Being Black in Britain. Racism in the U.K. | Dr. Emeka Okorocha - Black Lives Matter Movement

[@yusryasin2785]

He’s clear and coherent, there was no need to regularly interrupt him and clarify he’s statements!

[@iangemmell9606]

I think its a discussion interview and is taking part in the discussion and facilitating it.

[@yemic.shepherdheals.8861]

I thought as much as well cos the Interruption was just tooo glaring

[@cmearl2009]

It a signal delay. Probably slow internet connection

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@elephanthappiness4502]

His. He's is a short form of the words "he is"

[@verlenavelinasutton1568]

I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington (state not DC) and as a Black child in America, our parents said the same thing. Even though there was a lot of African Americans in the city and schools, we still had to be the best. I think that’s a mantra all Black parents instill into their kids. No matter where you live in the world.

[@snownfire]

White people are always very uncomfortable around educated black people. I know a Nigerian lady that is a cosmologist and she always gets 'mistaken' for the cleaner at the facility she works at

[@nightangalesweet9239]

@@snownfire you got an interesting name. 😂😂😂. Why black people are mistaken for a cleaner? I have seen many white people as a cleaner too. Especially security guards, cleaners and waiters wear uniforms in any organisation. So there is no question of any mistake. The fact is, in the majority, any race will feel superior. You visit any country. If the majority is black, white will feel awkward. Similarly among browns white is not considered attractive. So it is just politics. It suits any race in the majority to think whatever they want to think🤗🤗

[@berenicesai301]

@MrLeading Entertainment My family thinks of a plan to going back. Look what is happening now in Ghana and an increasing number of people going back. It absolutely makes sense. But it might be more complex in some cases. It seems fairly feasible for Ghanaian descent to return to the Motherland. But you are right!!!

[@MsPeabody1231]

@@nightangalesweet9239 Cleaners don't always wear uniforms in the UK and neither do delivery drivers. In urban areas they are often black so some people automatically presume you are the cleaner, delivery person or doing another low status job. A few years ago I an interview at a place on an industrial site on the outskirts of London where I informed the organisation days before hand I needed a car parking space due to their location. They informed me by email a space had been booked. I turned up for the interview and the only available place was for another member of staff so I parked there. I went into reception, informed the receptionist I had come for an interview, I had parked in that space, told her I had booked a car parking space and asked where should I park. She told me very rudely I couldn't park in that space and I should park somewhere else. I asked where and she said else where in a don't care manner and started shouting at me. So I got in my car drove around to check there were no other parking spaces and then started driving home. I stopped half way home and phoned the person who arranged the interview to inform her what had happened. I then finished driving home. Over the next two days I got a series of emails. The interviewers were furious with the receptionist and apologised for her behaviour. Apparently she didn't realise that I was attending an interview for a highly specialised senior role. Anyway they asked if I would come back in for the interview. I said "No" as regardless of the role no-one should be treated like that. The thing is this receptionist was black. The only other time I've had similar behaviour towards me is from white people.

[@nightangalesweet9239]

@@MsPeabody1231 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@cynthiaaralu4398]

She said ‘You were not sensitive’ to racial abuse and he agreed. Lol. How can the reaction to being verbally or physically abused ever be termed as sensitivity? It shows her lack of sensitivity and empathy to the plight of black people in majority-white countries. She only seemed to connect to what was being discussed when he spoke of his white friend facing “racism” from a black person. Racism can cause mental and physical health issues in the population of people experiencing it. This interview, while having a positive intention, turned out to be insensitive.

[@suellenandrews8024]

Why did she just talk straight over Dr. Okorocha, very rude.

[@sonjarharvey6518]

He wasn't saying what she wanted to hear basically.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@mariancounsellor]

Because of her superiority complex

[@veronicaancrum4871]

It’s a damn shame that Black people always have to prove that they’re better and I think that’s a lot of unnecessary pressure we put on our children. Enough is enough we don’t have to prove shit to anybody.

[@blacknosugarnocream]

That is the message people are overlooking. Everyone want to praise him for working harder than everyone else (as his parents insisted), while glossing over the fact that he had to work harder than everyone else to "be accepted" (as his parents insisted). That is outrageous.

