"It's not a privilege to be treated humanly" by Chris Rock 👊🏾
@abates37473 жыл бұрын
@LaMortEtLamour , so, I've noticed that all people who mention Epstein, are Trump supporters... and 100% of them ignore that Trump did a whooooole bunch of stuff with Epstein, and was under the watch of Trump's DOJ lapdog when his "suicide" happened... your thoughts?
@abates37473 жыл бұрын
@LaMortEtLamour lol, "kicked them out of his estate"... funny suff. Citizens protesting are barbarians, but the PA to the pedo gets "I wish her the best"... you keep up with that shrewd sleuthing!!
@abates37473 жыл бұрын
@Johnny ...and yet, he still wished Gislaine well... not sure how you breathe with you head stuck so far in, but I wish you luck
@abates37473 жыл бұрын
@Johnny , got a video of Biden partying with Epstein?... there's lots of Trump with Epstein
@abates37473 жыл бұрын
@Johnny , you mean like Trump numerous times telling people in interviews he'd love to bang his daughter? like just after she was born being curious how big her tits were going to be?... you have those videos of Biden doing the same?... because it's like Trump's Epstein-is-my-buddy videos, lots of them out there. Trump and Trumpers are all the way openly pathetic.
@pleasepleasethebees3 жыл бұрын
Love what Chris is saying here, which I think is: don't expect us to pat you on the back for becoming baseline humane during the civil rights era. Don't expect a pat on the back when we finally get you to do what you should've been doing all along. That's profound and true. It's like being in an abusive relationship. Don't give the abuser kudos for not hitting you. Not hitting is the baseline for how humans ought to treat one another.
@darrinharrill34153 жыл бұрын
Sherral, Love what You as saying here. As they say, some people get it, while other don't or won't.
@martiwaterman14373 жыл бұрын
It reminds me of Chris Rock's bit about not giving a father a pat on the back for doing the bare minimum of what a father is supposed to do (i.e., "I take care of my kids." Fool, you're SUPPOSED to take care of your kids).
@KevinJohnson-sd3vv3 жыл бұрын
YES. Sherral S good point. A lot of us as black folks protest because we want white folks to say, "OK BLACK FOLKS WE ACCEPT YOU AS OUR EQUAL----BULLSHIT !!!! So when white folks accept black people does that mean we are going to stop the protest. We as a black community needs equalization and equity within our own , and stop wanting what white folks got because most WF don't have as much as we think!
@kalistaredden64533 жыл бұрын
to this day, i CANNOT look at and listen to chris rock without thinking of the zebra from Madagascar fr tho, i love chris rock. crazy respect
@nksoori3 жыл бұрын
So true 😂
@dibsports3 жыл бұрын
You sound like a teenager. Chris Rock is a comedy legend.
@greetingsfromsunnysiberia3 жыл бұрын
we in Russia love this cartoon. Still.🦓🦓🦓
@evelynmooney64673 жыл бұрын
With each passing day, Donald Trump acts more like a beta male. Cancel him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3Kkpqyofbp6bJY
@AndogaSpock3 жыл бұрын
YES, he does look at lot like that zebra
@politereminder62843 жыл бұрын
Chris Rock is quite the philosopher. Mad respect!
@ShogunnxYT3 жыл бұрын
this shows more of what the media is trying to carve out for us. Chris Rock is doing nothing but speaking unfiltered common sense. Most folks DONT actually even have the same fight as the media is saying we do. People who REALLY grew up in racism see today as almost a cakewalk. Back then , folks were mistreated while doing nothing or something positive. Today, most media publicized racism is based on some kind of wrong doing by the victim at the core. However since that reality isnt popular these days folks ignore that and make up a huge cloud of mess. Todays hurdles are almost nonexistent in common place. Unfortunately, the ones with pure common sense ALSO learned to be quite if it dont involve them or theirs. So these other folks get to run amok with the "dangerous times in 2020" story
@franklyspeaking44803 жыл бұрын
Nothing more than a racist.
@politereminder62843 жыл бұрын
@@ShogunnxYT There is no cakewalk🙄. That isn't anything related to what he is saying. He is saying the messaging and the ask MUST be clear, as it was in the sixties. He is NOT saying that racism isn't real. He is saying we need to organize better and to be clear about demands. MLK and Malcom X were very clear. Today, nobody is leading well.
