Bill Maher on White "Privilege" | Howie Mandel Does Stuff

[@OfficialHowieMandel]

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[@tracymiller833]

Nationally 59 police officers were killed in the line of duty from January 2021 through September 2021. This includes two special agents from the FBI’s Miami Field Office. Of the 60,105 officers who were assaulted in 2020, 18,568 (30.9%) sustained injuries. 44,421 officers were assaulted with personal weapons (e.g., hands, fists, or feet); 25.8% of these officers were injured. 2,744 officers were assaulted with firearms; 6.1% of these officers were injured. 1,180 officers were assaulted with knives or other cutting instruments; 9.7% of these officers were injured. The remaining 11,760 officers were assaulted with other types of dangerous weapons; 16.8% of these officers were injured.

[@tracymiller833]

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[@deshawnwashington3798]

Liberal-fascists pretend they're not racist, while virtue signaling for the racist things they do.

[@deshawnwashington3798]

great comment liberal fascism

[@jasonv8772]

Thank you Bill Maher , may not agree with everything you say , but I love that you don’t tolerate identity politics.

[@leftwinghorror]

Bill Maher rocks it on that front.

[@a.i.8583]

The "talk" argument is such bullshit. I'm white and I was taught how to act when I'm pulled over: both hands on steering wheel. Yes sir/ma'am, no sir/ma'am. If all of these black men getting shot by police have had "the talk" why, in all of the body cam footage of black men being shot by police are they not complying with police? Oh, but they've had "the talk". I haven't seen one black man killed by police that was complying with the officers every word. These liberals are full of horse droppings!

[@TheBluCannon]

(you sure you watched the vid with volume?) He does tolerate & acknowledge although expressed with seemingly little empathy l- he just had a different name for privilege.

[@jasonv8772]

@Nice Lady i don’t believe in white privilege , but I do believe in majority privilege ,skin color or whiteness has nothing to do with it . In Africa , Mexico , China , etc . My white butt gets no “privilege” or as bill says “advantage “

[@citizenoftheninthdivision]

All politics is identity politics.

[@jasonisaac9614]

As a black man from who lives in a 80% white community. I never once have even worried about police harming me or even thought about having any disadvantages compared to anybody else.

[@thadlincolnii7398]

Jason Isaac, GOOD for you. There are many others who have been unjustly harassed in majority wht neighborhoods

[@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr]

@@thadlincolnii7398 but for every innocent African American who was harassed without probable cause, there are 10 or 15 legit African American culprits. A few bad apples can spoil a barrel.

[@jslice1978]

@@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr and for every legit African American culprit as you put it, there is 10 to 15 white Americans that should be harassed by police for the nonsense they’re subjecting people to

[@Rabbitwannagrabit]

@@thadlincolnii7398 That happens to everyone....

[@bryanbenson6551]

Uh oh, we have 1 black man who didn't experience what so many others have...it MUST BE FAKE, RIGHT?? I mean, I have fished for elusive musky for 3 years and still empty handed. With your logic, they must be extinct, right??

[@MtnMig]

I was a college professor that served on many hiring committees - the last thing you would want to be as an applicant is to be a white male applicant. So much for privilege. Race and gender also played a role in grading. No professor wants to risk being called racist so they over compensate by making sure no minority will have reason to complain. I hated the bs so much I quit.

[@sophieboisvert]

Exactly. I speak two languages English and French I always wanted to work for Telus I had abusive parents but I manage to get two college degrees and finish my high school even though I went to school for the first time at 17 years old People can’t believe my story yet immigrants don’t even talk for you to understand them but they work at Telus Amazon but I never had that luck. Talk about privilege. It’s a big lie. Some, not all Black people dislike whites out of jealousy I endure them hate and racism until I couldn’t stand them now they will prove they don’t hate me before I am nice to them I have been burnt enough. Ps I use to defend them I. Social media before I the show the View they always show poor black victims of white peoples only one narrative to prove how whites are bad well one day I saw their bias and their hate and I was done… see how they turn a nice white personne defending them against themselves. They are racist and full of hate. Ps slaves means employees In the Bible A long time ago that’s what employees where called. Slaves.

[@Mop909Head]

Im a teacher is California and every district hires diversity over white. Privilege is becoming extremely trivial since everyone seems to have a privilege somewhere now.

[@JimH.]

Actually that's incorrect, the last thing you would want to be is a straight, white male applicant.

[@nighttrain316]

and that is pretty sad you admitted that you had essentially, racist hiring practices against whites! yet, whites are still called the racists in this country.

[@KCal1213]

You are so full shit; I sit on those committees now, and this fallacy of the power of the White man is being held back. White men are not being held back; in fact the data shows they get hired more than anyone else. He keeps on this Whoopi Goldberg thing. Let it go she isn't into you.

[@spritenews5358]

That was tremendous. Howie (who I’ve loved since I was 15 yrs old) went for the “white guys don’t get to have an opinion” and Maher was having none of it!

[@josephkelly255]

I'm in Philadelphia area , just watch the news who are committing the vast majority of the crimes. never hear the police are looking for a Asian

[@brianmeen2158]

It’s unfortunate that Howie truly doesn’t understand how idiotic that view is

[@christerry1773]

It’s amazing how many white people gave just caved into the race religion. It’s just like bill says, let’s live in the year we live in.

[@shan4292]

Bill has a habit of taking someone’s comment and twisting it. He doesn’t have the patience or intellect/emotional intelligence to understand where Howie’s comment is coming from. It’s appropriate to note the value of an African-American voice on the topic of “pretty good progress“ wrt race relations and racism per se.

[@christerry1773]

@@jj1825 so you speak for all white people? So I guess I could speak for how black people think.

[@bhg123ful]

I get what Maher is saying. I understand and agree with him. The word “privilege” is associated with being born with a silver spoon in your mouth and being a legacy applicant to Ivy League schools and things like that. Advantage is a much broader term, and at the same time is also specific. Privilege suggests you are part of an elite class.

[@theakountant8444]

Agreed. Note that specific instances spelled out by Bill could also be applied to other races. Advantage is a much better term, because it speaks to a specific situation. All races and types of people have certain advantages and disadvantages. Some they are born with, others are given to them by the state. Calling this a generic privilege for a specific race really makes the situation worse.

[@TheBluCannon]

Mere semantics

[@jamesrutterford576]

@@TheBluCannon semantics are important when you’re talking about two words with very different connotations. It may not be important for strictly academic purposes but if ‘white privilege’ would be better accepted as ‘white advantage’ it’s an important discussion. I personally have always found ‘white privilege’ to be a bit of an uncomfortable term, not because I don’t understand what it’s trying to get at but because it doesn’t quite convey the point appropriately, as bill outlined quite well.

[@ericgutierrez2936]

Whatever you call it, is of course, in the ambit of the majority. The majority has the total authority to define the minority, including what we're called and how that name identifies us. Think of why Irish-Americans are just White and Mexican-Americans are called Hispanic, Latinos - we don't decide on these names for a reason.. They ensure our distinction, otherness if you will from the ruling majority. We cant just be what we collectively decide to call ourselves. The US Census, linguistics do that for us. Um, we never had a Zoom call to vote on it, lol. In any case, Bill Maher makes some good points about his life in the 80s as a comic - but I surmise, his career trajectory didn't include overt discrimination based on race - if so, there would be a lawsuit, right? Bottom line as he sits now, a white male billionaire, life is pretty damn good. He prefers black women, but I dare say, he can get whomever he wants. It's a matter of money and affluence now. It's an undisputed fact, race and ethnicity are inherently tied to class and well, poverty.

[@ericgutierrez2936]

Another minor point, one tactic employed by the majority with respect to their own personal experiences of societal "disadvantage" is to point to a single incident when a minority seemed to get an apparent, unfair advantage. For example, in law school in Seattle, the overwhelmingly white students would point out the Latino Microsoft millionaire's daughter who got into the law school, apparently based solely on her ethnicity. How they surmised that, I'm not sure. But I do know that a millionaire anything by default has a charmed life. And of course, all of the white students got in solely on merit - even if there Dad is a Superior Court Judge, Grandpa is a founding partner at a major law firm. Whether you believe or not in collective guilt, surely, collective benefit is a nice perk. It's interesting how Bill Maher seems less forthright on calling out illogical disparities in this case, as he did so fervently with religion in his documentary. His hesitance comes perhaps, because in the latter, it hits a personal nerve as white male. I believe he was raised Catholic, but is non-practicing. Easier to joke about something that exists outside yourself. I think he's smart, funny at times. But if I were a black chick - I'm a Latino gay man - watch out. Lol.

