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I say, send me the full link so i can authenticate it. they say it's on facebook, whatever. but having grown up in that time, i know people that did the same thing. i know there were fraternities who would have parties and there would be blackface at parties. so for anyone to pretend that it didn't happen then or people didn't think that it was -- >> it's weak. >> that is a completely weak argument. >> i don't disagree. >> i respect the friend. fine. >> mm-hmm. >> it's the same thing where people say they support the president, right, because we're friends, and i know they wouldn't do that. bu...

'80s saying, this is from lehe h high school. i say, send me the full link so i can authenticate it. they say it's on facebook, whatever. but having grown up in that time, i know people that did the same thing. i know there were fraternities who would have parties and there would be blackface at parties. so for anyone to pretend that it didn't happen then or people didn't think that it was -- >> it's weak. >> that is a completely weak argument. >> i don't disagree. >> i respect the friend. fine. >> mm-hmm. >> it's the same thing where people say they support the president, right, because we're...

Should it be. >> yeah. well, listen, being a bigot doesn't necessarily -- there's also unconscious bias which we talk about a lot, and people want to deny. you don't have to be aware of it. sometimes it's just not being aware. >> blackface? kkk outfit? >> i'm talking about the friend who is saying, well, i know he's not a bigot. maybe he's not a bigot now. but certainly in that time, he should have been aware that this was offensive, and he could have over the years at least made the effort to address it. >> what about the defense that in '84 it wasn't bad, blackface, the way it is today? >> r...

I can't imagine if that happened, we were in school about the same time. i'm a little bit older than you. but can you imagine a friend not calling you up and saying, hey, chris, you know they put on your page like two people, one has a klan uniform and one has a blackface. don't you think someone in the class or somebody would have alerted him because he's saying he doesn't know. like, hey, don, guess what? someone on your page -- i think someone would know about that. that's pretty offensive. >> i think so. look, and i said this to her. i thought she made a very interesting argument for peopl...

That doesn't erase your racism or your homophobia because you say that. the president saying i'm not a bigot doesn't mean -- >> that's why i'm embracing this moment. because no matter what you think about yourself or the president. everybody must agree that this is no time for somebody who is not a bigot to be quiet. this is no time to be that, especially if you are elected by this country to lead. because if there is one value that must define this country, as imperfect as it may be executed, it's equality. >> yeah. >> it has to. that's all we are. it is all that knits us together. >> it's eq...