Much has been discussed about the legacy left by Martin Luther King Jr. and his famous fight for civil rights, but “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin says people have him all wrong.
Rather than fighting for equality, Hostin claims he was fighting for causes such as wealth redistribution, reparations and equity. In an explanation complete with progressive buzzwords, she says that MLK Jr. was a “radical.”
“I think the biggest problem with Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy is that people misinterpret his legacy. They misinterpret what he was asking for,” she said. “And so, while we always hear this, I want my little girls and boys to be judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin, that’s all you ever hear anyone saying.”
“But he was a radical. He was deeply invested in economic equality. And he was deeply invested in making sure that black people got reparations and that there was wealth distribution – redistribution, and that’s the one area when we talk about diversity and we talk about inclusion and we talk about equity,” she continued.
Interestingly, she never quoted King or offers any substantive evidence of this interpretation of his legacy.
She went on to express her obvious disgust with people who want “diversity” and “inclusion” but don’t want to open the door for a conversation about reparations.
“But when you ask them giving us some reparations because this country was built on the backs of black people for free, no one wants to talk about that,” said Hostin, whose current net worth is estimated to be $3 million.
Social media was none too impressed by Hostin’s take on history:
I swear… it’s almost like people didn’t learn from history.
— … (@Chicken_Truckin) January 17, 2023
How do these idiots exist.
— JBEEZ (@J_Bullet10) January 16, 2023
Sunny in
”How to destroy a legacy”— Dave (@Riverview_dave) January 17, 2023
I noticed the 21st century race hustlers are most uncomfortable during #MLKDay
— Maroon Baboon (@maroon_baboon) January 16, 2023
MLK would walk onto the Veil and slap each one of them across the face. Whole show is big Race Hustle. They should be ashamed
— John Rocket (@icenine7099) January 16, 2023
If that’s true, let’s see footage of MLK saying he wanted reparations or, some piece of documentation proving he supported it.
— Tom Nolley (@colTom106) January 17, 2023
@sunny is a racist trying to keep the narrative going. She is licking her chops at her potential reparations money.
— Broadcast Media Rick (@BrdcastMediaGuy) January 17, 2023
All Americans need to ask themselves if they are willing to live in a country run by people like this.
— CN (@comp_napper) January 17, 2023
What?
Am I reading this right?
“TOO much emphasis on his character and NOT his skin color “?
Isn’t that the OPPOSITE of his famous dream speech?
Judge you NOT by the color of your skin but by the content of your character?— Nicholas Lagano (@lagano_nicholas) January 16, 2023
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