[@relentless4g63t]

Ok being rich won't get u away from racism

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@mrike5651]

Wendy willams learned that the hard way

[@hornybodhisattva]

Yea just ask Oprah

[@abbey63603]

This intervirwer talks too much and takes over the interview

[@mavisacarr4481]

Agree.

[@abrahambiz2353]

From his name, he is 100% from Nigeria.... Precisely an igbo man.... I am so proud of you men

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@asaasare220]

i take it if he were yuroba akan zulu hutu etc you'd not be proud of him.... crawl back to the hut from which u came and stay there... what we need is continental unity in order for our enemies to fear us... igbo ain't better or worse than any other African.... again crawl back under the rock... and stay there until u educate yourself... your great igbo nation is no better hence u being all over the place trying to better yourself in other places .. all over... just so u know I am not from nigeria I am a pan-africanist from elsewhere in africa... go figure

[@lucymatthew6823]

@@asaasare220 Whats wrong if @abrahambiz identifies him as Nigerian and Igbo? The first thing I noticed from his name was that he is Nigerian and Igbo becos of that I wanted to know his experiences on the said topic. You don't have to critize Abrahambiz simply becos he identified his origin. There is no celebrity u search and don't see his origin. You don't have to be sensitive about that all blacks have an origin and its not a crime to mention it. I believe someone myt want to know a little more about him by checking online and someone just made it easy for them.

[@asaasare220]

@@lucymatthew6823 nothing wrong with that bro... infact i am not from naija but I gave my son an igbo middle name ... now my point is this no humans on earth are more special than other humans... the creator never made any special people and dropped them one place.... now your circumstances can shape U but it does not in anyway mean you are some special being .... U know that ..

[@asaasare220]

@Get it Right as a Pan Africanist and a fair minded person I hate for people to put themselves over others... leads to no good... non is better than the next and we should react and over react in order to cut out the nonsense... this is what led to war in biafra and then rwanda are u not tired of this shit...

[@joanmaingrette6231]

Yes. I agree. My son had a similar upbringing. Parents listen carefully. Society is not fair..so our children must be better at all things.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@pamelaokolo3516]

Darling.. you are a strong black man. Your parents taught you well.

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[@adamwalker3672]

yep if all your people were like him we wouldn't have any problems here you people need to raise your children better

[@Jstar697]

@@adamwalker3672 your people need to stop being evil and racist to black people

[@rayajao1566]

The good thing about Nigerian parents is that they would always tell you that you are better than your contemporaries. It's a good thing and that builds a kind of pride in you as a human being especially in every Nigerians. I remembered when I was a student in Moscow uni, I worked my arse out to be the best and dated so many beautiful Russian gals. My parents used to tell me than I'm from a Royal family but surprisingly, I don't have any Yoruba Royal name like Ade this or Ade that. Na wawa ooo for all 9ja parents.

[@jasonfernandesbatistadesou6683]

Great interview, I am proud of you and your parents. we need more of this type of interviews and we need more people to speak out. Racism needs to be erased from the face of the earth, We need to call it out when we see it and it needs to be stamped out completely and it is not just white people who are racist against blacks and other races ( and I am saying race so it is easy to explain coz there's not other races out there, there is only one race human race ) it is Asians and even blacks are racist against other black people if they're not from the same country or the same tribe. I work in the property industry i experience it all the time and I find myself having to educate people on a daily basis.

[@thehoneyeffect]

'Tolerant' I hate that term... I don't want people to tolerate me

[@ashburnconnecttv7860]

Dr. Okorocha has an excellent personality! His parent taught him well. Hopefully, he's able to mentor other Black youth in England.

[@CashCowz962]

Tell him to stop smiling like a child and be man..have a serious face..no one will kill you if you do...

