23FA Class #4: What's the Problem?

[@astorialee5441]

I am the girl in red dress! 😆 Such an experience volunteering in this class (ultimate public speaking 😳😳)

[@tims001]

The Chinese girl? You rocked!!! Well done, that's a lot of people to talk in front of! 😮

[@SOC119]

You did SO WELL!

[@dank82]

You are very pretty.

[@gskyflakes]

ni hen piao liang. dui bu qi, wo de zhongwen bu tai hao.

[@OnyoMeji]

Thanks for volunteering.

[@Anne-pd2hk]

It is peak American to police the language of another country because of our own problems at home.

[@jessiewhitman8688]

Yep! Sadly, it's come to that. People can't speak their language because it might offend somebody. It's sad and pathetic.

[@searose6192]

Not sure that’s very “American” …….it’s certainly progressive though.

[@ericshaffer5965]

It always makes me think of this early 20s woman picking up eye liner & giving a lecture to Maybelline for calling black Negro--its written eng/Spanish, smh She was saying shame on them for calling it Negro?!

[@kagome1000o]

There’s a word in Chinese this lady she does KZbin shorts as a flight attendant and she talked about this one word nie ga and it sounds like something else all she’s saying is the word you

[@kagome1000o]

And so many people have complained about her

[@mustberice]

I think this kind of discussion should be in high schools all over the country so that not just college students gain this experience. It would make such a difference to our culture.

[@SaltySteff]

I agree. These students argue at the same level as high schoolers anyway. The professor is the only person resembling an "intellectual" in this entire room.

[@jackinzbox.]

@@SaltySteffit’s an intro level class so odds are there freshmen or sophomores. Not like there’s a huge difference between a high school senior and a college freshman.

[@blueskiies]

These conversations should be had in all walks of life!

[@PedroOozeMan]

There’s a good argument to be made that Critical theory, which is the basis of neoprogressivism is itself inherently western centric. And people getting offended by a foreign language is proof of that

[@Banana_Mangaur]

​@@SaltySteff yeah and I suggest you attend or watch more classes like this.

[@brookerockar2950]

I love that this professor is having this conversation. Most people are too scared to talk about todays issues.

[@zacharias7284]

This is probably the most popular class at Penn state.

[@D_Andrew_G]

17:42 to continue from that Short

[@spencerwoods1023]

Thank you!

[@stahu_mishima]

谢谢！

[@earth-]

Thanks!!

[@miles7768]

Legend

[@Whereyoubelongg]

THANK YOU LOL

[@Rachel_M_]

Thanks for putting a link to this in the description of the preview. Most channels don't do it, but it certainly makes life easier. Thanks

[@jinkinks]

In mandarin there’s Nei Ge (that/which) and in Korean there’s nega (you), both are extremely common words used in those languages and for people to police it just cuz it sounds like a bad word in one language is just so stupid.

[@shunyah6318]

Also there is Russian книга (kni'ga) which means "book"

[@DinoNuggies4665]

@@shunyah6318 Huh, I never thought about that, but it doesn't really sound like it that much.

[@shunyah6318]

@@DinoNuggies4665 yeeeah, the K is almost silent though, there been jokes around that already

[@DinoNuggies4665]

@@shunyah6318 Интересная, well that's good to know

[@VesnaVK]

​@@shunyah6318Serbian (my first language) also has that word. I never ever would have noticed that the words are similar, before reading this comment. Yikes. If anyone has asked me, are there any words in Serbian that sound like that English word, I would have come up empty.

[@rds990]

Everything is a problem to those who have little real experience in this world (thru no fault of their own), but expect it to be orderly, and neat, and well packaged. As a 69 yr old retiree I can tell you....and I hope you tell your students. LIFE IS MESSY. Don't expect it to conform, and be "moldable", and packaged up neatly. It's NOT. Life is messy.

[@ericshaffer5965]

But racism & homosexuality had been widely accepted in the late 80s, pretty much gone in 90s. So, the ppl that made millions off the divide pushed Obama & he seemed great, but Everytime he got a mic he bitched about his non-existent struggles--as the most powerful man in America

[@IvanGarcia-rg8ww]

I totally agree with you Mr.

[@goldensea03idk51]

This reminds me of a teacher I had in Middle school, super layed back and chill then asks you one of the most complicated questions ever and finishes the sentence with “ bro “ I love it

[@dr.doppeldecker3832]

Everyone had a teacher like this:) but to this day I am unsure wether I like this style or think it's the worst ever....

[@doctordaro2112]

@@dr.doppeldecker3832 I think the constant "dude, bro, man" is clouding the message and I am not sure the students appreciate it. Sounds like a youth pastor to me.