[@jcbever1511]

I'm white and back in the 70's my parents had "the talk" with me about being pulled over by the police. According to these people, I guess I was the exception.

[@brett84c]

My only issue with people in show business, like Howie, is they have to walk on eggshells and seem to try too hard to remain politically correct for the sake of their jobs.

[@thadlincolnii7398]

You know something Social cover, it appears you guys want other groups to have a thick skin when certain comments are directed at them. However, When the comments are directed at guys like yourself, you get highly offended. Example, Hillary Clinton called "half of Trump voters "deplor%%%%%". Obama made a comment that certain conservative voters "cling to guns and religion" when they don't understand certain occurrences. Both statements were completely true. Guys like yourself went nuts over them.

[@papaagidi2838]

You nailed it, just pandering to the woke people

[@vugaddi160]

110% it’s embarrassing tbh

[@jonRboy]

I find PC attitudes and 'wokeness' usually ridiculous. However, with that said, I have a sneaking suspicion that a whole lot of people that spend tons of time *harping* on those two things do it because it gives *their* regressive political and social views *cover*. Yeah, there.... I said it. That they've created a two headed bogeyman (PC'ness and wokeness) to rail against that gives *them* cover to turn the clock back 30 years. A lot of these folks might have been anti-civil rights movement back in the '60's if they were there. But now, they have a couple of 'catch-all' phrases to dismiss *anything* even reasonable things about social justice, etc. I'm not saying all people do this but I think a pretty good percentage do.

[@pdcdesign9632]

Howie is just lazy and prefers to play the political game but we still have way too many racists cops in 2022 shooting black people compared to other countries.

[@aimsmallcq1218]

Howie; I have facts Bill; what are they Howie; I don't know.

[@grantdelacy325]

Bill said, "so you're talking out of your ass" LMAO... I think not enough people are exposed to conversation like without blowing up and being "offended"

[@akatgif]

​@@grantdelacy325 😁

[@stephencarlson3523]

This is my first time stumbling onto Howie’s channel and I gotta say…this clip did not make him seem very intelligent

[@kommisar.]

@@stephencarlson3523 Same with his bimbo sidekick.

[@christerry1773]

@@grantdelacy325 that was epic I’ll say. I don’t like some things about Bill, but he’s spot on.

[@neildennis7294]

Howie’s daughter is an example of how sheltered and blind to reality millennials are. Bill could have easily lost a stand up job to a black comic at a club in Detroit, DC, or Harlem in the 80s for same exact reasons.

[@GhostSal]

Exactly what I was thinking, or in today’s wøke cultural, lose out everywhere.

[@Marny5580]

Howie was born and raised and lives as a Jew. He *must* know that this country is STILL very very Anti-Semitic! White privilege? Yes, as long as you're not a Jew. Yes, when a black woman and I went for the same job, I got the job. However, once they found out I am a Jew, I was fired! White privilege? By whom? Christians??!!! Surely, you jest. Privilege or Advantage? - if I saw either Bill or Howie, and wanted to say hello - they most likely don't just stop and chit chat. I'm not their friend. However, if they came up to me and want to chat, I would definitely stop and chit chat.

[@abirdnamedwill]

Millennials, and Gen Z consistently the hardest working, and most highly educated populations to have lived in the past 2 centuries with access to a far broader and more diverse world and with access to far less propagandized versions of history, philosophy etc than any generations to exist before them ( including Bill's ) are the ones who are sheltered and blind?

[@abirdnamedwill]

Straight up just with common sense alone, and an understanding of the kind of access to knowledge they have, you could easily see how that concept makes no sense whatsoever.

[@discernment8963]

Nothing like a reality check when you've got 2 Lefty's debating the ways of the world, although Maher's grasp on reality and willingness to actually be much more open and honest than the typical Leftist celebrity has been a recent surprising breath fresh air. I'd never claim there hasn't been some unfair treatment of blacks, but if you weren't a Mayflower descendant just about everybody's dealt with something. The reality is most from anywhere are treated better here than their country of origin. The squeakiest wheel gets the grease though doesn't it? Comedian wise it appears black comics were crossing lines, breaking rules etc, and not just getting away with it but being rewarded before most others from what I remember. Richard Pryor is still most people's (deservedly so) from all backgrounds favorite or close to it comedian, so's Eddie Murphy for that matter, no?

[@bowagner7856]

I love Bills thinly veiled shots at Howies daughter. “Rich white kids telling struggling white people about their privilege is obnoxious”. You can totally tell he’s annoyed he had to listen to her speak

[@MrGigaHurtz]

It must have been hard having a discussion about privelage andnot pointing out the obvious privilege of having his daughter as a cohost

[@lambro3001]

To her credit though, how many privileged white women do you know who are educators and teach in the inner city?

[@bfsgman]

@@lambro3001 It literally sounds like a cliched movie premise. It reminds me of the bit Bill Burr did. "They just have to make a difference."

[@lambro3001]

@@bfsgman damned if they do, damned if they don't

[@BroughtCat]

Howie's daughter is your typical white liberal spoiled daughter of a celebrity that's university educated and thinks if she uses all these antifa terms that she's better than everyone else, that she matters, but she doesn't..

[@bobbyboywonder12]

My god. Bill Maher has literally become the voice of reason. Winning me over Bill

[@norwegianblue2017]

I just found out that he admits to owning guns and thinks "assault rifle" bills won't change anything. I mean I know he is getting red-pilled more every day, but that really surprised me.

[@paoloemano5502]

@@norwegianblue2017 did you just start listening to bill in the last year or two? He’s been the same for many many years. The left keeps moving farther left and the right keeps moving farther right. 5 years ago the gop saw him as a “crazy liberal”. Shit, trump still calls him that

[@skidmoda]

@@paoloemano5502 no the left keep moving way the hell out there. The right hasn't moved much. I go with the sane people. Mahr is the slowest red pill ever, still an idiot but he is coming around very very slowly.

[@norwegianblue2017]

@@paoloemano5502 The right keeps moving further right? That is definitely not true. Not in the US anyway. Democrats of the 80s-90s are further right than most Republicans today.

[@wyomikey65]

That's because Bill is an old school liberal. He absolutely cannot stand the woke culture

[@BlazingOwnager]

My favorite part is how Maher won't let the subject change the minute it gets uncomfortable. He keeps it on target. Well played.

[@mrjohnnyk]

People who try to move the goalpost when they start to lose are notorious for trying to change the subject as they lose.

[@IceColdProfessional]

Bill Maher is having no one's shit in his old age. He's been going on other people's podcasts and taking them to task on the issues. He's a vanguard, a champion, a tour de force in the realm of satire!

[@ferriveiro3101]

Bill Maher really knew his stuff, and he had the patience of a saint dealing with Howie Mandel after he kept interrupting him. Yes, you DO need to have statistics and facts before you assert things. And yes, white people CAN weigh in on issues of race. I hope Howie Mandel can learn from this interaction and improve going forward.

[@nyc4233]

I don't know what you guys were hearing! Howie never said there are more black killed by the cops than white people! It's Maher who cut him off before he could make his point! Howie was pointing out the fact that black men have to be extra diligent and black parents have to have the kind of conversation than white folks don't have to worry about. That 's a fact which Maher ends up agreeing with. Howie' argument was not about stats and he was in fact talking about people he knows. How many time do you think Maher has been unnecessarily stopped by the police?

[@sean_miller]

Growing up as a lower middle class white guy, my dad absolutely gave me the whole “don’t talk back to police, keep your hands visible, no sudden movements” conversation multiple times. I totally agree that blacks have to deal with police bias, but I’ve always found it weird that people act like the basic guidelines of police interactions are somehow exclusively applicable to blacks. Every parent regardless of color should teach their kids those precautions.

[@peterlustig9089]

should they? that's not a discussion i would have with my child here in germany. sounds like your police need to chill or they get into too many situations with armed loonies. any way you turn it. that does not sound right.

