>> ANALYST EMMANUEL ACHO IS
SITTING DOWN WITH DIFFERENT
GUEST TO CREATE DIALOGUE AS
WELL AS EDUCATE THEM ON
SEVERAL TOPICS, INCLUDING
RACISM AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE AND
HIS
WEB SERIES UNCOMFORTABLE
CONVERSATIONS WITH A BLACK MAN
NOW THE FORMER NFL PLAYERS OUT
WITH A NEW BOOK ON TO THE SAME
NAME. OUR OWN JD, DURKIN SAT
DOWN WITH THE AUTHOR TO TALK
MORE ABOUT IT TAKE A LOOK.
>> FIRST LET ME SAY
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE
RELEASE OF UNCOMFORTABLE
CONVERSATIONS WITH A BLACK MAN
TALK TO US A BIT OF THAT.
YOUR EXPECTATIONS, YOUR HOPES
YOUR AMBITIONS FOR WHAT PEOPLE
ARE ABLE TO TAKE FROM WHAT YOU
REALLY SON.
>> YEAH WE'LL JD IN THE MIDST
OF SO MUCH TURMOIL IN
RACIAL TENSION, BLACK PEOPLE
WHITE PEOPLE NOT BIG GET OUT
AND BEING ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE PROPERLY. I SAID
LET ME PREEMPTIVELY ANSWER SO
MANY QUESTIONS THAT MY WHITE
BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE SOLD
A V A
I WHY CAN'T WHITE PEOPLE SAY
THE N WORD. WHAT IS THIS
CONCEPT OF OF WHITE PRIVILEGE
WHAT ABOUT THESE THE BLACK
FAMILY STRUGGLE IN THE SINGLE
PARENT HOMES. OK, BUT WHAT
ABOUT
REVERSE RACISM AND JD
THANKFULLY WITHIN THE FIRST 5
DAYS OVER 30,000 COPIES HAVE
BEEN SOLD BECAUSE THE APPETITE
TO FIX RACIAL TENSION IN OUR
COUNTRY IS CLEARLY CLEARLY
PRESENT.
>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN
INCREDIBLE AGAIN
CONGRATULATIONS ON ITS RELEASE
ITS REALLY COOL A REALLY
IMPORTANT TIME. ONE OF THE
PEOPLE HE SAT DOWN WITH WAS
CHELSEA HANDLEY TALK ABOUT
WHITE PRIVILEGE YOU TALK ABOUT
SO-CALLED KAREN'S. THIS IDEA
HAS REALLY BEEN FIRMLY INJECTED
INTO OUR SITE GUYS. I'M CURIOUS
FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE ARE THERE
THINGS THAT YOU ARE LEARNING
YOU'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THESE
CONVERSATIONS BUT WHAT ARE YOU
TAKING AWAY DO YOU THINGS
THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU'RE
LEARNING AS YOU HAVE THESE
CONVERSATIONS THAT MAY BE OR
EVEN SURPRISING YOURSELF.
>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD
QUESTION WHERE
I'M AT WE LEARNING ISN'T SO
MUCH ABOUT THE TOPIC BUT ABOUT
THE PEOPLE SEE WHAT I'M HAVING
THESE CONVERSATIONS, I'M
LEARNING THAT HEARTS
ARE NOW FOLDABLE EMOTIONS ARE
NOW PLIABLE MINES HAVE BEEN
OPENED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TRUE
DIALOGUE. CJD I GREW UP IN AN
AFFLUENT WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD IN
DALLAS TEXAS WENT TO AN
ALL-WHITE PRIVATE SCHOOL YOU
FOLKS BE A
NATIONAL MERIT CALL OR GO TO
HARVARD GO TO YALE AND OF BEING
6 TO 240 POUND SOUNDS
LIKE A AND THEN JB I GO TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF TEX JUST TO PLAY
FOOTBALL. AND I PLAY IN THE NFL
AND SO BECAUSE I
THEN IMMERSED IN BOTH BLACK
CULTURE AND OF MERCED AND WHITE
CULTURE I HAVE TRULY LEARNED
ALL THE LITTLE NUANCES AND
INTRICACIES OF BOTH CULTURES
AND THAT'S WHY I'M JUST TRYING
TO KIND
OF CREATE THE DIALOGUE. SO
OTHER PEOPLE CAN LEARN WHAT I
LEARNED THERE WERE MURMURS IN.