@vivianclaiborne76532 жыл бұрын
@@franklyspeaking4480 Not Chris Rock....he's not racist, just speaks ''Truth''.....or perhaps...whatever he does, he does it well... Truthfully....I love the man...he's brilliant,, and rich, and handsome..... and black...and honest...and empathetic, who are you to judge him?...🤡.NOBODY?😇
@pamjenkins91022 жыл бұрын
This aged well
@leeholland11473 жыл бұрын
Chris Rock. ...”Hostages on our own land”. Wow. Indeed conscious
@InBlackandWhite16723 жыл бұрын
True that,,Chris was deep
@encinas3233 жыл бұрын
I pick it up when he said "powers that be"
@bouddhaful50963 жыл бұрын
That was deep
@paleamigo85753 жыл бұрын
@LaMortEtLamour "climbing in his ass" 🤣🤣🤣 Tell us how you really feel!🤣👍
@gimmeasalad3 жыл бұрын
"It's not a privilege to be treated humanely" -- I've been feeling this way for so long but haven't found these words yet!
@rosag17883 жыл бұрын
😢❤️
@misstunes17653 жыл бұрын
@Johnny Johnny, the more you post this the more apparent it becomes it's how you feel about yourself and nobody cares. ...poor thing.
@jashanestone3 жыл бұрын
I'm too uptown for this shit! Is what I used to say 😉💪🏾💯
@calisongbird3 жыл бұрын
@@jashanestone but that’s actually kind of elitist. Downtown people deserve to be treated as equally as you.
@peace77t3 жыл бұрын
Love this segment of the show two intelligent black men discussing all diaspora of life I salute both of you 👏🏾🙌🏾✊🏽❤👑👑
@tareene1likequeen9353 жыл бұрын
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Thank you Chris Rock!!!! No one cares about the superficiality of "racial harmony." 📢We want REAL systemic change. Segregation is still flowing through the veins of America's institutions. We don't want to be placated. We want tangible systemic change!
@kisku3 жыл бұрын
Good point Tareene. I see the same in most of the countries which has diverse nationalities as citizens & the system is still per quota basis & etc.
@Etta3192 жыл бұрын
Could not have said it better
@ebbyc18173 жыл бұрын
"Jackie Robinson got to play baseball ou that's a great thing....nah the mo'f's got to play with HIM" Mannnnnnnnnnn
@BrianSmith-ez9kj3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Chris said Like, 12 Deep things this great interview- but that one struck me too- a real Concept changer
@ThisIsKeef3 жыл бұрын
🤯
@jeffu32483 жыл бұрын
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@erichbrough60973 жыл бұрын
Right???
@KevinJohnson-sd3vv3 жыл бұрын
TRUTH TO CHRIS ROCK! The great Josh Gibson hit a ball OUT of Yankee Stadium at top speed, BUT his thing was that he wanted Joe DiMaggio to notice him.......WTF!!
@babetravelling3 жыл бұрын
Trevor and Chris Rocks hair do are killing it
@nobs9973 жыл бұрын
A good thing(hairdo) could come out of lockdown
@macswanton96223 жыл бұрын
Kid 'n' Play :o)
@babetravelling3 жыл бұрын
@Morgan Brandy great minds...
@yowilli66693 жыл бұрын
Ok! Those hair lines are full and healthy looking. I think I'm little jealous.
@fereshteshadylady10533 жыл бұрын
I love that we were thinking the same thing! 😍❤️
@mollyallen24003 жыл бұрын
How does Chris Rock look YOUNGER than the last time we saw him?! ...good on you, man! Now let me watch the rest and see what other craziness is in here based on the first few comments I'm seeing below lol
@KDSlady13 жыл бұрын
It's the therapy. Stress is a mother. So he's feeling better, looking better😉
@cici73333 жыл бұрын
Yes, he looks fabulous! He actually looks 20 yrs younger. 💜☮️💜
@cici73333 жыл бұрын
@@KDSlady1 You're so right, I think that's what it is.
@mollyallen24003 жыл бұрын
@@KDSlady1 I agree! I'm going through the same. Two years ago I lost a lot of weight and had a mental shift after visiting Thailand. Got hit with some 'life' and now I'm back where I started... but I'm going to transform again. Sounds like I need to check out Tambourine!
@evelynmooney64673 жыл бұрын
With each passing day, Donald Trump acts more like a beta male. Cancel him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3Kkpqyofbp6bJY
@gregfoles54803 жыл бұрын
Some people misconstrue what Chris was saying. The things being asked during the Civil Rights movement were simple and basic. Things that SHOULD have been a given... Not much to ask at all.
@vickiepaul82583 жыл бұрын
Those were the issues of that day. Sitting at food counters when you're hungry, staying in a hotel when you've been driving for hours. Sitting wherever you wanted to on a bus, drinking from any water fountain, going to any school. It was necessary for the times.
@gregfoles54803 жыл бұрын
@@vickiepaul8258 I'm totally aware of that. So the "ask" was to treat black Americans as Americans. And that's exactly the point. It wasn't asking for anything that should conceivably be considered difficult or unreasonable to white people. Yet somehow, it was.