[@atarileaf]

@@peterlustig9089 exactly. It's America's gun nut culture. If I was a cop there I'd think everyone I pulled over might be packing. In Canada we don't have those conversations with our kids either

[@genxer1]

It always seemed like common sense to me. A person I may not know with a beltful of weapons who doesn't know me is walking up to my car, especially at night. Common sense would seem to dictate that getting mouthy, getting out of the car on them, moving around a lot or giving the impression of reaching for something or hiding something is not a good idea and won't work out well for me. I live in the southern U.S. and like some of the other posters have commented, almost every house and many of the people and vehicles have guns, so you really can't blame a cop for being aware of that and cautious of it.

[@Ghost-fe1vp]

Black people arent dealing with police bias theyre commiting crimes at a higher rate and being treated kinder than whites. You need to look at crimes commited to get a full understanding.

[@sean_miller]

@@Ghost-fe1vp I've looked at the available data in detail. I agree that it shows a higher rate of violence among blacks, but police/judicial bias is a factor as well (particularly noticeable in sentencing). I have not seen any data to suggest that blacks are treated better than whites. Feel free to point me toward any data/studies I may have missed.

[@BrockLanders]

This conversation made me realize how completely the Left wing media has fried everyone’s brains. Fortunately, Bill seems to be figuring it lately.

[@bryanbenson6551]

Lol...yeah sure! I'm sure the fact he's now one of the TOP 1% in the entire country, I'm sure THAT has nothing to do with his moving to the right! They almost ALL DO THAT...BECAUSE THEY WANT MORE OF THEIR MONEY AND WE ALL KNOW HOW REPUBS HATE PAYING ANY TAXES. And if you don't think going from earning maybe $50,000/yr. to amassing over 140 MILLION changes your perspective, IF you're weak minded already, then you don't understand people who worship their GOD...money.

[@buckchile614]

They were talking about the same thing. Fox news is getting sued over their take on voting machines(bigly!) You must be scared of the ghost Chavez too. The smell is your own brain frying on fox & friends

[@matthewrider6453]

Hey now! I'm a universal healthcare, universal basic income, universal pre-K & free community college/trade school kinda guy... I believe in social democracy! But I ABSOLUTELY LOATHE wokeism & cancel culture! It's like Carlin said, "Political correctness (aka Wokeism 🙄) is just Fascism, pretending to have manners."

[@jonRboy]

@@matthewrider6453 Yeah, but keep in mind that a lot of people who loathe wokeism and cancel culture like you ALSO do not share your views on social democracy. In other words they use the now popular woke-bashing and cancel culture-bashing to hide their regressive political stances. They get to sneak their awful views 'in' due to the overreach of the woke idiots. It's sort of like someone going through a controlled doorway using a cardkey, and some guy 'tail-gates' them and sneaks in right behind them without their own card-key. People with a lot of regressive attitudes towards social justice and social democracy are 'sneaking in' and using the anti-woke and anti-PC attitudes as 'cover' to hide their *truly* awful stances towards people that don't look like them or are culturally different than them.

[@pdcdesign9632]

Howie is just lazy and prefers to play the political game but we still have way too many racists cops in 2022 shooting black people compared to other countries.

[@Cipher_X_x]

Bill Maher crushed it

[@jamesball6069]

Wow, I'm white and my dad had "the talk" with me about dealing with COPs. I'm 60 so it has always been a problem. He told me to be polite, do as you're told (defend your rights in court), move slowly and keep your hands in sight and mostly on the steering wheel. You'll also notice both agreed you should respect the police. That isn't true across the board with all groups in America.

[@spokentruth5909]

I’m black and not all cops I’ve encountered were hostile to me but the ones who are I feel if I was white they wouldn’t be as rude and call me names

[@sean_miller]

@@spokentruth5909 Yeah, I have some upper middle class black friends who have had some unnecessary police interactions that I'm sure would not have happened if they were white. Bias in policing is definitely a thing.

[@dorothyhill5056]

As a white mom, I coached my son how to act on an encounter with police: put hands on steering wheel, don’t make sudden moves, be respectful etc.

[@JTH43]

Yes I’ve also done that as a white father. That’s just how I’ve always handled being pulled over and it goes a long way. It amazes me when I see people arguing with cops, pulling out their little cell phone and filming then or just being confrontational. Are you trying to get arrested??

[@jasonhenry8067]

I’m listening to this guy like “so you told a kid he could act however he wanted around cops because he’s white? Are you trying to get him killed?”

[@rossrobertson674]

This is the BS of the white liberal, telling your kids how to act with the police is mandatory no matter what your race is, also if black people are the only ones having this convo with their kids then why is it their kids that are always acting aggressive and outta line when pulled over?

[@joshuagould548]

That's awesome. No one taught me, I just put two and two together: I don't want to be suspected of trying to harm the police officer and starting some misunderstood altercation, so I keep my hands visible at all times. Nothing to do with race.

[@TheSterlingArcher16]

And that applies to all races. The unfortunate reality is a lot of people, particularly black kids are falsely told the police are out to get them, which leads them to fight and get in more hostile encounters with them which just perpetuates the rates of police shootings and incarceration.

[@birddog9201]

Bill Maher has spoke truth here good for him not cowering to Howies bs.

[@CrazySC833]

Wow, never, EVER thought I'd see the day when I would agree with Bill on ANYTHING, but god damnit, the point he makes here is statistically and absolutely factually correct.

[@GhostSal]

He started to have the facts right but also at the end caved a little too much before getting to the root cause. Pølice ínteractions are directly related to críme ràtes and deàdly ínteractions are specífically related to víolent críme ratès. The argument with poverty being the cause of críme has some truth to it BUT not when it comes to víolent críme. That’s a culturàl phenomenøn and the culturè ítself needs to change. The stat is half, half of all víolent críme, year after year, is commítted by our Błack populatíon. That’s not a racíst talking poínt, that’s a DØJ/FBÍ stat. People almost always błame pøverty for this stat but there are plenty of places throughout the gløbe that are completely safè and very pøør. The issue of pøverty needs to be addressed but so does the cułture of víolence… And no culturè ísn’t code for skín color, nor is víolent behavíor ínnate. I highly recommend you watch Thomas Sowell explain the ínner cíty culturè to better understand this issue.

[@elcee3292]

​@GhostSal you're basically saying violence is an intrinsic character trait in black poor people, whereas whites are just poor. Given the number of mass shootings by white I'd think white people have very violent tendencies as well. Or maybe us Americans are just a violent group

[@Baldiviesoje]

Bill Maher owned howie with real stats and facts, not by emotions, nice.

[@jorgevillavicenciope910]

Couldn’t explain the difference between advantage and privilege, 🤔

[@Baldiviesoje]

@@jorgevillavicenciope910 that’s all you took from the podcast ? Really??

[@jonRboy]

@@Baldiviesoje I too found that annoying on Maher's part. It's like he is going out of his way to be Mr. Polemics just to be a dick. He seems to like his new job of poking fun of non-Conservatives and non-Right Wingers. That's fine; I enjoy it. But that I think is at the root of his little hissy fit over the 'advantage' vs 'privilege' faux issue. He was just aching to find conflict with these two other people ASAP. Geez, Bill.....why start out like that? 'But here's the deal: Maher probably knows this but I'll just say it clearly: A lot of people applauding him on his 'self-critique' of 'the Left' are only doing it because they are on the Right....and are loving the pushback merely because someone is harping on people they disagree with. It's interesting that the Right doesn't seem to have the equivalent of a Maher, that is a self-critical person on the Right who is willing to take a look at Right Wing whack-job-ism and drawing the line over the excesses.

[@Blackman19498]

Don’t pretend like y’all love bill Maher, and he is acting butt hurt because he got called out for using the n word, but he ain’t shit

[@pdcdesign9632]

Howie is just lazy and prefers to play the political game but we still have way too many racists cops in 2022 shooting black people compared to other countries.

[@_jk94]

“Privilege” is to advantage what “sin” is to mistake. This is not a matter of semantics. It is the imposition of ideological language onto an unconsenting mass.

[@wendygodin2716]

I am white and so are my kids and I still had the "police stop" talk with my kids when they got their drivers licenses. It is just good parenting.

[@jaycee4504]

-Was poor with a single mom, beat down in minority communities and by the police many times, in group homes , jails , hospitals , boys homes and a disabled war vet in homeless shelters . you can have my white privilege plz ! Besides we're from Ireland and we're not even hear during slavery.... Howie isn't a CWB 🏁 so he wouldn't know that it's hard for some white people too.. it's really just a poor thing..