[@ThatOneSeanGuy]

You mean, bad

[@factchecker6674]

@@doctordaro2112 It's a bit of an affectation. I'd almost go with "so cringe".

[@vanesahernandez7891]

People are complaining now that the word negro doesn’t means the color black in Spanish but a “racial” slur. Negro is the color black in Spanish. Negro and it’s not a racist slur.

[@user-ju2bk9ut8b]

and the thing is, spanish is a very descriptive language. If I were to refer to my black friend, I would say mi amigo negro casually in speech. Its just cause the idea of racial injustice being embedded into such a word does not really exist in the same way as it does in english. It is not abnormal to be referred to by a physical characteristic in mexico (in my case cause im half mexican)

[@mollycollins498]

Except in Spanish, "negro" is pronounced differently than the slur. It's only a "problem" when written

[@8esi]

@@user-ju2bk9ut8bI mean there are multiple ways to refer to black people in Spanish, it just really depends where you are from. In Mexico, my family and I refer to black people as “Moreno” or dark skinned. So in reality, you don’t have to say “Mi amigo negro”, you just say “Mi amigo moreno”. BUT I agree with everything you said, the fact that a word that is used to discriminate a group of people in one language, most likely won’t mean the same in another language.

[@vanesahernandez7891]

@@8esi my family calls “mi prieta” or “mi negrita” but I am Puerto Rican and it is different in every country. Never have I been called “morena” hearing morena is so weird to me lol

[@ojeritoayala]

What I have noticed is that recently people are getting very sensitive when it comes to black Americans. Everything seems to be a problem now even if the thing in question preceded any racial implication.

[@joeyrider383]

Incredible professor! Yall have a gem of a teacher! You're an amazing person and teacher! Never stop teaching critical thinking! That's going to change our country with teachers like you!!

[@meowmymix3957]

Love the moment at 25:50 really shows the professor is comfortable with their class and very passionate.

[@derekeano]

That was super awkward when the Chinese American guy tried to have a conversation in Chinese and use filler words just as a beginner. But kudos for trying lol

[@prettyprettysmart]

Omg that part was so awkward, I had to skip ahead

[@ChickenJoe12]

It actually seemed like he wasn’t really fluent in Mandarin and didn’t expect to be needed to have a full convo with a woman who’s 1st language was Mandarin lmao

[@AerachCherry]

This is exactly why I never really talk about learning Mandarin, people that don’t speak it always want me to say things and continually ask for more and more.. the ones that do speak it want me to describe a doctorates thesis 😂 like come on I just have an elementary level understanding so far.

[@Timefraction]

Just thought id say thank you to the teacher and whoever runs this channel for a great lecture, i stumbled across it in shorts and it was really great to find a long form, fascinating, and very appropriately timesamped lecture on a topic that never really crossed my mind. Thank you!

[@modestsky7268]

Holy shit you’re a penn state professor?!!!!? You’re shorts are such a pleasure to watch, discussing all these topics of heavy contention/debate. I’m a student on the main campus and would love to take some courses of yours, the topics are super interesting to me, but not required for my major.

[@Dreamstrafe]

Yeah, I found him from yt short too, and really enjoyed the video. Plus he's honestly so wholesome

[@rufussanchez6183]

This professor is freaking awesome conversations that need to be happening around everywhere we need more professors like him

[@r12e5p]

As an immigrant 2nd grader in the US for less than 2 years, I learned the “N-word” from some Black kids I often played with. Once during art class, we got to do anything we wanted. I decided to draw whales and color them white, brown, and black to show that different kids could get along. When asked by the teacher why the different colored whales, I answered well these ones are white, the brown ones are Filipino like me, and the black ones are “N-words”. I immediately and loudly learned that this word was not OK to say and got sent home after school with a note. 🤷‍♂️

[@ianemerson2704]

I wouldn't even expect a 2nd grader to use it maliciously.

[@DaddyFrosty]

@@ianemerson2704 true fr

[@NRProductionss]

I joined from the short about the Chinese word. but the crazy bit was the last demonstration. Absolutely brutal

[@mbb1742]

Words don't have meaning until we give them meaning. We choose what we're offended by!

[@authenticallysuperficial9874]

Okay. Then choose to be offended by "Puppies are cute."

[@mbb1742]

@@authenticallysuperficial9874 why does anyone need to be a offended? If you think puppies are cute, who am I to tell you differently? There's a whole lot chaos in the world, and most of it is because people aren't gracious enough to accept that someone else could possibly think, feel or believe differently than them.

[@EruditeMMA]

@@authenticallysuperficial9874kittens are cuter

[@aakiofr]

THATS MY EXACT THINKING! WORDS ONLY HOLD POWER IF YOU PUT THEM ON A PEDESTAL.

