Co-hosts of "The View" claimed Black history is being dismantled as they interviewed Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday, but struggled to name specific examples, leaving Vance unconvinced.After having been criticized by the show for years, Vance had a measured but tense interview with the co-hosts of "The View" that ranged from debates about immigration enforcement to the release of the Epstein files.One major hot topic, however, was the hosts claiming that the Trump administration and conservatives are dismantling Black history."What did Black people do to this administration that has allowed it to really stigmatize folks of color? And you know how hard it is.
You have folks of color in your family," co-host Whoopi Goldberg said."So when you… see, you know, things, the Emmett Till stuff coming down, or them doing all kinds of removal of information of Black heroes, how do you — how does that sit with you?""What exactly are you talking about?" Vance asked, asking for "her actual point."AMERICAN HISTORY WON'T BE DISPLAYED 'IN A WOKE MANNER' AT SMITHSONIAN, TRUMP SAYSVice President JD Vance made his first appearance on "The View" after having been criticized by the hosts for years.
(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)They both then began to speak over each other as Vance asked for specific examples.Goldberg did not provide context for what "Emmett Till stuff" was, but she may have been referring to monuments like the Emmett Till and the Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, sites designated as national monuments by former President Joe Biden, which may be at risk amid the Trump administration’s DEI budget cuts.Emmett Till was a Black youth who was lynched at age 14 in Mississippi in 1955."In a lot of the museums, just, there’s so many, I just, I, you know," Goldberg said as she failed to name specifics.
"Where they're taking down the actual history that happened in this country.Slavery happened.
All kinds of stuff happened, and it seems that it has been very ...