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CNN’s Don Lemon Defends OU Frat Mom: ‘Is She Really Racist?’
Mar. 11, 2015
HOSTIN: “I was surprised to hear the young people saying this, because you think that as we go through our society, the pendulum swings, and, you know, our millennials should do better because they clearly should know better. So, when I saw this, though, it showed me if the house mother is doing this, this is so pervasive in the culture of that fraternity that it now is very clear that this is an institutional problem. It’s just maddening that we’re still talking about these issues, although I’m happy like Marc says, that we are talking about these issues.”
LEMON: “Sunny, she’s singing a song. She’s singing a song that those words are in the song.” [crosstalk]
HOSTIN: “Don, you know I have issue. We should never use the N-word. No one should use it.”
LEMON: “I hate that word, no one should use that word. And so, it’s — I know people who are her age who are my color who say that word when they’re saying a rap song.” [crosstalk]
HOSTIN: “It should be retired.”
LEMON: “It should be retired. I don’t know if that makes her racist because she sang it in a song or because some kids goaded her singing a rap song.” [crosstalk]
LEMON: “I don’t know if that makes her racist.”
BLITZER: “Hold on one second.”
MORIAL: “I also question her common sense. She appeared —“
LEMON: “Yes, I agree with that.”
MORIAL: “She appeared in an interview in effect expressing shock, surprise and disappointment. And then, it’s revealed that she used the word and she was —“
LEMON: “Don’t you think it’s out of context? She’s using it in context to sing a song, which people do all the time. I’m not saying it’s right. Is she really racist?”
HOSTIN: “Oh, come on, Don.”
LEMON: “Because some kids are goading her into singing a song that contains the N-word?”
HOSTIN: “It’s clear she’s so duplicitous. She’s so duplicitous.” [crosstalk]
LEMON: “If she’s flat out calling people the N-word, that is a different thing. She’s singing a song, I think that’s different. What’s the song we say, “these hoes ain’t loyal,” do I — am I really calling women that word? No. Am I singing a song in the club? Yes. Does that make misogynistic?” [crosstalk]
HOSTIN: “You’re appearing apples and elephants. OK? It’s completely different.”
LEMON: “I’m not saying it’s right. I’m saying there’s context to everything.”
Mar. 11, 2015
HOSTIN: “I was surprised to hear the young people saying this, because you think that as we go through our society, the pendulum swings, and, you know, our millennials should do better because they clearly should know better. So, when I saw this, though, it showed me if the house mother is doing this, this is so pervasive in the culture of that fraternity that it now is very clear that this is an institutional problem. It’s just maddening that we’re still talking about these issues, although I’m happy like Marc says, that we are talking about these issues.”
LEMON: “Sunny, she’s singing a song. She’s singing a song that those words are in the song.” [crosstalk]
HOSTIN: “Don, you know I have issue. We should never use the N-word. No one should use it.”
LEMON: “I hate that word, no one should use that word. And so, it’s — I know people who are her age who are my color who say that word when they’re saying a rap song.” [crosstalk]
HOSTIN: “It should be retired.”
LEMON: “It should be retired. I don’t know if that makes her racist because she sang it in a song or because some kids goaded her singing a rap song.” [crosstalk]
LEMON: “I don’t know if that makes her racist.”
BLITZER: “Hold on one second.”
MORIAL: “I also question her common sense. She appeared —“
LEMON: “Yes, I agree with that.”
MORIAL: “She appeared in an interview in effect expressing shock, surprise and disappointment. And then, it’s revealed that she used the word and she was —“
LEMON: “Don’t you think it’s out of context? She’s using it in context to sing a song, which people do all the time. I’m not saying it’s right. Is she really racist?”
HOSTIN: “Oh, come on, Don.”
LEMON: “Because some kids are goading her into singing a song that contains the N-word?”
HOSTIN: “It’s clear she’s so duplicitous. She’s so duplicitous.” [crosstalk]
LEMON: “If she’s flat out calling people the N-word, that is a different thing. She’s singing a song, I think that’s different. What’s the song we say, “these hoes ain’t loyal,” do I — am I really calling women that word? No. Am I singing a song in the club? Yes. Does that make misogynistic?” [crosstalk]
HOSTIN: “You’re appearing apples and elephants. OK? It’s completely different.”
LEMON: “I’m not saying it’s right. I’m saying there’s context to everything.”
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