Quite possibly the most interesting thing you'll watch all week...

[elisi]

Watch on YouTube

"Tomi" host Tomi Lahren gives her take on the Black Lives Matter movement and explains why she lashed out against Colin Kaepernick for his national anthem protest

Bless Trevor Noah. These are conversations that need to happen.

Comments

[elisi]

… the illusion of colorblindness does a lot of damage, doesn't it? I mean, you just can't get arguments past such walls of denial.
Oh aye... "I don't see colour!" And he pointed out the problems with that, which was good.

We need so many more of these conversations. Here's to hoping these two continue.

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Indeed, indeed. It raises so much issues, and that is really needed…

[elisi]

Just talking helps, I'm sure.

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Definitely. Being able to actually engage in dialogue is all too rare when societies get so fractured…

[elisi]

Of course, it's debatable if she heard anything she said, but she showed up, and that's important.

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Yes—it started a dialogue, and maybe it did something for part of the audience. One can only hope. Even if you don't entirely change people's minds, leading them to ask more questions and see some issues in a different lights, recognize different arguments, is already a step in the right direction…

[elisi]

Here's to hoping!!

(late reply is late)