of thing that the powers that be don't want us doing."

"One of them is protesting what they think they want us to do," he said. "So, when George Floyd happened, it was great to see all the different faces of kids out there fighting the injustice and what the power was doing once again to keep you from having an open mind or keep you from creating change that is not the change they want made. That part has not changed."

Jackson, who stars in the forthcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion, has been a longtime critic of Trump, including when he ran for President in 2016.

In fact, the actor said he grew closer with Captain Marvel co-star Brie Larson over the election results. When Trump was declared the winner, Jackson remembers the words he spoke to his friend. 

"We bonded through the election while we were doing her movie when Donald Trump won," he recalled. "She was broken and I was like, 'Don't let 'em break you. You have to be strong now.'"