inequality that still exists in our society that tracks race, and is a consequence of a racial history. if that happens, i think it would be fantastic. i have not yet seen it. joining us now is a podcast host coleman hughes and michaelson, and just to washington engine osborne are back. okay colin, what do you think about what he said and how do you think republicans deal with race in general? oh so he is talking about talking the talk and walking the walk. obama talked a great game, his speech on race from 2008 maybe the best speech i ve heard and he was politician gives acknowledging the past, and the issue. one top when it comes to walking the walk, did he support the kinds of policies that he is now may now be popular in the democratic party? obama did not support reparations, for example. so when he is calling out somebody like tim scott, is there a substantive policy
missing in our contemporary politics. it is interesting, there is discussion of the issue and there is the character of the issues. i think we saw just in that clip in the interview was a really eloquent analysis of the historical legacy of racism in this country and weight impacts actual inequality on the ground, health disparities and safety in schools, education, and so forth. but we have got this cartoon image now of woke-ism, would a word that was kind of kidnapped from far-right progressives and it just means whatever people want to make it mean. you should be ashamed of being white, or this, or that and is not what the term was originally meant to be. i wish that i agree, that we could return to the kind of eloquence and nuance that we see in that clip. coleman, what do you think about what jason was just talking about, that there is sometimes a feeling that if you are black you cannot be republican? of course, black conservatives get called horrible things uncle tom,
our society that tracks race and is a consequence of our racial history. and if that happens i think that would be fantastic. i haven t yet seen it. joining us now is podcast host coleman hughes and january michaelson who clerked for attorney general merrick garland. jessica washington and jason osborne are back. okay, coleman, what do you think about what he said? and how do you think republicans deal with race in general? yeah, so he s talking about talking the talk and walking the talk, right? obama talked a great game. i mean, his speech on race from 2008 may be the best speech i ve heard any u.s. politician give acknowledging the past, acknowledging the nuances of the issue. when it comes to walking the walk, did he support the kinds of policies that maybe now he is may now be popular in the democratic party? obama didn t support reparations, for example, right? so when he s calling out someone like tim scott, is there a substantive policy proposal that he s saying tim scott
there s discussion of the issues and there s the caricaturing of the issues. and i think what we saw from just in that clip in the wider interview was a really eloquent analysis of the historical legacies of racism in this country and the way that that impacts actual inequality on the ground, health disparities, income disparities, safety in schools, education and so forth. but we ve got this cartoon image now of wokism, a word that was kind of kidnapped by the far right from progressives. and it just means whatever people want to make it mean. you should be ashamed of being white or you should this or you should that, which is not what the term was originally meant to be. and i wish i agree. i wish we could return to the kind of eloquence and nuance that we see in that clip. coleman, what do you think about what jason was just talking about, which is there is sometimes a feeling that if you re black you can t be republican? oh, yeah. of course. black conservatives get called h