America: Still Racist | ContraPoints

[@HollyandChanel]

Also, America has an embarrassingly short memory. Black people (and Indigenous people especially) are always the canary in the coalmine. Everything that happens to these groups eventually happens to everyone else. The opioid epidemic is a great example. When we allow one group to be exploited, those doing the exploiting will always look for new targets to profit off of.

[@DarDarBinks1986]

How is this possible? HOW? It's not supposed to be! The Constitution FORBIDS IT! Laws forbid racism entirely! Attitudes get forced to change then and there no matter what! ONCE BANNED, RACISM STAYS DEAD! It cannot and will not come back! It stays behind us forever, never to return! Once and done! No "steps"! No "gradual change"! INSTANT CHANGE RIGHT THEN AND THERE! ONCE AND FINISHED! ONE TIME ONLY! It works like a Steam update, not Pony Express!

[@kaemonbonet4931]

Holy hera!

[@AegisEpoch]

if the infrastructure for rehabilitation was laid out for the crack epidemic, there would have been one for the opioid epidemic. there may never have been one.

[@jensendash]

Like twerking?

[@diegoernestovarelaparra3820]

It kind of worst actually, because white people blame black people A LOT while they blind themselves to how they affect their own group, ending in white people pampering themselves.

[@dsofe4879]

It's amazing how some of these so-called "skeptics" and "free thinkers" will flat-out refuse to concede that any problem could possibly have more than one layer of complexity.

[@vaguepepper4028]

simplified: There dumb.

[@mercgilado]

@@vaguepepper4028 *Their

[@vaguepepper4028]

@@mercgilado *They're

[@Cagon415]

That's the mentality of American society in general. It's why things will never change. As a collective, we aren't intelligent enough to view issues on a spectrum.

[@vaguepepper4028]

@@Cagon415 Why do you think that?

[@ContraPoints]

This video is partially an adaptation of a video I made over a year ago called “Baltimore: Anatomy of an Uprising.” That video is my least-viewed video, and I’ve gotten a lot better at YouTubing since I made it, so I’ve been eager to try the topic again. The middle section of this video is more or less a remix of the “Baltimore” video, with some passages recycled more or less verbatim. In this video I’ve added a new introduction, a new section on mass incarceration, and all around better framing and style. The thesis of this video, that America is still racist, should not really be controversial, but here we are. I guess this is my attempt to nudge the KZbin Overton window a little toward “How should we address the racial injustice that exists in America?” and away from “Are the international Jewry cucking the white race or are non-denominational globalists responsible?” EDIT: 0:31 I misspelled "Millennial." This is what happens when you don't sleep. But hey, I have deadlines.

[@georged333]

Thanks for revisiting this topic.

[@w1nterblind]

Your Baltimore video is one of my favourites.

[@sydneyrica1802]

I thought I was having deja vu. I remember how I found your channel now, I was researching Tanahesi Coates.

[@emmetlarrissy8228]

yes. Fuck Jordan Peterson.

[@Bruno-ec8ft]

I subscribed to your channel because of your Baltimore video. I was a bit skeptic of this ''remake'', but I get why you did this video again. Nice to revisit the video and you did fleshed out your perspective and opinions more clearly. Edit: You were drinking bud light lime!!! UNSUBSCRIBED!!

[@InuMiroLover]

5:32-6:07 It always struck me as curious why people say "they deserved to die" when the victim is hardly a threat to society. With Breonna Taylor's murder, Ive seen ALOT "she deserved to die" because her boyfriend sold drugs. Yikes indeed. If selling drugs is worthy of the death penalty in a "civilized society" then we might as well cut off the legs of anyone that jaywalks.

[@adjjal]

Also on that logic, any girlfriends or family members of people working in the pharmaceutical industry deserve to die also.

[@notonfire7318]

And the same people say America is the most free country in the world

[@jborrego2406]

But wanna talk about how people during the opiloid epidemic their victims and we need to open centers for them and we need to give them therapy Black people during the crack epidemic put their asses in jail we don’t care if they have kids they don’t need therapy just put them in jail or kill them

[@mamadoom9724]

I personally knew a white girl who got shot and killed by the cops because she happened to be at a house they were busting for drugs. She had no drugs in her system and was only in her mid twenties. Part of it is just a problem of cops being complete assholes.

[@Peterdemcsak]

And why is it an ethnic problem? The fact that your system is fascist is the main problem, the fact that it affects some antiques worse is only a side issue. Almost everyone in Europe opposes critical race theory and the whole Woke racism, despite this, any European country is much more civilized than the USA.

[@ThreeArrows]

I think a big factor in the ignorance of historical opression is that people often feel like something that happend before they were born has the same influence on modern society as ancient greece. Maybe I'll do a video about this. Btw I'm always impressed how good your german is!

[@gringosdarr]

Three Arrows Spot on. 1963 is basically the same as 1463 if you were born after that time. There's a linear set of events which people join at different times and even if you are well read, it's hard to actually appreciate fully unless you've lived through something or the stories are passed down effectively.

[@decepticonne]

yeah it probably has to do with how memories are created, stored and remembered by the human brain ; things you learned recently can seem more recent than they actually are, listening to a song on repeat for weeks can trick your brain into thinking you've known that song for years, and events that happened before your birth are all stored as separated memories with separated timelines so your brain have to work extra hard to put them in order. being born and raised in a country which history (a very hectic and controversial one to boot) starts only 5 centuries ago , having been taught history superficially or with wildly inaccurate textbooks, being fed lies about everything and nothing 24/7 are all things that can fuck up (on purpose more often than not) with the difficult process by which our brains handle this history. And all those things are true for a big chunk of the american population soooooo yep.

[@osonhouston]

I am guilty of judging a book by it's cover, I've been watching a lot of fascist and alt-right videos and one of your videos popped up on my suggested list and I quickly said "damn, watch a few f'n videos, now all this crap is popping up in my feed" it's was the arrows that got me, guess I need to watch "what does the logo mean"

[@frbe0101]

It not ignorance, it is denial that historical oppression could carry over to anything we observe today.

[@decepticonne]

willful ignorance, denial : same difference

[@Ganbarizer]

I remember watching this when she first published it and being amazed at how hard she hit the nail on the head. A lot of the things I've been saying about America as a black transman, she echoed. And honestly, it touched me to the point that I got a little watery around the eyes. Here is a white, transgender woman, who doesn't know what it's like to be a black person in America specifically BUT can still realize that there have been and still are so many injustices in our community that have gone largely ignored and forgotten due to racism and complacency. I mean, she did her own independent research and presented the facts and statistics--back in 2018! None of my white friends ever talked about it. None of the white youtubers I subbed to talked about it--except for Natalie. I don't even recall mainstream news going into too much depth on the subject. Fast forward to now and I'm finally seeing more non black people do their own research and finally do something about it too. It's really wild.

[@jader1232]

she is amazing

[@nerdwisdomyo9563]

Wtf why is there only 1 reply?… anyway yeah, like i rewatched bo burnhams song that is how the world works and was shocked how GOOD the hot takes were by this white dude, genuinely inspiring

[@HappyPsychoBunny3]

Hope you’re doing good ❤️

[@Maced_with_Nightmares]

My blood boils when white owned cannabis corporations get to profit from weed while POC were used as examples of why weed was bad smfh

[@disappointingperson9162]

Weed isn't the only drug white people distributed and later demonized minorities for

[@xkaxsky.69]

It’s not the fault of white drug dealers that those things happened. That’s the polices fault

[@Maced_with_Nightmares]

She’s Kaxsky Im talking about the large weed corporations

[@xkaxsky.69]

@@Maced_with_Nightmares okay but they didn’t exist before it was legalized so how is it the white head shop owners

[@Maced_with_Nightmares]

@@xkaxsky.69 being rich basicly

[@JuliaPetrova]

Contra: I've just narrowed the topic of discussion so this video isn't three hours long Me: -- dammit

[@teru797]

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[@DoughnutWolf]

@@teru797 wow what a big brain video!! fuck off

[@teru797]

@@chaoticgood12 I guess you can't handle dissenting viewpoints. No surprise.

[@teru797]

@@DoughnutWolf Should be easy to disprove right?

[@shepglennon8760]

@@angelbarajas9180 saying Blacks can't be racist is not the same as saying they can't be prejudice. Racism just gives the power to act on prejudice in a systemic way

[@ToozdaysChild]

A trans woman discussing social issues with comedic skits and sudden, unexpected forays into surrealism? I'm really glad I found your channel.