@dasmartretard3 жыл бұрын
yeah, but also they gave only what they had to. For example the reply you got with regards to hunger. They could have dug deep and made sure all loans to poc were fair and just and made sure there was nothing to impede a poc from starting their own business any where and every where, but instead of giving them that power to provide for themselves, they let the black man eat with the white man. I think that is what the issue is. I know people will look at the letter of the law and say name one thing a black man can't do, and i will never debate with people like that. i'm not disagreeing with your comment, merely noting where i think the confusion lays with other replies. They don't understand the difference between being equal as a society and being allowed to eat the same scraps....
@candacen77793 жыл бұрын
I disagree. Chris is simply wrong. Everything we are asking for now -- equity -- was exactly what we asked for back then. If it's simple and basic back then, then it's simple and basic right now as well. Nothing has changed in the ask. It's the same ask. To paint it as a simple ask of "sitting at lunch counters" is to show an ignorance toward what was actually fought for and demanded at that time.
@gregfoles54803 жыл бұрын
@@candacen7779 IMO you think it "ignorant" because you took the "lunch counter" analogy literally, rather than as a representative of mundane acts that today, we take for granted. I do agree when you say that all of it boils down to "equity". But I must restate the point that the "ask" should never be hard for white people to swallow. Not then, and not now.
@longnlean343 жыл бұрын
Holding up well for "An old black man", looks 30 something.
@jodyb10953 жыл бұрын
Right? Chris Rock looks amazing here!
@dianeodify3 жыл бұрын
he's really in his 50s? Or is that just the part he played.
@paradisesunprincess3 жыл бұрын
@@dianeodify he is 55yrs old!
@kraekennedy3 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree with Trevor! I think we are finally getting to see the real Chris Rock. He is so much more diverse as a person, than I have had the opportunity to see. Chris Rock is hotter today than any other time in his life.😉
@pynn10003 жыл бұрын
"I'm an old black man" Chris Rock said, so I looked up his age. 55. That's grown-up, not old.
@amandanicolemorgan3 жыл бұрын
Preach!! I'm 41.......only children call him old....lol!!!
@christopherstube94733 жыл бұрын
Technically in the art world, it is just over the border into old although he doesn't look it. The seasons of life are divided every Myriad, 10000 days. But there is a certain wisdom with him.
@SemioticETL3 жыл бұрын
The "Ask" should be national policing standards. The FBI should develop a "best practices" policing based on data, science, international practices, mental health awareness etc. Much like builders need building codes, police need the equivalent.
@evelynmooney64673 жыл бұрын
With each passing day, Donald Trump acts more like a beta male. Cancel him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3Kkpqyofbp6bJY
@HerbalQueen3 жыл бұрын
The Ask should also be compensation for what was stolen from us...and that shouldn’t really be an “Ask”
@MrSomethingElse3 жыл бұрын
Love Love Love to this comment. I wish there were more freds.
@last75093 жыл бұрын
the ask is just stop the bull s/. its been 60 years for petes sake. we've contributed to every part of this nation. just stop the bulls/
@tuyendang60863 жыл бұрын
noLinagirlasia.link
@yolandaingram73783 жыл бұрын
"They got to play with Jackie Robinson." Now that's what's up.
@williethomas26283 жыл бұрын
Chris Rock should be the spokesman FOR BLACK AMERICANS. Please keep it real.
@hurstland2343 жыл бұрын
We need a hour interview
@evelynmooney64673 жыл бұрын
With each passing day, Donald Trump acts more like a beta male. Cancel him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3Kkpqyofbp6bJY
@pynn10003 жыл бұрын
This is a link to a "full episode" so probably a bit longer, but I can't access it from where I am so can't check. www.cc.com/episodes/mdr7q1/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-october-21--2020---chris-rock-season-26-ep-26013
@kellycleveland3 жыл бұрын
U two need to make a movie together, I feel they would work well together.
@dawnroper15673 жыл бұрын
I second that motion.
@joshharrison97623 жыл бұрын
I have a lot more respect for Chris Rock now after watching this. I've always loved him as an actor, but I never knew him much as a person.
@morganwu7673 жыл бұрын
All his interviews were damn good!
@GeronFletcher3 жыл бұрын
You should look up his recent interview on the breakfast club it’s soooo good
@Enterprise1701J3 жыл бұрын
Dayum, is it just me or does Chris Rock look fiiiiine as hell. He's 55! Lol.
@bootsynaples87913 жыл бұрын
He looks better than ever! Beautiful smile.
@sambathehusqueen99093 жыл бұрын
He aged very well
@BB-uv8os3 жыл бұрын
❣❣❣❣😘 yes
@onetreeurbanjungle61003 жыл бұрын
Enterprise1701J Never been attracted to him but I was like , ‘wait a minute. Intelligence is sexy.