[@ladyhardison]

I kinda agree with you. For me, it’s using words in malice. I rarely take things personally, I don’t care enough. It can be a fine line

[@rvrsl]

These conversations are incredibly valuable. What a great lecture

[@dkoh234]

那个 (na ge) Definitely not a filler word. This is very interesting. As a Chinese, it's a word that is essential in a speech. It's a speech word *demonstrative pronoun* for ideas, things, any inanimate objects, living animals (sometimes), people (very rare and rude because one is referring to a person as a thing). Most of the time it's used when *you do not know the name* of the item you are referring to when speaking. It's so essential in speech we if do not use it, we do not have the pronoun for "there that thing" in the situation when that thing is unknown, vague or hard to describe. Without it, in chinese grammar SVO structure, it will become VO. While in OSV, it will be come SV structure. To make things worst, it is similar in pronunciation to 哪个 (nei ge) in some accent. Which is the pronoun for "which". To compromise we can use the word 那 which has the meaning of there/that/which.

[@stellarischloride7522]

It is used as a filler word a lot though, even though it's definitely not its only use.

[@IshayuG]

The same thing applied to the word “like”. In addition to being a filler word, it is of course a word essential for comparatives. As a student of your language, a lot of people told me when this happened and I just completely lost it. California has gone completely insane.

[@dkoh234]

Thinking it as a filler words give the impression that it's not essential e.g. er, la, um, ha, lor, which can be omitted without any detrimental effect. My main point is that in many situation 那个 na gei has to be used because there is no alternative.

[@IshayuG]

@@dkoh234 That's not what the professor was fired for though, so I don't think it's a very relevant point. He was fired for explaining its use as a filler word. In any case, it's stupid.

[@xponentialdesign]

" Most of the time it's used when you do not know the name of the item you are referring to when speaking. " , that's precisely what filler word means

[@jonTX_2024]

he doesn’t seem to understand the word hyung (형) implies respect.

[@thomasday8155]

Hyung is the word used by a younger brother to an older brother as respect. A younger sister to an older brother would be oppa as respect.

[@emptybottle2010]

Awesome. Good to know many culture stuffs. Appreciate it.

[@Anne-pd2hk]

My daughter is half white and half Asian. I can't count the number of times well-meaning people have assumed she belongs to an Asian woman at whatever event or space we are at, and it never occurs to them she might have a white mama.

[@tedcook5197]

Hair racism in a non white/black context: I've heard that in some places in Japan (typically rural), the school dress code enforces "black hair color". A person with naturally brown hair must dye it black. Even if it is not enforced, the cultural pressure is for everyone to have black hair.

[@amg9163]

That's interesting. Thank you for sharing that detail.

[@GreatReplacement9130]

dude they just made that up.@@amg9163

[@darcyperkins7041]

It depends on the location. Some only enforce it at the beginning and end of the year for opening and closing ceremonies and photos.

[@merc9nine]

You can't put a helmet on an afro. It's just common sense, not racism

[@Ttyumbra]

@@merc9ninein the military of course but like in workplaces nah there’s a whole history behind discrimination against their hair I mean tattoos are getting more and more less scrutiny in the military to the point now you can get a hand tattoo but it has to be a certain length idk about back tattoos though

[@janethnunez4300]

I can’t stop watching these videos. Literally look forward to watching every chance I get.

[@user-mc9du9xk2o]

As an older person, i was raised to be open minded about other cultures. We are accepting but dont make a big deal about stuff. P.s. I'm older than Sam,lol.

[@sorleytarrys8501]

I was raised the Same way, but in Germany and I'm a few years younger than him.

[@isagani8916]

This reminds me of the past incident where a Filipino boy band group (SB19) was getting cancelled by some Americans for tweeting, "Hello, Negros!", when in fact, Negros is the name of an island in the Philippines where the band had to perform a concert.

[@MDamage2098]

Thank you to the student for clarifying the NAACP was made for “all people of color,” including Asians. Anyway, this same thing (i.e. teacher’s suspension) happened with a Jamaican teacher in Florida that follows the Rastafarian way and used an Ethiopian word that sounded like the “N” word to describe a child’s hairstyle. The word actually meant dreadlocks and the context of use fit (just like this Chinese example), but the Jamaican teacher was suspended anyway. I think the problem is repeatedly when these judgements are executed without discussion and understanding. Thanks for sharing.

[@tbballa24]

Sam to every white dude: "I mean you're just like an average regular white guy". Sam to every other type of person: "Tell me about your background and experience as a unique human being".

[@jeff8124]

Hey! I am going to ask Sam to do a full individual stream talking about when we talk in generalizations (regular average person) and when to see people are individuals (background and experiences unique to them).

