On Saturday’s First of All show, CNN host Victor Blackwell devoted a segment to blaming racism for income differences between whites and blacks as he interviewed a liberal journalist who wrote about book about the “white bonus” she claims to have benefited from as a white American. Tracie McMillan, author of The White Bonus, suggested that racism in the present still holds black Americans down as she recommended ending racism as the remedy to lagging black incomes.
Blackwell tied the term to the loaded concept of “white privilege” as he introduced the segment:
Agree with the concept or not, you’ve probably heard, though, about white privilege — societal and social privileges tied to race. But have you heard about the “white bonus.” Federal data shows that for ever dollar that white Americans make, black Americans make 76 cents. In 2022, black Americans’…
