White nationalists riding the Washington, DC,<\/a> Metro as a Black woman sits on the same train with a blank expression.<\/p>\nThe group\u00a0held a march in DC\u00a0over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Sunny Hostin speaks during a segment on \u201cThe View\u201d on July 6, 2026. The View<\/p>\n
American flags are displayed in the front of houses. Derek Robertson \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n
\u201cThat, for me, was a defining image of modern America for Black Americans,\u201d Hostin said, condemning the American-flag-style insignias on their caps.<\/p>\n
Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin took the opportunity to blast fringe activists on both sides of the political spectrum, but guest host Michelle Buteau, who had celebrated 4th of July by eating a cake that said \u201cAmerica, Do Better B\u2014-\u201d argued this was an indictment of the nation as a whole.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you say it\u2019s the best nation. The best nation for who? Because if we are\u00a0celebrating 250 years, what are we exactly celebrating, is what I want to know,\u201d Buteau said. \u201cSo I\u2019m really glad that picture was taken, because that picture is how we feel walking into many rooms, down the street. That picture is how we feel and nobody will believe us. So look at that picture and understand how it feels.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hostin\u2019s comment came after the panel discussed a viral image of uniformed White nationalists riding the Washington, DC Metro. The View<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump speaks at the \u201cSalute to America\u201d Independence Day celebration on the National Mall on July 4, 2026. Jim LoScalzo \u2013 Pool via CNP\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
\u201cThe flag belongs to all of us,\u201d Griffin replied.<\/p>\n
In 2021, Hostin spoke on \u201cThe View\u201d about the phenomenon of Black Americans feeling uncomfortable in neighborhoods with American flags,\u00a0defending MSNBC analyst Mara Gay\u00a0for her controversial admission that she felt it \u201cdisturbing\u201d to see American flags, Trump flags and condemnations of then-President Joe Biden in Long Island, New York.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen someone of color, a Black woman, is telling you her feelings, people need to listen and not, you know, repudiate it and not say, \u2018Well, that can\u2019t be true,’\u201d Hostin had said at the time, later adding, \u201cWhen I drive into a neighborhood, and it\u2019s not July 4th, and I\u2019m not in a predominantly military household neighborhood and there are\u00a0flags, American flags,\u00a0everywhere, alongside Trump\u00a0flags, alongside flags with stars in a circle, I feel\u00a0threatened.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause the message is very clear,\u201d\u00a0she continued. \u201cIt\u2019s a message of White supremacy.\u00a0It\u2019s a message of racism, and\u00a0it\u2019s a message of their country, not my country. I don\u2019t understand why that would receive backlash. People need to listen when I am saying this is how I feel. This is my experience in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe View\u201d\u00a0co-host Sunny Hostin repeated her assertion from 2021 that she feels uncomfortable or unsafe while visiting neighborhoods…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[8094,88,10815,53594,2516,92],"class_list":["post-748255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-american-flag","tag-entertainment","tag-media","tag-sunny-hostin","tag-the-view","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}