[@tbballa24]

@@jeff8124 that would be good. I think my issue is I often see him dismiss white people and white males in particular as just the "uninteresting norm". He has never, that I've heard, said "you're just an average regular (insert minority) guy/lady". I don't think he is doing it maliciously at all, but there is a definite hypocrisy to it.

[@woohoo721]

As an Indian who's been watching this channel for years, I've noticed that too. At least for lectures that are not about global or international topics he could do a better job incorporating all types of students idk I used to respect him and his ideas 99.9% but after he put that Korean guy on the spot at the beginning of the video in front of the whole class just bc he called out racism his friend felt ... respect went down to 70% that just felt uncomfortable to watch tbh 😅🤦🏽‍♀️ like he was invalidating what that guy experienced

[@darcyperkins7041]

The thing is that everyone is both average AND unique. Average in that any experience, thought, feeling or emotion that each of us has ever had has been pretty much been experienced by millions, if not billions, of people over the past several thousands of years. Unique, because no one else can live in our particular body and experience the world through its five senses. Nor will anyone else ever have our exact 100% combination of those experiences, thoughts feelings and emotions. That also applies to someone physically as well.

[@tbballa24]

@@darcyperkins7041 that is all true. It doesn't however address his biases and the way that he only focuses on one group's "averageness" while focusing on the "uniqueness" for everybody else. He does it almost every class.

[@MissGourmandefr]

I’m not black, I have curly hair between 2c and 3a and I also feel like if I go to a job interview with my natural hair I could be discriminated because it’s seen as « unkept », I live in France btw. So I always straighten it for interviews, important days and first days on the job. It’s not even a fact of skin color, and it’s crazy to think hair can be a bias in an interview, but it’s still the truth

[@aidan9563]

“Yeah i took spanish for 5 years” *cant answer the simplest possible question ever asked*

[@blueskiies]

This is incredible. I wish I had these seminars while I was at uni ❤

[@juliobeta12]

Cara eu to tão feliz por ter encontrado esse canal, é a primeira vez que vejo uma discussão tão bem feita nos EUA

[@co7013]

My father was a scientist. When he got old, I sometimes got annoyed by him always talking about 'problems'. Even the smallest thing could be a 'problem'. But then I understood for him 'problem' was the method of coping with things: as a scientist, he 'problemized' things, because that was the start of analysing the situation and coming up with possible ways to solve the issue. So then the word 'problem' took on a positive notion: making the effort to define a situation, debate it, look at it from different angles and look for solutions.

[@DidierBan]

I’m a Spanish speaker (English is my second language), when I use the N word on Spanish I used with people that I trust like my brothers or some of my cousins ; Oye mi negro, but I figured out you can’t translate the sentence, you have to adapted to the other language. So the expression Oye mi negro will be “Hey bro” Or “hey Brother” .

[@guillermoalbertopiedra1779]

I’m also a Spanish speaker from Venezuela and I’ve lived in the US for 8 years. The word “negro” is not the same as the N word. “Oye negro” translates to “hey blackie” whereas the N word shares the same root but a negative connotation because of how it was used historically. I don’t think the n word has an equivalent word in Spanish, but “negro” is not a racial slur.

[@rmv4646]

People are way too sensitive.

[@sansumida]

Feel sorry for Americans the lost people 😊

[@rmv4646]

@@sansumida we have things so easy here that half of the country makes up struggle and wears it like a badge of honor....only in the West....

[@poissonpuerile8897]

God would I love to be in these classes! Long live Sam!

[@nn0212]

It would’ve been amazing if the volunteer actually spoke up, she did great being sat infront of everyone like that 😊

[@kaisawhatever4443]

He’s not a native speaker, likely didn’t learn stutter words in school

[@winsomepickett7694]

Not to put too fine a point on it, but just after the 30-minute mark, when the professor says, "A lot of people my age feel like you all have lost your damn minds," not a single person laughs or even chuckles. And this is room with several hundred college students. Is that, perhaps, a barometer of the times in which we live?

[@funzario144]

There are 7000 spoken languages on this world. And there is a high probability that a word in one language sounds like a swear word in one of the other 6999 languages. It is beyond insane to demand from people to adapt their language because of that.

