THANK GOODNESS FOR MEN.
AINSLEY, STEVE?
AINSLEY: OR HOW ABOUT THE
WOMAN WHO BOUGHT IT?
BRIAN: CAN WE HAVE
SOMETHING?
AINSLEY: SEEING A PICTURE OF
JAY-Z OUT RAPPER CONTINUING
HIS ATTACKS ON THE PRESIDENT
AND LECTURING THE COUNTRY ON
WHY WHITE MEN ARE SO
PRIVILEGED IN UPCOMING
EPISODE OF DAVID LETTERMAN'S
NEW SHOW ON NETFLIX.
WATCH THIS.
>> BRINGING OUT UGLY SIDE OF
AMERICA THAT WE WANTED TO
BELIEVE WAS GONE.
IT'S STILL HERE.
WE STILL GOT TO DEAL WITH IT
WE HAVE TO HAVE THE
CONVERSATION.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TOUGH
CONVERSATION.
WE HAVE TO THE TALK ABOUT
THE "N" WORD AND WHY WHITE
MEN ARE SO PRIVILEGED IN
THIS COUNTRY.
STEVE: BUT AS A CELEBRITY
WORTH CLOSE TO A BILLION
DOLLARS, ACCORDING TO
FORBES, IS HE THE RIGHT
PERSON TO BE TALKING ABOUT
WEALTH AND PRIVILEGE?
AINSLEY: HERE TO WEIGH IN ON
THIS IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF UNHYPHENATED AMERICA
CHRISTOPHER HARRIS.
HI, CHRISTOPHER, THANKS FOR
BEING WITH US.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
AINSLEY: YOU ARE WELCOME.
WHAT'S YOUR REACTION ABOUT
WHAT JAY-Z JUST SAID?
>> I THINK HE IS PRECISELY
THE WRONG PERSON TO HAVE
THIS CONVERSATION.
IT WOULD BE ONE THING IF HE
HAD JUST GIVEN UP HIS PAST,
A MESSAGE, A DIVISIVE
MESSAGE.
THE LEFT IS ACTUALLY
PROMOTING HIM BECAUSE HE IS
A SHINY OBJECT TO DISTRACT
PEOPLE.
I MEAN, THAT'S IT IN A
NUTSHELL.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK AT
HOT LEFT IS TRYING TO
PROMOTE.
AND WHY.
THEY ARE FOCUSED IS NOTHING.
FOCUS ACRONYM FOLLOW ONE
COURSE UNTIL SUCCESSFUL.
THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO
PUSH IDENTITY POLITI
KNOW BY USING A FAMILIAR
FACE, SOMEONE LIKE
MR. CARTER TO DISTRACT
PEOPLE, KIND OF LIKE A HIP
KNOW TIS USING A SPINNING
WHEEL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
TO GET YOUR ATTENTION OFF OF
OTHER THINGS.
THAT'S ALL THINK ARE SIMPLY
DOING WITH HIM.
STEVE: CHRISTOPHER, I
THOUGHT OVER THE LAST COUPLE
OF YEARS THE DEMOCRATS WERE
PRETTY MUCH DECIDED THAT THE
IDENTITY POLITICS THEY HAD
EMPLOYED IN THE PAST DIDN'T
THAT AS A PARTY.
>> I THINK THEY DECIDED TO
ROLL THE DICE ON THIS ONE
AGAIN, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE
THEY HAVE DECIDED OR THEY
FEEL LIKE WITH THEIR POLLS
THAT MAYBE THIS IS GOING TO
TAKE ROOT, THAT THEY CAN PUT
THIS PARTICULARLY ON
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
BUT, YOU KNOW,
PRESIDENT TRUMP. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S
INTERESTING IS I HEAR PEOPLE
NOW SAYING THAT OH,
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A RACIST.
BUT, YET, EVERY REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CALLED A
POLICIES OR BY THE SAME
STANDARDS.
AINSLEY: WHAT ABOUT THE
FORMER ADMINISTRATION?
DID HE DO A BETTER
>> IN TERMS OF PRESIDENT
OBAMA DOING A BETTER JOB
WITH RACE RELATIONS?
AINSLEY: YEAH.
JAY-Z IS COMPLAINING ABOUT
WHITE PRIVILEGE.
