The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: Joy Reid’s Racist Rant Exposes DEI Hypocrisy

The Daily Signal
Aug 22, 2025
Victor Davis Hanson: Joy Reid’s Racist Rant Exposes DEI Hypocrisy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3kK1PlwjcA
Former MSNBC host Joy Reid is under fire for blasting white people on her podcast—saying “they can’t invent anything” and claiming American music is solely the domain of black Americans.

This type of rhetoric, embraced by DEI ideology, is nothing short of racial essentialism—and dangerously divisive.

Victor Davis Hanson explains why such rhetoric threatens America’s identity as a successful multiracial democracy—and why ethnic and racial chauvinism must be rejected—on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”

“Joy Reid is basically saying that black people are cognitively superior to other people. I wish this was an isolated incident. But remember, we've had this controversy before, about the president of Sacramento State, Luke Wood, who, in his past, was an African American intellectual activist, as he self-describes himself. And he said he wanted to ”eliminate”—that's a bad word to use, given the history of it in the 20th century—“eliminate whiteness.” Again, no repercussions.

“We have zero tolerance when racists, who are white, say such things about other groups. But in a truly multiracial, tolerant society, people who not only attack a group, collectively, and stereotype it, but they do so from positions of influence and power—like The New Yorker magazine or a former MSNBC anchor—they can do a great deal of damage, unless they're called out for it.”

(0:00) Zero Tolerance for Racism
(0:18) Joy Reid's Controversial Statements
(0:30) The Dangers of the DEI Movement
(2:20) Historical Context and Misconceptions
(2:28) Modern Examples of Racial Essentialism
(5:02) The Importance of Multiracial Tolerance
(6:02) Conclusion

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