There’s obviously a lot you can take out of this statement, but I think the key takeaway here is that Tucker Carlson will address the matter on his show on Monday.
The larger conversation might make sense since his racial views have been the subject of much conversation in the past, particularly after he said the United States’ white supremacy problem was a “hoax.”
It was unclear earlier this weekend whether the matter would be quietly swept under the rug with Neff’s removal from the show assumed to be enough of a statement in and of itself.
Since Carlson is going to address it, however, there’s now a lot of interest and chatter as to whether he will use the situation to simply address what happened with the writer himself or whether he will use it as a springboard to clarify his larger feelings on racism, sexism and homophobia.