Joy Reid spars with Piers Morgan over 'race card'
'I think you were fired because your show got increasingly unpopular - it happens all the time in TV. That's why you got let go. Why play the race card?' Reid - who had just sat through a series of clips showing her on CUNY professor Mark Lamont Hill's podcast last week where she said 'white fragility shaped [MSNBC execs'] decisions' - responded by accusing Morgan of playing the race card.
A back-and-forth ensued, after which Reid took to her own YouTube to warn about the then yet-to-be released interview's contents, framing it as a 'race-baiting ambush'. In one the clips played, Reid had insisted that her ratings started to slump after she said on-air that Americans were more moved by the plight of Ukrainians than that of the Palestinians because they 'were white.'
After being confronted with the clips and Morgan's question, Reid appeared to deflect. 'First of all, I love the fact that your "play the race card" is your version of the race card. You literally are so fixated on trying to racialize conversations with me, Piers,' she said 'You play the race card!' Morgan yelled in more response, seemingly in disbelief. 'In more conversations in your ten years at MSNBC - come on!'
Both began to shout over each other as they tried to get their points across. 'All right. The bottom line is you take an entire conversation that I had with Mark Lamont Hill and picked the bits you can racialize,' Reid maintained. 'This is your shtick. And I get that this is your shtick.'
'Oh you racialize everything, Joy!' a now smiling Morgan shot back. 'I get it. I understand this is your shtick, Piers, and listen - game recognizes game,' said Reid. Morgan, laughing at this point, hurled the same accusation back.
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