Bill O’Reilly couldn’t drop the subject of “white privilege” following his heated debate with Jon Stewart, arguing Thursday night on “The O’Reilly Factor” that the idea of white privilege “creates victimization.”
Stewart had pushed O’Reilly to “admit that there is such a thing as white privilege” Wednesday night on “The Daily Show.” O’Reilly eventually conceded that “whites didn’t have it as bad as blacks,” but was adamant that discussion of white privilege wasn’t necessary in the post-Jim Crow era.
O’Reilly reiterated Thursday that he does believe it’s harder for blacks to succeed in America, but argued that the “white privilege theory” actually “creates victimization.”
“It gives people an excuse to fail or to do bad things,” he said. “What happened in the past is important to understand, but creating current policy around it is foolish.”
After getting in the last word in the debate, O’Reilly said there “are no hard feelings” between him and Stewart.
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