1 00:00:01,502 --> 00:00:02,335 Trevor: HEY, WHAT’S GOING 2 00:00:02,336 --> 00:00:03,169 ON, EVERYBODY. 3 00:00:03,170 --> 00:00:03,988 I’M TREVOR NOAH. 4 00:00:04,023 --> 00:00:05,836 THIS IS "THE DAILY SOCIAL 5 00:00:05,871 --> 00:00:06,252 DISTANCING SHOW." 6 00:00:06,287 --> 00:00:08,488 TODAY IS FEBRUARY 17th, AND 7 00:00:08,489 --> 00:00:12,420 HERE’S YOUR VACCINE TIP OF THE 8 00:00:12,422 --> 00:00:14,897 DAY: IF YOU SEE A SYRINGE LYING 9 00:00:14,899 --> 00:00:16,084 ON THE GROUND, PLEASE, DON’T 10 00:00:16,119 --> 00:00:17,826 JUST ASSUME IT’S A COVID VACCINE 11 00:00:17,860 --> 00:00:19,205 AND INJECT IT INTO YOURSELF. 12 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:20,212 DON’T DO THAT. 13 00:00:20,247 --> 00:00:21,479 I DON’T KNOW WHAT WAS IN THE 14 00:00:21,513 --> 00:00:22,212 SHOT I TOOK, BUT I’M DEFINITELY 15 00:00:22,246 --> 00:00:22,763 ADDICTED TO IT NOW. 16 00:00:22,764 --> 00:00:23,993 ANYWAY, ON TONIGHT’S SHOW: 17 00:00:24,027 --> 00:00:25,024 TEXAS IS POWER HUNGRY. 18 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:27,360 DONALD TRUMP IS THE EMCEE AT THE 19 00:00:27,395 --> 00:00:28,161 MITCH McCONNELL ROAST. 20 00:00:28,196 --> 00:00:30,317 AND DULCE SLOAN UNCOVERS KAMALA 21 00:00:30,352 --> 00:00:32,633 HARRIS’S SECRET FAMILY. 22 00:00:32,634 --> 00:00:34,278 SO LET’S DO THIS, PEOPLE! 23 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:35,636 WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW." 24 00:00:37,739 --> 00:00:38,739 Announcer: FROM TREVOR’S 25 00:00:38,740 --> 00:00:39,429 Announcer: FROM TREVOR’S 26 00:00:39,464 --> 00:00:41,879 COUCH IN NEW YORK CITY TO YOUR 27 00:00:41,881 --> 00:00:42,989 COUCH SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, 28 00:00:42,990 --> 00:00:45,387 THIS IS "THE DAILY SOCIAL 29 00:00:45,388 --> 00:00:46,513 DISTANCING SHOW," WITH TREVOR NOAH. 30 00:00:49,517 --> 00:00:50,717 Trevor: LET’S KICK OFF THE 31 00:00:50,718 --> 00:00:51,865 Trevor: LET’S KICK OFF THE 32 00:00:51,866 --> 00:00:53,362 SHOW WITH THE CORONAVIRUS 33 00:00:53,396 --> 00:00:53,665 PANDEMIC. 34 00:00:53,699 --> 00:00:54,715 IT’S THE REASON YOU KEEP 35 00:00:54,716 --> 00:00:55,399 REFRESHING VACCINE WEBSITES LIKE 36 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:56,472 THEY’RE SELLING COACHELLA 37 00:00:56,506 --> 00:00:57,030 TICKETS. 38 00:00:57,065 --> 00:00:59,214 AND WITH OVER A MILLION 39 00:00:59,216 --> 00:01:00,807 AMERICANS GETTING VACCINATED 40 00:01:00,842 --> 00:01:02,801 EVERY DAY, EVERYONE IS ANXIOUSLY 41 00:01:02,836 --> 00:01:05,033 LOOKING FORWARD TO A TIME WHEN 42 00:01:05,034 --> 00:01:07,661 THEY CAN GET BACK TO DOING 43 00:01:07,695 --> 00:01:09,137 NORMAL THINGS AGAIN, LIKE GOING 44 00:01:09,138 --> 00:01:12,406 OUT OUT TO EAT, OR NOT THINKING 45 00:01:12,441 --> 00:01:14,266 ABOUT THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE 46 00:01:14,267 --> 00:01:15,442 WHO DELIVER THEIR PACKAGES. 47 00:01:15,443 --> 00:01:17,673 AND LAST NIGHT, PRESIDENT JOSEPH 48 00:01:17,708 --> 00:01:19,011 "RAISINETTE" BIDEN GAVE THE 49 00:01:19,045 --> 00:01:23,310 COUNTRY AN UPDATE ON WHEN NORMAL 50 00:01:23,344 --> 00:01:24,253 LIFE MIGHT HAPPEN. 51 00:01:24,287 --> 00:01:25,523 PRESIDENT BIDEN, ON A TRIP TO 52 00:01:25,524 --> 00:01:26,299 THE SWING STATE OF WISCONSIN FOR 53 00:01:26,300 --> 00:01:27,225 A CNN TOWN HALL, HIS FIRST 54 00:01:27,226 --> 00:01:27,923 TRIP AS PRESIDENT, HE OFFERED A 55 00:01:27,957 --> 00:01:28,935 NEW TIMELINE ON WHEN THE VACCINE 56 00:01:28,969 --> 00:01:29,916 WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL 57 00:01:29,917 --> 00:01:31,583 AMERICANS AND A RETURN TO 58 00:01:31,617 --> 00:01:33,081 SOMETHING LIKE NORMAL. 59 00:01:33,115 --> 00:01:35,672 BY THE END OF JULY, WE’LL 60 00:01:35,706 --> 00:01:36,822 HAVE OVER 600 MILLION DOSES, 61 00:01:36,824 --> 00:01:38,135 ENOUGH TO VACCINATE EVERY SINGLE 62 00:01:38,168 --> 00:01:38,350 AMERICAN. 63 00:01:38,385 --> 00:01:41,185 AS MY MOTHER WOULD SAY, WITH 64 00:01:41,187 --> 00:01:43,104 THE GRACE OF GOD AND THE 65 00:01:43,106 --> 00:01:44,147 GOODWILL OF THE NEIGHBORS, THAT 66 00:01:44,181 --> 00:01:45,883 BY NEXT CHRISTMAS, I THINK WE’LL 67 00:01:45,918 --> 00:01:47,544 BE IN A VERY DIFFERENT 68 00:01:47,578 --> 00:01:49,985 CIRCUMSTANCE-- GOD WILLING-- 69 00:01:50,019 --> 00:01:52,867 THAN WE ARE TODAY. 70 00:01:52,901 --> 00:01:55,259 Trevor: WOW. 71 00:01:55,260 --> 00:01:57,221 WHO WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING. 72 00:01:57,256 --> 00:01:58,273 AFTER ALL THAT TALK FROM TRUMP, 73 00:01:58,307 --> 00:01:59,710 BIDEN IS THE ONE THAT WILL HAVE 74 00:01:59,745 --> 00:02:00,253 PEOPLE SAYING "MERRY CHRISTMAS" 75 00:02:00,254 --> 00:02:00,968 AGAIN. 76 00:02:01,003 --> 00:02:04,418 BUT THAT’S RIGHT, BIDEN IS 77 00:02:04,420 --> 00:02:05,999 PREDICTING THAT COVID-19 WILL BE 78 00:02:06,033 --> 00:02:10,221 GONE FROM OUR LIVES BY THE END 79 00:02:10,223 --> 00:02:12,937 OF THIS YEAR, JUST IN TIME FOR 80 00:02:12,972 --> 00:02:16,472 COVID-21 TO KICK INTO HIGH GEAR. 81 00:02:16,506 --> 00:02:18,567 WAIT, NO, I DON’T WANT COVID-21. 82 00:02:18,568 --> 00:02:19,950 AND I’M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT 83 00:02:19,951 --> 00:02:20,834 BIDEN IS RIGHT, BECAUSE IF 84 00:02:20,868 --> 00:02:21,714 THINGS ARE NORMAL BY CHRISTMAS, 85 00:02:21,749 --> 00:02:23,379 THAT MEANS SANTA CAN COME DOWN 86 00:02:23,414 --> 00:02:24,683 THE CHIMNEY AND PUT MY PRESENTS 87 00:02:24,684 --> 00:02:25,648 UNDER THE TREE AGAIN-- UNLIKE 88 00:02:25,683 --> 00:02:27,319 LAST YEAR, WHEN HE THREW THEM 89 00:02:27,354 --> 00:02:30,275 THROUGH MY LIVING ROOM WINDOW. 90 00:02:30,309 --> 00:02:31,532 YOU BROKE THAT SHIT, SANTA! 91 00:02:31,566 --> 00:02:33,499 BUT LET’S MOVE ON FROM THE 92 00:02:33,534 --> 00:02:34,291 CURRENT PRESIDENT TO THE 93 00:02:34,325 --> 00:02:34,844 PREVIOUS ONE. 94 00:02:34,845 --> 00:02:36,537 NOW OUT OF OFFICE, DONALD TRUMP 95 00:02:36,538 --> 00:02:38,461 IS BACK AT THE HELM OF HIS 96 00:02:38,495 --> 00:02:40,629 BUSINESS EMPIRE AND TRYING TO 97 00:02:40,663 --> 00:02:42,207 FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE MONEY 98 00:02:42,241 --> 00:02:44,124 WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO OVERCHARGE 99 00:02:44,158 --> 00:02:45,408 THE SECRET SERVICE. 100 00:02:45,410 --> 00:02:48,016 BUT TODAY, HE WATCHED A PIECE OF 101 00:02:48,050 --> 00:02:48,898 THAT EMPIRE LITERALLY COLLAPSE. 102 00:02:48,899 --> 00:02:51,835 WE HAVE GOT BREAKING NEWS IN 103 00:02:51,836 --> 00:02:53,645 ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY. 104 00:02:53,646 --> 00:02:56,520 JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE FORMER 105 00:02:56,555 --> 00:02:58,172 TRUMP PLAZA HOTEL AND CASINO WAS 106 00:02:58,173 --> 00:03:00,486 BROUGHT DOWN-- KABOOM-- BY A 107 00:03:00,487 --> 00:03:01,537 PLANNED IMPLOSION. 108 00:03:01,538 --> 00:03:03,348 THE BUILDING HAD DETERIORATED IN 109 00:03:03,382 --> 00:03:04,972 RECENT YEARS, AND ATLANTIC 110 00:03:04,973 --> 00:03:06,865 CITY’S MAYOR SAID THE IMPLOSION 111 00:03:06,899 --> 00:03:08,850 WAS NOT ABOUT POLITICS. 112 00:03:08,885 --> 00:03:10,126 IT WAS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. 113 00:03:10,128 --> 00:03:11,972 TICKETS TO SEE THE DEMOLITION 114 00:03:11,973 --> 00:03:13,521 OF THE HOTEL, FORMERLY OWNED BY 115 00:03:13,522 --> 00:03:15,769 THE 45th PRESIDENT, WENT FOR AS 116 00:03:15,803 --> 00:03:17,149 HIGH AS $575. 117 00:03:17,184 --> 00:03:21,884 Trevor: WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, 118 00:03:21,885 --> 00:03:22,986 WHOA, HOLD UP. 119 00:03:22,988 --> 00:03:23,957 PEOPLE PAID ALMOST SIX HUNDRED 120 00:03:23,991 --> 00:03:24,928 BUCKS TO WATCH THAT BUILDING GET 121 00:03:24,929 --> 00:03:25,198 DEMOLISHED? 122 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:26,176 DID THEY KNOW TRUMP WASN’T 123 00:03:26,178 --> 00:03:26,887 INSIDE? 124 00:03:26,889 --> 00:03:28,372 I MEAN, FORGET HOTELS. 125 00:03:28,407 --> 00:03:29,471 TRUMP JUST NEEDS TO BUILD SHIT 126 00:03:29,472 --> 00:03:30,363 WITH HIS NAME ON IT, AND THEN 127 00:03:30,397 --> 00:03:31,439 CHARGE PEOPLE TO WATCH HIM BLOW 128 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:32,390 IT UP. 129 00:03:32,391 --> 00:03:33,834 IT WILL BE THE MOST PROFITABLE 130 00:03:33,836 --> 00:03:35,288 BUSINESS HE’S EVER HAD! 131 00:03:35,322 --> 00:03:37,382 NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THIS WASN’T A 132 00:03:37,383 --> 00:03:38,453 RESPONSE TO THE TRUMP 133 00:03:38,487 --> 00:03:39,459 PRESIDENCY. 134 00:03:39,460 --> 00:03:42,281 THE REASON THIS HAPPENED IS 135 00:03:42,282 --> 00:03:43,911 BECAUSE THE TRUMP PLAZA HOTEL 136 00:03:43,912 --> 00:03:46,491 AND CASINO HAD BEEN STRUGGLING 137 00:03:46,492 --> 00:03:49,823 FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, WHICH IS 138 00:03:49,824 --> 00:03:50,987 TOO BAD. 139 00:03:50,988 --> 00:03:52,533 BECAUSE BACK IN THE DAY, THIS 140 00:03:52,534 --> 00:03:53,990 WAS CALLED THE HOTEL TO STAY AT 141 00:03:53,992 --> 00:03:54,710 BY "SYPHILIS MAGAZINE." 