Trevor: HEY, WHAT’S GOING
ON, EVERYBODY.
I’M TREVOR NOAH.
THIS IS "THE DAILY SOCIAL
DISTANCING SHOW."
TODAY IS FEBRUARY 17th, AND
HERE’S YOUR VACCINE TIP OF THE
DAY: IF YOU SEE A SYRINGE LYING
ON THE GROUND, PLEASE, DON’T
JUST ASSUME IT’S A COVID VACCINE
AND INJECT IT INTO YOURSELF.
DON’T DO THAT.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT WAS IN THE
SHOT I TOOK, BUT I’M DEFINITELY
ADDICTED TO IT NOW.
ANYWAY, ON TONIGHT’S SHOW:
TEXAS IS POWER HUNGRY.
DONALD TRUMP IS THE EMCEE AT THE
MITCH McCONNELL ROAST.
AND DULCE SLOAN UNCOVERS KAMALA
HARRIS’S SECRET FAMILY.
SO LET’S DO THIS, PEOPLE!
WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW."
Announcer: FROM TREVOR’S
COUCH IN NEW YORK CITY TO YOUR
COUCH SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD,
THIS IS "THE DAILY SOCIAL
DISTANCING SHOW," WITH TREVOR NOAH.
Trevor: LET’S KICK OFF THE
SHOW WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC.
IT’S THE REASON YOU KEEP
REFRESHING VACCINE WEBSITES LIKE
THEY’RE SELLING COACHELLA
TICKETS.
AND WITH OVER A MILLION
AMERICANS GETTING VACCINATED
EVERY DAY, EVERYONE IS ANXIOUSLY
LOOKING FORWARD TO A TIME WHEN
THEY CAN GET BACK TO DOING
NORMAL THINGS AGAIN, LIKE GOING
OUT OUT TO EAT, OR NOT THINKING
ABOUT THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE
WHO DELIVER THEIR PACKAGES.
AND LAST NIGHT, PRESIDENT JOSEPH
"RAISINETTE" BIDEN GAVE THE
COUNTRY AN UPDATE ON WHEN NORMAL
LIFE MIGHT HAPPEN.
PRESIDENT BIDEN, ON A TRIP TO
THE SWING STATE OF WISCONSIN FOR
A CNN TOWN HALL, HIS FIRST
TRIP AS PRESIDENT, HE OFFERED A
NEW TIMELINE ON WHEN THE VACCINE
WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL
AMERICANS AND A RETURN TO
SOMETHING LIKE NORMAL.
BY THE END OF JULY, WE’LL
HAVE OVER 600 MILLION DOSES,
ENOUGH TO VACCINATE EVERY SINGLE
AMERICAN.
AS MY MOTHER WOULD SAY, WITH
THE GRACE OF GOD AND THE
GOODWILL OF THE NEIGHBORS, THAT
BY NEXT CHRISTMAS, I THINK WE’LL
BE IN A VERY DIFFERENT
CIRCUMSTANCE-- GOD WILLING--
THAN WE ARE TODAY.
Trevor: WOW.
WHO WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING.
AFTER ALL THAT TALK FROM TRUMP,
BIDEN IS THE ONE THAT WILL HAVE
PEOPLE SAYING "MERRY CHRISTMAS"
AGAIN.
BUT THAT’S RIGHT, BIDEN IS
PREDICTING THAT COVID-19 WILL BE
GONE FROM OUR LIVES BY THE END
OF THIS YEAR, JUST IN TIME FOR
COVID-21 TO KICK INTO HIGH GEAR.
WAIT, NO, I DON’T WANT COVID-21.
AND I’M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT
BIDEN IS RIGHT, BECAUSE IF
THINGS ARE NORMAL BY CHRISTMAS,
THAT MEANS SANTA CAN COME DOWN
THE CHIMNEY AND PUT MY PRESENTS
UNDER THE TREE AGAIN-- UNLIKE
LAST YEAR, WHEN HE THREW THEM
THROUGH MY LIVING ROOM WINDOW.
YOU BROKE THAT SHIT, SANTA!
BUT LET’S MOVE ON FROM THE
CURRENT PRESIDENT TO THE
PREVIOUS ONE.
NOW OUT OF OFFICE, DONALD TRUMP
IS BACK AT THE HELM OF HIS
BUSINESS EMPIRE AND TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE MONEY
WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO OVERCHARGE
THE SECRET SERVICE.
BUT TODAY, HE WATCHED A PIECE OF
THAT EMPIRE LITERALLY COLLAPSE.
WE HAVE GOT BREAKING NEWS IN
ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY.
JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE FORMER
TRUMP PLAZA HOTEL AND CASINO WAS
BROUGHT DOWN-- KABOOM-- BY A
PLANNED IMPLOSION.
THE BUILDING HAD DETERIORATED IN
RECENT YEARS, AND ATLANTIC
CITY’S MAYOR SAID THE IMPLOSION
WAS NOT ABOUT POLITICS.
IT WAS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
TICKETS TO SEE THE DEMOLITION
OF THE HOTEL, FORMERLY OWNED BY
THE 45th PRESIDENT, WENT FOR AS
HIGH AS $575.
Trevor: WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
WHOA, HOLD UP.
PEOPLE PAID ALMOST SIX HUNDRED
BUCKS TO WATCH THAT BUILDING GET
DEMOLISHED?
DID THEY KNOW TRUMP WASN’T
INSIDE?
I MEAN, FORGET HOTELS.
TRUMP JUST NEEDS TO BUILD SHIT
WITH HIS NAME ON IT, AND THEN
CHARGE PEOPLE TO WATCH HIM BLOW
IT UP.
IT WILL BE THE MOST PROFITABLE
BUSINESS HE’S EVER HAD!
NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THIS WASN’T A
RESPONSE TO THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY.
THE REASON THIS HAPPENED IS
BECAUSE THE TRUMP PLAZA HOTEL
AND CASINO HAD BEEN STRUGGLING
FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, WHICH IS
TOO BAD.
BECAUSE BACK IN THE DAY, THIS
WAS CALLED THE HOTEL TO STAY AT
BY "SYPHILIS MAGAZINE."
STILL, THOUGH, IT COULDN’T HAVE
HELPED TO HAVE TRUMP’S NAME ON
THE PLACE.
