WASHINGTON: Former US president Jimmy Carter is decrying the resurgence of racial tensions coinciding with the rise of Donald Trump, warning that the billionaire tycoon's White House candidacy has tapped a reservoir of "inherent racism."

Carter told The New York Times on Monday that he was disappointed about a recent spike in racism, "except for one thing: I think the country has been reawakened the last two or three years to the fact that we haven't resolved the race issue adequately."

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