Seth Meyers had some harsh words for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani Monday, following Giuliani’s hypothetical conversation as a black father talking to his child:
“First of all, don’t ever start a sentence with, ‘If I were a black father,’ if you are a black father, you don’t need to say it and if you aren’t, you should probably just shut the f*ck up.”
Watch courtesy of Late Night With Seth Meyers:
Meyers continued,
“The fact is, black people are disproportionately affected by racial disparities in our criminal justice system — that’s just a fact. And saying ‘Black Lives Matter’ is a response to that. The problem with you, Rudy, is you’re imagining the word only in there. As in ‘only’ black lives matter, but no one is saying that. In fact, assuming the word ‘only’ in any context is kinda weird, just in general. Like when you see a sign outside a convenience store that says, ‘We sell lottery tickets,’ you don’t assume they mean, ‘We only sell lottery tickets.’” Yet, that’s exactly what Giuliani and others like him do to gin up more resentment and division.
“‘Black Lives Matter’ is not an exclusionary statement, “it just means black lives matter, too.”
Of all the stinging retorts given to Giuliani, including by the The New York Times editorial staff, Meyers is the most heartfelt and eloquent. These points have been made before, including by a college professor, but never with such stinging style.
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