I doubt it was difficult for him. Tavis Smiley is just not very smart.
Actually, Tavis is very intelligent. His problem is he is also trying to be a nhonest interviewer with a racist slant. Won’t work. Amybe Tavis will rustle up enough smarts to awaken to the truth of his meida masters’ perfidy. But where racism tints the eyes, truth is a very hard thing to see.