Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey - March 30, 2022


Ep 591 | Race-Baiters to White Women: 'Shut Up'


Episode Stats

Length

38 minutes

Words per Minute

173.60765

Word Count

6,624

Sentence Count

365

Misogynist Sentences

24

Hate Speech Sentences

17


Summary

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars and the reaction from white women on social media has been interesting to say the least. What do they have to say about it? Is it Black People s Business? Or Black People's Business?


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Hey guys, welcome to Relatable.
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00:00:24.760 All right, guys.
00:00:26.040 Today we are talking about white women,
00:00:28.720 the white women of Instagram.
00:00:31.460 And we are going to be talking about their response
00:00:35.800 and the shutdown of their response
00:00:37.980 to the Will Smith slap.
00:00:40.060 And look, I know everyone and their mom
00:00:42.220 has been analyzing the Will Smith slap.
00:00:44.060 We already talked about it.
00:00:45.340 I'm not gonna get into it.
00:00:46.500 If you don't know, Will Smith got up on stage
00:00:48.520 and slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars
00:00:50.920 after Chris Rock made a joke about Will Smith's wife,
00:00:53.880 who is bald because she has alopecia.
00:00:56.020 So whatever you think of that,
00:00:57.180 I've already told you what I think of that.
00:01:00.600 A lot of people have different reactions.
00:01:03.340 There's a wide range of reactions.
00:01:05.780 And at first, I even tweeted this.
00:01:07.160 I thought it was falling along left-right lines.
00:01:09.580 Like leftists were defending Will Smith, strangely.
00:01:12.760 And then conservatives were defending Chris Rock
00:01:16.060 on the basis of free speech.
00:01:17.280 But really, I've seen a lot of different reactions.
00:01:19.960 And what we are now being told
00:01:22.640 is that white people's reactions are not legitimate.
00:01:26.400 Specifically, white women's reactions are not legitimate.
00:01:29.700 So I'm going to get to some posts that say that
00:01:33.720 and some white women who got slam dunked
00:01:36.920 by race-baiting activists like Beth Moore
00:01:40.120 and Glennon Doyle and who were told to submit
00:01:42.780 and to bend a knee and to take back what you said
00:01:45.400 or think harder about what you said or whatever.
00:01:47.260 And we're going to talk about their response
00:01:49.460 and what that all means.
00:01:50.400 But let me read you some headlines
00:01:53.000 that talk about this so you can understand
00:01:55.680 what I'm talking about.
00:01:57.440 So The Guardian,
00:01:58.580 white outrage about Will Smith's slap
00:02:00.660 is rooted in anti-blackness.
00:02:02.520 It's inequality in plain sight.
00:02:05.000 And yes, I am reading this in a mocking tone
00:02:07.220 because I think that that is absolutely justified.
00:02:11.900 Forbes, while talking about Will Smith's behavior,
00:02:14.220 don't forget to also talk about the system
00:02:16.440 that helped create it.
00:02:18.600 Of course, the white supremacist system.
00:02:22.240 The Atlantic by Jemele Hill.
00:02:24.960 She says the two Americans debating Will Smith
00:02:26.900 and Chris Rock, black people and white people
00:02:29.360 aren't necessarily discussing the Oscar slap
00:02:32.920 in the same way.
00:02:35.680 The independent Fox News host blasted for racist comments
00:02:38.740 on the Will Smith Oscars fallout.
00:02:40.940 And that is Jesse Waters saying that,
00:02:45.240 oh, this is the first time that he has seen the media
00:02:47.540 cover black on black crime.
00:02:49.900 So lots of headlines about this.
00:02:52.820 And there are some people tweeting about it as well.
00:02:57.460 There was this tweet that I saw and I was like,
00:03:00.120 okay, this is just one person.
00:03:01.840 Surely this is just one person.
00:03:03.400 Covey Biakolo said,
00:03:05.960 just a note to white people
00:03:07.400 that what happened between Will, Jada, and Chris
00:03:10.140 is black folks business.
00:03:12.020 Tread lightly.
00:03:13.080 That was just one of the many of the many posts I saw.
00:03:16.140 There were several posts on Instagram
00:03:17.320 that were saying the same thing,
00:03:19.140 that white people, white women
00:03:20.560 shouldn't be talking about this.
00:03:22.080 I saw one person say,
00:03:23.580 white women are committing violence
00:03:25.380 against black women in a variety of ways
00:03:28.000 on a daily basis.
00:03:29.100 So they can't talk about that.
00:03:30.140 I'm sorry, that's objectively not true.
00:03:31.840 That's just factually inaccurate.
00:03:33.580 If you'll get any crime statistics at all,
00:03:36.240 that is just factually untrue.
00:03:37.980 Now there is a group actually perpetuating violence
00:03:41.040 against black women.
00:03:42.820 It ain't white women.
00:03:43.920 Okay.
00:03:44.340 So again, like if we're going to have these conversations,
00:03:47.080 let's at least be factual
00:03:48.580 and let us be truthful about these things
00:03:52.200 or else we're never going to get
00:03:54.000 to any kind of productive place.
00:03:56.080 But they're shutting down conversation
00:03:57.940 and they're saying,
00:03:58.980 what they're saying,
00:03:59.780 what this Covey person is saying
00:04:00.960 is that you are not qualified
00:04:02.400 because of the color of your skin
00:04:04.080 to commentate on this particular issue.
00:04:06.540 She said, this is black folks business.
00:04:08.560 Okay.
00:04:08.980 What if, what if two different,
00:04:11.380 two different things here,
00:04:13.020 two different ways you could see this.
00:04:14.680 One way you could see it is,
00:04:15.780 well, actually, no,
00:04:17.200 it's not anyone's business.
00:04:18.660 It's not your business.
00:04:19.740 Like you're not entitled to someone's business
00:04:22.000 just because they share your skin color.
00:04:23.840 Like you are just connected.
00:04:25.780 You random person,
00:04:26.880 you're just as connected
00:04:28.400 to Chris Rock and Will Smith as I am.
00:04:31.040 Like you don't have any other,
00:04:33.100 any further connection
00:04:34.720 or any entitlement to their business
00:04:37.760 any more than I do
00:04:38.900 or anyone else does.
00:04:39.980 So maybe it's not black folks business.
00:04:41.720 Maybe it's just their business
00:04:43.240 and they can handle that.
00:04:45.380 Or here's another perspective
00:04:47.180 is that it's all of our business
00:04:49.980 because we all watched it.
00:04:51.420 Like we share a country,
00:04:53.420 we share a society,
00:04:54.720 we share a Hollywood,
00:04:57.080 we share a culture.
00:04:59.060 And so we all saw the clip.
00:05:01.240 We all saw the clip.
00:05:02.620 It's an indication of where our society is.
00:05:06.780 We all get to commentate on the Oscars.
00:05:09.160 We do.
00:05:09.640 We all get to commentate
00:05:10.980 on the celebrities
00:05:13.160 that we have patronized for years
00:05:15.580 and what they say and what they do.
00:05:18.120 We get to have thoughts about those things
00:05:19.980 and we get to say those thoughts.
00:05:22.140 I'm sorry,
00:05:22.600 but we're not going to segregate our commentary
00:05:24.940 just because you random blue check mark on Twitter
00:05:28.360 say that we have to.
00:05:30.640 White women, white men,
00:05:32.960 whoever,