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@chidozieugwu-oju7069]

@@CashCowz962 sounds like you are the topic they are speaking about. His smiles should not be your problem Mr CashCow

[@CashCowz962]

@@chidozieugwu-oju7069 you said it so it must be true...😂😂

[@KatePearl-]

Wow 🙄😂

[@MarylandCrafts]

There are good and bad people in this world. There are people who see you first as a human being while there are others who see the colour of your skin first before anything else.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

Thank you for sharing this

[@lenab.m.3708]

at this point i don't know how to differentiate so i just can't trust people anyway

[@davidhoins4588]

So wrong so white answer!! I was brought here from the USA , I'm white and the in your face racism rampant!!! Yes Fool!! It's more than just being black in this country!!! It's the fact if you're born here in the UK? You're finished before you start!! I've been let go from countless well paid Jobs because I'm not British, give your head a wobble!!!

[@emmanuellafreeman7409]

Absolutely love his mindset ❤ You can either be a victim or a survivor.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@thehoneyeffect]

Respectability politics doesn't always work

[@radicaledwards3449]

I'd rather be a winner

[@emmanuellafreeman7409]

@@thehoneyeffect depends on how you measure success

[@Chickenbonetony]

@@emmanuellafreeman7409 and BLM is making all black children into victims

[@knowledgeispower7531]

As an American.... I feel like she made excuses about why white Brits don’t stand up for black Brits....

[@temmyid4618]

They always do

[@JustMyExpressions]

Everything about this video is full of excuses. This Is the main reason. Most of the black people in The U.K are going back to the motherland they Are sick in tiered of this.

[@iangemmell9606]

As a psychiatrist I feel she is explaining the behaviour and how people should over come their fears and speak up. I feel the comments have given the confidence the challenge comments like this if I witness them.

[@driscollsilver595]

The racism here in London is often subtle and/or passive-aggressive, and it's not just from White English people, there are a lot of people from different heritages that live in London like, Chinese, Vietnamese, Bangladeshi etc, who I've seen to be racist also, people who are born in different countries have asked me where I am from even though I was born in London, they are conditioned into thinking that "English" means white, and I get the impression that when tourists come to London they are often shocked by how mixed London is, they look at you with disbelief. American history with racism is well known and documented, racist English history doesn't get the same attention, white people have had their thumb on black people here differently to how it happened in America and that makes it far easier to sweep a lot of the past under the carpet, the WILL go on about how they "ended slavery" though and anything that is a positive indication of England or the British empire

[@BronzeSista]

BRITS where involved in the Atlantic Slave trade, that should give you an Ideal of why you might be treated unequal.

[@MrMannface]

African Americans used to think like your parents. But we got integration, welfare, and feminism. Before 1965, 85% of black households we're married, in 2021 only 27% there is a two-parent household.

[@andrewworth7574]

Thumbs up for the interviewee, not the interviewer.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@jeremiahdessole1230]

Welldone Emeka you are a very confident young man.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@BronzeSista]

With that smile he will go far 🙂

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@hopetonsmith4964]

Great Interview very real aswell as very interesting. In General I have live for 35 years after experiencing Radical Racism in England that cause me never to return to London being a Jamaican American.

[@CashCowz962]

Did you survive it? Many blacks in USA dont...

[@CashCowz962]

But I heat Jamaica is very tough in some places too....is that real?

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@tmc3567]

Can't watch the whole of this video. It brings back bad memories. I don't know why certain people have to be so hateful.😐

[@chineloblessed4628]

This is how most Nigerian parents bring up their children as they know what’s ahead in future.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@thiahamilton221]

We all are raised to be better work harder to get what we want! However we all don't! Mores the pity! We will FOREVER have this struggle!

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@okwuchi8466]

Emeka is very homely and réassuraning .

[@Magarita810]

I remember watching that video Emeka mentioned, what he said about being black and having a target on your back is so sad. Racism is a mental disorder (they need help). White people who see racism have to stand up and challenge it, the police need to acknowledge that many of them are racist and deal with it instead of letting their officers get away with murder (literally)

[@hoso2268]

With all due respect, racism is not a mental disorder. It is important not to promote this narrative. Racism is an acquired behavior pattern that must be checked and stopped. This is a dangerous narrative that white people will adopt and claim it is not their fault they are racist. Racism is a learned behavior that is carried out by choice, by choice, thank you.

