You know what, ladies and gentlemen?
When I was a child growing up in Mayland and going sometime to Washington DC,
I would drive by the neighborhoods with my parents driving, of course.
Where, predominantly, black people, almost all black people, and
they looked so raggedy and sad, and their neighborhoods are so run down in visual.
I just thought, wow, what a horrible way these poor [INAUDIBLE] to live.
>> There's Ben Stein shooting a video through his Motorola razor phone-
>> [LAUGH]
>> To talk about all the craziness going
on with how he was growing up and his associations with black folks.
Yeah, in just a short amount of time, he found a way to be as offensive and
demean folks as possible.
But that wasn't at least in his mind, his original intent,
there's more going on here, let's watch more.
>> If I woke up in the morning and I were, as we called them then,
a colored person, a black person, as we call them now,
I wanna kill myself, that was this Craig 60 years ago.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, if I woke up from a black person,
I would think, well, I have every opportunity to go to a really good school.
I have every opportunity to live in a really good neighborhood,
I have every opportunity to get a really good job.
The whole system is now set up so
I as a black American can have every chance of a good life.
And that is incredible,
unbelievable progress that's never discussed in the media,
a tremendous miracle of human decency and human accomplishment.
>> Ben Stein there talking about how if he woke up as a black person now, it'd be
sunshine, rainbows and butterflies, but back in the day, he'd wanna kill himself.
So, what's changed?
Apparently, things like the Aunt Jemima is no longer on The Syrup or
The Box cuz he recently complained about that, so that changes everything.
But also after he got some pushback, obvious pushback for
this type of words that he's saying here,
he then went over to rumble to complain about the pushback because what was me?
>> There's more?
>> Mm-hm.
>> Please tell me, what is racism?
>> [CROSSTALK] >> A racist to someone that the leftists
want to smear.
>> I like that, [LAUGH], Mandy,
we should put that in the conservative dictionary of words.
>> Yeah, I agree.
>> Racist, someone that has leftists wants to smear Mandy, I love that.
>> I love that, there's been a lot of conservatives, I don't know,
it's just recently or just throughout history in general.
Having trouble actually describing what it is that they have issues with or
terms like a racist or maybe even woke.
We saw that happening early in the week, but
we love those types of definitions cuz they don't mean anything.
There's more details and more actual pushback from the reality of our lives,
but first y'all's thoughts.
Let's start with you, Shannon,
what are you thinking Ben Stein is accomplishing here with this type of talk?
>> Well, he talked his comments about the syrup in the large African-American woman-
>> Mm-hm.
>> That he misses on the bottle, okay,
I joked earlier on another edition of TYT that he, perhaps,
was watching, Trading Places, that Eddie Murphy movie.
And I don't think for a moment that this guy ever ever
understands what it is to be black or brown, and
I just think that he wants to be noticed for anything, notice me, okay?
He's well past that iconic cult following movie of his.
>> Yes.
>> And he's just this bizarre character who speaks very slowly,
and I do believe spends much of the day at the Waffle House or Deli, somewhere.
And he just wants to talk to somebody, that's all he wants, just to talk.
>> You're saying he's lonely, is that what you're saying?
>> Lonely and pathetic, and perhaps hungry, okay?
And on a sugar high, I don't know.
>> [LAUGH] >> I'm not equipped to diagnose him fully.
>> Right. >> But there's something going on,
can we just say that?
>> Yeah, anybody who defines the definition of racist that way,
1000% there's something going on there.
What I would say is as a person who looks like this, let me just throw
out just a quick piece of advice for anybody who also looks like this,
stop saying if I were this race of person, I would act this way.
It reminds me of the president of FIFA, the heir apparent to the ever corrupt
set bladder only to be passed down to the ever corrupt Gianni Infantino.
When there were all these allegations against Qatar, okay.
And he had to defend Qatar with the World Cup,
the only press conference he did stands after the World Cup finished when
Lionel Messi won the entire tournament in Argentina.
One, prior to he said, I feel, his words,
I feel gay because of all the persecution that the LGBTQ+
community [INAUDIBLE], I feel like a migrant worker.
There have been roughly, according to The Guardian,
7500 migrant workers that died building that infrastructure.
And he kept going on and on and
on about all these things that he was to then placate to Qatar and anyone who
felt a certain way about the World Cup when completely misusing it altogether.
We need to stop doing this completely, now, to quickly debunk everything that
Ben Stein said, I have every opportunity to go to a good school.
There's an author named Paul Tough who said, there's an 8% is the percentage
of Black students at Ivy League schools, that is the same as 1984.
I have every opportunity to live in a good neighborhood, are we just completely
getting rid of redlining these days and the effects of the Jim Crow era?
