CNN’s Don Lemon drew the ire of many on the left when he agreed with — and actually expanded upon — Bill O’Reilly’s take on the perpetual problems hurting the black community. Lemon advised fellow blacks to pull up their pants, stop using the N-word, finish high school and don’t have children out of wedlock, among other things.
On Saturday night, Lemon hit back at his critics, including hip hop mogul Russell Simmons, who was so offended by the CNN anchor’s assessment that he wrote a scathing open letter to him about race in America. Lemon’s “No Talking Points” segment centered around promoting self-empowerment among blacks.
“We must stop the blame for things that we can change ourselves,” Lemon said.
Lemon also discussed the importance of “personal responsibility” within the black community, using the words of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Bill Cosby and even President Barack Obama.