Anyone notice the date of this interview was Jan 5. The day before the insurrection in Washington D.C. on the capitol this lady is spot on in her observations.
@dollymadison23973 жыл бұрын
God is good. Oh! And the fact that you noticed Ijeioma's observations speaks to YOUR keen spidey senses as well. 👍🤗
@Leonicles3 жыл бұрын
Holy shit! I didn't notice the date, I just assumed it was after. I had just finished "Mediocre" on Jan 6th. I immediately thought of her while watching it unfold
@GoldandAppel3 жыл бұрын
I noticed that too.
@johnstinson53723 жыл бұрын
@@GoldandAppel that's their m.o. holding to "power" man, but while they're all caught up in snatching and gobbling up everything, I'm willing to bet every dollar in my pocket that they haven't even considered their moment of truth's coming. So go on ahead Mr. Charlie Bo-Bo and "sweetpollypurebred". I bet they even think it's never gonna happen either, you see how twisted they are now don't you. Don't get too close they just like covid19 and every other filthy disease they've created. Be advised
@stephj93783 жыл бұрын
There was no ' insurrection' by Trump supporters. Repeat - NO insurrection. It took me a minute to put 2 and 2 together, gather info , looks at videos, etc. What you had was BLM and Antifa and other loons doing their best to MAKE it an insurrection. Riddle me this... The reduced police force? The refusal by Pelosi to use the National Guard as a precaution. 'Insurrectionists" who were USHERED into the Capitol and mostly stayed behind the velvet ropes? Interesting. Antifa and BLM on video, One actually bragging that he got Trump supporters to follow him into the Capitol. Yet corrupt officials and the media covered that up and they were not charged. (to my knowledge.) No guns and the only one killed - by a policeman - was a Trump supporter. To this day they will not investigate or release info to the public on this lady's death. Verrrry fishy. The only deaths were from natural causes. Officer Sicnik's death was just ruled to have been from natural causes. In spite of lies that he was assaulted with a fire extinguisher. Yes, a few got caught up in the moment and should be prosecuted. But I assure you, if Trump supporters had wanted an insurrection, DC would be in ashes.
@hurryharry12303 жыл бұрын
As a Hispanic executive recruiter working with major financial firms, I came across a few of these. Even guys making $350K a year, needed to rub their pay check on my face to mark their territory and feel worthy. Such is the level of insecurity and mediocrity.
@Mockduck20203 жыл бұрын
Like she says, that’s all they have and honestly, in this country, that’s a lot. And when he loses that, he loses it all. He paid a price to get that, as we all do.
@ayoungethan3 жыл бұрын
its because culturally we celebrate an anxiety spectrum disorder (hoarding) as "success." When it involves cats or newspapers we call it what it is: a psychopathology. But as soon as it involves money or power we call it "success." So a mind prone to reductionism and pursuit of a single goal may sacrifice many other important things in pursuit of that goal, leaving them lonely, alienated, unfulfilled...and socioeconomically powerful.
@joedellaselva12513 жыл бұрын
Happened to me twice with Harvard University graduates.......within 10 minutes of meeting them I knew they had graduated from Harvard.
@SK-ql3yf3 жыл бұрын
@@joedellaselva1251 Funny. I know one white woman who got a certification from Harvard and telling everyone she went to Harvard, implying she is a graduate. She got her master's from U of Pheonix, an online school.
@liecrusher35063 жыл бұрын
That's probably a trait of more people than you think, regardless of race.
@irritatingindiana8863 жыл бұрын
I always believed the measure of a man is how he used his power to help others.
@irritatingindiana8863 жыл бұрын
Kind of says something that this comment didn't get more likes
@cicadamusicinc93253 жыл бұрын
I've always felt that true intelligence equalled kindness and that there is no true intelligence without kindness.
@irritatingindiana8863 жыл бұрын
@Kodover215 SJW?
@irritatingindiana8862 жыл бұрын
@Be Intelligent well put. I had never put it all together like that. We need to examine how we raise our boys or maybe it's just a result of how testosterone affects the brain?
@Catlily52 жыл бұрын
Or woman.
@rrickarr3 жыл бұрын
Donald Trump does not even reach the level of mediocrity!
@jasminaalm3 жыл бұрын
@@beverleyreid7572 If you're rich, you don't have to be smart, look at Betsy DeVos ! Dumb as a post !
@alfdriss3 жыл бұрын
He (Trump) always knew he was mediocre, that's why he have done all that mess
@kiyoko55233 жыл бұрын
Trump is definitely not mediocre. How many presidents can say they got impeached twice? Such a high achiever!
@showmercytoothers40593 жыл бұрын
@@alfdriss all what mess?
@douglasallen95003 жыл бұрын
Trump reaches the level of absolutely nothing.
@JB-df9it3 жыл бұрын
This also happens in Law and Law enforcement..when white males in front of a white judges get leaner sentences.
@alisonmcrae12813 жыл бұрын
That is why the FBI has warned us that white supremacists have infiltrated the police & military.
@derinden153 жыл бұрын
www.huffpost.com/entry/men-women-prison-sentence-length-gender-gap_n_1874742 Men Sentenced To Longer Prison Terms Than Women For Same Crimes, Study Says
@boboloko3 жыл бұрын
White women are the most privileged in this regard. Do your research
@Mockduck20203 жыл бұрын
Well, “law enforcement” needs and overhaul itself. As it stands right now it is set up mostly to protect certain people and it seems poor neighborhoods often become a victim of “law enforcement” or lack there of. I have a friend (White) with a House in a poor, diverse, drug infested neighborhood where the cops literally tell them they can’t do anything because the drug dealers have to good of lawyers. In the end, it’s those with money who win.
@boboloko Жыл бұрын
@β1acκ mαjiκ for most things yes. In the criminal justice system, white women get the shortest sentences and are the least likely to be be victims of police brutality.
@BigNak3643 жыл бұрын
Never ignore that ALL of these men keep power through abuse, rage, murder, thievery, grievances and separation, oh and support by other women!!!
@davejones57473 жыл бұрын
@John Holloway Exactly. Many, many Non-white immigrants manage open businesses and gain power in short order. They don’t buy into these racist narratives, and they do better with each generation. How many negative racist ideas are we gonna be subjected to each week?
@garyaugustus10093 жыл бұрын
@John Holloway ....Both you and Dave Jones must have forgotten about, or never heard of Black Wall Street in the Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma 100 years ago. Black CEOs did have that power, and they didn't abuse it. They did things on the up-and-up so well, that the jealous whites of Tulsa rioted and burned it to the ground! So don't try and gather ethnic accomplices to support white male shortcomings. If today's black CEOs emulate the corrupt mindset of their oppressors, the resulting consequences are on them....1921 Black Wall Street proved that we needn't.
@garyaugustus10093 жыл бұрын
@John Holloway .....I agree that skin color doesn't negate greed, nor does it influence righteousness. I thought the point of your post was the copycat corruption of blacks in an effort to get or stay ahead...my response was that it needn't be, and the Tulsa Massacre was an example of that, if left to our own devices. Malcolm said it best when stating the strength of our own independence from our oppressors...."Only a fool would allow the enemy to educate his children..."
@garyaugustus10093 жыл бұрын
@John Holloway ....Agreed, and thanks for the insight. Peace and grace to you....
@frankvonfrauner3 жыл бұрын
@Christian Adams but racism and sexism is the worst it has ever been
@phyllis39543 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sista for intelligence and kindness! Stay prayfull against all enemies.
