bestiality, sleeping around. don t deceive yourself. it s not right. and here s what he said about growing up in louisiana in the jim crow era. quote, i never with my eyes saw the mistreatment of any black person. i hoed cotton with them. i m with the blacks because we re white trash. we re going across the field. they re singing and happy. pre-entitlement, pre-welfare. you say, were they happy? they were godly. they were happy. these are the statements he made. now, a&e said they talked to advocacy groups. but people that were offended came out. and i don t know who they spoke to, but clearly the position everyone took was that he had the right to say whatever he wanted, but people had the right to say they were not going to watch as jimmy just said.
i m with the blacks because we re white trash. they re singing and happy. i never heard one of them, one black person say i tell you what, these doggoned white people. not a word. pre entitlement, no welfare. they were godly, they were happy. no one was singing the blues. joining me now is author and pulitzer prize winner. her book is now available in paper back. phil robertson will return to the new duck dynasty episodes in january. in your book, you tell the story of a family growing up in monroe, louisiana, very close to
much damage in their view to the crossover votes they re trying to get. because for that matter, as i mentioned most of my fellow liberals, they don t want the show that much. it wouldn t mean that much to them compared to the real emotional fervor that has arisen on the part of the duck dynasty viewership which i understand is around 14 million. but clarence, wait a minute. i want to remind everyone what phil robertson said about growing up in louisiana, for example, during the jim crow era. he said quote, i never with my eyes saw the mistreatment of any black person. i hoed cotton with them. i m with the blacks because we re white trash. we re going across the field. they re singing and happy. pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say. were they happy? they were godly. they were happy. i mean, i can understand and deal with you wanting to watch
popular of the history of television. what began as a family friend what began as a family friend ly spotlight on a southern good old boy, it has descended into something more disturbing. here s what he told gq on the topic of sinful behavior. quote, start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. bestiality sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that man. don t be deceives. neither the adulterers, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, they won t inherit the kingdom of god. don t deceive yourself. it s not right. this is what he said about preis civil rights blacks. quote, they re singing and happy. never heard one black person say i tell you what, these dog gone white people. not a word. pre-entitlement, pre-welfare. you say were they happy? they were godly. they were happy. no one was singing the blues. the far right has rallied around robertson. decrying everything and everyone
were thinking something different than what i assumed they were thinking. it was beyond to think that the african-american community having time of their life. in 1953, the first bus protest against segregation, baton rouge, louisiana, in his own state. two years before rosa parks made national news so you re saying a man growing up in louisiana is unaware of this momentous moment and they lost that night in 1953 and years before the buses were integrated. maybe to him the idea that they couldn t use the same drinking fountain, work in the same places was fine. they were happy. we were perfectly happy. come on. they were singing. but then there s a plitd call element and pre-entitlement. pretime of america helping people in distress. you know, danielle, that s a really important point is that