King of conservative radio, host Rush Limbaugh, reached out last weekend to Charlamagne tha God, who is the host of “The Breakfast Club,” probably the most influential radio program amongst African Americans, to debate the ongoing riots going on throughout the country right now.
Rush wanted to understand the views of black America as protests raged in the wake of the death last week of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, a Democrat-run city that is in a Democrat-run state. The dialogue of the discussion, which aired on Monday, was intensely enlightening.
A lot of the time, the two were talking over each other. For Charlemagne and his co-hosts, America is deeply troubled by racism and “white supremacy.” For Limbaugh, America today allows anyone to realize their dreams.
There was a moment that encapsulated the entire problem — and explained the fact that many white, well-off Americans seem to be deeply involved in leading and fomenting the violence that has marred the Floyd protests.
The moment arrived after Limbaugh asked Charlamagne how he proposed to resolve the problem of racism. Charlamagne stated that was not his question to answer: rather, it was Limbaugh who, as a white man, had to undo “white privilege.”
I want to start off by saying it was very encouraging to hear Charlemagne say at the beginning of the broadcast (which I commend everyone to listen to the whole thing) that he reached out to Rush because he differs in opinion so much from himself and who he represents, and said that the dialogue has to be open beyond “who we know or who we’re talking to every morning.” Bravo for him, because he admitted he believes people of differing viewpoints need to get outside of their own bubble and talk it out with the other side.
Here’s part of the transcript:
RUSH: How do you stop it? (overtalking)
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: I have a question for you. I want to know. How are you gonna use your privilege as a white male to combat this prejudice. You got a direct line to Donald Trump. (overtalking)
RUSH: No, wait a minute, I don’t buy into the notion of white privilege. See, I think that’s a liberal —
RUSH: That’s a liberal — (overtalking)
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: You’re being delusional.
RUSH: — political construct right along the lines of political correctness. It’s designed to intimidate and get people to shut up and admit they’re guilty of doing things they haven’t done. I don’t have any white privilege — (overtalking)
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: Rush… do you…. do you know what white privilege is? White privilege is that what happened to George Floyd would not have happened to a white man.
RUSH: If what happened to George Floyd had happened to a white man we probably wouldn’t have even heard about it.
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: Huh?
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