142 00:03:54,744 --> 00:03:55,707 STILL, THOUGH, IT COULDN’T HAVE 143 00:03:55,741 --> 00:03:57,196 HELPED TO HAVE TRUMP’S NAME ON 144 00:03:57,197 --> 00:03:57,690 THE PLACE. 145 00:03:57,691 --> 00:03:58,784 AND IT REALLY SAYS SOMETHING 146 00:03:58,785 --> 00:03:59,578 WHEN EVEN ATLANTIC CITY IS LIKE, 147 00:03:59,580 --> 00:04:00,277 "TRUMP IS GIVING A BAD NAME TO 148 00:04:00,311 --> 00:04:03,049 OUR TOWN FULL OF PAWN SHOPS AND 149 00:04:03,050 --> 00:04:03,905 STRIP CLUBS. 150 00:04:03,906 --> 00:04:05,276 IT’S GOTTA GO. 151 00:04:05,278 --> 00:04:09,008 WE CAN’T BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT 152 00:04:09,009 --> 00:04:10,500 NAME, AIN’T THAT RIGHT, 153 00:04:10,534 --> 00:04:11,128 PICKLES." 154 00:04:11,130 --> 00:04:12,553 WHILE TRUMP’S HOTEL WAS 155 00:04:12,555 --> 00:04:14,031 EXPLODING FROM WITHIN, SO IS THE 156 00:04:14,032 --> 00:04:15,342 PARTY THAT TRUMP LEADS. 157 00:04:15,343 --> 00:04:17,276 IN THE WAKE OF THE CAPITOL 158 00:04:17,311 --> 00:04:19,511 RIOTS, AND THE ENSUING PEASM A 159 00:04:19,546 --> 00:04:21,576 SPLIT HAS EMERGED IN THE PARTY 160 00:04:21,610 --> 00:04:23,071 BETWEEN TRUMP LOYALISTS AND 161 00:04:23,106 --> 00:04:23,848 TRADITIONAL CONSERVATIVES, LIKE 162 00:04:23,883 --> 00:04:25,995 MITCH McCONNELL, WHO BLAMED 163 00:04:26,029 --> 00:04:27,604 TRUMP FOR THE RIOT, AND 164 00:04:27,639 --> 00:04:29,445 BASICALLY CALLED FOR HIM TO BE 165 00:04:29,479 --> 00:04:32,080 CHARGED WITH CRIMES. 166 00:04:32,115 --> 00:04:35,867 WELL, NOW, TRUMP IS STRIKING 167 00:04:35,901 --> 00:04:36,556 BACK. 168 00:04:36,590 --> 00:04:38,640 FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 169 00:04:38,641 --> 00:04:42,404 LASHING OUT AT SENATE MINORITY 170 00:04:42,405 --> 00:04:44,692 LEADER MITCH McCONNELL IN A 171 00:04:44,726 --> 00:04:45,171 SAMENT: 172 00:04:45,173 --> 00:04:47,185 CNN IS LEARNING THIS 173 00:04:47,186 --> 00:04:48,078 STATEMENT WAS ACTUALLY WATERED 174 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:48,538 DOWN. 175 00:04:48,539 --> 00:04:50,028 IT INCLUDED SAYING THAT 176 00:04:50,030 --> 00:04:53,649 McCONNELL HAD "TOO MANY CHINS 177 00:04:53,650 --> 00:04:55,201 AND NOT ENOUGH BRAIN." 178 00:04:55,202 --> 00:04:57,292 Trevor: OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? 179 00:04:57,326 --> 00:04:58,097 HOW DARE YOU, DONALD? 180 00:04:58,099 --> 00:04:59,742 MITCH McCONNELL DOES NOT HAVE 181 00:04:59,777 --> 00:05:01,137 MULTIPLE CHINS, OKAY? 182 00:05:01,138 --> 00:05:02,825 HE DOESN’T HAVE ANY CHINS. 183 00:05:02,826 --> 00:05:04,079 HE HAS A NECK SACK THAT HE 184 00:05:04,081 --> 00:05:06,001 DEVELOPED TO STORE AIR SO HE CAN 185 00:05:06,002 --> 00:05:07,530 BREATHE UNDERWATER! 186 00:05:07,532 --> 00:05:08,421 LEARN SOME BIOLOGY! 187 00:05:08,422 --> 00:05:11,536 BUT, ALSO, DAYYYMN, THIS IS SOME 188 00:05:11,537 --> 00:05:13,538 FANCY TRASH TALK. 189 00:05:13,572 --> 00:05:15,411 "DOUR, SULLEN..." 190 00:05:15,412 --> 00:05:18,269 I THINK THIS PROVES THAT SOCIAL 191 00:05:18,270 --> 00:05:19,633 MEDIA MAKES YOU DUMBER. 192 00:05:19,667 --> 00:05:21,361 I MEAN, TRUMP’S BEEN OFF TWITTER 193 00:05:21,395 --> 00:05:22,434 FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, AND HE’S 194 00:05:22,469 --> 00:05:24,175 ALREADY LEARNING NEW S.A.T. 195 00:05:24,209 --> 00:05:25,067 WORD A DAY. 196 00:05:25,101 --> 00:05:25,966 HE ALSO CALLED MITCH 197 00:05:26,001 --> 00:05:26,714 "UNSMILING," WHICH IS JUST SUCH 198 00:05:26,748 --> 00:05:27,327 CLASSIC TRUMP. 199 00:05:27,328 --> 00:05:28,252 NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, TRUMP 200 00:05:28,286 --> 00:05:31,294 WILL FIND A WAY TO SEXUALLY 201 00:05:31,328 --> 00:05:31,981 HARASS YOU. 202 00:05:31,982 --> 00:05:34,152 "MITCH, YOU’RE A FAILURE. 203 00:05:34,153 --> 00:05:35,159 A DISASTER FOR PARTY. 204 00:05:35,193 --> 00:05:36,957 AND WHY DON’T YOU SMILE MORE, 205 00:05:36,991 --> 00:05:38,045 BABY? 206 00:05:38,046 --> 00:05:41,183 COME ON, SHOW US A LITTLE 207 00:05:41,184 --> 00:05:41,368 SMILE." 208 00:05:41,370 --> 00:05:42,383 BUT YOU CAN TELL THE RIFT IN THE 209 00:05:42,417 --> 00:05:43,446 REPUBLICAN PARTY IS GETTING 210 00:05:43,481 --> 00:05:44,172 SERIOUS. 211 00:05:44,173 --> 00:05:47,051 AND, HONESTLY, IF IT COMES DOWN 212 00:05:47,052 --> 00:05:51,855 TO TRUMP VERSUS MITCH, MY 213 00:05:51,856 --> 00:05:54,169 MONEY’S ON TRUMP, BECAUSE HAVE 214 00:05:54,171 --> 00:05:57,676 YOU EVER SEEN A RABID MITCH 215 00:05:57,678 --> 00:05:59,093 McCONNELL SUPPORTER? 216 00:05:59,094 --> 00:06:00,959 NO, BECAUSE THEY DON’T EXIST. 217 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:05,073 EVEN MITCH IS LIKE, "LOOK, I CAN 218 00:06:05,074 --> 00:06:06,692 TAKE ME OR LEAVE ME, MBAHHH." 219 00:06:06,694 --> 00:06:08,446 BUT LET’S MOVE ON TO OUR TOP 220 00:06:08,447 --> 00:06:08,703 STORY. 221 00:06:08,737 --> 00:06:09,855 THREE DAYS AGO, A FREAK WINTER 222 00:06:09,890 --> 00:06:11,012 STORM SLAMMED INTO TEXAS, 223 00:06:11,014 --> 00:06:12,016 CAUSING BLACKOUTS FOR MILLIONS 224 00:06:12,050 --> 00:06:12,798 OF PEOPLE. 225 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:13,873 AND USUALLY WHEN THERE ARE 226 00:06:13,908 --> 00:06:16,303 BLACKOUTS IN AMERICA, THINGS GO 227 00:06:16,304 --> 00:06:17,811 BACK TO NORMAL IN A COUPLE OF 228 00:06:17,845 --> 00:06:22,386 HOURS, AND IT’S NOT A BIG DEAL. 229 00:06:22,421 --> 00:06:23,909 YOU LIGHT SOME CANDLES, GRAB 230 00:06:23,911 --> 00:06:26,007 SOME FLASHLIGHTS, AND THEN YOU 231 00:06:26,009 --> 00:06:27,155 TELL SCARY STORIES ABOUT THE 232 00:06:27,156 --> 00:06:28,996 WOMAN WHO MARRIED THE GHOST OF A 233 00:06:28,997 --> 00:06:29,415 LITTLE BOY. 234 00:06:29,449 --> 00:06:30,267 BUT IN TEXAS, MANY PEOPLE ARE 235 00:06:30,269 --> 00:06:32,153 STILL WAITING FOR THE HEAT TO 236 00:06:32,154 --> 00:06:33,538 COME BACK ON THREE DAYS LATER, 237 00:06:33,573 --> 00:06:35,727 AND THINGS STOPPED BEING FUN A 238 00:06:35,728 --> 00:06:36,998 LONG TIME AGO. 239 00:06:36,999 --> 00:06:38,473 THIS MORNING, A DEADLY WINTER 240 00:06:38,508 --> 00:06:40,264 BLAST TEARING ACROSS THE COUNTRY 241 00:06:40,298 --> 00:06:41,903 FROM MISSISSIPPI TO MAINE FOR A 242 00:06:41,905 --> 00:06:43,251 THIRD STRAIGHT DAY. 243 00:06:43,252 --> 00:06:44,506 IN TEXAS, THE FREEZING 244 00:06:44,507 --> 00:06:45,595 TEMPERATURES KNOCKING OUT POWER 245 00:06:45,596 --> 00:06:46,791 TO MORE THAN FOUR MILLION 246 00:06:46,792 --> 00:06:47,507 CUSTOMERS. 247 00:06:47,508 --> 00:06:50,673 POWER IS OUT, WATER IS OUT,█ç 248 00:06:50,707 --> 00:06:52,156 THERE’S NO FIRE WOOD 249 00:06:52,190 --> 00:06:52,924 ANYWHERE, NO STORES OPEN. 250 00:06:52,925 --> 00:06:55,588 RESIDENTS USING BLOW DRYERS 251 00:06:55,590 --> 00:06:58,080 AND HEATERS TO THAW THEIR FROZEN 252 00:06:58,082 --> 00:06:59,278 PIPES-- 253 00:06:59,313 --> 00:07:00,842 NO WATER. 254 00:07:00,844 --> 00:07:01,597 ENDURING FREEZING 255 00:07:01,598 --> 00:07:02,416 TEMPERATURES ANY WAY THEY CAN, 256 00:07:02,418 --> 00:07:03,989 SOME DANGEROUSLY USING CARS OR 257 00:07:04,024 --> 00:07:04,659 GRILLS FOR HEAT. 258 00:07:04,694 --> 00:07:05,791 FOR THE MILLIONS BUNDLED UP 259 00:07:05,826 --> 00:07:06,605 WITH NO ELECTRICITY, THIS HAS 260 00:07:06,639 --> 00:07:07,568 BEEN LIFE FOR DAYS. 261 00:07:07,570 --> 00:07:11,049 IN THIS ROOM IN OUR HOUSE, IT 262 00:07:11,083 --> 00:07:11,709 IS 33 DEGREES. 263 00:07:11,710 --> 00:07:12,527 IN AUSTIN, ANDREW LEAHY AND 264 00:07:12,528 --> 00:07:15,954 HIS WIFE FINDING WAYS TO KEEP 265 00:07:15,955 --> 00:07:16,307 WARM. 266 00:07:16,308 --> 00:07:17,653 YOU’LL SEE A BLANKET HERE AND 267 00:07:17,654 --> 00:07:18,287 BLUE SCOTCH TAPE. 268 00:07:18,321 --> 00:07:20,114 WE’RE DOING ANYTHING POSSIBLE TO 269 00:07:20,115 --> 00:07:21,385 KEEP THE HEAT IN. 270 00:07:21,419 --> 00:07:22,759 Trevor: ALL RIGHT, PEOPLE, 271 00:07:22,794 --> 00:07:24,726 THIS, NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY 272 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:25,538 SAYS, IS AWFUL. 273 00:07:25,572 --> 00:07:27,315 I KNOW PEOPLE WERE PRAYING FOR 274 00:07:27,316 --> 00:07:29,590 TEXAS TO GO BLUE, BUT NOT LIKE 275 00:07:29,592 --> 00:07:29,743 THIS. 276 00:07:29,744 --> 00:07:33,003 I MEAN, IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK 277 00:07:33,037 --> 00:07:36,009 FOR JUST ONE APOCALYPSE AT A 278 00:07:36,043 --> 00:07:36,289 TIME? 279 00:07:36,323 --> 00:07:37,281 COVID IS BAD ENOUGH, AND NOW 280 00:07:37,283 --> 00:07:38,017 TEXANS HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEIR 281 00:07:38,018 --> 00:07:39,035 HOMES TURNING INTO MEAT 282 00:07:39,037 --> 00:07:39,645 LOCKERS. 283 00:07:39,646 --> 00:07:42,771 THIS SHIT IS UNFAIR. 284 00:07:42,772 --> 00:07:44,124 THEIR PIPES ARE FROZEN, 285 00:07:44,125 --> 00:07:45,576 TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW ZERO, ICE 286 00:07:45,610 --> 00:07:46,296 IS EVERYWHERE-- FORGET TEXANS. 287 00:07:46,331 --> 00:07:50,248 THIS WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR 288 00:07:50,249 --> 00:07:51,059 ELSA. 289 00:07:51,060 --> 00:07:53,819 LET IT GO. 290 00:07:53,821 --> 00:07:56,439 NO, HELL, I’M GOING TO ARUBA. 