00:05:33.920 Hispanic men and women,
00:05:35.480 Asian men and women,
00:05:36.440 black men and women
00:05:37.540 have equal qualifications
00:05:40.800 in talking about something like this.
00:05:43.560 We all saw it.
00:05:45.000 It affects all of us.
00:05:46.780 We do not have to self-censor
00:05:48.340 just because one group says
00:05:49.980 that we have to self-censor.
00:05:51.300 All right.
00:05:52.880 And so if you are someone who feels like,
00:05:56.480 oh, I can't talk about something
00:05:58.100 because it was an interaction
00:05:59.840 between two black people.
00:06:01.840 Look, you have already given in
00:06:04.340 to their shame tactics
00:06:06.000 and you got to stop
00:06:07.940 because they do not have the authority
00:06:10.200 to tell you what you can and cannot say,
00:06:12.400 what you can and cannot do.
00:06:14.160 Now, you may choose not to comment on something
00:06:16.740 because you don't want to comment on it
00:06:18.560 or you could think that you don't have
00:06:20.600 enough insight into a particular situation.
00:06:23.460 You need to know more.
00:06:24.360 You need to be more educated about something
00:06:26.400 or you just don't want to comment on it
00:06:27.800 because you don't,
00:06:28.740 you just don't feel like you have anything productive to say.
00:06:31.320 Those are all legitimate reasons.
00:06:33.000 Or you don't say something
00:06:34.480 because it's not a godly thing to say.
00:06:36.200 Of course, we bridle our tongues
00:06:37.780 in all kinds of situations.
00:06:39.020 I'm not talking about recklessness
00:06:40.560 or a lack of self-control.
00:06:42.500 Well, in what we say,
00:06:44.320 I am saying if you do have something productive to add,
00:06:47.780 if you have a thought,
00:06:49.100 if you have an insight,
00:06:51.100 then you are allowed to say it.
00:06:53.160 You are not disqualified
00:06:54.380 because these random people who,
00:06:56.540 again, who have no authority over you whatsoever,
00:07:00.100 say that you can't say it
00:07:02.020 because of the color of your skin.
00:07:03.240 That is racist.
00:07:04.460 That is.
00:07:05.040 I mean, that is a form of racial discrimination.
00:07:07.980 Saying that you are not qualified
00:07:09.560 or that you can't say something
00:07:11.200 because you don't have quite enough melanin.
00:07:13.500 I'm sorry, but no.
00:07:15.260 There are a lot of people
00:07:16.400 of a lot of different skin colors
00:07:17.600 that like Will Smith,
00:07:18.920 that like Chris Rock,
00:07:20.180 that watched the Oscars
00:07:21.360 and they get to say something.
00:07:24.320 But some people,
00:07:26.380 unfortunately,
00:07:27.440 some white women,
00:07:29.820 they so quickly kowtow
00:07:32.240 to the race-baiting mob
00:07:35.440 that they end up sounding like hostages.
00:07:38.880 And I'm going to give you an example of that.
00:07:43.260 Okay, so Glennon Doyle.
00:07:45.540 If you don't know who Glennon Doyle is,
00:07:47.580 she was a one-time Christian mommy blogger.
00:07:52.720 That is what she was originally known as.
00:07:54.720 She talked a lot about her marriage
00:07:56.040 and how she was fighting for her marriage.
00:07:58.220 And she wrote a book.
00:07:59.420 I think it was titled Love Warrior
00:08:01.060 about fighting for her marriage
00:08:02.580 after he had an affair.
00:08:04.440 But then she ended up separating from her husband
00:08:08.100 and marrying a woman,
00:08:10.020 the soccer player named Abby Wambach.
00:08:12.060 And I don't think that she even considers herself
00:08:14.840 a Christian anymore.
00:08:15.940 I don't believe.
00:08:17.420 And she basically just writes about self-empowerment
00:08:21.200 and self-focus
00:08:22.140 and putting yourself first.
00:08:25.280 Untamed is her latest book.
00:08:28.300 And it's the exact opposite of everything
00:08:31.000 that we talk about on this show
00:08:32.460 and the exact opposite of my book.
00:08:34.580 But it makes people feel good temporarily,
00:08:36.360 which is why it's so popular.
00:08:38.540 So she tweeted,
00:08:40.480 and then she posted on Instagram,
00:08:42.380 violence is never proof of love.
00:08:44.680 That's a deadly idea
00:08:45.560 that has fueled an excuse,
00:08:46.860 domestic and all violence for far too long.
00:08:49.180 Think hard about that take, please.
00:08:52.680 So tweeted that, posted it on Instagram.
00:08:55.140 It got almost, at least at the time that I screenshot it,
00:08:58.880 like 153,000 likes,
00:09:00.860 which is a ton for Instagram.
00:09:02.560 And so obviously a lot of people agreed with that.
00:09:05.920 I think that there's some truth to that.
00:09:09.240 I think there's a lot of truth to it.
00:09:11.220 I don't know if that's always true.
00:09:12.340 I do think that there is violence,
00:09:14.480 like in a justified war,
00:09:16.500 that does indicate, for example,
00:09:18.680 a soldier's love for his country.
00:09:20.100 So I don't know if this statement
00:09:21.460 is necessarily true across the board,
00:09:23.180 but that really is irrelevant
00:09:25.480 to what I'm going to say.
00:09:27.120 The point is she thought it.
00:09:28.580 She had this genuine thought.
00:09:30.260 It's certainly not the worst thing
00:09:31.520 that she's ever said.
00:09:32.960 And she put it out there.
00:09:35.080 Well, she changed her caption later
00:09:39.000 to say this.
00:09:41.640 I don't know what the caption originally said.
00:09:43.360 By the time I saw the caption
00:09:44.620 on the Instagram post,
00:09:46.900 it had been changed to this.
00:09:48.360 Update.
00:09:49.440 Hello.
00:09:49.760 Since I posted this,
00:09:51.620 many black women I respect
00:09:53.140 have told me that as a white woman,
00:09:54.820 this is not my conversation to have,
00:09:56.860 that there is much about tonight
00:09:58.220 that I don't understand,
00:09:59.460 that I should sit this out and listen.
00:10:01.300 So that is what I am going to do.
00:10:03.160 I've also been asked to leave this post up
00:10:05.720 in order to preserve the labor
00:10:07.120 of those who took the time
00:10:10.720 to educate and expand
00:10:12.040 the conversation in the comments.
00:10:14.120 Guys, not everything is labor.
00:10:17.900 Not everything you do is labor.
00:10:20.380 Not all conversations are labor.
00:10:22.240 Not all talking is labor.
00:10:24.580 Not all energy that you expend is labor.
00:10:27.820 So that's just a side note.
00:10:29.240 So this caption to me
00:10:30.580 reads like a hostage situation.
00:10:33.100 I don't even know if she fully agrees
00:10:34.620 with what she said,
00:10:35.600 but she is,
00:10:36.940 without totally apologizing,
00:10:38.560 she is obviously acquiescing.
00:10:40.280 She is stepping out of a conversation
00:10:41.760 that she obviously at first felt like
00:10:43.920 she was qualified to be a part of,
00:10:46.980 but now she doesn't
00:10:47.860 because a few black women
00:10:49.160 apparently told her
00:10:49.940 that she doesn't understand it.
00:10:51.760 Guys, this ain't that deep.
00:10:53.940 This is two men,
00:10:55.460 one guy who apparently
00:10:57.420 gets madder about a joke
00:11:00.900 than he does about his wife
00:11:03.160 openly sleeping with other men.
00:11:04.920 Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
00:11:06.660 have an open marriage
00:11:07.920 and he slapped the guy
00:11:09.920 who made a joke about his wife.
00:11:11.960 Now, maybe there are
00:11:12.700 other perspectives here,
