"Admit that there is such a thing as white privilege," these were the first words Jon Stewart said to Bill O’Reilly in their latest interview last Wednesday night on The Daily Show. Recently, O’Reilly had devoted several episodes in his show to challenge and deny the existing of white privilege in the United States. It all started in June, where he stated on his show that he should not be included under the white privilege banner, because he grew up in Long Island and worked at an ice cream shop. He added, "I 'm a really white guy -- when I was in Hawaii last week I couldn 't go in the sun … My parents didn 't have a lot of money ... I didn 't experience [white privilege] when I worked in Carvel, painted houses, cut lawns." (Taibi 2014a) Later in August, O’Reilly hosted Megyn Kelly - the well-known defender of White Santa - to discus the topic of white privilege again.
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Few days later, O’Reilly came back to list Talking Points Memo on his show, under the name The Truth About White Privilege. He said, "There is no question that African-Americans have a much harder time succeeding in our society … Even whites do. But the primary reason is not skin color. It 's education and not only book learning.” He also argued that Asian-Americans (all of them) do better in school, have less unemployment rates, and earn more income compared to both whites and
Few days later, O’Reilly came back to list Talking Points Memo on his show, under the name The Truth About White Privilege. He said, "There is no question that African-Americans have a much harder time succeeding in our society … Even whites do. But the primary reason is not skin color. It 's education and not only book learning.” He also argued that Asian-Americans (all of them) do better in school, have less unemployment rates, and earn more income compared to both whites and