291 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:57,730 YOU SAW THAT NEWS CLIP-- SOME 292 00:07:57,764 --> 00:07:59,259 PEOPLE ARE PUTTING UP SCOTCH 293 00:07:59,293 --> 00:07:59,818 TAPE AND BLANKETS. 294 00:07:59,852 --> 00:08:00,507 THAT’S NOT HOW PEOPLE SHOULD 295 00:08:00,541 --> 00:08:01,611 KEEP HEAT IN THEIR HOUSE, 296 00:08:01,612 --> 00:08:03,010 THAT’S HOW YOU HIDE THE WEED 297 00:08:03,044 --> 00:08:04,392 SMELL FROM YOUR R.A. 298 00:08:04,426 --> 00:08:06,536 WHAT’S BEEN SO DEVASTATING ABOUT 299 00:08:06,537 --> 00:08:08,230 THIS BLACKOUT, IS WHEN THE 300 00:08:08,264 --> 00:08:09,318 TERRORIST WENT OUT, IT AFFECTED 301 00:08:09,352 --> 00:08:09,897 EVERYTHING. 302 00:08:09,898 --> 00:08:11,438 PEOPLE WERE STRUGGLING TO GET 303 00:08:11,472 --> 00:08:11,721 HEAT. 304 00:08:11,756 --> 00:08:13,050 THEY’RE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET 305 00:08:13,051 --> 00:08:17,093 FOOD, AND THEY’RE STRUGGLING TO 306 00:08:17,094 --> 00:08:18,298 GET WATER. 307 00:08:18,299 --> 00:08:21,441 THEIR LEADERS HAVE STEPPED UP IN 308 00:08:21,442 --> 00:08:23,555 THEIR TIME OF NEED TO TELL THEM 309 00:08:23,556 --> 00:08:24,432 TO STOP BITCHING. 310 00:08:24,433 --> 00:08:26,618 THE MAYOR OF COLORADO CITY, 311 00:08:26,620 --> 00:08:29,086 TIM BOYD, HAS ARE SWRIEND AFTER 312 00:08:29,087 --> 00:08:30,485 GETTING BACKLAFN FROM A FACEBOOK 313 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:31,716 POST FROM YESTERDAY. 314 00:08:31,750 --> 00:08:33,700 IN THAT POST HE WROTE, "IT IS 315 00:08:33,701 --> 00:08:34,493 NOT GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY 316 00:08:34,528 --> 00:08:35,945 TO SUPPORT YOU IN TRYING TIMES 317 00:08:35,979 --> 00:08:37,216 LIKE THIS. 318 00:08:37,251 --> 00:08:40,297 HE SAID THOSE WITHOUT POWER OR 319 00:08:40,331 --> 00:08:43,129 WATER SHOULD STEP UP AND COME UP 320 00:08:43,130 --> 00:08:45,088 WITH A PLAN TO STAY SAFE. 321 00:08:45,089 --> 00:08:47,222 HE SAID THEY OWE YOU NOTHING, 322 00:08:47,224 --> 00:08:48,940 AND ONLYHE STRONG WILL 323 00:08:48,975 --> 00:08:50,359 SURVIVE, THE WEAK WILL PERISH." 324 00:08:50,394 --> 00:08:51,713 Trevor: DAMN, THAT’S ONE 325 00:08:51,714 --> 00:08:55,069 WAY TO BE A LEADER, TELL PEOPLE 326 00:08:55,070 --> 00:08:56,610 TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES DURING A 327 00:08:56,644 --> 00:08:57,377 DISASTER. 328 00:08:57,411 --> 00:08:59,030 THAT’S SOME NEXT LEVEL. 329 00:08:59,031 --> 00:09:01,163 EVEN IFED WITH JOE SPRAYED HIS 330 00:09:01,197 --> 00:09:03,510 PEOPLE WITH WATER ONCE IN A 331 00:09:03,544 --> 00:09:05,919 WHILE, HE’S LIKE I’VE GOT A 332 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:06,247 HEART. 333 00:09:06,282 --> 00:09:07,806 HERE’S THE QUESTION: WHY DID 334 00:09:07,807 --> 00:09:13,518 THIS GUY WANT TO BE A MAYOR IF 335 00:09:13,519 --> 00:09:15,346 HE DIDN’T WANT TO HELP PEOPLE? 336 00:09:15,348 --> 00:09:16,463 YOU DON’T BECOME A DOCTOR AND 337 00:09:16,497 --> 00:09:17,847 THEN BE LIKE, "TRANSPLANT YOUR 338 00:09:17,882 --> 00:09:18,422 OWN HEART, BITCH! 339 00:09:18,457 --> 00:09:19,328 WHY DO I GOTTA DO EVERYTHING?!" 340 00:09:19,329 --> 00:09:20,323 NOW, THE BACKLASH WAS SO FIERCE, 341 00:09:20,357 --> 00:09:20,864 THAT THIS MAYOR IMMEDIATELY 342 00:09:20,899 --> 00:09:21,354 RESIGNED. 343 00:09:21,355 --> 00:09:23,006 AND, HONESTLY, IT’S PROBABLY 344 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,589 SAFER FOR HIM NOW THAT HE’S 345 00:09:25,623 --> 00:09:25,855 GONE. 346 00:09:25,856 --> 00:09:26,571 BECAUSE IF YOU THINK FROSTBITE 347 00:09:26,572 --> 00:09:28,484 IS BAD ON YOUR NOSE, YOU SHOULD 348 00:09:28,485 --> 00:09:29,873 SEE WHAT IT DOES TO AN EXPOSED 349 00:09:29,907 --> 00:09:30,048 ASSHOLE. 350 00:09:30,050 --> 00:09:32,469 NOW, AFTER THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS 351 00:09:32,470 --> 00:09:33,619 ARE DONE D.I.Y.-ING THEIR OWN 352 00:09:33,620 --> 00:09:34,189 POWER PLANTS, THEY’LL PROBABLY 353 00:09:34,224 --> 00:09:34,882 WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS 354 00:09:34,884 --> 00:09:36,295 CATASTROPHE HAPPENED IN THE 355 00:09:36,296 --> 00:09:37,717 FIRST PLACE. 356 00:09:37,719 --> 00:09:41,014 AND WHILE FREAK STORMS CAN’T BE 357 00:09:41,015 --> 00:09:42,881 PREVENTED, IT LOOKS LIKE TEXAS 358 00:09:42,883 --> 00:09:46,352 COULD HAVE DONE A LOT MORE TO 359 00:09:46,354 --> 00:09:47,891 PREPARE FOR THIS WILL HAVITY. 360 00:09:47,892 --> 00:09:49,319 OFFICIALS WITH THE COUNCIL 361 00:09:49,353 --> 00:09:50,273 THAT MANAGES MOST OF TEXAS’ GRID 362 00:09:50,307 --> 00:09:52,470 SAYS THAT OUTAGES ARE DUE TO THE 363 00:09:52,504 --> 00:09:53,477 STATE’S NATURAL GAS SUPPLIERS 364 00:09:53,512 --> 00:09:57,104 NOT BEING ABLE TO TOLERATE SUCH 365 00:09:57,105 --> 00:09:57,622 LOW TEMPERATURES. 366 00:09:57,623 --> 00:10:00,910 POWER PLANTS ARE NOT 367 00:10:00,944 --> 00:10:02,083 PERFORMING AS EXPECTED, 368 00:10:02,118 --> 00:10:04,275 ESPECIALLY NATURAL-GAS-FIRED 369 00:10:04,276 --> 00:10:07,314 POWER PLANTS IN TEXAS RIGHT NOW. 370 00:10:07,315 --> 00:10:08,981 MANY OF THE THERMAL POWER 371 00:10:08,982 --> 00:10:09,761 PLANTS, LIKE NATURAL-GAS-FIRED 372 00:10:09,763 --> 00:10:11,222 POWER PLANTS, COAL-FIRED POWER 373 00:10:11,223 --> 00:10:13,126 PLANTS, AND AT LEAST ONE NUCLEAR 374 00:10:13,127 --> 00:10:16,508 UNIT, ARE NOT PRODUCING ENERGY. 375 00:10:16,509 --> 00:10:17,315 THEY’RE SUFFERING OUTAGES. 376 00:10:17,317 --> 00:10:19,834 SOME PEOPLE WOULD POINT TO 377 00:10:19,835 --> 00:10:21,513 THE FACT TEXAS HAD ITS POWER 378 00:10:21,548 --> 00:10:26,506 SUPPLY DEREGULATED BACK IN THE 379 00:10:26,540 --> 00:10:29,303 90s, AND YOU WOULD SAY CRITICS 380 00:10:29,337 --> 00:10:31,815 SAY THAT BECAUSE THESE 381 00:10:31,850 --> 00:10:33,031 BUSINESSES WERE FOCUSING ON 382 00:10:33,065 --> 00:10:33,861 PROFITS THEY WERE NOT 383 00:10:33,896 --> 00:10:34,392 NECESSARILY CONCERNED WITH 384 00:10:34,393 --> 00:10:35,355 MAINTENANCE TO PREPARE FOR A 385 00:10:35,357 --> 00:10:36,136 WORST-CASE SCENARIO LIKE WE’RE 386 00:10:36,171 --> 00:10:36,554 EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. 387 00:10:36,556 --> 00:10:37,676 TEXAS IS THE ONLY STATE TO 388 00:10:37,711 --> 00:10:38,923 USE ITS OWN INDEPENDENT POWER 389 00:10:38,924 --> 00:10:40,555 GRID. 390 00:10:40,589 --> 00:10:45,002 THAT MEANS IT DOES NOT HAVE 391 00:10:45,037 --> 00:10:46,318 FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT MIGHT 392 00:10:46,319 --> 00:10:47,200 HAVE BETTER PREPARED TEXAS FOR 393 00:10:47,201 --> 00:10:48,095 AN EVENT LIKE THIS. 394 00:10:48,096 --> 00:10:48,868 Trevor: THAT’S RIGHT, THE 395 00:10:48,869 --> 00:10:49,860 MAIN REASON TEXAS HAS PLUNGED 396 00:10:49,861 --> 00:10:51,236 INTO DARKNESS IS THAT ITS 397 00:10:51,237 --> 00:10:55,374 NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY HAS BEEN 398 00:10:55,375 --> 00:10:57,120 CRIPPLED BY THIS STORM. 399 00:10:57,122 --> 00:10:58,553 AND THAT MIGHT, MIGHT HAVE BEEN 400 00:10:58,555 --> 00:10:59,669 PREVENTABLE, EXCEPT THAT TEXAS 401 00:10:59,670 --> 00:11:00,772 DEREGULATED IT’S POWER SUPPLY IN 402 00:11:00,773 --> 00:11:03,330 THE 90s, WHICH WAS CLEARLY NOT 403 00:11:03,331 --> 00:11:04,162 THE WISEST DECISION. 404 00:11:04,163 --> 00:11:06,049 I MEAN, TRUST ME, AS A MAN WHO 405 00:11:06,050 --> 00:11:07,121 LIVED THROUGH THE 90s, YOU 406 00:11:07,155 --> 00:11:08,601 SHOULD RETHINK MOST OF THE 407 00:11:08,636 --> 00:11:14,191 DECISIONS YOU MADE IN THAT 408 00:11:14,192 --> 00:11:14,722 DECADE. 409 00:11:14,723 --> 00:11:15,875 BUT, YOU SEE, THIS DEREGULATION 410 00:11:15,876 --> 00:11:16,860 LED TO A LACK OF OVERSIGHT THAT 411 00:11:16,862 --> 00:11:20,197 COULD HAVE HELPED TO KEEP THE 412 00:11:20,198 --> 00:11:20,885 INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTAINED. 413 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:22,866 BUT, INSTEAD, FOR SOME REASON, 414 00:11:22,900 --> 00:11:24,006 THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE KEEPING 415 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:24,874 TABS ON BRITNEY SPEARS THAN THE 416 00:11:24,875 --> 00:11:25,344 TEXAS POWER GRID. 417 00:11:25,345 --> 00:11:26,190 AND THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU 418 00:11:26,191 --> 00:11:26,748 CAN’T PUT PROFITS OVER QUALITY 419 00:11:26,782 --> 00:11:27,295 AND SAFETY. 420 00:11:27,296 --> 00:11:28,237 MONEY IS NOT WORTH A WHOLE LOT 421 00:11:28,271 --> 00:11:32,467 IF YOU HAVE TO BURN IT TO KEEP 422 00:11:32,502 --> 00:11:32,853 WARM. 423 00:11:32,887 --> 00:11:34,780 LOOK, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, 424 00:11:34,814 --> 00:11:36,282 THIS SITUATION IS KIND OF 425 00:11:36,283 --> 00:11:37,304 EMBARRASSING FOR TEXAS’ LEADERS. 426 00:11:37,305 --> 00:11:38,682 THIS IS THE STATE THAT PRIDE 427 00:11:38,684 --> 00:11:42,089 ITSELF ON ITS OIL AND GAS 428 00:11:42,091 --> 00:11:44,465 INDUSTRY, AND NOW, THAT INDUSTRY 429 00:11:44,466 --> 00:11:45,372 HAS FAILED SPECTACULARLY. 