and when used by people of color, the intent, as you can tell by larry wilmore saying it to the presidentwas not hate, derision and disrespect. what is the meaning behind the word? what is the intent of the word? it is obviously very different. so, that kind of thinking -- the understanding that if you are going to be in a society that has a lot of different communities, and frankly that has communities that have different power differentials. where there are group dynamics, right? you and i may not have a massive power differential, except for the fact that you are asking the questions and i am answering them. as a young african-american woman, as an older white man, --older, i did not say old. [laughter] there are power differentials there. right? brian: you're the one with a law degree from uc berkeley. heather: i am so glad you said that. there will always be exceptions. right? but, you look at the median wealth of a white man. white households have 10 times the typical wealth of an african-american household. that is still the case when it comes to white and black families of equal e

host: i want to go back to more video -- this is from april 30, 2016 with the president and larry wilmore. i will ask you more when you hear what he says. >> to live in your time mr. president, when a black man can lead the entire free world. [applause] >> words alone do me no justice. so mr. president, i will keep it -- you did it my n-word. thank you very much, good night. [applause] host: i will just add to this, i recently saw the movie "fences." the n-word is used a tremendous amount along the black folks in the movie. what should white people react to this use? when black folks use it, bad, when white folks use it, really bad. i mean, good when black folks use it among themselves. heather: one of the difficulties of understanding race relations is the need to understand there is a difference between equality and equity. different communities are situated differently. there is a power differential among the communities in this country. i personally do not use that word. my family grew up and we did not use that word. at the same time, i know that a lot of people have defended it beca

larry wilmore talking about trump and some of the racial issues in 2016. >> i can't understand why everybody treats donald trump with kid gloves and then i realize they're the only gloves that will protect his baby hands. donald trump looks like the father in every law and order episode in which the frat kid strangles a stranger. >> i don't understand why people want soft comedy to begin with. why are you watching things to be treated softly. if you're going to make a point, if you believe in something and you're using the vehicle of comedy to convey that thought, just do it. who cares. >> i guess the flip side to push back on that would be to say you don't punch down, right? >> absolutely. >> you want to pick on the politician. bill mar has done well, but he's taken the position that there a lot of idiots out there. this is talking about trump voters. it's the american people just fewer of them. there still are a lot of them and they're good people who have jobs and work and pay their taxes. here is bill's approach to trump voters. >> look at these 100 days headlines. no regret, trump voter