GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump, appearing on the "O'Reilly Factor" Monday night, was answering how he'd dispel the perceptions of him as racist in the black community when O'Reilly made the remark.
"If you look at President Obama, he’s been a president for almost eight years, it will be eight years, you have with black youth, with African American youth, you have a 59 percent unemployment," Trump said.
"But how are you going to get jobs for them?" O’Reilly pressed.
"Many of them are ill-educated and have tattoos on their foreheads, and I hate to generalize, but it’s true. If you look at all the educational statistics, how are you going to get jobs for people who aren’t qualified for jobs?"
The negative reaction on Twitter was swift.
And on Tuesday morning, News One Now host and National Association of Black Journalists Award-winner Martin weighed in, challenging O'Reilly to a debate "anywhere, anytime."
A clip of the show was posted by Mediaite.