[@disabledbabe]

@@hoso2268 Thank you.

[@chizawestcarr]

@mimi’sfashionLounge racism is no mental disorder. Nor is it exclusive to white people!

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@mariancounsellor]

Racism is not a mental disorder. People can choose whether to be racist or not. They enjoy the idea of having power over another person through subjecting the person to abuse or discrimination in a demeaning way. There’s also institutional racism so what has a mental disorder got to do with it?

[@ianprince1698]

I am amazed what Americans call black some are nearly as fair-skinned as me

[@hch5498]

Don’t let them take your power - stay strong and be proud to be black! You stand on the shoulders of greats remember that. Racism is based on a lot of jealousy, I do not believe ignorance is an excuse. White people need to speak out and challenge their own that’s half the battle as well as educate themselves about black history and culture.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@davidmiller4575]

Stupidity and lack of common sense cause any human being to be racist who on this Great Earth had ever planned for being White, or black, Asian or else , listen well people . The Lord God Almighty jehovah , Jah made you who you are, don't fly in God face we as living human being must be grateful for life.

[@breakemdown2873]

I totally agree and can relate to what he is saying. My University lecturer told me the same thing. He said you have to do twice as well as a white person just to be the same. Its sad because some things even if you are the best you wont reach your potential for example..in a job you wont move up or become a manager and you wont know why. Racism is now done in sneaky ways...if you fill in the equality form and put Indian or Black you just wont get called to an interview. Who monitors it, your application will go straight into the bin. I tried once putting a different name and ethnicity with everything else being the same just to check and wow suddenly loads of calls to come to any interview.

[@serfranklin6022]

His smile!!! 😍

[@juliandowen1621]

Donald, one of the only black pupils in our year if not the whole school. He was one of the most popular kids in that school, I never heard anyone say a bad word to him or about him. Today he is probably the most successful pupils ever to attend our school and one very fine actor. Today that school is as diverse as you can get.

[@cutler65]

On a totally separate note: Isn't he beautiful! 🥰🥰🥰

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@karenmcklaren]

Objectification 🙄

[@amytsiga8047]

His every girls dream!!! Lol

[@serfranklin6022]

@@amytsiga8047 not just girls

[@akinsankofa]

The trouble with this video and others like it is that the African is doing all of the giving up of his energy, his experiences and his knowledge. He is then told that it is because he is an exceptional individual as to why he has had success. He attributes his success not just to himself but his family's support and his family's strong culture. But it looks to me as an african diasporan man that as though the interviewer is feeding off the interviewee psychologically and intellectually. All those "how did it make you feel" questions. There are many talented and skilled people of african ancestry that have achieved well academically but have not been able to match this professionally. For there are many hidden barriers and pitfalls in the world of employment that mitigate against success. Without the strong support of a family it is very difficult to sustain success. i would like to be kinder but i have to say that the white person that wants to study how and why a Black person had success and how they coped with racism "what were your coping strategies", is merely educating a racist how to be a better racist, gaining knowledge on how to manage and maintain a system of disadvantage and arrest development. The semi-educated narcissistic Black person that acts in a stereotypical way does not threaten the social hierarchy, they are "tolerated". it is the more educated culturally black person that does not necessarily want to integrate nor see his or her role as an "ambassador" for the black race but wants to make a life that he can have a future with a family and own a home, that is often subjected to disadvantage and discrimnination. Faced with invisible barriers that his white peers are not exposed.

[@mtaylor4523]

This is normal for black people in any Americanized country. I’m an American descendent of slavery officially casted as Black in America...which determines ones social status. Racism is normal and as a black person who is American you are told to be a supernatural human being. That’s crazy I always fight against it and say “I refuse”! I will be a human being not some superbeing to receive basic human rights.

[@mtaylor4523]

@sergio 1 It’s a requirement as a casted black American...you have to be abnormal to fit in with the normality of white professionals in Corporate America where the culture is mostly “MAGA” supported. Abnormal in the context of you can’t have a family, you never get fatigued, you never need vacation time off, you can’t ever introduce an idea with out it being overly scrutinized, if you’re a black man...you can’t have a beard (it’s too masculine), if you’re a black woman...promotions are hard to come by if your hair is not straightened out to make it look like the texture of white women. Question is not “who asked” the question is why is the behavior supported and why do this multi billion dollar organizations support this level of hatered.

