{"id":209232,"date":"2021-03-10T18:15:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T23:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=209232"},"modified":"2021-03-10T18:15:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T23:15:05","slug":"once-again-don-lemons-embraces-witch-trial-logic-after-accusations-of-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/once-again-don-lemons-embraces-witch-trial-logic-after-accusations-of-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Once Again, Don Lemon\u2019s Embraces \u2018Witch Trial\u2019 Logic After Accusations Of Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fonce-again-don-lemons-embraces-witch-trial-logic-after-accusations-of-racism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=209232&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-190.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>CNN anchor Don Lemon has carved out a section of \u201cjournalism\u201d for himself under the banner of assumed authority on matters of race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One such example was on full display as the host<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/don-lemon-says-harry-and-meghans-accusations-ring-very-true-dismisses-the-need-to-hear-from-the-other-side\"><span>reacted<\/span><\/a> <span>to Oprah Winfrey\u2019s controversial interview with former royals Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lemon, who continues to present himself as an objective \u201cjournalist,\u201d showed no interest or curiosity regarding the legitimacy or validity of the various accusations leveled by Meghan Markle and her subservient sidekick Harry, instead applying \u201cBelieve All Women\u201d logic based, this time, on skin color.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>But just imagine being told that your unborn baby won\u2019t have the same privileges, won\u2019t have the same protections, as everyone else in the family,\u201d Lemon began, despite the fact that Archie\u2019s lack of title adheres to a 1917 letter from King George V which<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-56325934\"><span>declares<\/span><\/a> <span>that \u201c<\/span><span>the great-grandchildren of the monarch would no longer be princes or princesses, except for the eldest son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales.\u201d Such instructions have nothing to do with race, and yet Lemon prescribes such context in pursuit of his desired narrative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Next, he asked his audience to \u201c<\/span><span>Imagine one of your in-laws asking questions about the color of your unborn baby\u2019s skin,\u201d despite no evidence provided that this question was even asked or that it was a member of the family who asked it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lemon then applied the routine pattern of using evidence of racism in the past as proof of racism in the present.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSkin color has really been whispered about, talked about right out loud for centuries. As I just talked about Chris \u2014 talked to Chris about, I write about it in my book \u2018This is a Fire.\u2019 What I say to my friends about racism. And I just want to share the kind of words that I\u2019ve heard and then I wrote about,\u201d Lemon said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI say people who were three quarters black were griffes. Mulattoes were half black, quadroons a quarter, octoroons an eight, and so on, down to the 164th black sangmelee.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThese anachronistic terms offend our ears now, but the old paper bag sliding valuation of skin tone versus stature still whispers in the subconscious mind of the job interviewer and the job applicant, the loan officer, and the loan applicant, the teacher and the student, the cop and the citizen,\u201d Lemon argued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Assuming a liberal dose of the debunked notion of \u201csubconscious\u201d racism, Lemon draws an equivalence between the racism of the past and his interpretation of the racism of our current society, without actually explaining why such a comparison is in any way valid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Not only did Lemon assume racism, he assumed guilt without any form of due process. Speaking with CNN\u2019s Brianna Keilar, he said, \u201cBrianna, also, people say we haven\u2019t heard from the other side. What\u2019s the other side going to say? They\u2019re going to say, \u2018Of course we\u2019re not racist,\u2019 or whatever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOr whatever.\u201d Unfortunately, this is what the supposed pinnacle of modern journalism has come to. The presumption of guilt without evidence, with counter-arguments deemed unnecessary, arguing that they themselves are further evidence of guilt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We see such logic in the \u201canti-racism\u201d rhetoric of figures like Ibram X Kendi, who arrogantly<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/ibram-x-kendi-the-very-heartbeat-of-racism-is-denial-470332\/\"><span>proclaim<\/span><\/a> <span>that \u201cThe very heartbeat of racism is denial.\u201d This is the same perspective which resulted in the witch trials of the past \u2014 with guilt proven by survival and innocence proven by demise \u2014 and this entirely primitive ideology has now taken root at CNN, the \u201cmost trusted name in news.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><em>@ighaworth<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN anchor Don Lemon has carved out a section of \u201cjournalism\u201d for himself under the banner of assumed authority on matters of race. 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