{"id":2227445,"date":"2024-04-22T16:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T20:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-total-b-s-sage-steele-slams-hypocrisy-of-left-pushing-diversity-and-tolerance-during-interview-with-ben-shapiro\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T17:00:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:00:27","slug":"this-is-total-b-s-sage-steele-slams-hypocrisy-of-left-pushing-diversity-and-tolerance-during-interview-with-ben-shapiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-total-b-s-sage-steele-slams-hypocrisy-of-left-pushing-diversity-and-tolerance-during-interview-with-ben-shapiro\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage Steele Criticizes Left&#8217;s Hypocrisy on Diversity and Tolerance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fthis-is-total-b-s-sage-steele-slams-hypocrisy-of-left-pushing-diversity-and-tolerance-during-interview-with-ben-shapiro%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=2227445&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--><p>Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele criticized the Left&#8217;s emphasis on diversity and tolerance while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/number-of-migrant-children-in-border-patrol-custody-drops-45-as-biden-admin-transfers-kids-to-hhs\/\" title=\"Number Of Migrant Children In Border Patrol Custody Drops 45% As Biden Admin Transfers Kids To HHS\">facing scrutiny<\/a> for celebrating her biracial identity. In an\u200b interview with\u200c Ben Shapiro on his podcast, she discussed the intrusion of politics\u200d into\u2062 sports at ESPN and the \u2063pressure to \u200dconform to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-peterson-has-a-theory-for-why-lightyear-flopped\/\" title=\"Jordan Peterson Has A Theory For Why \u2018Lightyear\u2019 Flopped\">leftist viewpoints<\/a> \u2063on race and\u2064 gender. Steele shared\u200c her perspective on being biracial and\u2064 diverging from expected narratives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele blasted the Left\u2019s \u201cpreaching\u201d of \u201cdiversity, tolerance, and acceptance\u201d while she has faced criticism for celebrating her biracial identity.<\/p>\n<p>Steele sat down with Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro on the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/when-sports-go-woke-sage-steele\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunday Special<\/a>\u201d edition of his podcast for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-says-impeachment-and-25th-amendment-resolutions-will-be-brought-to-the-house-floor-starting-monday\/\" title=\"Pelosi Says Impeachment and 25th Amendment Resolutions Will Be Brought to the House Floor Starting Monday\">hour-long conversation<\/a> about her career and the fallout at ESPN. After telling Shapiro about what led to the infusion of politics and sports at ESPN, Steele was asked about the pressure she has received to repeat leftist talking points on race and gender.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re a black woman, which means that you have two of the intersectional checkmarks, but you don\u2019t necessarily mirror everything that the intersectionality crowd would want you to say,\u201d Shapiro said. \u201cHow much pressure have you gotten both inside ESPN and then also just from the outside world to sort of repeat slogans that people think you should be saying based on your identity?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think one of the biggest things that has made me so divisive and disliked and at least parts not all for sure, but parts of the black community is my conversation about being biracial,\u201d Steele replied. \u201cSo if I\u2019m asked and if I\u2019m filling out a census \u2026 I\u2019m going to check black and white, you know, my dad\u2019s black, my mom is white.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so proud of both. And for some reason that\u2019s controversial,\u201d she continued, adding that she would expect her family\u2019s racial makeup to be celebrated by those who constantly push for more diversity, equity, and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I just was always confused by that and like, why isn\u2019t my family the actual perfect definition of diversity and tolerance and acceptance and inclusion?\u201d Steele asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is it bad that I love my mom as much as my dad and want to celebrate her as well? And when I was crushed for that a few times, I got ticked off. I\u2019m like, enough. This is total B.S.,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s actually complete hypocrisy, the opposite of what we are preaching of diversity and tolerance and acceptance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/when-sports-go-woke-sage-steele\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH THE FULL \u2018SUNDAY SPECIAL\u2019 EPISODE WITH SAGE STEELE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steele, who recently launched her new podcast \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-sage-steele-show\/id1737682826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sage Steele Show<\/a>\u201d on Bill Maher\u2019s Club Random Studios platform, told Shapiro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sage-steele-reveals-how-politics-infiltrated-espn-in-sunday-special-sit-down-with-ben-shapiro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier in the interview<\/a> that politics wasn\u2019t a major concern at ESPN until there was a \u201chuge turn\u201d in 2016 when Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>A few years later, Steele was punished by ESPN for negative comments she made on COVID vaccine mandates and President Barack Obama. Steele left the network in 2023 after settling a lawsuit with ESPN, alleging the company wrongfully retaliated against her after she expressed her opinion.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele criticized the Left&#8217;s promotion of &#8220;diversity, tolerance, and acceptance&#8221; amid scrutiny over her biracial identity. 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