[@raceandcrime]

isn't it a trans man? as in man going lady? hey, i'm not up on the 31 pronouns that NYC and i guess CANADA now enforce/respect...

[@themajesticspider-man6116]

Cadao Rain But you didn't provide evidence that support your dispute of her claims, to which she did provide evidence for. Why is that? Anyway, you're saying that more black people are stopped in their neighborhoods, *because* most of them live in those neighborhoods? Ok, but that's not the reason they get stopped or arrested so much there. The amount of their population has nothing to do for WHY they are being stopped, as she gave the actual reason for why that is if you really listen to and take in what she says as the maps are being shown on-screen.

[@themajesticspider-man6116]

raceandcrime No, it's transwoman, because she went *from* man to woman. And trans man is when a woman goes from woman to man. And no, you won't get locked up for misgendering someone like a trans person in those places, so you can thank me for assuring you that you don't have to piss yourself in hilarious fear of misgendering people. Lol medium.com/@florence.ashley/no-pronouns-wont-send-you-to-jail-43c268cffd55

[@TheLithp]

Well, I did look more closely at the maps after I read your comment, & I see only a few red line districts that are now in the "white neighborhood" zones of the other maps. I also looked at the legend for the police stops map, seeing that it listed white pedestrian stops separately, yet very few on the map. So it's not just a case that "black people are stopped more often in black neighborhoods," it's that they're stopped more often in ALL neighborhoods. So my conclusion is that your interpretation is in error.

[@raceandcrime]

+TheLithp i guess u r talking to me... i thought at first u might have googled: RACIAL DOT MAP, at the COOPERCENTER... thats VERY eye opening as to our de facto segregation... as to profiling and dealing with the data i recommend THE COLOR OF CRIME, as per JARED TAYLOR/AMREN... he promotes profiling we should and NEED to stop young black males FAR MORE OFTEN... and maybe give little old asian ladies a break ;)

[@mullac1992]

"I don't like hissing like a cat" Contra, what did we say about lying?

[@fruitygarlic3601]

Emmanuel Kant: *sweats profusely*

[@sugarsaltspice]

Your level of professionalism and diplomatic take on issues is so fresh. You are the type of person this world needs. I am donating to you as soon as I can.

[@jackson-zo8pt]

"i'm going to discuss them in the free marketplace of ideas as soon as you GET OUT OF MY ROOM!" i grew up with a brother who's in the alt-right and this bit was a one-hit KO for me

[@salenebrom6476]

jackson we need that on a shirt

[@jaxw1453]

Is your brother still alt-right? Or has he grown up?

[@jackson-zo8pt]

@@jaxw1453 he's 32 years old now and still alt right. luckily he joined the army and I haven't seen him since

[@TheHadesShade]

@@jackson-zo8pt the fact that your nut case of a brother is in the army wielding a gun does not sit well with me....

[@RadTrashed]

@@TheHadesShade When you tie your entire identity to your whiteness and a nation built on white supremacy, you tend to develop psychopathic tendencies and the craving for murder it seems. Then there's normal soldiers who were poor and targeted by recruiters specifically because they're poor; join the army because they have to pay off debts and what not. Not because of some irrational love for a nation that would classify them as a number once they died.

[@MissKashira]

The reason why people say, "I don't have time to explain racism to you" is because life experience has shown me it never works. After I give up days of my life trying to convince some white person that Black Lives Matter isn't a terrorist organization it always ends with, "Well, I kinda need to believe I got everything I have because I deserve it and you got everything you have because the world feels bad for black people, so I'm just going to ignore the mountain of evidence to the contrary and continue on guiltlessly buying into white supremacy." Every.single.time. Why? Because when a white person /really/ wants to know about racial injustice they'll Google that shit. Wasting my time typing out essays pleading for my humanity to be recognized just highlights my utter powerlessness in this context and makes me depressed. Black people have neither the ability nor the responsibility to stop white supremacy. So keep fighting the good fight. I believe in you.

[@BifronsCandle]

+Marcel Duchamp's Fidget Spinner Spencer once said that white privilege was a "good thing". He's educated but chooses to be filth.

[@vaguepepper4028]

Have you tried being polite and very very nice when trying to change someone's mind, not trying to prove your right.

[@MissKashira]

Yes. Since displaying justified human emotion can get me killed in some situations, I have learned to argue for my humanity without getting upset about it. But it's exhausting and less effective coming from me. I obviously have a motive for wanting to be treated like a human being. But when white people argue against white supremacy, they are arguing against their own best interest and other white people are more likely to listen to what they are saying.

[@vaguepepper4028]

@@MissKashira Justified human emotion can get you killed? How's that?

[@MissKashira]

The angry black woman stereotype. I get mad at injustice and I can be gunned down and it'll be excused as "she should have complied". It doesn't matter if I was minding my own business and being unfairly stopped. It doesn't matter other races aren't treated like that. I flinch wrong and I'm dead. And if a football player kneels in protest of this unequal and unfair treatment, well then he's the problem. Which is even more enraging. But you learn to swallow it, because you have no other choice.

[@stoneagealienz874]

Ok german here. Your accent is pretty impressive :D

[@cramerfloro5936]

Primitive Aliens I know, right?

[@cwilfried8040]

Holy shit "If the blacks don't like going to jail they should just do less crimes. Let's do another interview with Richard Spencer" I'm dying...

[@ernststravoblofeld]

OWL Where's my toad venom?!

[@Abshir1it1is]

@@EazyMothafuckingE The vast majority of the black incarceration rate is for _non-violent_ drug related crimes. Drugs that (on top of being legal in several states and other western nations) are used at equal rates as their white counterparts, yet black people are arrested at four times the rate. Furthermore, all else being equal, black people are given harsher, longer sentences than white convicts. So... no. You're full of shit.

[@Abshir1it1is]

@@EazyMothafuckingE It is not "in addition", it makes up the vast majority. Regardless, violent crime was also touched on in the video. Either you didn't watch it and are full of shit, or you don't care about the root causes for the racial disparity in crime and simply want to maintain a mindnumbingly simplistic worldview where propensity to crime is caused by increased levels of melanin.

[@Abshir1it1is]

@@EazyMothafuckingE Y'know, there's a whole wealth of research done on the topic if you care to look. About how higher policing of black neighbourhoods naturally leads to higher arrest rate of black people, how black convicts are sentenced much, much longer than white convicts charged with the same offences. How the Reagan's war on drugs and Clinton's mass incarceration specifically targetted black communities, how no, the socioeconomic are well documented fact, and a whole host of other systemic issues plaguing the criminal justice system. But as you boldly claim it "debunked", you clearly have it all figured out, so humour me why don't you. What do _you_ think causes the racial disparity in crime statistics.

[@ksilva2848]

@@EazyMothafuckingE and why they are "inherently more violent"? Explanation required. I can say "white people are inherently more violent" too, and back it up by saying "look at Europe, they've been fighting each other for centuries, and when it wasn't enough they started to fight others, native americans, africans, asians, everyone, and years later the WW1, again a bunch of white fighting each other"

[@Muhsaft86]

Her German is actually quiet good.

[@cramerfloro5936]

Henning Marxen I know, right

[@PCLHH]

Ja! She should do Kabarett in Germany. People will love it!

[@princesseuphemia1007]

Auf jeden Fall. Ich liebe deutsch und freue mich wann sie deutsch redet!

[@aminamurad4480]

cramer floro v

[@samodelkini]

Princess Euphemia100 hier muss man „wenn“ anstatt „wann“ benutzen. Wann ist ein Fragewort - Wann kommt sie? -Ich weiß nicht, wann sie kommt Wenn ist eine Konjunktion: Ich freue mich immer, wenn sie Deutsch redet Wenn Contra mit Journalisten diskutiert, möchten sie mit ihr nur über Alt-Right sprechen Ich hoffe das hilft!:))

[@kevinclancy1573]

Watching this right in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Still racist two years later

[@vanik1505]

@SandboxArrow isn't that what she talked about?

[@kommiekeegan]

@SandboxArrow says the black man

[@rickardkaufman3988]

@SandboxArrow Dude. You just described the whole point of her video. Racism exists but you; you try to live your own life to the fullest by not seeing yourself as a victim despite the country has its own shit to deal with it. Also, Antifa opposes racism. I mean, they are like the modern-day Black Panthers.