[@justanotherperson3337]

I've realized that America is a very self centered country

[@KTmusic1121]

If you wanted to here the conversation using the word. 23:07

[@ajinomou]

"Niga-" is an improper prefix (unlapi) in Filipino language. It's used whenever you want to change the tense of a verb. Examples: Gawa - do/work Ginagawa - doing (formal) Nigagawa - doing (informal) Gano'n - like that Ginagano'n - being treated like (f) Nigagano'n - being treated like (inf)

[@Fadeinwow]

So it's racist to say a women can't wear an afro in the military, but not a man? Men are forced to shave their head when they get in and have extremely strict standards for their hair. Nobody gets to just wear their hair natural, so these claims seem a bit rediculous. Everyone had the same exact standards and the black women who served with me, worse their hair the same exact way white women did. Everyone was held to the same exact standards and men had it even stricter then women, so it just seems a bit much. Especially considering that part of every uniform is a hat. The dress code is done with the idea that you always have some kind of hat on. The military isn't for everyone and it seems rediculous that we are lowering the standards on everything to be more inclusive. The military isn't a place for inclusiveness. It's a place where jobs must be done as best as possible and every rule is set to ensure that happens

[@nedhill1242]

Exactly. This is nonsense. The military is about uniformity and part of basic training is to drum the individuality out of people. When he brought up white privilege during that conversation I was dumbstruck. Tons of white women have curly hair and hate it. Not because of anything other than it's a pain in the ass. My blue eyed blonde Irish sister is retired Air Force and she had to wear her hair short. There are legit reasons for this and guys all have to have very short hair. lol acting black. UM, NO! Blacks in Africa and other countries don't act or talk black from an American perspective. This is so dumb. There is no such thing as white privilege. It's in-group versus out-group. This is basic psychology. I like Sam and what he's trying to do, but he is all in on white privilege and systemic racism, etc. and it's all BS.

[@trleith]

But it's been public policy for at least 75 years the military *is* for everyone -- in peacetime it's a mechanism of "social improvement" and specifically a way to help socialize people into the working or middle class. It's very deliberate. And these days "everyone" includes women. If you want to sum up the regulation it comes to "Do what you want as long as it doesn't keep your headgear from fitting properly or draw attention to itself." But because we're a nation of adolescents, regulations can't be this straightforward, so we hear about inches and symmetry and uses of dyes.

[@nedhill1242]

@@trleith very well said. JD Vance, Glenn Loury, & Thomas Sowell are among the many extremely successful people that were brought out of poverty and educated thanks to the military. I have always been amazed at the ending of Band of Brothers when they talk about the success that each one of those men had after World War II, and how most of them went on to extremely successful careers, many of them using the G.I. Bill. Most of them never would’ve stepped foot on a college campus, or had anything other than a very average life as an adult had it not been for the military and the people they were around. And yes, that was a very special group of people, but that’s actually a common tale. The military also does a great job of taking people from divergent cultures or people that have massive egos or lack discipline, and put all of them on a path of success that they otherwise never would’ve found. But now we’re destroying it with woke & trans ideology. Our enemies are laughing at us! Eisenhower and Patton, and even FDR see people like General Milley and Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, George Bush, Joe Biden, running our military, and they are spinning in their graves!

[@merc9nine]

Just look up black people trying to find cycling helmets to fit their afros and it's clearly difficult.

[@nedhill1242]

@@merc9nine Because if it doesn’t fit tightly, it doesn’t do any good. Players in the NFL white and black with long hair have their helmets come off a lot more often. You should be required to have short hair in the NFL otherwise sign a waiver that says you will not hold the NFL responsible for CTE . Because the helmet doesn’t work if it isn’t on tightly. If you’re a white guy with long hair that helmet is going to slide right off especially if someone grabs it and the facemask. So every player in the military and NFL should be required to have short hair. My sisters retired from the Air Force. All the women had to wear short hair. Not as short as men, of course, but that would be short and a certain style. No one complained. When you join the military, you sort of sign away part of your rights. That’s part of the deal. Welcome to the world of woke!

[@youtubecommentGG]

As a french speaker all I see is snow (neige in french 😅)

[@lumigg2556]

The last case study was really interesting bc it shows u deep down even tho we are all have equals rights and dignity at the end living in today's society doesn't fully translate, racism still permeates and persist, very interesting case study, worth having this and multiple conversations

[@OstaniorRent]

58:15 im not sure braids actually origins from black culture, all nations over the world were wearing braids. so...

[@PanameBossOfficiel]

Came from Vikings

[@rstar88105]

How much per credit hour is this school? The huge student/ teacher ratio looks really profitable.

[@coreytohme9861]

Not all classes are equal. In most four year curriculums, there are classes that almost all are required to take regardless of the student's chosen major. Sociology is one of those classes. Therefore about 50% of Penn State's 80,000 students will end up taking this course. Also, some courses are better suited for lecture type (think of history, economics, entry level biology and in this case sociology) where a professor has a monologue in the teaching process. A math class which requires a different type of teaching process will have a much smaller student to teacher ratio. Additionally, I am sure with the KZbin videos posted, this professor/course is quite popular and there are a large amount of students trying to get into this particular class. So yes, this particular class is quite profitable for Penn State. However, that fact cannot be extrapolated to the entirety of all of Penn State's courses and their professors/students.

