White Supremacist Says He Wants to Bathe in White Privilege.
BURNETT: CNN's original series "UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA" returns this Sunday. Host Kamau Bell kicks off the new season with an amazing conversation with one of the founders of these so-called alt- right movement, the white nationalist, Richard Spencer.</s>SPENCER: We're here to talk about white privilege. We want to bring it back. Make America great again. Yes.</s>KAMAU BELL, COMEDIAN AND CNN HOST: So you're a -- so you're a fan of white privilege?</s>SPENCER: Oh, yes.</s>BELL: I mean, what -- what do you love about white privilege?</s>SPENCER: It looks great. Like, you know, I mean, the people are good looking and, you know, nice suits. Great literature. Like, yes, I just want to bathe in white privilege. This greatest, the most awesome thing.</s>BURNETT: Kamau is with me. I mean, Kamau, you know, bathe in white privilege.</s>BELL: Yes.</s>BURNETT: This is a guy who has said many things very seriously. He's sitting there almost as if he's joking but saying something as shocking as bathe in white privilege.</s>BELL: Yes.</s>BURNETT: I mean, what did you think?</s>BELL: I think he's a guy who sees that there's a chance for him to have a moment right now and he's trying to run into that moment. And so when he's sitting with a comedian, he was really trying to like be my friend almost. And really trying to want to -- you can tell this is a guy who wants to be a star. I'm a comedian. I hang out with a lot of people who are --</s>BURNETT: Do you believe him to mean those things?</s>BELL: I can't say I don't believe him but I do think he's taking advantage of the moment, like, you know, that he knows how to play the audience and plays it often and plays it well.</s>BURNETT: So he's sitting there, talking to you. A black man interviewing him. And you're laughing.</s>BELL: Yes.</s>BURNETT: And you seem to be laughing genuinely. I mean did you --</s>BELL: Yes.</s>BURNETT: Did you think it was funny? I mean, what was your -- what your sense of him as a person?</s>BELL: Because I'm a comedian, I tend to laugh at things that a lot of people don't laugh at, and to me the idea of wanting to bring white privilege back is absurd because where did it go?</s>BELL: I was like, where was it? And the image of bathing in white privilege is pretty hilarious like to me it's like, what are you talking about? Like half in this country do more for you than it's doing right now. And so I -- you know, my wife hates the fact that I laugh at things that aren't appropriate but to me the whole thing was absurd. And I also noted the more comfortable he is, the more he'll say things he doesn't expect to say.</s>BURNETT: OK. So did you -- when you walked away, find him -- I know you're a comedian. Did you find it funny? Or did you find him vile? When you spent that face-to-face time with him.</s>BELL: No. I mean, by the way we got to leave -- we've been there for hours. We all like ran out of that place like it was on fire. Like it was -- because to be around that space for like several hours and to really hear -- they were openly talking about their plans for the country, how they believe America is for whites only and how --</s>BURNETT: Yes.</s>BELL: All the aggressive and violent talk, it was hard to stomach but I really knew that we needed to stay there because this is about getting it for the show. And the rest of the show was about immigrants and refugees.</s>BURNETT: Yes.</s>BELL: This is just to counterpoint to that. There's a very beautiful story that's being told in the show. That's like you need to see this because if you -- if we don't deal with this then we can't have this other part.</s>BURNETT: All right. Well, Kamau, I can't wait to see it as always. You know, you have this ability to bring people out in a way that no one else does. So thank you so much. I'm really looking forward to it, "UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA," premieres on Sunday night at 10:00 Eastern. You've got to see Kamau's amazing work. And thanks so much for joining us. Don't forget you can watch OUTFRONT anytime, anywhere, you just go to CNNGo. Have a wonderful weekend. "AC 360" begins right now.</s>JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: Good evening. John Berman here in for Anderson. Breaking news, just moments ago, the president of the United States said that the federal investigations into Russian ties to Trump associates is a totally made-up story. Made-up.