Joe Rogan slammed New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s “dumb” comments, after she said young Black children in the Bronx “don’t even know what the word ‘computer’ is.”
Speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles earlier this month, the Democrat said: “Right now, we have young black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word ‘computer’ is. They don’t know these things.”
Hochul, who attended the event to discuss her state’s artificial intelligence initiative, added: “I want the world to open up to all of them, because when you have their diverse voices innovating solutions through technology, then you’re really addressing society’s broader challenges.”
On the same day that she made her initial comments, Hochul issued an apology and said that she “misspoke and I regret it.”
“Of course Black children in the Bronx know what computers are—the problem is that they too often lack access to the technology needed to get on track to high-paying jobs in emerging industries like AI,” she stated.
In an episode of his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, released on Tuesday, Rogan condemned Hochul’s comments as he spoke with his guest, stand-up comedian and libertarian political commentator Dave Smith.
After asking Smith if he had heard about the comments, Rogan said that, in response, “all these dudes did these hilarious videos where these young Black guys like got around a computer and they stared at it and bit it.”
“It’s like an age thing, too,” Smith said. “Because that used to kind of be the line that liberals would say: ‘You know, the problem with Black kids is they just don’t have any role models. They’ve never been exposed to this.’ But it’s just totally not true anymore. And sometimes now, because they’re from a different generation, they’ll still say that. Like, have you been around Black people lately?”
“But saying young, poor Black kids don’t know what a computer is is so crazy,” Rogan chimed in, before laughing. “It’s such a dumb thing to say. It’s amazing that you could say something like that and be the governor of a major state.”
“Like, is she doing a survey?” Rogan asked. “Ma’am, where did you get this data?”
“This is why Malcolm X said that there’s nothing more racist than a white liberal, because of s*** like this,” Smith chimed in.
“They’re weak,” Rogan responded. “Weak people are dangerous. Weak people that don’t like strength are dangerous. They’re dangerous because they want to suppress everything. That’s what’s spooky about it. Weak people scare the s*** out of me more than even like totalitarians do sometimes. Because they eventually become totalitarian. You know, it’s like the bullied become the bullies.”
Newsweek has contacted representatives of Hochul and Rogan via email for comment.
Hochul apologized a second time days after her comments, telling reporters: “I chose the wrong words. I know I hurt a lot of people. I took full responsibility for it. I said that before, I said that the first day and I’ll continue to say it.”
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