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Joy Behar Adds Ta-Nehisi Coates' Best-Selling Book To Her Banned Book Club | The View
Jun 23, 2023 · 3m 52s
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>> Joy: WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW. SO TODAY IS FRIDAY. SO WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT OUR BANNED BOOK FROM JOY'S BANNED BOOK CLUB. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] TODAY WE ARE FEATURING TA-NEHISI COATES' BOOK "BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME." YEAH. NOW THIS BOOK WAS A LETTER TO THE THEN-TEENAGE SON ABOUT HIS PERCEPTION OF THE REALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH BEING BLACK IN THE UNITED STATES, OKAY? SO
IT WAS -- THEY GOT VERY UPSET IN SOUTH CAROLINA BECAUSE THE BOOK TALKS ABOUT SYSTEMIC RACISM, AND THE STUDENTS SAID THAT THEY WERE UNCOMFORTABLE, AND THEY COMPLAINED THAT THE LESSON MADE THEM FEEL ASHAMED TO BE WHITE AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN BLOCKING THE SECTION ON SYSTEMIC RACISM ENTIRELY. OKAY. JUST A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ARE UNCOMFORTABLE, AND THAT'S THE END OF THE BOOK. INTERESTING, AND YOU'RE ALL GOING
TO GET A COPY OF THE BOOK. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING ABOUT THAT. I WENT TO SEE THIS SHOW THE OTHER DAY, "ROCK & ROLL MAN." THIS SHOW IS A MUSICAL ABOUT ALAN FRIED WHO WAS A MAN IN THE '50s. WHEN I WAS A KID, I USED TO GO TO THE BROOKLYN PARAMOUNT TO SEE THEM, AND I
WAS THERE DANCING IN THE AISLES WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. >> Sunny: YEAH. >> Joy: THE REASON THOSE SHOWS WERE FEATURED IS BECAUSE OF ALAN FRIED WHO PUT BLACK ACTS AND WHITE ACTS TOGETHER. >> Sunny: RIGHT. >> Joy: WHEN WAS UNHEARD OF, AND THEY TRIED TO BAN THAT. >> Sunny: WOW. >> Joy: THEN, AND SO NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO BAN "ROCK & ROLL" BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE PEOPLE
WHO WERE DANCING TOGETHER AND HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME. THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT THEN AND THEY DON'T LIKE THIS NOW. >> Sunny: WHAT'S FASCINATING TO ME IS I DON'T KNOW -- >> Joy: GO SEE IT BY THE WAY. LET ME PLUG IT. DO YOU KNOW WHO'S I IT? JOEY PENCE FROM "THE TO SOPRANOS." THEY DO, LIKE, LITTLE RICH AARD DOES A SONG, AND IT'S AT THE NEW
STAGES THEATRE IN NEW YORK CITY. THAT'S ALL. GO AHEAD. >> Sunny: I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO YOUR BANNED BOOK CLUB WHICH BY THE WAY I LOVE BECAUSE IF A BOOK IS BANNED I WANT TO READ IT EVEN MORE BECAUSE THAT MEANS IT MUST BE REALLY GOOD. TA-NEHISI IS A FRIEND OF MINE, SO I'M BIASED, BUT THAT BOOK IS INCREDIBLE. WHEN IT CAME OUT --
I HOPE YOU READ IT ALREADY, BUT WHEN IT CAME OUT, I IMMEDIATELY GAVE IT TO MY SON, MY TEENAGE SON BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, AND I THINK SOME DISCOMFORT SOMETIMES IS IMPORTANT, RIGHT? THAT'S KIND OF HOW YOU GROW, AND IT'S OKAY TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE RACIST BECAUSE YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE, AND I THINK WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT PERHAPS A WHITE CHILD READING
THIS AND BEING UNCOMFORTABLE IS THAT THAT PERSON WON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT SOMEBODY ELSE TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE. SO IT'S SUCH A TEACHABLE MOMENT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT BOOK IN PARTICULAR WOULD BE BANNED. >> Joy: THAT PICTURE OF THAT LITTLE GIRL RUBY BRIDGES BEING ESCORTED BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH RACISM WHERE SHE WAS GOING. THAT LITTLE GIRL HAD TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE. >>
Sunny: YES. >> Joy: OKAY? SO NOW THESE KIDS HAVE TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE. >> Sunny: JUST A LITTLE. >> Joy: IT'S NOT THAT BIG A DEAL TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE. >> Ana: I ASSURE YOU BEING BLACK OR BROWN OR GAY IN THIS COUNTRY AND GETTING CALLED NAMES AND BEING BULLIED IN SCHOOL IS FAR MORE UNCOMFORTABLE THAN LEARNING HISTORY AND THAN HEARING FROM EACH OTHER, AND I THINK THE
ONLY WAY WE DON'T KEEP REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKES IS BY LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER. I HAVE -- I HAVE TO TELL YOU I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT RACISM WAS BECAUSE I CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AS AN IMMIGRANT WITH THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AND IT'S BEEN THE STORYTELLING OF MY BLACK FRIENDS THAT HAS MADE ME UNDERSTAND IT, AND WE SHOULD ALL BE TELLING
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