In a segment on race and racial profiling, MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews listened Thursday to two African-American men share stories of being racially profiled as teenagers. He then offered an apology to his guests on behalf of all white people.
Val Nicholas, NBC News’ vice president, spoke of two instances where police suspecting him of a crime held him at gunpoint, though he said he was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.
In an editorial published on the MSNBC website and headlined, “I could have been Trayvon Martin,” Nicholas related his experience:
“Twice as a teen I ended up looking down the barrel of police guns for no other reason that I happened to be a black teenager. I had completely forgotten about those incidents, but the Zimmerman verdict opened that door again.”
After listening to MSNBC contributor Michael Steele share similar experiences, Matthews took it upon himself apologize.
“We got to continue this conversation, gentlemen, privately and on television,” Matthews said. “I mean a lot of people out there – I’ll just tell you one thing. And I’m speaking now for all white people, but especially people who have had to try to change the last 50 or 60 years. A lot of them have really tried to change and I’m sorry for this stuff. That’s all I’m saying.”
Watch Matthews’ apology via The Daily Caller here.
Watch the entire MSNBC segment here.
[poll id=”73″]
DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW
Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!
[email protected]
- Florida Five: DWS draws serious primary opponent, Legislators haul in $28.5 mil. pre-session - January 18, 2016
- Florida Five: Trump’s ‘Freedom Kids’ take Internet by storm, Miami seeks help with Cuban migrants - January 15, 2016
- Florida Five: Trump rallies ‘noisy as hell majority’ in Fla., Senate passes historic water bill - January 14, 2016
Comment
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.
BPR INSIDER COMMENTS
Scroll down for non-member comments or join our insider conversations by becoming a member. We'd love to have you!
Comments are closed.