Iowa Rep Steve King: “Sub-Groups" Don’t Contribute To Civilization
Iowa Representative Steve King recently claimed that minorities, or “sub-groups,” haven’t contributed to
Western civilization.
Cenk Uygur,
Ben Mankiewicz (
What The Flick?),
John Iadarola (ThinkTank), and
Michael Shure, hosts of
The Young Turks, break it down.
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"During a roundtable discussion regarding the uniformly white leadership of the
Republican party, six-term congressman Steve King of Iowa declared that white people have contributed more to the advancement of human civilization than any other “sub-group of people”, igniting a firestorm from his fellow panelists that almost resulted in one of them walking off the set.
“This whole ‘white people’ business does get a little tired,” said
King, a six-term congressman, referring to critiques that the homogeneity of
Republican leadership has lead to
GOP policies insensitive to racial and religious minorities.
Fellow panelist
Charlie Pierce, a writer for
Esquire, had declared that demographic realities imply that the
2016 election “is the last time that old white people will command the Republican party’s attention, its platform, and its public face”.
“I’d ask you to go back through history and figure out where these contributions that have been made by these categories of people that you’re talking about,” King said. “Where did any other sub-group of people contribute more to civilization?”
“Than white people?” asked host
Chris Hayes.”*
Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/18/steve-king-white-people-republican-convention
Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, John Iadarola, Michael Shure
Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, John Iadarola, Michael Shure
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