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The View's Sara Haines Faces Backlash Over Resurfaced Race Comments
9 Nov
Summary
- Sara Haines' 2017 remarks on discussing Black issues resurfaced online.
- Ava DuVernay and Amanda Seales criticized Haines' comments as out-of-touch.
- Haines defended her right to discuss race as an ally despite being white.
Resurfaced comments from a 2017 episode of The View have led to significant backlash against co-host Sara Haines. The clip, re-shared recently, features Haines expressing frustration about her perceived inability to intellectually engage with Black issues, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, because of her race.
Haines stated in the 2017 segment that when she attempted to offer her perspective as an ally, she was dismissed with comments like, "You don't understand, you're white." She argued that this dismissal constituted discrimination, as it was based on her race. In response, co-host Joy Behar countered that being disagreed with is not the same as discrimination.
Whoopi Goldberg, moderating at the time, suggested that such experiences might help white individuals understand how it feels to be generalized about. Figures like filmmaker Ava DuVernay and comedian Amanda Seales have since criticized Haines' remarks as out-of-touch with the realities faced by Black Americans.