00:11:14.180 but as I said,
00:11:15.620 everyone who saw it
00:11:16.640 is qualified to talk about it.
00:11:18.340 It's not that complex, guys.
00:11:21.400 Like, this is about violence.
00:11:23.840 If it is justified,
00:11:25.720 if the context
00:11:27.200 was the right context.
00:11:28.260 Of course, I don't think
00:11:29.360 that the context
00:11:29.920 was the right context at all.
00:11:32.200 And we are absolutely
00:11:35.160 okay to bring up
00:11:38.540 what we think about it.
00:11:40.260 It ain't that deep, guys.
00:11:41.980 It ain't that deep.
00:11:43.620 And so I almost feel bad
00:11:45.120 for Glennon Doyle a little bit,
00:11:46.480 except I don't.
00:11:48.140 Because she put herself
00:11:49.320 in this position.
00:11:50.980 Because you'll never be woke enough.
00:11:53.220 You'll never be woke enough.
00:11:55.020 You'll never say
00:11:55.980 all the right things.
00:11:56.860 You're always going
00:11:57.660 to be apologizing.
00:11:58.640 And I know people say,
00:11:59.540 well, that's just growth.
00:12:01.000 That's just, you know,
00:12:02.460 when you know better,
00:12:03.580 you do better.
00:12:04.500 That's just sanctification.
00:12:06.300 Maybe some people will say,
00:12:07.140 no, it's not.
00:12:08.120 No, it's not.
00:12:08.960 It's chipping away
00:12:10.340 at your ability
00:12:12.020 to say anything
00:12:13.220 at any time.
00:12:15.400 You are constantly
00:12:17.560 going to be
00:12:19.100 whittled down
00:12:20.240 into nothing
00:12:21.400 until the only thing
00:12:22.600 that you can say
00:12:23.560 is a regurgitation
00:12:25.820 of what your masters
00:12:28.100 tell you that you can say.
00:12:30.460 And so this is not growth.
00:12:31.840 This is not bravery.
00:12:33.220 This is not maturity.
00:12:34.400 This is fear.
00:12:35.840 Have the courage
00:12:36.820 to stand by
00:12:37.840 what you think
00:12:38.580 and what you said.
00:12:40.540 And if someone tells you,
00:12:42.240 no matter what
00:12:42.700 their skin color is,
00:12:43.980 that, hey,
00:12:44.780 you don't have the authority
00:12:45.780 to talk about that.
00:12:47.140 Shut up.
00:12:47.940 Submit to me,
00:12:48.720 basically.
00:12:49.860 Apologize.
00:12:51.500 Consider it.
00:12:52.420 Consider what they say.
00:12:53.560 Consider their pushback.
00:12:55.240 But if you believe
00:12:56.320 what you said
00:12:57.120 and you are not
00:12:59.260 sorry for it,
00:13:00.200 then you continue
00:13:01.160 to stand up
00:13:01.980 and you say,
00:13:03.400 no, actually,
00:13:04.700 you know,
00:13:05.220 thanks for sharing,
00:13:06.640 but I don't think
00:13:07.180 I am going to take that down.
00:13:09.000 No, I don't think
00:13:09.940 I am going to apologize.
00:13:11.100 And quite frankly,
00:13:11.760 I don't like your tone.
00:13:13.080 Quite frankly,
00:13:13.840 I don't like that you think
00:13:14.820 that you have the authority
00:13:15.680 to tell me what to say
00:13:16.840 and not to say.
00:13:18.080 So I believe what I said.
00:13:19.580 I think Glennon Doyle
00:13:20.420 still believes what she said.
00:13:22.240 And I don't care
00:13:23.080 the color of people's skin.
00:13:24.820 What I said is true
00:13:25.800 or I believe
00:13:26.480 what I said is true.
00:13:27.120 I'm going to keep it up
00:13:28.020 and I'm not going to apologize.
00:13:30.680 That's courage.
00:13:31.960 That's maturity
00:13:32.960 to stop apologizing
00:13:35.160 for the things
00:13:35.720 that you're not sorry for,
00:13:36.840 to stand by the words
00:13:38.240 that you actually meant to say.
00:13:39.900 That's maturity.
00:13:42.020 So Beth Moore
00:13:43.640 has found herself
00:13:44.980 in a similar situation.
00:13:47.700 She said,
00:13:49.080 which I know
00:13:49.880 she was trying to be snarky,
00:13:51.240 which again,
00:13:51.620 she's put herself
00:13:52.320 in this situation
00:13:53.120 of constantly having
00:13:54.160 to kowtow
00:13:55.200 to people who are
00:13:56.060 woker than her.
00:13:57.500 She said,
00:13:58.180 that was scarier
00:13:59.000 than a Southern Baptist convention.
00:14:00.920 So she's trying to make a joke.
00:14:02.180 She left the Southern Baptist convention.
00:14:04.700 A lot of it had to do with,
00:14:07.020 I think it probably had to do
00:14:08.360 with Southern Baptist
00:14:09.320 support of Donald Trump,
00:14:10.300 but it also had to do
00:14:11.100 with a lot of criticism
00:14:11.860 towards her preaching
00:14:13.600 because she preaches
00:14:15.400 and teaches
00:14:16.160 in front of men,
00:14:19.340 particularly in a pulpit.
00:14:20.800 And so she, of course,
00:14:22.880 has been very offended
00:14:24.540 and disenchanted
00:14:26.900 because of some
00:14:29.300 of the words
00:14:29.800 of the people,
00:14:30.920 I guess,
00:14:31.200 in leadership
00:14:31.720 or just who are a part
00:14:32.840 of the Southern Baptist convention.
00:14:34.780 Maybe some of her feelings
00:14:35.840 are justified.
00:14:37.400 Maybe not.
00:14:38.040 But she doesn't like
00:14:38.800 the Southern Baptist convention.
00:14:40.880 And so she said
00:14:41.700 that was scarier
00:14:42.380 than a Southern Baptist convention.
00:14:44.500 And then Lisa Harper.
00:14:46.480 Not,
00:14:46.840 there's two Lisa Harpers.
00:14:48.440 There's a Lisa Harper.
00:14:50.020 I don't really,
00:14:50.700 she's a Christian author,
00:14:52.000 but this Lisa Harper,
00:14:52.800 she's got like pronouns
00:14:53.800 in her profile.
00:14:55.060 I think she also considers herself
00:14:56.940 a Christian author,
00:14:59.180 but she's like very
00:15:00.440 unabashedly woke.
00:15:02.260 So like in her name
00:15:03.680 on Twitter,
00:15:04.620 she's got she, her.
00:15:05.700 So that tells,
00:15:06.400 that tells me personally
00:15:07.880 all that I need to know.
00:15:09.620 But she quote tweets,
00:15:10.880 Beth Moore,
00:15:11.260 and she says,
00:15:11.740 perhaps the violence
00:15:13.140 displayed between
00:15:14.420 Will Smith and Chris Rockett,
00:15:16.660 Oscars 2022,
00:15:17.920 was quote,
00:15:18.460 scarier than the
00:15:19.180 Southern Baptist convention
00:15:20.080 because it was
00:15:21.200 an open display
00:15:21.980 of the outcome
00:15:22.580 of four centuries
00:15:23.560 of violence
00:15:24.380 by Southern Baptists
00:15:25.440 on bodies,
00:15:26.240 minds,
00:15:26.480 and souls
00:15:27.000 of African descent.
00:15:29.120 Hold up.
00:15:31.600 The slap
00:15:33.160 between Will Smith
00:15:35.320 and Chris Rock
00:15:36.220 has to do with
00:15:37.160 Southern Baptists
00:15:37.880 owning slaves
00:15:38.680 400 years ago?
00:15:40.480 Can you square
00:15:41.600 that circle for me?
00:15:43.200 Can you help me understand
00:15:44.440 is this something
00:15:45.320 that only makes sense
00:15:46.780 if you speak
00:15:47.940 critical race theory?
00:15:49.080 I mean,
00:15:50.160 I know I'm fluent
00:15:51.480 in critical race theory,
00:15:52.920 unfortunately,
00:15:53.580 because I've read
00:15:54.180 so much about it
00:15:54.980 and talked so much
00:15:55.980 about it.
00:15:56.740 But this must be
00:15:57.740 like a dialect
00:15:58.480 of critical race theory
00:15:59.580 that I'm not familiar with
00:16:00.700 because usually
00:16:01.240 I can try to understand
00:16:02.500 how they're making
00:16:03.300 the connections.
00:16:04.800 But here,
00:16:05.440 it's really tough
00:16:06.240 for me to understand
00:16:06.940 what she's trying to say.
00:16:07.900 But, you know,
00:16:08.420 actually,