[@estherarowolo6065]

I love you 😍 from the bottom my heart ❤. You are blessed. God has helped you 🙏 so far. I thank God for your life 🙏. Shalom

[@delnitap]

He was the secret weapon in sports as a kid🤣🤣😅. Very smart man here.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@lisatillett4960]

You see people kiss goes on all over the world so when you're bitching about America being racist just think about it it's like that all over the world like I've said to so many people you can't change people you can't make them like you either going to like you or they're not going to like you that's just human way

[@delnitap]

@@lisatillett4960 huh?? This is off topic from my post.

[@kieranfolkard8554]

Very interesting and I think that if workplaces represent all there customers hospitals have a to represent all there patients that will help

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@trees8240]

I actually enjoyed the " conversational style" of the interviewer. She isn't physically there to interview so jumping in while he's talking is inevitable at times.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

Thanks Linda that’s very kind of you to point out, really appreciate your comment.

[@dyollnworb5426]

I find it hard tunderstand why people like we would want to call themselves BLACK. Dr Okorocha is from the dark skinned race, so why not say people like me or people like you. I'm mixed, England Scottish Walsh French Dutch German, Spanish & a splash of a Indian from Kerala. When I was born we were known as the no race without any civil right because of the X African slave trade. I can't be a Black Britain or Scottish Black or even a Black Walsh man. Living in the city in 1973 was a totally different experience. Once we hit 13 the police would be the king in the race hate game. Next to our tutor's & class enemies. Again why couldn't she be honest & say people like us understand our hate towards people like you. We say white, Indian, Chinese, Philippino people.. But we always say Black, when they are like me Brown people or am I the only coloured blinds person on Mother Earth. Remember we made this & I don't have the right to say stop saying I'm black, it's up to us all to understand the pain & unjust suffering to people with dark skin globally. Your not the only one looking out the white door into a blackroom, this happened on a daily basis. STOP THE ROT, Stand up & be part of the solution & than England's UKIP or Germanys Nazi party or the United States Trump party. The Chinese government hate Africans, in Indias African are less than the untouchables class system. Ask yourself have you ever seen a Chinese person in a African or West Indian shop. Next time you pass your local curry house or Chinese shop ask yourself would they buy from you ?, other than the DRUGS YOUR obviously selling. Peace and tranquillity, it's not a Whitemans gift but a right for everyone.

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[@sandrajohn5415]

Am proud of you and your parents. Thanks for sharing

[@elephanthappiness4502]

She is a terrible interviewer who has taken over the guest's time.

[@lizcollins7716]

Interrupting his flow

[@elephanthappiness4502]

@@lizcollins7716 As the interviewer you don't hijack the actual programme and then stifle what the interviewee has to contribute. She was a typical interrupter who wanted the limelight. Nothing more than less. She didn't even him to explain what he meant she decided she would answer for him .......... She needs to rein in her enthusiasm in wanting to steal the limelight from her guests.....

[@CashCowz962]

Well the blackman accepts this cos she is white

[@dr.beckyspelman]

Thanks for your comments we hope you liked the interview despite not enjoying the interviewers style.

[@mariancounsellor]

@@dr.beckyspelman why are you replying with the same comment instead of responding to what several people have said? You constantly spoke over him and interrupted his flow. As someone in your profession, where’s the acknowledgment and the reflection? Did you feel you are superior to him and therefore what you had to say was more important or is communication skills something you need to work on?

[@berenicesai301]

The British, the French, the Germans and other concerned Europeans are keeping the status quo or are extremely slow to change into becoming full-fledged humans and see racism as what it is a by-product of what was a crime against Africans; slavery, colonialism. The conversation happening here can become very apologetic for racism at times. Inhuman crimes such as colonialism, slavery involved brutal inhuman treatments of actual human beings. To this day there has not been justice or a trial acknowledging such a CRIMES AGAINST the HUMANITY of AFRICANS. How about reparation.

