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When we talk about conversations about race rather than saying you are a racist or -- just focus on the individual things that happen, right? >> i can't not tease jay about the kind of like brother way he was trying to talk. you know hey, with the rap music in the background. >> i'm a rap guy. >> but it's another interesting funny thing about race. there would be some people who feel you co-oped something like that, and others feel that's his background and that's cool too. yo, like you no somebody takes my wallet. it's interesting when -- >> because i'm actually black. but you assumed otherwi...

Platforms. first, sometimes live tv is hard, things can go in an unexpected direction. i think both jay and nancy handled themselves incredibly graciously. we were all joking about it and talking about it after we got off the set. the second thing i want to say about the interaction is we came pretty close to something profound about what race is, and what it isn't. race is not a real thing. it's not. it is a social construct. it's not a blood type, a fingerprint, not some biological thing that you can extract from someone. it's not something that's out there in the world. but at the same time...

Father jones, gawker, "new york magazine," and jay smooth should be trending on all media platforms. first, sometimes live tv is hard, things can go in an unexpected direction. i think both jay and nancy handled themselves incredibly graciously. the second thing i want to say about the interaction is we came pretty close to something profound about what race is, and what it isn't. race is not a real thing. it's not. it is a social construct. it's not a blood type, a fingerprint, not some biological thing that you can extract from someone. it's not something that's out there in the world. but a...

Hard, things can go in an unexpected direction. i think both jay and nancy handled themselves incredibly dprashs ly graciously. the second thing i want to say about the interaction is we came pretty close to something profound about what race is, and what it isn't. race is not a real thing. it's not. it is a social construct. it's not a blood type a fingerprint, not some biological thing that you can extract from someone. it's not something that's out there in the world. but at the same time racism racial hierarchy, racial prejudice is very real. that's the paradox of this whole thing. you can...

I feel like this is throwing if out there in a half hazard way. >> i take issue because one of the board members is melanie hopson who is one of the few black ceos and she did a talk about being race brave. i think show might have had an influence on the conversation. >> so you sort of buy the general repression narrative. it is a thing we don't talk about and any opportunity to push back -- >> i want to say push it. >> but push past the boundaries. >> for me it is a win-win. even if it is sloppy and messy, let's get something started. >> let me start with this tweet from jay. i do think that ...