[@angela_merkeI]

@SandboxArrow Why exactly are you going around Contrapoints videos and insulting people (It's visibke on your profile)? Do you have too much free time and no hobbies?

[@shifa444]

@ if he was white he wouldn’t be murdered in the first place

[@mattgilbert7347]

Poor? Hungry? Abused? No opportunities? No way out of urban hell? It's all your fault. Yup. That's muh personal responsibility at work.

[@mattgilbert7347]

To be fair to Freya, a lot of the National Socialists were way kink. I heard (from my Dad, who killed fashies for England) that Goebbels liked to do it with young boys "in the shape of a swastika while wearing Addies' undies"

[@shlockofgod]

Poor? Hungry? Abused? No opportunities? No way out of urban hell? It's all white people's fault. Yup. That's white guilt at work.

[@shlockofgod]

Your Dad's generation who actually fought fascists head on would today be labeled as "fascist" by a person like contrapoints.

[@mattgilbert7347]

shlockofgod The name says it all. Schlock is Dead. Btw you missed the point. By an urban mile. Go study systems and get back to me when you've exorcised the nonsense that one assumes is currently in residence inside your cranium.

[@mattgilbert7347]

shlockofgod *not a matter of white guilt*

[@stevesmith7839]

Great talk! I'm a white guy, and what I have noticed about the 25 or so factories that I have worked in is that they rarely employ ANY black people let alone any amount that reflects the local population. One particular employer would occasionally higher an American black man, but would greedily hire black men who immigrate from Senegal. The company would even help them get to America. They would place them all in a department that would pay them less than the rest of the factory. I think that racism still has a hold on American industry.

[@Lady_Phoenix]

As someone who has also worked in many factories, i feel like how America treats immigrants is a parallel but seperate issue from the struggle of non-white americans that are natural born citizens. As a white person...i do feel like i dont have a lot of say in that though, im more interested in listening.

[@meltossmedia]

Finally, someone discusses the larger parts of black crime. I'm sick of people completely ignoring the history that led to it.

[@TheUnnamedAssailant]

But muh statistics!!!! REEEEEEE

[@Missgsussis]

​@@angelbarajas9180 Please read it all, as I also took the time read yours and it's a nice thing to do. (And for the record, I'm also a person of color. I don't know if that helps, but we'll see) 1. Americans are not all racist, but some of them are and some of them just like to take advantage (in the form of money) by oppressing some groups. 2. People can use any source they want. It's their freedom, just like it is yours to put a link in your comment to a video where your opinion is showed. 3. First of all, because the KKK is no longer visible, doesn't mean they don't have any influence anymore. Second, people of color can be racist. And nobody should judge another human being on their etnicity. That said, racism is not just racism in every group. If you control a country and you systematically oppress certain groups on the basis of their etnicity, it has more far reaching consequences. (PS: People of color being racist does not mean that everybody can be racist). And on the point of the Nazi's. I would argue that indeed most of the Germans might not have been racist before Hitler. But if the country is said to be doing bad and one great leader can fix it. And he states that the country will be fixed if there are no 'foreign' people anymore, some people will believe that because they feel desparate. This doesn't make it okay though. 4. The comparison between Asians and Blacks is solely based on the fact that living in a 'white' society will put you in a better spot. Except, it is because Asians haven't been structurally been discriminated against for hunderds of years by Americans they feel less of the oppressing that has been happening. 5. This point if have already explained at point 3. 6. If you mean slavery by culture, then first, you are wrong. Slavery is not a culture, but a outcome of sentiments existing in a culture. And second, yes people have to take responsiblity for their actions. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't discuss what can be the underlying issues that are taking place. These things are not mutually exclusive, you know. 7. And last but not least, she specifically stated (17:37-18:23) that you don't have to feel like you are a victim. You can live your life to your fullest potential, but that doesn't mean that everybody can do that.

[@waspoppin4784]

Based Zoomer “you white leftists like to claim black people can’t be racist” I don’t think anyone thinks that of course anyone of any ethnicity or race can be racist

[@PutkisenSetä]

@@waspoppin4784 They're literally saying it. Enough with the gaslighting. Educate yourself and all that.

[@not_obsidian]

Statistics are useless unless they’re contextualized.

[@theburntcheeto]

I'm black and I spend most of my time right now(apart from my life being difficult emotionally in other ways) either being angered by racism or just... burned out. Just tired.

[@iloveeveryone8611]

Stop being black then

[@theburntcheeto]

@@iloveeveryone8611 Even if I could, I don't think I would.

[@alyssapinon9670]

HeavenlyTalon haha nice response to the “stop being black” comment! I’m constantly tired of people’s racist bullshit and I’m not even black so I can only imagine how you must be feeling.

[@LucasTheBender9]

This is exactly what I am going through rn as well. It is both encouraging and extremely depressing that we are not alone with these feelings.

[@jhonklan3794]

Thats ideology though. Outrage culture. Where even the most mundane transgressions are the end of the world.

[@unap16]

You, Hbomberguy (& few others) are doing great job bringing sanity and rationality back to this platform pertaining to social and political commentaries. Subbed.

[@kylemurray3526]

Hard agree.

[@BJ-lh6pn]

Hahah, i actually loved his take on Fallout 3, he made many points that i would have made and i was always amazed how poeple seem to like this game for how terrible it is ;) I remember how I was so enthusiastic towards it when it premiered (being a huge fan of Fallout 1 and 2), but when I got to play this glorified Oblivion post-apocalypse mod i was devastated. The game disregarded so much of what made Fallout 1 and 2 great (the themes, the lore, the dialogues, the story) and gave us in return another one of Bethesda's hallmark "explore everything, enjoy nothing" cardboard cuttouts, low on dialogue, themes and lore, but high on copy-paste locations with a chest at the end and maybe a recording of someone doing something uninteresting in the past. The interactions with NPCs were minimal, the quests were... kinda weird (i mean, i don't want to say generic, even though a lot of them were, but they had a tonal problem. Lilke, they had only two modes: "cooky" and "grim", and i was quickly tired of the "cooky" mode, but then again - humour is subjective, so take that opinion for wha it is), the enviroment was inconsistent and bland, and a lot of things just didn't make sense (plot- or themewise). And i'm not even going to rant about the hideous graphics and animations, bugs, performance issues, cluncky controls and very subpar fps gameplay (since Fallout: New Vegas had the same engine and was absurdly superior in spite of having a lot of flaws of Fallout 3). I agree with hbomberguy's opinion on Fallout 3 and much of Bethesda's work (he did a video on Skyrim and Bethesda in general too), even though i can't help myself to like Skyrim for some masochistic reason (and i did sink a lot of hours into Fallout 3 and 4 anyway, deriving some enjoyment from that? I hate myself for it too, playing Fallout 4 feels like being on a KFC diet, you know it's disgusting and unhealthy, but the next day you buy another bucket.... i mean, it never happened to me, I just know a guy why did that, ok?). Anyway, Contra Points is an amazing channel and i'm glad i found it :D Thanks for Lindsey Ellis for that, i came here via her channel :)

[@PhillipFry3000]

Rising Cookie KZbin and its community cultivated an antipathy to the term "rational". I used to consider myself leaning more to the rational side of things about five years ago, but the abhorrent lot around Carlgon of a Carl etc. successfully created a disdain for a purely descriptive term in me, that I used to identify with to a degree. That realisation just hit me and I had to take it out on you, so I apologise in advance. Have a nice day with this useless piece of information.

[@tedthecommenter5364]

I don't like Hbomberguy because his unbearably condescending tone and unfunny jokes, he laughs at his own terrible jokes all the time and it's just unbearable to watch, despite having some good content I can't sub to him.

[@yeoss]

This video is more relevant than ever. I have never been involved in the Black Rights Movement to this point ever in my life until now. Contra you turned a Semi-Right Wing Centrist into a full-on Civil Rights Activist, thank you!

[@ard1805]

You can be both.

[@madcat9024]

@@ard1805 Not really - advocating for civil rights requires both a social and economic commitment to change that "fiscal conservatism" is entirely opposed to (like Natalie brought up in the video, Lee Atwater exposed the con of fiscal conservatism for the racist dog whistle it is)

[@HappyPsychoBunny3]

Hell yea :)

[@daneboe]

I always love your videos. Informative, artistic, and thought provoking. ❤️

[@ludwigderkommentar6436]

Holy shit, that's a name I haven't come across in a long time. (no offense lol) What are you up to these days?

