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To watch the full clip and more episodes, head over to. 'Inherently, maybe I had to some extent, I've been living in a way where I didn't quite see all sides as clearly as I could've.'Īt the end of the conversation, Matthew shared part of Let America Be America Again, a poem by Langston Hughes: O, let America be America again-Īnd yet must be-the land where every man is free. 'I'm diving deeper into how I'm looking at things now I'm looking at myself, how I can learn more, see things from your side more,' Matthew said. Matthew then brought up the term 'white allergies' as a way to explain the implicit biases and views that white people may not even realize they have. You have to acknowledge that there’s a problem so that you can take more ownership for the problem.' “I’m gonna be honest with you because it’s what we’re here for, to have uncomfortable conversations. You put me on the spot,” Emmanuel responded. “How can someone like me, how can I do better as a human? How can I do better as a man? How can I do better as a white man?” Matthew asked. I’m here to have a conversation-hopefully promote more conversations-and with the end goal being that we take the time we’re in now and constructively turn a page in history through some righteous and justifiable change.”įrom there, Emmanuel and Matthew spent the next 11 minutes discussing some of Matthew’s most pressing questions. I’m here to discuss some common grounds between us but also expose differences between us. “I’m here to learn, share, listen, and understand. “I’ll tell you why I’m here, Emmanuel,” Matthew began.

#UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH A BLACK MAN EPISODE 4 SERIES#

After explaining his reason for the series and introducing Matthew, he asked the 50-year-old actor why he was there. To watch the full clip and more episodes, head over to .“The goal of this was never to be a monologue, but rather a dialogue, and encourage you to have dialogues of your own,” 29-year-old Emmanuel said to kick off the episode. 'But the only way to have hope for the future,' Emmanuel told Drake, 'is if you all listen to, and listen to me, and if I listen to them.' 'Do I have hope for the future?' Emmanuel returned.

Toward the end of the discussion, Emmanuel took questions from Chip and Joanna's children, including Drake, who asked if Emmanuel has 'hope for the future.'

'I think that we have racism so engrained into our culture, we don't even realize that we're blind to it.My white brothers and sisters, until they put their glasses on, they can't see all the dimensions of life, and so they can't understand the full picture of, 'Oh, maybe having a school named after a confederate general that I have to attend as a Black person, maybe that's a problem.' ' 'I think that in America we have to remember that history is meant to be remembered, but history isn't always meant to be celebrated,' said Emmanuel, who recently talked to Matthew McConaugheyabout this topic on the second episode of his show.

'How do we attack and solve a problem that some people in our community don't even understand that we've got?' Chip asked. Other critics have warned against the dangers of this seemingly well-meaning philosophy, which they say turns a blind eye to the racism and injustices that children of color face growing up in America.Ĭhip also raised the issue of another harmful brand of blindness-white people's blindness to their own racial biases and privilege. 'I don't like the concept of color blindness because colors and cultures are beautiful.'

'I think there's a strength, there's a beauty in seeing color,' Emmanuel added. 'If we don't expose our children to different colors, to different races,' then as that person grows up they 'won't be able to decipher the difference between a Black man that's a threat and a Black man that's just Black,' he explained. 'And then we started kind of pushing back on that and I think our question to you is-I've heard other parents say that, they want to raise their kids color blind–in your opinion, what's the best way to move forward with this conversation?'Įmmanuel replied that he believes it's best to raise children to see color. Jat 4:07 PM 4 min read Matthew McConaughey appeared on Emmanuel Acho ’s Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man for a candid discussion about race. 'Chip and I were talking and this whole idea of this color blind thing came up, and Chip said, 'You know, I'm proud, I think our kids are color blind,' ' said Joanna, who shares five children with Chip: sons Drake, 15, Duke, 11, and Crew, 1, and daughters Ella, 13, and Emmie, 10. And that's exactly what HGTV stars Chip and Joanna Gaines did when they-along with their five children-joined Emmanuel for the third episode of his show, which aired Wednesday, June 17.Ĭhip and Joanna kicked off the conversation by asking Emmanuel for his thoughts on a popular theory among parents today: raising children to be 'color blind.'

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