Byron Donalds to Al Sharpton Insisting that His Mentioning of Jim Crow Is Better for Black Marriage Rates: ‘Oh, My Gosh’

EXCERPT:

DONALDS: "Go look at my words."

SHARPTON: "Well, all right. People can look at your words. You said -- "

DONALDS: "I did not say Jim Crow was better. I never said it was good. I did not have nostalgia. I never said any of those things. I was talking about black families and black family marriage rates during that time."

SHARPTON: "Okay. Then what did Jim Crow do to contribute to black families? Hello?"

DONALDS: "I’m not talking — oh, my gosh.

SHARPTON: "You said that — you said under Jim Crow, black families. So explain to me what Jim Crow did to help black families."

DONALDS: "The marriage rates during the Jim Crow era were higher for black families up unto the point of the Great Society."

SHARPTON: "Because of Jim Crow?"

DONALDS: "I did not say that. I said they were. And this is the problem, because you’re trying to say that I said because of Jim Crow, marriages were at a higher rate. I did not say that. I said during. I said during."