about the show’s boys’ club, for instance, he said he remembered “going back into the writer’s room and being like, ‘Do you believe this shit? Kevin? Steve? Mike? Bob? Donald?’ Oh…Uh oh. Uh oh.”
NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 9: Comedian Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, works with scriptwriters in the show’s “writer’s room,” on August 9, 2011 in New York.had a policy that hid the names of job applicants, which they thought was “the way to not be sexist and racist.” But when they kept hiring “white dudes from a certain background,” they eventually realized that “the river that we were getting the material from, the tributary was also polluted by the same inertia.
— the only black person on staff at the time — after the correspondent called him out for a racist bit where Stewart did an impression of former presidential candidate Herman Cain. “It took me a long time to realize that the real issue was that we hired a person who is black… [and] they felt like they’re carrying the weight of representation,” Stewart said. “So they suddenly feel like, ‘I’ve got to be the speaker of the race.’ So we think we’re doing the right thing, but we’re not doing it in the right way. Those were hard lessons for me, and they were humbling lessons. And I was defensive about them and still didn’t do it all right.
Stewart closed by saying he doesn’t consider himself malevolent, but acknowledged, “My ignorance of that dynamic had real consequences.” He added, “For us to dismantle the entrenched tributaries that continue to contribute to inequality of outcome of equity, it takes effort.”
Just stop it. You had a good show, leave it at that.
His show got me through GWB two terms presidency and I thank him for that from the bottom of my heart. Sometimes it’s about chemistry among people, what makes you function well and produce master pieces. The least person in need of apologies to our society is you Jon.
Why don’t they just hire the best talent and ignore their race/sex? Isn’t that the fair thing to do?
He also addressed this on the sternshow this morning.
Kiss it. Go ahead kiss it. - South Park
But you got us Trevor. Genius.
Make this easy and just tell us where and how many times you wore black face like your late night peers.
....and some more white guilt
Stop with the self flagellation.
cthagod A sad old man...
This is an example of jumping on the bandwagon.
Boy, that white guilt, huh?
Jon steered tds in a direction that had me scratching my head. I’m surprised he hasn’t run for something, yet.
🤦🏻♂️ “I’m sorry I’m white”
BillSimmons needs to watch the last 15 minutes of this.
He can kiss my ass. I'll never forget him telling black folk to stop suggesting that Trump voters are racists. It's 'Economic Anxiety'! BULLSHIT! He does good work, but when it comes to race, Jon Stewart sucks!
White people are some kind of messed up I swear to God. Yall are poster children for socialized narcissism: can't even handle it when someone self reflects on their involvement in systemic racism
LOL
Perhaps his options were as unfunny as Trevor Noah is.
Shame JonStewart, shame! You need to be sent to the Seattle re-education camp and then you must... It’s the only acceptable option.
Jon Stewart is doing a great interview on HowardStern right now
Lol.
We need a picture of Jon Stewart looking like shit. Can someone find that for me?
This is so dumb