@lashlarue79243 жыл бұрын
“Enemies” huh? I guess it’s ok to be racist, so long as it’s against the right “enemy”, right... 😒
@amonduul21543 жыл бұрын
She is multiethnic , anglosaxon nigerian and not black medium.com/the-establishment/how-my-white-mother-helped-me-find-my-blackness-f46150d6c2cc Her mother indocrtinated her with racism, unbelievable
@giovanna7223 жыл бұрын
@@lashlarue7924 Not to be taken literally. The enemies are lies and ignorance, not race.
@lashlarue79243 жыл бұрын
@@giovanna722 Sure! And Donald Trump’s epithets against the press, calling them “enemies of the people” are also not intended as a call to action, because rhetoric doesn’t matter at all. Just ask the German Jews in 1930 how they felt about this. It won’t be long before it’s OK to just persecute white people for the sins of their ancestors. Words matter.
@dannybagley94243 жыл бұрын
Great example. Brian Kemp getting the job instead of Stacey.
@alisonmcrae12813 жыл бұрын
That included voters thrown off the rolls exposed by Greg Palast investigative reporter.
@marialewis64323 жыл бұрын
More so, Brian Kemp working TOO hard to make Stacey lose 🤬🤬🤬
@carolyntalbot9473 жыл бұрын
That was a REAL fraudulent election. He could never beat her in GA in a fair race and he knew it. Instead of letting it break her down, she helped save not only GA but all of America with the work she did to counter voter suppression and help Dems take the Senate. God bless Stacey Abrams, she and Katie Porter are my heroes!
@eileenmc47463 жыл бұрын
kemp giving himself the job...greg palast reports, stacy rectifys
@linda1lee23 жыл бұрын
Things the GOP and its white males aren't mediocre at is voter suppression and intimidation, election fraud, gerrymandering, and fearmongering.
@iamme23993 жыл бұрын
They live in a mindset of constant severe insecurity and paranoia. It's how they are socialized. At this point it's irreversible.
@irritatingindiana8863 жыл бұрын
It's reversible, I have faith in the next generations. They are a beautiful generation
@irritatingindiana8863 жыл бұрын
@Björn Pedersen are they right?
@HoneySwtDrms3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. White women too. This is most easily observed when it comes to films. They cannot tolerate not being the objection of affection/admiration. These are the consequences of white supremacy/domination for hundreds of years.
@Sakura-vo4ct3 жыл бұрын
@Björn Pedersen och vilken faction är det då Björn för du behöver ju knappast oroa dig för det i Sverige Norge eller Danmark eller hur. Så vad klagar du egentligen på.
@richardallen45523 жыл бұрын
I know what you mean and I've observed it in person and addressed it and never have received answer. The answer is either is, I don't know or it's just the way I feel.
@jcortese33003 жыл бұрын
12:14 -- I remember getting completely ignored and talked over in a work meeting once by the CEO who was simply not listening to me AT ALL. How could a "girl" know why the laptop wasn't finding the wifi? The guy who shook his head and laughed in disbelief and sympathy and who said, "SHE JUST SAID THAT!" was the only black guy in the room. Of course. Sometimes I think the only thing a white man needs to say to be an ally to women and POC is the simple statement: "She just said that." "He just said that." Everyone who's ever been ignored and he-peated in a meeting knows exactly what I'm talking about.
@ASMRyouVEGANyet3 жыл бұрын
Yes! I get ignored too. It's exhausting. Or they ignore and then take credit for your suggestions.
@jeffreym683 жыл бұрын
100%
@eclecticrhapsody86933 жыл бұрын
After they dismiss you; take credit for your ideas; they try to discredit you. It definitely is exhausting.
@jeffreym683 жыл бұрын
@@eclecticrhapsody8693 100%
@reggiecarter95813 жыл бұрын
Lol HE-peated lol ... the wickedness of me-ism
@jeffreym683 жыл бұрын
I'm reminded of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing.
@lisasellers88143 жыл бұрын
Or Donald Trump's election
@jeffreym683 жыл бұрын
@@lisasellers8814 Too true
@liecrusher35063 жыл бұрын
You mean, the gangster tactics of the Senate Democrats?
@illiadmcswain39563 жыл бұрын
Mr."I like beer"...smdh😑
@illiadmcswain39563 жыл бұрын
Funny that only Republican candidates for supreme court seem to carry this sex baggage...ie; Clearance Thomas, who basically just decorates the bench.
@williambaz2133 жыл бұрын
Stay strong ljeomo Oluo. When you're black beautiful and talented. White jealously and racism is sure to follow.
@AuntieFa3 жыл бұрын
Hear hear!
@beverleyreid75723 жыл бұрын
@@AuntieFa So true. Hang in there Sista.
@kimcollar11663 жыл бұрын
Whites will always be jealous of blacks. Black is beautiful.
@essiedillon14753 жыл бұрын
Could not have said it better
@kevintmckay3 жыл бұрын
As a white man I agree 100% this woman is beautiful and talented.
@rubytuesday98313 жыл бұрын
Toni Morrison (Rip) articulated this particular issue( decades before her death) in an interview....
@louisefleming31173 жыл бұрын
yes: Toni Morrison on the Charlie Rose show - check it out
@liecrusher35063 жыл бұрын
She was an evil spinster.
@v.a.9933 жыл бұрын
Sadly it bears repeating, especially for the millennials etc.
@allyc89043 жыл бұрын
Just bought her book. Every word of this is spot on. I have witnessed it over and over in the workplace, in politics, in friends and family. I look forward to reading her book. I am devasted to hear about the terrorism that was and is being done to her family. I am glad her son is okay. The police need to have a system to arrest those who call in with false or silly 911 calls. Thank you for having her on the show. One thing I will also mention is that I think people of power elevate those they see themselves in. For example, if a white man has an employee who was a white man 10 years younger, he is more likely to see a little of himself in that employee than in a young woman or a young person of color and thus want to mentor him or elevate his career. It is wrong, but not overtly intentional. At a place I worked the white male boss hired a white male who had other similar qualities (brown hair, similar build), and the Indian male boss hired an Indian male (also had similar educational background and were similar height).
@homodeus87133 жыл бұрын
Indians are the same
@danr1543 жыл бұрын
Yea and poc will do the same thing. Its inherent to being human.
@danr1543 жыл бұрын
@Fenns In terms of subconsciously choosing in-group and out-group members per our tribal ancestry? Yea. That much is definitely human. Anyone in position of power will accidentally do this to some degree. Dont even try bullshitting me that because they have suffered racism and oppression that once in a position of power that suffering will make poc more likely to be just. They will accidentally fall into the same trap of promoting someone they view as a brother over a similarly qualified white guy. Im just saying what the OP is talking about is true. And it can happen for reasons besides race too. Ive gotten lucky and had a boss view me like a kid *shrug*. It can happen cause 2 people get sidetracked in an interview and talk about alma matters and sports teams. People have a choice how they act out racism. I think the best we can do is limit its brutality. And we can mandate all we want to judge people based on merit but people will always be biased accidentally or otherwose and sadly I think a little bit always subconsciously due to race. I dont see us ever becoming some utopian star-trek type society. Sorry. Just my stupid opinion.
