May 3, 2021 • 7 mins
Today in Closing Remarks, Big Dog mentions The Willie Lynch Letter and Jim Crow as he gives us his opinion on the comments made by Vice-President Kamala Harris.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, here we are, guys, our last break of
the day on this Monday, and here's Steve Harvey with
our closing remarks. To take a sip. You know, I
really feel badly for Kamala Harris because she's made her
first mistake. Now, I'm not gonna judge her presidency on this,
(00:29):
her vice presidency and her rise off of this one statement.
I'm I got four full years with her, so I'm
trying to keep in mind that. I know, I know
it was not worded right. I knew it wasn't the
(00:49):
best thing to say. But racism in this country is
not her fault. Whether she says it or not, Racism
ain't her fault. This has been our problem for over
four hundred years. Has nothing to do with her making
a statement that it is not a racist country. I'm
hoping she was just saying that to say that all
(01:10):
Americans aren't racist, and that's the vice president of the
United States. Why would you want to be vice president
of a racist country. Maybe that has something to do it.
I don't really know, nor do I really even give
a damn. But the truth of the matter is this
country we live in, it ain't Kamala Harris's fault. She
(01:32):
didn't create none of this. Now she's doing a couple
of things up there, y'all. Just let me remind you. Now,
there's a couple of things she's doing with the Voters
Right Bill that she's trying to pass to offset what
happened down in Georgia. They have a bill in front
that's she's for running. And she's also a big part
of the George Floyd bill that's going forward. So I'm
(01:55):
gonna give her that. But let me tell you something
about this country, the United States of America. And I
know Americans don't like to be called racist, but let
me just start with something simple. What if you're not racist,
what was slavery? What was that about? Even after the
(02:20):
Proclamation emancipation? What was that about? What was the Willie
Lynch letter about? What was Jim Crow about? I mean,
I'm just trying to understand, if you're not racist, what
was the colored only sections about throughout our history? I
guess you didn't think that was racist either. How about
(02:43):
I mean, we couldn't eat it, We had to have
lunch counter boycotts, we couldn't eat in restaurants, we couldn't
look at a white woman walking down the street. What
was the lynchings about? What was the tarring and feathering?
And bro why did y'all drag James Burr behind the
truck in Texas? What was that about that you're not
(03:05):
a racist country? Why do we allow the Clue Klux
Klan to even exist? I mean, what right do we
give a person to hate another person simply because of
the color of their skin, or their sexual preference, or
what they choose to believe it's religious? What was it about?
If America is not racism? I'm just keep asking you.
(03:27):
What are some of these things about. What was the
bus boycott about? Why do black men have to make
signs up that say I am a man? Why why
we gotta do that if we ain't racist? What was
the march on Washington about? How do we get there? Man?
(03:47):
What about these new voting laws that got passed in
Georgia and now Florida, Lord knows what they fit to do?
In Texas, it's voter suppression. What is that about? I
don't I don't know. What about make America great Again?
(04:09):
Where you don't see the racism in that? I do
make America great again? When was America ever better for us? Oh,
the make America Great Again statement was not for us. Oh,
I forgot. He wasn't talking to us, just like the
Constitution ain't talking to us. Oh it's written, but America
(04:34):
is not the country that it says. It is on
paper that all men are created equal. Well, when you're
gonna treat us that way, I'm confused, man, about this
great country of ours? Who is not racist? What is
the prison system? Where did that come from? Our judicial
(04:57):
system that overwhelmingly black lives are convicted and we are
centers at uncomparable levels for the same and lesser crimes,
we get more and more time. This ain't a racist country.
(05:20):
Why do we have so much police brutality against those
people who are not white? This is not a racist country.
Why is it always somebody who's white that's got a
problem with somebody who not always Okay, So you don't
(05:43):
want to be called racist, and America don't want to
be labeled a rescist country, then you have to stop.
You have to stop all of this stuff that I'm
listening and I'm leaving out stuff too. What about the
law loss of innocent black lives over and over and
(06:04):
over and over. Even a dog like George Zimmerman can
kill a black man and get away with it and
he ain't even the police. Damn, that wasn't racist to y'all.
Why do we even have a Black Lives Matter slogan?
Why we got to say that to y'all? What's that about?
(06:25):
That don't sound racist to you? Why are we still
fighting for basic human rights? Why? If this ain't racism,
what is it? Y'all? Tell me? I'm just trying to
help you define it, because we already know what it is,
because we live it every day and we wanted to stop.
And if it was happening to you, I bet you
feel the exact same way. But it ain't. So here
(06:49):
we go, see you tomorrow for all Steve Every contest
no purchase necessary avoid we're prohibited. Participants must be legal
US residents at least eighteen years old, unless otherwise stated.