[@AceMcSch00ly]

Agreed

[@republitarian484]

Most white people did not have ancestry linked to colonialism or slavery (Polish, Hungarian, Irish, German, Swedish, etc.). And yet there are many "Hispanics" that do have ancestral ties to slavery and colonialism. They're "Hispanics" with Spanish Ancestry. You'll know it when the media will label them "white Hispanic". . .as it's not meant to demonize the "Hispanic" part but just the white part. 50% of Mexico is comprised of Spanish ancestry.

[@sophieboisvert]

Same with me haha your not alone. The immigration here is killing our cities no more housing or work and we suffer so much. Their hypocrisy and racist and hate they can all keep it I am having none of it. Bill Maher is the voice of reason here.

[@aimsmallcq1218]

00:23 Howie; "You WILL acknowledge" Bill; "I will not"

[@kristinholland06]

Wow, I’ve never listened to Howie Mandel before but Bill wiped him out with facts and logic. Howie argued the way most progressives I meet argue, no statistics, no facts, just emotional arguments. I also love how Bill had a clear picture of the point he was going to make and planned ahead of time by making sure to get it in and redirect multiple times even with Howie constantly trying to jump to another point because Howie knew Bill was going to systematically dismantle his emotional assertions.

[@spokentruth5909]

How ? He still believes in white privilege just calls it white advantage

[@undead_corsair]

The problem I find with the term 'white privilege' is very much that privilege is a word with many connotations a lot of regular people don't want to be labeled with. Privilege suggests power, status, wealth, elitism, the upper class and comes with an implication that one should feel guilty for having more than they deserve. Most average working class and middle class people are gonna dislike being called privileged, especially if they've had to work very hard to get by and have gone through their own problems in life. To address the systemic inequalities that poc face we have to get more people to understand them, but you don't achieve that by telling working class white people they're privileged, that just pisses them off and drives the towards people like Trump.

[@thadlincolnii7398]

Undead Corsair, l AGREE with your post regarding why many average wht people dont understand the privilege argument. Many are the same ones who think a number of thier problems are caused by M inorites taking thier jobs or getting government money that belongs to them. To assist with thier frustration, Many also belong or sympathize with the nearly 200 wht supremist and nationalist groups in America .

[@thadlincolnii7398]

Undead you also CORRECT that using terms like wht privilege could drive some towards Trump. However, there is no question that biggest reason so many blue collar whts are driven to Trump is the years of propaganda from far right extremist and mostly Republicans. From Strom Thurmond to Wallace to Nixon to the likes of lying President Trump, Marjorie Taylor Green crazies like Alex Jones, Mike Lindell, , the QANON conspiracy theories, and lies on FOX, OAN, and Newsmax. No reference to wht pr privilege can top that.

[@indyatmn420]

A shrewd woke person would argue that they don't want to make white people feel guilty at all (even though they do). The most important connotation (and why woke people insist on using it ,and why it's a problem) is that the "privileged" person is somehow out of touch (with the average person). The reason Woke people INSIST on using it, is because of that connotation. It's a subtle ad hominem attack that also absolves them of having to respond to logical critiques with any logic of their own. The minute you say someone is "privileged" in a debate or a discussion, the topic is no longer whatever is being discussed, but the "privileged" person. Conveniently (for the woke), the only way to demonstrate you are working past your "privilege" is to agree with them.

[@thestoicwhinger]

I think that's part of the answer. On the other side of the privilege coin, there's the increasing comfort and support that comes with being a victim. It removes a certain degree of accountability, and is extremely attractive to some

[@normw4705]

Very well said and it also belittles the achievements that average white people attain in their lives. I agree with Jordan Peterson when he said, there is no white privilege there is majority privilege and it happens in every country in the world based on the race that makes up the majority.

[@bodyluge8994]

Howie Mandel is living in a bubble. The average person doesn't host talk shows and open brief cases for money. I'd GLADLY trade my position for his

[@noahsembly]

I think what Bill was saying is that there are moments where one has gotten an advantage because of skin color but Privilege is like it's a 24/7 thing where they're always handed things and adored and the person has had to do nothing on their own to get where they are or improve upon it.

[@adamburling9551]

Privilege (on this particular topic ) means you're throwing one race in an entire basket of being privileged. When Bill mentioned here that it's probably annoying hearing some rich young kid talk about white privilege, to some struggling coalminer. Well, that's a small example.

[@elleshock4571]

Our children are white, and we have taught them to keep their hands on 10 and 2 if pulled over until told to do otherwise and to treat the officer with respect. I don't think this should only be told to black drivers.

[@pissupehelwan]

You are missing the point entirely. The difference is that your advice to your children is optional from the point of view of the outcome of an interaction with the police. For a black kid, it could be the difference between life and death.

[@metalthrashingmadman1599]

@@pissupehelwan it could be the difference between life or death for anyone

[@notchedbandit]

@@metalthrashingmadman1599 But statistically speaking the risk is higher when you're a black kid. It really isn't rocket science, folks.

[@metalthrashingmadman1599]

@@notchedbandit no it isn't rocket science...like I said it could happen to anyone...if you don't do everything right when you get pulled over..the cops could easily get the wrong idea and think you're reaching for a weapon. I literally had a cop warn me about this after I got pulled over because I immediately reached for my license and registration. Most likely he deduced that I probably didn't reach for a gun after seeing my body language and running my license plate. You can try your best to make it a race issue all you want if that's what you truly want to believe...it's not tho

[@charlesg7926]

@@pissupehelwan that’s an idiotic statement because there is a ton of videos of cops shooting unarmed white people when the white people attacked the police. The media loves covering blacks shot by cops tho #narrative

[@josephclark5414]

I don’t normally watch Howie Mandell. This will not change after listening to him. That was f***ing painful! Thank you Bill!

[@ivanoranrof9577]

I only clicked on this because of Bill. Had never heard of Howie. Boy oh boy, Howie is an uninformed voter.

[@GodsCosmicBollock]

That last point from Bill was brilliant - people can be wrong because they're not close enough to a situation but people can also be wrong because they're too close. It's what the phrase "can't see the wood for the trees" means and people don't mention it enough in this age in which "lived experience" is taken before objective fact.

[@isla2974]

I am a Bangladeshi living in the US. I never felt underprivileged due to being a brown Bangladeshi guy. It never crossed my mind. People have group identities and it is easier to work closely and efficiently when people share the same group identity.

[@casebased8391]

Immigrants do better than the native population due to “brain drain”. It’s the ones with degrees like doctors, engineers, etc. and a waiting job that are accepted as legal immigrants, not the uneducated. They don’t have the same history in this country as black Americans whose ancestors were brought by force thru slavery. Nigerian immigrants for instance, are doing great in the US, while the native black population have a low average income, high school graduation rate, and college acceptance rates. I think the “cops are racist” claim is bs though, blacks are not killed disproportionately more in relation to crime.

[@JPMNRB]

I am Hispanic and I can relate to your comment, I never had that issue with police personally but I didn't live in a bad neighborhood either.

[@jeffreyval9665]

Yeah your right but unfortunately extreme leftist consider that a racist statement and if a white person said something like that their automatically considered a racist. Democrats need racism to push their extremist views.

[@barbaraibiel]

You wrote, "it is easier to work closely and efficiently when people share the same group identity." So does that mean you are against diversity?

[@barbaraibiel]

Would a white person have white privilege in Bangladesh?

[@RockGlock10]

We were taught how to deal with cops if pulled over or encountered. It came from parents, grandparents, and, for goodness sake, High School drivers Ed class. Howie is still crazy.

[@pdcdesign9632]

Howie is just lazy and prefers to play the political game but we still have way too many racists cops in 2022 shooting black people compared to other countries.

[@a.i.8583]

The "talk" argument is such bullshit. I'm white and I was taught how to act when I'm pulled over: both hands on steering wheel. Yes sir/ma'am, no sir/ma'am. If all of these black men getting shot by police have had "the talk" why, in all of the body cam footage of black men being shot by police are they not complying with police? Oh, but they've had "the talk". I haven't seen one black man killed by police that was complying with the officers every word. These liberals are full of horse droppings!