00:16:08.820 she explains it.
00:16:09.620 So let me go on
00:16:10.600 in her tweet thread.
00:16:11.700 It was Chris Rock's
00:16:12.540 bow to white patriarchy.
00:16:15.680 Oh,
00:16:16.140 sometimes I just can't
00:16:17.060 get through this stuff
00:16:17.760 by undercutting
00:16:18.920 a sharp black woman's hair
00:16:20.480 and calling her
00:16:21.500 less than a woman
00:16:22.300 in front of billions
00:16:23.400 of people.
00:16:24.440 Except that's not really
00:16:25.480 what he was doing.
00:16:26.480 Again,
00:16:26.940 agree or disagree
00:16:27.720 with Chris Rock's joke.
00:16:29.440 I understand
00:16:30.100 why
00:16:30.960 Jada Pinkett Smith
00:16:32.240 was offended
00:16:32.860 and I understand
00:16:34.420 why Will Smith
00:16:35.040 would be offended
00:16:35.740 on her behalf.
00:16:36.980 Even if something
00:16:37.540 is a joke,
00:16:38.180 it can be hurtful.
00:16:39.700 But is it really
00:16:40.660 about a white patriarchy?
00:16:42.020 So every time
00:16:43.340 a black person
00:16:44.500 tells a joke
00:16:45.180 about another black person
00:16:46.420 or a black woman,
00:16:47.640 that's whiteness.
00:16:49.320 That's white patriarchy.
00:16:51.420 Or maybe it's just
00:16:52.320 them telling a joke.
00:16:53.280 Like,
00:16:53.400 did you think of that?
00:16:54.380 Maybe it's just
00:16:55.100 not that complex.
00:16:57.180 She goes on to say,
00:16:58.180 oh,
00:16:58.620 she said,
00:16:59.220 calling her less than a woman
00:17:00.360 in front of billions of people.
00:17:01.520 That might be my favorite part
00:17:02.840 that she thinks
00:17:03.860 that billions of people
00:17:04.720 watch the Oscars.
00:17:05.960 I guarantee
00:17:06.140 it probably wasn't even
00:17:07.080 one million people.
00:17:08.740 It was probably
00:17:09.680 hundreds of thousands
00:17:10.620 of people.
00:17:11.240 Billions of people.
00:17:12.300 That's awesome.
00:17:13.980 Then she goes on to say,
00:17:15.320 it was Chris Rock's choice
00:17:16.200 to belittle a human being
00:17:17.220 with a disability.
00:17:19.660 Disability?
00:17:21.180 Alopecia is definitely
00:17:22.700 a disorder.
00:17:23.360 A serious one.
00:17:24.920 A disability?
00:17:26.520 I don't know.
00:17:27.280 The roots of white supremacy
00:17:28.360 do not consider
00:17:29.060 the disabled human.
00:17:30.120 Therefore,
00:17:30.680 they are unprotected
00:17:31.760 from humiliation.
00:17:33.140 So do you see
00:17:33.880 what they do?
00:17:35.020 Do you see
00:17:35.500 what these race baiters
00:17:36.480 and racial justice activists do?
00:17:38.460 White supremacy
00:17:38.980 is a stand-in
00:17:39.820 for all kind
00:17:40.920 of evil.
00:17:41.800 So really,
00:17:42.340 what she's doing,
00:17:42.940 she is actually
00:17:43.620 abdicating not just
00:17:44.620 Will Smith of responsibility,
00:17:46.560 but also Chris Rock.
00:17:48.220 Because this is just
00:17:50.040 Chris Rock's manifestation
00:17:51.720 of internalized
00:17:53.200 white supremacy
00:17:53.900 that, of course,
00:17:54.660 was imparted on him
00:17:55.800 by the white supremacists
00:17:57.500 of yore,
00:17:58.100 I guess,
00:17:58.700 the Southern Baptists.
00:18:00.260 She goes on to say,
00:18:02.100 we all saw
00:18:03.020 the outcome
00:18:03.560 of body trauma
00:18:04.540 and it shook us
00:18:05.240 because we were watching
00:18:05.960 internalized violence.
00:18:07.440 Again,
00:18:07.680 internalized violence.
00:18:08.920 So it's,
00:18:10.020 so again,
00:18:11.020 Will Smith,
00:18:11.700 she is saying,
00:18:12.240 it's actually a victim
00:18:13.420 in this,
00:18:14.460 in this case.
00:18:16.180 We watched
00:18:16.900 internalized violence
00:18:17.800 spill out on an
00:18:18.580 international stage
00:18:19.480 and no one knew
00:18:20.020 what to do.
00:18:20.520 So they did what
00:18:21.280 we have done
00:18:21.820 in this nation
00:18:22.400 since 1619,
00:18:23.640 nothing,
00:18:24.400 literally no thing.
00:18:26.620 We've done nothing.
00:18:28.460 The Emancipation
00:18:29.520 Proclamation
00:18:30.060 was nothing.
00:18:31.480 We've done nothing
00:18:32.380 since 1619.
00:18:33.720 The Civil Rights Act
00:18:34.740 was nothing.
00:18:35.700 Actually,
00:18:36.020 that is what
00:18:36.700 critical race theory
00:18:37.580 asserts.
00:18:38.440 That is what
00:18:38.880 critical race theory
00:18:39.640 asserts.
00:18:40.040 That's what
00:18:40.360 1619 Project
00:18:41.800 asserts.
00:18:42.320 That since,
00:18:42.960 since 1619,
00:18:44.960 racism,
00:18:45.800 not just racism,
00:18:46.880 but systemic
00:18:47.400 white supremacy
00:18:48.120 and forms of slavery
00:18:49.080 have just evolved.
00:18:51.020 They haven't actually
00:18:52.200 fully gone away.
00:18:53.780 What's incredible
00:18:54.340 is that we are
00:18:54.980 talking about
00:18:55.800 the Oscars.
00:18:57.520 We are talking
00:18:58.120 about two black
00:18:59.280 multi-millionaires
00:19:00.760 who have more money
00:19:02.160 than most white people
00:19:03.780 could ever even
00:19:04.760 imagine happening.
00:19:05.980 and we are talking
00:19:06.960 about this
00:19:07.720 being a scenario
00:19:08.980 that is similar
00:19:10.480 to 1619
00:19:11.680 when black people
00:19:14.020 in America
00:19:14.580 were treated
00:19:15.220 as cattle.
00:19:18.320 Really?
00:19:19.340 This is the same
00:19:20.400 thing as 1619.
00:19:21.440 These people
00:19:21.900 in suits
00:19:22.560 that probably
00:19:23.380 cost more money
00:19:24.260 than most white
00:19:25.480 people in America
00:19:26.080 make in an entire year.
00:19:28.220 This is an example
00:19:29.040 of white supremacy.
00:19:30.840 This is an example
00:19:31.820 of 1619.
00:19:34.320 Really?
00:19:34.740 But again,
00:19:35.620 this goes back
00:19:36.300 to the tenets
00:19:36.940 of critical race theory
00:19:38.520 is that any
00:19:40.380 example,
00:19:43.380 any seeming example
00:19:44.540 of process,
00:19:46.100 of progress,
00:19:47.440 rather,
00:19:48.540 toward equality
00:19:49.560 is actually
00:19:50.900 not real.
00:19:52.900 It's actually
00:19:53.540 not an indication
00:19:54.740 of real progress
00:19:56.560 and is actually
00:19:57.500 just an exception
00:19:58.420 to the rule
00:19:59.220 of systemic racism.
00:20:00.380 Like,
00:20:00.500 don't you see
00:20:00.940 how this whole argument
00:20:01.760 is non-falsifiable?
00:20:03.300 And she said,
00:20:05.220 I have watched
00:20:06.100 the responses
00:20:06.640 the white women's
00:20:07.360 calls for criminal
00:20:08.160 prosecution,
00:20:09.140 the black women's
00:20:09.880 protection of Will Smith
00:20:10.900 saying they hope
00:20:11.580 their husbands
00:20:12.020 would respond
00:20:12.460 the same way.
00:20:13.320 Neither of these
00:20:14.220 paths get us
00:20:14.980 to peace or justice
00:20:16.220 and that is
00:20:17.260 what we all want.
00:20:18.900 Okay,
00:20:19.080 now the worst
00:20:19.780 thing that she said,
00:20:20.920 she said,
00:20:21.460 the U.S.
00:20:22.180 is the most violent
00:20:22.900 and incarcerated
00:20:23.600 nation on the planet.
00:20:25.640 Violence dehumanizes.
00:20:27.320 Dehumanization
00:20:27.800 is our norm.
00:20:28.800 We dehumanize
00:20:29.840 when we criminalize.
00:20:31.280 We dehumanize
00:20:32.360 when we criminalize.
00:20:34.360 Well,
00:20:34.940 what if someone
00:20:35.540 is a criminal?
00:20:36.920 What if someone
00:20:37.380 commits a crime?
00:20:39.180 We dehumanize
00:20:40.260 when we criminalize?
