Sunny Hostin of “The View” is facing intense backlash for suggesting wealthy blacks have it harder in America than poor whites.
Said during an episode of “The View” that aired last month, the comments are just now going viral. The comments come specifically from an episode during which the co-hosts of the show discussed the Supreme Court’s decision to nix affirmative action.
Amid that discussion, Hostin said this: “The lived experience of a white kid in Appalachia or perhaps on a potato farm in Idaho is different in this country for a black student, whether that black student be wealthy or not, because this country was founded on slavery.”
The suggestion was that, because America was allegedly founded on slavery (more on this later), then the so-called “lived experience” of black children is worse than the “lived experience” of white children.
Listen:
“The View” host Sunny Hostin
just said that working class white children are “better off” than wealthy black children.Why does the left make EVERYTHING about race?? pic.twitter.com/8NL1Vw8I2Y
— Proud Elephant (@ProudElephantUS) July 7, 2023
The remarks triggered backlash for a couple of main reasons.
One, critics took offense to the notion that black people have automatically lived a harder life just because of the color of their skin.
Look:
Sunny Hostin : I have a net worth of $3M, but I am a bigger victim than that kid in Idaho with less than $3000 to his name because he has privillege.
— ilaks (@ilaks) July 7, 2023
She has no idea what it is to grow up as a poor white kid. Black people are brought up to believe they have it worse than anyone else.
— Mary Martis (@MaryMartis4) July 7, 2023
i grew up in the SE and have been around appalachian people. sunny clearly has NEVER met one. she has no idea what she’s talking about. the view needs to go!
— The Family Comic (@TheFamilyComic) July 7, 2023
Most of us have a different life experience from a white kid living on a potato farm in Idaho. I’m not sure what her point is other than to make it about “race” because she has nothing intelligent or profound to add to the conversation.
— Defenestrate (@Defenestrate123) July 7, 2023
What life experience do these clowns imagine poor white kids are exempt from? As a former poor white kid, I can tell you it’s the same. Rich people looking down on you, people seeing your clothes and smirking, calling you names in school, all that, and more.
— Chad (@ChadSalyer3) July 8, 2023
And two, critics took an issue with the critical race theory-rooted idea that America was founded on slavery.
This idea is refuted mainly by the fact that slavery existed long before the founding of America, as well as the fact that slavery still exists to this day.
“There’s still slavery in parts of the world today, and depending on how you judge it and how you measure it, there’s potentially even more slavery in the world today than there has ever been in the past,” conservative commentator Jack Posobiec noted during a discussion recorded earlier this year.
Posobiec’s guest, Libby Emmons, further argued that the U.S. economy was never reliant on slavery. In fact, most of the northern colonies outlawed slavery shortly after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Listen to their discussion below:
Responding specifically to Hostin’s remarks, Twitter critics expressed some of the same ideas said by Posobiec and Emmons.
Look:
This country was not founded on slavery. This country was founded on the hard work of the Irish,Italians,Czechs,Native Americans, Whites,Blacks, Asians, etc. You are a sad person, so full of hate!
— Donna Cunningham (@DonnaCu73053193) June 29, 2023
@sunny Hey Sunny! My grandma was a white kid, adopted, and raised (slave labor) on a potato farm. Then at the age of 14 she was given (sold) to a man 50 years old! Slavery comes in all colors. Americans didn’t invent it either. (Read the Bible)
— Pierre the Poodle (@pierre_poodle) July 7, 2023
This country was not FOUNDED on slavery. Africans sold their own to the US for farming work. After a horrific period, the US ended slavery. Slavery still exists in Africa and in all parts of the world – of all races. Educate yourself Sunny. You sound foolish @sunny .
— grethe (@GretheViggo) July 7, 2023
This country was not founded on slavery. Very few people had slaves even in the south. This is a lie to keep Americans either feeling victimized or feeling guilty for something that hasn’t even existed in our lifetimes. Stop the nonsense.
— Texas Nana ✝️⭐️ (@Debbieh625) July 7, 2023
@sunny oh Sunny… this country was not FOUNDED on slavery. Slavery did exist, not saying that it did not. Just saying the country was FOUNDED on principles of freedom from being taxed, freedom of religion & the right to self govern. Slaves indeed did build much of this country.
— Lynda (@lyndamorse17) July 7, 2023
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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