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Sen. J.D. Vance is demanding a meeting with The Ohio State University's incoming president, Walter Carter Jr., regarding "diversity, equity and inclusion" ideology at the school.

Correspondent Jordan Birkner argues that people need to be more involved to truly help historically marginalized communities.

The thing is it doesnt come without empier ic. when you say straightness, you comply everyone is ab normal. >> the dictionary says so. your problem is with basic english gram or not with me or anyone at the table. >> you can use attacks all you want. the fact is we have to deal with things where we are. it is not somehow bad not to be normal, its not abnormal not to be normal. we are different as people, men, women, young, short, tall, fat, whatever it is. and the problem we have is the polarizi...

End sexual assault she was -- all of us in positions of privilege, and ipo going to accept that, have a normative identity, do have responsibilities around that. what all this has to do with beyonce im not sure anymore. tim wise, thanks for being here. coming up, the irony of a guy named cuccinelli being opposed to oral sex. wow, seriously? [ brent ] this guys a pro, herbie. [ herbie ] theres no doubt about it brent, a real gate keeper. heres kevin, the new boyfriend. lamb to the slaughter. th...

The letter from the birmingham jail is a letter to moderate white clergy. he says white moderate clergy hotel us we must wait, here is why we cant. it is not -- using the language of privilege is an indication of saying white people are not evil. when you talk about evil, i have privilege. i happen to be able to walk around the world, to marry and divorce, bear children without anyone giving me a second glance. i retain that privilege as a heterosexual whether ally or against lgtb people. privil...

Faith claim about the beginning of life. i dont mean just evangelical. you and i are best friends, we were both there for each others pregnancies. we both related to the pregnancies as children before the first breath. talked to my daughter, you talked to my daughter in utero. those are claims about faith that feel like they shouldnt be legislated. >> absolutely. we were talking about privilege before, right? to think about the ways in which you and i had insurance, and we had spouses, and we ha...

Modern times, you name it. it exists today in saudi arabia and other areas around the world. what were talking about is not whether youre white or black or celebrity. celebrity weigh in, insulated, marlon wayans can say outrageous thing but be insulated, celebrities can do the right thing by bringing their voice to it. we keep bringing this into a privilege issue when its really about the nation and culture. whites are not evil, blacks are not evil but its being presented by a lot of people in t...

This of there was a moment when folks weighed in around trayvon martin, a little surprising. dave, one of our favorites here, has been calling for lebron james to now say something mostly because he helped organize miami heat in protest initially around the trayvon martin shooting. is that fair for us to make a call to say, hey, you did this with the hoodies, now we want to hear from you now? >> what i hear harry belafonte saying, these people have privilege. they have a platform, people who lis...

>> if youre disabled you dont do that. is not a privilege. >> here is what i would say, walking in the room. i think its a great question, i love the question around able-bodiedness. if you look behind you, my cameras probably cant see it. to get on this stage you have to walk down three stairs. there is no way to get here without walking down three stairs. that means when i think about booking this show, i have never once booked someone in a wheelchair to sit at this stage. the reason i cannot ...