the reality is we created such a racialized culture in this country. in the last several years, that wright is the last few burning embers of racism were burning out. we have a culture in this country, largely created by media and establishments and universities and politicians that throw kerosene on that racism. this is obviously an attack that was targeted at black people and predominantly black part of your community. you are also a black man. what is your response to that? i mean, clearly there s racist, we know that. i believe 100% there is racist. do i believe our country is full of people that want to kill each other because we are what we believe are legion, i don t. i don t believe that. i ve been in this community for a very long time. that does not representative of who we are. but, there are outliers, there are people who do not like other people for the race, for being black, for being jewish, for being whatever religion. that exists. white supremacy maybe he was, i
you mentioned other groups. are you saying that there were broader groups that may be people might assume share his views that he specifically mentioned that he did not associate with? and what are those groups? he mentioned one in particular that wears a wire service, that s all i will say. he didn t like that group. he mentioned that group. like i said, he was not confused, he knew what he believed. he was not confused, but organized ramblings is the best way i can describe it. i know that, obviously, this moment that your community is in pain. but there has been a lot of reaction at the national level. one has come from a presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy. he recently dismissed this idea of white supremacy. i want to take a listen to what he had to say. the reality is we have created such a racialized culture in this country in the
i think that is heinous and deserves to be called out for what it is. the realities we ve created such a racialized culture in this country in the last several years that right as the last few burning embers of racism were burning out we have a culture in this country largely created by a media and an establishment and universities and politicians that throw kerosene on that racism, and i can think of no better way to fuel racism in this country than to take something away from other people on the basis of their skin color. i ve been saying that for years, and i think that is driving, sadly, a new wave of anti-black and anti-hispanic racism in this country. sir if we want to stop hate ask discrimination on the basis of hate, let s stop discriminating on the basis of race and see what unites us as americans because i do not think this kind of racial division and any division is good for us as the united states. i believe that there are a lot of people of color in this country
deserves to be called out for what it is. the reality is, we ve created such a racialized culture in this country in the last several years that right as the last few burning embers were burning out, we have a culture in this country largely created by media and an establishment and university and politicians that throw kerosene on that racism. and i can think of no better way to fuel racism in this country than to take something away from other people on the basis of their skin color. i ve been saying that for years. and i think that is driving, sadly, a new wave of anti-black and anti-hispanic racism in this country. i think the right way forward is, if we want to stop hate and discrimination on the basis of race, let s stop discriminating on the basis of race and see what unites us as americans, because i do not think this kind of racial division or any division is good for us as the united states. i believe there are a lot of people of color in this country who do not think it wa