[@daneboe]

Lol. No offense taken. Same old. Animating. Hanging with my dog. Trying not to break my phone every time I get a news alert about the current US administration. Haha. Oh, and watching ContraPoints of course! 🙂

[@adamp_]

Dane Boe Wait, aren't you that guy behind annoying orange? Wtf I love annoying orange now.

[@Peter]

Dane! Holy crap!

[@daneboe]

Peter! Holy carp!

[@joshuatheawesome9440]

I want to live in a world where this video is outdated.

[@Antank8]

@@arunkeshavadas7171 like what?

[@joshuasivils2199]

@@arunkeshavadas7171 guess who didn't watch the video, wait don't tell me, modi supporter?

[@Sharonformation]

If you deny racism exists and get triggered when racism is discussed....you're probably a racist

[@vaguepepper4028]

No? They are just wrong.

[@Sharonformation]

@u wot m8yes i lived for years in a white suburb full of racists

[@Ule_blood]

or too scared. to get your bubble popped

[@stevefrench7512]

True but in my opinion racism isn't a diagnosis it's a symptom. Tribalism is still deeply engrained into human psyche from hunter/gatherer days, if every person on the planet looked exactly the same the people who are "racists" today would still find something to hate other people for, like how the English hated the Irish even though they looked pretty much the same. I always loved the old episode of Fairly Odd Parents where Timmy wishes that everyone were identical grey blobs because it articulated that theory extremely well, the people who had superiority complexes before still bragged about how they were the "grayest" of the gray blobs after.

[@JacobDFerguson]

If you tell people they are being held back because of the color of their skin, your are the racist.

[@thequarkchronicles2486]

This video seems so quaint in the current George Floyd situation. Remember when they had to accuse black people of being "dangerous" before killing them?

[@serketshawty9247]

iMakz it’s like you didn’t watch the video

[@thequarkchronicles2486]

iMakz Yea just like that! Ah, the good old days, when people could trot out those shitty excuses whenever black people were murdered in the street. Those arguments don’t work as well now tho, bc this time they’re killing people lying handcuffed in the street or sleeping in their own beds.

[@drowldr]

@iMakz When was the death penalty introduced for drug use?

[@0Enigmatic0]

@iMakz Since when can cops execute anyone at any point on the street for crimes they've already served time for?

[@Rem_NL]

@@drowldr George Floyds death is hard to defend if you know some more facts surrounding his death. It would suit the cause of anti-racism so much more if they looked into the cases a bit more instead of crying racism with less that 3% of available information.

[@afroplasm5956]

For real though, are the times changing on KZbin? Is holding left-wing opinions acceptable again on this platform? Because this video's like-to-dislike ratio is pristine for how long it's been uploaded and how the alt-right's already taken notice of it.

[@fringeelements]

The "alt-right" did not take notice of it, I did. Also, creationism died among conventionalist thinkers. Hardcore anti-whites like Nykytyne can push creationism and still get good reviews.

[@afroplasm5956]

You're not the entirety of the alt-right, but certainly a significant part of it. Also, why do you seemingly call everything you don't like "anti-white"? I've heard/read you claim on numerous occasions that so much as referencing the horrors of American Chattel Slavery or mentioning the effects of Jim Crow is somehow racist towards whites. Don't you think that makes you seem at least a bit like those people who dismiss studies which supposedly find differences between races as racist?

[@DeoMachina]

+Afroplasm As a white supremacist, alt-gype must necessarily consider anything that stands in the way of systematic oppression of minorities to be "anti-white", because by oppressing others, his ethnicity stands to gain. (The irony that white minorities will lose out because of this is lost on him, which is equal parts sad and funny)

[@belstar1128]

No he just did not make a complete ass of himself like most leftists after 2014.

[@SirCutRy]

Contra is different in being well argued. @@dvillines26 Isn't that a bit extreme? What are these inventions you mentioned?

[@drkwrl]

Take downs of polite white supremacy are my aesthetic

[@demarcusbrown7288]

Polite white supremacy? Do you think they would care so much about the opinions of inferiors, from their perspective, to be polite about it?

[@drkwrl]

Demarcus Brown I‘m trying here to refer to the crowd that might not want to burn crosses in black people’s front yards but who have no problem tolerating or going out of their way rationalizing extrajudicial murder of black people and the propagation of toxic waste in their neighborhoods. You are correct to say that it’s pretty absurd to call a perspective polite that can only be reached by ignoring the lived experiences of black people but I’m not sure what other term to use. Perhaps the “white moderate” who MLK said was a bigger barrier to black self-determination than the Klansman or White Citizens’ Council member? I’m open to hear whatever thoughts you might have.

[@XenaBe25]

The term is implicit bias, Derek. Implicit racism, sexism or whichever "ism." Those are the prejudices that even well meaning leftish people (or people who believe they are, or claim to believe they are well meaning) have, and are often unaware of. Or covert racism as opposed to the more overt varieties.

[@Gabriel-mf7wh]

Derek nothing worse than centrist, "rational", liberals

[@diegoernestovarelaparra3820]

I like the term "cold racism" for example, "Hot" racism is a desire of damage another race or group of people, "cold" racism is just a lack of caring about others and a extreme focus on oneselfs.

[@storyspice974]

I feel so ignorant, I knew this oppression was gonna on, but I didn't realize how big of an impact it was. It really breaks my heart to see my past self defending some talking points Racist make. I'm glad I kept most of this stuff in my head. Being black myself I always criticize my own community, because I want to see them get better. Stay after school to help them with their homework, always gave them discounts when I could at my job, forgave them when they attacked me for not really being "black". I really don't know why couldn't see my bigotry before. I want to give more then just sympathy or empathy, I want to give value again. Thank ya Contra

[@yeshelloiamsnek580]

They're attacking you for not being black enough...

[@ravivdlin9412]

Yes Hello I Am Snek what's your point?

[@yeshelloiamsnek580]

@@ravivdlin9412 My point is those black people that are attacking him for not being as black as themselves are just being racist.

[@yeshelloiamsnek580]

@@ravivdlin9412 He seems like a nice guy, so I think they're being unfair towards him. Don't you?

[@Odinsday]

+Story & Spice Wait what? They attacked you for not being "black enough"? If you try to help them out and they still turn on you, then they are the problem and flat out racist. I don't see any of what you did as "bigotry". Maybe you coddled them a bit, but never in a bad way. Giving reasonable criticism to your community as a way to help them get better is great. You seem like a good person and the fact that they still treat you poorly even when you are just trying to improve their livelihood is disgusting. I understand the issues some of them face but that is no reason for them to treat you like shit.

[@terraformthesun2896]

“It’s almost as if you’re an irrational person and your worldview makes no sense.” I feel like you just summed up the entire anti-SJW community with that line.

[@flytrapYTP]

Taken out of context, this sentence can be used on anyone by everyone.

[@itisakubrow6361]

@@flytrapYTP its almost like if you take things out of context they don't make much sense

[@perigrinus3133]

isn't this channel sort of anti-SJW?

[@andyfriederichsen]

@ashy I wouldn't count promoting terrorism and advocating for communism as being the kind of opinions most people have.

[@chickenflavor9880]

@ashy your gonna look real dumb when you take the mark of the beast and start worshiping the antichrist.

[@sarehkamali2135]

Wonderful. Intelligent. Researched. Thoughtful. Inclusive. Educational. Factual. Funny. These words accurately describe how I feel about every single video of yours I've seen. I continue to be amazed by your growth and improvement with regards to: the different ways you articulate your points in your videos, each of them entirely unique and entertaining; your presentation; your video production; and your imaginative and creative execution of it all. I'm in awe of your... awesomeness girl!

[@elijahelkwood5459]

Sareh Kamali I couldn’t agree more!

[@samscott6880]

Surely you can see the holes in William's/Natalie's argument.

[@universome511]

@u wot m8 don't forget lol whitey

[@dieman4746]

@u wot m8 you really didn't pay attention. also going "its a dude" doesn't change the fact that she lives and is seen as a woman, like you saying she isn't will change anything

[@JOHN-wm2on]

@u wot m8 You are a disgusting human being. Honestly just stop with everything you do.

