00:00is it our job to educate white folks when the racism hits the fan we're asking because recently
00:09Katy Perry has been on an apology tour for all the cultural appropriation she's done even sitting
00:14down with black lives matter activist DeRay McKesson take a look at this even in you know
00:20my intention to like appreciate Japanese culture I did it wrong with a performance and I didn't know
00:27that I did it wrong until I heard people saying I did it wrong and sometimes that's what it takes
00:33is it takes someone to say out of compassion out of love hey dude this is where the origin is you
00:42know and do you understand and not just like a clap back you know okay not only do we have to
00:49endure the racism but we also have to be nice when talking about it got it so we're asking you again
00:55for today's viewer poll is it our responsibility to educate white people when they do something
01:00racist vote a for yes b for no using hashtag essence live now our ear to the internet streets
01:07is manning social media for your comments right now hey Kayla hey what are folks saying on social
01:12media all right comments are already rolling in Bernadine Thorpe says Katy Perry still fierce
01:17there's gonna be flops here and there she's gonna be all right Renette Williams says white people
01:21should use the common sense they have and check each other we have a lot of our own work to do
01:25making sure they get it right is a waste of our time and energy that we need for other fights Liz
01:29Jackson says do your research like everyone else oh I know that's right Google is free and it is
01:34available to everyone all right now keep those votes and comments coming we really want to hear
01:39them and we'll read the results later on in the show we asked earlier is it our responsibility to
01:44educate white people when they do something racist responses were mixed yeah most people said yes
01:50uh to Tia Boyd says being ignorant is not a past educate empower and research thankful Glasper says
01:56every racist misdeed is a teachable moment uh but John Weatherill said I don't think it's our
02:01responsibility but some people need some guidance no wow it sounds pretty mixed all right so let's see
02:07the results of today's viewer poll we asked you is it our responsibility to educate white folks when
02:12they make racist mistakes and here's how you voted all right 79 percent of people say that's the only
02:20way we'll see real change and 21 percent said no white people should educate themselves now that is an
02:27interesting breakdown I tend to agree with the uh 79 percent that yes we have to talk about these issues
02:33issues and we have to like that's the only way that we'll get real change right
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