THE QUESTIONS HAVE ALL BEEN ANSWERED, WHAT NOW? ANSWERED, WHAT NOW? >> IT’S A VERY DIFFICULT >> IT’S A VERY DIFFICULT QUESTION, NICOLLE. QUESTION, NICOLLE. I MEAN, AMERICA IS NOT UNIQUE IN I MEAN, AMERICA IS NOT UNIQUE IN ITS SINS AS A COUNTRY. ITS SINS AS A COUNTRY. WE’RE NOT UNIQUE IN OUR EVILS TO WE’RE NOT UNIQUE IN OUR EVILS TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. BE HONEST WITH YOU. I THINK WHERE WE MAY BE SINGULAR I THINK WHERE WE MAY BE SINGULAR IS OUR REFUSAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE IS OUR REFUSAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. THEM. AND LEGENDS AND MYTHS WE TELL AND LEGENDS AND MYTHS WE TELL ABOUT OUR INHERENT GOODNESS TO ABOUT OUR INHERENT GOODNESS TO HIDE AND COVER AND CONCEAL SO WE HIDE AND COVER AND CONCEAL SO WE CAN MAINTAIN A KIND OF WILLFUL CAN MAINTAIN A KIND OF WILLFUL IGNORANCE THAT PROTECTS OUR IGNORANCE THAT PROTECTS OUR INNOCENCE. INNOCENCE. THE THING IS WHEN THE TEA PARTY THE THING IS WHEN THE TEA PARTY WAS HAPPENING, WE WERE SAYING WAS HAPPENING, WE WERE SAYING PUPD PUPD PUNDITS, IT’S JUST AN ECONOMIC PUNDITS, IT’S JUST AN ECONOMIC POPULOUS. POPULOUS. WHEN PEOPLE KNEW, PEOPLE KNEW WHEN PEOPLE KNEW, PEOPLE KNEW SOCIAL SCIENTISTS WERE ALREADY SOCIAL SCIENTISTS WERE ALREADY WRITING WHAT WAS DRIVING THE TEA WRITING WHAT WAS DRIVING THE TEA PARTY WERE ANXIETIES ABOUT PARTY WERE ANXIETIES ABOUT DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS THAT THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS THAT THE COUNTRY WAS CHANGING, THEY WERE COUNTRY WAS CHANGING, THEY WERE SEEING THESE RACIAL, AMBIGUOUS SEEING THESE RACIAL, AMBIGUOUS BABIES ON KYRGIOS COMMERCIALS. BABIES ON KYRGIOS COMMERCIALS. THE COUNTRY WASN’T QUITE FEELING THE COUNTRY WASN’T QUITE FEELING LIKE A WHITE NATION ANYMORE. LIKE A WHITE NATION ANYMORE. PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING FROM THE PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING FROM THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS, YO, THIS IS TOP OF THEIR LUNGS, YO, THIS IS SIMPLY NOT JUST ECONOMIC SIMPLY NOT JUST ECONOMIC POPULISM. POPULISM. THIS IS THE UGLY UNDERBELLY OF THIS IS THE UGLY UNDERBELLY OF THE COUNTRY. THE COUNTRY. SEE, THE THING IS IS THIS, I SEE, THE THING IS IS THIS, I WILL SAY IT AND I WILL TAKE THE WILL SAY IT AND I WILL TAKE THE HIT ON IT, THERE ARE COMMUNITIES HIT ON IT, THERE ARE COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE HAD TO BEAR THE BRUNT WHO HAVE HAD TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF WHITE AMERICANS CONFRONTING OF WHITE AMERICANS CONFRONTING THE DANGER OF THEIR INNOCENCE. THE DANGER OF THEIR INNOCENCE. AND IT HAPPENS EVERY GENERATION. AND IT HAPPENS EVERY GENERATION. SO SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO KIND OF SO SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO KIND OF OH, MY GOD, IS THIS WHO WE ARE? OH, MY GOD, IS THIS WHO WE ARE? AND JUST AGAIN, HERE’S ANOTHER AND JUST AGAIN, HERE’S ANOTHER GENERATION OF BABIES, THINK GENERATION OF BABIES, THINK ABOUT IT, A 2-YEAR-OLD HAD HIS ABOUT IT, A 2-YEAR-OLD HAD HIS BONES BROKEN BY TWO PARENTS BONES BROKEN BY TWO PARENTS TRYING TO SHIELD HIM FROM BEING TRYING TO SHIELD HIM FROM BEING KID. KID. A WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN MARRIED TO A WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN MARRIED TO THIS MAN FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE THIS MAN FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN ON THE PLANET ALMOST, LOST BEEN ON THE PLANET ALMOST, LOST HER HUSBAND. HER HUSBAND. FOR WHAT? FOR WHAT? SO WHAT WE KNOW IS THE COUNTRY SO WHAT WE KNOW IS THE COUNTRY IS PLAYING POLITICS FOR A LONG IS PLAYING POLITICS FOR A LONG TIME ON THIS HATRED. TIME ON THIS HATRED. WE KNOW THIS. WE KNOW THIS. IT’S EASY FOR US TO PLACE IT ALL IT’S EASY FOR US TO PLACE IT ALL ON DONALD TRUMP’S SHOULDERS. ON DONALD TRUMP’S SHOULDERS. IT’S EASY FOR US TO PLACE IT’S EASY FOR US TO PLACE PITTSBURGH ON HIS SHOULDERS. PITTSBURGH ON HIS SHOULDERS. IT’S EASY FOR ME TO PLACE IT’S EASY FOR ME TO PLACE CHARLOTTESVILLE ON HIS SHOULDER. CHARLOTTESVILLE ON HIS SHOULDER. IT’S EASY FOR US TO PLAY EL PASO IT’S EASY FOR US TO PLAY EL PASO ON HIS SHOULDERS. ON HIS SHOULDERS. THIS IS US. THIS IS US. AND IF WE’RE GOING TO GET PAST AND IF WE’RE GOING TO GET PAST THIS, WE CAN’T BLAME IT ON HIM. THIS, WE CAN’T BLAME IT ON HIM. HE’S A MANIFESTATION OF THE HE’S A MANIFESTATION OF THE UGLINESS THAT’S IN US. UGLINESS THAT’S IN US. I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GROWING UP IN A TRADITION THAT GROWING UP IN A TRADITION THAT DIDN’T BELIEVE IN THE MYTHS AND DIDN’T BELIEVE IN THE MYTHS AND THE LEGENDS BECAUSE WE HAD TO THE LEGENDS BECAUSE WE HAD TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THEM. BEAR THE BRUNT OF THEM. EITHER WE’RE GOING TO CHANGE, EITHER WE’RE GOING TO CHANGE, NICOLLE, OR WE’RE GOING TO DO NICOLLE, OR WE’RE GOING TO DO THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND BABIES THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND BABIES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GROW UP ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GROW UP WITHOUT MOTHERS AND FATHERS, WITHOUT MOTHERS AND FATHERS, UNCLES AND AUNTS, FRIENDS, WHILE UNCLES AND AUNTS, FRIENDS, WHILE WE TRY TO CONVINCE WHITE FOLK TO WE TRY TO CONVINCE WHITE FOLK TO FINALLY LEAVE BEHIND A HISTORY FINALLY LEAVE BEHIND A HISTORY THAT WILL MAYBE, MAYBE EMBRACE A THAT WILL MAYBE, MAYBE EMBRACE A HISTORY THAT MIGHT SET THEM FREE HISTORY THAT MIGHT SET THEM FREE FROM BEING WHITE. FROM BEING WHITE. FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT.