430 00:11:45,373 --> 00:11:47,368 THIS WOULD BE LIKE JASON MOMOA 431 00:11:47,403 --> 00:11:48,289 NEEDING HELP OPENING A PICKLE 432 00:11:48,323 --> 00:11:48,682 JAR. 433 00:11:48,683 --> 00:11:50,483 WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY STATE 434 00:11:50,484 --> 00:11:52,172 OFFICIALS AND THEIR ALLIES ON 435 00:11:52,173 --> 00:11:53,708 CABLE NEWS ARE WORKING SO HARD 436 00:11:53,709 --> 00:11:54,902 TO BLAME SOMEONE ELSE. 437 00:11:54,936 --> 00:11:56,983 THE BLACKOUTS THAT ARE IN 438 00:11:56,984 --> 00:11:59,320 TEXAS ARE BEING MADE WORSE BY 439 00:11:59,354 --> 00:12:01,047 THE FAILURE OF WIND TURBINES, 440 00:12:01,048 --> 00:12:02,891 MANY FREEZING CUTTING OUTPUT IN 441 00:12:02,926 --> 00:12:05,118 HALF AND IT’S RAISING QUESTIONS 442 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:08,774 ABOUT THE LONE STAR STATE’S 443 00:12:08,775 --> 00:12:11,942 INCREASING RELIANCE ON RENEWABLE 444 00:12:11,943 --> 00:12:12,275 ENERGY. 445 00:12:12,310 --> 00:12:13,749 THE WINDMILLS FAILED LIKE THE 446 00:12:13,784 --> 00:12:15,707 SILLY FASHION ACCESSORIES THEY 447 00:12:15,742 --> 00:12:17,230 ARE, AND PEOPLE IN TEXAS DIED. 448 00:12:17,264 --> 00:12:21,691 THINK ABOUT IF WE WERE IN THE 449 00:12:21,692 --> 00:12:23,259 A.O.C. WORLD. 450 00:12:23,293 --> 00:12:25,407 FAST FORWARD TEN YEARS, AND 451 00:12:25,408 --> 00:12:28,779 EVERYTHING IS SOLAR, EVERYTHING 452 00:12:28,780 --> 00:12:29,316 IS WIND. 453 00:12:29,318 --> 00:12:30,870 IF YOU DON’T HAVE POWER TO KEEP 454 00:12:30,871 --> 00:12:32,374 YOU WARM, YOU’RE GOING TO-- 455 00:12:32,375 --> 00:12:34,775 YOU’RE GOING TO-- YOU’RE GOING 456 00:12:34,809 --> 00:12:35,370 TO DIE. 457 00:12:35,371 --> 00:12:37,278 A PREVIEW OF WHAT COULD 458 00:12:37,312 --> 00:12:39,352 HAPPEN IF THE A.O.C. VISION WERE 459 00:12:39,354 --> 00:12:40,165 APPLIED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED 460 00:12:40,166 --> 00:12:40,655 STATES. 461 00:12:40,656 --> 00:12:44,417 THE GREEN NEW DEAL BOOK A 462 00:12:44,451 --> 00:12:45,767 DEADLY DEAL FOR THE UNITED 463 00:12:45,768 --> 00:12:47,956 STATES OF AMERICA. 464 00:12:47,990 --> 00:12:49,930 Trevor: OKAY, THIS, THIS IS 465 00:12:49,931 --> 00:12:51,653 ( BLEEP ) INSANE. 466 00:12:51,654 --> 00:12:53,116 THESE GUYS ARE SO DESPERATE TO 467 00:12:53,117 --> 00:12:54,056 LET FOSSIL FUELS OFF THE HOOK, 468 00:12:54,057 --> 00:12:54,717 THEY’RE BLAMING A.O.C. AND THE 469 00:12:54,719 --> 00:12:55,406 GREEN NEW DEAL-- WHICH HASN’T 470 00:12:55,407 --> 00:12:56,436 EVEN HAPPENED YET-- FOR 471 00:12:56,437 --> 00:12:57,480 SOMETHING THAT’S HAPPENING IN 472 00:12:57,515 --> 00:12:58,116 TEXAS RIGHT NOW! 473 00:12:58,150 --> 00:13:00,058 BUT THIS JUST SHOWS YOU, NO 474 00:13:00,060 --> 00:13:01,765 MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, NO MATTER 475 00:13:01,766 --> 00:13:04,346 HOW FAR REMOVED SHE IS FROM 476 00:13:04,347 --> 00:13:05,968 THE PROBLEM, CONSERVATIVES█ç 477 00:13:05,970 --> 00:13:10,624 CAN AND WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY 478 00:13:10,658 --> 00:13:12,880 TO BLAME THE BOOGEYMAN, A.O.C. 479 00:13:12,915 --> 00:13:14,814 RICK PERRY COULD HAVE BROKEN HIS 480 00:13:14,849 --> 00:13:16,466 ARM AS A KID AND BLAMED IT ON 481 00:13:16,501 --> 00:13:16,741 A.O.C. 482 00:13:16,743 --> 00:13:17,583 ( PERRY ) 483 00:13:17,585 --> 00:13:18,131 AAGH, MY ARM! 484 00:13:18,132 --> 00:13:20,294 DAMN YOU, A.O.C.! 485 00:13:20,295 --> 00:13:22,638 ( PERSON ) 486 00:13:22,639 --> 00:13:25,009 WHO’S A.O.C., KID? 487 00:13:25,011 --> 00:13:28,929 SHE HASN’T BEEN BORN YET, BUT█ç 488 00:13:28,963 --> 00:13:29,723 WAIT, YOU’LL SEE. 489 00:13:29,724 --> 00:13:32,722 NOW, IT’S TRUE THAT MANY WIND 490 00:13:32,723 --> 00:13:36,391 TURBINES IN THE STATE DID FREEZE 491 00:13:36,392 --> 00:13:38,681 DURING THIS STORM, BUT THEY 492 00:13:38,683 --> 00:13:40,157 ONLY ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT 12% OF 493 00:13:40,191 --> 00:13:41,605 THE LOST POWER IN THE STATE. 494 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,268 PLACING ALL THE BLAME ON WIND 495 00:13:44,302 --> 00:13:45,578 POWER HERE IS LIKE BLAMING THE 496 00:13:45,612 --> 00:13:46,455 JET’S RECORD ON THE WATER BOY. 497 00:13:46,490 --> 00:13:47,267 I MEAN, I GUESS HE COULD HAVE 498 00:13:47,269 --> 00:13:47,941 HANDED OUT WATER BETTER, BUT I 499 00:13:47,975 --> 00:13:48,390 DON’T THINK THAT’S WHY THEY 500 00:13:48,391 --> 00:13:48,861 LOST. 501 00:13:48,862 --> 00:13:50,268 AND EVEN THOUGH THESE WIND 502 00:13:50,302 --> 00:13:51,304 TURBINES FAILED IN COLD WEATHER, 503 00:13:51,305 --> 00:13:54,294 THAT DOESN’T MEAN WIND POWER IS 504 00:13:54,296 --> 00:13:55,502 A BAD IDEA. 505 00:13:55,504 --> 00:13:56,722 IT JUST MEANS THAT TEXAS DIDN’T 506 00:13:56,756 --> 00:13:58,467 HAVE TURBINES MADE FOR COLD 507 00:13:58,501 --> 00:13:59,970 WEATHER, THE SAME WAY IT DIDN’T 508 00:14:00,005 --> 00:14:01,527 HAVE OIL AND GAS PLANTS MADE FOR 509 00:14:01,528 --> 00:14:02,016 COLD WEATHER. 510 00:14:02,017 --> 00:14:03,795 I MEAN, THERE ARE CARS SLIDING 511 00:14:03,830 --> 00:14:05,941 ALL OVER THE ROADS IN TEXAS 512 00:14:05,942 --> 00:14:09,226 RIGHT NOW BECAUSE NOBODY THERE 513 00:14:09,227 --> 00:14:11,387 HAS SNOW TIRES, BUT I DON’T HEAR 514 00:14:11,388 --> 00:14:14,977 THE GOVERNOR SAYING "WHEELS ARE 515 00:14:14,978 --> 00:14:17,293 UNRELIABLE, SO WE NEED TO GO 516 00:14:17,294 --> 00:14:18,253 BACK TO FLINTSONE CARS." 517 00:14:18,254 --> 00:14:19,676 BUT, CLEARLY, CONSERVATIVE ANGER 518 00:14:19,710 --> 00:14:20,992 AT A.O.C. AND GREEN ENERGY IS 519 00:14:21,026 --> 00:14:21,574 DISINGENUOUS. 520 00:14:21,575 --> 00:14:23,806 THE GOOD NEWS IS IT’S LED TO AN 521 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:25,406 AMAZING BREAKTHROUGH THAT MIGHT 522 00:14:25,441 --> 00:14:26,661 JUST SOLVE TEXAS’ ENERGY 523 00:14:26,695 --> 00:14:29,670 PROBLEMS FOREVER. 524 00:14:29,672 --> 00:14:32,385 HERE INNERGON, WE’RE 525 00:14:32,386 --> 00:14:34,716 DEVELOPING ENERGY YOU CAN ALWAYS 526 00:14:34,717 --> 00:14:35,695 DEPEND ON. 527 00:14:35,729 --> 00:14:37,903 OUR NEW TECHNOLOGY DRAWS POWER 528 00:14:37,938 --> 00:14:40,500 FROM AMERICA’S MOST RENEWABLE 529 00:14:40,534 --> 00:14:42,191 RESOURCE-- THE INSANE HATRED OF 530 00:14:42,192 --> 00:14:42,974 A.O.C. 531 00:14:42,976 --> 00:14:44,127 OCASIO-CORTEZ. 532 00:14:44,129 --> 00:14:47,154 ADD OAK. 533 00:14:47,155 --> 00:14:48,926 OCASIO-CORTEZ. OCASIO-CORTEZ 534 00:14:48,927 --> 00:14:51,041 OUR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY 535 00:14:51,043 --> 00:14:52,912 EXTRACTION METHODS ALLOW OUR 536 00:14:52,946 --> 00:14:56,060 TURBINES TO CONVERT THE MOST 537 00:14:56,061 --> 00:14:57,569 PARANOID STRANTINGS ABOUT 538 00:14:57,604 --> 00:14:58,253 REPRESENTATIVE OCASIO-CORTEZ 539 00:14:58,287 --> 00:15:02,426 INTO CONSISTENT POWER THAT WILL 540 00:15:02,460 --> 00:15:03,769 NEVER RUN DRY. 541 00:15:03,770 --> 00:15:05,950 IF ANYTHING WE MIGHT GET TOO 542 00:15:05,952 --> 00:15:07,634 MUCH ENERGY. 543 00:15:07,635 --> 00:15:09,295 PEOPLE LIKE ALEXANDRIA 544 00:15:09,296 --> 00:15:10,180 OCASIO-CORTEZ, THESE ARE 545 00:15:10,181 --> 00:15:11,434 IMPORTANT PEOPLE, IF WE LIKE 546 00:15:11,468 --> 00:15:12,554 THEM OR NOT. 547 00:15:12,589 --> 00:15:13,618 THEY HAVE PEOPLE LISTENING TO 548 00:15:13,619 --> 00:15:14,170 THEM. 549 00:15:14,171 --> 00:15:16,105 AND THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT 550 00:15:16,139 --> 00:15:17,875 BECAUSE SOON OUR TECHNOLOGY WILL 551 00:15:17,909 --> 00:15:20,328 TAP EVEN MORE POCKETS OF 552 00:15:20,329 --> 00:15:22,422 CONSERVATIVE ANGER, LIKE CANCEL 553 00:15:22,424 --> 00:15:25,654 CULTURE, MAIL-IN BALLOT, AND GAY 554 00:15:25,655 --> 00:15:27,276 DISNEY CHARACTERS. 555 00:15:27,277 --> 00:15:31,157 TEXAS INNERGON, THEIR HATRED IS 556 00:15:31,191 --> 00:15:32,271 YOUR HEAT. 557 00:15:32,272 --> 00:15:33,874 Trevor: ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE 558 00:15:33,909 --> 00:15:35,148 COME BACK, DULCE SLOAN 559 00:15:35,182 --> 00:15:36,395 TELLS US ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS’ 560 00:15:36,396 --> 00:15:38,247 SECRET FAMILY. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS IT. 561 00:15:40,389 --> 00:15:42,411 DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW." 562 00:15:42,412 --> 00:15:44,005 THERE’S NO KENIEG IT WAS 563 00:15:44,006 --> 00:15:46,376 HISTORY-MAKING ONE MONTH AGO 564 00:15:46,410 --> 00:15:48,800 WHEN KAMALA HARRIS WAS SWORN IN. 565 00:15:48,834 --> 00:15:51,974 AND IT’S ALSO SAFE TO SAY THAT A 566 00:15:51,975 --> 00:15:53,394 LOT OF PEOPLE WERE EXCITED ABOUT 567 00:15:53,395 --> 00:15:57,699 HER BECOMING VICE PRESIDENT OF 568 00:15:57,700 --> 00:15:58,716 THE UNITED STATES. 569 00:15:58,750 --> 00:15:59,700 HOWEVER, ONE GROUP IN PARTICULAR 570 00:15:59,701 --> 00:16:00,329 WAS MORE EXCITED THAN EVERYONE 571 00:16:00,330 --> 00:16:00,695 ELSE. 572 00:16:00,729 --> 00:16:02,186 DULCE SLOAN HAS MORE. 573 00:16:02,187 --> 00:16:04,322 KAMALA HARRIS IS A LOT OF 574 00:16:04,356 --> 00:16:05,641 FIRSTS-- SHE’S THE FIRST BLACK 575 00:16:05,675 --> 00:16:08,070 WOMAN TO BE VICE PRESIDENT, THE 576 00:16:08,071 --> 00:16:10,870 FIRST SOUTH ASIAN WOMAN, AND THE 577 00:16:10,872 --> 00:16:13,265 FIRST VEEP TO COME FROM A BLACK 578 00:16:13,300 --> 00:16:15,566 SORORITY, WHICH IS IN ITSELF THE 579 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,988 FIRST BLACK SORORITY. 