00:20:41.560 You don't want
00:20:42.560 to criminalize
00:20:43.160 any actions?
00:20:44.040 We shouldn't
00:20:44.460 criminalize violence?
00:20:45.760 We shouldn't
00:20:46.160 criminalize murder?
00:20:47.340 I'm not saying
00:20:48.180 Will Smith
00:20:48.800 needs to go to jail.
00:20:50.000 We dehumanize
00:20:50.900 when we criminalize.
00:20:52.340 Well,
00:20:52.760 no,
00:20:53.280 you criminalize
00:20:54.060 because you are
00:20:54.620 humanizing victims.
00:20:56.640 You decriminalize,
00:20:57.860 you victimize.
00:20:59.080 That's the truth.
00:21:00.520 And she said,
00:21:01.300 and we dehumanize
00:21:02.780 when we justify
00:21:03.420 and accommodate violence.
00:21:05.440 Yes,
00:21:06.340 this is just all
00:21:08.420 hogwash.
00:21:09.540 It doesn't make any sense
00:21:10.580 and it's incoherent.
00:21:12.020 Accommodate violence
00:21:12.720 because we lack hope
00:21:13.740 for the healing
00:21:14.520 of our trauma.
00:21:16.640 Beth Moore says,
00:21:17.620 Lisa,
00:21:17.980 I appreciate the pushback.
00:21:19.780 I was not thoughtful
00:21:21.040 before I tweeted.
00:21:23.100 Look,
00:21:23.580 you know,
00:21:23.820 I don't agree
00:21:24.760 with Beth Moore's
00:21:25.600 original tweet,
00:21:26.440 just like I don't
00:21:27.260 probably fully agree
00:21:28.180 with Glennon Doyle's
00:21:29.100 original tweet,
00:21:30.060 but you don't have
00:21:32.680 to go back.
00:21:34.620 You don't have
00:21:35.020 to take it back.
00:21:35.640 You don't have
00:21:36.120 to roll it back.
00:21:36.940 You don't have
00:21:37.520 to implicitly apologize.
00:21:39.940 You don't have
00:21:40.240 to explicitly apologize
00:21:41.580 unless what you said
00:21:43.720 was legitimately wrong
00:21:45.420 and you believe
00:21:46.140 it was wrong
00:21:46.760 and you regret it.
00:21:48.060 That's one thing.
00:21:49.100 I'm all for
00:21:49.800 sincere apologies.
00:21:50.720 I am completely
00:21:51.640 against apologies
00:21:53.880 for the sake
00:21:55.940 of apologizing
00:21:57.000 or for the sake
00:21:58.140 of trying
00:21:59.260 to win favor
00:22:01.180 with people
00:22:02.180 who are always
00:22:03.080 going to be
00:22:03.900 committed
00:22:04.360 to misunderstanding
00:22:05.240 you and pushing
00:22:06.160 their own narrative.
00:22:07.540 What Lisa Harper
00:22:08.240 said here was ridiculous.
00:22:09.760 It did not merit
00:22:10.540 any kind of legitimate
00:22:11.720 response from Beth Moore.
00:22:13.240 Again,
00:22:13.700 be willing to stand
00:22:14.760 by what you say
00:22:16.020 if you actually
00:22:17.420 admit what you said.
00:22:18.700 But unfortunately,
00:22:22.240 it seems that
00:22:23.260 white women,
00:22:24.020 including white Christians,
00:22:25.720 white Christian women,
00:22:26.900 are so used to believing
00:22:28.500 that humility
00:22:29.380 and empathy
00:22:30.500 and love
00:22:31.720 just means
00:22:32.780 bowing down
00:22:33.940 to whatever
00:22:34.680 the rage mob,
00:22:36.580 especially the racial
00:22:37.660 rage mob,
00:22:38.640 on Twitter
00:22:39.220 and on Instagram
00:22:40.160 tell them to do.
00:22:41.560 And I'm telling you,
00:22:42.680 that is not of God.
00:22:44.740 That is not
00:22:45.340 actual humility.
00:22:46.500 That's fear.
00:22:47.580 That's fear.
00:22:48.220 If you want
00:22:49.200 to show humility,
00:22:50.100 have conversations
00:22:50.980 with people
00:22:51.520 who think differently
00:22:52.380 than you.
00:22:53.580 Show humility
00:22:54.880 where it is called for.
00:22:56.960 But you also,
00:22:58.660 you have to come
00:22:59.540 from a position
00:23:00.340 of strength
00:23:01.220 in these conversations.
00:23:02.240 We had that conversation
00:23:03.920 with Professor Jason Hill
00:23:05.780 who said the same thing.
00:23:06.840 He wrote the book,
00:23:07.920 What Do White People
00:23:09.920 Owe Black Americans?
00:23:11.260 Or What Do White Americans
00:23:12.660 Owe Black People?
00:23:14.400 And when we talked about,
00:23:15.800 okay,
00:23:15.900 what does it look like
00:23:17.240 to have productive
00:23:18.540 conversations
00:23:19.260 between a white person
00:23:20.760 and a black person
00:23:21.580 who maybe they feel
00:23:22.680 like there is
00:23:23.280 racial tension
00:23:24.040 or racial divide there?
00:23:25.600 And he said,
00:23:26.540 both sides
00:23:27.140 have to come
00:23:27.780 from a position
00:23:28.560 of strength
00:23:29.340 and of confidence
00:23:30.760 and of compassion
00:23:32.040 for the other side.
00:23:34.100 It is not
00:23:34.960 that one side
00:23:36.000 has to have compassion
00:23:36.920 for the other side,
00:23:37.760 but the other side
00:23:38.340 doesn't have
00:23:38.800 to have compassion.
00:23:40.140 One side
00:23:40.580 has to have self-control,
00:23:41.800 but the other side
00:23:42.400 doesn't have
00:23:42.820 to have self-control.
00:23:43.520 That's what you'll see
00:23:44.600 in, for example,
00:23:45.900 like the Be the Bridge
00:23:46.920 curriculum
00:23:47.440 on their Facebook page.
00:23:49.420 Like one of the rules
00:23:50.420 that they have,
00:23:51.140 one of the guidelines
00:23:51.820 is that white people
00:23:53.440 who are a part of the group
00:23:54.360 have to allow
00:23:55.740 the black people
00:23:57.200 who are a part of the group
00:23:58.120 to cuss
00:23:58.820 and to yell
00:23:59.560 and to say
00:24:00.140 what they want to say.
00:24:01.660 And a white person
00:24:02.440 is not allowed
00:24:03.180 to respond in kind.
00:24:04.420 They're not allowed
00:24:05.000 to defend themselves.
00:24:06.320 They have to
00:24:06.960 take a step out
00:24:08.540 of the conversation
00:24:09.320 or they just have
00:24:10.360 to basically submit
00:24:11.500 to whatever
00:24:12.420 the black participant
00:24:13.380 says.
00:24:14.280 Okay,
00:24:14.940 well,
00:24:15.420 that's not going
00:24:16.100 to get us anywhere.
00:24:16.760 That's only going
00:24:17.380 to foster fear
00:24:18.200 and resentment
00:24:18.800 and shame
00:24:19.600 and further discrimination
00:24:20.900 and prejudice
00:24:21.660 and anger.
00:24:23.240 All right?
00:24:23.880 Like that's not going
00:24:24.880 to get us anywhere good.
00:24:27.280 And so you have to come
00:24:28.160 from a position of strength.
00:24:29.460 You have to come
00:24:29.940 from a position
00:24:30.880 of wanting to understand
00:24:32.300 and compassion
00:24:33.080 while never abandoning
00:24:35.280 what is true.
00:24:36.280 You do not have
00:24:36.900 to agree with someone
00:24:37.980 just because they say
00:24:39.140 that disagreeing with them
00:24:40.140 is racism or hate
00:24:41.180 or bigotry.
00:24:42.120 You stick to what
00:24:42.860 God says is true.
00:24:44.060 You don't owe anyone
00:24:45.080 anything except to love
00:24:46.740 your neighbor as yourself.
00:24:48.100 That is it.
00:24:49.500 You don't owe them
00:24:50.540 the kind of language
00:24:52.040 that they want you to use.
00:24:53.540 You don't owe anyone
00:24:54.740 an apology
00:24:55.720 if it is not a sincere apology.
00:24:58.080 You don't owe anyone
00:24:59.080 a retraction
00:24:59.880 if you don't want
00:25:00.860 to retract it.
00:25:02.440 You don't owe anyone
00:25:04.140 any of that.
00:25:06.200 Love your neighbor
00:25:06.860 as yourself
00:25:07.560 and that is enough.
00:25:08.840 This whole do better
00:25:11.280 pharisaical nonsense
00:25:14.180 surrounding what white people
00:25:18.280 and particularly white women