[@sinfinitylove7917]

This was good. Reminds me of a time when I was young and was dating a Spanish speaking boy. We were at dinner with his parents . He was pinching my side under the table and l finally snapped at him to "Stop Pinching me!". His mother went pale and was very upset. He was delirious with laughter. HE finally did explain that PINCHING sounds very similar to a very inappropriate word used in Spanish. It was all cleared up and even his mom found it funny.😅

[@justanotherperson3337]

what word? "pinche"?

[@penfoldusa]

there is also a word in Korean that is similar to the Chinese example given about it sounding like a racial slur... the word in Englsih translate to "you" in the informal form used during a conversation.

[@amandathompson6873]

It became a huge issue too when Kpop started getting popular in the U.S..

[@cipela193]

Around 35:00 the professor question was never going to generate a separate answer, in my opinion. She’s facing both the real time pressure of hundreds of people staring at her, the possibility of hundreds of thousands seeing it online, and the social consequences of her answer. I don’t believe most people would have given a difference answer to “before moving, did you have different perceptions of black and white in america” given these circumstances. It’s much easier to lie in this scenario

[@jcraigwilliams70]

I'm trying to imagine being on vacation in another country, talking to my wife or kids, and getting beat up because I said "Uhh..."

[@iSpitGame]

Idek how i got here but this makes me wanna go to college

[@winstonzhou4595]

but the word changes in pronunciation: when it means "that", it's pronounced "na-ge", but when it's used as a filler word it's pronounced as "nei-ge", and this is when it sounds like the n-word

[@dirkofeel9821]

I use nei-ge for both most of the time.

[@zixiang6367]

It's because "nei-ge" is a contraction for "na-yi-ge" which means the same as "na-ge", same thing as how "want to" can be shortened to "wanna". It's use is largely similar to the filler word "ano" "sono" in Japanese

[@hanabishikai]

It depends on where you came from... Mostly china will use nei ge... Some kind of conversation style of na yi ge... Malaysian chinese mostly use na ge...

[@asiyaheibhlin7297]

The guy can't speak Mandarin.😂😂😂 Poor guy. I'm white. Im a Muslim comvert thay wear full and total covering (including hands and eyes). I speak fluent Mandarin due to being a translator in the military before I converted. If anyone tells me I cannot say that word I'm going to back-hand them with my voice.

[@TangoHotel42]

The military regs are weird because no one can wear their "natural" hair. There are length and bulk requirements for men, and women must put their hair up if it is long. I will say it is straight fucked up to be made the straighten your hair just to conform to regs, as the aforementioned regs do not require such levels of work and potential damage to the hair. As an aside I do believe that afros can be pulled into a bun to be able to wear a cover. As I spent most of my career on subs I have little exp with female hair regs so milage may vary. Great class as always.

[@TheDaspiffy]

那個/那个 is a contraction of three words (那一個/那一个) that translates to 'that one'. As a white, non-native Chinese speaker, I never use the contraction to avoid being misunderstood.

[@sophiaholtkamp5928]

It isn't only pronounced nei-ge. It depends on dialect. The type of mandarin i learned pronounces it na-ge. Same meaning, different dialect.

[@garyprice6504]

Interesting project!

[@searose6192]

11:35 the more “subtle” internal racism…aka the racism you could just be imagining or concocting in your mind….well that is SUPER prevalent.

[@Sunaina768]

In Hindi the word for sight or gaze sounds like the N word but that doesn’t mean that people should get fired for speaking their own languages and getting worried-some that there will be consequences for it.

[@GamingPiper]

greetings from germany to the girl in the white bavaria hoodie 👋

[@bhagwantchhabra]

😂😂This class was awesome

[@SOC119]

You are awesome for watching! Hope to see you in the live stream chat sometime!

[@MoneyMaker_Taiwan]

u gays are so lucky to have this teacher

[@tylerbasham1491]

Wow this is awesome..makes me miss college

[@שלוםוברכה-ז8כ]

It's called path of least resistance. Water does the same. Electricity does the same. We do the same. You can have a child matching your skin color, easy mode (well.. you still have to be a parent and all), vs. a black child for white parents, figuring out he is adopted before you can count to three, you have no control on when to break it to him. Not to mention on what the hell do you know about being black as a white parent? Much harder to raise a kid that way, so why would you? It makes sense.

[@albertoblanco1256]

I worked in a warehous in Oakland California where 50% were from Oakland and 50% were from chinatown San Francisco and most of them were born and raised in China and immigrated to the United States. It was so funny seeing people from Oakland learn Chinese,and the group learn slang from the Bay. It was seasonal work but it was all love.

