>> so this song, scottsboro . >> so this song, scottsboro. boys was in 1930. thank you very much. uh, in 1938. and but what fascinates me, john, this turn becomes very prevalent in the african american community. you know , we need to be aware of know, we need to be aware of racial injustice . and moreover, racial injustice. and moreover, we need to be conscious of what we need to be conscious of what we need to do to overturn it. but then through a process of social and linguistic osmosis , social and linguistic osmosis, it tiptoes ever more widely into the mainstream . um, and then you the mainstream. um, and then you come up to today and it's now a terme of abuse , is that people terme of abuse, is that people who are woke are too sensitive to injustices in much the same way that political correctness was kind of a positive turn at the beginning . yes, but now is a the beginning. yes, but now is a time of abuse and linguists call call this process pejoration how a terme , a positive terme slowly a terme, a positive terme slowly becomes a pejorative. >> but it then got widened f

stan in scottsboro, alabama. republican. caller: good morning. i'm not a republican.'m a democrat, young lady. host: sorry about that. go right ahead. caller: i want to make a couple of, it's about what's going on on your show this morning. -- couple of comments about what's going on on your show this morning. just like listening to fox news. a bunch of republicans repeating stuff they heard a fox news. they need to get some independent thoughts instead of saying the same thing over and over like fox does. too little too late on the strikes. you don't wait for somebody to come over and burn your house down before you take up defense. you take it to them. we need to take it to them people and quit wasting our time messing around with them. all i got to say. host: pat in new york. caller: patchogue, new york. come calling on the independent line. thank you for having me. it is clear from listening to a lot of viewers, my fellow americans, a lot of people don't really know a great deal about the causes of this conflict. the root causes, which is the most important thing.