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CNN’s doing a real bang-up job with shaking that ‘fake news’ label. One of their analysts, Areva Martin, just unwittingly told Sirius/XM radio host David Webb to check his “white privilege” during a discussion on race.
Such an insightful and intelligent remark by Ms. Martin, who apparently didn’t realize that Webb is actually BLACK.
The incident occurred during a debate on whether race or qualifications should be an issue when hiring people for certain jobs.
After Webb said that expertise and experience are what matter, Martin interjected: “That’s a whole ‘nother long conversation about white privilege, the things that you have the privilege of doing, that people of color don’t have the privilege of.”
Webb shot back: “How do I have the privilege of white privilege?”
“David… by virtue of being a white male you have white privilege.” Martin answered before Webb cut her off: “Areva, I hate to break it to you, but you should’ve been better prepped. I’m black.”
Hammer and Nigel have the full, hilarious audio in the following clip:
