Story highlights Farris Jr. participated in a White House event honoring his uncle on FridayTrump, according to Farris Jr., addressed the controversy during their brief meeting in the Oval OfficeWashington (CNN) Isaac Newton Farris Jr., Martin Luther King Jr.'s nephew, told CNN on Friday that while he does not believe President Donald Trump is a "racist in the traditional sense," he does think the President is "racially ignorant and racially uninformed." "I don't think the President Trump is a racist in the traditional sense as we know in this country," Farris Jr. said. "I think President Trump is racially ignorant and racially uninformed. But I don't think he is a racist in the traditional sense." Farris Jr. said that the comments were "another example of him (Trump) speaking without knowing the facts."

Source: CNN January 12, 2018 18:58 UTC