[@bethladenheim6055]

Yes, I am 63, white and have always respected the police when I get stopped. I am polite, only respond when spoken to and remain calm. I might still get a ticket or perhaps a warning if I’m lucky but I don’t become insolent ever. And I taught my three kids to do the same. BTW, they’re all white.

[@jcb4826]

I'm white and my parents had the same discussion with me. They act like only black people have to have a discussion about how to act when you get pulled over. Smh

[@rossrobertson674]

Also if black people HAVE to have this conversation with their kids then why are there so many videos of their kids acting a fool when pulled over

[@michaelwayne7887]

Hey Howie : The rest of us who have not received millions of dollars for putting a rubber glove over our heads do not feel any kind of shame or guilt that you must feel for being successful. Not people who dig ditches or work in a factory. Not a shred of guilt here. You've definitely earned the privilege of bearing your own burden, friend.

[@genxer1]

He's a typical rich, out of touch elitist, trying to tell the rest of us how to feel with no facts to back it up. Yes, he's privileged, he's a millionaire. The vast majority of us aren't that fortunate. I've worked hard to get what I have and don't feel a bit of guilt or shame for any of it.

[@adamfindlay7091]

Howie did his comedy thing that doesn't mean it was handed to him . Success isn't a birth right and all comedians pay their dues.

[@fiamond]

Bill making a lot of sense these days

[@pdcdesign9632]

You have not been paying attention over the last 20 years. Bill also has been criticizing how RELIGIONS get away with almost anything. I wonder when that will become a national debate and we can make progress.

[@paoloemano5502]

You’re late to the party. Funny how people who labeled him a crazy leftist a few years ago all of a sudden think he has moved to the right even tho he’s had the same opinions the entire time. You seem like another low information voter

[@eoinoconnell185]

He's turning conservative.

[@take7upyours822]

@@pdcdesign9632 In some instances, he's right. Like when it comes to some gold decked preacher trying to fleece his flock so he can get 5 private jets. There are definitely those who abuse the "religious" organization title. That may be something worth looking at, to say the least, but the community churches who feed the homeless, provide shelter, provide refuge for battered women or start non profit orphanages, and don't have much in terms of finances beyond that, are doing good for society. Leave those people alone. We can definitely agree that there are bad people with ill intent in any organization, religious or not, it's those bad apples we should be looking at, rather than trying to use them as the excuse to shut the whole thing down. Which is a grave injustice to the good people there, doing good for society, and the world.

[@christinechepeleffwaybackr8225]

He sure is.

[@christhibodeau9338]

Howie, I had that exact conversation with my four boys while teaching them to drive and we are white. To teach them proper etiquette when getting pulled over to make sure everyone goes home safe is a conversation every parent should have with their child and is not exclusively black or white. So perhaps it is not a black or white issue but is an affluent issue where some of the wealthy people and celebrities do not have the same mindset as the rest of the common Folk.

[@rollastudent]

That’s the real privilege divide, but they seem less enthusiastic about discussing that

[@mmohr1774]

Me too with my nephews and when my son is of driving age I will do the same thing. People think this is a race issue. NO! Its a militarization of the police issue.

[@rahuldahoob4513]

@@rollastudent I'm not fat

[@rahuldahoob4513]

@@mmohr1774 I'm not gay

[@PockASqueeno]

I think I understand what he’s getting at with the difference between advantage and privilege. Advantage - As a white person, I’m slightly less likely to have a violent encounter with the police than a black person. Privilege - I’m slightly less likely to have a violent encounter with the police than a black person-AND this is my fault and I should feel guilty for it.

[@Floydisgr8]

I love how they're taking shots at each other and just moving on from it. Haven't seen the entire interview yet but this is how it's supposed to go. Nobody getting hysterical, no yelling matches, just a calm discussion.

[@JimH.]

I really don't see it as them taking shots, more of Howie and his daughter trying to be woke and getting HARD fact checked. Bill using actual numbers without skipping a beat was E P I C.

[@Floydisgr8]

@@JimH. Idk, it feels like people are so quick to become defensive when corrected, or disagreed with nowadays, that I'm kinda surprised when the two parties aren't yelling at each other, and calling each other names when it happens.

[@Floydisgr8]

@@JimH. I agree though btw

[@davidlavery8336]

Well I'm white, and my dad gave me that exact speech when I first started driving. Puts your hands on the steering wheel, don't reach for anything and just be polite and do what they ask. It hasn't let me down yet. It's the ones who didn't get that talking to growing are the ones disrespecting cops and getting there faced shoved in the ground. If you do what I just mentioned above regardless of races, and you aren't doing anything illegal. I guarantee you, you'll drive away safely and not get shot. But maybe a ticket for whatever they wanted to give you one for. You don't dispute it there, you dispute it in court.

[@texast-bone2447]

I lost a job to a less capable black guy. The boss told me he was "Required" to interview a black candidate, and if he was a technician of any ability, the boss would have to hire him. I am not sure where my white privilege came into play. I just went on another interview and got a job. I didn't care that a less qualified guy got the job. I felt sorry for the company which would have to train someone instead of getting a better, more qualified tech. I moved on. I had a great career. I hope the other guy did, too.

[@tracymiller833]

Nationally 59 police officers were killed in the line of duty from January 2021 through September 2021. This includes two special agents from the FBI’s Miami Field Office. Of the 60,105 officers who were assaulted in 2020, 18,568 (30.9%) sustained injuries. 44,421 officers were assaulted with personal weapons (e.g., hands, fists, or feet); 25.8% of these officers were injured. 2,744 officers were assaulted with firearms; 6.1% of these officers were injured. 1,180 officers were assaulted with knives or other cutting instruments; 9.7% of these officers were injured. The remaining 11,760 officers were assaulted with other types of dangerous weapons; 16.8% of these officers were injured.

[@virtualSimBS]

Fuck cops

[@snorkeldorktheconqueror9580]

Definitely was the time of Antifa, and Blm. Even with the bad year police just barely broke the top 10 in dangerous jobs. We may have a spike this year also.

[@bluebird6300]

@MasteroMatter is your opinion based of feelings or fact? Appears to be feelings 🤔

[@bluebird6300]

@MasteroMatter 🙌❤

[@bluebird6300]

@MasteroMatter i didn't see your analysis

[@dealmaven123]

lmao literally every statement Howie tried to make was wrong, and Bill directly called out and corrected his bullshit talking points right to his face. Epic.

[@hillbillyjesus-p4o]

Bill Maher was an absolute legend in this clip, more people like him are needed to bridge the gap of hatred towards each other.

[@upsidedown584]

I’m a white parent and I have explained to my white son how to act if he ever gets pulled over. It’s not a race thing. It’s a respect thing.

[@JimNortonsAlcoholism]

Lol

[@jacobpetersen5662]

Same here

[@badguy5591]

Respectfully it's no where near the same thing! your white son will never be judged by his skin tone!

[@somepunkrookie76]

I, as a white male was taught the 2 and 10 rule when dealing with police. I was taught to give them "no" reason to feel that they had to defend themselves. I was taught to be respectful and non-confrontational. Each person has individual experiences, so to put people into a categories based on something they have no control over is reckless and irresponsible.

[@umdfan87]

Best part is when Bill calls Howie out for not knowing police shooting data yet he stands dead firm to a platform he knows nothing (from an aggregate data perspective) about

[@spokentruth5909]

What homie said was true tho . He’s talking about blk ppl he knows like his friends experience

[@umdfan87]

@@spokentruth5909 understood but that’s just anecdotal evidence. Aggregate data is all that should matter if one wants to properly analyze these police shooting assertions

[@tyronmegawatts6580]

My friend with MS is 60, has had it since he was 24. He works hard to make a living, walks with bent legs. He was told he is where he is because of “white privilege.”

[@msenlightened]

He has a disadvantage sure. But there are two problems he won’t ever have (assuming he is a white male) to worry about is being a woman and the terror of being black. One disadvantage doesn’t negate any advantages or privileges. I have nice teeth privilege and it has helped me get jobs, make good first impressions. But that doesn’t negate the hell that is living as a black woman. Many things can be true at the same time.

[@tyronmegawatts6580]

@@msenlightened That all can be true, but for someone with MS for almost 40 years to be told he is a success with a lawn care business and odd jobs because he is white, it's also a slap in the face.