@danr1543 жыл бұрын
@Fenns I think you are mischaracterizing what I am saying. I said that you will not get a utopian level of colorless meritocracy. I did not say to shrug our shoulders. I was answering your first question. You asked if I thought racism was inherent to human nature. In short, sadly and despite our best efforts I think deep down it is. And yes, we can always work on it, but I would just like it recognized that it is a danger in all of us and not implicitly act like because white people are guilty of it precludes poc from doing it or makes them any less likely to do it if and when they are in a position of power. When we attack that weakness as a human problem and not as a race based problem I think we would collectively have a better chance of curtailing it. But again. I said we can work towards making the consequences of racism less brutal. Additionally we need to make the legal system more fair in various ways and yes ideally the workplace needs to tilt towards a meritocracy as much as it reasonably can. Im just saying be prepared for it to never be there or the pendulum will swing back the other way and white people will be left out or every group will just promote their own group. We can't sit and look at every white guy that beats you for a promotion as some privileged mediocre racist asshole. Just my opinion. Frankly, I dont need a lecture on all this stuff you said, Im not racist and don't need to list a bunch of things to prove it to you so whatever. Think of me what you want. Just make sure you dont become hypocritical if you enjoy a position of power yourself is all Im trying to say. Just make sure you don't "try to help a brother get ahead" someday and not also include white people as your potential brother and dont hire a less qualified poc that you vibe with better or identify with better over a more qualified white man. And don't judge someone else from a distance as a mediocre white man unless you truly know that and also know yourself not to be. All this judging on all sides in this day and age is nauseating. Goddamn man. Everyone is mostly a grain of mediocre sand regardless of gender or color.
@bobbullethalf3 жыл бұрын
“White men that have fell upward.” I have seen my fair share of that, there have been times that I have wondered why and how does this person deserve the position and the salary that comes with it? Just astonishing to watch.
@exeterline19303 жыл бұрын
"Fell upward"...funny expression
@mahnamahna32523 жыл бұрын
Usually nepotism This has been changing drastically over the last decade plus Unfortunately we've done a terrible job of ensuring people who deserve the jobs and opportunities actually get them
@AnnAndNala3 жыл бұрын
I completely agree. Being middle aged, I've experienced that throughout my corporate career. I couldn't compete in a completely unfair arena, so I finally quit that life and went out on my own. Definitely the best decision I ever made.
@mahnamahna32523 жыл бұрын
@KZbin Moderator how blind are you? Sure, it's less of an issue currently but definitely still happens a lot
@mahnamahna32523 жыл бұрын
@KZbin Moderator don't strawman me. You have to be bubbled to not be aware of nepotism/cronyism.
@thembaofmedicalaestheticma57243 жыл бұрын
I am Self Made Female Entrepreneur who had to resign to prove myself because my fake white boss with no talent refused to give me any respect for my work.
@lunalea12503 жыл бұрын
Wishing u great success, I quit 'corporate America' and did the same!🥳
@valeriamissalinabembry41643 жыл бұрын
My God! Swatted?! One can order murder over the phone like a pizza delivery - except with State security forces! Hearing that part of the interview broke my heart.
@creativelife98713 жыл бұрын
I hadn’t gotten to that part when I read your comment. My thought when I heard it was exactly yours, My God! Smh What is wrong with people?!
@bellamb73133 жыл бұрын
Omg, yes ! Me too! It was heart wrenching to hear her tell this 💔 . Something must be done.
@michaellynn77453 жыл бұрын
As an Asian American male, I have been able to overcome the glass ceiling most of the time, but sadly I do see this with a few Caucasian friends, coworkers, and clients. Their disengagement is unintentional usually, but I do notice what she says too. It's kind of strange, but they view me as an honorary white person that they can confide with honestly, since I am nonjudgmental. I have not experienced sabotage or obstructionism (at least not knowingly), but can see how that can happen to other women and minorities. Thanks for putting together a good interview with an interesting speaker.
@lamo17243 жыл бұрын
I was concerned at first, that two people of colour - and one a woman - were about to point fingers at white men, declaring them mediocre. And, as a woman of colour myself, I didn't want to put a target on me by Liking and Commenting. But this interview was the exact opposite of what I'd feared. No one should put so much energy in to maintaining a space of mediocrity. The moment they discussed self-worth was very powerful xxx
@lani71483 жыл бұрын
@Michael Lynn It sounds to me like those those white people confide in you because you call yourself "non-judgmental", which I interpret you to mean that you just let give their racist/bigoted views on people of color without any pushback and that might be a main reason why you have been able to overcome the glass ceiling.
@michaellynn77453 жыл бұрын
@@lani7148 I generally work in a politically correct environment, so I have not encountered any radical views. Almost everybody is right or left of center, so I tend to steer discussions on people's underlying needs for health, jobs, and justice. I don't get too deep into finger pointing, shaming, or bad mouthing specific politicians or groups. It's just not the right environment for it. In my line of work, people often say or want the wrong things, and it is my job to give them what they want to some small degree, while in reframing the discussion in a healthier way to do the right thing. It's more like verbal judo - to collaborate to get the job done, without anybody feeling like they lost. In the worst case scenario, if I encounter a radical, then I just won't work with that person. Or, they might sense my subtle disagreement and self-select themselves out by not working with me, but I still try to keep things amicable. Knowing where people stand is important to navigate interactions without causing undue friction and static. I would rather be a positive agent of change than get combative and argumentative with people.
@way2kool893 жыл бұрын
@@michaellynn7745 so basically you play into the model minority trope and you allow your coworkers to be racist and comfortable, got it 👌🏿
@michaellynn77453 жыл бұрын
@@way2kool89 Only until recently had I come to realize that the "model minority" trope was really a backhanded compliment and used as racist suppression. I am well aware of historical examples of whites turning on Asian Americans, so this honorary status can be a false reassurance. I think today's social discourse on systemic racism is really healthy, and increasingly I am more open about it. Almost everybody I associate with is open-minded, so again I think the process is self-selecting. I'd rather show people the beauty of multiracial friendships and be a unifier through conversation and introductions to open people's minds up. The investing world (my bubble) has become more socially responsible over the past 5-10 years, so Wall Street has been reforming its ways gradually, even for issues like the environment. At the same time, being a minority too has been unmistakeable. If I have been subject to discrimination with prospects and clients, then people generally have been subtle about it - not returning my calls or emails, and generally not engaging. Thankfully, I have been blessed to work with a core group of open-minded people who value character and hard work and competence, so race relations is rarely ever a topic. People who work with me inherently aren't racist. There are a lot of other choices/competitiors out there, so they didn't have to pick me. I had already faced reverse age/racial discrimination, because I "didn't have the right look" for a VP position. It was only 2-3 years later did the firm realize their mistake and eventually promoted me and tomahawked my 2 predecessors. In the end, I had to be more capable than the average white person, just to get a fair chance - and it was not immediately acknowledged. While I had the full support of management at 3 different levels and most of my peers, unfortunately 1 friendly co-worker (caucasian male) who lost out to me was not happy and actively worked to undermine me. (I was the only minority among 3 branch offices in the city, and the industry is white male-dominated.) I only have one right wing friend (a disgruntled white male), and we get into heated debates about his denialism, grievances, and nativist tendencies. So, he is probably the only example I have on addressing white fragility/mediocrity. He's an interesting case: on the surface he seems totally normal and has a lot of advantages going for him, but the perversion of his thoughts actually hurt him in so many ways - without him realizing it. It's tricky talking with MAGA supporters, so my friendship at times is more an exercise on how to navigate a conversation and correcting people without offending them. Since he is a friend, we speak more openly, but I probably offend him all the time, so I am trying to figure out how to tone down my rhetoric, since I can't be so inflammatory with strangers. While we get along with common interests (such as guns, knives, and martial arts), we are on total opposite ends of the political spectrum to the point where we have to back off a little to avoid getting too badly into each other's faces. So, to sum it up, I think people know that I stand for political correctness and social justice, so people gravitate towards me for that reason, and maybe unbelievable knownst to me, I may also repel others who don't like my professional success. In either case, I have never had to confront racism at work or personally in an overt manner. Among police and military types at the shooting ranges, I think most of them are able to see past skin color and find common ground, respecting me for dedication, skills, and friendliness, over the average joe who just plinks recreationally and not very good at it. Same thing in the martial arts - I'm not the biggest or strongest, but still well-rounded. People who see me regularly generally like me. I've only had one dangerous encounter at the shooting range, but I'm not sure it was racially motivated - they could have just sucked at shooting and were being spiteful to me and the RSO (who was African American) who told them to be careful not to shoot my target. We reported this to other RSO's to keep an eye on these 2 rednecks and petitioned management to have them banned from coming back. I flagged them on the security video cameras and pointed them out at the checkout lines. Bad attitudes and guns don't go together. The Range Safety Officers have noticed that other guys (typically white) get competitive with me - moving their targets further downrange to match me when I come in - just to show off to their girlfriends or whatever. Or jealous over my gucci gear. Really petty stuff - I'm just doing my own thing. If they can't handle the fact that minorities can be better than them, that's not my problem, until they make it my problem. In the meantime, I move about our society with kindness, hoping it would be reciprocated, but very deadly, if attacked.
