Sunny Hostin claimed on Thursday that, in her opinion, it was impossible to say that the vast majority of Americans were not racists.
Hostin made the comments to co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin during an exchange on ABC’s midday talk show “The View” — where she further claimed that during a recent trip to Florida, her own son had been “called the n-word several times.”
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Sunny Hostin claims most Americans are racist: "You can't say, I believe that the vast majority of people aren't racist!"
She claims her son was called the N-word "several times" while walking done the beach in Florida.
In the past, Hostin has lied about stuff happening to her. pic.twitter.com/3Hq24RF8EX— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) February 1, 2024
Griffin started the conversation by stating that, while she believed there were certainly people in America who most would agree are racists, she did not think that label applied to “the vast majority” of Americans.
“I feel that —” she attempted to continue, but Hostin quickly cut her off.
“But the FBI director said that white supremacy is the biggest threat to our country today,” Hostin asserted, talking over Griffin’s objections.
“Well, that still doesn’t mean that’s the vast majority of people,” Griffin persisted. “I just don’t believe that in my day-to-day life, that the people that you are encountering harbor racist viewpoints. I do think that this division that we’re creating …”
Hostin interrupted again, claiming solemnly, “If you looked like me, you would believe differently.”
“Just to understand,” Griffin pressed for clarification. “Are we saying — do we think the vast majority of Americans are racist? That’s what I’m trying — help me understand.”
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“I think that there is a significant portion that are racist, and you can’t dismiss my lived experience,” Hostin protested. “When I say that there are a lot of racists in this country, I just experienced my son walking down the beach being called the n-word several times in Florida. So you can’t say, ‘I believe that the vast majority of the American people aren’t racist,’ we don’t know that.”
Hostin, as the Media Research Center’s Nick Fondacaro pointed out, has previously claimed that her “lived experience” included being yelled at by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) during a congressional hearing in which she’s been asked to testify.
Despite Hostin’s repeated claims that he had scolded her directly and was “spitting” because he was so angry, a video record of the hearing shows that Jordan never directly addressed Hostin at all.