Posted on 06/13/2020 12:12:09 PM PDT by NoLibZone
CNN anchor Don Lemon mused Friday whether it's possible for people raised in America to not be racist, or at least have "blindspots" -- likening U.S. citizens to flowers planted in tainted soil.
"Every year, I have hydrangeas in my yard and they come back a different color, or a tulip or an orchid. And it’s not because they’re different, it’s because the soil is different, right?" Lemon said on "New Day."
"It depends on the nutrients in the soil. So if you grew up in America, you came out of American soil. Considering the history of this country ... how can you not be racist? How can you not have racial blindspots, how can you not see that the factory reset in America is whiteness?"
He seemed to be trying to help calm white people's fears about speaking out about racism during nationwide protests surrounding the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed by a white cop in Minneapolis.
"Listen, white people are so scared right now to do anything, to talk about anything, to broach these conversations. They’re sort of frozen because who wants to be called a racist, right? Who wants people to think that they have a racial blindspot?" he said.
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When all the statues are gone the last remaining remnant of our racist past will be the DNC.
The party of the Confederacy.
Because we're not plants, you moron.
how can you as a man want a penis in your ***?
That is more baffling to me.
Is there a color that is not racist?
Is Lemon admitting that he is racist himself, after all he grew up in America..he has some serious mental issues he hates white people yet his “Boyfriend” is white..gee why is it that blacks who hate whites all date white people
What is “racist”? Nobody says. I say “racist” is being obsessed with race and color. By that definition, I’d say blacks have far and away the biggest problem with “racism”.
“Don Lemon asks ‘how can you not be racist’ if you grew up in America?”
I agree. There probably have been more blacks racists in this country than white racists up until now.
It’s EASY, if you are not a Democrat!
“””””Every year, I have hydrangeas in my yard and they come back a different color, or a tulip or an orchid. And it’s not because they’re different, it’s because the soil is different, right?” Lemon said on “New Day.”””””””””””
He sounds like a fag, Jim.
How can blacks vote for the party of the KKK,JIM CROW LAWS,SLAVERY and ABORTION....
I think blacks know how bad the dems are..They just don;t care cuz’ they give us free stuff....
I’ve never been on a racetrack in my life- I’m no racist
oh btw hoodrat blacks are the most racist and anti gay groups in the world.
If Lemon actually grew up in a mostly black area he’d know that they hate gays.
Especially the lighter-skinned ones.
Ain’t Affirmative Action wonderful.
Black dems help white dems kill black babies in abortion...If you have permission from blacks to murder blacks,is that still racist?????
Guys like Lemon make it easy.
You’re just a Embryophytist.
You sure are racist, Lemon.
In other words, we will use the ability to change our circumstances to do so.
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