Eddie Glaude on Kyle Kashuv: ‘It’s So Interesting How Innocence Can Be Attached to Certain Bodies’

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GLAUDE JR.: "Look, it would have been helpful if the information had come to light while they were making their admissions decision. It didn’t. It came late. So I understand the decision. But I want to be very clear here, Stephanie. It’s so interesting how innocence can be attached to certain bodies. Here you have a kid that is 16 years old. Kalief Browder was 16. They threw him in Rikers. He’s not here. Central Park Five, one of them was 14. So we have people who are — they want to attribute innocence to certain folk, but want to deny innocence to other folk. So part of what I’m suggesting here is it’s not that he is just young and he will grow and he's mature. If you hold that view, hold it consistently for all of our children. For all of our children. If you don’t, then stop playing political games. He said the n-word. He said, 'Kill Jews.' He was embroiled in a hate-filled discourse. Harvard does not want that as part of its community. He will learn his lesson. If he does, he will probably land on his feet, he will soar, and hopefully he will change as a human being and become the kind of human being that God created him to be."