580 00:16:17,989 --> 00:16:20,384 WHEN MOST PEOPLE HEAR SORORITY, 581 00:16:20,419 --> 00:16:21,406 THEY’RE USUALLY PICTURING 582 00:16:21,441 --> 00:16:22,485 SOMETHING SPECIFIC. 583 00:16:22,487 --> 00:16:24,563 I SAT DOWN WITH THREE WOMEN FROM 584 00:16:24,597 --> 00:16:25,668 BLACK SORORITIES TO EXPLAIN WHY 585 00:16:25,702 --> 00:16:27,366 IT’S A BIG DEAL TO HAVE A VICE 586 00:16:27,367 --> 00:16:28,810 PRESIDENT FROM THE DIVINE NINE. 587 00:16:28,812 --> 00:16:30,463 FIRST OF ALL, FOR THOSE WHO ARE 588 00:16:30,465 --> 00:16:32,527 NOT IN THE KNOW-- I KNOW-- BUT 589 00:16:32,561 --> 00:16:33,940 SOME PEOPLE DON’T KNOW, WHAT IS 590 00:16:33,974 --> 00:16:35,685 THE "DIVINE NINE. 591 00:16:35,719 --> 00:16:38,415 THE DIVINE NINE ARE NINE 592 00:16:38,450 --> 00:16:40,754 BLACK GREEK LETTER 593 00:16:40,788 --> 00:16:42,019 ORGANIZATIONS, FIVE 594 00:16:42,054 --> 00:16:43,478 FRATERNITIES, FOUR SORORITIES. 595 00:16:43,513 --> 00:16:47,734 PICTURE IT LIKE THE HOUSES 596 00:16:47,769 --> 00:16:50,250 FROM "HARRY POTTER," EXCEPT THIS 597 00:16:50,252 --> 00:16:52,542 TIME WITH BLACK MINORITIES. 598 00:16:52,543 --> 00:16:55,495 A WHOLE WE FOCUSED ON GIVING 599 00:16:55,529 --> 00:16:57,603 BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES. 600 00:16:57,638 --> 00:17:00,331 YOU DON’T STOP SERVING YOUR 601 00:17:00,332 --> 00:17:01,678 UNDERGRADS, AND, HONEY, YOU WILL 602 00:17:01,679 --> 00:17:03,287 STILL BE A MEMBER WHEN YOU DIE. 603 00:17:03,321 --> 00:17:04,765 A LIFETIME COMMITMENT. 604 00:17:04,766 --> 00:17:06,456 WHEN YOU SAY LIFE, YOU MEAN 605 00:17:06,457 --> 00:17:08,441 I’M BUILDING HUD HOUSES UNTIL 606 00:17:08,475 --> 00:17:10,157 THE DAY I DIE, IS THAT WHAT I’M 607 00:17:10,158 --> 00:17:10,386 DOING? 608 00:17:10,387 --> 00:17:11,974 THAT’S RIGHT. 609 00:17:11,975 --> 00:17:13,372 REALLY, EVEN COURT-ORDERED 610 00:17:13,406 --> 00:17:14,519 COMMUNITY SERVICE ENDS AT SOME 611 00:17:14,553 --> 00:17:15,181 POINT. 612 00:17:15,183 --> 00:17:17,308 BUT THE IDEA OF SERVING THE 613 00:17:17,309 --> 00:17:19,529 COMMUNITY HAS BEEN AT THE CORE 614 00:17:19,530 --> 00:17:21,413 OF DIVINE NINE SINCE THE EARLY 615 00:17:21,414 --> 00:17:23,177 1900s WHEN BLACK STUDENTS 616 00:17:23,212 --> 00:17:25,026 BARRED FROM WHITE FRATERNITIES 617 00:17:25,060 --> 00:17:26,883 AND SORORITY DECIDED ( BLEEP ) 618 00:17:26,884 --> 00:17:29,216 YOU, WE WILL DO OUR OWN THING. 619 00:17:29,217 --> 00:17:31,071 IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1908 ON THE 620 00:17:31,072 --> 00:17:32,497 CAMPUS OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY, AND 621 00:17:32,498 --> 00:17:33,821 THAT IS THE VERY SAME CHAPTER 622 00:17:33,856 --> 00:17:34,598 THAT OUR VICE PRESIDENT WAS 623 00:17:34,633 --> 00:17:35,661 INITIATED INTO. 624 00:17:35,696 --> 00:17:37,993 SO EDUCATED BLACK WOMEN 625 00:17:38,027 --> 00:17:39,788 GATHERING IN THE EARLY 1900s, 626 00:17:39,789 --> 00:17:41,721 AND NOBODY GOT ARRESTED? 627 00:17:41,755 --> 00:17:44,717 WELL, NO ONE GOT ARRESTED. 628 00:17:44,751 --> 00:17:46,776 BUT THERE WAS RESISTANCE FROM 629 00:17:46,811 --> 00:17:47,775 THE ADMINISTRATION OF HOWARD 630 00:17:47,777 --> 00:17:48,641 UNIVERSITY. 631 00:17:48,675 --> 00:17:51,597 I’M SORRY, YOU’RE TELLING ME 632 00:17:51,599 --> 00:17:55,014 THAT A HISTORICALLY BLACK 633 00:17:55,015 --> 00:17:58,013 COLLEGE DID NOT WANT BLACK WOMEN 634 00:17:58,014 --> 00:18:01,231 STUDENTS TO ORGANIZE AS A GROUP. 635 00:18:01,265 --> 00:18:02,910 WELL, THERE’S SOMETHING 636 00:18:02,945 --> 00:18:06,112 CALLED, YOU KNOW, SEXISM. 637 00:18:06,113 --> 00:18:08,952 AND NEVER FORGET ABOUT THE 638 00:18:08,953 --> 00:18:09,698 MISOGYNY. 639 00:18:09,699 --> 00:18:11,093 MISOGYNY BE DAMNED, THE 640 00:18:11,095 --> 00:18:12,701 SORORITIES CONTINUED TO GROW, 641 00:18:12,736 --> 00:18:14,678 AND SO DID THEIR DEMAND. 642 00:18:14,712 --> 00:18:16,985 THE VERY FIRST ACT OF THE 643 00:18:16,986 --> 00:18:19,128 DELTAS COMING TOGETHER IN 1913 644 00:18:19,162 --> 00:18:21,283 WAS THE MARCH IN THE FAMOUS 645 00:18:21,318 --> 00:18:22,452 WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE PARADE IN 646 00:18:22,453 --> 00:18:23,631 WASHINGTON, D.C. WE KNEW THAT 647 00:18:23,665 --> 00:18:25,303 SOME OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THAT 648 00:18:25,304 --> 00:18:27,094 MARCH WANTED BLACK WOMEN TO BE 649 00:18:27,096 --> 00:18:28,729 SEGREGATED AND MARCH IN THE 650 00:18:28,763 --> 00:18:29,769 BACK, BUT BLACK WOMEN REFUSED TO 651 00:18:29,804 --> 00:18:31,174 DO THAT. 652 00:18:31,208 --> 00:18:33,635 THAT’S A WEIRD KIND OF 653 00:18:33,637 --> 00:18:35,454 PARADOX THAT BLACK WOMEN LIVE 654 00:18:35,488 --> 00:18:37,392 IN, WHEN IT’S, "I’M GOING TO A 655 00:18:37,426 --> 00:18:39,564 BLACK COLLEGE, BUT THEY DON’T 656 00:18:39,566 --> 00:18:40,821 WANT US TO ORGANIZE. 657 00:18:40,823 --> 00:18:43,777 AND THEN AS A WOMAN, I’M TRYING 658 00:18:43,812 --> 00:18:45,365 TO GET THE WHITE VOTE, BUT 659 00:18:45,399 --> 00:18:47,063 BECAUSE I’M DEALING WITH WHITE 660 00:18:47,064 --> 00:18:48,608 WOMEN I HAVE TO DEAL WITH US 661 00:18:48,609 --> 00:18:49,430 BEING SEGREGATED." 662 00:18:49,431 --> 00:18:52,432 SO WE SIT HERE AND SAY, 663 00:18:52,434 --> 00:18:55,102 ♪ WHO IS GOING TO HATE US TODAY 664 00:18:55,103 --> 00:18:56,332 THESE WOMEN COULD HAVE STUCK 665 00:18:56,333 --> 00:18:59,430 WITH HIGH TEAS BUT THEY’RE OUT 666 00:18:59,465 --> 00:19:00,771 IN THE STREET DEMANDING 667 00:19:00,773 --> 00:19:01,883 ANTILYNCHING LEGISLATION AND 668 00:19:01,917 --> 00:19:03,628 MARCHING FOR FAIR JOBS AND 669 00:19:03,663 --> 00:19:04,556 VOTING RIGHTS. 670 00:19:04,557 --> 00:19:08,098 AGAIN, THE LIST OF MEN AND WOMEN 671 00:19:08,133 --> 00:19:10,948 OF DIVINE NINE READ LIKE BLACK 672 00:19:10,949 --> 00:19:12,758 FOLK TRADING CARDS: 673 00:19:12,792 --> 00:19:14,059 SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, BARBARA 674 00:19:14,093 --> 00:19:14,880 GORDON. 675 00:19:14,881 --> 00:19:18,016 TONY MORRISON, U.S. 676 00:19:18,017 --> 00:19:19,646 REPRESENTATIVE LAUREN UNDERWOOD, 677 00:19:19,647 --> 00:19:21,636 CORETTA SCOTT KING. 678 00:19:21,637 --> 00:19:23,544 REVEREND JESSE JACKSON. 679 00:19:23,545 --> 00:19:25,159 █ç THE REVEREND WARNOCK. 680 00:19:25,192 --> 00:19:26,868 YOU HAVE SEEN US AND DIDN’T 681 00:19:26,869 --> 00:19:28,691 KNOW YOU WERE TALKING TO US. 682 00:19:28,693 --> 00:19:29,900 THE DIVINE NINE HAVE PEOPLE 683 00:19:29,901 --> 00:19:32,193 IN THE WHITE HOUSE, HAS PEOPLE 684 00:19:32,228 --> 00:19:34,964 IN THE MEDIA, AND HAS BEEN 685 00:19:34,965 --> 00:19:38,575 BEHIND EVERY SOCIAL MOVEMENT 686 00:19:38,576 --> 00:19:40,813 SINCE THE EARLY 1900s. 687 00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:43,541 LISTEN, THIS IS A SAFE SPACE. 688 00:19:43,576 --> 00:19:46,483 YOU CAN TELL ME. 689 00:19:46,518 --> 00:19:48,428 ARE YOU ALL THE█ç BLACK 690 00:19:48,429 --> 00:19:49,533 ILLUMINATI? 691 00:19:49,568 --> 00:19:51,241 ( LAUGHTER ). 692 00:19:51,242 --> 00:19:55,036 I KNOW YOU CAN’T TELL ME, RIGHT, 693 00:19:55,071 --> 00:19:56,186 BUT GIVE ME A... 694 00:19:56,187 --> 00:19:56,723 OR... 695 00:19:56,724 --> 00:19:58,517 I’M STAYING OUT OF THIS 696 00:19:58,551 --> 00:19:58,940 CONVERSATION. 697 00:19:58,941 --> 00:20:00,597 WE DON’T HAVE TO BE SEEN TO 698 00:20:00,599 --> 00:20:01,066 SERVE. 699 00:20:01,068 --> 00:20:02,209 YEAH! 700 00:20:02,210 --> 00:20:03,689 THAT’S WHAT THE ILLUMINATI IS, 701 00:20:03,691 --> 00:20:04,027 GIRL. 702 00:20:04,028 --> 00:20:05,130 THEY’RE OUT HERE WORKING AND YOU 703 00:20:05,131 --> 00:20:06,335 CAN’T SEE THEM. 704 00:20:06,337 --> 00:20:09,219 WE CAN’T CLAIM TO BE MEMBERS 705 00:20:09,221 --> 00:20:10,763 OF THE BLACK ILLUMINATI. 706 00:20:10,797 --> 00:20:13,576 I THINK WHAT YOU’RE SEEING IS 707 00:20:13,578 --> 00:20:15,319 WHAT WE’VE SEEN FOR OVER 708 00:20:15,354 --> 00:20:16,563 100-PLUS YEARS-- WE’RE GROOMING 709 00:20:16,598 --> 00:20:18,759 PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND IMPACT THE 710 00:20:18,794 --> 00:20:19,528 COMMUNITIES THAT THEY CARE 711 00:20:19,529 --> 00:20:19,679 ABOUT. 712 00:20:19,713 --> 00:20:20,757 OKAY, FINE. 713 00:20:20,758 --> 00:20:23,967 THESE GROUPS, WHICH THE NETWORK 714 00:20:24,001 --> 00:20:26,363 INSISTS I CANNOT CALL "THE BLACK 715 00:20:26,397 --> 00:20:28,252 ILLUMINATI" HAS SPENT OVER A 716 00:20:28,286 --> 00:20:29,481 CENTURY TO PREPARE BLACK WOMEN 717 00:20:29,516 --> 00:20:31,580 TO RUN SHIT, SO OF COURSE IT’S A 718 00:20:31,581 --> 00:20:32,705 BIG DEAL THAT ONE OF THEIR 719 00:20:32,706 --> 00:20:34,020 NUMBERS IS NOW SECOND IN THE 720 00:20:34,022 --> 00:20:35,802 LINE TO RUN THE COUNTRY. 721 00:20:35,803 --> 00:20:37,449 I THINK LITTLE BROWN GIRLS 722 00:20:37,450 --> 00:20:38,807 LIKE MYSELF GREW UP, YOU KNOW, 723 00:20:38,809 --> 00:20:40,079 IMAGINING PEOPLE IN THE WHITE 724 00:20:40,113 --> 00:20:42,144 HOUSE LOOKING LIKE ME, BUT TO 725 00:20:42,179 --> 00:20:43,314 HAVE THE TRUE EXAMPLE, IT’S JUST 726 00:20:43,348 --> 00:20:43,830 AMAZING. 727 00:20:43,864 --> 00:20:45,908 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN 728 00:20:45,943 --> 00:20:48,481 SEEDING THE SOIL OF THIS COUNTRY 729 00:20:48,482 --> 00:20:50,057 FOR SO LONG, HOPING THAT WE’LL 730 00:20:50,059 --> 00:20:51,114 SEE SOMETHING BLOOM. 