D.L. Hughley: Why White People Hold on to Statues of Bad People?

HUGHLEY There are men ░░░░░░░░ are fighting for monuments ░░░░░░░░ who did far worse ░░░░░░░░ black people Andrew Jackson ░░░░░░░░ a horrible man who ░░░░░░░░ thousands and thousands of ░░░░░░░░ and you insist on ░░░░░░░░ a monument to him ░░░░░░░░ insist on having him ░░░░░░░░ our money It isn ░░░░░░░░ that monuments it isn ░░░░░░░░ why we want them ░░░░░░░░ It s why does ░░░░░░░░ feel the need to ░░░░░░░░ on to them It ░░░░░░░░ t why we won ░░░░░░░░ want them gone It ░░░░░░░░ what is it about ░░░░░░░░ that makes you that ░░░░░░░░ you so much Why ░░░░░░░░ your history so steeped ░░░░░░░░ our pain in our ░░░░░░░░ And why do you ░░░░░░░░ to hold onto it ░░░░░░░░ And as you say ░░░░░░░░ the book it s ░░░░░░░░ it s a difficult ░░░░░░░░ I didn t remember ░░░░░░░░ from my history classes ░░░░░░░░ dod not know that ░░░░░░░░ Lincoln said whites are ░░░░░░░░ to blacks HUGHLEY Yes ░░░░░░░░ did Yes he did ░░░░░░░░ I didn t know ░░░░░░░░ HUGHLEY Yeah he did ░░░░░░░░ you know I didn ░░░░░░░░ know it in history ░░░░░░░░ but I did because ░░░░░░░░ had to research for ░░░░░░░░ book But look at ░░░░░░░░ the people we hold ░░░░░░░░ high esteem and I ░░░░░░░░ talk about in the ░░░░░░░░ if you look at ░░░░░░░░ inaudible great Americans and ░░░░░░░░ things they said the ░░░░░░░░ biases that they ve ░░░░░░░░ UNKNOWN It s a ░░░░░░░░ book A great passage ░░░░░░░░ And we have a ░░░░░░░░ right now and people ░░░░░░░░ t understand how this ░░░░░░░░ works but there s ░░░░░░░░ statue in New York ░░░░░░░░ a man who s ░░░░░░░░ the father of modern ░░░░░░░░ This man used to ░░░░░░░░ gynecological surgeries on enslaved ░░░░░░░░ men without women without ░░░░░░░░ Now he has a ░░░░░░░░ he s called the ░░░░░░░░ of modern gynecology Contrast ░░░░░░░░ with the fact that ░░░░░░░░ now in the medical ░░░░░░░░ and people there are ░░░░░░░░ that exist that let ░░░░░░░░ that people in the ░░░░░░░░ profession believe that black ░░░░░░░░ don t feel as ░░░░░░░░ pain and they don ░░░░░░░░ look at what s ░░░░░░░░ with corona Look at ░░░░░░░░ fact that we are ░░░░░░░░ treated as well because ░░░░░░░░ people the medical field ░░░░░░░░ don t believe this ░░░░░░░░ s a statue to ░░░░░░░░ man who did who ░░░░░░░░ what we re going ░░░░░░░░ right now And I ░░░░░░░░ think in order for ░░░░░░░░ to move on we ░░░░░░░░ to embrace what we ░░░░░░░░ can t see what ░░░░░░░░ re where you re ░░░░░░░░ to without knowing where ░░░░░░░░ ve been And America ░░░░░░░░ they always want to ░░░░░░░░ the conversation in the ░░░░░░░░ they re always going ░░░░░░░░ go That s not ░░░░░░░░ and we didn t ░░░░░░░░ this And I don ░░░░░░░░ know that you can ░░░░░░░░ do that with anything ░░░░░░░░ so the book was ░░░░░░░░ of that conversation and ░░░░░░░░ letting people see what ░░░░░░░░ and let them make ░░░░░░░░ own assertions as to ░░░░░░░░ that meant.”