@tie_guy3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Ijeoma. Keep fighting. This topic needs sooooo much more attention right now more than ever
@Melinamiu0073 жыл бұрын
I’ve said to myself before « I don’t understand why I’m supposed to be inferior to mediocre people. » I’m not talking about exceptional people here. I mean the regular, everyday average Joe’s that want superiority. Then I hear about this book.
@Melinamiu0073 жыл бұрын
@KZbin Moderator of course curiosity and inquiry eludes you. No one expects anything more from you. Thanks for not disappointing. Feels good to keep yourself ignorant to others experience doesn’t it.
@caraqueno3 жыл бұрын
@KZbin Moderator You haven't done anything other than reap political, social, and economic benefits in greater amounts for being white than do people of color. You CHOOSE not to see nor believe your white privilege for the very reasons Ms. Oluo stated: you know, deep down, that you're threatened by true racial equality and that you'd be one of those men THREATENED emotionally by people of color if you acknowledged that you and people of color earned the same amount of money. I assume you're 50+ and that you grew up in an all-white community in which your family and neighbors communicated expectations and fears about economic mobility, that if blacks and others not like you were to compete for work and housing, they'd be taking away something of yours that you were communicated to as being yours without question. As Ms. Oluo said, for many white men, their being white is not on their radar until a person of color enters their work or community sphere. That's when the white men fear the others and become conscious of their whiteness: as a defense of the white man's perceived threat to their livelihoods and political-economic status in the US. Hence, the whites that, overwhelmingly, support Trump and the insurrectionists that tried to overthrow the government so that you could rest at night and feel safe that the racial/political/economic pecking order was restored.
@caraqueno3 жыл бұрын
@KZbin Moderator You must've felt greatly intimidated, fearful, and ashamed of your non-white neighbors for you to be racist.
@caraqueno3 жыл бұрын
@KZbin Moderator You're not racist. You're misogynistic, homophobic, juvenile AND racist. You re far too fixated on Ijeoma Oluo's words to have elicited the comments you've made all along and dent the issues she's raised.
@liecrusher35063 жыл бұрын
@KZbin Moderator I think your point is worth considering. At the end of a day, what's needed, is a happy median.
@jlobryan65663 жыл бұрын
I saw that in a multicultural church. When the pastor changed from white to Black, there was an immediate white flight in the church
@incisivecommenter59743 жыл бұрын
I have seen this over and over again. In both military and civilian life.
@incisivecommenter59743 жыл бұрын
@James Quinlan I wouldn't call Ms.Oluo's work banal at all. She just named and described something long experienced by anyone of talent who's NOT White and NOT Male.
@HoneyBadger808863 жыл бұрын
Yes. Gangs, white supremacists exist in the #ActiveDuty military. I'm not surprised that the military connection is being exposed. I'm grateful for the exposure.
@incisivecommenter59743 жыл бұрын
@@HoneyBadger80886 Yes they do, the Army and to some degree Marine Corps are rife with it, the good ol' boy is very much in place.
@incisivecommenter59743 жыл бұрын
@KZbin Moderator Don't get so butt hurt about facts. The white mediocre male privilege is very much a fact, invisible to you maybe because you're unwilling and/or unable to see it.
@incisivecommenter59743 жыл бұрын
@KZbin Moderator Do you REPENT about your opinion and prejudices of American women of color? Looks to me you don't have much respect at all.
@Jack-ns9sz3 жыл бұрын
I'm a white male and definitely seen and benefited from this. I've been that mediocre white male surrounded by more intelligent, hard working and competent women and POC.
@Matira2693 жыл бұрын
You are refreshingly honest! Kudos to you!
@Jack-ns9sz3 жыл бұрын
@@Matira269 Unfortunately this is something I've only fairly recently admitted to. I've spent most of my life ignorantly thinking that white men are the most oppressed group and everyone else had all the privileges. The saying "when you are accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression" has definitely applied to me.
@garyaugustus10093 жыл бұрын
I speak this with as much ingenuosity as this subject demands, but now that you know better, have been enlightened and, more importantly, have confessed this to the world...what are you going to do about it going forward?
@ricardocima3 жыл бұрын
Kneel, repenT, admit your sins! SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!
@expandhealthinc.18873 жыл бұрын
@@Jack-ns9sz how did you get out of that thinking?
@sharonh79473 жыл бұрын
sorry for being vulgar but the constant and provable saying in my work place is "you fuck up, you move up". I've been there 25 yrs. It hasn't changed
@kathleenwyatt5633 жыл бұрын
Please don’t worry about the occasional vulgarity. Sometimes those words are the only ones that truly match the emotions felt.
@aliciastanley55823 жыл бұрын
I have seen this myself in many different workplaces....all that she said
@regisnyder3 жыл бұрын
Definitely!
@sojotruth11163 жыл бұрын
Yes, I have too!
@kngarrett13 жыл бұрын
Me too
@elvermeersch3 жыл бұрын
Same
@ayoungethan3 жыл бұрын
are you the A.S. from RPHS? if so, get at me! would love to catch up! if you have no clue what i'm talking about ignore this message! :)
@iamsukie3 жыл бұрын
I work at a place where white men have been promoted to positions with more responsibility and visibility when they were failing as leaders in their previous positions. White men "fail up" often in corporate environments.
@gregoryflynn37813 жыл бұрын
Never have truer words been spoken! She lays out white grievance and supremacy perfectly.
@Norascats3 жыл бұрын
These mediocre men were accustomed to having people who were really good at their job "supporting" them. Now these more competent people are asking for recognition for the job they do. Our social system supported this for a long time.
@lancewalker25953 жыл бұрын
Go look at the suicide statistics, come back, and make the argument that "entitlement" is the explanatory variable. Please.
@tuntejaable3 жыл бұрын
@@lancewalker2595 no the loosing of perceived power.
@lancewalker25953 жыл бұрын
@@tuntejaable Elaborate.
@lancewalker25953 жыл бұрын
@Jackson J.m. What?
@bensongibbons95762 жыл бұрын
False
@JazzManLaf3 жыл бұрын
Such a shame. People would rather use violence against this beautiful woman rather then do the work they need to do to become a fully developed human being. Cowards.
@bensongibbons95762 жыл бұрын
Beautiful? Are you nuts? She's nothing more than a race grifting woke trash blue checkmark LMAO
@livliv41693 жыл бұрын
🕊 MAY GOD BLESS and PROTECT this BEAUTIFUL & ingeniously brave woman!💜💜💜🕊🕊🕊 Thank You, for speaking TRUTH so clearly, lovingly, graciously & powerfully !!! With Love & Gratitude, Thank You 💜🕊!!!
@ddrebrne33363 жыл бұрын
While I found the discussion interesting, I'm not holding my breath on white men taking her advice. I hope she and her family stays safe.
@roberth26273 жыл бұрын
While many white men might not, there are some who might,like she said it will help them in many ways to liberate ,from old forms of seeing the world. If America ever wants to really see & be what it has said about it self..than change is the only way.Growth always take hard work,with over coming the resistance that prevents it ...