[@msenlightened]

@@tyronmegawatts6580 it is a slap in the face and it's a very ignorant thing for someone to say. But we are not talking about slaps in the face, we are talking about the fact that he is white and is not subject to a very specific type of hell.

[@tyronmegawatts6580]

@@msenlightened I wouldn't trade skin color for MS. I am a man, what do I know, right?

[@msenlightened]

@@tyronmegawatts6580 I am unsure of what you are saying. All I am saying is it's okay to acknowledge we have privileges or advantages in one area and disadvantages in others.

[@kamalaharrisiswhite]

Any person, no matter their color, who doesn't teach their kids how to act when the cops show up is a bad parent. Not like I'd expect the Lil' Monsters guy to be a good parent.

[@barbaraibiel]

Kamala Harris is not white, but she is also not black.

[@hanschia]

I saw a bald head, I thought it’s Joe Rogan with Bill Mahr and I clicked. After I listened to what he says and saw his subscription numbers, I realize he’s not.

[@Go_Birds]

Dear Howie- I’m white and my father had the conversation that if I get pulled over to be respectful and keep my hands on the steering wheel, and I’ve taught the same to my children.

[@tuckerrobertson8781]

If Bill wasn't on I would never watch these two and it was just confirmed.

[@TheDrunkenGrape]

I love how Maher pushes back against “woke” Mandel

[@chrishansen2100]

How is it woke when he is addressing systematic racism that actually has existed in the United States since its inception? I love how u fcktards like to call things woke to avoid addressing or discussing the cruel reality of the United States.

[@cuban-casanova]

Everyone that gets pulled over by the police should just keep their hands on the wheel it doesn’t matter what color you are howie

[@buckchile614]

Very true, but you're 3x more likely to get shot if your shadow is as black as you

[@michaelclausen1135]

And generally, the only people that do get shot by the police when pulled over are those that don't do what the cop is saying because they let fear or anger take over. You'd have to be a paid assassin to walk up to someone's window and shoot a completely still person in the head. (Which is actually a great premise for a character in a piece of fiction. Man, am I using that!)

[@kingcassius2586]

Why didn't the NRA and Fox News speak up for Philando Castile?

[@jeffreyval9665]

@@kingcassius2586 why dosent CNN or msnbc talk about the millions of dollars Joe Biden and his son have received from Ukraine and China? The left gets to do anything they want and the media buries the stories but the right can't bury a story? That's really hypocritical!!

[@kingcassius2586]

@@jeffreyval9665 And then I could return your reply with "How come Fox doesn't talk about(something ELSE that's entirely irrelevant to the conversation)". Dufuq Joe Biden and China have to do with a discussion about White privilege?

[@win3918]

The wisdom of Bill is on a whole different level! 🙌

[@strsocerplaya9]

If white privilege exists so does black privilege and smart privilege and athletic privilege and youth privilege, etc.

[@kenyates144]

The older I get the more I appreciate Bill Maher....

[@TheGreen1984]

I’m white and was taught the same thing. Don’t reach for anything when pulled over by a cop. Don’t make fast movements. And actually it’s should be taught to everyone as a Curtsy to the the men and women who risk their lives to protect ours.

[@linksaze3806]

Conservatism 101 use strawman arguments and redherrings when discussing matters of racism.

[@adriankalitka3762]

My father had that discussion with me, my brother and sister about what we should do if we're pulled over and I'm white. I know plenty of other white friends whose parents had them teach them the same and other black friends that it never happened with so we think it's just bs

[@subclangor]

"Points I was making when you were in the crib." Say IT again, Bill. Gratitude.

[@JimH.]

Right? That was a brutal yet eloquent way of telling her to stfu and go back to the kids table, adults are talking here.

[@miguelvigoa7271]

I had no idea that Howie was such a dummy 🤣🤣🤣 thanks bill for setting him straight

[@miguelvigoa7271]

@@bennycash803 by spewing all that woke nonsense verbatim as how the woke left says it without actually knowing anything

[@chrisr7235]

Lol yes he came off as a complete stooge, did you not watch the same thing? Doesn’t care about facts or statistics, knows nothing but what he watches on cnn

[@paulinechapman5669]

Thats bc Howie is Canadian..we as Canadians are advantaged bc of privilege….think that should explain the whole ball of wax..🇨🇦..

[@nyc4233]

Please stop calling people who share an opinion and a personal experience "dummy" or "crazy" it only makes you come off as an immature jerk. It's boring and lazy. Bill himself would tell you that.

[@JimH.]

@@bennycash803 Are you serious? Like did you even watch the video? Howie brings up police in a clear attempt to bait Maher, gives incorrect information on the % of shootings along race lines, sits there and admits he doesn't know after Maher SCHOOLS him with actual facts, then literally asks whether facts matter when discussing things like this. (6:29) If that doesn't qualify him as a dummy, I don't know what does.

[@dewdropper1348]

My god. What a messed up place the world has become when I’m agreeing with everything bill says lol all joking aside I’m very impressed by non-hypocritical people like him

[@jomojojo6603]

Privilege - you're born rich and famous and everything is handed to you. (Race is not a factor) Advantage - you're born in suburbia and not the hood.

[@pdcdesign9632]

The whole point of these expressions like "white privilege" and "black lives matter" is to make an impact and drive the point across on issues of social injustice. If it makes you uncomfortable then it's probably working.

[@dealmaven123]

Bill nailed it here. 100% spot on.

[@linksaze3806]

Nailed what?? He couldn't even deal with white privilege over white advantage.

[@barbaraibiel]

No, not 100%, maybe 80%.

[@dealmaven123]

@@barbaraibiel yeah def 100%

[@barbaraibiel]

@@dealmaven123 No, not 100%. For example, when he says that he might have gotten a gig in a comedy club over a black person. Well, that depends where that comedy club was. If it was in a predominantly black neighborhood, I don't think he would get the job over a black person. Also, there is no study that proved that black people get pulled over more often because of their race.

[@gainz_godz1098]

Wow has bill maher come full circle, this dude is talking some real sense

[@kathyberry1921]

I'm white. Learned to drive in the 60's. My parents had a huge conversation with me about how to behave when a cop pulled me over. Hands on the steering wheel, dome light on, window down. No sudden moves. Yes sir. No sir.

[@jamespayne5570]

The advantage I have is trying to get along with others. It actually works when you're not a jerk.

[@gavingleemonex3898]

The word "priveledge" is more apt than is "advantage" because of the severe aggravation which we "disadvantaged" ones must endure, being so entirely deprived of anything resembling "priveledge", as we are.

[@bryguy9231]

I didn’t realize how idiotic Howie Mandel was, just incredible

[@nyc4233]

Why?? for expressing his views in a friendly manner! You realize these two really appreciate each other right? You people immediately jump to conclusions and pass judgement without even knowing the people you're talking about.

[@reggie8370]

Found the victim

[@countfloydschillerhorrorth2090]

@@nyc4233 He's playing the Virtue Signalling White Knight. His ass lives in the Whitest area on the planet and you can bet he always will.

[@mrjohnnyk]

@@reggie8370 You say that while assuring everyone you're the ultimate victim.

[@jamesklassen5285]

And his dippy daughter is a teacher? Not for my kids she wouldn`t be. I used to think that Howie was reasonably intelligent but as I watch some of these videos I was completely wrong. Don`t get me started on his leftist off-spring..

[@ronmoore6598]

How does "While Privilege" explain the fact that the greatest threat to Black People is other Black People?

[@squeakypistonproductions2228]

The leftist commie answer is that white people have oppressed them into such privation that they have to run drug gangs to feed their families.

[@davidswanson5669]

Again they’d say that it comes down to the poverty and lack of good education…which they’d blame on historic racism. Never mind that brilliant black people, who made good choices in life, and who worked hard enough to rise above their peers, grew in such places too. One of the main factors in their youth was the decision to reject the culture of that community, or at least to grasp onto or find the good culture that may exist within the communities.