[@straydog3799]

Thank you for talking about this, and I apologise for making this an impromptu therapy session. Race has always been an uncomfortable topic for me. I'm mixed race, and it has been a source of stress for my entire life. Things really took off when my grandmother told my mother and myself that she had hidden the fact that my mother's biological father was Mexican, and that there was Romani on my grandmother's side (in addition to the Native American and Irish that she never hid) to protect my mother from her racist, literal sociopath stepfather. He's dead now, thank God. Then I made the mistake of telling who I thought was my best friend, who then told the entire school. Things...got bad, to say the least. Since then, this has been a contributing factor to my identity and self esteem issues. I have never felt like I fit in in any community except my time in the military, regardless of the political make up of the area that I'm in. Even within my own extended family. For the eighteen years after my grandmother opened up, I've struggled with "what am I" until my wife told me that I'm me, and she loves me because I'm me. But, there is a silver lining to my experiences, truth be told. It taught me one thing above all else: treat each person that I meet with the dignity and respect that they deserve rather than lumping them in with some group that can lead to alienation and othering. Sorry if I'm rambling, just a little emotional. It's nice to have a place where I can open up.

[@Peter]

Love it! Really good to see the Baltimore material re-made with more of your gained insights on creating content. Also some of it was further fleshed out, really a great video.

[@LilWhitePrivileged]

Peter Coffin Peter....My favorite KZbin loser. Did you see my new channel is already bigger than yours? I will still use this one for my edgier videos.

[@gotrac8121]

Marxism -The New Aids. K

[@jeremymain7303]

HOLY SHIT. They actually let you talk to people? Go back to your fake Asian girlfriend, dude.

[@Peter]

watch adversaries

[@Boahemaa]

I hope you make a video on racism against Americans who are of Asian descent. It's been a while and it's a typical issue. Great work as always👌🏿

[@curiousteddie]

the original Baltimore vid has been one of my faves for ages, I'm delighted to see it remade

[@Patricia_Taxxon]

"What do I do with the gold on my fingers" is such a great reoccurring joke.

[@Swishead]

Sorry I'm being slow, what does it mean?

[@NecessarilyHans]

Yeah what does that mean

[@decepticonne]

Contra evoked Worth It and Buzzfeed in general in her video on capitalism i think ?

[@thedukeofdukers]

I took it as illustrative of wealth disparity in society. The general concept of gold is that it is valuable, so when it is literally consumed for pleasure, it comes across as disconnected from the average person that likely earns a paycheck worth less than the gold on the fingers. AKA "LOL $$$"

[@NecessarilyHans]

Zach S thx

[@Mexie]

I've always wanted to flee to the forest with mimosas and wolverines... This is SUCH an important video. I really wonder what will happen when weed is finally legal in the US and there are still millions and millions of people locked up for it that never should have been... how will they deal with this mass exodus, if they even pardon them.

[@sydneyrica1802]

Mexie Many people who are released become repeat offenders because they don't know any other life. My father was arrested on a drug charge in his 20s and has never been able to escape it.

[@sufferedsage]

What's more, the repercussions of the vast illegal drug market contending with this new legalization may be severe, especially for those in central and south america. To mention nothing of common folks in the U.S. who also rely on this illicit market for survival.

[@sydneyrica1802]

The Immortan Joe Can you elaborate?

[@HiKONiCONiCO]

Based on the American Track record. Probably Nothing. America hates black and brown people.

[@Romires007]

Mexie All white people are racists, and you white lady shouldn't try to pretend like you are not racist. just accept who you are and make PoC free from living in your racist America let us deport them to Africa away from white racists. why you lady want to keep blacks among white racists, they suffering because of your desire to keep them in USA

[@fabledbikeride9515]

Where can I buy this "Tabby whistle?"

[@BenvolioZF]

It's a microtransaction on TF2

[@zomg1337h4x]

This is also relevant to my interests.

[@maximusmedia8412]

James Mullins tabby whistle>>>>>>dog whistle

[@JWK1101]

5:31 As someone who's not of the left, but also not an American, this is the thing about the rhetoric around US Police killings that I find most disturbing. If someone is committing a crime (though I have to question why possessing certain types of knife needs to be criminal) then that's a good reason to arrest them using the minimum necessary force. It's not a good reason to summarily execute them. If they run, maybe chase them (or if you know who they are, just come back and arrest them later, it's not like there's a ticking clock here). But the police should only kill people if there's an imminent danger that can be prevented by killing someone, and it concerns me that this opinion does not appear to be all that mainstream. You have a great channel BTW, I came across it recently, and I've enjoyed hearing your perspective on different issues and you have a real flair for production.

[@no_peace]

They have repeatedly created life-threatening situations and then used them to justify brutality and murder It's absolute madness

[@Jacky.c.v]

I study law and there’s a thing called “proportionality”. You can’t just shoot someone because they stole candy. And I guess Americans don’t get that concept really...

[@headoverheels88]

@@Jacky.c.v We do. We just don't practice it. Welcome to the insanity of that which is the American militarized police state.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

It really shouldn't be a difficult concept. But our entire legal system is fucked. You go to jail for 10 years for armed robbery but you do 3 years for molesting a child. A guy with a pound of extacy gets more jail time than someone who almost beats his wife to death for forgetting his pack of cigarettes. People with two DUIs can eventually get their driver's license back. It gets worse every year

[@neco9590]

well, apart from what apperently happened here being way more than just using deadly force to stop a criminal or fleeing suspect I totally agree.I am from Germany and stil vaguely remember a mild discussion abot wether the poliece killing a man armed with a knife running around Alexanderplatz in Berlin who already hurt some People including an officer (not sure if I still got all of that correctly but the Point should be clear) was justified. Official numbers Detail that the german poliece intentionally shot (at least) 515 People... SINCE 1952. The US hit around two times as much for last year alone. Now guaranteed some of that stems from cultural diferences (like, I don`t know, maybe, eventually,possibly almost every fkin idiot having acces to a firearm might be part of the problem), but regardless any story about the usual poliece behaviour in the US just seem bordeline insane to me.

[@Lauph1tup]

the real Orwellian nightmare is texan textbooks calling slaves "migrant workers"

[@JacktheRah]

As a native speaker: your German sounds extremly well. Not just the words per se but also the accent which is only very very slightly existing. And even then very untypical for an American. Well and besides this: I like your videos, bringing in entertaiment and information (man I wish somebody invented a word for that). Keep up the good work!

[@InfiniteDeckhand]

Infotainment, mate. That word has existed for quite a while now.

[@mduckernz]

@@InfiniteDeckhand Yeah. We English speakers don't invent new words anymore, we just smash together existing ones haha

[@josh420masterB]

You guys came up with the word 'shaudenfreude', I've just come to expect the Germans to have a word for anything you can think of.

[@TheTheThe_]

@@mduckernz Germans are well known for doing that a lot more though. Erklärungsnot - ExplanationDistress Futterneid - FoodEnvy Fremdschämen - ExternalShame Kummerspeck - SorrowFat Weltschmerz - WorldSadness Fernweh - DistancePain and so on... And of course, schadenfreude, as pointed out above me.

[@pouletsept5099]

As a black guy i loved this! So happy i found your channel recently.

[@MadeleineSwannSurreal]

I've honestly heard people say 'Martin Luther King sorted out all that racism stuff.' Lord

[@politesse3914]

The one who was... literally murdered by racists? That Martin Luther King? Oh dear....

[@morpheus8624]

but, but, I thought there wasn't any racism until Obama invented it

[@MadeleineSwannSurreal]

morpheus8624 Ha!

[@MadeleineSwannSurreal]

Andrew Hayes I know ha! Blimey

[@LauraBow]

Like they think he died for all racists sins.

[@MC-fj8fz]

I fucking LOVE your videos. Thanks again for blowing up the "they're just questions" pseudo argument as well as pointing out the fact that people don't have to be "angels" to be victims of violence. People often forget that environmental factors have a huge impact on individuals development. Annnd the history! I'm glad to be a subscriber and a supporter.

[@aworldtowin955]

‘’Riots are language of the unheard’’ Martin Luther King

[@disappointingperson9162]

Damn I going to quote that

[@Cagon415]

Strange. I never see white people sniping that quote 🤔

[@jonascox-leow9022]

*except when it's on the Capitol building

[@singleoneonly]

@@jonascox-leow9022 yes, the people who were waving the flag of the at the time SITTING PRESIDENT were truly the oppressed of the our society

[@jonascox-leow9022]

@@singleoneonly Well they sure felt that way, apparently...

[@SilvaRunner]

This video is relevant again. Or I guess I should say it was never irrelevant.

