Thursday, October 16, 2014

Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly Get Into Shouting Match Over "White Privilege"


https://movies.yahoo.com/news/jon-stewart-bill-oreilly-shouting-match-over-white-044106620.html


Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly sure know how to disagree.
At times the pair shouted while debating the notion of white privilege (Stewart believes it exists while O'Reilly doesn't) during a wild The Daily Show segment.
"If there's white privilege, there has to be Asian privilege, because Asians make more money than whites," O'Reilly said.
Stewart got personal, arguing that while O'Reilly grew up under modest circumstances, he benefited by living in Levittown, New York, where G.I.'s were able to get homes at affordable prices. At the time, African Americans were not allowed to live in O'Reilly's neighborhood, and Stewart said the Fox News host received a stable upbringing in a place that instilled values — while the children of African American G.I.'s were not given that same opportunity.
"That was in 1950! Alright? 1950!" O'Reilly shouted, saying it was "unfair" African Americans were barred from the neighborhood, but adding there were plenty of black neighborhoods that built values.
O'Reilly said he was going to repeat something he'd already stated — and do so slow enough that even Stewart would understand.
"America is now a place where if you work hard, get educated and are an honest person, you can succeed," O'Reilly said.
Stewart, his voice rising, countered: "If you live in a neighborhood where poverty is endemic, it's harder to work hard. It's harder to get an education."
Stewart closed by making a The O'Reilly Factor reference.
"I'll call it this, and I think it's a word you'll understand. It's 'a factor,' " Stewart said of the role race plays in one's opportunities.
O'Reilly grew up in a segregated neighborhood but still he attempts to define the black experience of which he knows nothing but neither does his "FOLKS" so he can sell his misinformation.  one of the best example of his false interpretations Rev. Al took him to Harlem's black upscale restaurant Sylvia's, on O'Reilly all Bilo could say was he was surprised there was no one screaming ,'M.F.-er, I want more iced tea.' " then expressed his epiphany that it was like any other upscale White restaurant you could go to. 
now that sounds like a guy that just found out in the morning his breath stinks too.  but still he demonizes and continues his radical approach to discussing the Black dynamic.  i guess when it's what you grew up with it doesn't seem racist or it does but hard to admit what you denied you were forever.