Pam Grier Discusses Childhood Lynching Experience

Pam Grier, during her appearance on “The View,” recounted a traumatic childhood experience in Columbus, Ohio. She described seeing a lynching victim hanging from a tree, recalling how her mother urged her and her siblings not to look. The audience reacted with shock as she shared, “And now they have that monument, and you can see where people were and where they left. This made me realize that voices can be silenced, and that if a white family supported a black individual, they too would be at risk of violence.”

Interestingly, the topic of lynching has surfaced again in 2026, with other voices echoing similar sentiments.

Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) expressed her frustration in a recent video: “Honestly, they’re trying to delegitimize the idea of white supremacy and white hatred. It’s like, they’re starting to say, ‘Oh, we can’t do that.’ Forget the fact that we are seeing black individuals being hung in the South.”

She went further, alleging that President Trump has emboldened white individuals to act with disdain.

On the other hand, Blaze TV Host Jason Whitlock voiced his skepticism about the narrative. “The audience is holding their breath… The truth doesn’t matter. It’s all emotional,” he pointed out, hinting at a disconnect between perception and reality.

Whitlock noted that Grier is 76, placing her birth around 1950. He emphasized that the last recorded lynching in Ohio occurred in 1911 and argued that contemporary reports of lynching—as he sees it—are overstated. “Just like police shootings, it’s completely exaggerated,” he stated, arguing that fear of police is disproportionate compared to actual statistics on violence.

He mentioned, “In the early 20th century, black people were not consumed by fear of the KKK,” though he did acknowledge that unjust police violence does occasionally occur. “Every community faces wrongful deaths, often at the hands of those within the community,” he clarified.

Whitlock implied that, had he been present during Grier’s comments, he would have protested vehemently, claiming “That’s a lie.” His reaction reflects a broader tension in discussions about race, history, and how they are interpreted today.