[@emmanuelajayi4103]

What a Brilliant Young Doctor. Racism will never end in this Crazy World. However,Black People All over the World must UNITE First In order to fight Racism regardless of where We live in their World. UNITY Is the Solution.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@robertjones6997]

Black people in the UK want racial unity with whites yet they hate each other as blacks doesn't make sense .

[@hlinagirma178]

When I came to Britain, I felt free and important .Oh God that feeling was beautiful. I learnt a lot of precious things about life. I educated and became the best person of my self. If there is racism in the UK, it is only in the minority. UK is a beautiful country with huge understanding for all.

[@torrezgordon4877]

Shut up

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@dr.beckyspelman]

I’m so glad you’ve had such a nice experience here Yebereket.

[@judithrivera3385]

Please no music background. Hard to hear

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@marypoppins0169]

This is a really informative and positive conversation 😊 I really believe this is the way forward ❤️🙏❤️ thank you so much

[@jatall2797]

I cant take her.... can you be quiet and let him speak..... he is speaking english... he does not need an interpreter for his every statement !!!!!!

[@stevedavis2541]

Thank God it's not all white people only a few. But sometimes that's all it takes to impress on you that you are different or perceived as being different in a negative way. I have come across this often in my journey of life. The only black student on my college course and undergraduate course and post graduate course. This has also been my experience when applying for jobs that I am often the only black person who has applied and employed in the position. I do think things have changed since then 1990s in a positive direction but still see stereotyping as strong as ever being used to judge people by colleagues. Very disappointing. Black people come in all flavours and educational backgrounds but to assume they can only achieve in sport or music is racist.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@stevedavis2541]

@@dr.beckyspelman I loved the video it was honest and real from two beautiful black women. One love and stay safe

[@shakiahwhitely2733]

Yeah love this you set the mark !!! Gorgeous...🙏🏽

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[@sofiawils3829]

Maybe would be very bad if a white kid walks on the streets of Afrka. Everybody would understand that the kid doesn't belong there . It's normal among people.

[@mariancounsellor]

What are you talking about? Plenty of white people live in African countries and most are welcomed. Nobody has the right to tell anyone where they belong unless you own the planet.

[@xxvolution]

That same female there doing the interview would marry him.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

Thanks for your comment. What’s the point you are making exactly just so I can understand thanks.

[@diannefelix1255]

Fantastic , intelligent young man.

[@ianprince1698]

when Mohamed Ali the boxer visited the UK HE was American

[@xxvolution]

They are two people having a conversation with a three second delay so obviously interruptions would happen. I see nothing sinister or disrespectful in the interview.

[@wtf-qr3vq]

Her ways made me stop.wafching after 1 min

[@dr.beckyspelman]

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[@fortuna4906]

She's just not relatable. She's not really listening, look at her bobbing her head. Why is she calling his parents harsh? It's called racism love not being treated different. Call it what it is! Alot of white people are racist! You ain't better than nobody.

[@fortuna4906]

Am leaving too....6 minutes in. The doctor is cute but i feel he needs to get his own channel and tell his own story without her. Bye

[@PM-gp3oy]

@@fortuna4906 this is why i would never seek help from a white mental health professional, she shows no empathy towards his experiences.

[@nathancarter1082]

She is baffled... can't understand what he is saying and trying to sympathize without knowing the sad truth. It's always amazing how much ignorance certain people show

[@dr.beckyspelman]

Thanks for your comments, this is why it’s so important for people to speak about this issue, we want to understand what people have experienced as much as possible, we are sorry you felt the interviewer didn’t understand the issues as well as they should have but she really wanted to understand the experiences people face and raise awareness. Thanks again.

