Co-hosts on the set of The Daily Blast Live exchanged heated semi-friendly fire Wednesday in a brutally personal debate over white privilege, following the publication of a racially-charged caricature of Serena Williams.

Al Jackson, one of the show’s newest members, bashed colleague Beau Davidson, eviscerating his small online presence and claiming he had earned a spot on the program without much merit.

“A white male can never understand what marginalized people feel and think and absolutely cannot tell them what to think and feel,” Jackson said. “I know that you think that Trump has been lampooned in cartoons, and what I’ll say to that is this: People don’t believe in white privilege. They don’t think that it’s a thing.”

Jackson had been reacting in part to the Herald Sun cartoon of Williams this week which showed the tennis star in a fit of rage at the U.S. Open, portraying her as a massive, brutish-looking character, her body completely distorted in a clearly prejudiced act of mockery.

Departing from conversation on the illustration, Jackson tore into what he felt was Davidson’s lack of comprehension, citing his minuscule Twitter and Instagram following, and touting his own accomplishments.

“I have a master’s in biomedical sciences,” Jackson said. “I have over 200 TV appearances. You are the living embodiment of white privilege. You have no business on this panel with us, but you’re here because of your privilege. I have hundreds of black people, brown people in my phone that are more qualified, have done more in their career to deserve to be in that seat, but you sit there because of your white privilege.”

Defending himself, Davidson shot back with “I’ve had to fight for everything in my life,” adding that “when you look at somebody you don’t know what they’re going through. You have no idea what I’ve been through.”

Watch the clip above via The Daily Blast Live.

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