matter. but if it didn t matter before. you just thought it did because that is all the media focused o it now perhaps all the city did wa that by eliminating race as a variable and you see the root causes that has got to be good, right. well, hold on because you still need your-of racism. now it is about who trained them . translation, white people are that has to be yet. even mike tyson was trained by white guy. so there is your en, race baiters. somebody else must have taught them how to behave this way. systemic racism for the win. blacks aren t immune to anti- black messages. he blames self-hatred, which is bound to happen if you end up writing for cnn. i m sorry. but he claims blacks are socialized into departments tha
go on. well, i think there s some people that they don t understand the way that racism functions and if it s not a cartoon example of a white cop and an unarmed black person then they say race cannot happen. we know, don, self-hatred is real. people these messages that black people are violent, black people are unworthy, black people are suspect, they hit everybody. it s not just, you know, a few white guys listening to this, it s pervasive. all too often all too often even a black store owner might see a black kid come in and be suspicious, see a white kid come in and be solicitous and not even realize that he or she is playing out these same racial stereotypes they otherwise would oppose. it s not as simple. it s the race of the victim you have to track. if you have an overwhelming number of black victims you have a problem with racism even if there are black cops doing it. in most countries the human rights abusers look just like the people they are abusing and
cnn political commentator van jones joining me now to discuss. first off, thank you for joining us early this morning. i know it s 4:30 there in california. really appreciate the time. in a recent opinion piece on cnn.com, van, you wrote the police who killed tyre nichols were black, but they might still have been driven by racism. and i was struck by the part of the piece where you wrote this. one of the sad facts about anti-black racism is that black people ourselves are not immune to its pernicious effects. society s message that black people are infearier, unworthy and dangerous is pervasive. over many decades experiments have shown these ideas infiltrate black minds as well as white. self-hatred is a real thing. so you believe this racial bias played a role in the officers behaviors? yeah, i do, because, first of
In Part 1 of this episode of For One Night Only (FONO), Pete Holmes talks to his fantabulous guest co-host, Peter de Groot about the mixtape and the story of his life so far. Peter is an out proud presenter on JOY Daytimes and The Cabaret Room. He started life as a closeted fundamentalist Christian and we explore the self-hatred that he was left with through his formative years and his coming out as an out proud gay man. One of his greatest achievements was to help in convincing the state government to extinguish and expunge historical gay sex convictions. His mixtape covers a wide range of music and includes Dolly Parton, The Seekers, ABBA, Doris Day, Amy Grant, Madonna, Diana Ross, Scissor Sisters, Billy Porter, and many, many more.
In Part 1 of this episode of For One Night Only (FONO), Pete Holmes talks to his fantabulous guest co-host, Peter de Groot about the mixtape and the story of his life so far. Peter is an out proud presenter on JOY Daytimes and The Cabaret Room. He started life as a closeted fundamentalist Christian and we explore the self-hatred that he was left with through his formative years and his coming out as an out proud gay man. One of his greatest achievements was to help in convincing the state government to extinguish and expunge historical gay sex convictions. His mixtape covers a wide range of music and includes Dolly Parton, The Seekers, ABBA, Doris Day, Amy Grant, Madonna, Diana Ross, Scissor Sisters, Billy Porter, and many, many more.