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We can't ask people of color to hold our hands through their shame, that needs to happen wit other white people. >> is this not a leap cold or what? somebody called the lifeguard because these people are off th deep end and drowning intel 50. the world is really upside down when suddenly the voice of reason comes from reverend al sharpton. >> if you're sitting around sipping lattes in the hamptons talking about what's going on i harlem, you may not know the progress that we have made in terms of going from not being able to vote in my mother and father's generation to electing a black presiden...

Same time. you can -- you can look to 1776, at many of the things that -- the promises of 1776 have been expanded far beyond where they were originally intended to be expanded and you can look at 1619 not disregard that simply because there was a misplaced tweet here or there. i think we have to get a lot better at doing what u're talking about. talking about the progress that has been made but also talk about the fact that we have a long way to go. and ask ourselves a question, you know, i was a history major. i've been reading books since i was 5 or 6 years old, i've been fascinated about hi...

Said he was going to, in large part because black voters came out and voted for him. so i guess the question is, it's the balance. and as we always say here, two things can be true at the same time. as you've said, we as a nation, we've made great progress over the past 50 years, at the same time this is no time for us to sit back and congratulate ourselves because there's 50 more years of challenges ahead of us and we have to keep moving forward. >> certainly we should sit back and congratulate ourselves, but we should not condemn ourselves for the steps and the progress that has been made. a...

Impossible to discuss progress. being cruel to people who are different is no longer acceptable, that's progress. and acknowledging progress isn't saying we're done, we don't need more. and being gloomier doesn't make you a better person. in 1958 only 4% of americans approved of interracial marriage now gallup doesn't bother asking. the last time they did in 2013, 87% approved. an overwhelming majority of americans say they want to live in a multiracial neighborhood. that is a change from when i was a kid. this is one of the big problems with wokeness. that what you say doesn't have to make se...

Year of the tulsa race massacre? higher than the years when the kkk rode unchecked and jim crow went unchallenged. high than the 1960s when the supremes and willy mays couldn't stay in the same hotel as the white people they were working with. there are a lot of americans trying really hard these days to embrace a new spirit of inclusion and progression. and this allergy to ignoring societal advances is self-defeating. because progress and the hope we can achieve it is the product we're selling. and having a warped view of reality leads to policies warped, black only dorms, graduation ceremoni...