731 00:20:51,149 --> 00:20:53,075 BUT WE NEVER KNEW IF IT WAS 732 00:20:53,109 --> 00:20:53,998 GOING TO. 733 00:20:53,999 --> 00:20:56,711 WE DIDN’T KNOW IF IT DID, IF 734 00:20:56,746 --> 00:20:58,232 SOMEONE WOULD JUST UPROOT IT. 735 00:20:58,234 --> 00:21:00,168 BUT NOW WITH VICE PRESIDENT 736 00:21:00,202 --> 00:21:01,478 KAMALA HARRIS, WE SEE A FUTURE 737 00:21:01,512 --> 00:21:02,224 THAT’S EMBODIED. 738 00:21:02,259 --> 00:21:04,807 WE SEE THE RESULTS OF ALL OF 739 00:21:04,809 --> 00:21:05,998 THAT WORK AND BLOOD, SWEAT, AND 740 00:21:06,033 --> 00:21:06,283 TEARS. 741 00:21:06,317 --> 00:21:07,051 ABSOLUTELY. 742 00:21:07,085 --> 00:21:08,931 I AM JUST-- I LOVE YOU. 743 00:21:08,965 --> 00:21:10,325 LET ME JUST SAY I LOVE-- 744 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:11,579 I LOVE YOU BACK. 745 00:21:11,580 --> 00:21:14,009 IT’S REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL 746 00:21:14,011 --> 00:21:16,590 TO BE ABLE TO SHARE, EVEN THIS 747 00:21:16,591 --> 00:21:17,580 MOMENT WITH THESE LADIES RIGHT 748 00:21:17,614 --> 00:21:18,238 NOW. 749 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,707 IT’S AN EXTENSION OF KAMALA 750 00:21:20,741 --> 00:21:21,768 HARRIS. 751 00:21:21,803 --> 00:21:25,017 WHAT WE HAVE KNOWN FOR CENTURIES 752 00:21:25,018 --> 00:21:26,095 ABOUT BLACK WOMEN. 753 00:21:26,130 --> 00:21:28,191 WE HAVE LED THE WAY. 754 00:21:28,225 --> 00:21:29,715 AND I THINK IT’S A MOMENT FOR 755 00:21:29,750 --> 00:21:30,135 US. 756 00:21:30,169 --> 00:21:31,637 THE STORY OF KAMALA HARRIS 757 00:21:31,638 --> 00:21:33,651 AND THE STORY OF THE WOMEN OF 758 00:21:33,686 --> 00:21:36,236 THE DIVINE NINE BOILS DOWN TO 759 00:21:36,271 --> 00:21:37,827 ONE LESSON AMERICA KEEPS 760 00:21:37,828 --> 00:21:40,289 FORGETTING: WE’VE BEEN OUT HERE. 761 00:21:40,323 --> 00:21:41,810 I’M TALKING ABOUT ALL BLACK 762 00:21:41,845 --> 00:21:43,507 WOMEN, INCLUDING THOSE IN A 763 00:21:43,509 --> 00:21:44,907 GROUP WHOSE WORK MAY SOUND LIKE 764 00:21:44,908 --> 00:21:45,480 A SECRET-- 765 00:21:45,514 --> 00:21:47,414 YOU’VE SEEN US AND YOU DIDN’T 766 00:21:47,415 --> 00:21:50,001 KNOW YOU WERE TALKING TO US. 767 00:21:50,036 --> 00:21:51,249 BUT ONLY BECAUSE Y’ALL 768 00:21:51,250 --> 00:21:53,293 HAVEN’T BEEN WATCHING. 769 00:21:53,295 --> 00:21:56,807 IT WORKS. 770 00:21:56,842 --> 00:22:00,267 Trevor: THANK YOU SO MUCH 771 00:22:00,268 --> 00:22:00,502 DULCE. 772 00:22:00,536 --> 00:22:02,742 WHEN WE COME BACK, AUTHOR 773 00:22:02,744 --> 00:22:04,219 HEATHER McGHEE EXPLAINS WHY 774 00:22:04,220 --> 00:22:06,181 THE REAL COST OF RACISM ACTUALLY 775 00:22:06,182 --> 00:22:06,628 IS, AND I MEAN DOLLARS AND 776 00:22:09,996 --> 00:22:10,629 Trevor: WELCOME BACK TO "THE 777 00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:11,031 Trevor: WELCOME BACK TO "THE 778 00:22:11,032 --> 00:22:11,489 DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW." 779 00:22:11,523 --> 00:22:12,329 EARLIER TODAY, I SPOKE WITH 780 00:22:12,363 --> 00:22:13,237 AUTHOR AND ECONOMIC POLICY 781 00:22:13,238 --> 00:22:14,368 ANALYST, HEATHER MCGHEE. 782 00:22:14,370 --> 00:22:16,561 WE TALKED ABOUT HER NEW BOOK, 783 00:22:16,595 --> 00:22:17,489 WHICH EXPLORES HOW RACISM 784 00:22:17,524 --> 00:22:19,814 AFFECTS THE ECONOMY AND IMPACTS 785 00:22:19,815 --> 00:22:20,991 ALL AMERICANS. 786 00:22:20,992 --> 00:22:22,441 HEATHERMcGHEE, WELCOME TO 787 00:22:22,442 --> 00:22:23,475 "THE DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING 788 00:22:23,510 --> 00:22:23,929 SHOW." 789 00:22:23,930 --> 00:22:25,044 THANK YOU. 790 00:22:25,078 --> 00:22:26,899 I’M SO GLAD TO BE WITH YOU. 791 00:22:26,900 --> 00:22:28,083 Trevor: I’M SO EXCITED FOR 792 00:22:28,084 --> 00:22:29,299 THIS CONVERSATION. 793 00:22:29,300 --> 00:22:30,776 YOU CANNOT EVEN UNDERSTAND. 794 00:22:30,777 --> 00:22:32,688 I’M EXCITED BECAUSE THIS IS A 795 00:22:32,690 --> 00:22:34,632 CONCEPT THAT I HAVE BEEN 796 00:22:34,667 --> 00:22:35,979 PREACHING TO MY FRIENDS AND 797 00:22:35,980 --> 00:22:38,111 ANYONE WHO IS WITHIN EAR SHOT OF 798 00:22:38,112 --> 00:22:40,121 ME FOR, LIKE, THE LAST FIVE, 799 00:22:40,122 --> 00:22:42,606 SIX, SEVEN YEARS OF MY LIFE. 800 00:22:42,641 --> 00:22:44,976 BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME NOR 801 00:22:44,977 --> 00:22:46,814 THE COMMITMENT TO DO ANY OF THE 802 00:22:46,815 --> 00:22:47,856 RESEARCH TO BACK UP ANY OF MY 803 00:22:47,891 --> 00:22:48,343 CLAIMS. 804 00:22:48,377 --> 00:22:51,662 AND MY CLAIMS ARE SIMPLE: NUMBER 805 00:22:51,663 --> 00:22:53,537 ONE, I BELIEVE THAT RACISM COSTS 806 00:22:53,538 --> 00:22:54,284 EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY WHITE 807 00:22:54,285 --> 00:22:55,808 PEOPLE, A LOT OF MONEY. 808 00:22:55,842 --> 00:22:56,855 AND IT COSTS ALL OF SOCIETY 809 00:22:56,856 --> 00:22:57,304 MONEY. 810 00:22:57,339 --> 00:22:59,713 AND I’VE ALWAYS SAID TO ME THAT 811 00:22:59,748 --> 00:23:01,292 RACISM IS ONE OF THE CRAZIEST 812 00:23:01,326 --> 00:23:03,380 CONCEPTS TO ME BECAUSE IT CAUSES 813 00:23:03,414 --> 00:23:05,784 THE PEOPLE WHO OFTENTIMES HARBOR 814 00:23:05,818 --> 00:23:07,643 THE BELIEF TO HURT THEMSELVES. 815 00:23:07,644 --> 00:23:09,396 SO, I WELCOME YOU TO THE SHOW 816 00:23:09,397 --> 00:23:10,274 BECAUSE YOU’VE DONE THE WORK 817 00:23:10,308 --> 00:23:11,452 BEHIND THIS. 818 00:23:11,486 --> 00:23:14,408 YOU’VE ACTUALLY DONE THE DATA 819 00:23:14,409 --> 00:23:17,483 SCIENCE . BEHIND IT, AND YOU’VE 820 00:23:17,484 --> 00:23:18,982 WRITTEN THE TOOK ENTITLED "THE 821 00:23:18,983 --> 00:23:19,790 SUM OF US." 822 00:23:19,791 --> 00:23:21,571 TELL US WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT 823 00:23:21,572 --> 00:23:22,489 AND WHY THAT TITLE IS SO 824 00:23:22,523 --> 00:23:22,817 IMPORTANT. 825 00:23:22,851 --> 00:23:24,308 I WROTE THIS BOOK BECAUSE 826 00:23:24,309 --> 00:23:26,108 AFTER NEARLY 20 YEARS OF TRYING 827 00:23:26,143 --> 00:23:27,352 TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO ECONOMIC 828 00:23:27,353 --> 00:23:28,637 INEQUALITY, AND OUR BIG PROBLEMS 829 00:23:28,671 --> 00:23:30,275 IN SOCIETY, I KEPT RUNNING UP 830 00:23:30,276 --> 00:23:31,510 AGAINST A WALL. 831 00:23:31,511 --> 00:23:33,626 AND I KEPT ASKING MYSELF, "OKAY, 832 00:23:33,661 --> 00:23:35,628 WHY CAN’T WE JUST SEEM TO HAVE 833 00:23:35,663 --> 00:23:37,178 NICE THINGS?" 834 00:23:37,179 --> 00:23:40,640 AND BY "NICE THINGS" I DON’T 835 00:23:40,675 --> 00:23:42,596 MEAN HOVER CRAFT OR LAUNDRY THAT 836 00:23:42,630 --> 00:23:43,660 DOES ITSELF. 837 00:23:43,695 --> 00:23:47,350 I MEAN UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, 838 00:23:47,351 --> 00:23:49,499 PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS TO HANDLE 839 00:23:49,534 --> 00:23:51,103 PANDEMICS, RELIABLE 840 00:23:51,104 --> 00:23:53,254 INFRASTRUCTURE IN A COUNTRY WITH 841 00:23:53,255 --> 00:23:54,079 SO MUCH WEALTH. 842 00:23:54,081 --> 00:23:55,581 I IMMERSED MYSELF IN THE 843 00:23:55,615 --> 00:23:57,555 RESEARCH AND IT TURNS OUT THAT 844 00:23:57,590 --> 00:24:00,804 RACISM IS AT THE CORE OF ALL OF 845 00:24:00,805 --> 00:24:01,987 OUR MOST-VEXING PUBLIC PROBLEMS. 846 00:24:01,989 --> 00:24:03,579 Trevor: AS I’VE TRAVELED 847 00:24:03,581 --> 00:24:04,324 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THE 848 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:05,694 COUNTRIES WHERE THEY HAVE THE 849 00:24:05,729 --> 00:24:07,185 MOST FAIR IDEAS ARE THE 850 00:24:07,186 --> 00:24:09,340 COUNTRIES WHERE THEY ALSO HAVE 851 00:24:09,375 --> 00:24:10,302 THE MOST HOMOGENOUS POPULATIONS, 852 00:24:10,337 --> 00:24:11,297 WHERE THEY BELIEVE EVERYONE 853 00:24:11,331 --> 00:24:12,204 SHOULD HAVE BECAUSE EVERYONE IS 854 00:24:12,238 --> 00:24:12,828 LIKE ME. 855 00:24:12,862 --> 00:24:14,386 IT FEELS LIKE IT IS EASIER FOR 856 00:24:14,421 --> 00:24:16,211 PEOPLE TO NOT BELIEVE THAT LIFE 857 00:24:16,245 --> 00:24:18,221 IS A ZERO-SUM GAME WHEN THEY 858 00:24:18,256 --> 00:24:19,170 THINK THAT EVERYBODY IS 859 00:24:19,204 --> 00:24:20,037 BENEFITING BECAUSE EVERYBODY 860 00:24:20,038 --> 00:24:20,676 SHOULD BENEFIT. 861 00:24:20,711 --> 00:24:22,492 TALK ME THROUGH SOME OF THAT AND 862 00:24:22,494 --> 00:24:23,314 WHAT YOU DISCOVERED IN YOUR 863 00:24:23,315 --> 00:24:23,775 RESEARCH. 864 00:24:23,776 --> 00:24:25,070 THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. 865 00:24:25,104 --> 00:24:27,892 THE BOOK IS CALLED "THE SUM OF 866 00:24:27,926 --> 00:24:30,304 US" BECAUSE AT ITS CORE, WHEN WE 867 00:24:30,338 --> 00:24:32,706 SAY "RACISM" IT’S THE WORLD VIEW 868 00:24:32,740 --> 00:24:34,223 THAT OUR SOCIETY IS A ZERO-SUM 869 00:24:34,224 --> 00:24:35,626 GAME, THAT PROGRESS FOR PEOPLE 870 00:24:35,628 --> 00:24:37,741 OF COLOR HAS TO COME AT THE 871 00:24:37,742 --> 00:24:39,504 EXPENSE OF WHITE PEOPLE. 872 00:24:39,505 --> 00:24:42,326 A DOLLAR IN OUR POCKET HAS TO 873 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:44,295 MEAN A DOLLAR LESS IN THEIRS. 