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Stephen A. Smith says racism in America not 'as prevalent as some on the left would like us to believe'
- Rubin Report Staff
- 6 hours ago
- 2 min read
During an interview with CBS News that was broadcast over the weekend, ESPN host Stephen A. Smith said racism in the U.S. is not as widespread "as some on the left would like us to believe."
The remarks came in response to CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Robert Costa bringing up the possibility of Smith running for president in 2028. "Would you worry about racism if you ran for president?" Costa asked.
"No. I know it exists. I know that you can't escape it," Smith responded. "But I do not believe it is as prevalent as some on the left would like us to believe. I do believe a vast majority of Americans judge you on the content of your individual character rather than the color of your skin."
Smith went on to add, "I think a lot of people in America, especially in this day and age, now more so than ever before, it's not about race. It's about the fact that they don't give a damn about it because they got their own problems."
Smith, who said last year during an appearance on The Rubin Report that he was registered as an independent, told Costa that if he were to run for president, he would do so as a Democrat.
The comments by Smith stand in stark contrast to practically everyone else being discussed as a potential candidate for Democrats in 2028, most of whom are deeply focused on skin color. His remarks came at almost the exact same time that other high-profile Democrats were overseas at a security conference in Munich where they trotted out new variations of old talking points from their identity politics playbook.
AOC was heard saying "Whiteness is an imaginary thing," at the conference, while Hillary Clinton took shots at "white men and capitalist enterprise" and Gavin Newsom compared U.S. immigration enforcement officers to Nazis.
Smith's remarks did not air in the segment broadcast on CBS, but were included in the extended interview shown on YouTube. Watch the full extended interview below.
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