He looks like you - fuck you woman

[malaise]

https://www.facebook.com/NowThisPolitics/videos/1746606152149421/

[MontanaMama]

1. OMG.

😳

[malaise]

2. One more meaningless apology

[muntrv]

3. Is it just me or does the lady look like Ivanka?

[Phoenix61]

4. Interestingly she manages not to say the word "racist."

How do you apologize for being something you won’t even mention?

[hlthe2b]

5. I don't think one needs to be a body language expert to recognize what he is thinking throughout

her "apology." Quite frankly I could see the imagery of her being tossed into the gorilla enclosure and expected to deliver her "sincere" apology THERE. I'm betting his thoughts weren't far off of that imagery either.

Yup, he was taking one for the "team," but he is NOT buying it. I give that on-air partnership about five more minutes.

[malaise]

6. I would not have taken one for the team

That would have been my last say or hers - the network would have had to decide.

[StarfishSaver]

7. Easy to say when you're not in his shoes

I don't think any of us know what we actually would have done if we were in his position.

[qwlauren35]

8. There are things he could have said.

He was nice and didn't say that suggesting that a black man looks like a gorilla is racist.

[Hav]

11. I have seen this behavior in others and myself

and I think it's a way to protect yourself. It steers the focus of an encounter away from a potentially personal insult to something you can laugh about it. Because dealing with the personal insult and humiliation is too uncomfortable.

[Hav]

9. I had to stop watching...

because of those fake tears because they were meant to make others feel sorry for her. I doubt she'd be so stupid to deliberately blurt this out had she meant it as a racist insult but it was still telling in regards to how she sees her colleague and that she has no self-awareness.

I also agree with the poster who mentioned the body language. No, you aren't his friend.

[rurallib]

10. that was a year ago - wonder if she is still on the air?

did a quick google and did not see anything.

[Polybius]

13. She is

I remember hearing that he actually begged the producers/managers not to fire her. I'll try and find the article.

[Dream Girl]

12. PFacebook link don't work for me. Some of us are boycotting because of their policies of allowing

Racist, white supremist, content to flow freely. Misinformation and lies are A-okay.They enabled Trump to be elected and are continuing to do so. They are poison. Maybe there is a way to insert a $ in their name? They are way, way, worse than M$NBC will ever be.

[malaise]

15. I have never joined Facebookk

Someone sent me a link

[Dream Girl]

17. That's good, but I won't give them traffic

[KentuckyWoman]

14. In 1977 I made a bunch of sock monkeys for a charity sale

The charity helped kids in underserved schools get tutoring, mentoring and financial aid to get into prep schools and college. No where in my entire upbringing did anyone in my world compare African Americans to animals. I never heard it. I had no idea.

My hard work was for nothing. The sock monkeys were turned away, as they should have been. I gained a much needed education the hard way. To say I was mortified is an understatement but even more so, broken hearted that I hurt people I cared about with my stupidity. It was my responsibility to know better. Lucky for me all the ladies new me well enough by then within a short time we managed to trudge on. I doubt it was ever forgotten. They were just kind enough not to toss it in my face.

Who knows if this woman is just stupid or if she's full on racist. Either way, it is up to whites to learn these things and not go there. It is our responsibility. We need to be teaching each other what our dumbshit ancestors did and be mindful.

[malaise]

16. That she said he looks like you

is flat out racist.

You made the sock monkeys but never told anyone they looked like them - big difference

[KentuckyWoman]

18. I can agree with that.

i try to give the benefit of the doubt to people, but you are right. The comment - and the ease with which it was made - is just so ridiculous beyond all reason, it's impossible to make the case to simple stupidity. She knew, she just thought she could get away with it.

That said, I still feel whites have the responsibility to stop this crap. We are the ones perpetuating this garbage. It's on us. I am old. I do so hope the next generation does a better job than we did.