[@JohnHaroldjr]

Don't worry about what others think.

[@randomthings1696]

The mandarin one not only means that but in common spoken language it can sometimes also be a filler for “like” and “uhh” and when I say it it’s really fast

[@LucasFMelo-op4rg]

I hate when the audio is cut abruptly

[@sunnykitten815]

In korean this word is said the same but means YOU! It literally means the word you!

[@arinc9]

As a European, I am always fascinated by the obsession Americans have with words. 😆

[@heatherc2576]

I would LOVE to take an online class with you. I'm a 50some yo white woman from Oklahoma

[@JDB0259]

Military is extremely regulatory about everything, so no beards, no long hair etc. it’s so everyone can wear the uniform and be uniform.

[@daviddempsey8721]

Great learning environment. I love the respectful way these students and prof are engaging. I wish students learned to not hold a mic like an ice-cream.

[@zachmiller9189]

I don't think that Korean American kid knows or understand any Korean. He might be ethnically Korean but it's obvious he doesn't understand Korean or Korean culture. I'm white American but know more about Korea and Korean than that kid. I've lived in Korea for little over 2 years and know that the word "Heuk Hyung" isn't a racist word. It doesn't mean "black dude" but "black older brother". It's actually a way to call a black man in respectful way. In Korea, the word "Hyung" (older bro) is added at the end when you want to call someone(male) respectfully. For example, if your name is "Sam" they will call you "Sam Hyung" to show respect. I'm from Tennessee so some of my coworkers called me "Tenne Hyung" when I lived there.

[@zzz-nu2re]

Did u ever experience racism against u in Korea? In the navy, some Koreans in busan didn't like Americans and wouldnt let us into a restaurant, it was korean only.

[@spookshowbabymua]

It can be used similar to how we would use "bro" but still with the honorific respect. Like you would only use 형 to someone same age or a bit older in age but only within a few years. With someone more than just a few years older there are other honorific you would use depending on your relationship with them. So it could be used in a way to mean like "bro" but it would still imply respect and not an insult or slur.

[@pedrolonga8070]

@@zzz-nu2re Yeah, a lot of places are korean exclusive. A lot of them started to opt into that rule due to a lot of foreign troops, especially American caused a lot of troubles in establishments

[@tsunadesenjusohma]

But why use the word black… I’ve never heard them say White hyung

[@yanyalice8509]

​@@tsunadesenjusohma 왜 한국인이 백인을 형이라고 불러야 돼?미국 백인은 한국을 침략해서 한국인 수백명을 총살했다.총이 뭔지도 모르는 한국인들 머리에 총알을 박았다.미국은 한국과 방위조약을 맺었지만 일본의 한국 침략과 식민을 찬성했고 현재 G7국가들이 한국을 일본에 넘기는 회의를 개최했다.그곳에 한국인 대표가 찾아가서 부당함을 알리려 했지만 만나주지 않았고 한국은 일본의 식민 지배로 수많은 고통을 겪었다. 프랑스인들은 한국을 침략에 수많은 사람을 죽이고 집을 불태우고 역사서를 불태우고 많은 역사적 유물을 훔쳐갔다.독일인은 한국을 침략해서 왕의 아버지였던 흥선대원군의 부모묘를 파헤쳐서 시신을 꺼내고 그것으로 왕을 협박했다.한국인은 오래전부터 백인을 야만인이라고 생각했다.또 미국과 당시 소련은 제2차 세계대전이 끝나고 전쟁의 가해자였던 일본이 아니라 한국의 영토를 반으로 나눴다.식민지의 피해자였던 한국이 또다시 피해를 당했고 그로인해 갈라진 한국은 이념까지 나눠지면서 전쟁까지 발생했다.아시아국가인 중국과 일본도 한국을 침략했다.흑인들은 한국을 침략한 역사가 없다.왜 한국인들이 백인들을 형이라 불러야하냐?너는 전혀 한국의 역사에 대해 알지 못한다.

[@JoelBulger]

The audio cut out after he asked her to cut the volume down on the screen then it's back when the guy in the yellow shirt

[@vmezaaa]

You know the professor is awesome when he has an ear piercing

[@FD-wt2zh]

Why did the chinese american even volunteer............

[@coreytohme9861]

I feel like the finding of the sperm donor thing was a bit misleading regarding the supposed white couple. I am willing to bet that nearly every person in that room would have picked a person from their own race as the sperm donor if both parents were from the same race. Of course this is all based on all other things being equal.

[@ouroborus6951]

Yeah first argument that come to my mind is people assume moit often the worst. I would not like random people to talk about my wive like oh yeah shes cheap and he is dumb bc clearly with that child it is not his. Plus depending on if you want to tell your child and when you want to tell ypur child his information it would also be strange when the kid asks these two with like four years mom and dad why am i black?

