Behind the scenes, everyone knew that this is what he was engaged in. This was an open secret in Hollywood.

Did you know about Diddy Pierce?

No, I didn't. No.

We really are just getting to the beginning of everything. People at the upper echelons of society and politics knew about this and they were okay with it.

I said there's a race piece to this. And people by virtue of being black are asked to denounce ditty because they're supposed to be representing blackness in the black community. It's amazing, Mark, that you always see a race in here. I'm not calling for... I'm rejecting the matter that I've introduced race into this conversation. The conversation you literally said you wanted to bring race up. You did. I didn't say random say random white people in the street. I said, I said white people in Hollywood. To me, it feels like they're both wearing black face. I can't sort through all of Kamala's various accents. There's so many of them. In front of a Latina crowd, suddenly she's Salina, you know, and she's speaking like a Latina. You know, I can't deal with it.

As a black person, you should vote for the person that uplifts the black community. That's her.

How does she disrespect you? By placating to me, by giving me word salads and all kind of nonsense,

acting like she doesn't have to answer questions, being the artful Dodger. And if she wants to get

down, act like she's black,

well...

The next US president will either be an accomplished state prosecutor and senator, or a billionaire

real estate mogul who served four years in the Oval Office, at least that's how I and many

other people see it.

But the laws of identity politics, this is actually a contest in a mixed-raised woman

and a very privileged white man who's intrinsically racist.

And race has inevitably become a lightning rod of mis-election.

This week, Kamala Harris, said that she's open to taxpayer-funded reparations for slavery.

She also unveils an opportunity agenda for black men,

which included legalising weed and offering one million forgivable loans to black business owners.

Most black voters will support it, nobody doubts that, which is on track to win a much smaller share of black voters than Joe Biden did in 2020.

Donald Trump, meanwhile, is on course to make substantial gains amongst black voters.

In a little while, we'll debate why that is.

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