[@beverleyturzynski3803]

I have to say I was born in Nigeria of English heritage. I have a Nigerian step sister and step mother who now have chosen to live here. The only racism I have seen but perhaps it is the circles in which I move, was in Africa. The racism is not only about colour, as to whether a person is dark black or light black, but also tribal racism. As I said I was born in Africa but am not considered African by Africans due to my blood and my skin colour. I am not entitled to a Nigerian passport-how racist is that????? My step sister and step mother are both Nigerian but have British passports. A lot of the richest people in both America and the UK are black-some of the most poorest in society are in fact white. Due to the BLM protests in the UK, from discussions with friends, the whole subject has now become irrelevant. The interviewee says he felt 'different'-well, obviously I as a white person born in Nigeria also felt different and was treated differently. The worst treatment however in Africa is by African to fellow African and perhaps the BLM protestors should start trying to change that situation !

[@nhhan8124]

can't you let him talk????? bloody hell!

[@nightangalesweet9239]

Why label someone as black or white. Politics starts from here.

[@cush5147]

Tell that to the white people as they are the ones who set up this system of hate and saying that to so called black people is just preaching to the choir.

[@nightangalesweet9239]

@@cush5147 🤔. I am wondering what you meant is that choir is just for singing and not the right audience to preach. Here in this video people of mixed race are present.

[@cush5147]

@@nightangalesweet9239 mix race historically to the present will always be the enemy of the black race; statistically, these people have always sided with their non black side and almost never marry black; as a result, the black race has enough non black enemies to deal with so we do not need additional enemies, like mixed race people!

[@nightangalesweet9239]

@@cush5147 🤔okay.

[@cush5147]

@@nightangalesweet9239 thank you for your confirmation!

[@torycook1215]

Incredible role model! 👍🏆

[@dr.beckyspelman]

We think so too!

[@hledew5593]

I didn't want to comment but her interjections were really uncalled for and irritating. I find her in some instances patronising and also comes across cold, it's like she was forced to interview this lovely young man. Kudos to him, his confidence and personality remained tops throughout 👌.

[@abdurahmanmohamed3378]

What’s the going rate for a soul Dr?

[@andrewworth7574]

He knows he has control over his own life, has agency, the opposite of wokeness and BLM, which teaches black people that they are just and always will be victims.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

Thank you for your comment, this is really important for people to be thinking of and aware of.

[@blacknosugarnocream]

The agency you are espousing is to work twice as hard to get half as far. You are asleep. Stop talking gibberish.

[@akinsankofa]

Wokeness and BLM does not define Black people as victims. It is those who are threatened by these ideas and realities that want to victimise blackness. Black people have so much more to them than these realities, especially in the UK.

[@chasehim3761]

Yes!!

[@PM-gp3oy]

@@blacknosugarnocream I wish I could like your comment 1000 times, fools like Andrew Worth want to lecture black people about where they are going wrong despite never having to deal with 1/4 of the obstacles that the majority of black people face on a daily basis. Imagine if all whites had to swap places with black people for just a day, the suicide rate would be through the roof.

[@ani-bv5mq]

Because ur different even from black people. 😂 Just joking i really like you mate keep going.

[@jeanzvomuya7038]

Why not just do the video on your own? You do not need anyone to tell your story.

[@evelynkadawati1497]

Not everyone will be comfortable to do so unless someone like therapy style like its done will make one comfortable and be able to talk more.I feel like he has felt comfortable because of the way it is done.I can tell he was holding back at times as it can come with emotions too.

[@mariancounsellor]

@@evelynkadawati1497 this is not therapy style at all. It’s her style which most people have found irritating judging by most of the comments. She’s too eager to get her words in rather than listening and allowing him time to express himself.

[@lionessnala2000]

Polite....nothing polite about being silent...🙄

[@dr.beckyspelman]

Thank you for your comment

[@funkelaosun7153]

I thought the same. There’s nothing polite about being silent in the circumstances. Interviewer probably wanted to say or should have said not wanting to rock the boat. Asking if he was alright after the event is a bit too late. If she cared enough, she should have said something immediately.

[@funkelaosun7153]

Also agree that the interviewer interrupted too much but this didn’t take away from the message.

[@kevinbrown-ge6sz]

Neither of them sound like they are from the UK. Dr. Spelman especially sounds American.

[@yvonnewilliams4711]

She has a Irish accent and he has a slight Scottish accent!