@ddrebrne33363 жыл бұрын
@@roberth2627 : I agree with all that you mentioned, but it still remains to be seen.
@roberth26273 жыл бұрын
@@ddrebrne3336 I'm sure if one lives just long enough, it will take place, some where , some how.I learned a long time ago Life is full of surprises ...
@ddrebrne33363 жыл бұрын
@KZbin Moderator : Stop being so sensitive, Keyboard Kyle.
@lancewalker25953 жыл бұрын
No, you're right, why should I internalize the prejudice of others?
@jacquelineduplantier55633 жыл бұрын
Exceptional and enlightening interview. Thanks!
@naimamorgan62093 жыл бұрын
The definition of Donald Trump and also why Hillary wasn't going to win. Men didn't want to have a woman in the highest position in government. So they gave it to a clown
@Mockduck20203 жыл бұрын
A lot of woman don’t either! Sad, but true.
@ayoungethan3 жыл бұрын
definitely a factor, but not the only one. Trump branded himself on a lie (eg from his "reality" TV days). The Clintons are seen as a dynasty of political insiders (and unfortunately Trump's incompetence has been spun as evidence of him being an "outsider"). I'm personally as tired of the neoliberal establishment as i am of christian fundamentalists and neocons. But the sad truth is none of this is going to change until the US culture itself changes and shifts away from its racist, sexist and classist tendencies. eg what we consider "success" is really am anxiety spectrum disorder. we call it hoarding when it involves cats or newspapers, but for some reason when it involves money and power we celebrate it. I would honestly rather elect a newspaper hoarder!
@eileenmc47463 жыл бұрын
I voted for a woman with my policy stands, not hillary. I voted jill stein. now joining peoples party. In Primary I was twice a Bernie Broad and feminist since 1970.
@liecrusher35063 жыл бұрын
Men, including myself, were wise, to prevent that witch, from gaining the power she CRAVED. To this day, it's seen as a sin, for a man to have not voted for Hillary.
@agag486624 күн бұрын
Hillary has been privileged her whole life. Bad example. Try again.
@lauriebarns99013 жыл бұрын
I cannot really comment on current work environment in US, not having worked there since 2004, what I do see from the outside is a toxic environment of prejudice and entitlement; hallmarks of the end of empire.
@KK-ql6zp3 жыл бұрын
Thank you this was important for me to hear and I will read the book. Humbled by the courage it takes for journalists to keep speaking and writing the truth.
@yentrinh60523 жыл бұрын
Hat-off to you for your courage to speak truthfully of your findings and research. Your image is displaying the power of truths. 🧐
@obedirect54913 жыл бұрын
Insightful analysis, interview. All Black adults have been/felt marginalized, whether they're ready to admit it, or not.
@bensongibbons95762 жыл бұрын
You don't speak for all black people
@nunyabiznatch2433 жыл бұрын
I'm a mediocre white male age 50 and I am firmly opposed to everything the right wing stands for. I was raised mediocre in a poor L.A. neighborhood where I never had any reason to believe in the superiority of white boys or white men.
@caraqueno3 жыл бұрын
It is men, like you, who can do great good by letting other white men know they have nothing to fear, economically, socially, nor politically, by racial equality.
@ricardocima3 жыл бұрын
Amazing to see how indoctrination works. Nunya kneeled, asked for forgiveess. The inquisitor, Mr. LA Tours, comes and finishes the job, commanding the new slave to work for him.
@winstonthomas45763 жыл бұрын
You are honest! Therefore, you are more than average, bro! 👍🏽
@lancewalker25953 жыл бұрын
Are you happy?
@liecrusher35063 жыл бұрын
Quit pandering and selling yourself short
@janettucker31963 жыл бұрын
It's not "people" making threats. It's men. The word "people" is the great coverup of bad male behavior.
@incisivecommenter59743 жыл бұрын
Yes!! Very true.
@Meaghful3 жыл бұрын
Its not just white men.
@incisivecommenter59743 жыл бұрын
@@Meaghful A sizeable majority
@incisivecommenter59743 жыл бұрын
@KZbin Moderator You mean a trans woman? Then they are a woman, trans doesn't mean they cant be mediocre too.
@tybooskie3 жыл бұрын
Betsy Devos.
@antunesiaharris323 жыл бұрын
What I recommend is that people do a better job of knowing one another. Befriend folks of other races with whom you get along with from work, from the gym, from church. Otherness goes out of the window. Being friends with people helps one far better understand human beings have far more similarities of experience in life regardless of race. Once one shares in on the differences related to race of friends the issues are far better understood. My diverse friend group has taught me far more in less time about the joys and challenges of folks of other races. AND! My goodness, I have had some of the absolute best food in the homes of folks who valued my presence. Plain, simple, nobody me has been greatly valued because I dared to be friends with folks outside of my race.
@acebilbo3 жыл бұрын
How insane that a beautiful person writes a book and are treated this way!! What is wrong with these people? Well, besides being addicted to their beliefs, and I do mean addicted, and they get a dopamine rush Everytime they have a racist thought. Oh hell, when I heard that, I knew the shift was going to go down hard. Just ask your local drug addict how easy to get off smoking or, worst of all, sugar. Destroys hypothalamus where reason happens. So sugar addicts, one and all, work on your addiction. I am going to do some thing when I hear shit. Be the change you want!!
@obcl85693 жыл бұрын
@James Quinlan your life, as a white male, has always been the only one that mattered. My dude. That's the whole point of the whole thing.
@solarwind9073 жыл бұрын
Is that a scientific fact? Racists get a dopamine rush when they have a racist thought? Not a racist but I do like science. Got any data on that?
@AnnAndNala3 жыл бұрын
@@obcl8569 Exactly. People see James as a "white male", and that in of itself brings biased privilege.
@obcl85693 жыл бұрын
@@AnnAndNala yuuuuuuup. What's nuts is that he's making the point himself in his own comment lol
@eiryuu3 жыл бұрын
@@solarwind907 the results from googling 'racism dopamine' .are. interesting..
@carolnewman85903 жыл бұрын
Thank you PBS, let the truth be told!
@dubsspilly58642 жыл бұрын
All of this is bullshit. Asians do better than any group in America. You don't see whites complaining. You don't see whites complaining about anything, really, except being targeted for no reason. No, you mostly hear blacks and their extreme jealousy that many haven't figured out how to work hard to achieve like white folks do, and Asians even more so.
@bensongibbons95762 жыл бұрын
"Truth"
@dashiellhouse10 ай бұрын
The PROPAGANDA
@sharongillesp3 жыл бұрын
She’s asking uneducated white men, in the sense of others, to be aware. Hum...not sure that can happen especially during times of great financial insecurity, which usually results in more harsh treatment to POC and women.
@grannygooch7063 жыл бұрын
Such a bright young strong woman. Good luck.
@allanclark32833 жыл бұрын
One of the most endearing qualities of "Being Like Christ" is humbleness. Why does the Conservative Christian fail at this?
@allanclark32833 жыл бұрын
@@curtbrockhaus6131 . I do not see in. such Biblical terms, but I do agree. It's a battle between oil oligarchies and the race to save the planet. The oil oligarchies have created a death cult. A nihilistic mind set, for sure.
@nickiok16633 жыл бұрын
We all have a responsibility to make things better.
@begoode23853 жыл бұрын
No just white men.
@ayoungethan3 жыл бұрын
@@begoode2385 everyone except you. you can go sit in a corner and quietly play with your toys alone.
@mabelurena83113 жыл бұрын
@@ayoungethan hahahaha
@mabelurena83113 жыл бұрын
Amen to that.