WE HAD A BLACK PRESIDENT FOR
8 YEARS DID HE DO A GOOD
JOB?
>> I'M A BIG FAN OF BOOKER
T. WASHINGTON.
HE HAS THE FIRST BLACK MAN
TO BE INVITED TO THE WHITE
HOUSE.
AND THERE WAS A HUGE
BACKLASH WHEN HE WAS INVITED
TO THE WHITE HOUSE BY TEDDY
ROOSEVELT.
BUT THEN WE FAST FORWARD A
LITTLE BIT OVER 100 AND
SOMETHING YEARS.
HAVE YOU SEAN CARTER BEING
INVITED INTO THE WHITE HOUSE
OR HANGING OUT WITH
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
AND THEY ARE TWITTER BUDDIES
OR COMMITTEE, TEXT BUDDIES.
NOBODY SAID A WORD.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS
WHERE THEY WANT TO KEEP
CONTINUED TO PROMOTE AN IDEA
THAT NOT REALLY THERE.
WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH
INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS DEALING
WITH EACH OTHER
INDIVIDUALLY, WE DON'T HAVE
THE PROBLEMS THAT THE LEFT
SAYS THAT WE DO.
WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE LAME
STREAM MEDIA WE ARE ALL AT
EACH OTHER'S THROAT AND IT'S
SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
STEVE: YOU HEAR THAT ALL THE
TIME, CHRISTOPHER, AFTER A
WHILE PEOPLE START TO
BELIEVE IT IF IT'S NOT TRUE.
>> YEAH.
IF IT'S ON TV IT MUST BE
TRUE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE TRYING
TO GET YOU TO BELIEVE.
WE HAVE BEEN INDOCTRINATED
TO YOU FOLLOW THAT TRAIN OF
THOUGHT.
IF YOU KEEP WATCHING MANY OF
THE OTHER ♪ WORKS, THAT'S
WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP
PROMOTING.
ALL DAY EVERY DAY.
IDENTITY POLITICS ALL DAY
EVERY DAY.
IT'S JUST AD FLOOD.
IF YOU KEEP HEARING IT, YOU
HAVE TO SAY MAYBE THERE IS
SOME TRUTH TO IT.
NO THERE IS NO TRUTH TO IT
BUT THEY KEEP PERPETUATING
IT.
STEVE: CHRISTOPHER, WHAT
DOES YOUR GROUP UNHYPHENATED
AMERICA DOONCHES WE ARE AN
ORGANIZATION SOUNDS LIKE.
WE BELIEVE AMERICA IS BEST
NOT HYPHENATED IF YOU
PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLES OF
LIFE, LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF
HAPPINESS THEN YOU ARE AN
AMERICAN AND NO NEED FOR
PREFIX OR SUFFIX, YOU ARE
JUST AN AMERICAN.
SEAN CARTER, I'M A
CAPITALIST.
I'M A FREE MARKET GUY.
I PROMOTE CAPITALISM AND
FREE MARKETS.
I LOOK AT SEAN CARTER.
I CONGRATULATE HIM ON THE
CHANGES HE HAS MADE.
BUT HERE'S THE QUESTION.
WHO IS FOLLOWING BEHIND HIM?
THIS IS WHY I TALK ABOUT
GENTLEMEN LIKE BOOKER T.
WASHINGTON.
HE TOOK HIS POSITION.
HE TOOK HIS WEALTH AND
ACTUALLY HELPED TO RAISE
BLACK PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR
UP FROM SLAVERY AND HELPED
TO MOVE TOWARDS RACIAL
RECONCILIATION IN AMERICA.
IS MR. CARTER DOING THAT?
I THINK THE ANSWER IS NO.
AINSLEY: JAY-Z YOU, BEYONCE
THEY HAVE DONE PHENOMENAL.
THEIR MUSIC IS GREAT.
I LOVE THEIR MUSIC AND I
THINK THEY ARE DOING A GREAT
JOB.
LOOK WHERE THEY CAME FROM
AND THEY WORKED THEIR WAY
UP.
STEVE: THEY ARE CAPITALISTS.
AINSLEY: I DON'T LIKE THE
VICTIM MENTALITY.
WE NEED TO PROMOTE POSITIVE
AND TELLING OUR KIDS TO WORK
HARD AND CAN YOU ACHIEVE
YOUR GOALS AND THAT'S WHAT