MSNBC's Joy Reid claims conservatives would 'trade all the tax cuts in the world' just to be able to use the N-word



MSNBC host Joy Reid is facing heavy criticism after saying conservatives would gladly exchange tax cuts to be able to freely use the N-word.

What are the details?

In a Thursday tweet, Reid wrote, "I'll say it again: people on the right would trade all the tax cuts for the ability to openly say the n-word like in 'the good old days.' To them, not being able to be openly racist and discriminatory without consequence is oppression. Trump is the avatar for this 'freedom.'"

Reid made the remarks in a thread of tweets between former New York Times opinion editor Bari Weiss and MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson.

In an op-ed for Deseret News, Weiss wrote about self-censorship and cancel culture.

The article, titled "The Silenced Majority," explores self-censorship and touches upon a faction of far-left "illiberalism" in progressive culture.

A portion of Weiss' article said, "In red America and in blue America — and, perhaps more so, on the red internet and the blue internet — we are in the grip of an epidemic of self-silencing."

Weiss tweeted the story, and captioned it, "'Self-censorship is the norm, not the exception,' a student at one of the country's top law schools wrote. 'I self-censor even when talking to some of my best friends for fear of word getting around.'"

You can read Weiss' full essay here.

Johnson, who apparently took issue with Weiss' remarks, responded in kind by writing, "Yes, because code-switching, mask wearing, and all of the other hoops that black people have to go through to appease enough of the majority to even GET into law school isn't the issue. But censoring yourself from saying the N word amongst friends is[.]"

What have others said about this?

Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell took issue with Reid's remarks, and wrote, "Joy Reid of MSNBC: I suggest you watched [sic] Hannity. I called you out as a racist. I also suggest you apologize to every Republican in this country. Finally I suggest you look in the mirror and apologize for your homophobic comments."

Conservative commentator and broadcaster Ben Shapiro wrote, "This is what the authoritarian Left thinks of you. Which is why they think your individual rights are of no value — and in fact, make the world a worse place."

He added, "In reality, Reid would love nothing better than if conservatives loved the n-word. It would give her unending moral advantage, and allow her to cram down her perverse worldview. But conservatives don't, so she'll just impute deep desire to use the n-word to you."

Author Ryan Girdusky added, "Joy Reid published an anti-gay blog and when she was caught, rather than taking ownership, said her computer was hacked. That's the type of person she is."

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MSNBC host slams RNC as 'minstrel show' for having black people speak to make white voters feel less racist



An MSNBC host dismissed the Republican National Convention as a "modern-day minstrel show" for featuring so many black conservative speakers during a Sunday segment on "AM Joy."

Tiffany Cross, who was guest-hosting for Joy Reid, characterized the inclusion of minority speakers as an attempt by the Republican Party to make its mostly white base feel less racist.

Cross' statement was preceded by a video montage of speakers including Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, and former NFL star Herschel Walker.

"That was not a 'Saturday Night Live' sketch," Cross said. "Welcome back to 'AM Joy.' I'm Tiffany Cross. If you watched the Republican National Convention last week, you'd almost think that the Republican Party was the one welcoming people of color, given the big display of diversity. The convention featured more than a dozen African-American speakers alone."

"But don't be fooled that the party of Trump has suddenly warmed to the same people that Trump's policies and sometimes his rhetoric directly harms," Cross continued. "As friend of the show Elie Mystal wrote so eloquently in The Nation, 'Republicans invited a cadre of professional black friends to validate Donald Trump and make white people feel a little less racist while still very much supporting white supremacy.' I mean, I watched the Republican convention, and seeing the slew of black speakers that they had, it really did look like a modern-day minstrel show to me."

This writer's perspective

What would members of the media have said about the Republican National Convention if there had only been white speakers? Many of them probably would have criticized the event as being racist for ignoring minorities. Now, when they invite too many minorities, they're accused of only doing so to make white people feel less racist.

Cross' attack hits the minorities themselves more than the alleged racist white people who arranged for them to speak. To speak at a national party convention is a significant honor, and there were some genuine and powerful moments, including the speech from Alice Johnson, who received a full pardon from the president the next day.

To call it a "minstrel show" is a needlessly nasty and insulting way for Cross to make her point, but it was clearly intentional. Minstrel shows, which date back to the early 19th century, featured white performers in blackface, and Cross' attack is just another version of what Democratic nominee Joe Biden has said — if you're not a Democrat, you ain't really black.

(H/T: The Daily Wire)