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This may help you out

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kbe...-racist-things

What drew the most heat was Rogan comparing a black neighborhood in Philadelphia to Planet of the Apes, and clumsily apologizing for it this past weekend by saying he had simply meant to compare the neighborhood to Africa. While in his non-apology he gestures at how long ago he did this (not that long ago), and the fact that there was context (there is always context), these things don’t matter: He was a grown man comparing black people to monkeys for laughs.

To the extent that context does matter, part of the context is that Rogan has not stopped saying racist things on his podcast. On a recent episode with Jordan Peterson, he said the term black is “weird” unless you’re talking about “someone who is like, 100 percent African, from the darkest place where they’re not wearing any clothes all day.” He also said that he was not white, he’s Italian. This conversation was on a podcast released on January 25 of this year, and is still on Spotify.

I don’t want to mince words: Every defense of Joe Rogan in the context brought up by India Arie is a defense of white people saying the n-word, whether they mention it or not. The speech that got Rogan into trouble was racist speech, specifically racist speech that included him saying the n-word, over and over and over and over and over again. Rising to his defense in this context isn’t a defense of free speech, or open discourse, or his right to have a $100 million contract, or his personal kindness, or of his audience: It’s saying that one of the most powerful and influential entertainers in America, who over the past few years has had an increasing sway as in essence a political journalist, saying overtly racist things either doesn’t bother you, or is something you actively think is good.