@user-ns5wm5dv6r3 жыл бұрын
As an African American professional man I can't tell you how many white men with a decade less experience and very little talent I have been asked to train so they could later become my manager. Thank you sister for making it plain for everyone to comprehend.
@innerbalance1013 жыл бұрын
So beautifully articulated. Maybe we as a culture need to find a way to help them understand their own psychology, and the fact that they are “being played”, as Ijeoma puts it. What a bright, brilliant explanation.
@chelabuford71063 жыл бұрын
Caring to know is the first step...
@KAM-rl6tz3 жыл бұрын
@@chelabuford7106 💯
@moringaottawa3 жыл бұрын
There are studies that exist on this. Toxic male masculinity survives on willful ignorance and no amount of spoon-feeding will persuade men to change behaviour if they don't have an inherent desire to do so. Examples of studies: 1) Hacker, H. (1957). The New Burdens of Masculinity. Marriage and Family Living, 19(3), 227-233. doi:10.2307/348873 2) Cohen, A., & Hodges, H. (1963). Characteristics of the Lower-Blue-Collar-Class. Social Problems, 10(4), 303-334. doi:10.2307/799204 3) Boys Don't Cry?: Rethinking Narratives of Masculinity and Emotion in the U.S. p.23. Milette Shamir, Jennifer Travis. Columbia University Press, Apr 10, 2002
@liecrusher35063 жыл бұрын
@@moringaottawa The false term, "toxic masculinity", hinges on its desire to make men and boys believe that being staid, upright and STRONG MEN, is somehow, "toxic". It's also a ruse to promote effeminacy and homosexuality among males. I KNEW at the onset, that in reality, "white male", is the new code word for "straight, conservative male", who must be destroyed and marginalized, at all costs. Yet note today, how feminists have successful in having girls participate in contact sports and other male activities, like the Boy Scouts, the very bastions of the development of "toxic masculinity".
@pauldini51213 жыл бұрын
Why don't we just print 20 trillions to other's nations and the problem will disappear like we do every 4 years
@Leonicles3 жыл бұрын
While watching the Trump Riot unfold, I immediately thought of Ijeoma Oluo. I had just finished reading her latest book "Mediocre" and it was crazy to see such a perfect example in real life.
@bensongibbons95762 жыл бұрын
Riiiiiiight, like this woman could predict anything but her obsession with being a mixed race victim
@lenblack14622 жыл бұрын
Yea, they are a basket case.
@gloriamitchell35183 жыл бұрын
So appreciate of this content, absolutely my 40+ corporate experience. It was amazing to me that a degree was required, yet most of the non white colleagues had not attended university.
@annababy201119853 жыл бұрын
Most non-white people had no degrees? That's a dam lie.
@co75133 жыл бұрын
That's a huge lie. Most, non white people barely make it with advanced degrees talkless of trying to make it without any formal education. Except if they're entertainers, you're totally lying and deceptive to say most non-whites in workplaces have no degrees
@annababy201119853 жыл бұрын
@@co7513 Exactly !
@CapricornDayz3 жыл бұрын
What I find appalling as a black woman is when I'm told to train a white person to be my manager or train a white person who makes more money than me. When I ask for a raise, then I'm given a lecture about increased responsibility as if I don't already have increased responsibility or never had a promotion or raise before. Like responsibility is something I'm afraid of even though I've shown no signs of fear. So insulting. Oh, the person I trained: If I ask them a question about something they know and I don't, they will act dumb just so they don't tell me. They'll say stuff like, "well, you have to look for it, that's what I did". It's a lie because I know I taught them their job.
@liecrusher35063 жыл бұрын
That's obviously a problem, but my question is, "how prevelant is this REALLY"?
@sparkle94893 жыл бұрын
Its extremely Prevalent. There's a similar story for practically EVERYONE I know. That fact that it seems minor or inconceivable goes to show just how differently life is lived.
@MrChannel193 жыл бұрын
It's called the "peter principle". Failing up has been around for many years for people acknowleging incompetance and by passing more qualified persons.
@zeezee18513 жыл бұрын
Telling that it’s your “Peter” that gets you there and that it has to be a white “Peter” at that.
@marialewis64323 жыл бұрын
As a 66 yr old white woman, I have lived this for 50 years... so grateful to find this video...can't wait to read her book ... how do we re-educate generations of white men that have been coddled for no valid reason??
@thatcanadian66983 жыл бұрын
What she's really talking about is 'The Peter Principle' : you are elevated to your level of incompetence. You are great at your job so your boss gives you a promotion as a reward. This continues until you find yourself stuck in a job that you are useless at, and your advancement stops. This breeds mediocrity and career despair. It's better to put people into jobs they are really good at and reward them in other ways, like higher wages, greater influence on departmental policy, or more vacation time.
@teehlfx52383 жыл бұрын
No, she’s talking about what she’s talking about. Try listening again without assuming you already know what that is.
@naimamorgan62093 жыл бұрын
Donald Trump is the definition of what she's talking about.
@teehlfx52383 жыл бұрын
@@naimamorgan6209 Also the OP, who presumably just watched Ijeoma Oluo talk about how racism, white supremacy and patriarchy function in this country and specifically her personal experiences and what white men could do to make space and then OP decided to dismiss and reduce what she was talking about to a business management theory then ‘reexplain’ it for us because apparently he felt she did it wrong and ‘that’s what she really meant’. We are blind to our own biases and how we use them to interact in the world.
@Mockduck20203 жыл бұрын
That would take to much work on the company side. A “promotion” usually means management and few people are actually good at managing people.
@teehlfx52383 жыл бұрын
@@Mockduck2020 It also completely disregards the racial aspect of what Ijeoma Oluo was talking about which was the whole point.
@eleanorbarsic80653 жыл бұрын
I loved "so you want to talk about race"! After reading stamped, this book helped me put that information into a social context in present day.
@carolyntalbot9473 жыл бұрын
She hits the nail right on the head. It feels so good to hear someone say this out loud, Jesus. 👏👏👏🎯🏆💯
@angelm.bouchard37223 жыл бұрын
As a white woman, I’m so sorry you and others have had to live through those threatening experiences, and danger. I didn’t even know what doxing, or swatted meant. I’m grateful that you and your son are okay and I wish you and your family well. Edit Swatting sounds like attempted murder too me, and should be treated as such.
@pauljohns57863 жыл бұрын
Loved this conversation. Evolution of balance and equality is a slow process.
@jaggillar66803 жыл бұрын
Very insightful and REAL.
@greenbrain87253 жыл бұрын
What a graceful person she is, living with this terrible situation.
@anthrogurl44843 жыл бұрын
I want her to speak in my class. She is incredible!
@moringaottawa3 жыл бұрын
yes, she is.
@cegb5513 жыл бұрын
When you’re born on top, you feel that you’re entitled to stay on top, no matter what.
@homodeus87133 жыл бұрын
They take that nonsense all over the world where other people were born on top
@c.t.murray36323 жыл бұрын
Wow what a courageous woman. Stay strong and stay safe. I'm sorry your son had to go through that kind of violence. I hope they catch those people and throw them in jail for 20 years.
@kimberly86953 жыл бұрын
When there's a long-standing "good ol' boys" network in place, the mediocrity will go on unabated.
@melv24143 жыл бұрын
James Baldwin touched on this very concept
@dawnhughes99423 жыл бұрын
I'm a white female business owner in a male dominated trade. I have a white male supremacist bully who has harassed me and my family for many years. I better understand what is happening, including doxing and swatting thanks to these strong women and POC speaking up all over the country. The bully is seeming more and more ridiculous and the police are on to his behavior and are seeing how the bully has used the police and any authority he can think of to harass me for so many years The gig is about up for these bulllies but I have a lot of trauma to work through from so much harassment. Interviews like this help with healing. Thank you!