[@neildusseault8404]

Ron, both you & David are wrong. You claim "the greatest threat to black people is other black people" (I don't know why you capitalized black people). Has it always been that way, Ron? In this country, has the greatest threat to black people been other black people? Of course not, and that fact didn't end with Lincoln freeing the slaves, or even the Civil Rights Act. Ron, you need to learn a thing or two about policing, about redlining, Gerrymandering, and gentrification. That won't do it, but it'd be a great start. David: Just because you hear of or see a wealthy black person like Oprah or Michael Jordan does not excuse systemic racism. You think the famous black people whose names you can recite are known are the ONLY black people to become educated? To work hard, to embrace merit - be prompt & punctual? Good Lord, you are full of denial! David, you need an understanding of how neighborhoods are zoned for particular school districts and how that directly affects opportunity. Schools districts are very much segregated in the 21st Century and because property taxes pay for public schools, you might begin to connect the dots.

[@davidswanson5669]

@@neildusseault8404 how about you address what I wrote about culture, before reciting things that I’ve heard plenty of times.

[@chrisanziano1781]

Howie my friends and I who are white when we started to drive had the talk about how to talk to cops, keep your hands on the steering wheel and have your ID/Reg/insurance out before cop even comes to the car.

[@OutlawLoveSong]

Howie's comment around 7 mins 10 seconds is everything wrong with modern identity politics. Why should anybody's immutable characteristics automatically disqualify them from being part of a discussion? But hey, I suppose as long as you feel good about yourself and make yourself look good to the people who already agree with you I guess you've done your job.

[@Niko-je8ic]

I like how Bill Mayer can pull away from the Hollywood PC culture and use reasoning even in the Hollywood arena. 👍

[@pdcdesign9632]

The whole point of these expressions like "white privilege" and "black lives matter" is to make an impact and drive the point across on issues of social injustice. If it makes you uncomfortable then it's probably working.

[@karlstrauss2330]

That’s only because he’s not a Republican. If he pulled a Dave Rubin and jumped ship away from the Democrats he wouldn’t be able to say and do what he’s doing

[@linksaze3806]

All he did is show that he prefers white advantage over white privilege. Which is the same damn thing. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer are you.

[@Niko-je8ic]

@@linksaze3806 You must be what they call a Keyboard warrior. He stands his ground when it comes to not only race but the alphabet labels. I appreciate him not caving to the medias propaganda. If you listen to him he is fairly even heel for republican or democrat. I do agree that in the poorer communities it's hard to get a good foundation to start from. I am not saying that I am the sharpest knife in the drawer, but when it comes to tools like you I'd you, I'd say I'm sharper. ;)

[@linksaze3806]

@@Niko-je8ic The fragile self-esteem of conservative's is on display here. All he did is point out he doesn't like the term white privilege. But instead he prefers we call it white advantage.But you think this is so ground breaking UNBELIEVABLE🤡. It has the same meaning. This is literally what you conservatives acuse liberals of speech police. But when the message is team conservative; just like that there's no hypocrisy coming from those on the right. Just like I am a keyboard warrior. Question how often do you call conservatives keyboard warrior's 🤔 The fact that you fill a need to even pretend like you support fair and balanced speaks volumes. Because you're comment says otherwise.

[@marshall5762]

Hey America, you can keep Howie, we don’t want him anymore! 🇨🇦

[@Tony.Galanopoulos]

Bill Maher is such a breath of fresh air, especially as a guest in other shows where there isn't a crowd to cheer everything he's saying every five seconds. He clearly leans left but isn't afraid to call out the BS of his party nor any supporter who has bought into the dogma, like Howie and this lady here.

[@bronsonplumb2427]

I do think the distinction between advantage and privilege is an important one, a privilege is a special right, meaning that it’s something that’s granted to you where as an advantage is something that you might experience but isn’t necessarily bestowed upon you. Privileges are something you can give up which implies that people who experience white privilege are taking a voluntary role in doing so, where as an advantage is something often unchosen, natural (we don’t say LeBron Jame’s height is a privilege, although it’s obviously an advantage), or earned if it’s worked for. You can observe an advantage and then take steps to try and increase the likelihood that all people, regardless of group, will experience said advantage, but privilege, has to be given.

[@zootsoot2006]

An advantage is contextual. Being white and going up for a spot at a mostly white comedy club is an advantage, just as being black and going up for a spot at a mostly black comedy club is too. A privilege is much more absolute. If you're privileged, you're going to come out ahead regardless of the context. America being a mostly white country means that white people are going to experience more advantages overall than black or brown people. That's just a factor of demographics and in-group preference, in the same way that Japanese people have more advantages in Japan than white people do. Just a fact of life and no amount of shrill moaning about it is going to change human nature.

[@pdcdesign9632]

The whole point of these expressions like "white privilege" and "black lives matter" is to make an impact and drive the point across on issues of social injustice. If it makes you uncomfortable then it's probably working.

[@zootsoot2006]

@@pdcdesign9632 Thank you so much for this profound moral lesson, one we're all desperately in need of. Without people like you, the world would surely fall off its axis.

[@pdcdesign9632]

@@zootsoot2006 Ad hominem attack? 🙄

[@jones1618]

@@zootsoot2006 I think the definitions above are good but could be shorter: An advantage is anything that puts you in a better position to succeed, whether it is a given or an earned advantage. A privilege is an assumed and, often, unearned advantage (like race or wealth or title), especially when it is merely perceived to be an advantage without any objective reason. So, Maher is wrong. "White privilege" is more accurate because "whiteness" is both a built-in, unearned advantage _and_ one that, traditionally in _this_ culture, is perceived as superior, safer, or "normal" without any real justification. People like Maher get confused because, like you said, context matters. Being 6'8" is an advantage in the NBA but a deficit if you're a jockey. You can have "white privilege" in 90% of situations but be subject of shortness prejudice or age discrimination in others. A black female millionaire can experience prejudice in situations where a working-class white male experiences privilege. It doesn't mean you feel sorry for either or guilt for being either just recognize in some situations some people get to swim with the current and some against the current.

[@tanyapoulin5880]

As a Puerto Rican who lived in a all American white community... don't talk about white PRIVILEGE. I was given much less than and wasn't until college that I could get so many grants and scholarships based off my skin color. Affirmative action blocked me from my 2nd college. So where's the white privilege again? Maybe in communities, never in mine. Whoever this chick on the podcast literally makes me not listen to this anymore. Here for Maher and that's it. Get rid of the girl and he can be his own host and not be biased. That's what I prefer in podcasts.

[@randomami8176]

No, I agree with Bill Maher. Not being pulled over for no speeding is not a privilege. It’s what should be for all.

[@pdcdesign9632]

The whole point of these expressions like "white privilege" and "black lives matter" is to make an impact and drive the point across on issues of social injustice. If it makes you uncomfortable then it's probably working.

[@linksaze3806]

Okay but it's not 😬

[@doxfire]

I am a black man (name obviously lol) and I hardly and I mean HARDLY have had any issue with the police. The most I've gotten were warnings for going like 10 mph over the speed limit, I was taught to simply respect the officer, keep your hands where they can see them, have your drivers license in hand, comply with their request, and there is a high probability they will just let you go with a warning. Sure in some areas cops harass black folk and other minorities which we all know that is wrong, but come on I live in an area that is literally 80+% white and I have ZERO issues with local law enforcement. It is all about how you carry yourself, if you are going about your day not causing any unwanted attention to come your way you will be fine 95% of time.

[@barbaraibiel]

"cops harass black folk and other minorities" Any proof of that? Any studies you can cite?

[@barbaraibiel]

"I have ZERO issues with local law enforcement" Maybe it's because you don't act like a jerk when you are stopped by police.

[@doxfire]

@@barbaraibiel Ahh you're one of those people.

[@barbaraibiel]

@@doxfire What people?

[@emiraven]

02:53 "Put your hands on the wheel when pulled over." I do this, as a Caucasian female, especially traveling in the south. That's not race, and it's not privilege or advantage. It's safety. For you, and the Officer. The cop doesn't know what they're walking into. We show non-aggression while asserting our rights. "No, Ma'am/Sir, I do not consent to you looking around my car. For what reason have you detained me?"