[@zvanev]

D H congratulations you're a fucking dumbass

[@zvanev]

D H watch the video im not giving u an essay over youtube comments 😐

[@zvanev]

D H what lies😐

[@purplespectre]

@D H Look, I know you must be bored. You want to start a pointless argument, but trolling just isn't going to help end your boredom. Go play Fortnite, kid.

[@purplespectre]

@D H Looks like I was right then. Sorry, but I'm not here to dance for you.

[@gothclown9013]

i can't believe that even such a well researched, well documented and intelligent video can have that many dislikes

[@fuchsiafreud]

maybe it isn't as "well researched" or "well documented" as you think

[@gothclown9013]

wow! how have i not considered that even though it is clearly shown in the video?

[@ravivdlin9412]

facetubemyassplug What do you disagree with in the video? I genuinely think the people downvoting don't even watch the full video they just downvote for incredibly stupid superficial reasons that usually boil down to 'this doesn't support the narrative I have in my head so its wrong'

[@Cenotaph11]

@@ravivdlin9412 it basically does break down to not fitting the narrative, but I think the first and dumbest thing they hate about her is that she's a visible trans woman living her life.

[@SirCutRy]

Now the like/dislike ratio is better than 10:1, which is pretty good for a relatively controversial video.

[@lukelee7967]

Your version of the Battle Hymn of the Republic is just wonderful.

[@rezajafari6395]

Should have been John Brown's Body

[@_oe_o_e_]

“Tabby Whistle” I... I need this.

[@eartianwerewolf]

Can you imagine? *blows whistle* * Tabby pops out and chases racists down*

[@immaterialboy6806]

i'm so glad that I saw this video before George Floyd's death. to give some context, I live in Minneapolis, about five miles from where he was murdered. when I was in high school, because of the people that I associated with and the right wing pipeline on youtube, I was a red-pilled anti feminist that hated pretty much everything about modern leftism. it was only until I discovered this channel that my political opinions started shifting. its scary to think about, but if I hadn't discovered this channel by that time, i probably would have been on the opposing sides of the protesters in my city when George Floyd was killed. This video specifically changed how I felt about the black lives matter movement entirely. I had seen it only a few months before everything went crazy in Minneapolis. Thank you Nat.

[@fromthehills814]

People like you give me hope for the future!

[@Ravi-xf8dw]

Good for you.

[@praisethesunstudios7931]

It’s amazing how people think that they “changed for the better” when they say they switched to the left. Neither is bad nor good, unlike the media will tell you.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@praisethesunstudios7931 Uh, yes, it's clearly better to be against racism then to be for it/deny it's existence.

[@praisethesunstudios7931]

@@legrandliseurtri7495 Do you think right wingers deny racism’s existence? I’m a right winger and I believe in systemic racism, and so does the majority of right wingers.

[@wintersmill4853]

i am a straight middle aged white guy from the south.... and you are my hero. I love your vids and share them with whoever will watch, keep up the amazing work!

[@ratkinzluver33]

Robert Socia Your icon is amazing.

[@LilWhitePrivileged]

Robert Socia You are brainwashed. Go watch my videos and break your brainwashing. There is a reason this bitch will not debate people like me.

[@TenEnvelopes]

Cuz you're a desperate tool? Lol, great pitch bro: "You're brainwashed, watch my videos!" Sad.

[@MissUnderstoodasAlways]

Robert Socia and you’re mine ❤️👊🏽

[@angelbarajas9180]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKPWf6Vjg6yke5o

[@Mallory-Malkovich]

"It's almost as if you're an irrational person and your worldview makes no sense." This is everything.

[@crashburn2166]

I know its, like, exactly how I feel about, like, all this dudes videos. *says with a forced feminine lisp*

[@LordVader1094]

+Osiris Malkhovich This isn't tumblr, you don't have to say "This is everything" on one quote.

[@nathansecrest9496]

I miss Contra singing and playing for the credits so much!

[@jornalistarenatarosa4205]

me too

[@arthurtaylor725]

this hits different during the worldwide rebellion against racism

[@juliac6034]

whoah i was laying in bed and got this really strong feelin like "contra just uploaded a video" and i opened youtube and it had been posted 20 minutes before i am so fucking woke it hurts

[@afroslacker7383]

Im not racist. Everyone knows that {enter group here} always do {enter stereotype here}. #logic

[@penguinvader7057]

cool but literally nobody ever says that

[@Fluffkitscripts]

Penguinvader has obviously never met a conservative on the Internet.

[@jonascox-leow9022]

@@penguinvader7057 Babe, what rock have you been living under? (Can I visit?)

[@penguinvader7057]

@@jonascox-leow9022 Unfortunately that rock has disappeared in the last 3 years, now I actually see what they meant

[@purplespectre]

@@penguinvader7057 That's a shame. It must have been a nice rock.

[@ella-vs2oy]

I have... such a huge crush on you.

[@koobs_]

same

[@joannazegarra8323]

Same

[@R0mbVs]

Same!

[@Kntrabssi]

Fucking SAME

[@alphapuggirl120]

same

[@povljr]

1) I love Contrapoints 2) I definitely say " It's not my job to educate you." It's not that I don't like explaining things... I do to a fault. But explaining systemic racism to people that find the validation of said racism to be an existential threat is one of the most frustrating and futile things I've ever tried my hand at. I mean, you really can't teach someone something that they have a vested interest in not understanding. 🤷🏼‍♂️ But I love this and all your other videos!

[@harveyholmes9533]

I agree, it took Natalie, who has done far more research and is far better at explaining things than me, about 10 minutes to fully explain how the murder of one man by the police was the result of a century of institutional racism, and yet there will still be people who brush it away. They’ll still say it just comes down to the individual, or that it’s just one example, if you’re not open to learning about racism I simply cannot convince someone to be

[@micahcracknell8547]

For what it's worth, I would have been overjoyed to have at least been sent this video instead of being told 'it's not my job to educate you'. It comes off unwelcoming & punishes people for seeking education. When I decided to confront my ignorance, albeit clumsily, I was shocked by how judgmental and unhelpful left leaning people were to me during those first steps. Thanks

[@Wortmeldung]

@@micahcracknell8547 I get that, but please consider that explaining those things is emotional labour. And other people are not responsible for your education. We live in a world where getting research might be easier than possibly ever. I know from experience that getting the right research might be difficult so you could ask if they have any recommendations but don't expect them to.

[@micahcracknell8547]

​@@Wortmeldung Yes. Recommendations > personal takes any day of the week. It's all I ask for anymore, usually more informative & there's less pressure :) Personal research is biased by search engines, which tailor search results based on perceived leanings. A year ago when I typed "racism" into KZbin, it was papa Peterson 'debunking' privilege. Now, I get Contra, Three Arrows etc mixed in, thanks to recommendations. That's much better than a heated, emotionally taxing facebook debate.

[@praisethesunstudios7931]

People act like systemic racism isn’t just rebrand economic class.

[@angelkingsley5299]

What? Something that the happened for more than 200 years has economic, social, religious, cultural, political, and psychological ramifications.

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

@@angelbarajas9180 How many times are you going to spam the same comment? Also, your source is a pseudonymous KZbinr while you complain that professional journalists supposedly "know nothing". Irony. Also also, anyone who thinks _The Atlantic_ is left-wing has no idea what left-wing means.

[@AbdallahTeach]

@@angelbarajas9180 ok boomer.

[@orangecat9113]

Who's here after George Floyd?

[@lesliefluette1784]

I get so annoyed when people talk as if the past has nothing to do with the present...as if there are no effects still lingering from slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, etc. it was literally only 50 some years ago that the civil rights act was enacted, that’s really not that long ago. Sadly, People would rather keep their blinders on though

[@habanero5866]

Mad Blender okay, I’ll go and stand in the middle of the road and whip my self with a rope all day because of something that happened to black people long before we were all born. Will that make it all better?

[@RyanStorey1231]

Great Work - If you feel you must, go ahead. It'll be fun to watch.

[@6idangle]

Like Sargon of Akkad? Hes always just like yea well that was 50 years ago! People are so short sighted they cant see the fact that 50 years is like a blink of time.

[@diegoernestovarelaparra3820]

Which is funny consider he use a SUMERIAN monarch as is nickname, but oh well....

[@feliDAdj]

I mean a sizable majority of the American public, including me and my parents weren't yet born in 1964. So yeah for the grand scope of history it's not a long time but for an individual and modern society it's a sizable stretch of time. The world is very different in many ways than it was 54 years ago.