AND IT REALLY SAYS SOMETHING
WHEN EVEN ATLANTIC CITY IS LIKE,
"TRUMP IS GIVING A BAD NAME TO
OUR TOWN FULL OF PAWN SHOPS AND
STRIP CLUBS.
IT’S GOTTA GO.
WE CAN’T BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
NAME, AIN’T THAT RIGHT,
PICKLES."
WHILE TRUMP’S HOTEL WAS
EXPLODING FROM WITHIN, SO IS THE
PARTY THAT TRUMP LEADS.
IN THE WAKE OF THE CAPITOL
RIOTS, AND THE ENSUING PEASM A
SPLIT HAS EMERGED IN THE PARTY
BETWEEN TRUMP LOYALISTS AND
TRADITIONAL CONSERVATIVES, LIKE
MITCH McCONNELL, WHO BLAMED
TRUMP FOR THE RIOT, AND
BASICALLY CALLED FOR HIM TO BE
CHARGED WITH CRIMES.
WELL, NOW, TRUMP IS STRIKING
BACK.
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
LASHING OUT AT SENATE MINORITY
LEADER MITCH McCONNELL IN A
SAMENT:
CNN IS LEARNING THIS
STATEMENT WAS ACTUALLY WATERED
DOWN.
IT INCLUDED SAYING THAT
McCONNELL HAD "TOO MANY CHINS
AND NOT ENOUGH BRAIN."
Trevor: OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
HOW DARE YOU, DONALD?
MITCH McCONNELL DOES NOT HAVE
MULTIPLE CHINS, OKAY?
HE DOESN’T HAVE ANY CHINS.
HE HAS A NECK SACK THAT HE
DEVELOPED TO STORE AIR SO HE CAN
BREATHE UNDERWATER!
LEARN SOME BIOLOGY!
BUT, ALSO, DAYYYMN, THIS IS SOME
FANCY TRASH TALK.
"DOUR, SULLEN..."
I THINK THIS PROVES THAT SOCIAL
MEDIA MAKES YOU DUMBER.
I MEAN, TRUMP’S BEEN OFF TWITTER
FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, AND HE’S
ALREADY LEARNING NEW S.A.T.
WORD A DAY.
HE ALSO CALLED MITCH
"UNSMILING," WHICH IS JUST SUCH
CLASSIC TRUMP.
NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, TRUMP
WILL FIND A WAY TO SEXUALLY
HARASS YOU.
"MITCH, YOU’RE A FAILURE.
A DISASTER FOR PARTY.
AND WHY DON’T YOU SMILE MORE,
BABY?
COME ON, SHOW US A LITTLE
SMILE."
BUT YOU CAN TELL THE RIFT IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS GETTING
SERIOUS.
AND, HONESTLY, IF IT COMES DOWN
TO TRUMP VERSUS MITCH, MY
MONEY’S ON TRUMP, BECAUSE HAVE
YOU EVER SEEN A RABID MITCH
McCONNELL SUPPORTER?
NO, BECAUSE THEY DON’T EXIST.
EVEN MITCH IS LIKE, "LOOK, I CAN
TAKE ME OR LEAVE ME, MBAHHH."
BUT LET’S MOVE ON TO OUR TOP
STORY.
THREE DAYS AGO, A FREAK WINTER
STORM SLAMMED INTO TEXAS,
CAUSING BLACKOUTS FOR MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE.
AND USUALLY WHEN THERE ARE
BLACKOUTS IN AMERICA, THINGS GO
BACK TO NORMAL IN A COUPLE OF
HOURS, AND IT’S NOT A BIG DEAL.
YOU LIGHT SOME CANDLES, GRAB
SOME FLASHLIGHTS, AND THEN YOU
TELL SCARY STORIES ABOUT THE
WOMAN WHO MARRIED THE GHOST OF A
LITTLE BOY.
BUT IN TEXAS, MANY PEOPLE ARE
STILL WAITING FOR THE HEAT TO
COME BACK ON THREE DAYS LATER,
AND THINGS STOPPED BEING FUN A
LONG TIME AGO.
THIS MORNING, A DEADLY WINTER
BLAST TEARING ACROSS THE COUNTRY
FROM MISSISSIPPI TO MAINE FOR A
THIRD STRAIGHT DAY.
IN TEXAS, THE FREEZING
TEMPERATURES KNOCKING OUT POWER
TO MORE THAN FOUR MILLION
CUSTOMERS.
POWER IS OUT, WATER IS OUT,█ç
THERE’S NO FIRE WOOD
ANYWHERE, NO STORES OPEN.
RESIDENTS USING BLOW DRYERS
AND HEATERS TO THAW THEIR FROZEN
PIPES--
NO WATER.
ENDURING FREEZING
TEMPERATURES ANY WAY THEY CAN,
SOME DANGEROUSLY USING CARS OR
GRILLS FOR HEAT.
FOR THE MILLIONS BUNDLED UP
WITH NO ELECTRICITY, THIS HAS
BEEN LIFE FOR DAYS.
IN THIS ROOM IN OUR HOUSE, IT
IS 33 DEGREES.
IN AUSTIN, ANDREW LEAHY AND
HIS WIFE FINDING WAYS TO KEEP
WARM.
YOU’LL SEE A BLANKET HERE AND
BLUE SCOTCH TAPE.
WE’RE DOING ANYTHING POSSIBLE TO
KEEP THE HEAT IN.
Trevor: ALL RIGHT, PEOPLE,
THIS, NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY
SAYS, IS AWFUL.
I KNOW PEOPLE WERE PRAYING FOR
TEXAS TO GO BLUE, BUT NOT LIKE
THIS.
I MEAN, IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK
FOR JUST ONE APOCALYPSE AT A
TIME?
COVID IS BAD ENOUGH, AND NOW
TEXANS HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEIR
HOMES TURNING INTO MEAT
LOCKERS.
THIS SHIT IS UNFAIR.
THEIR PIPES ARE FROZEN,
TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW ZERO, ICE
IS EVERYWHERE-- FORGET TEXANS.
THIS WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR
ELSA.
LET IT GO.
NO, HELL, I’M GOING TO ARUBA.
YOU SAW THAT NEWS CLIP-- SOME
PEOPLE ARE PUTTING UP SCOTCH
TAPE AND BLANKETS.
