Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) had some surprising words on race Friday after a tragic week.

“It took me a long time, and a number of people talking to me through the years to get a sense of this,” Gingrich …told CNN. “If you are a normal white American, the truth is you don’t understand being black in America.

…White Americans ‘instinctively underestimate the level of discrimination and the level of additional risk’ facing black Americans today.

…They are substantially more likely to end up in a situation where the police don’t respect you and you could easily get killed. And sometimes for whites it’s difficult to appreciate how real that is and how it’s an everyday danger.”

Gingrich: White people ‘don’t understand being black in America’ – NY Daily News

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