[@christopherdonovan5068]

Hey Howie I'm only 2.43 minutes in and already there's a serious problem with your interviewing technique and it is simply this: Fact 1 -ManKind [which includes all races/colours/creeds/sexual orientations] is by its very nature - Bone Idle! - FACT 2 - If a word exists it exists because it denotes a DIFFERENT MEANING - it wouldn't exist otherwise - we are bone idle = if one word would suffice why have 2? Simple Eh? I'm 71 it has taken me almost THAT long to work that one out and this road to enlightenment only started when I was about 40 and realised that I had a vocabulary of perhaps 500 words. As Bill Maher is so eloquently pointing out to you the words PRIVILEGE and ADVANTAGE do not have the same meaning. He is not being obtuse/difficult/seeking to score points - it's simply true - go look it up in a Dictionery but then like me [ and the rest of us] you're probably Bone Idle. Thats the problem with conversations of this nature if you are going to do them make sure you know your language and NOT YOUR OPINION ABOUT IT! If you don't you waste such a lot of your time and ours. Thank God for Bill Maher - he is wonderfully irrevant - brilliantly funny but hey has anybody noticed - he is very very serious - and finally he honours us all by not treating us as a bunch of idiots and in doing so calls us to better ourselves. Just look at how he has politely but firmly taken you to task for not knowing what you think you know. Take Care and Bon Chance

[@richardsmith9399]

Damn, Howie. Bill Mauer wiped his ass on you. If this were on TV it wouldn’t last one season

[@linksaze3806]

Bill Maher my fragile self-esteem can't handle white privilege. Let's call it white advantage instead.

[@thomaspendleton9819]

Doesn't matter you skin color, but everyone is taught to keep your hands on the wheel and not to reach for anything.

[@vincenth.8793]

It’s a stereotype. You can have individual advantages, BUT to say a whole race of people ABSOLUTELY have a privilege in general is the problem.

[@linksaze3806]

Yeah that's right the problem is the term not the people who make the term a reality. Conservatism 101 deny the existence of systemic racism by any means necessary.

[@hottuna7]

And to think that there were self-made Black millionaires in America before the Emancipation Proclamation; those privileged Black elitists made it more difficult for the generations that followed. LMAO

[@MrRojas54]

Howie: you shouldn't talk racism as a white man because you haven't experienced it Also Howie: law enforcement has a problem Me: where's you shield bruh? For the record I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy

[@ClassicalPan]

White people experience quite a bit of racism, especially recently. The way it affects or disadvantages us is often different, though.

[@MrRojas54]

@@ClassicalPan I agree 100%. It was Howie that stated that as two white men they shouldn't talk about it. I think that's a ridiculous notion even if there wasn't any racism towards white people. I just wanted to point out the flaw in his rationale.

[@mohamedsaid9416]

@@ClassicalPan cmon bruh individual racism yes but structural racism no way white people have the most political and economic power in the U.S. compared to other races

[@linksaze3806]

Howie shouldn't talk about racism because he is white. But Bill Maher CAN talk about racism even though he is also white. CONSERVATISM

[@JimH.]

@@mohamedsaid9416 So racism is acceptable when it's against white people? Gotcha.

[@CountSpatula666]

I am a red man who grew up in a rural area. My parents were divorced, mom got remarried, I got kicked out before high school, moved in with my grandparents in another rural area 7 miles from a small town of about 400 people. I went to a small school with probably not the best education. I hung out with a lot of the wrong crowd. I didn't get a job until after high school and had to wind up moving in with my sister and get a job 3 miles away, walking most of the time, to work as I didn't have a car. That took me two years to finally get one. But, alas, without having been able to go to college I now have a family and make good money (not great money). I look at myself as successful and I am doing better than my parents ever did. Tell me now where was my privilege or advantage in life compared to a black kid (or actually any kid because I don't believe that it is a racial thing) in the inner cities? There are advantages to growing up in the inner city. You have education, quality of education is irrelevant in my opinion. Most everything that you need is either close or has a bus that can get you there, such as getting to a job or going to a local community college. At my job I work with all sorts of people with different backgrounds including race. Some make more than I do, some make less. Is there privilege or advantage there? Absolutely not. It all boils down to culture and not race. I am sure that there are some people or kids that do have advantages and some that don't. But I think that is fewer and farther between than what it is made out to be. The only thing that I see is an excuse. If you are going to give in to a culture that says you aren't going to become anything because of someone else then you never will. I disagree with people like Joy Reid, Don Lemon, and any others that give in to that culture, push that culture, and exploit minorities like that. Unlike them I think that black people (or anyone else for that matter) are better than that. One just has to break out of that culture.

[@NihilSineDeo09]

I will have that discussion with my kids when they're of driving age. When you are a cop any person you pull over is a potential criminal, and helping the cop to get past that mental incertitude is something I want my white kids to practice

[@Kjklump]

I don't know why any person of any color wouldn't teach their kids how to interact with police. You're also not going to win an argument on the side of the road with a cop as a rule of thumb.

[@LastBastian]

*Exactly.* Black, white, green, ...I don't care what color you are, you teach your kids to be polite, respectful, and cooperative with cops. If the cop is in the wrong, you deal with that *after* the interaction. And again, cops sh**t more wh*te people than bl*ck.

[@a.i.8583]

The "talk" argument is such bullshit. I'm white and I was taught how to act when I'm pulled over: both hands on steering wheel. Yes sir/ma'am, no sir/ma'am. If all of these black men getting shot by police have had "the talk" why, in all of the body cam footage of black men being shot by police are they not complying with police? Oh, but they've had "the talk". I haven't seen one black man killed by police that was complying with the officers every word. These liberals are full of horse crap.

[@maskedbadass6802]

I remember having an annoying leftist roommate who would proudly proclaim how his parents never had this kind of talk with him about being pulled over and that it was probably because of skin color. One time his parents came to visit and I challenged him to ask them why they never had the talk with him. The dad chuckles and says, "I figured by the time you could drive you probably already knew not to make armed cops nervous without me having to spell it out."

[@rossrobertson674]

The other thing is that these cops are on a higher alert because (sorry it's facts) there's a higher probability of a dangerous situation with black vs white

[@LaminarSound]

Wow Bill has come a long way. I respect him more and more. Howie over here acting like a total CNN viewer. All about feelings and ignore facts. Bill is pretty damn balanced on these topics. Well versed b

[@jackhammer3423]

People like Howie would do more to advance their position if they actually did their homework on the subjects they feel so strongly about.

[@musakphil0305]

I like how Howie has strong opinions on these things without even knowing anything about it.

[@Hullified]

Everyone needs to have that conversation with their kids! How to act when getting pulled over.

[@hushmoney2058]

George Floyed has shown us the way he turned a Counterfeit 20 into 27 million only in America ....I tell all my 8 kids to always Reist Arrest so pops can get that big Payday ....

[@marshawnlynch6244]

I've gotten out of three tickets in a row. Fake being drunk, act scared, then blow a 0.00 and watch how fast they let you go. It helps if you're in a band as well.

[@NihilSineDeo09]

Saved me from a ticket (officer was a young black brother)

[@jasonlewis460]

You should not be talking to your kids about pigs or racism. You should never bring up race ever. Your only teaching them hate.

[@Hullified]

@@jasonlewis460 so my comment was about teaching any driver on the do’s/don’ts while being pulled over by the authorities.

[@territalk1893]

I’m a 56 year old white woman and we were always told back in the day to keep your hands on the wheel and don’t reach for things, etc. ?? I taught my boys the same thing.

[@pardone8932]

The biggest privilege that a young person has in 2022 is having a great strong father in the home !!!! That’s privilege, no matter what color …….

[@brianmccloskey2842]

Always goes back to this. Strong nuclear family. Strong father. Strong community. Strong person.

[@wgh14775]

Howie Mandel arguing that he's never discussed with his children how to properly handle a traffic stop says a lot more about his asleep-at-the-wheel ass parenting style than anything regarding "privilege". When I was a kid, my parents taught me how to act around police, and they didn't sugar coat the reason: "A nervous cop is a dangerous cop, and they will kill you. Don't make them nervous." Not saying that justifies police brutality, but for the sake of self preservation literally all parents should be teaching their children this well before they're able to drive.

[@joelpierce3940]

Howie, My Parents had the same discussion with me when I was 2+, about respecting authority. The key word is Parents, Howie. I had two dedicated parents. If that’s “privilege”, so be it, and I am Hispanic/White.

[@johnadams6154]

Important topic. Wise insights. Perfect demonstration on how to; disagree, refute, rebut, and reboot your own or someone elses perceptions. With grace and finesse.

[@amostlyreasonableguy]

Howie “I’ll stick to saying whatever gets me the next gig by not being too offensive” Mandel

[@Monkey-biz]

2:02 Damn Bill you just earned my total respect.