00:25:20.440 owe black people
00:25:21.920 I promise you
00:25:23.020 is only going to perpetuate
00:25:25.500 a cycle of misunderstanding
00:25:27.460 and of resentment.
00:25:29.620 Either overt resentment
00:25:30.720 or secret resentment.
00:25:31.880 It is not going to lead
00:25:33.320 to a place of love
00:25:34.920 and of unity.
00:25:36.140 It's just not.
00:25:37.340 It's just not.
00:25:38.840 Here's the simple
00:25:41.220 here's the simple truth of it
00:25:42.480 is that Will Smith
00:25:44.980 is responsible
00:25:46.260 for his actions.
00:25:47.380 Chris Rock
00:25:47.940 is responsible
00:25:48.680 for his words.
00:25:50.240 They're going to give
00:25:51.020 an account
00:25:51.480 for these things.
00:25:53.340 I'm not going
00:25:54.120 to give an account.
00:25:55.000 You're not going
00:25:55.560 to give an account
00:25:56.700 for the actions
00:25:58.080 of other people.
00:25:59.240 It doesn't matter
00:25:59.860 if you're white
00:26:00.580 or black
00:26:01.120 or whatever you are.
00:26:02.500 You're not going
00:26:03.200 to give an account
00:26:04.260 for the actions
00:26:04.780 of other people.
00:26:05.440 The actions of other people
00:26:06.360 are not your fault.
00:26:08.180 Okay?
00:26:08.900 Will Smith
00:26:09.500 did not slap
00:26:11.300 Chris Rock
00:26:11.960 because of white supremacy.
00:26:13.520 Because of
00:26:14.200 whatever
00:26:14.740 what happened
00:26:15.860 in 1619.
00:26:17.300 He didn't do it
00:26:17.880 because of slavery.
00:26:18.740 He didn't do it
00:26:19.340 because of systemic racism.
00:26:20.620 He didn't do it
00:26:21.540 because of white
00:26:22.180 women's commentary.
00:26:23.120 Had nothing to do
00:26:24.200 with white people at all.
00:26:25.280 Had nothing to do
00:26:25.900 with whiteness.
00:26:26.700 Had nothing to do
00:26:27.440 with any kind
00:26:28.000 of white supremacist system.
00:26:29.840 It had something
00:26:30.440 to do with his own choices.
00:26:32.480 And when he stands
00:26:34.160 before God
00:26:34.800 he is going
00:26:35.260 to give an account
00:26:36.000 for his actions
00:26:37.440 and white supremacy
00:26:39.640 or systems of white
00:26:41.320 systems of white supremacy
00:26:43.180 are not going
00:26:44.120 to be an excuse
00:26:45.260 for any of the actions
00:26:47.220 that he or anyone else
00:26:48.300 including ourselves
00:26:49.260 commit.
00:26:50.680 That's just not
00:26:51.440 that's just not
00:26:52.000 how it works.
00:26:52.620 Chris Rock
00:26:53.180 will give an account
00:26:54.360 for the things
00:26:55.100 that he says
00:26:56.280 and does.
00:26:56.900 Okay?
00:26:57.100 So they are individually
00:26:58.080 responsible
00:26:58.800 for what they do.
00:27:00.400 It is not white people's
00:27:01.820 it's not white people's fault.
00:27:03.120 You are responsible
00:27:04.440 for what you do.
00:27:05.480 It is not the fault
00:27:06.340 of the system
00:27:07.820 that is put in place
00:27:09.920 when you decide
00:27:11.420 to do something
00:27:12.180 or you decide
00:27:12.900 to say something.
00:27:13.760 I'm not saying
00:27:14.600 that systems
00:27:16.340 true systems
00:27:17.080 of oppression
00:27:17.620 don't have an effect
00:27:18.620 on people
00:27:19.120 and don't affect
00:27:19.840 the choices
00:27:20.380 that people make.
00:27:22.160 That's certainly true.
00:27:23.280 I think that's
00:27:24.120 you know
00:27:24.360 probably biblical
00:27:25.240 in a lot of ways
00:27:27.440 but that does not
00:27:28.880 remove your responsibility
00:27:30.460 for what you do.
00:27:31.740 You are not responsible
00:27:33.360 for the sins
00:27:34.140 of your ancestors.
00:27:35.520 You're not responsible
00:27:36.260 for the sins
00:27:37.080 of people
00:27:37.620 who are not you.
00:27:39.460 And I think
00:27:40.040 that we would all
00:27:40.700 be better off
00:27:41.500 if we saw
00:27:42.300 individuals' choices
00:27:43.220 as what they are
00:27:44.120 individuals' choices.
00:27:45.320 And this is a very
00:27:46.440 anti-gospel message
00:27:47.700 that I saw a lot
00:27:48.560 in 2020.
00:27:49.640 A lot of pastors
00:27:50.580 who said that they
00:27:51.360 were preaching
00:27:51.880 racial reconciliation
00:27:52.960 really what they did
00:27:54.140 is they preached
00:27:54.820 two different gospels
00:27:58.360 to one to white people
00:28:00.260 and one to their
00:28:01.680 black congregants
00:28:02.640 where they would say
00:28:03.700 you know white people
00:28:04.540 you need to repent
00:28:05.700 you need to remove
00:28:09.600 your white privilege
00:28:11.920 you need to divest
00:28:13.180 of your whiteness
00:28:14.780 here are the things
00:28:15.380 that you need to do
00:28:16.400 to build bridges
00:28:19.600 and aim toward reconciliation
00:28:21.360 you need to repent
00:28:22.780 and you need to be sanctified
00:28:24.280 and all of this stuff
00:28:25.340 but the message
00:28:26.780 of repentance
00:28:27.500 and sanctification
00:28:28.940 was not preached
00:28:30.900 at that time
00:28:31.800 to the black congregants
00:28:33.120 it was almost like
00:28:34.240 white people
00:28:34.980 need more salvation
00:28:35.940 they need more
00:28:36.840 of the blood of Christ
00:28:37.780 they need extra
00:28:39.780 they need extra power
00:28:42.000 of Jesus and the cross
00:28:43.120 to truly be saved
00:28:45.080 and this group
00:28:45.940 over there
00:28:46.460 well they don't need
00:28:47.300 that hard message
00:28:48.220 of sin
00:28:49.000 look we are all
00:28:50.240 dead and sin
00:28:50.780 apart from Christ
00:28:51.700 and we can only
00:28:53.000 be made alive
00:28:53.880 through Christ
00:28:54.840 as Ephesians 2 says
00:28:56.520 so if you are preaching
00:28:58.060 to your white congregants
00:28:59.180 a harsher gospel
00:29:00.300 you talk to them
00:29:02.160 more about sin
00:29:03.420 and repentance
00:29:04.120 and then you treat
00:29:06.640 your black and brown
00:29:07.640 congregants
00:29:08.220 as if they are only victims
00:29:09.520 as if they won't be held
00:29:10.760 to the same standard
00:29:11.800 as if the message
00:29:14.120 of salvation
00:29:14.920 isn't as necessary
00:29:16.240 to them
00:29:16.940 because of whatever
00:29:17.820 systems you say
00:29:18.780 are in place
00:29:19.780 that's actually hatred
00:29:21.120 if you actually
00:29:22.100 believe the gospel
00:29:23.020 if you actually
00:29:24.380 believe that Jesus
00:29:25.160 is the way
00:29:25.760 the truth
00:29:26.160 and the life
00:29:26.700 then you know
00:29:27.720 that we're going
00:29:28.440 to stand before
00:29:29.000 God one day
00:29:29.840 like you know
00:29:30.940 that those people
00:29:31.560 are responsible
00:29:32.220 for their sins
00:29:32.960 that they are just
00:29:33.860 as dead in their sin
00:29:34.600 apart from Christ
00:29:35.260 as the white person
00:29:35.980 who is
00:29:36.440 that doesn't mean
00:29:38.240 that we can't
00:29:38.760 talk about racism
00:29:39.660 we can't talk
00:29:40.400 about instances
00:29:41.000 of injustice
00:29:41.680 sure you guys know
00:29:43.020 you know
00:29:43.560 where I stand
00:29:44.380 on all of that
00:29:45.720 we've talked
00:29:46.160 about it so much
00:29:47.120 but when it comes
00:29:50.000 to responsibility
00:29:50.640 for your choices
00:29:51.740 especially when it
00:29:52.860 comes to the sermons
00:29:53.960 that we're preaching
00:29:54.820 and when we talk
00:29:55.800 about the gospel
00:29:56.760 if you are going