>> AND AS IF ALL THIS WERE NOT
IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH YOU'RE
PARTNERING HERE WITH OPRAH YOUR
BOOK SELECTED IN THIS YEAR'S
OPRAH'S
FAVORITE THING. HOLIDAY GIFT
LIST. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN
GET MUCH BIGGER BETTER THAN
THAT WHAT HAS THAT EXPERIENCE
BEEN LIKE
FOR YOU.
>> JT I GUESS THAT WAS MY YOU
GOT A CAR YOU GET A CARD.
IT'S BEEN A
CRAZY I GOT A CALL FROM A NO
CALLER ID NUMBER I PICK IT UP
AND IT. CHRISTIE MINUTES, OPRAH
AND THEY WANT ME TO SIT DOWN ON
FACETIME SHE SAYS HEY A MANUAL
CAN YOU CLEAR YOUR SCHEDULE YOU
HAVE 45 MINUTES.
CAN I CLEAR MY SCHEDULE FOR YOU
OF COURSE THE REST OF THE DAY
IF SOMETHING IS CLEAR. AND SO
IT'S BEEN.
>> CRAZY TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE
OPRAH WHO SEES AND
BELIEVES IN THIS VISION, THIS
DREAM OF RACIAL RECONCILIATION
AN HOUR
WORLD UNDERSTANDS THE CULTURAL
DIFFERENCES, WHAT UNDERSTANDS
THERE IS A FRACTURE BETWEEN
CULTURES AND SHE WANTS TO BE A
PART OF THE SOLUTION SO TO HAVE
HER AS A PART.
>> A TEAMMATE OF MINE, IT'S
BEEN MIND BLOWING IN LIFE
CHANGE.
>> I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT
THAT'S LIKE TO GET A NO CALLER
ID CALL COME IN AND YOU FIND
OUT IT'S OPRAH YOU ALSO GOT A
CALL FROM
NOT MISTAKEN FROM MATTHEW
MCCONAUGHEY AND NOW HE'S PART
OF YOUR SERIES HERE AS
WELL LISTEN, I'VE BEEN IN THIS
SIDE OF THE BUSINESS FOR A LONG
TIME I KNOW HOW HARD IT CAN BE
TO TRY AND ACTIVELY GET GAS.
IT SEEMS LIKE FOR YOU YOU'VE
GOT SOME HIGH PROFILE NAMES
THEY'RE TREATED DIFFERENTLY
REACHING OUT TO YOU THEY WANT
TO BE A PART OF IT WHAT IS THAT
LIKE FOR YOU.
>> SO JD, SO MANY PEOPLE ASK
ANNUAL HOW DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR
YES AND I SIMPLY REPLIED
THE GUESTS, THEY CHOOSE
THEMSELVES MCCONAHAY CALLED MI
6 DAYS AFTER THE FIRST EPISODE
FIRST EPISODE GARNERED
25 MILLION VIEWS IN ROUGHLY
4 DAYS. NO CALLER ID NUMBER I
THINK IT SHOW MCCONAHAY SPEAK.
I WANT TO HAVE
A CONVERSATION. MCCONNELL LIKE
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY LIKE GAME
AND LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION
I THINK ONE RECORDING OF THE
SPOKE TO HIM FOR DAYS, I'D LOVE
TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU HE SAID
LET'S DO IT TOMORROW. THE
COUNTY WANT TO DO IT TOMORROW
WE DO IT TOMORROW THEN CHIPPED
ENJOY THE GAMES AND REACHED OUT
THEIR
ONLY REQUEST. WE WANT OUR KIDS
TO BE INVOLVED COMMISSIONER OF
THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL COLLEAGUE
ROGER GOODELL HE CALLED ME FROM
THE NO CALLER ID NUMBER
AFTER SEEING A PREVIOUS EPISODE
AND HE SAYS I WANT TO BE
INVOLVED IN THE DIALOGUE.