[@chefkendranguyen]

Excellent commentary.

[@TheUnluckyEverydude]

As a black guy, I suggest The1Janitor. A lot of the things he says about racism are on point and he's got good opinions about Disney movies, too.

[@MaureenMurphy_]

Adam Owens He's a babe!

[@MelanieGVF]

I was just thinking this.

[@RosieVintage]

Ugh I got physical pain from that roaming millennial video.

[@demarcusbrown7288]

What is wrong with you?

[@stardust4001]

Which one

[@PristianoPenaldoSUIIII]

Demarcus Brown She is in physical pain, from having seen that clip of Roaming Millennial.

[@demarcusbrown7288]

+Dnt Wry Words from strangers don't cause psychical pain.

[@Sam-gk6kb]

RosieVintage Can I ask what parts of her video you objected to? I watched it all and she backed up her statments well so I'm curious.

[@larvitardratini5965]

I did a school project on this but I used Milwaukee as my example. The map overlays are even more striking from Milwaukee than these ones from Baltimore.

[@youronlinegirlfriend5508]

Im curious to see what you wrote man, ever thought of making a video of it?

[@drazlet]

I have to admit, I miss Natalie singing and playing the blues. I genuinely love coming back and listening to your version of Glory, Glory, Hallelujah and Once, Twice, Three Times a Lady and The Time Warp and Gold Dust Woman etc. If you see this, it would be so wonderful to hear you jam again.

[@pker22999]

This video really opened my to a real problem not often discussed. I had no idea about the lead paint problem within cities. This changes my perspective and shows how terrible the leadership of these cities are. I dont live in Baltimore or anywhere near it but can you do a video on Catherine Pugh what she and other Mayors doing to combat the lead paint problem and whether or not it will be effective at dealing with issues within the black communities of these areas.

[@52flyingbicycles]

It's not just lead paint, poor neighborhoods see higher levels of most pollutants. Mercury, carbon monoxide, ozone, particulate matter, etc. More pollution => lower land values => the only place poor people can afford => physical damage from pollution => inability to work to full potential due to chronic damage and sickness => cycle of poverty. People of color get hosed in every possible way in this country.

[@malikanthony1149]

We're talking about racial injustices done to domestic communities in America and you bring up something entirely unrelated to that point just to edgy? You're a child, go sit at the kid's table with the other Richard Spencer fuck boys. This is why no educated person will talk to you honestly about race.

[@elijahfreye3722]

Am I the only one thinking Contra speaking German is kind of hot? She was playing a N@zi at the same time, so... this got kind of awkward. "goes off into a corner, to consider what this means" (FYI, I'm German and Contra's accent is pretty damn good. What I wrote above is JUST a joke- keep up the good work, Contra! )

[@RocketteQueenay]

I don't speak german, but I think it's a beautiful language! So, you're not alone there (especially with Contra's charm added up to the mix). It's just the nazis. They ruin everything.

[@berlineczka]

Moreover, as for a person that is not (I believe she once said it) fluent in German, she really has a great pronountiation. Her German "r" is spot on!

[@TheOutsider69]

I choose to ignore the facts presented in this video for I am a rational skeptic and cool.

[@kristianvilstrup8172]

Almost just discovered your channel, and I'm going through your videos (somewhat at random). This video is really well done. I teach English in Denmark (high school level), and at times it is difficult to make my students understand the problems of racism in modern USA. I think this video might be helpful. You explain problems in a precise and understandable way. I'm bookmarking for future use. Teenagers love all things KZbin so your video(s) might get their attention.

[@taytsay1]

Watching this in 2020 as Minneapolis, a long time home to me, burns after the murder of George Floyd. We have so far to go.

[@playcloudpluspc]

You are a very talented musician and your videos are extremely creative, I am a piano teacher so I know what I'm talking about. Some of my ideas around free speech have been challenged and the video on the deciphering the fascist code was particularly useful, thank you very much for this.

[@James-kq7fm]

Coming back two years later, and this video is just as important.

[@jainadelaney]

I think the main reason why it's so hard or near impossible to talk to your average white person about race, is that it conflicts with our self image as "good moral people" because the way we're taught things regarding this topic is reduced to individual actions and mean spirited attitudes and words that are consciously intended as such. It's event based in the white consciousness Racism is not an event, it is a system, and it's the system that we're all in, and none of us were or are exempt from it's forces, and anyone who says theyre not racist, or less racist, or is in the choir, or already gets it, are actually perpetrating harm to a greater degree than vehement outright racists, because all of our energy is spent making sure YOU know that we get it, instead of the sustained study, struggle, focus, and harm reduction that we all have to be doing for the rest of our lives

[@SunnyDementia]

You actually went to Home Depot and bought a tiki torch for this.

[@mduckernz]

That's gotta be slightly awkward now. Especially if the cashier isn't white. Yikes.

[@zurdoaggresive]

@@angelbarajas9180 incel

[@angelbarajas9180]

@@zurdoaggresive America is NOT Racist You are just using stupid sources like Vox, The Altantic,etc even though the people who write those things know NOTHING kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKPWf6Vjg6yke5o Also you White Lefties like to claim that blacks can't be racist because they don't have power but that's like saying that the Nazis in Germany were not anti-Semitic until they gained control in the German government or that the KKK is no longer racist because they now have little to no influence. You White Lefties also like to say that white do better in school because they education is "White in logic" but Asians do better in school than Whites but you guys never have an explanation for that even though blacks have been living in White socities longer than Asians have. You White Lefties also like to claim how Racist other Whites are when more Black's have prejudice feelings towards the Jewish community than Whites. Blacks also have prejudice feelings towards the Koreans. You guys also like to make excuses for actions or even crimes committed by Black's and put the blame on other Whites but no one can be blamed for a bad culture which took place many years ago in which that culture has evolved. I'm a POC but I HATE having White Lefties like this telling me I'm the victim and that I should blame Whites for my problems. And when I call out hatred against whites you guys use the same old talking points. People like this is why it's considered unacceptable to say "It's okay to be White" even in this majority white country. Also I'm Female

[@EDcaseNO]

@@angelbarajas9180 oh wow, you're just copy pasting this around too.

[@angelbarajas9180]

@@EDcaseNO Yes

[@HoneyGlzedHam]

You are doing this KZbin thing Right. Glad you're here.

[@kyrenc7983]

I appreciate true white allies like you, thank you. keep spreading this to the other whites, ily

[@vaguepepper4028]

Why do you call her an ally?

[@kyrenc7983]

@@vaguepepper4028 she is an ally to the black community. She's aknowleging the affects of racism and not only that, but is using her platform to share this to other white people who ignore black voices. She's not speaking over us, but is spreading what we've been saying further.

[@vaguepepper4028]

@@kyrenc7983 Oh, I usually hear the word ally used like it was just white people or cishet people on the same side as the movement. When I thought it was used that way I didn't like the term. It felt like a back yard tree house no-girls-allowed type of thing you know? I thought it had to do with her being white.

[@malikanthony1149]

White people aren't racist but they do benefit from the infrastructure and institutions that were built on racism. When black people say take responsibility for racism, it doesn't mean to blame or have guilt because neither of those traits are useful to our cause. It means that if we want to break down these oppressive institutions, it is on us to do so.

[@malikanthony1149]

You simply don't have any depth of understanding this issue. White people for generations have built their wealth and privileges at the expense of others and the institution and methodologies used to build these infrastructures of oppression still exist. Black people alone can't deconstruct these things because they affect everyone. So it is our collective responsibility to deconstruct these racist institutions if we truly want a free and equal society.

[@jesterdayplays771]

"Extrajudicial executions for non-violent crimes shouldn't be a common thing in a civilized society." There I'm thinking as a law school graduate how I could explain to people that police brutality is real thing we should worry about and couldn't convince most people and you just do what I've been strugglin with just in one sentence.

[@TheHadesShade]

When you bring the same message in a new way, I hope it helps them the understand it better. If you succeed, could you let me know?

[@praisethesunstudios7931]

But it’s not common. The media will have you believe that it is.

