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Heather McGhee

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274 total appearances

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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Exactly. So we've just got an information ecosystem that is really distorted and that's dangerous. But fundamentally the American people know that the economy is rigged for the very wealthy. That is something that the majority of Republicans believe. And it is something that when we have a Und die Demokratie ist gesehen als gutmeinend, aber weich. Und sie verteidigt den Status quo.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Exactly. So we've just got an information ecosystem that is really distorted and that's dangerous. But fundamentally the American people know that the economy is rigged for the very wealthy. That is something that the majority of Republicans believe. And it is something that when we have a Und die Demokratie ist gesehen als gutmeinend, aber weich. Und sie verteidigt den Status quo.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Und die Status Quo zu verteidigen, in einer Zeit, in der die Status Quo nicht funktioniert. Die Leute wissen, dass ihre Kinder schlimmer werden als sie. Das ist eine grundlegende Verletzung des amerikanischen Traums. Und ja, 49% der LĂ€nder meinten, sie wĂŒrden lieber etwas anderes wĂ€hlen als die Status Quo.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Und die Status Quo zu verteidigen, in einer Zeit, in der die Status Quo nicht funktioniert. Die Leute wissen, dass ihre Kinder schlimmer werden als sie. Das ist eine grundlegende Verletzung des amerikanischen Traums. Und ja, 49% der LĂ€nder meinten, sie wĂŒrden lieber etwas anderes wĂ€hlen als die Status Quo.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Das ist, weil die Leute, die den Bullhorn halten, die das Nullsummen-Story fĂŒr ihren eigenen Profit verkaufen, sagen, blamieren Sie Ihren Nachbarn. Blamieren Sie die Person, die neben Ihnen ist, die Sie sehen können, und nicht den BillionĂ€r.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Das ist, weil die Leute, die den Bullhorn halten, die das Nullsummen-Story fĂŒr ihren eigenen Profit verkaufen, sagen, blamieren Sie Ihren Nachbarn. Blamieren Sie die Person, die neben Ihnen ist, die Sie sehen können, und nicht den BillionĂ€r.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Yeah, the undeserving other. And I just, you know, you said this, so I should address, why is it that more Latinos and more young people, especially young white people, more Asian Americans, more Muslims, a few more black men, but not that many. We're still, you know, black people are still the most skeptical. Black people are still rolling their eyes. They're still going, really? Why that shift?

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Yeah, the undeserving other. And I just, you know, you said this, so I should address, why is it that more Latinos and more young people, especially young white people, more Asian Americans, more Muslims, a few more black men, but not that many. We're still, you know, black people are still the most skeptical. Black people are still rolling their eyes. They're still going, really? Why that shift?

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

I think we have to get a little bit more sophisticated about race and understand that it's not the story that the right wing, that Donald Trump was selling, was not that all immigrants are bad, all black people are bad. It was that the underlying negative stereotype about the racialized other, that people are lazy, that they're criminal, that they're dangerous, that they're a threat, right?

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

I think we have to get a little bit more sophisticated about race and understand that it's not the story that the right wing, that Donald Trump was selling, was not that all immigrants are bad, all black people are bad. It was that the underlying negative stereotype about the racialized other, that people are lazy, that they're criminal, that they're dangerous, that they're a threat, right?

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Das wurde so hyperbolisch genutzt. Es gab kriminelle Migranten, die ihre Tochter zerstören. Und auch Menschen, die selbst Immigranten sind oder selbst in ihrer Familie Immigranten haben, sagten, lass mich die Box aufschlagen, um zu sagen, nicht ich.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Das wurde so hyperbolisch genutzt. Es gab kriminelle Migranten, die ihre Tochter zerstören. Und auch Menschen, die selbst Immigranten sind oder selbst in ihrer Familie Immigranten haben, sagten, lass mich die Box aufschlagen, um zu sagen, nicht ich.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

right right all right i'm gonna check the box to say that's not me and yes you should deport those bad people because they're giving us a bad name right and lo and behold we've got people lo and behold they're like is that a chicago bulls hat you're out el salvador for you boom it's it's it's wild heather final uh uh question as you watch this uh sort of

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

right right all right i'm gonna check the box to say that's not me and yes you should deport those bad people because they're giving us a bad name right and lo and behold we've got people lo and behold they're like is that a chicago bulls hat you're out el salvador for you boom it's it's it's wild heather final uh uh question as you watch this uh sort of

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Such a great question. Thank you. So the moment is for defiance. It is for defiance of a hostile regime that is attacking our country as if they're going to war against it. That's what you do to a country that you're going to war against. You fire the scientists and the civil servants. You attack civil society. You try to dismantle Das ist das, was dieses Regime tut.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Such a great question. Thank you. So the moment is for defiance. It is for defiance of a hostile regime that is attacking our country as if they're going to war against it. That's what you do to a country that you're going to war against. You fire the scientists and the civil servants. You attack civil society. You try to dismantle Das ist das, was dieses Regime tut.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Und deshalb beten wir es uns selbst und dem Land, das wir lieben, um dieses Regime zu entlasten. Und das Gute ist, dass, obwohl es ein paar wirklich frĂŒhere Verluste gab, absolut Selbstbewusstsein, die wir haben. Ja, genau. Es war eine Kampagne, weil die Leute wussten, dass es kommt, um Harvard zu stecken. Und sie haben das Richtige getan. Sie haben gesagt, weißt du was? Our research matters.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Und deshalb beten wir es uns selbst und dem Land, das wir lieben, um dieses Regime zu entlasten. Und das Gute ist, dass, obwohl es ein paar wirklich frĂŒhere Verluste gab, absolut Selbstbewusstsein, die wir haben. Ja, genau. Es war eine Kampagne, weil die Leute wussten, dass es kommt, um Harvard zu stecken. Und sie haben das Richtige getan. Sie haben gesagt, weißt du was? Our research matters.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Our institution matters. And that's great. Some of the lessons there are A, know your worth. Wow. That just happened. So know that they're coming for you in the sector. Know that they're coming for media. Know that they're coming for you and get together. The lesson there is be in solidarity.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
DEI? You’re Fired! with Heather McGhee

Our institution matters. And that's great. Some of the lessons there are A, know your worth. Wow. That just happened. So know that they're coming for you in the sector. Know that they're coming for media. Know that they're coming for you and get together. The lesson there is be in solidarity.