THAT’S NOT HOW PEOPLE SHOULD
KEEP HEAT IN THEIR HOUSE,
THAT’S HOW YOU HIDE THE WEED
SMELL FROM YOUR R.A.
WHAT’S BEEN SO DEVASTATING ABOUT
THIS BLACKOUT, IS WHEN THE
TERRORIST WENT OUT, IT AFFECTED
EVERYTHING.
PEOPLE WERE STRUGGLING TO GET
HEAT.
THEY’RE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET
FOOD, AND THEY’RE STRUGGLING TO
GET WATER.
THEIR LEADERS HAVE STEPPED UP IN
THEIR TIME OF NEED TO TELL THEM
TO STOP BITCHING.
THE MAYOR OF COLORADO CITY,
TIM BOYD, HAS ARE SWRIEND AFTER
GETTING BACKLAFN FROM A FACEBOOK
POST FROM YESTERDAY.
IN THAT POST HE WROTE, "IT IS
NOT GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY
TO SUPPORT YOU IN TRYING TIMES
LIKE THIS.
HE SAID THOSE WITHOUT POWER OR
WATER SHOULD STEP UP AND COME UP
WITH A PLAN TO STAY SAFE.
HE SAID THEY OWE YOU NOTHING,
AND ONLYHE STRONG WILL
SURVIVE, THE WEAK WILL PERISH."
Trevor: DAMN, THAT’S ONE
WAY TO BE A LEADER, TELL PEOPLE
TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES DURING A
DISASTER.
THAT’S SOME NEXT LEVEL.
EVEN IFED WITH JOE SPRAYED HIS
PEOPLE WITH WATER ONCE IN A
WHILE, HE’S LIKE I’VE GOT A
HEART.
HERE’S THE QUESTION: WHY DID
THIS GUY WANT TO BE A MAYOR IF
HE DIDN’T WANT TO HELP PEOPLE?
YOU DON’T BECOME A DOCTOR AND
THEN BE LIKE, "TRANSPLANT YOUR
OWN HEART, BITCH!
WHY DO I GOTTA DO EVERYTHING?!"
NOW, THE BACKLASH WAS SO FIERCE,
THAT THIS MAYOR IMMEDIATELY
RESIGNED.
AND, HONESTLY, IT’S PROBABLY
SAFER FOR HIM NOW THAT HE’S
GONE.
BECAUSE IF YOU THINK FROSTBITE
IS BAD ON YOUR NOSE, YOU SHOULD
SEE WHAT IT DOES TO AN EXPOSED
ASSHOLE.
NOW, AFTER THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS
ARE DONE D.I.Y.-ING THEIR OWN
POWER PLANTS, THEY’LL PROBABLY
WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS
CATASTROPHE HAPPENED IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
AND WHILE FREAK STORMS CAN’T BE
PREVENTED, IT LOOKS LIKE TEXAS
COULD HAVE DONE A LOT MORE TO
PREPARE FOR THIS WILL HAVITY.
OFFICIALS WITH THE COUNCIL
THAT MANAGES MOST OF TEXAS’ GRID
SAYS THAT OUTAGES ARE DUE TO THE
STATE’S NATURAL GAS SUPPLIERS
NOT BEING ABLE TO TOLERATE SUCH
LOW TEMPERATURES.
POWER PLANTS ARE NOT
PERFORMING AS EXPECTED,
ESPECIALLY NATURAL-GAS-FIRED
POWER PLANTS IN TEXAS RIGHT NOW.
MANY OF THE THERMAL POWER
PLANTS, LIKE NATURAL-GAS-FIRED
POWER PLANTS, COAL-FIRED POWER
PLANTS, AND AT LEAST ONE NUCLEAR
UNIT, ARE NOT PRODUCING ENERGY.
THEY’RE SUFFERING OUTAGES.
SOME PEOPLE WOULD POINT TO
THE FACT TEXAS HAD ITS POWER
SUPPLY DEREGULATED BACK IN THE
90s, AND YOU WOULD SAY CRITICS
SAY THAT BECAUSE THESE
BUSINESSES WERE FOCUSING ON
PROFITS THEY WERE NOT
NECESSARILY CONCERNED WITH
MAINTENANCE TO PREPARE FOR A
WORST-CASE SCENARIO LIKE WE’RE
EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
TEXAS IS THE ONLY STATE TO
USE ITS OWN INDEPENDENT POWER
GRID.
THAT MEANS IT DOES NOT HAVE
FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT MIGHT
HAVE BETTER PREPARED TEXAS FOR
AN EVENT LIKE THIS.
Trevor: THAT’S RIGHT, THE
MAIN REASON TEXAS HAS PLUNGED
INTO DARKNESS IS THAT ITS
NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY HAS BEEN
CRIPPLED BY THIS STORM.
AND THAT MIGHT, MIGHT HAVE BEEN
PREVENTABLE, EXCEPT THAT TEXAS
DEREGULATED IT’S POWER SUPPLY IN
THE 90s, WHICH WAS CLEARLY NOT
THE WISEST DECISION.
I MEAN, TRUST ME, AS A MAN WHO
LIVED THROUGH THE 90s, YOU
SHOULD RETHINK MOST OF THE
DECISIONS YOU MADE IN THAT
DECADE.
BUT, YOU SEE, THIS DEREGULATION
LED TO A LACK OF OVERSIGHT THAT
COULD HAVE HELPED TO KEEP THE
INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTAINED.
BUT, INSTEAD, FOR SOME REASON,
THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE KEEPING
TABS ON BRITNEY SPEARS THAN THE
TEXAS POWER GRID.
AND THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU
CAN’T PUT PROFITS OVER QUALITY
AND SAFETY.
MONEY IS NOT WORTH A WHOLE LOT
IF YOU HAVE TO BURN IT TO KEEP
WARM.
LOOK, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS,
THIS SITUATION IS KIND OF
EMBARRASSING FOR TEXAS’ LEADERS.
THIS IS THE STATE THAT PRIDE
ITSELF ON ITS OIL AND GAS
INDUSTRY, AND NOW, THAT INDUSTRY
HAS FAILED SPECTACULARLY.
THIS WOULD BE LIKE JASON MOMOA
NEEDING HELP OPENING A PICKLE
JAR.
WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY STATE
OFFICIALS AND THEIR ALLIES ON
CABLE NEWS ARE WORKING SO HARD
TO BLAME SOMEONE ELSE.
THE BLACKOUTS THAT ARE IN
TEXAS ARE BEING MADE WORSE BY
THE FAILURE OF WIND TURBINES,
MANY FREEZING CUTTING OUTPUT IN
HALF AND IT’S RAISING QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE LONE STAR STATE’S
INCREASING RELIANCE ON RENEWABLE
ENERGY.
THE WINDMILLS FAILED LIKE THE
SILLY FASHION ACCESSORIES THEY
ARE, AND PEOPLE IN TEXAS DIED.
THINK ABOUT IF WE WERE IN THE
A.O.C. WORLD.
FAST FORWARD TEN YEARS, AND
EVERYTHING IS SOLAR, EVERYTHING
IS WIND.
IF YOU DON’T HAVE POWER TO KEEP
YOU WARM, YOU’RE GOING TO--
YOU’RE GOING TO-- YOU’RE GOING
TO DIE.
A PREVIEW OF WHAT COULD
HAPPEN IF THE A.O.C. VISION WERE
APPLIED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED
STATES.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL BOOK A
DEADLY DEAL FOR THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
Trevor: OKAY, THIS, THIS IS
( BLEEP ) INSANE.
THESE GUYS ARE SO DESPERATE TO
LET FOSSIL FUELS OFF THE HOOK,
THEY’RE BLAMING A.O.C. AND THE
GREEN NEW DEAL-- WHICH HASN’T
EVEN HAPPENED YET-- FOR
SOMETHING THAT’S HAPPENING IN
TEXAS RIGHT NOW!
BUT THIS JUST SHOWS YOU, NO
MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, NO MATTER
HOW FAR REMOVED SHE IS FROM
THE PROBLEM, CONSERVATIVES█ç
CAN AND WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY
TO BLAME THE BOOGEYMAN, A.O.C.
RICK PERRY COULD HAVE BROKEN HIS
ARM AS A KID AND BLAMED IT ON
A.O.C.
( PERRY )
AAGH, MY ARM!
DAMN YOU, A.O.C.!
( PERSON )
WHO’S A.O.C., KID?
SHE HASN’T BEEN BORN YET, BUT█ç
WAIT, YOU’LL SEE.
NOW, IT’S TRUE THAT MANY WIND
TURBINES IN THE STATE DID FREEZE
DURING THIS STORM, BUT THEY
ONLY ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT 12% OF
THE LOST POWER IN THE STATE.
PLACING ALL THE BLAME ON WIND
POWER HERE IS LIKE BLAMING THE
JET’S RECORD ON THE WATER BOY.
I MEAN, I GUESS HE COULD HAVE
HANDED OUT WATER BETTER, BUT I
DON’T THINK THAT’S WHY THEY
LOST.
AND EVEN THOUGH THESE WIND
TURBINES FAILED IN COLD WEATHER,
THAT DOESN’T MEAN WIND POWER IS
A BAD IDEA.
IT JUST MEANS THAT TEXAS DIDN’T
HAVE TURBINES MADE FOR COLD
WEATHER, THE SAME WAY IT DIDN’T
HAVE OIL AND GAS PLANTS MADE FOR
COLD WEATHER.
I MEAN, THERE ARE CARS SLIDING
ALL OVER THE ROADS IN TEXAS
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE NOBODY THERE
HAS SNOW TIRES, BUT I DON’T HEAR
THE GOVERNOR SAYING "WHEELS ARE
UNRELIABLE, SO WE NEED TO GO
BACK TO FLINTSONE CARS."
BUT, CLEARLY, CONSERVATIVE ANGER
AT A.O.C. AND GREEN ENERGY IS
DISINGENUOUS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS IT’S LED TO AN
AMAZING BREAKTHROUGH THAT MIGHT
JUST SOLVE TEXAS’ ENERGY
PROBLEMS FOREVER.
HERE INNERGON, WE’RE
DEVELOPING ENERGY YOU CAN ALWAYS
DEPEND ON.
OUR NEW TECHNOLOGY DRAWS POWER
FROM AMERICA’S MOST RENEWABLE
RESOURCE-- THE INSANE HATRED OF
A.O.C.
OCASIO-CORTEZ.
ADD OAK.
OCASIO-CORTEZ. OCASIO-CORTEZ
OUR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
EXTRACTION METHODS ALLOW OUR
TURBINES TO CONVERT THE MOST
PARANOID STRANTINGS ABOUT
REPRESENTATIVE OCASIO-CORTEZ
INTO CONSISTENT POWER THAT WILL
NEVER RUN DRY.
IF ANYTHING WE MIGHT GET TOO
MUCH ENERGY.
PEOPLE LIKE ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ, THESE ARE
IMPORTANT PEOPLE, IF WE LIKE
THEM OR NOT.
THEY HAVE PEOPLE LISTENING TO
THEM.
AND THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT
BECAUSE SOON OUR TECHNOLOGY WILL
TAP EVEN MORE POCKETS OF
CONSERVATIVE ANGER, LIKE CANCEL
CULTURE, MAIL-IN BALLOT, AND GAY
DISNEY CHARACTERS.
TEXAS INNERGON, THEIR HATRED IS
YOUR HEAT.
Trevor: ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE
COME BACK, DULCE SLOAN
TELLS US ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS’
SECRET FAMILY. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS IT.
DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW."
THERE’S NO KENIEG IT WAS
HISTORY-MAKING ONE MONTH AGO
WHEN KAMALA HARRIS WAS SWORN IN.
AND IT’S ALSO SAFE TO SAY THAT A
LOT OF PEOPLE WERE EXCITED ABOUT
HER BECOMING VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
HOWEVER, ONE GROUP IN PARTICULAR
WAS MORE EXCITED THAN EVERYONE
ELSE.
DULCE SLOAN HAS MORE.
KAMALA HARRIS IS A LOT OF
FIRSTS-- SHE’S THE FIRST BLACK
WOMAN TO BE VICE PRESIDENT, THE
FIRST SOUTH ASIAN WOMAN, AND THE
FIRST VEEP TO COME FROM A BLACK
SORORITY, WHICH IS IN ITSELF THE
FIRST BLACK SORORITY.