@ttmazz13 жыл бұрын
The day after this post, you had Treason Day, & this book foreshadowed that.
@GoldandAppel3 жыл бұрын
You're the third person that noticed that.
@earthiusproject3 жыл бұрын
This can happen even inside a marriage, regardless of ethnic identification. Wives work twice as hard just to be regarded as equal in many partnerships. Even today. And much of this is a failure by parents, schools, society failing to teach equity and self worth during childhood. So a woman enters a union unsure about her worth, and therefore does not hold her male partner to the same standards she expects of herself. And more relevant, males enter a union feeling entitled to intrinsic worth without necessarily recognizing inequity.
@kp62153 жыл бұрын
Amen
@RiaSwiftHealing3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your work.
@liztracy95323 жыл бұрын
Most open, creative and empathetic perception of white male quandary I’ve heard to date. Delivery beyond excellent.
@caraqueno3 жыл бұрын
@KZbin Moderator I thought you were talking of your own racism.
@lancewalker25953 жыл бұрын
Are you fucking kidding me?
@UXtatic3 жыл бұрын
This was a great interview.
@PHlophe3 жыл бұрын
thsi video was a prophecy fr .
@dollymadison23973 жыл бұрын
15:40- I can not even wrap my head around the enormity horrifying helplessness this mother endured. Thank you is not enough to express our gratitude for what you (& your children) give of yourself to educate, and thus, PROTECT US & OUR children. May Yahweh continue to guide & protect guide you, your family & loved ones Miss Ijeoma.
@reginayfavors3 жыл бұрын
You honestly cannot just view this video once. There are too many nuggets that you have to view it multiple times. This is wonderful. It offers additional context to Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility. I'm purchasing Ms. Ijeoma Oluo's book. Thank you.
@lukerabin50793 жыл бұрын
The one thing Americans seem to overlook is that with the waves of immigration it has experienced, the newest group were almost always looked down on by the previous group. The big leveller, was that every group, was universally able to look down upon and revile Black Americans. That same situation still seems to exist.
@ifyifemanima39723 жыл бұрын
This was insightful. I loved it!
@jaclynvaudine95143 жыл бұрын
Oh. My. God. 😳 I had never heard of Swating before. I’m so so sorry that happened to you. Thank you for continuing your work.
@garyaugustus10093 жыл бұрын
All of this germinates from the illusion of the assumption of superiority...all of it.
@MrOu833 жыл бұрын
I am pleasantly surprised-stunned, actually-at the level of civility of the people who have posted comments about this video. I started not to read any of them but reluctantly did so. Bravo!
@cmair773 жыл бұрын
What are law enforcement agencies doing about swatting, and what’s being done about those who cause it?
@salbill44843 жыл бұрын
White male mediocrity? BUSH, TRUMP. I worked in the military for over 8 years. I promise you, white male mediocrity is absolutely real. I watched as other white men promoted the other white males around me although I was more knowledgeable and worked harder than them. When I got promoted all hell broke lose. Suddenly people stopped talking to me, people started to obstruct the work in an effort to hurt me, I was really hurt by the behavior because I honestly thought the mission came first. I noticed another black dude who came to the shop, he was higher rank than me and he told me that I had to "smile more, be friends, go out drinking with my coworkers, let them into my life, talk about my parents with them, have lunch with them everyday, laugh at their jokes..." I did none of those things, why should I coddle my subordinates and Chief just to have them do the work they are contractually obligated to do. It's sad being a poc and trying to get ahead.
@elenalatici95683 жыл бұрын
Wow! I was going to write about my experiences working with white mediocre men (I'm 74) and say that I identified with what she was saying. But then I heard the story of getting swatted because she was a smart, successful beautiful BLACK WOMAN while her 17 year old son was at home alone with six cops on the way their way with guns and she was all the way across the country.in an airport wondering if her son was going to be shot like Breanna Taylor So..... I'm gonna skip those stories.
@TheSpicehandler3 жыл бұрын
same
@bensongibbons95762 жыл бұрын
Okay white guilt LOL
@marceechristensen25333 жыл бұрын
I think it is extremely significant that VP Kamala Harris is the woman who has broken the norm you have portrayed in your book!!!! She is an inspiration for women no matter your skin color!!!
@michaelprozonic3 жыл бұрын
so it will be necessary for mediocre (and that is being generous) white men to try to tear her down with ridiculous complaints and comparisons
@marceechristensen25333 жыл бұрын
@@michaelprozonic Michael, No she is beyond mediocre men!! Hang on to your seat and watch Kamala roar!!!!! Fulfilling the thing most women want to do....
@thegoddessdiana91853 жыл бұрын
@@marceechristensen2533 I recall something about her making grown privileged white men cry (I think that it was that candidate for the US Supreme Court in 2018 who was accused of sexually assaulted the young woman at the party while in college; sorry I can' t recall his name he's so mediocre), so she is very strong, Bless her.
@marceechristensen25333 жыл бұрын
@@thegoddessdiana9185 Thanks for reply. Was it Thomas picked for Supreme Court? I think he did not make it. Oh boy howdy any man who thinks he can take on Kamala in court has another thing coming....
@mabelurena83113 жыл бұрын
Yes, regardless of color or ethnicity, she is a woman that inspires women and girls to reach out.
@perrinfan3 жыл бұрын
She is a treasure. Protect this woman, dear Lord.
@jeannedigennaro64843 жыл бұрын
I am appalled by the harassment she has endured. I hope those responsible will be found and prosecuted.
@ayoungethan3 жыл бұрын
oh, it goes deeper than capitalism...oligarchy long predates capitalism.
@codacreator61623 жыл бұрын
But Capitalism makes it much, much easier to manipulate the masses that suffer from the manipulation. When we begin once more to respect everyone regardless of their job instead of whipping out and measuring paychecks, we will all be better off. I'm a White male and suffering tremendous pain because I know nobody stole from me AND I'm not as successful as I should be, therefore I must be broken. It's seriously damaging, even to another White guy, that some guys are favored based on ridiculous notions of entitlement. Makes me question the value of everything, including my degrees and whether I actually deserve them based on merit or got them because I looked, acted, spoke correctly.
@ayoungethan3 жыл бұрын
our society would look very different if it were actually a meritocracy...
@romaerb41613 жыл бұрын
As a light sculptor from the Show Me state, who has endured censorship by a local printing facility, blatant discrimination at my last place of employment, vandalism of our vehicles in our driveway, followed by the non-renewal of the rental space for my gallery this climate of caustic and corrosive mistrust leads me to believe we have not seen the worst of things yet. Never in my life have I felt unsafe in my hometown of Jefferson City until Jan 6, and all that is starting to emerge about Josh Hawley. Thank you for giving definition to what I have seen of him and in his supporters. Mediocrity does seem to square with the white males I have seen who are 25-50, and it does give a path to their "logic."
@kittykat30523 жыл бұрын
ROMA ERB ♥️👍🏽💯👍🏽💯👍🏽♥️
@matthewbittenbender91913 жыл бұрын
Speaking as a middle aged white guy who came to grips with his own privilege years ago and sees it in others so acutely, she has so eloquently put this phenomena into context as to make easy for anyone to digest. But how do we use this to inform and change others so we can start correcting this and make this country right?
@maryinsanfrancisco3 жыл бұрын
Acknowledging privilege is half the battle! Speak up for others when you witness injustice or micro-aggressions. I'm going to read her book. Sometimes it's hard to articulate to others concepts you know are true so think about examples in your own life that led you to the realization of privilege and then think how and when you can appropriately communicate that to others when it comes up.