874 00:24:44,296 --> 00:24:45,733 AND, OF COURSE, ECONOMICALLY, 875 00:24:45,735 --> 00:24:47,161 THAT’S JUST NOT TRUE. 876 00:24:47,163 --> 00:24:48,783 JUST LAST YEAR, CITIGROUP FOUND 877 00:24:48,784 --> 00:24:50,564 OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, THE 878 00:24:50,565 --> 00:24:51,780 RACIAL ECONOMIC DIVIDES-- WHICH 879 00:24:51,814 --> 00:24:53,964 ARE HERE BECAUSE OF POLICY, PAST 880 00:24:53,966 --> 00:24:55,879 AND PRESENT-- COST THIS COUNTRY 881 00:24:55,881 --> 00:24:56,747 $16 TRILLION. 882 00:24:56,748 --> 00:24:59,037 BUT I KEPT HEARING IT ACROSS THE 883 00:24:59,071 --> 00:25:00,004 COUNTRY, WHEN I TALKED TO 884 00:25:00,037 --> 00:25:00,360 PEOPLE. 885 00:25:00,361 --> 00:25:02,470 I WENT TO MISSISSIPPI, AND 886 00:25:02,472 --> 00:25:04,660 TALKED TO A FACTORY WORKER NAMED 887 00:25:04,661 --> 00:25:06,773 JOEY WHO EXPLAINED THAT HIS 888 00:25:06,774 --> 00:25:08,686 WHITE COWORKERS VOTED NO TO JOIN 889 00:25:08,688 --> 00:25:10,068 A UNION THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN 890 00:25:10,069 --> 00:25:12,476 THEM BETTER WAGES AND BENEFITS 891 00:25:12,477 --> 00:25:14,334 BECAUSE THE MENTALITY WAS, IF 892 00:25:14,335 --> 00:25:16,405 THE BLACKS ARE FOR IT, I’M 893 00:25:16,406 --> 00:25:18,086 AGAINST IT. 894 00:25:18,087 --> 00:25:20,629 THAT HAS BEEN THE OVER-ARCHING 895 00:25:20,630 --> 00:25:23,628 IDEOLOGY AND WORLD VIEW OF MANY, 896 00:25:23,662 --> 00:25:25,760 IF NOT MOST WHITE AMERICANS, 897 00:25:25,795 --> 00:25:27,325 ACCORDING TO THE PUBLIC OPINION 898 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:29,383 DATA, REALLY, PARTICULARLY, 899 00:25:29,384 --> 00:25:31,589 SINCE█ç THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMEN 900 00:25:31,624 --> 00:25:33,778 YOU KNOW, SORT OF FORCED THEM TO 901 00:25:33,779 --> 00:25:36,239 SHARE THE SPOILS OF A COUNTRY 902 00:25:36,241 --> 00:25:38,098 THAT USED TO BE BASICALLY THE 903 00:25:38,099 --> 00:25:40,146 BENEFITS WERE FOR WHITE ONLY. 904 00:25:40,147 --> 00:25:42,097 Trevor: YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE 905 00:25:42,098 --> 00:25:43,856 RUN THINK TANKS AND YOU’VE 906 00:25:43,857 --> 00:25:45,023 WORKED IN THE WORLD OF JUST 907 00:25:45,025 --> 00:25:46,427 LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS. 908 00:25:46,429 --> 00:25:49,573 BUT FOR THIS BOOK, YOU COMBINE 909 00:25:49,575 --> 00:25:50,978 THE NUMBERS WITH THE PERSONAL 910 00:25:50,979 --> 00:25:51,680 STORIES. 911 00:25:51,681 --> 00:25:54,086 WHQTD!METHOD TO GET A PERSON TO 912 00:25:54,087 --> 00:25:55,340 UNDERSTAND THAT RACISM IS 913 00:25:55,341 --> 00:25:57,586 COSTING THEM MONEY, EVEN THOUGH 914 00:25:57,620 --> 00:25:58,923 THEY’RE THE ONE BEING RACIST? 915 00:25:58,958 --> 00:26:02,556 YOU KNOW, IT CALLS TO MIND A 916 00:26:02,557 --> 00:26:04,211 VISIT I HAD WITH A WOMAN NAMED 917 00:26:04,246 --> 00:26:04,846 BRIDGIT. 918 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,256 THISTHIS IS A WHITE WOMAN WHO SP 919 00:26:08,257 --> 00:26:11,609 HER WHOLE LIFE WORKING IN FAST 920 00:26:11,611 --> 00:26:13,671 FOOD, LIVING IN KANSAS CITY. 921 00:26:13,673 --> 00:26:16,120 AND SHE BOUGHT THE US VERSUS 922 00:26:16,121 --> 00:26:17,337 THEM, PEOPLE IN THE INNER CITY 923 00:26:17,338 --> 00:26:19,085 STORY, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I 924 00:26:19,086 --> 00:26:21,239 THINK, IN MANY WAYS, SHE 925 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,095 ACTUALLY DIDN’T BELIEVE THAT SHE 926 00:26:23,129 --> 00:26:24,584 HERSELF-- MINIMUM WAGE WORK-- 927 00:26:24,618 --> 00:26:26,668 WAS EVER GOING TO BE WORTH MORE 928 00:26:26,670 --> 00:26:27,830 THAN $7.25 AN HOUR. 929 00:26:27,831 --> 00:26:29,837 BUT SHE WAS APPROACHED BY 930 00:26:29,872 --> 00:26:32,248 WORKERS WHO WERE ORGANIZING WITH 931 00:26:32,282 --> 00:26:34,459 THE "FIGHT FOR 15--" $15 AN 932 00:26:34,460 --> 00:26:36,622 HOUR-- AND SHE WENT TO THE FIRST 933 00:26:36,623 --> 00:26:37,353 ORGANIZING MEETING. 934 00:26:37,354 --> 00:26:40,084 SHE SAW A LATINA WOMAN STAND UP 935 00:26:40,118 --> 00:26:41,373 AND DESCRIBE HER LIFE-- HER BAD 936 00:26:41,407 --> 00:26:42,726 PLUMBING IN HER APARTMENT, 937 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:43,798 HAVING THREE KIDS AND FEELING 938 00:26:43,832 --> 00:26:44,463 TRAPPED. 939 00:26:44,464 --> 00:26:46,713 AND SHE SAID, "I SAW MYSELF IN 940 00:26:46,714 --> 00:26:47,045 HER." 941 00:26:47,047 --> 00:26:49,161 AND BRIDGIT CAME TO REALIZE IT 942 00:26:49,196 --> 00:26:50,428 WASN’T A ZERO-SUM GAME. 943 00:26:50,430 --> 00:26:52,597 AS SHE SAID, BLACK, WHITE, OR 944 00:26:52,598 --> 00:26:54,328 BROWN, IT’S NOT US VERSUS THEM. 945 00:26:54,330 --> 00:26:56,396 FOR ME TO COME UP, YOU HAVE TO 946 00:26:56,398 --> 00:26:57,591 COME UP, TOO. 947 00:26:57,592 --> 00:26:59,348 SHE SAID AS LONG AS WE’RE 948 00:26:59,349 --> 00:27:00,392 DIVIDE, WE’RE CONQUERED. 949 00:27:00,393 --> 00:27:01,498 AND THAT MOVEMENT, THE 950 00:27:01,499 --> 00:27:02,890 CROSS-RACIAL FIGHT FOR 15 HAS 951 00:27:02,924 --> 00:27:05,901 BEEN UNLOCKING WHAT I BEGAN TO 952 00:27:05,903 --> 00:27:07,193 CALL THE SOLIDARITY DIVIDENDS, 953 00:27:07,195 --> 00:27:09,463 THESE GAINS WE CAN ACHIEVE, BUT 954 00:27:09,464 --> 00:27:11,490 ONLY WHEN WE LINK ARMS TOGETHER 955 00:27:11,492 --> 00:27:12,953 ACROSS RACE-- HIGHER WAGES, 956 00:27:12,987 --> 00:27:14,201 CLEANER AIR, BETTER FUNDED 957 00:27:14,235 --> 00:27:15,002 SCHOOLS-- FOR EVERYONE. 958 00:27:15,003 --> 00:27:16,448 Trevor: IN AMERICA, ONE OF 959 00:27:16,449 --> 00:27:18,087 THE THINGS THAT INTRIGUED ME THE 960 00:27:18,088 --> 00:27:20,035 MOST BECAUSE IT WAS SIMILAR TO 961 00:27:20,036 --> 00:27:21,566 SOUTH AFRICA WAS THE STORY OF 962 00:27:21,567 --> 00:27:23,745 THE PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS. 963 00:27:23,746 --> 00:27:25,725 YOU SEE, I EVEN HAVE STAND-UP 964 00:27:25,726 --> 00:27:27,697 BITS ABOUT THIS WHERE I WOULD 965 00:27:27,698 --> 00:27:29,822 SAY RACISM IS SUCH A POWERFUL 966 00:27:29,824 --> 00:27:31,279 DRUG, THAT IT WOULD MAKE WHITE 967 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:32,743 PEOPLE DRAIN SWIMMING POOLS, THE 968 00:27:32,744 --> 00:27:34,353 THING THAT THEY LOVED MORE THAN 969 00:27:34,354 --> 00:27:35,579 ANYTHING, THEY DECIMATED THEM. 970 00:27:35,614 --> 00:27:37,189 YOU’VE USED THIS AS THE CENTER, 971 00:27:37,223 --> 00:27:38,152 YOU KNOW, LIKE THE THROUGH-LINE 972 00:27:38,187 --> 00:27:40,056 TO THE BOOK AND THE TELLING OF 973 00:27:40,058 --> 00:27:41,019 THE STORY. 974 00:27:41,054 --> 00:27:43,617 WHY ARE PUBLIC POOLS THE PERFECT 975 00:27:43,618 --> 00:27:45,794 EXAMPLE OF HOW RACISM HURTS THE 976 00:27:45,795 --> 00:27:46,800 PEOPLE WHO OFTENTIMES ARE THE 977 00:27:46,801 --> 00:27:48,046 MOST RACIST. 978 00:27:48,048 --> 00:27:49,641 I WENT TO MONTGOMERY, 979 00:27:49,642 --> 00:27:51,818 ALABAMA, WHERE THERE IS THIS 980 00:27:51,819 --> 00:27:53,375 PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN 981 00:27:53,376 --> 00:27:55,362 CALLED OAK PARK. 982 00:27:55,364 --> 00:27:58,128 AND IT USED TO HAVE ONE OF THE 983 00:27:58,129 --> 00:27:59,649 NEARLY-2,000 GRAND RESORT-STYLE 984 00:27:59,650 --> 00:28:01,637 PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS THAT WERE 985 00:28:01,672 --> 00:28:03,205 BUILT IN THE 20s, 30s, AND 986 00:28:03,239 --> 00:28:05,649 40s, AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS 987 00:28:05,650 --> 00:28:07,549 JUST ONE LITTLE SYMBOL OF A BIG 988 00:28:07,550 --> 00:28:08,299 GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT TO 989 00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:09,264 EVERYONE HAVING A HIGH QUALITY 990 00:28:09,265 --> 00:28:09,882 OF LIFE. 991 00:28:09,917 --> 00:28:12,267 THIS IS WHEN THE SORT OF 992 00:28:12,269 --> 00:28:13,998 AMERICAN DREAM REALLY TOOK ROOT. 993 00:28:13,999 --> 00:28:16,061 THE SWIMMING POOL WAS PUBLIC. 994 00:28:16,095 --> 00:28:18,042 IT WAS FUNDED WITH TAX DOLLARS. 995 00:28:18,076 --> 00:28:19,847 AND, YET, IT WAS SEGREGATED. 996 00:28:19,848 --> 00:28:21,863 DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS 997 00:28:21,864 --> 00:28:23,402 MOVEMENT, BLACK FAMILIES SAID, 998 00:28:23,404 --> 00:28:25,027 "HEY, WHAT ABOUT US?" 999 00:28:25,060 --> 00:28:27,515 AND INSTEAD OF INTEGRATING IT, 1000 00:28:27,517 --> 00:28:29,747 THE TOWN OF MONTGOMERY CLOSED 1001 00:28:29,781 --> 00:28:34,216 THE SWIMMING POOL, DRAINED THE 1002 00:28:34,251 --> 00:28:37,319 PUBLIC POOL, FILLED IT IN, 1003 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:39,655 ACTUALLY CLOSED THE ENTIRE PARKS 1004 00:28:39,656 --> 00:28:40,706 AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 1005 00:28:40,707 --> 00:28:43,095 TREVOR, THEY EVEN SOLD OFF THE 1006 00:28:43,097 --> 00:28:45,006 ANIMALS IN THE ZOO 1007 00:28:45,007 --> 00:28:46,425 ( TREVOR LAUGHING ) 1008 00:28:46,459 --> 00:28:47,830 AND THEY KEPT IT CLOSED FOR A 1009 00:28:47,864 --> 00:28:48,417 DECADE. 1010 00:28:48,451 --> 00:28:49,306 THE ENTIRE 1960s. 1011 00:28:49,307 --> 00:28:50,441 Trevor: IT’S WILD. 1012 00:28:50,475 --> 00:28:51,761 IT’S WILD! 1013 00:28:51,795 --> 00:28:53,833 BUT IT IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF 1014 00:28:53,868 --> 00:28:55,208 THE WAY THAT RACISM HAS A COST 1015 00:28:55,242 --> 00:28:55,980 FOR EVERYONE. 