For complete contest rules, visit Steve HARVEYFM dot com. You're
listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
All right, here we are, guys, our last break of
the day on this Monday, and here's Steve Harvey with
our closing remarks. To take a sip. You know, I
really feel badly for Kamala Harris because she's made her
first mistake. Now, I'm not gonna judge her presidency on this,
(00:29):
her vice presidency and her rise off of this one statement.
I'm I got four full years with her, so I'm
trying to keep in mind that. I know, I know
it was not worded right. I knew it wasn't the
(00:49):
best thing to say. But racism in this country is
not her fault. Whether she says it or not, Racism
ain't her fault. This has been our problem for over
four hundred years. Has nothing to do with her making
a statement that it is not a racist country. I'm
hoping she was just saying that to say that all
(01:10):
Americans aren't racist, and that's the vice president of the
United States. Why would you want to be vice president
of a racist country. Maybe that has something to do it.
I don't really know, nor do I really even give
a damn. But the truth of the matter is this
country we live in, it ain't Kamala Harris's fault. She
(01:32):
didn't create none of this. Now she's doing a couple
of things up there, y'all. Just let me remind you. Now,
there's a couple of things she's doing with the Voters
Right Bill that she's trying to pass to offset what
happened down in Georgia. They have a bill in front
that's she's for running. And she's also a big part
of the George Floyd bill that's going forward. So I'm
(01:55):
gonna give her that. But let me tell you something
about this country, the United States of America. And I
know Americans don't like to be called racist, but let
me just start with something simple. What if you're not racist,
what was slavery? What was that about? Even after the
(02:20):
Proclamation emancipation? What was that about? What was the Willie
Lynch letter about? What was Jim Crow about? I mean,
I'm just trying to understand, if you're not racist, what
was the colored only sections about throughout our history? I
guess you didn't think that was racist either. How about
(02:43):
I mean, we couldn't eat it, We had to have
lunch counter boycotts, we couldn't eat in restaurants, we couldn't
look at a white woman walking down the street. What
was the lynchings about? What was the tarring and feathering?
And bro why did y'all drag James Burr behind the
truck in Texas? What was that about that you're not
(03:05):
a racist country? Why do we allow the Clue Klux
Klan to even exist? I mean, what right do we
give a person to hate another person simply because of
the color of their skin, or their sexual preference, or
what they choose to believe it's religious? What was it about?
If America is not racism? I'm just keep asking you.
(03:27):
What are some of these things about. What was the
bus boycott about? Why do black men have to make
signs up that say I am a man? Why why
we gotta do that if we ain't racist? What was
the march on Washington about? How do we get there? Man?
(03:47):
What about these new voting laws that got passed in
Georgia and now Florida, Lord knows what they fit to do?
In Texas, it's voter suppression. What is that about? I
don't I don't know. What about make America great Again?
(04:09):
Where you don't see the racism in that? I do
make America great again? When was America ever better for us? Oh,
the make America Great Again statement was not for us. Oh,
I forgot. He wasn't talking to us, just like the
Constitution ain't talking to us. Oh it's written, but America
(04:34):
is not the country that it says. It is on
paper that all men are created equal. Well, when you're
gonna treat us that way, I'm confused, man, about this
great country of ours? Who is not racist? What is
the prison system? Where did that come from? Our judicial
(04:57):
system that overwhelmingly black lives are convicted and we are
centers at uncomparable levels for the same and lesser crimes,
we get more and more time. This ain't a racist country.
(05:20):
Why do we have so much police brutality against those
people who are not white? This is not a racist country.
Why is it always somebody who's white that's got a
problem with somebody who not always Okay, So you don't
(05:43):
want to be called racist, and America don't want to
be labeled a rescist country, then you have to stop.
You have to stop all of this stuff that I'm
listening and I'm leaving out stuff too. What about the
law loss of innocent black lives over and over and
(06:04):
over and over. Even a dog like George Zimmerman can
kill a black man and get away with it and
he ain't even the police. Damn, that wasn't racist to y'all.
Why do we even have a Black Lives Matter slogan?
Why we got to say that to y'all? What's that about?
(06:25):
That don't sound racist to you? Why are we still
fighting for basic human rights? Why? If this ain't racism,
what is it? Y'all? Tell me? I'm just trying to
help you define it, because we already know what it is,
because we live it every day and we wanted to stop.
And if it was happening to you, I bet you
feel the exact same way. But it ain't. So here
(06:49):
we go, see you tomorrow for all Steve Every contest
no purchase necessary avoid we're prohibited. Participants must be legal
US residents at least eighteen years old, unless otherwise stated.
For complete contest rules, visit Steve HARVEYFM dot com. You're
listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
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