@garyaugustus10093 жыл бұрын
You just did, sir...and well done. Now, continue to do what you just did by sharing it with you family, collegues, friends, the person in line at your neighborhood grocer, or that next someone who engages you with small-talk anywhere, anytime... Be creative, be proactive...you can make a difference more than you know or give yourself credit for. God bless you, my brother..peace and grace.
@matthewbittenbender91913 жыл бұрын
@@garyaugustus1009 I always do. It only spreads so fast and I'm surrounded in my community but these people. Its extremely hard evangelicalize against white privilege when it seen as a myth. And rhe problem with that belief is that they are half right. There aren't many POCs here so they don't think that they benefitted from their skin color. And for the most part they haven't against the their white neighbors. And they get the most angry when it gets brought up. Their racism is mostly from afar. And the few black folks that do work along side are definitely treated differently and not often overtly. Voicing it often gets denied out of hand.
@bms02943 жыл бұрын
The fact that this woman has and is being threatened for telling the truth, goes to show where we are in this country in regards to race. It's modern day racist intimidation and tactics that were used to keep black people quiet many years ago. I don't understand why alot of white people think we should just move on. We can't, because it's still happening. Kudos to you sister for your bravery and for revealing the ugly truth.
@lindawittenmearns53653 жыл бұрын
I'm70 no, a white woman.watching all this with sorrow. Thirty years ago I was dismissed from my job of 25 years by a little 21 year old twit and told to leave that day --pack up and I was done. I spilled out of control and nearly died of alcohol poisoning because I had lost everything, including my husband
@liecrusher35063 жыл бұрын
Ageism, perhaps?
@sojotruth11163 жыл бұрын
I am a Targeted Individual due to Organized Stalking just because I filed greivances, civil rights, collusion, and discrimination charges against the union and university that I worked for. I'm still stalked, harassed, assaulted with direct energy weapons or D.E.W'S 24/7, my phone and tablet is hacked and controlled remotely, my apartment is breached at any given time. If you read about predatory organized gang stalking, you will find that there is little help because a lot of law enforcement is apart of organized stalking, they are prolific group of professional sadistic lowlifes that leaves little or no evidence to sustain any claims of their malicious attacks, and they number in the thousands. It started in Michigan, I first moved around the State, then out of the State, then I was followed across the country. I retired 13 years ago and I am still dealing with these racist parasites.
@elkiness3 жыл бұрын
Wow. A precise description of what I saw -- with amazement -- in 1964, my first job after high school -- in the DC Health Department (part of the Federal government. All of the men except the director spend almost all their time around the water cooler gabbing. All the women were working hard and efficiently all day, including the one black woman. I didn't get it. How could this be? Why did they accept the situation quietly? Our work was important--lives depended on it--but these men were utterly lazy and had no sense of responsibility--no shame. 1964! Obviously, things haven't changed.
@Dubya94993 жыл бұрын
Tour de force analysis on race relation-economic social disposition and social effect-US future direction as an abstract outcome of historical norms-current Social Media tactics used to silence and marginalize empirical and anecdotal social analysis-cultural based conditioning relative to expectation of status--and so much more Excellent dialogue and questioning from PBS to “show your work” without leading to logical responses based on obvious “research of topic”-allowing author to expand on topic and not justify a “supposed predisposition” or bias Not bad and rather refreshing regardless of topic
@sprat31273 жыл бұрын
I’ve professionally seen this in Medicine, for sure.
@ebonam3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@blakewiley53043 жыл бұрын
You are so brave! Thank you for your work thank you for your books!
@mariagarza12693 жыл бұрын
It's important to point out that when a woman rises to the top of a company, men, even men of color, become disengaged. This isn't exclusive to white men when women, especially, women of color rise to the top. This was my experience 5 years ago and it continues even now, even after I've proven myself
@JeffCaplan3133 жыл бұрын
If people won't follow you, then the only person you've proved anything to is yourself. Congratulations!!! 🎉
@mariagarza12693 жыл бұрын
@@JeffCaplan313 I didn't say people won't follow me, mediocre white man.
@JeffCaplan3133 жыл бұрын
@@mariagarza1269 Oh, so you're only able to get people who already look and think like you to follow you? EVEN BETTER!!! 👏 👏 👏 🤣
@cross75man753 жыл бұрын
@@mariagarza1269 Be careful, they're not only mediocre, they're also fragile and need to have their ego stroked on a regular basis or they become violent ex: Washington.
@mariagarza12693 жыл бұрын
@@JeffCaplan313 that was the whole point of this interview, genius.
@kofirey67523 жыл бұрын
I am an African American Airline Pilot. When i came out of the U.S Airforce in January 1990. I looked around & realized we are the only race without our own Airline transportation back to where we come from, the Beautiful Contenant of Africa? I immediately filed an application, received secured financial backing & four years later with help & higher (Complaint with HQ.) intervention was approved to hold a U.S Air Carrier Certificate to operate a U.S Airline. The issuing agency was furious, because they never issued An Air Carrier Certificate to a Black ownd and operated company before in the U.S.A They immediately set out to destroy my life with false charges against me.(If we cannot stop you professionaly? We will distroy you personally) They charged me with three C.F.R 67.403 (A)(1) Administrative Actions, which means DUI/DWI. They accused me of committing fraud for not reporting their fraud against me? I have never drink a beer or had a traffic stop for the likes in my life? It has taken years to clear. Once they realize i will fight for my rights, everyone involved walked away & would not touch my case. Finally after 16 year's as i am posting, i get my case in U.S. District Court in Washington DC. What i have come to realize in America is their are over 180k Airline Pilots. The industry is 98% White male? While Black people are 14% of the U.S population? We should be 26,000 of the 180,000? Instead we are only 800? In 1947 we had 942 Black Pilots? Called the Tuskegee Airman of which not even one them got a job with a US Airline? Just to give a little insight on what we are really dealing with? I want this truth be public because the closest entry points between Africa & America is Cape Verde Islands & The U.S Virgin Islands (2,700 miles apart) in the Atlantic? A short flight but Black people think we are worlds away when we are closer then we think. State of Texas in America is larger than every country in Europe? Every country in Europe has its own Airline? If we are repatriating back to Africa and we are not flying ourselves imagine the millions & billions we are losing. Update the Federal Court has ruled in my favor on the removal of false information placed in my record's.
@randstahl48693 жыл бұрын
Sad is it that white males dummy down as they do. Am a white male of age 67 and have lived in mental torment most of my life because my association with White males. Finally, in 2015 an a lightening bolt of insight struck my mind and heart. A thought occurred to me: The Male Culture Is A Failure. That was the thought. Nothing profound in its wording. But the meaning pierced my soul. Now is Sunday 01-10-2021, days after Mr. Trump inciting white males to storm the National Capital. To my understanding that event manifests a resulting reality of white male mediocrity. Rock on!
@mr.uncleg53073 жыл бұрын
"People are being played", key words
@vfiel41113 жыл бұрын
will this madness of hateful minds and spirits ever end?
@incisivecommenter59743 жыл бұрын
I'm sure you're talking about white supremacists.
@charkhin3 жыл бұрын
@Incisive -my thought exactly.. I am even white....have worked so hard to overcome the mediocre white men who I have worked with, work twice as hard often at detriment to my health and personal life... They feel so threatened by women and people of color.
@incisivecommenter59743 жыл бұрын
@KZbin Moderator Nope she's calling out what's obvious to anyone that's talented but not white and male. Facts don't care about your feelings.
@sonnymp13373 жыл бұрын
@@incisivecommenter5974 🤦🤢 how can half of a nation be so naive brainwashed and stupid. Never walked in other than your shoes but pretend to know everything about the "other ones". And victim card all the time everytime. Everybody is accountable for his Life
@deidreshepherd3776 Жыл бұрын
Praying for divine protection for you and your circle. Keep speaking/writing/educating 😊