Joy Behar explains racism to Tim Scott and Clarence Thomas, despite being white.

Virginia KrutaMay 24, 2023

Joy Behar “Whitesplains” Racism to Black Conservatives

During ABC’s midday broadcast of “The View,” Joy Behar, a white co-host, took a moment to “whitesplain” racism to two prominent black conservatives, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.).

Behar argued that neither Thomas nor Scott truly knew what it was like to be a black man in the United States of America. She claimed that they believed in “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” rather than understanding the systemic racism that African Americans face in this country and other minorities.

White woman Joy Behar declares that Justice Clarence Thomas and Sen. Tim Scott have no clue what it’s like to be a black man in America.
“[They believe] in pulling yourself up by your bootstraps, rather than understanding the racism that African Americans face in this country.” pic.twitter.com/zIFFge8YrV

— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 23, 2023

Co-host Sunny Hostin, who is biracial, agreed with Behar, and the audience laughed. Both Hostin and Behar have attacked Thomas previously, with Hostin claiming that the black conservative Justice did not really “represent” the black community, and Behar accusing him of being “to the right of Attila the Hun.”

Co-host Whoopi Goldberg had also recently gone after both Thomas and Scott. Just after the Supreme Court delivered the Dobbs decision overturning the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade, Goldberg suggested that interracial marriages might be next on the chopping block. “You better hope they don’t come for you, Clarence,” she said, noting that Thomas is married to a white woman.

Several months later, Goldberg joked that she couldn’t tell the difference between Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Rick Scott (R-FL) without a visual aid.