[@dr.beckyspelman]

Thank you for your comment, Dr. Becky Spelman is Irish.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

Hi Yvonne, Thats correct Dr. Becky is from Ireland and Dr. Emeka mentions he grew up in Scotland. We hope you enjoyed the video

[@dr.beckyspelman]

Yes I’m Irish but I’ve been in the UK for 14 years now so it’s a bit of a mixed accent.

[@Coco-uk9tv]

He sounds as if he's from Aberdeenshire.

[@MabShineshineworld]

We live in a white populated neighbourhood in Uk and we are the only black family on our street the rest are English families and a one German family they’re really nice but still I teach my children life in the real world is gonna treat them different especially my only son so they need to work hard and harder at whatever they’re doing both academically and be good in life and sincerely speaking they have been experiencing it at school how their whites teacher treats blacks and Asians kids differently from the white kids even in class sitting arrangements they always group them with Asians kids and other classes all white at p.E is all blacks against kids against white kids and how teachers will be smiling and welcoming the white kids to school and ask how their weekend was and the blacks will be told off for no reason ask to lace their shoes probably when shoes are lace randomly search blacks students bags at the hall way very sad treatment but I tell my kids let it go is their country they do what they like just suck it and move on dear

[@dr.beckyspelman]

Thank you for sharing

[@PM-gp3oy]

Mab Shine Shine world you're just teaching them to be subservient which will not bode well for them in the future where they will encounter worse racism, black children should be taught assertiveness from a young age.

[@jimmyjones1266]

Why is this jimmy smiling so much?????!!!!!

[@gouloune1]

If he's married to a plain Becky and has mixed children, everything else is irrelevant!

[@solomonmarfo1796]

Very good debate

[@dr.beckyspelman]

Thank you for commenting

[@ColdCubezofficial]

What job does he have a Physiotherapist?

[@ahmedyounis2900]

Now that’s the correct mindset when your a minority.

[@donaldmjbart-williams3144]

There are hundreds and thousands of people in Britain who do not want to be here, but they have no choice. Slavery and colonialism were responsible for the destruction of their country economy, industries, ripping of their minerals including the dead of millions which has for hundreds of years led to continuous discrimination and hardship. Until you are prepared to equal the playing field of wealth distribution, I am afraid that migration will continue. Western population needs education and an historical prospective of how the UK came to be what it is today.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

Thank you for sharing

[@LdnLady]

Ellon? My mum's from Peterhead

[@christopherbrown8934]

Hi Doctot, just a question here for you. No hate. Do you know what the demographic percentage of black African people make up the UK population ? And if you do I just want to ask you how you feel about it and why you think it is the figure it is.... If that makes sense. Thanks for your time.

[@marcopomilio2305]

Okorocha go to Congo 🇨🇬

[@SAJEDMUNIR]

Allah said: And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, the diversity of your languages and your colours. Indeed in that are signs for those of knowledge. Qur'an Surah Ar-Rum verse 22. A quote from Malcolm X America needs to understand Islam because this is one religion that erases from its society the race problem. We are all created from Adam and Eve, only the arrogant are racists.

[@faithkamau4129]

I am not black I learnt my colours from nursery school. all racists need to book themselves an appointment with dr Becky for a check up she's the best person to diognise their mental health issue after assessing them.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

Thank you for your comment

[@jadasmith1977]

Racist people sit in denial and never own up how they feel .

[@nhhan8124]

what exactly is her game??? in all this???

[@karenkane2922]

She is not well trained, He is interpreted even before he finish speaking ,

[@cosmopolitanwonder9675]

Terrible interviewer.

[@dr.beckyspelman]

Thanks for your comments we hope you liked the interview despite not enjoying the interviewers style.

[@evelynkadawati1497]

Therapy style not interviewer.i feel this style of interview has made him comfortable to speak more rather getting emotional 😢 it is not easy to speak about racism one has faced.

[@Baboonfromdatoon]

Black tears

[@ruling528]

And whining!

[@uptank8461]

You are a fantastic person i admire and respect the person you are very likeable, i would have you as a mate.