WHEN MOST PEOPLE HEAR SORORITY,
THEY’RE USUALLY PICTURING
SOMETHING SPECIFIC.
I SAT DOWN WITH THREE WOMEN FROM
BLACK SORORITIES TO EXPLAIN WHY
IT’S A BIG DEAL TO HAVE A VICE
PRESIDENT FROM THE DIVINE NINE.
FIRST OF ALL, FOR THOSE WHO ARE
NOT IN THE KNOW-- I KNOW-- BUT
SOME PEOPLE DON’T KNOW, WHAT IS
THE "DIVINE NINE.
THE DIVINE NINE ARE NINE
BLACK GREEK LETTER
ORGANIZATIONS, FIVE
FRATERNITIES, FOUR SORORITIES.
PICTURE IT LIKE THE HOUSES
FROM "HARRY POTTER," EXCEPT THIS
TIME WITH BLACK MINORITIES.
A WHOLE WE FOCUSED ON GIVING
BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
YOU DON’T STOP SERVING YOUR
UNDERGRADS, AND, HONEY, YOU WILL
STILL BE A MEMBER WHEN YOU DIE.
A LIFETIME COMMITMENT.
WHEN YOU SAY LIFE, YOU MEAN
I’M BUILDING HUD HOUSES UNTIL
THE DAY I DIE, IS THAT WHAT I’M
DOING?
THAT’S RIGHT.
REALLY, EVEN COURT-ORDERED
COMMUNITY SERVICE ENDS AT SOME
POINT.
BUT THE IDEA OF SERVING THE
COMMUNITY HAS BEEN AT THE CORE
OF DIVINE NINE SINCE THE EARLY
1900s WHEN BLACK STUDENTS
BARRED FROM WHITE FRATERNITIES
AND SORORITY DECIDED ( BLEEP )
YOU, WE WILL DO OUR OWN THING.
IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1908 ON THE
CAMPUS OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY, AND
THAT IS THE VERY SAME CHAPTER
THAT OUR VICE PRESIDENT WAS
INITIATED INTO.
SO EDUCATED BLACK WOMEN
GATHERING IN THE EARLY 1900s,
AND NOBODY GOT ARRESTED?
WELL, NO ONE GOT ARRESTED.
BUT THERE WAS RESISTANCE FROM
THE ADMINISTRATION OF HOWARD
UNIVERSITY.
I’M SORRY, YOU’RE TELLING ME
THAT A HISTORICALLY BLACK
COLLEGE DID NOT WANT BLACK WOMEN
STUDENTS TO ORGANIZE AS A GROUP.
WELL, THERE’S SOMETHING
CALLED, YOU KNOW, SEXISM.
AND NEVER FORGET ABOUT THE
MISOGYNY.
MISOGYNY BE DAMNED, THE
SORORITIES CONTINUED TO GROW,
AND SO DID THEIR DEMAND.
THE VERY FIRST ACT OF THE
DELTAS COMING TOGETHER IN 1913
WAS THE MARCH IN THE FAMOUS
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE PARADE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. WE KNEW THAT
SOME OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THAT
MARCH WANTED BLACK WOMEN TO BE
SEGREGATED AND MARCH IN THE
BACK, BUT BLACK WOMEN REFUSED TO
DO THAT.
THAT’S A WEIRD KIND OF
PARADOX THAT BLACK WOMEN LIVE
IN, WHEN IT’S, "I’M GOING TO A
BLACK COLLEGE, BUT THEY DON’T
WANT US TO ORGANIZE.
AND THEN AS A WOMAN, I’M TRYING
TO GET THE WHITE VOTE, BUT
BECAUSE I’M DEALING WITH WHITE
WOMEN I HAVE TO DEAL WITH US
BEING SEGREGATED."
SO WE SIT HERE AND SAY,
♪ WHO IS GOING TO HATE US TODAY
THESE WOMEN COULD HAVE STUCK
WITH HIGH TEAS BUT THEY’RE OUT
IN THE STREET DEMANDING
ANTILYNCHING LEGISLATION AND
MARCHING FOR FAIR JOBS AND
VOTING RIGHTS.
AGAIN, THE LIST OF MEN AND WOMEN
OF DIVINE NINE READ LIKE BLACK
FOLK TRADING CARDS:
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, BARBARA
GORDON.
TONY MORRISON, U.S.
REPRESENTATIVE LAUREN UNDERWOOD,
CORETTA SCOTT KING.
REVEREND JESSE JACKSON.
█ç THE REVEREND WARNOCK.
YOU HAVE SEEN US AND DIDN’T
KNOW YOU WERE TALKING TO US.
THE DIVINE NINE HAVE PEOPLE
IN THE WHITE HOUSE, HAS PEOPLE
IN THE MEDIA, AND HAS BEEN
BEHIND EVERY SOCIAL MOVEMENT
SINCE THE EARLY 1900s.
LISTEN, THIS IS A SAFE SPACE.
YOU CAN TELL ME.
ARE YOU ALL THE█ç BLACK
ILLUMINATI?
( LAUGHTER ).
I KNOW YOU CAN’T TELL ME, RIGHT,
BUT GIVE ME A...
OR...
I’M STAYING OUT OF THIS
CONVERSATION.
WE DON’T HAVE TO BE SEEN TO
SERVE.
YEAH!
THAT’S WHAT THE ILLUMINATI IS,
GIRL.
THEY’RE OUT HERE WORKING AND YOU
CAN’T SEE THEM.
WE CAN’T CLAIM TO BE MEMBERS
OF THE BLACK ILLUMINATI.
I THINK WHAT YOU’RE SEEING IS
WHAT WE’VE SEEN FOR OVER
100-PLUS YEARS-- WE’RE GROOMING
PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND IMPACT THE
COMMUNITIES THAT THEY CARE
ABOUT.
OKAY, FINE.
THESE GROUPS, WHICH THE NETWORK
INSISTS I CANNOT CALL "THE BLACK
ILLUMINATI" HAS SPENT OVER A
CENTURY TO PREPARE BLACK WOMEN
TO RUN SHIT, SO OF COURSE IT’S A
BIG DEAL THAT ONE OF THEIR
NUMBERS IS NOW SECOND IN THE
LINE TO RUN THE COUNTRY.
