More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
Appearing on Tuesday’s NBC Today to promote her new documentary series on Netflix, left-wing comedian and talk show host Chelsea Handler highlighted the topic of one episode: “...you think you know about racism and then you delve into it and you kind of realize how little you do know and then how embarrassed you are about how little you know. And how embarrassing people in this country are when you talk to them.”
Handler continued: “Because people, I think associate like racism with really like dumb, you know, people from the south who aren't educated or – ” Co-host Matt Lauer interjected: “Ignorant racism.” Handler added: “Right. But I met with a lot of really like educated, intellectual racists, which I find amazing, so I wanted to illustrate that.”