Probably not, how about having a good life?
Well, that's if you're not looking for a loan, driving,
golfing while black, that happened at a grocery store while black.
If you're trying to sell your home, that's another one,
and also if you're at the doctor's office.
So, I would say considering how old this man is,
it's not great to pick on your elders, especially when it's this easy.
>> Mm-hm. >> But
what I would say at the very least if I were to give advice is I agree with JR,
upgrade your phone, your phone- >> [CROSSTALK]
>> Jesus,
this guy I'm trying to see how long it took for
him to upload that from the big old connections that we used to have.
But still there's one thing ,there's Ricky you listed facts, right?
Reality and things behind it, but
the thing is when you list those facts, people that are bigoted or
have these prejudiced beliefs, they take those as proof of their white supremacy.
Here's some more of those facts cuz large educational disparities,
coupled with racial discrimination in the labor market.
And other factors, lead to pronounced differences in economic security across
racial groups though, here's some facts.
In 2019, the unemployment rate was 6.1% for
both black and American Indian or Alaska Native adults,
compared to just 3.3 and 2.7% for White and Asian adults, respectively.
Also, Black and Hispanic adults continue to have considerably lower earnings than
White or Asian adults.
Median household income in 2020 was roughly $46,000 and $55,500 for
Black and Hispanic workers, respectively, compared to $75,000 and
$95,000 for White and Asian households.
Now, let's jump down to graphic number four here you guys because he also talks
about how easily folks can get into college as you pointed out a little bit
there, Rick.
Black college students have lower six-year completion rates for any type of degree or
certificate program than any other racial group or
ethnic group because of racial discrimination.
The high cost of higher education, and a multitude of external responsibilities,
again, according to a study from Jess, this year already.
Also, lastly, here you guys, that study found that black students in less racially
diverse programs are more likely to feel discriminated against physically and
psychologically unsafe and disrespected.
Leading them to abandon their higher educational goals, and,
by the way, we've seen numbers of black women specifically that
are in college a lot more than other groups.
And we see some of the responses to black women who find themselves in professional
settings, who find themselves just in the collegiate and educational settings.
And the kinds of discrimination that they see there as well, and
this comes from a group of folks who can't wait to call themselves victims.
So, Ben Stein puts himself in the shoes of any black person,
I guarantee you he'd be crying about and be like, how dare you guys do this to me?
Do you know what he said to me?
Do you know why they haven't given me the right opportunities,
wages, livable conditions in my life?
Do you know what's going on here?
But he's sitting in a space where he can say all those reasons and
all things that happened or because he's just better.
>> Here's another thing that I'll add onto,
and everything that you guys have stated has been wholly accurate.
But what I would say is, in the state of Mississippi,
there's a former prominent quarterback who was able to,
stop me if you've heard this one before JR.
>> [LAUGH] >> There's a prominent Hall of Fame
quarterback who, allegedly, took Tana funds and funds that are for the needy.
And used his clout and status within the state in order to build
a volleyball facility that was intended for
those who are poverty stricken in the poorest state in the union.
Where misusing federal funds to help these people has been paramount for
many years to Republican leadership.
So, what I would say to Ben Stein is,
can you tell me a little bit about the State of Mississippi?
Can you just educate me on that a little bit cuz this is supposed to be the guy
that has the Comedy Central Show.
And the guy who is, know your money when really he is a washed up,
I agree with Sharon, needing a friend type of guy who has no
outlet other than to post 360p videos on Rumble.
>> Wow, well, he has a friend down in Mississippi and Ferv and Stein should get
together and go to one of those boba tea, those shops with the really fat straws.
And they should buy a giant one and put two fat straws in and
suck up all the white privilege that they want and share-
>> Wow.
>> I just think that they're that close,
they' re that closely aligned in their thinking.
Remember Brett Farve, didn't he sue somebody for
telling the truth about him at everything?
>> He's suing Patt Mark of The Show right now, yeah.
>> This is it, the it's really crazy, okay?
So, I just think that this Ben Stein,
I said it earlier 40 to $70,000, do you know what that is?
That's his speaking fee- >> No.
>> On the Washington speaking, I don't know if anyone's booked him in the last 10
years, but that's what it says on the site, I looked it up.
That's how much money to bring him in and play this game?
Yeah.
>> And last thought, you guys said the game is being played is continue to
perpetuate these types of belief systems because once people know the difference.
Or, actually, know our history, and the way we've come to the systems we have
today, they might start thinking a little bit differently about it.
And Ben Stein works tirelessly, and
people like him work tirelessly to keep society guessing and
thinking the opposite of reality, that's why we talk about this this much.