[@danh6720]

From the comments I see that a number of people are watching these videos likely for the purpose of finding something to pick apart as recreational outrage. But it’s nice to see the view count and realize that’s a very small minority.

[@caffeinerequired3136]

Its about intention over the actual word, all words are just sounds coming out our mouths there isn't any sound you could make that's worse than any other, A word isn't offensive unless its used with the intention to cause a bad thing to happen or upset or degrade someone. Its all about reading intention and context over the word itself. the sperm doner situation you'd of course pick someone that looks like the dad so that he feels like its his child and look at family history like health conditions and disabilities to give your kid the best chance its not racist. if there was two white people with a black baby you'd assume one of them must be a step parent or the kid is adopted where as you wont have those assumptions make if it looks like your child. Dads already don't get treated as equal to mothers as a parent teachers at parents night and doctors tend to look at and talk to the mother over the father. Being seen as a step parent on top of that to your child isn't something id choose id want them to think its my kid even if it isn't biologically means less questions and you are seen more as the kids parent.

[@PatrickQuarles]

I believe it’s the same as saying “black” in Spanish people gotta accept there’s other languages rather than English.

[@LimeZMusic]

It’s also the same for Japanese, as there’s 逃げろ (ni-ge-ro) which translates to “run away”.

[@lindaroney4820]

The military has had their standards on grooming mostly for safety reasons. Men couldn't have facial hair so that O2 masks would fit tight to their face. Hair has to be put up or short to fit protective helmets etc...but if your job only consists of say mainly desk work, where there is not a safety issue, as long as it looks professional in uniform and well kept, I see no reason why women of any race can't have their natural hair. Personally, as a white woman with crappy straight hair, I appreciate women with curly hair doing their thing. It is so beautiful in my eyes. Don't be afraid to do you, whatever you decide, It's all good!!!

[@Philosophia_Tigres]

The guys just like: “欧恩恩恩恩。呃呃呃。啊啊啊。噢噢噢” 🫥🤤😮‍💨

[@celebee1514]

If you’re here for her saying the Word: 23:40

[@lazcoroner1483]

Extremely underwhelming lol

[@winsomepickett7694]

Why were students taking photos of "the master" (attendance sheet)?

[@ran97396]

The TA sitting behind the podium is so pretty 🥺

[@TheRazorman89]

Can't even use the word in question when discussing it, something wrong with the world.

[@Ketwalker]

This video made me regret not going to university

[@darwenlister1639]

This reminds me of seeing crayon colours labelled in different languages and the uproar of Americans that say the companies (and sometimes even the country of Spain) should be ashamed for using "negro" to mean black

[@cassiex2559]

28:56 dude in the second row having a nice nap 🤣

[@rikardottosson1272]

True. We say “you people” and mean Americans. OTOH I was walking whilst fat in Italy years ago, well… I was on a train. A guy was standing next to me, looked at me, looked at his wife, rolled his eyes and said “Americano…”, so sometimes you’d brand is unfairly tarnished.

[@Mitu918]

In Bengali, the hard r N word is a flower name.. as a result its also female name..

[@NGVP2]

I don't think Andrew should have raised his hand

[@Emilyxx495]

Only in America can you get fired for using your mother tounge…when I was a teenager I dreamed of living in America one day and now I’m older I couldn’t think of anything worse

[@randyandretti]

Too many HAVE lost their minds.

[@GamingPiper]

concerning the curly hair thing... i got a question for the americans here (preferably with military background): is it still like in the hollywood movies that all soldiers need to have shaved or really really short hair? like is jarhead still a thing? or are there some dudes with really long hair and full hipster beard in the army, marines or seals?

[@Pharmacypirate]

The short hair is required for training, and after that it’s usually kept that way, but there are actual codes that state you need a cleanly shaven face

[@izzetop1910]

For males, hair must not exceed to inches in length from the scalp, must not cover the neck or ears, and must be kept above the eyebrows. I have longer hair and I just slick it back when I'm at work.

[@danh6720]

If you just google AR 670-1, it will explain it with pictures. But the short answer is no, you don’t have to keep the shaved to stubble haircut that you see in the boot camp scenes of movies. The different branches will have slight differences and also cultural differences of what you can do, but it’s still not going to be as strict as boot camp.

[@shahinakel]

Can someone tell me what's Sam holding in his hands? Is that a chain?

[@TheDKMaggot]

While not used as much of course. "Nodding" is "nikker" in my language...

[@VesnaVK]

Which language?

[@TheDKMaggot]

@@VesnaVK Danish