CNN’s Chris Wallace was floored by what legendary musician Smokey Robinson said about being called an African American

Radical leftists love to make everything about race.

But one of the most well-known artists of all time has had enough.

And CNN’s Chris Wallace was floored by what legendary musician Smokey Robinson said about being called an African American.

Smokey Robinson is a singer, songwriter, and producer who founded and served as the frontman for the Motown group The Miracles.

Robinson is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and has an individual star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

CNN’s Chris Wallace recently sat down for an interview with Smokey Robinson.

Wallace brought up Robinson’s past comments about how he resents the idea of being called an “African American” and asked him to explain his reasoning.

“I think that when they call black people who were born and raised for generations in this country — if you accept the handle of ‘African American,’ that says that you don’t accept being an American American,” Robinson responded. “You don’t accept being born in Chicago or New York or Detroit or wherever you were born — for generations your family has been there.”

“[They] built this country, too,” Robinson said, adding that they also “fought in every war.”

“So, I don’t want to be called African American,” he told Wallace. “I’m American-American,” he continued, before adding that “my people died and have done everything for this country.”

As Wallace pointed out, this was not the first time Robinson expressed his resentment for being called an “African American.”

He said last year that the term “African American” disclaims all the contributions that black people have made to the United States.

“I think that when you [use the term African-American], you’re disclaiming all the contributions that black people have made to America,” he said. “I consider myself to be a black American, and I enjoy being called black, and black has been so negativized as a color down throughout history by those who wanted to negativize it.”

Robinson said black people adopted the term after it “spilled over into the black community.”

“And even black people back in the day calling each other black was a sign for a fight — like black was so negative,” Robinson said at the time.

Smokey Robinson makes an excellent point.

But, unfortunately, the radical Left only views society through the lens of race, gender, and sexuality.