00:29:57.660 soft on one group
00:29:58.880 because they have
00:29:59.400 a higher melanin count
00:30:00.440 and harsher on one group
00:30:01.580 because they have
00:30:02.080 a lower melanin count
00:30:03.040 that's partiality
00:30:04.380 that's what the book
00:30:05.100 of James says
00:30:05.680 is actually a sin
00:30:06.500 God hates partiality
00:30:07.900 in giving the law
00:30:10.120 God reiterates
00:30:10.880 that over and over again
00:30:12.720 that you're not
00:30:13.800 supposed to defer
00:30:14.660 to the poor
00:30:15.320 in a lawsuit
00:30:16.000 you're also not
00:30:16.780 supposed to defer
00:30:17.500 to the great
00:30:17.980 God hates partiality
00:30:19.640 and if you are
00:30:20.460 preaching sermons
00:30:21.300 and giving talks
00:30:22.300 and offering commentary
00:30:23.640 that is abdicating
00:30:26.860 one group
00:30:27.400 of their responsibility
00:30:28.380 and laying unfair amounts
00:30:30.040 of responsibility
00:30:30.940 on someone
00:30:32.020 of on a group
00:30:33.620 of another skin color
00:30:34.760 that is partiality
00:30:36.240 it's wrong
00:30:37.280 it's unbiblical
00:30:38.060 it's anti-gospel
00:30:39.280 it's anti-logic
00:30:40.620 it's anti-responsibility
00:30:41.980 and it's not going
00:30:42.880 to get us
00:30:43.320 to a place
00:30:43.940 of unity
00:30:45.060 unfortunately
00:30:45.740 we are just being
00:30:46.700 driven further apart
00:30:47.600 I was actually
00:30:48.880 kind of surprised
00:30:49.800 that this ended up
00:30:51.060 being a racial issue
00:30:53.720 to be honest
00:30:54.500 I shouldn't be surprised
00:30:56.240 by that these days
00:30:58.160 and I'm not saying
00:31:00.180 that a black person
00:31:01.360 couldn't have
00:31:01.840 a different perspective
00:31:02.720 than I would
00:31:03.560 because they are black
00:31:06.480 that's fine
00:31:07.120 but again
00:31:07.700 to disqualify someone
00:31:09.240 because they are white
00:31:10.420 from talking about
00:31:11.720 their reaction
00:31:12.400 or their thought to it
00:31:13.540 I'm sorry
00:31:14.040 I just
00:31:14.540 no
00:31:15.400 no
00:31:16.100 no
00:31:16.680 no
00:31:17.300 and so
00:31:18.520 be willing
00:31:19.600 be courageous
00:31:20.300 be sure enough
00:31:21.980 of what you believe
00:31:23.720 and of your takes
00:31:24.920 and of your opinions
00:31:25.680 if you feel like
00:31:26.580 they're you know
00:31:27.440 valuable
00:31:28.260 to share
00:31:29.160 be courageous enough
00:31:31.420 and confident enough
00:31:32.420 to say
00:31:32.880 no
00:31:33.800 I'm not going to
00:31:34.500 take that down
00:31:35.120 I'm not going to
00:31:35.600 apologize
00:31:35.840 I'm not going to
00:31:36.260 caveat it
00:31:37.000 I'm not going to
00:31:38.040 I'm not going to
00:31:38.840 try to make excuses
00:31:40.000 I actually believe that
00:31:41.180 I watched it
00:31:41.900 we share a country
00:31:42.720 we share a society
00:31:43.840 and look
00:31:44.900 I love you
00:31:45.820 I want to hear you
00:31:46.720 out
00:31:47.200 absolutely
00:31:47.860 thanks for sharing
00:31:48.860 your thoughts
00:31:49.340 I appreciate you
00:31:50.160 I think your commentary
00:31:50.940 is really valuable
00:31:51.780 I learned something
00:31:52.800 but
00:31:54.040 I'm not moving
00:31:56.440 I'm not moving
00:31:57.240 from this place
00:31:58.860 because this is something
00:31:59.780 that I actually believe
00:32:00.800 start approaching
00:32:02.120 not just your conversations
00:32:03.380 but
00:32:03.900 the commentary
00:32:05.140 that you give
00:32:06.240 how you articulate things
00:32:07.540 from a position
00:32:08.260 of strength
00:32:08.860 from a position
00:32:09.600 of confidence
00:32:10.280 that's not the same thing
00:32:11.440 as arrogance
00:32:12.020 that's not saying
00:32:13.140 that you are
00:32:13.560 immune to being wrong
00:32:15.500 or that you can't
00:32:16.220 be corrected
00:32:16.900 that you're completely
00:32:18.080 above reproach
00:32:19.840 it's just saying
00:32:21.840 that you have a right
00:32:23.320 you have a right
00:32:24.020 to your thoughts
00:32:24.580 you have a right
00:32:25.240 to your opinions
00:32:25.760 and you have a right
00:32:26.660 to express them
00:32:27.700 people can push back
00:32:28.780 all they want to
00:32:29.440 but they don't have
00:32:30.160 the authority
00:32:30.700 to silence you
00:32:31.760 or to make you
00:32:33.600 submit to them
00:32:34.100 again you don't owe them
00:32:34.900 anything except to
00:32:35.880 love your neighbor
00:32:36.580 as yourself
00:32:37.240 and so that's where
00:32:38.980 we stand
00:32:39.480 and you should continue
00:32:40.780 to stand there
00:32:41.580 please don't be
00:32:42.440 like Glennon Doyle
00:32:43.220 in a variety
00:32:44.160 in a variety
00:32:45.200 of ways
00:32:45.920 but in particular
00:32:47.420 when it comes
00:32:48.120 to acquiescing
00:32:48.880 for absolutely
00:32:49.660 no reason
00:32:50.760 all right
00:32:53.440 so I just wanted
00:32:53.980 to give a shout out
00:32:54.800 to my new friends
00:32:55.760 in Tallahassee
00:32:56.580 I was in Tallahassee
00:32:57.640 yesterday
00:32:58.000 I posted a picture
00:32:58.960 with Governor Ron DeSantis
00:33:00.980 the hero that we need
00:33:02.640 in this day and age
00:33:03.880 who has just set the tone
00:33:05.080 really for
00:33:05.900 a lot of Republican governors
00:33:07.800 and just pushing
00:33:08.640 for what is good
00:33:10.160 and right and true
00:33:10.740 and pushing for freedom
00:33:11.940 and I'm just so excited
00:33:13.500 about how courageous
00:33:14.380 he's been
00:33:15.020 and I'm so happy
00:33:16.820 for Florida
00:33:17.340 that you have
00:33:18.200 such a wonderful governor
00:33:19.040 and so that was actually
00:33:21.520 the second time
00:33:22.240 that I met him
00:33:23.000 he probably doesn't realize
00:33:24.340 we met all the way
00:33:25.220 back in 2017
00:33:26.160 we were both speakers
00:33:27.200 at this event
00:33:27.760 but it was a very brief meeting
00:33:28.960 so got to meet him again
00:33:30.260 first time as governor
00:33:31.100 that was wonderful
00:33:32.160 and when I was in Tallahassee
00:33:34.000 super quick trip
00:33:34.880 I always make the trips
00:33:35.880 really quick
00:33:36.260 because I want to get
00:33:36.800 back to my family
00:33:37.520 but I got to stay
00:33:39.400 with some people
00:33:40.540 that I met
00:33:41.580 the last time
00:33:43.400 I was in Tallahassee
00:33:44.320 just a few weeks ago
00:33:45.200 I was speaking at Florida State
00:33:46.260 and these three women
00:33:47.900 three moms
00:33:48.600 came
00:33:49.360 who all
00:33:50.160 well
00:33:50.460 they don't all go to church together
00:33:51.960 but they all know each other
00:33:52.760 they came
00:33:53.200 and they just said hi
00:33:54.680 and we just had a sweet
00:33:55.540 kind of short interaction
00:33:56.660 and talked a little bit
00:33:58.780 and when I found out
00:33:59.700 a couple weeks later
00:34:00.500 that I would be going
00:34:01.320 to Tallahassee again
00:34:02.540 I don't know why
00:34:04.760 but I just decided
00:34:05.500 to reach out to them
00:34:06.380 and ask
00:34:07.240 hey can I stay
00:34:08.080 with one of you
00:34:08.700 which is really
00:34:09.840 I don't think I've ever
00:34:10.940 no I've never done that before
00:34:12.400 not when I'm traveling
00:34:13.280 I almost
00:34:13.920 I just always stay
00:34:15.020 at the hotel
00:34:17.080 it's just easier
