it. we went from slavery to jim crow, jim crow to basic economic terrorism and then into the prison pipeline. and we re still not treating people equally. that s what heather would want to focus on. a year later, what do you say to this president who made a moral equivalence between the people that were standing up against confederacy, including heather, and those neo-nazis that marched in charlottesville a year ago? well, i would say the same thing i ve always said to him, which is the same thing i taught fourth grader and the same thing i say to myself, think before you speak, always tell the truth, and be accountable for your actions. as this nation looks again at charlottesville, and you said it is about the bigger issues and you have given your life and the
it was his first comment at all on the then approaching anniversary of charlottesville and i think it is also notable that neither he nor people close to him have had anything really at all to say about the protest that is supposed to take place across the street from the white house this afternoon, the second unite the right rally. let me put back the tweet and if you look at what he said, the riots in charlottesville a year go, first of all, it was not riots, it was people protesting, when the counterprotesters came they turned it into a riotous situation. it wasn t like an uprising from the people of charlottesville. he says, come together, we condemn all types of racism and
comes, takes place in charlottesville, when you step out of the theater, be conscious, you know, like, there s no joke. this is serious, serious business. serious business, for our children, for our grandchildren, for the world. this is no joke. and the fact that he could infiltrate the klan, at a time you have the president of the united states equating klan-like groups bringing down statues of hate shows the reality. it s like walking out of the air-conditioning theater and the heat hitting you. real. like mississippi, alabama. nothing like that. wake up is real. you put it on the screen. thank you. as only spike could do it. we call it a spike joint? spike lee joint. thank you. always.
usually talking about us. but thank you very much, anne. thank you very much, astead herndon. coming up, god bless white america, that s a quote from a great movie out this week by director spike lee, who is still doing the right thing. we ll talk to him in just a few minutes. but, up next, a year since white supremacists took to the streets of charlottesville, virginia, we go back to examine has anything changed in american race relations? this is politicsnation. be right back.
president, known in spike speak as agent orange. spike, thanks for, first of all, doing this. thank you, my brooklyn brother. yes, sir. we come up, same generation in brooklyn. yes, sir. which is why i know there it was important to you for this blockbuster film to come out around the first anniversary of charlottesville. yes, i wanted the film to be released, blackkklansman, on the one year anniversary. i knew people would be talking about it, i wanted to shed light on what happened, and also, reverend, what that guy did, he had a chance, i don t say his name, i call him agent orange, shout out to he s referring to the president. yes, shout out to busta rhymes, he came up with that, he had a chance to condemn hate, racism, the alt-right, the klan,