I THINK LITTLE BROWN GIRLS
LIKE MYSELF GREW UP, YOU KNOW,
IMAGINING PEOPLE IN THE WHITE
HOUSE LOOKING LIKE ME, BUT TO
HAVE THE TRUE EXAMPLE, IT’S JUST
AMAZING.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN
SEEDING THE SOIL OF THIS COUNTRY
FOR SO LONG, HOPING THAT WE’LL
SEE SOMETHING BLOOM.
BUT WE NEVER KNEW IF IT WAS
GOING TO.
WE DIDN’T KNOW IF IT DID, IF
SOMEONE WOULD JUST UPROOT IT.
BUT NOW WITH VICE PRESIDENT
KAMALA HARRIS, WE SEE A FUTURE
THAT’S EMBODIED.
WE SEE THE RESULTS OF ALL OF
THAT WORK AND BLOOD, SWEAT, AND
TEARS.
ABSOLUTELY.
I AM JUST-- I LOVE YOU.
LET ME JUST SAY I LOVE--
I LOVE YOU BACK.
IT’S REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL
TO BE ABLE TO SHARE, EVEN THIS
MOMENT WITH THESE LADIES RIGHT
NOW.
IT’S AN EXTENSION OF KAMALA
HARRIS.
WHAT WE HAVE KNOWN FOR CENTURIES
ABOUT BLACK WOMEN.
WE HAVE LED THE WAY.
AND I THINK IT’S A MOMENT FOR
US.
THE STORY OF KAMALA HARRIS
AND THE STORY OF THE WOMEN OF
THE DIVINE NINE BOILS DOWN TO
ONE LESSON AMERICA KEEPS
FORGETTING: WE’VE BEEN OUT HERE.
I’M TALKING ABOUT ALL BLACK
WOMEN, INCLUDING THOSE IN A
GROUP WHOSE WORK MAY SOUND LIKE
A SECRET--
YOU’VE SEEN US AND YOU DIDN’T
KNOW YOU WERE TALKING TO US.
BUT ONLY BECAUSE Y’ALL
HAVEN’T BEEN WATCHING.
IT WORKS.
Trevor: THANK YOU SO MUCH
DULCE.
WHEN WE COME BACK, AUTHOR
HEATHER McGHEE EXPLAINS WHY
THE REAL COST OF RACISM ACTUALLY
IS, AND I MEAN DOLLARS AND
Trevor: WELCOME BACK TO "THE
DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW."
EARLIER TODAY, I SPOKE WITH
AUTHOR AND ECONOMIC POLICY
ANALYST, HEATHER MCGHEE.
WE TALKED ABOUT HER NEW BOOK,
WHICH EXPLORES HOW RACISM
AFFECTS THE ECONOMY AND IMPACTS
ALL AMERICANS.
HEATHERMcGHEE, WELCOME TO
"THE DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING
SHOW."
THANK YOU.
I’M SO GLAD TO BE WITH YOU.
Trevor: I’M SO EXCITED FOR
THIS CONVERSATION.
YOU CANNOT EVEN UNDERSTAND.
I’M EXCITED BECAUSE THIS IS A
CONCEPT THAT I HAVE BEEN
PREACHING TO MY FRIENDS AND
ANYONE WHO IS WITHIN EAR SHOT OF
ME FOR, LIKE, THE LAST FIVE,
SIX, SEVEN YEARS OF MY LIFE.
BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME NOR
THE COMMITMENT TO DO ANY OF THE
RESEARCH TO BACK UP ANY OF MY
CLAIMS.
AND MY CLAIMS ARE SIMPLE: NUMBER
ONE, I BELIEVE THAT RACISM COSTS
EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY WHITE
PEOPLE, A LOT OF MONEY.
AND IT COSTS ALL OF SOCIETY
MONEY.
AND I’VE ALWAYS SAID TO ME THAT
RACISM IS ONE OF THE CRAZIEST
CONCEPTS TO ME BECAUSE IT CAUSES
THE PEOPLE WHO OFTENTIMES HARBOR
THE BELIEF TO HURT THEMSELVES.
SO, I WELCOME YOU TO THE SHOW
BECAUSE YOU’VE DONE THE WORK
BEHIND THIS.
YOU’VE ACTUALLY DONE THE DATA
SCIENCE . BEHIND IT, AND YOU’VE
WRITTEN THE TOOK ENTITLED "THE
SUM OF US."
TELL US WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT
AND WHY THAT TITLE IS SO
IMPORTANT.
I WROTE THIS BOOK BECAUSE
AFTER NEARLY 20 YEARS OF TRYING
TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO ECONOMIC
INEQUALITY, AND OUR BIG PROBLEMS
IN SOCIETY, I KEPT RUNNING UP
AGAINST A WALL.
AND I KEPT ASKING MYSELF, "OKAY,
WHY CAN’T WE JUST SEEM TO HAVE
NICE THINGS?"
AND BY "NICE THINGS" I DON’T
MEAN HOVER CRAFT OR LAUNDRY THAT
DOES ITSELF.
I MEAN UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE,
PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS TO HANDLE
PANDEMICS, RELIABLE
INFRASTRUCTURE IN A COUNTRY WITH
SO MUCH WEALTH.
I IMMERSED MYSELF IN THE
RESEARCH AND IT TURNS OUT THAT
RACISM IS AT THE CORE OF ALL OF
OUR MOST-VEXING PUBLIC PROBLEMS.
Trevor: AS I’VE TRAVELED
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THE
COUNTRIES WHERE THEY HAVE THE
MOST FAIR IDEAS ARE THE
COUNTRIES WHERE THEY ALSO HAVE
THE MOST HOMOGENOUS POPULATIONS,
WHERE THEY BELIEVE EVERYONE
SHOULD HAVE BECAUSE EVERYONE IS
LIKE ME.
IT FEELS LIKE IT IS EASIER FOR
PEOPLE TO NOT BELIEVE THAT LIFE
IS A ZERO-SUM GAME WHEN THEY
THINK THAT EVERYBODY IS
BENEFITING BECAUSE EVERYBODY
SHOULD BENEFIT.
TALK ME THROUGH SOME OF THAT AND
WHAT YOU DISCOVERED IN YOUR
RESEARCH.
THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
THE BOOK IS CALLED "THE SUM OF
US" BECAUSE AT ITS CORE, WHEN WE
SAY "RACISM" IT’S THE WORLD VIEW
THAT OUR SOCIETY IS A ZERO-SUM
GAME, THAT PROGRESS FOR PEOPLE
OF COLOR HAS TO COME AT THE
EXPENSE OF WHITE PEOPLE.
A DOLLAR IN OUR POCKET HAS TO
MEAN A DOLLAR LESS IN THEIRS.
AND, OF COURSE, ECONOMICALLY,
THAT’S JUST NOT TRUE.
JUST LAST YEAR, CITIGROUP FOUND
OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, THE
RACIAL ECONOMIC DIVIDES-- WHICH
ARE HERE BECAUSE OF POLICY, PAST
AND PRESENT-- COST THIS COUNTRY
$16 TRILLION.
BUT I KEPT HEARING IT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, WHEN I TALKED TO
PEOPLE.
I WENT TO MISSISSIPPI, AND
TALKED TO A FACTORY WORKER NAMED
JOEY WHO EXPLAINED THAT HIS
WHITE COWORKERS VOTED NO TO JOIN
A UNION THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN
THEM BETTER WAGES AND BENEFITS
BECAUSE THE MENTALITY WAS, IF
THE BLACKS ARE FOR IT, I’M
AGAINST IT.
THAT HAS BEEN THE OVER-ARCHING
IDEOLOGY AND WORLD VIEW OF MANY,
IF NOT MOST WHITE AMERICANS,
ACCORDING TO THE PUBLIC OPINION
DATA, REALLY, PARTICULARLY,
SINCE█ç THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMEN
YOU KNOW, SORT OF FORCED THEM TO
SHARE THE SPOILS OF A COUNTRY
THAT USED TO BE BASICALLY THE
BENEFITS WERE FOR WHITE ONLY.
Trevor: YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
RUN THINK TANKS AND YOU’VE
WORKED IN THE WORLD OF JUST
LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.
BUT FOR THIS BOOK, YOU COMBINE
THE NUMBERS WITH THE PERSONAL
STORIES.
WHQTD!METHOD TO GET A PERSON TO
UNDERSTAND THAT RACISM IS
COSTING THEM MONEY, EVEN THOUGH
THEY’RE THE ONE BEING RACIST?
YOU KNOW, IT CALLS TO MIND A
VISIT I HAD WITH A WOMAN NAMED
BRIDGIT.
THISTHIS IS A WHITE WOMAN WHO SP
HER WHOLE LIFE WORKING IN FAST
FOOD, LIVING IN KANSAS CITY.
AND SHE BOUGHT THE US VERSUS
THEM, PEOPLE IN THE INNER CITY
STORY, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I
THINK, IN MANY WAYS, SHE
ACTUALLY DIDN’T BELIEVE THAT SHE
HERSELF-- MINIMUM WAGE WORK--
WAS EVER GOING TO BE WORTH MORE
THAN $7.25 AN HOUR.
BUT SHE WAS APPROACHED BY
WORKERS WHO WERE ORGANIZING WITH
THE "FIGHT FOR 15--" $15 AN
HOUR-- AND SHE WENT TO THE FIRST
ORGANIZING MEETING.
SHE SAW A LATINA WOMAN STAND UP
AND DESCRIBE HER LIFE-- HER BAD
PLUMBING IN HER APARTMENT,
HAVING THREE KIDS AND FEELING
TRAPPED.
AND SHE SAID, "I SAW MYSELF IN
HER."
AND BRIDGIT CAME TO REALIZE IT
WASN’T A ZERO-SUM GAME.
AS SHE SAID, BLACK, WHITE, OR
BROWN, IT’S NOT US VERSUS THEM.
FOR ME TO COME UP, YOU HAVE TO
COME UP, TOO.
SHE SAID AS LONG AS WE’RE
DIVIDE, WE’RE CONQUERED.
AND THAT MOVEMENT, THE
CROSS-RACIAL FIGHT FOR 15 HAS
BEEN UNLOCKING WHAT I BEGAN TO
CALL THE SOLIDARITY DIVIDENDS,
THESE GAINS WE CAN ACHIEVE, BUT
ONLY WHEN WE LINK ARMS TOGETHER
ACROSS RACE-- HIGHER WAGES,
CLEANER AIR, BETTER FUNDED
SCHOOLS-- FOR EVERYONE.
Trevor: IN AMERICA, ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT INTRIGUED ME THE
MOST BECAUSE IT WAS SIMILAR TO
SOUTH AFRICA WAS THE STORY OF
THE PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS.
YOU SEE, I EVEN HAVE STAND-UP
BITS ABOUT THIS WHERE I WOULD
SAY RACISM IS SUCH A POWERFUL
DRUG, THAT IT WOULD MAKE WHITE
PEOPLE DRAIN SWIMMING POOLS, THE
THING THAT THEY LOVED MORE THAN
ANYTHING, THEY DECIMATED THEM.
YOU’VE USED THIS AS THE CENTER,
YOU KNOW, LIKE THE THROUGH-LINE
TO THE BOOK AND THE TELLING OF
THE STORY.
WHY ARE PUBLIC POOLS THE PERFECT
EXAMPLE OF HOW RACISM HURTS THE
PEOPLE WHO OFTENTIMES ARE THE
MOST RACIST.
I WENT TO MONTGOMERY,
ALABAMA, WHERE THERE IS THIS
PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN
CALLED OAK PARK.
AND IT USED TO HAVE ONE OF THE
NEARLY-2,000 GRAND RESORT-STYLE
PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS THAT WERE
BUILT IN THE 20s, 30s, AND
40s, AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS
JUST ONE LITTLE SYMBOL OF A BIG
GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT TO
EVERYONE HAVING A HIGH QUALITY
OF LIFE.
THIS IS WHEN THE SORT OF
AMERICAN DREAM REALLY TOOK ROOT.
THE SWIMMING POOL WAS PUBLIC.
IT WAS FUNDED WITH TAX DOLLARS.
AND, YET, IT WAS SEGREGATED.
DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT, BLACK FAMILIES SAID,
"HEY, WHAT ABOUT US?"