1016 00:28:56,015 --> 00:28:57,962 IT FEELS LIKE IN AMERICA, EVER 1017 00:28:57,963 --> 00:28:59,658 SINCE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1018 00:28:59,659 --> 00:29:01,439 WE’VE ALL BEEN SORT OF DEALING 1019 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,727 WITH LIVING IN THE BOTTOM OF A 1020 00:29:02,729 --> 00:29:03,909 DRAINED POOL. 1021 00:29:03,910 --> 00:29:07,248 IT FEELS LIKE SINCE THEN-- AND 1022 00:29:07,249 --> 00:29:09,745 THE EVIDENCE BEARS THIS OUT-- WE 1023 00:29:09,747 --> 00:29:11,459 HAVE SEEN WHITE PEOPLE WITH 1024 00:29:11,461 --> 00:29:13,834 THEIR VOTES TURN THEIR BACKS ON 1025 00:29:13,835 --> 00:29:15,005 THE FORMULA THAT CREATED THE 1026 00:29:15,006 --> 00:29:16,643 GREAT MIDDLE CLASS, THAT WOULD 1027 00:29:16,645 --> 00:29:18,044 HAVE MADE ALL OF OUR LIVES 1028 00:29:18,045 --> 00:29:19,785 BETTER, BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE 1029 00:29:19,786 --> 00:29:21,865 TO SHARE IT WITH PEOPLE THEY’D 1030 00:29:21,866 --> 00:29:23,633 BEEN TAUGHT-- AND THAT’S THE 1031 00:29:23,667 --> 00:29:25,396 KEY, THAT THEY’D BEEN TAUGHT-- 1032 00:29:25,431 --> 00:29:27,606 TO DISDAIN AND DISTRUST. 1033 00:29:27,607 --> 00:29:29,606 Trevor: YOU KNOW WHAT I 1034 00:29:29,607 --> 00:29:31,417 ALSO ENJOYED ABOUT THE BOOK 1035 00:29:31,418 --> 00:29:32,909 SULAY OUT THE POSSIBILITIES. 1036 00:29:32,911 --> 00:29:34,243 YOU LAY OUT THE CONVERSATIONS 1037 00:29:34,245 --> 00:29:36,349 THAT NEED TO BE HAD. 1038 00:29:36,384 --> 00:29:37,996 AND YOU LAY OUT ALL THE ECONOMIC 1039 00:29:38,030 --> 00:29:38,327 BENEFITS. 1040 00:29:38,328 --> 00:29:40,419 BEFORE I LET YOU GO, ONE OF THE 1041 00:29:40,453 --> 00:29:41,894 INTERESTING THINGS YOU PROPOSE 1042 00:29:41,928 --> 00:29:43,568 IS HAVING SOME SORT OF TRUTH AND 1043 00:29:43,569 --> 00:29:44,254 RECONCILIATION COMMISSION WHERE 1044 00:29:44,289 --> 00:29:45,431 PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS. 1045 00:29:45,432 --> 00:29:48,484 AS A SOUTH AFRICAN I SAW THE 1046 00:29:48,518 --> 00:29:50,566 BENEFITS AND I’VE ALSO SEEN THE 1047 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:51,919 SHORTCOMINGS OF NOT DOING 1048 00:29:51,953 --> 00:29:54,169 SOMETHING POST THE CONVERSATION. 1049 00:29:54,170 --> 00:29:55,958 WALK ME THROUGH WHY YOU THINK 1050 00:29:55,992 --> 00:29:57,754 AMERICA WOULD BENEFIT FROM 1051 00:29:57,789 --> 00:29:59,400 HAVING SOME SORT OF TRUTH AND 1052 00:29:59,401 --> 00:29:59,777 RECONCILIATION COMMISSION? 1053 00:29:59,778 --> 00:30:01,934 SO WE HAVE A COUNTRY-- THE 1054 00:30:01,968 --> 00:30:05,846 UNITED STATES WAS BORN WITH THIS 1055 00:30:05,848 --> 00:30:08,774 VIEW OF A ZERO-SUM RACIAL 1056 00:30:08,809 --> 00:30:10,233 HIERARCHY BUILT INTO THE 1057 00:30:10,267 --> 00:30:11,762 ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION FOR 1058 00:30:11,763 --> 00:30:12,845 STOLEN LAND, STOLEN PEOPLE, 1059 00:30:12,879 --> 00:30:13,881 STOLEN LABOR. 1060 00:30:13,882 --> 00:30:15,873 THIS IS A VERY OLD IDEA. 1061 00:30:15,908 --> 00:30:17,216 AND, YET, WE’VE NEVER GOTTEN ON 1062 00:30:17,217 --> 00:30:18,778 THE SAME PAGE ABOUT OUR HISTORY. 1063 00:30:18,779 --> 00:30:20,583 SO I THINK IT’S NOT POSSIBLE FOR 1064 00:30:20,618 --> 00:30:22,567 US TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD IF 1065 00:30:22,601 --> 00:30:24,118 WE’RE STILL CONTESTING THE BASIC 1066 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:25,665 FACTS ABOUT OUR HISTORY, AND 1067 00:30:25,699 --> 00:30:26,574 EVEN OUR PRESENT. 1068 00:30:26,576 --> 00:30:28,356 SO, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO HAVE A 1069 00:30:28,357 --> 00:30:29,619 SORT OF TRUTH EFFORT. 1070 00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:30,857 BUT IT CAN’T JUST BE A 1071 00:30:30,859 --> 00:30:32,540 COMMISSION IN WASHINGTON. 1072 00:30:32,542 --> 00:30:35,462 WHAT’S SO EXCITING TO ME IS THAT 1073 00:30:35,463 --> 00:30:36,593 IT’S HAPPENING AT THE COMMUNITY 1074 00:30:36,594 --> 00:30:36,846 LEVEL. 1075 00:30:36,848 --> 00:30:38,010 YOU’VE GOT TO TAKE ACTION, BUT 1076 00:30:38,044 --> 00:30:39,492 YOU ALSO HAVE TO START WITH 1077 00:30:39,493 --> 00:30:41,150 TELLING THE TRUTH, AND THAT’S 1078 00:30:41,184 --> 00:30:42,716 WHAT’S BEEN ROBBED FROM US. 1079 00:30:42,751 --> 00:30:45,664 OUR TRUTH IN THIS COUNTRY IS SO 1080 00:30:45,665 --> 00:30:47,277 MUCH MORE TERRIBLE BUT ALSO 1081 00:30:47,312 --> 00:30:48,583 BECAUSE OF THE OVERCOMING, SO 1082 00:30:48,584 --> 00:30:50,786 MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN WE’VE 1083 00:30:50,787 --> 00:30:52,303 BEEN ALLOWED TO TRULY KNOW. 1084 00:30:52,337 --> 00:30:53,286 Trevor: HOPEFULLY, READING 1085 00:30:53,287 --> 00:30:55,713 YOUR BOOK WILL BE THE FIRST 1086 00:30:55,714 --> 00:30:57,535 JURNO THAT-- FIRST PART OF THAT 1087 00:30:57,570 --> 00:30:58,532 JOURNEY, BECAUSE I THINK IT’S 1088 00:30:58,533 --> 00:30:58,764 INSIGHTFUL. 1089 00:30:58,765 --> 00:31:00,351 IT’S WONDERFUL. 1090 00:31:00,352 --> 00:31:02,597 IT IS OPTIMISTIC, BUT IT’S ALSO 1091 00:31:02,598 --> 00:31:03,599 TRUTHFUL AT THE SAME TIME. 1092 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:04,309 HEATHER McGHEE THANK YOU SO 1093 00:31:04,310 --> 00:31:05,821 MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME AND 1094 00:31:05,855 --> 00:31:06,457 CONGRATULATIONS ON A FANTASTIC 1095 00:31:06,458 --> 00:31:07,295 BOOK. 1096 00:31:07,329 --> 00:31:09,659 THANK YOU, TREVOR. 1097 00:31:09,693 --> 00:31:11,577 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1098 00:31:11,611 --> 00:31:12,681 Trevor: HEATHER’S BOOK, "THE 1099 00:31:12,715 --> 00:31:14,123 SUM OF US: WHAT RACISM COSTS 1100 00:31:14,125 --> 00:31:17,667 EVERYONE AND HOW WE CAN PROSPER 1101 00:31:17,668 --> 00:31:18,990 TOGETHER" IS AVAILABLE NOW. 1102 00:31:19,025 --> 00:31:20,108 OKAY, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A 1103 00:31:20,109 --> 00:31:21,851 QUICK BREAK, BUT WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS. 1104 00:31:23,982 --> 00:31:24,512 Trevor: THAT’S OUR SHOW FOR 1105 00:31:24,546 --> 00:31:25,485 TONIGHT, BUT BEFORE WE GO: 1106 00:31:25,487 --> 00:31:28,854 I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE 1107 00:31:28,888 --> 00:31:30,478 RUMORS AND ADMIT, YES, THEY ARE 1108 00:31:30,479 --> 00:31:32,296 "THE DAILY SHOW" IS LAUNCHING 1109 00:31:32,330 --> 00:31:33,022 OUR NEW MONOCHROME 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IS A GREAT 1115 00:31:40,291 --> 00:31:42,477 ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS TO END 1116 00:31:42,478 --> 00:31:44,205 MASS INCARCERATION, EXCESSIVE 1117 00:31:44,206 --> 00:31:46,919 PUNISHMENT, AND RACIAL 1118 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:47,323 INEQUALITY. 1119 00:31:47,357 --> 00:31:50,467 SO IF YOU WANT TO BAG SOME OF 1120 00:31:50,501 --> 00:31:56,568 THESE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO█ç IS 1121 00:31:56,603 --> 00:31:59,167 CHECK OUT THE Q.R. CODE BELOW. 1122 00:31:59,202 --> 00:32:00,468 OR HEAD TO 1123 00:32:00,503 --> 00:32:00,685 dailyshow.com/collection, 1124 00:32:00,719 --> 00:32:01,595 AND YOU CAN SUPPORT 1125 00:32:01,596 --> 00:32:02,762 E.J.I. AND LOOK FRESH, ALL AT 1126 00:32:02,763 --> 00:32:04,031 THE SAME TIME. 1127 00:32:04,032 --> 00:32:05,070 UNTIL TOMORROW, STAY SAFE OUT 1128 00:32:05,072 --> 00:32:06,195 THERE, WEAR A MASK, AND 1129 00:32:06,196 --> 00:32:07,556 REMEMBER, IF YOU DO SOMETHING 1130 00:32:07,590 --> 00:32:09,110 AND THINGS GO WRONG IN LIFE. 1131 00:32:09,144 --> 00:32:12,019 IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT. 1132 00:32:12,020 --> 00:32:12,841 IT’S A.O.C.’S FAULT. 1133 00:32:12,843 --> 00:32:13,747 NOW, HERE IT IS, YOUR MOMENT 1134 00:32:13,748 --> 00:32:14,145 OF ZEN. 1135 00:32:14,179 --> 00:32:15,488 WE’RE GOING TO GO TO A 1136 00:32:15,522 --> 00:32:16,408 BUSINESSMAN WITH A HEART OF 1137 00:32:16,443 --> 00:32:17,178 GOLD. 1138 00:32:17,180 --> 00:32:20,793 HE IS A HOUSTON LEGEND. 1139 00:32:20,828 --> 00:32:23,257 HE’S WARMING UP, HELPING 1140 00:32:23,258 --> 00:32:24,910 EVERYBODY STUCK IN THIS BITTER 1141 00:32:24,912 --> 00:32:26,286 COLD. 1142 00:32:26,288 --> 00:32:30,584 JIM McINVAIL IS IS TURNING HIS 1143 00:32:30,585 --> 00:32:33,252 FURNITURE STORE INTO TEMPORARY 1144 00:32:33,253 --> 00:32:35,220 SHELTERS LIKE HE DID DURING 1145 00:32:35,254 --> 00:32:36,114 HURRICANE HARVEY. 1146 00:32:36,148 --> 00:32:38,647 HE SAID THE NEED IS TREMENDOUS 1147 00:32:38,681 --> 00:32:40,808 AND ANYONE CAN DROP IN FOR TWO 1148 00:32:40,809 --> 00:32:43,282 HOURS OR TWO DAYS. 1149 00:32:43,284 --> 00:32:45,007 THEY HAVE FOOD AND BLANKETS. 1150 00:32:45,041 --> 00:32:45,966 HIS 10-YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER IS 1151 00:32:45,967 --> 00:32:47,033 HELPING HIM. 1152 00:32:47,034 --> 00:32:49,768 HE SAID, "I’M TRYING TO TEACH 1153 00:32:49,769 --> 00:32:51,213 HER THE ESSENCE OF LIVING IS 1154 00:32:51,247 --> 00:32:53,004 GIVING. THAT’S WHAT WE DO."