slavery. motions strong on both sides of the issue. good evening to both of you. john just showed up. he he s just in the building. let s have the conversation. it s serious and important. dr. west you heard the majority leader argument and many people make that same argument. it was 150 years ago. no one today is responsible. is that what reparations is about? no. reparations is about truth and it s about justice. condition of truth allows suffering to speak. justice what does fair bs look like in america. that s precisely what we heard this morning. i thought brother coats was wonderful. the sister was magnificent. danny glover was strong and cory booker was wonderful. i must say that brother biden ought to be shamed of what he
that being victims is the only way that we are legitimate, and that s because of what happened for 400 years. i understand. but it worries me. let s do reparations and allow that it mattered and be whole or let s just not do it. i ve got to go. this is fascinating, brother don. if you can respond in ten seconds. but i do want to say this, i do want to say this, william dougherty. yvette cornell and tony amore. the legacy of queen mother moore. it s something that we must come to terms with so that the voices are able to come together, accenting the specificity of the black condition but also as citizens. this is why brother bernie s so important. we need redistribution of wealth based on citizenship, but we ve also got to come to terms with these monstrous crimes that don t have to deal with citizenship. i know you don t have enough time. it s a beautiful thing on your tv show. well, listen, i got to say,
yes, all of what brother west said is true, but i think that this reparations issue is a really interesting turning point. you know, i ve been saying for 20 years now that i think reparations already happened. you know, i could get behind this idea that we would have to have what i would internally call new reparations, and i would apply my pen and my voice to it. i might surprise a lot of people. i could try to get behind this. one must change. one must be open to things. but i really do think that the people who are arguing for this need to consider what it would feel like to admit, not that things are perfect, but that america had turned a corner and as brother west says, that we have come to terms. when are we ever going to come to terms? as a black person, i would like to feel whole. if this isn t going to be constructive, we shouldn t do it, but i m afraid that a lot of black people in the united states would be uncomfortable with the idea that something really significant had be
small americans from many generations ago. let me finish. the fair distribution of reparations would be nearly impossible once one considers the complexity of the american struggle to abolish slavery. consider this. tens of millions of today s non-african americans descended from people who arrived in the country after slavery ended and can t be held responsible for its legacy. the conversation continues right after this break. with doctor corn el west. h lash. see a denser, thicker-looking lash fringe in just 4 weeks. i would highly recommend it to anyone. with lash serum solution, 7 out of 10 women saw fewer lashes lost during makeup removal. my husband has noticed a difference. i really love lash serum. over 10,000 women have tried it and love it. try new lash serum solution.
and afraid of folks sitting down and having conversations. we should have had this hearing a long time ago. mitch mcconnell dismissing the idea. i don t think reparations for something that happened 150 years ago for whom none of us current living is responsible is a good idea. we tried to deal with our original sin of slavery. by fighting a zcivil war and passing civil rights legislation. we elected an african american president. i think we re always a work in progress. and this country. but, no one currently alive was responsible for that. so after him saying that, the only african american republican senator tim scott backed him up saying he doesn t think