White Man Calls In to C-SPAN to Ask How He Can Stop Being Prejudiced

[ancianita]

This makes me proud of our country.

Mother Jones covers it better than I can here, but the YouTube version is easier to access.

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/08/cspan-heather-mcghee-prejudice-white-man

"I understand that they live in an environment with a lot of drugs, you have to get money for drugs," he told McGhee. "It is a deep issue that goes beyond that. But when—I have these different fears, and I don't want my fears to come true. So I try to avoid that and I come off as being prejudiced, but I just have fears. I don't like to be forced to like people. I like to be led to like people through example."

"What can I do to change? You know, to be a better American?"

McGhee then outlined several ways that he and all Americans could try to overcome prejudice, such as considering to get to know black families, attending a diverse church, and turning off the news, which creates an image of African Americans at odds with reality.

"Thank you so much for being honest and for opening up this conversation because it is simply one of the most important ones we have to have in this country," McGhee said.

[Delphinus]

1. I really

appreciated both his honesty and her heartfelt response. You could see it in her body.