WHAT HAVE I LEARNED J B.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT BEN FRANKLIN
SAID JUSTICE WILL NOT BE SERVED
UNTIL THOSE WHO
ARE UNAFFECTED OR AS OUTRAGED
AS THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED SO
EVERYBODY WATCHING THIS WAS
LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT I'M NOT THAT
AFFECTED. YOU GOT TO BE
OUTRAGED AND YOU GOT TO GET
INTO THIS FIGHT SO WE CAN LIVE
IT NOT ONLY THIS GENERATION,
BUT THE GENERATIONS TO COME IN
PEACE.
>> A POWERFUL TESTIMONIAL TALK
TO ME ABOUT SOME
IDEAL GAS TO HAVE WHO HAS NOT
CALLED YOU FROM A BLOCKED
NUMBER JUST YET YOU'RE HOPING
TO IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S HOW
YOUR INTERVIEWS ARE COMING
TOGETHER. YOU STILL SHOULD
FORMALLY OPEN HAVE ON.
>> WELL LET ME NOT RATHER THAN
A PERSON LET ME TELL YOU TOPIC
SO I CHOOSE MY TOPICS BASED ON
WHAT THE AUDIENCE THAT IF YOU
WILL NOTICE IN MY BOOK
UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION WITH
A BLACK MAN EVERY CHAPTER
BEGINS WITH A QUESTION FROM A
REAL PERSON BECAUSE AD IT'S NOT
ABOUT ME IT'S ABOUT
THE PEOPLE SO THE PEOPLE HAVE
ASKED ME HEY MANUAL CAN YOU DO
ANOTHER EPISODE OF POLICE
OFFICERS. THE 2 WEEKS AGO I SAT
DOWN WITH THE PETALUMA POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUT A LITTLE BIT
CALIFORNIA, 60,000 PEOPLE LESS
THAN ONE PERCENT BLACK, THAT'S
THE POPULATION PEOPLE SAID
EMANUEL THIS COULD BE A SERIES
IN ANOTHER
SO MORE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, A
MANUAL CAN YOU SIT DOWN AND
TALK HIP-HOP CULTURE DON'T YOU
THINK THAT'S KIND OF
PERPETUATING THE STEREOTYPE
MOVIE CULTURE. SO I HAVE BEEN
ON SITTING DOWN WITH SOME
HIP-HOP ARTIST AND SOME OTHER
TV STARS AND SOME BLACK ARTISTS
AS WELL TO REALLY DIVE INTO THE
CONVERSATION SO JD, IT'S NOT
ABOUT PEOPLE. IT'S ABOUT TOP.
>> I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT
I DO WANT TO ASK YOU LOOK AT
THE HOLIDAY SEASON COMING UP HE
WE'RE GOING TO BE HEADING HOME
AND THEY WILL BE
CONFRONTING PERHAPS
UNCOMFORTABLE DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR FAMILY
SURROUNDING ISSUES OF WHETHER
IT'S POLICE BRUTALITY RACISM IN
AMERICA AND CONFRONTING OUR
NATION'S UGLY PAST. WHAT ARE
YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PEOPLE
TO APPROACH THESE THROUGH THE
LENS OF GOOD FAITH.
>> A QUICK YOURSELVES SPEAK
WITH YOURSELVES WITH
THE TOOLS TO HAVE THESE
CONVERSATIONS YOU MAY HAVE
LEARNED ABOUT IN HISTORY CLASS
BACK WHEN YOU WERE 9 OR 10
YEARS OLD, BUT REFRESHER SO
WHETHER
IT'S THROUGH MOVIES
DOCUMENTARIES THROUGH BOOKS
LIKE MY OWN AND ALSO STAR WITH
HISTORY START WITH THINGS THAT
AREN'T NECESSARILY OPINION
BASED IN CAN BE DIFFUSED AND IF
YOU DID BUT RATHER ACTUALLY
HISTORICAL FACTS. REDLINING
HISTORICAL FACTS TO WEALTH IN
AMERICA RED LIGHT OR PROPERTY
TAX WITH AN EDUCATION TALKED
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THAT'S
LIMITED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE
ARE BEEN LIMITED TO A GROUP OF
PEOPLE SO A