Lindsey Graham
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Sorry to confuse you with facts. You're not... It's not the... That's the... Okay, here we go. The Asian experience in America, the Asian immigrant experience, is very different from the black experience. So it's really, they're not equivalent. And either way, white people, males, set the system.
So that's what privilege is, is that white people set the system that, yes, maybe Asian immigrants, once immigration policy was liberalized, have done better over these past 30 or 40 years. But there has been a systemic, systemic... systematized subjugation of the black community. Would you not agree with that? Sure. That was then. This is now. There was white privilege, but it no longer exists.
So that's what privilege is, is that white people set the system that, yes, maybe Asian immigrants, once immigration policy was liberalized, have done better over these past 30 or 40 years. But there has been a systemic, systemic... systematized subjugation of the black community. Would you not agree with that? Sure. That was then. This is now. There was white privilege, but it no longer exists.
Being able to give people a free car does not make you the most powerful woman in the world. But listen, listen closely, because I see- Don't mess with Oprah. I see the issue here. You don't believe that the residual effect of, I mean, slavery and Jim Crow are dead. But the residual effects of that systemic subjugation exist today.
Being able to give people a free car does not make you the most powerful woman in the world. But listen, listen closely, because I see- Don't mess with Oprah. I see the issue here. You don't believe that the residual effect of, I mean, slavery and Jim Crow are dead. But the residual effects of that systemic subjugation exist today.
You are carrying more of a burden as a black person in this country than a white person in this country.
You are carrying more of a burden as a black person in this country than a white person in this country.
They don't stop and frisk Wall Street bankers, even though they've done far more damage to the economy. They don't stop and frisk Wall Street bankers. White people... White people... White people do more drugs in this country than black people, but black people make up a far higher majority of drug arrests.
They don't stop and frisk Wall Street bankers, even though they've done far more damage to the economy. They don't stop and frisk Wall Street bankers. White people... White people... White people do more drugs in this country than black people, but black people make up a far higher majority of drug arrests.
Yes. You do know why that is. Why is that? Because black people, it's about real estate to some extent. There has been a systemic subjugation through real estate. Black people are ghettoized in this country.
Yes. You do know why that is. Why is that? Because black people, it's about real estate to some extent. There has been a systemic subjugation through real estate. Black people are ghettoized in this country.
Is that what you're telling me? Oh, you're getting to a bad place, my friend. What made you cultured? Do you think your upbringing gave you values and ethics? Yes. Yes, it did. You didn't grow up rich, right? No, we didn't have much money at all. I did. You worked hard. Right. You lived where? Levittown. Levittown.
Is that what you're telling me? Oh, you're getting to a bad place, my friend. What made you cultured? Do you think your upbringing gave you values and ethics? Yes. Yes, it did. You didn't grow up rich, right? No, we didn't have much money at all. I did. You worked hard. Right. You lived where? Levittown. Levittown.
So it gave you a nice stable, a cheap home. There was no down payments. There was this incredible opportunity. No, those houses were subsidized.
So it gave you a nice stable, a cheap home. There was no down payments. There was this incredible opportunity. No, those houses were subsidized.
No, no, no, no, no. Let me just ask you a question. Yes. Did that upbringing leave a mark on you even today? Of course.
No, no, no, no, no. Let me just ask you a question. Yes. Did that upbringing leave a mark on you even today? Of course.
So that, my friend, is what we call in the business white privilege. Okay.
So that, my friend, is what we call in the business white privilege. Okay.
because it's a place that built values. What you don't understand is imagine growing up.