00:34:18.080 you're not imposing
00:34:19.340 and that's just
00:34:21.260 what I had planned
00:34:22.480 that's what I typically
00:34:23.560 plan to do
00:34:24.080 but
00:34:24.780 I don't know why
00:34:27.060 I just decided
00:34:27.920 to email them
00:34:28.800 or I think I posted
00:34:29.640 on Instagram
00:34:30.240 and was like
00:34:30.880 hey Tallahassee ladies
00:34:32.680 that I met
00:34:33.380 can you email me
00:34:34.760 and then I talked
00:34:36.640 and they were so hospitable
00:34:37.760 and so excited
00:34:38.720 and so sweet
00:34:39.180 I didn't know
00:34:39.880 really if they would say yes
00:34:41.380 or if they would think
00:34:42.020 it was weird
00:34:42.460 I was a little nervous
00:34:43.240 about asking
00:34:43.780 because it's so out
00:34:44.440 of the norm for me
00:34:45.280 but I really think
00:34:46.560 it was providentially
00:34:48.060 orchestrated
00:34:48.740 because it was
00:34:49.760 such a wonderful
00:34:50.900 time that I had
00:34:52.860 they were so hospitable
00:34:54.360 truly
00:34:54.880 I have just seen
00:34:56.380 the gift of hospitality
00:34:57.960 that the Holy Spirit
00:34:59.020 uses to minister
00:35:00.420 to Christians
00:35:02.040 it was such
00:35:02.680 it was
00:35:03.480 it was so much better
00:35:05.000 than staying in a hotel
00:35:06.360 by myself
00:35:07.280 and you know
00:35:07.760 being on Instagram
00:35:08.520 or working for several hours
00:35:10.220 before I was waiting
00:35:11.160 to go to
00:35:11.700 this event
00:35:12.920 instead
00:35:13.280 I went to this
00:35:14.640 woman's house
00:35:16.060 and
00:35:16.900 we
00:35:17.420 had lunch
00:35:18.720 with the other women
00:35:19.720 and we had
00:35:20.920 pimento cheese
00:35:21.800 and chicken salad
00:35:22.900 which is my favorite
00:35:23.880 and we just had such
00:35:24.600 wonderful
00:35:25.660 uplifting
00:35:26.680 edifying
00:35:27.540 conversations
00:35:28.960 and it was
00:35:29.780 a beautiful
00:35:30.160 day outside
00:35:31.060 and so I really
00:35:31.920 just felt like
00:35:32.620 the Lord
00:35:32.920 was taking care
00:35:33.580 of me
00:35:33.900 through that
00:35:34.460 and so
00:35:34.960 I don't know
00:35:36.200 the point
00:35:37.480 that I'm trying
00:35:38.340 to make
00:35:38.800 I guess it's
00:35:39.360 that I just
00:35:39.780 love the church
00:35:40.500 like I love
00:35:41.140 the body of Christ
00:35:42.000 I love that
00:35:42.760 we can meet
00:35:43.320 anywhere
00:35:43.840 as Christian women
00:35:45.080 and we can
00:35:45.740 support one another
00:35:46.640 we can open
00:35:47.780 our homes
00:35:48.300 to one another
00:35:48.940 we can build
00:35:49.920 one another up
00:35:50.820 like that is
00:35:51.480 what the church
00:35:52.040 is
00:35:52.600 the church
00:35:53.120 is
00:35:53.440 this is something
00:35:54.080 that one of them
00:35:54.780 said yesterday
00:35:55.240 the church
00:35:55.700 is for Christians
00:35:57.060 the church
00:35:57.500 is for Christians
00:35:58.240 yes there
00:35:59.140 are ways
00:36:00.760 that we minister
00:36:01.360 to the outside
00:36:02.080 world
00:36:02.560 but not at the
00:36:04.040 expense of
00:36:04.800 ministering to
00:36:05.840 each other
00:36:06.420 the verses
00:36:06.940 that so often
00:36:07.800 Christians
00:36:08.360 tend to take
00:36:09.320 out of context
00:36:10.020 and apply
00:36:10.780 to people
00:36:11.500 outside of the
00:36:12.080 church
00:36:12.280 like providing
00:36:12.880 for the least
00:36:13.400 of these
00:36:13.760 that's actually
00:36:14.240 persecuted
00:36:14.780 Christians
00:36:15.280 visiting people
00:36:16.220 in prison
00:36:16.660 that's actually
00:36:17.360 Christians in
00:36:18.140 prison
00:36:18.420 a lot of the
00:36:19.780 verses that we
00:36:20.200 apply to the
00:36:20.700 outside world
00:36:21.260 are actually
00:36:22.000 primarily
00:36:22.640 if not
00:36:23.100 exclusively
00:36:23.560 for the
00:36:24.100 church
00:36:24.380 and I felt
00:36:25.080 ministered to
00:36:25.760 and so
00:36:26.980 encouraged
00:36:27.660 yesterday
00:36:28.640 and so
00:36:29.180 maybe this
00:36:29.700 is just
00:36:29.980 an indication
00:36:30.500 to you
00:36:31.000 to step
00:36:31.400 outside of
00:36:31.800 your comfort
00:36:32.280 zone
00:36:32.620 and to
00:36:33.240 allow someone
00:36:33.900 to welcome
00:36:34.380 you and
00:36:34.900 encourage you
00:36:35.500 in some way
00:36:36.000 or maybe
00:36:36.400 this is your
00:36:37.040 indication
00:36:37.580 to be
00:36:39.900 hospitable
00:36:40.420 to someone
00:36:41.920 else
00:36:42.380 it really
00:36:43.720 is amazing
00:36:44.320 just what
00:36:45.000 that kind
00:36:45.500 of fellowship
00:36:46.120 can do
00:36:46.660 for someone's
00:36:47.580 heart
00:36:47.960 mind
00:36:48.300 and soul
00:36:48.840 and it
00:36:49.220 was good
00:36:50.120 for my
00:36:50.540 heart
00:36:50.780 mind
00:36:51.020 and soul
00:36:51.440 that is
00:36:52.260 for sure
00:36:52.720 and it
00:36:53.300 was just
00:36:53.560 a reminder
00:36:54.060 how much
00:36:54.440 I love
00:36:54.720 you guys
00:36:55.220 and how
00:36:55.700 I feel
00:36:56.200 like we
00:36:56.840 are family
00:36:57.360 and I
00:36:58.780 feel like
00:36:59.360 we have
00:37:00.040 a community
00:37:00.560 and we
00:37:01.020 have a
00:37:01.400 friendship
00:37:01.800 and I'm
00:37:03.460 sure there
00:37:03.880 are thousands
00:37:05.020 of you
00:37:05.560 that I
00:37:06.580 would feel
00:37:07.000 comfortable
00:37:07.500 with if I
00:37:08.380 got to talk
00:37:09.020 to you
00:37:09.500 I'm staying
00:37:10.420 with when
00:37:10.820 I'm traveling
00:37:11.440 and you know
00:37:12.280 maybe that's
00:37:12.920 something that I
00:37:13.480 can do more
00:37:14.620 in the future
00:37:15.160 but in this
00:37:15.640 particular case
00:37:16.280 I really did
00:37:16.800 feel like it
00:37:17.320 was just the
00:37:17.700 Holy Spirit
00:37:18.160 just kind
00:37:18.800 of confirming
00:37:20.640 to me that
00:37:21.140 that's where I
00:37:23.280 need to go
00:37:23.660 and what I
00:37:24.040 need to do
00:37:24.500 and so
00:37:25.740 thank you
00:37:26.420 to those
00:37:26.920 of you
00:37:27.180 listening
00:37:27.620 who are
00:37:28.160 in Tallahassee
00:37:28.960 who welcomed
00:37:29.760 me and made
00:37:30.360 me feel so
00:37:31.020 loved
00:37:31.360 I really
00:37:31.780 did appreciate
00:37:32.600 it
00:37:33.080 all right
00:37:34.140 we will be
00:37:34.680 back here
00:37:35.160 tomorrow
00:37:35.660 and you
00:37:36.220 will be
00:37:37.200 hearing another
00:37:37.940 conversation
00:37:38.600 between Phil
00:37:39.640 Robertson
00:37:40.320 and me
00:37:40.720 and this
00:37:41.000 is a new
00:37:41.500 conversation
00:37:42.180 he is going
00:37:42.980 to tell us
00:37:44.800 a lot of
00:37:45.400 really interesting
00:37:46.160 stuff and some
00:37:46.840 good tear
00:37:47.340 jerking stories
00:37:48.200 and you're
00:37:48.580 going to love
00:37:48.940 it you're
00:37:49.240 going to be
00:37:49.540 totally edified
00:37:50.680 by that
00:37:52.740 and yeah
00:37:54.820 you're going
00:37:55.100 to love
00:37:55.320 that conversation
00:37:55.960 and we've
00:37:56.380 got lots of
00:37:56.820 stuff that
00:37:57.100 we're going
00:37:57.300 to be talking
00:37:57.700 about next
00:37:58.320 week as well
00:37:58.880 so thank you
00:37:59.740 guys so much
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00:38:08.120 you guys back
00:38:08.720 here tomorrow