[@jesterdayplays771]

Firstly, I'm not American so I have no clue what your media tells you. I don't shape my views based on a few sources anyway. Everyone and every institution has their biases and it's hard to come to an unbiased conclusion, especially in modern times. Therefore, I try consume media from all kinds of political sides in order minimize my own bias. Okay, maybe you're right, extrajudicial executions might not be that common statistically, then again, your definition of "common" would also almost always constitute a subjective bias. Maybe you wouldn't think of 1% as "common", but others might would. Maybe the word "common" in that context was just trying to communicate something else altogether, and Natalie just made a simple mistake, for instance "at a higher rate than expected". Maybe that was her real intention. But anyway, let's agree that extrajudicial executions are not that common. Even though that is the case, I see so many people lining up to defend extrajudicial executions based on ridiculous and weak grounds when one happens. I'd say what's common is not extrajudicial executions themselves, but the people accepting those executions as normal procedure is very common, and I'd be very worried about that if I were living in the USA. I mean, when such situations arose, you can always spot the infamous "bad apples argument" somewhere. I don't know, if that's the case, and if we are talking about only just a few apples, any other civilized country in the world would make an example of those bad apples when the chance arises in order to hinder other bad apples doing bad shit, not bail them out of prison in the first possible instance. As a foreign observer, I find your criminal justice system generally unjust and especially overly protective of law enforcement. You'd benefit from reforming it a bit. But that just my two cents on the issue.

[@seannash4694]

THE GUIDED SLEEP MEDITATION TOOK ME OUTTT

[@megamorpher1]

your german is actually really well pronounced. haven't heard the german "r" pronounced that well by an american in a long time

[@catalinatryingagain]

Natalie for the Wynn❤

[@waspoppin4784]

Kathleen-May Colón nice meme

[@wutangclandamn]

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[@universome511]

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[@spirithawk6580]

@@universome511 DICK 👏 CHICKS 👏 ARE 👏 STILL 👏 CHICKS 👏

[@universome511]

@@spirithawk6580 WIGGERS ARE STILL BLACK

[@Ho3bust3r]

@@spirithawk6580 THERE👏ARE👏NO👏CHICKS👏WITH👏DICKS👏ONLY👏DUDES👏WITH👏TITS👏

[@Odinsday]

@@Ho3bust3r EITHER 👏🏿WAY 👏🏿I'M 👏🏿COOL 👏🏿WITH 👏🏿THAT 👏🏿

[@aworldtowin955]

Watching this after Armaud Arbery, George Floyd and Regis Korchinski-Paquet have been murdered by police brutality, and riots have been happening in Minneapolis

[@3000bigrandy]

Stupid riots

[@tiersexualcommunistpropaga2766]

@@3000bigrandy "A riot is the language of the unheard" - Martin Luther King Jr.

[@3000bigrandy]

@@tiersexualcommunistpropaga2766 yeah well he didn't mean burning down innocent business owners lives and attempting to burn down police stations

[@tiersexualcommunistpropaga2766]

@@3000bigrandy do you support the Hong Kong protests?

[@3000bigrandy]

@@tiersexualcommunistpropaga2766 yes because they are going against the oppressive communist party which has killed 38 million people in china alone, however America is not an oppressive government. America has the most human rights in the world and is providing aid for people who cannot work because of the virus

[@Mov2groov360]

With each video I watch I fall deeper In love with you and your work 😍 ... But seriously, I really appreciate your point of view and I've learned so much about politics, race, fascism and sexuality that I am ashamed I didn't know before. Thanks for opening my eyes and my mind! ✌️

[@JanelAdair]

So I was sitting here, listening along, and low-key crushing on Natalie, when all of a sudden I hear "extrajudicial execution." Which is literally the phrase I've been using for a while to point out to all the constitution loving yeehaws that what's going on is precisely what they fight against in the first place. So now my low-key is high-key. Natalie, you are a goddess.

[@salenebrom6476]

Janel Adair 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@scoutpark5230]

we stan

[@praisethesunstudios7931]

I think you need to give more respect to the constitution.

[@katrinahockman5561]

Been on a Contrapoints binge - literally just discovered this channel and I'm on a binge - and while I do absolutely agree that this video is spot on, I also HAD to tell you that you killed it on piano in the outro :)

[@rollthepoint4971]

This was very well done and has some amazing facts I have never heard before. I'm usually a middle of the road conservative, but I'm surrounded by very right-wing conservatives in my family. The BLM divide really made me infuriated that they couldn't even try to see things from the other "side". I would love to share this video with them... but they most likely wouldn't watch it. It's a shame.

[@atlroxmysox98]

I'm sorry your family won't consider another perspective, that's a bummer! But it's really cool that you took the time to do so! And now you have some interesting facts to pull from in the future. I don't know if you like old movies, but if you're interested in learning more about oppressive housing restrictions to Black citizens in the mid-20th century, I recommend "A Raisin in the Sun" (1960). It's based on a play by the same name, and it's about a Black family trying to achieve the American dream.

[@PristianoPenaldoSUIIII]

These videos just keep getting hotter and hotter

[@The_Death_Owl]

Dnt Wry it's because of climate change

[@PristianoPenaldoSUIIII]

Dead-Owl 911 Tell me more about them melting ice caps bby

[@economicist2011]

"simply the 'classical liberal' view that racial inequality is a product not of injustice, but of ... black people simply deciding to make bad choices" Which is especially sad given how most people who like to throw the phrase "classical liberal" around (including myself for much of my life) are very quick to understand how lopsided government treatment of different groups can affect the less-favored group in far-reaching and possibly permanent ways... as long as that less-favored group is their own.

[@muralmarshall5044]

The horrifying discoveries I made after I discussed BML with my father made me understand my parents have no black friends.

[@alexbradshaw5466]

Black mives latter?

[@TheProletariat321]

I don't think the friends part is relevant. My mother has black friends but she is still extremely racist. She has Muslim friends but she's still islamophobic. The difference is that she is only overtly racist in private, so only my family really knows that. But my whole family is fucking racist. Probably because they are from romania (eastern europe). Just because someone has a black friend, doesn't mean they can't be racist. I don't have black friends, because there aren't that many black people where I live. But I have KZbin where I can listen to black creators talking about White Supremacy, and how to be an effective anti-racist. Your parents, just like mine, do not want to ever change their minds on other issues, because they believe themselves superior to people that are in any way different from them.

[@chrisl0081234]

God damn it you put so much effort into your videos I don’t get why why you aren’t more popular or at least more “infamous” (among the alt-right)

[@riley8385]

Her videos usually are two or three Sargons long. They can't handle that level of concentration.

[@humanbean8590]

*sigh of relief* finally a popular youtuber who's actually a lefty.

[@cultural_marxism_fan]

there is actually a lot of big youtubers who are leftists also as much as i love her i wouldn't consider contra a big youtuber

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[@cultural_marxism_fan]

that's some low quality bait thomas lmao

[@emmagoldman5382]

"I live to shit on leftists." ~ waits patiently for aforementioned shitting session ~

[@algonzalez6853]

who's an actual leftist?

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

I'm also an indoor trans person. Screw the forest!

[@joermundgand]

Well, the forest isn't optimal for screwing, boats are.

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

*wait that isn't what I meant--* lol

[@joermundgand]

Now you be safe and remember to keep those oars beneath the bench, health and safety is paramount.

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

No One pffffff lol. -as if I'd ever leave the comfort of home-

[@joermundgand]

Well, that's too bad, it's good fun getting shitfaced with guns eating shrooms.

[@mills2942]

@contrapoints congrats on 1 million subscribers. If it weren't for you, I would still believe in these reactionaries. This video opened my eyes about systemic racism.

[@reginafletcher8355]

I live for comments like these!

[@cbowd]

Yay. I'm very glad!

[@Novjuly]

Not to be wildly superficial, but your eyeshadow looks amazing

[@gra_potemkin]

just found you because some ironic bois told me that the capitalism is bad is the best video on the internet by far and like I think I have finally found a new channel to obsessed with and watch every video 10 times and stuff also ur hot

[@ezrarae7082]

"they have gentrified the marijuana" - aaaaaaaa help i don't know whether to laugh or cry at the accuracy of this

[@lizlovin4504]

This video covers the idea of systemic racism really well and provides some hard hitting examples. With the recent events regarding George Floyd I've seen so many people questioning the existence of institutional racism and the fundamental difference of opportunity that POC have to work with. I wish more people could see this and understand that these racist ideals run through the very core of our country, and affect more facets of the social and economic lives of POC than is even covered in this video. Like she says, with America being built upon hundreds of years of racism how could the effects not be long lasting

[@kemiwel7607]

The year is 2020 and we’re still counting