AND INSTEAD OF INTEGRATING IT,
THE TOWN OF MONTGOMERY CLOSED
THE SWIMMING POOL, DRAINED THE
PUBLIC POOL, FILLED IT IN,
ACTUALLY CLOSED THE ENTIRE PARKS
AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
TREVOR, THEY EVEN SOLD OFF THE
ANIMALS IN THE ZOO
( TREVOR LAUGHING )
AND THEY KEPT IT CLOSED FOR A
DECADE.
THE ENTIRE 1960s.
Trevor: IT’S WILD.
IT’S WILD!
BUT IT IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF
THE WAY THAT RACISM HAS A COST
FOR EVERYONE.
IT FEELS LIKE IN AMERICA, EVER
SINCE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT,
WE’VE ALL BEEN SORT OF DEALING
WITH LIVING IN THE BOTTOM OF A
DRAINED POOL.
IT FEELS LIKE SINCE THEN-- AND
THE EVIDENCE BEARS THIS OUT-- WE
HAVE SEEN WHITE PEOPLE WITH
THEIR VOTES TURN THEIR BACKS ON
THE FORMULA THAT CREATED THE
GREAT MIDDLE CLASS, THAT WOULD
HAVE MADE ALL OF OUR LIVES
BETTER, BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE
TO SHARE IT WITH PEOPLE THEY’D
BEEN TAUGHT-- AND THAT’S THE
KEY, THAT THEY’D BEEN TAUGHT--
TO DISDAIN AND DISTRUST.
Trevor: YOU KNOW WHAT I
ALSO ENJOYED ABOUT THE BOOK
SULAY OUT THE POSSIBILITIES.
YOU LAY OUT THE CONVERSATIONS
THAT NEED TO BE HAD.
AND YOU LAY OUT ALL THE ECONOMIC
BENEFITS.
BEFORE I LET YOU GO, ONE OF THE
INTERESTING THINGS YOU PROPOSE
IS HAVING SOME SORT OF TRUTH AND
RECONCILIATION COMMISSION WHERE
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS.
AS A SOUTH AFRICAN I SAW THE
BENEFITS AND I’VE ALSO SEEN THE
SHORTCOMINGS OF NOT DOING
SOMETHING POST THE CONVERSATION.
WALK ME THROUGH WHY YOU THINK
AMERICA WOULD BENEFIT FROM
HAVING SOME SORT OF TRUTH AND
RECONCILIATION COMMISSION?
SO WE HAVE A COUNTRY-- THE
UNITED STATES WAS BORN WITH THIS
VIEW OF A ZERO-SUM RACIAL
HIERARCHY BUILT INTO THE
ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION FOR
STOLEN LAND, STOLEN PEOPLE,
STOLEN LABOR.
THIS IS A VERY OLD IDEA.
AND, YET, WE’VE NEVER GOTTEN ON
THE SAME PAGE ABOUT OUR HISTORY.
SO I THINK IT’S NOT POSSIBLE FOR
US TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD IF
WE’RE STILL CONTESTING THE BASIC
FACTS ABOUT OUR HISTORY, AND
EVEN OUR PRESENT.
SO, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO HAVE A
SORT OF TRUTH EFFORT.
BUT IT CAN’T JUST BE A
COMMISSION IN WASHINGTON.
WHAT’S SO EXCITING TO ME IS THAT
IT’S HAPPENING AT THE COMMUNITY
LEVEL.
YOU’VE GOT TO TAKE ACTION, BUT
YOU ALSO HAVE TO START WITH
TELLING THE TRUTH, AND THAT’S
WHAT’S BEEN ROBBED FROM US.
OUR TRUTH IN THIS COUNTRY IS SO
MUCH MORE TERRIBLE BUT ALSO
BECAUSE OF THE OVERCOMING, SO
MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN WE’VE
BEEN ALLOWED TO TRULY KNOW.
Trevor: HOPEFULLY, READING
YOUR BOOK WILL BE THE FIRST
JURNO THAT-- FIRST PART OF THAT
JOURNEY, BECAUSE I THINK IT’S
INSIGHTFUL.
IT’S WONDERFUL.
IT IS OPTIMISTIC, BUT IT’S ALSO
TRUTHFUL AT THE SAME TIME.
HEATHER McGHEE THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME AND
CONGRATULATIONS ON A FANTASTIC
BOOK.
THANK YOU, TREVOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Trevor: HEATHER’S BOOK, "THE
SUM OF US: WHAT RACISM COSTS
EVERYONE AND HOW WE CAN PROSPER
TOGETHER" IS AVAILABLE NOW.
OKAY, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A
QUICK BREAK, BUT WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.
Trevor: THAT’S OUR SHOW FOR
TONIGHT, BUT BEFORE WE GO:
I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE
RUMORS AND ADMIT, YES, THEY ARE
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OUR NEW MONOCHROME COLLECTION!
IT’S A NEW LINE OF CLOTHING AND
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THE E.J.I. IS A GREAT
ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS TO END
MASS INCARCERATION, EXCESSIVE
PUNISHMENT, AND RACIAL
INEQUALITY.
SO IF YOU WANT TO BAG SOME OF
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AND YOU CAN SUPPORT
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THE SAME TIME.
UNTIL TOMORROW, STAY SAFE OUT
THERE, WEAR A MASK, AND
REMEMBER, IF YOU DO SOMETHING
AND THINGS GO WRONG IN LIFE.
IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT.
IT’S A.O.C.’S FAULT.
NOW, HERE IT IS, YOUR MOMENT
OF ZEN.
WE’RE GOING TO GO TO A
BUSINESSMAN WITH A HEART OF
GOLD.
HE IS A HOUSTON LEGEND.
HE’S WARMING UP, HELPING
EVERYBODY STUCK IN THIS BITTER
COLD.
JIM McINVAIL IS IS TURNING HIS
FURNITURE STORE INTO TEMPORARY
SHELTERS LIKE HE DID DURING
HURRICANE HARVEY.
HE SAID THE NEED IS TREMENDOUS
AND ANYONE CAN DROP IN FOR TWO
HOURS OR TWO DAYS.
THEY HAVE FOOD AND BLANKETS.
HIS 10-YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER IS
HELPING HIM.
HE SAID, "I’M TRYING TO TEACH
HER THE ESSENCE OF LIVING IS
GIVING. THAT’S WHAT WE DO."