On HBO’s “Real Time” broadcast Friday, Van Jones, a senior CNN political commentator and former Obama aide, said, “The black community is very concerned about the fact that a black child will be killed if it’s done by a white cop or a white supremacist. “I only care about that” is not true. ”, but it is true that “the media only cares” about black children being killed when the killer is a white police officer or a racist white person.
Host Bill Maher said, “We know that gun homicide is the leading cause of death for young black men, and…it’s a leading cause of death more than the following 15 causes combined.” That’s so bad. Also, black men between the ages of 18 and 25 die from gun homicide at nearly 19 times the rate of white youth of the same age. And they are killed by white supremacists. The truth is, they are not being killed, but they are killing each other.”
Jones replied, “That’s right.”
She added, “I’m really glad you brought this up because there’s a myth that the black community only cares about black children getting killed if it’s done by white cops or white supremacists. I think so, but that’s definitely not the case,” he added. truth. The media just cares. But every weekend there are candlelight vigils, teddy bears, balloons, crying mothers, and marches. ”
Then Mr. Maher interjected and said: “But where are the leaders saying, ‘Hey, you’re out of the house, stop it, guys.'”
Jones said, “It happens every Sunday in every black church. It happens every Saturday in every basketball program.” [W]When you have people like Pastor Carl Day…other people leave the church and go out and get no credibility and no support. I also agree with you. There is a high rate of self-harm, a suicide crisis among white youth, a homicide crisis among black youth, and we are not doing enough about either. We should do more. ”
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