@Pearl-bx9wr3 жыл бұрын
It's just you lol
@jonathanbailey263 жыл бұрын
I wish this w🌎rld had less greed and ignorant people, no good person deserves to be treated any less than respect regardless of skin or pocket 💰
@sonja41643 жыл бұрын
❤
@clumsiii3 жыл бұрын
ignorance is a product of greed. Greed should be included in the DSM-6 as a mental illness. Because it is. irrational hoarding that hurts others *(like not funding schools to reduce ignorance by channeling money to the already sick hoarders)
@sonja41643 жыл бұрын
@@clumsiii I agree with you there!
@sonja41643 жыл бұрын
@@clumsiii interesting tidbit: one of my psychology professors told me that there's discussion about putting racism in the DSM. I think that's fascinating.
@clumsiii3 жыл бұрын
@@sonja4164 indeed! I should read more academic papers to see how this is coming along. The pathologies are so clear..*and i'm a layperson : studied enviro science, don't know much besides hearsay on psych studies
@gaillewis54723 жыл бұрын
When we had capital, towns, businesses, etc., they kept being burned down. Sitting at the same lunch counter is a gilded cage. We all know that a gilded cage is still a cage.
@mieliav3 жыл бұрын
the 'ask' was different at the time, not only [as some of the commenters have mentioned] because there were different legal issues; but because people's minds and hearts were in a very different place. some battles can only be fought after other battles have been won. being able to have a dialogue makes a difference. I was a kid then, but I remember the psychological impacts of the civil rights movement very clearly, and I know that today's changes are rooted there.
@abepresume81323 жыл бұрын
mieliav ppl say hearts and minds are still the same. Civil rights is a joke.
@stormwatcher593 жыл бұрын
I swear Chris has found the fountain of youth!!
@janicerichards89593 жыл бұрын
Chris Rock said Money is the best mostrizer when he was asked about how great he looks. ✌✌✌❤❤❤
@Greyareas273 жыл бұрын
I remember bumping into Chris in the NYC subway in the '80's when he was just breaking in. Who knew he'd become a wise old philosopher?
@puffdebi3 жыл бұрын
The ASK in the 1960s was CIVIL RIGHTS. Remember. WE HAD NONE. That was a huge legislative victory. The lunch counter was symbolic. Also, Malcolm was all on the global collaboration, so was Martin. That's why he was on the poor ppls campaign. It's about capital, representation, reform, etc. we are owed!!!
@darthchocolate51903 жыл бұрын
7 hours of therapy. I wish most men were evolved like this and invest in their emotional health this much...
@justsaying37293 жыл бұрын
This was an eye-opening interview to show that even an accomplished Comedian has issues that as he said, He has the resources to explore...Most people don't. Good luck Chris.
@elliesings95083 жыл бұрын
Mr Rock, I love you but READ about the Civil rights struggles of the '50-60's. Legally, our civil rights lawyers both black and white fought for our legal rights (the right to vote, the right to NOT be discriminated against especially in employment, the right to access to equal education, the housing rights). It was SO MUCH MORE THAN eating at the counters. Many blacks, in the Midwest and West didn't live under Jim Crow laws. Smart black southerners that didn't want to go to HBCUs had to leave the South to get a college educations.
@julie912953 жыл бұрын
I might be assuming here, but I think he meant to express that he didn't think people pushed hard enough in the 60s. More than just voting rights, I think he was saying black people at the time settled for less than the bare minimum. The result is on paper they might have "equal" rights. However, in reality, the discrimination and lack of access is still there. Banks were still giving higher rates for loan for black people, black kids still don't have equal access to education, black neighborhood still live in poverty and can't afford access to many basic living standards. Black people have thrive regardless, however, the root of the problem were never truly address. Of course the accomplishment they achieve back then was great, but it was barely the minimum. I think black people have been mistreated for so long that the ability to achieve that minimal level of control felt like something to celebrate and the momentum sort of fizzle a lot after. As significant as that time was, I think what Chris Rock tried to express more or less is it's really nothing worth celebrating to achieve less than basic rights, bc the systemic issues were still there. That's why decades later and we are still having to have a debate over why killing a black person for walking too fast is wrong, why we are still in awe when a black person get a seat at the table. True equality is when it's no longer a big deal when a black man succeed because all black people were able to afford the same quality of life and baseline as any white people in America. It takes more than the government can "allow" in the 60s. I understand what he's getting at. Obviously without the changes in the 60s, we won't even be where we are at today. However, society got complacent and convince themselves that racism is dead, when in reality that is far from the truth. Everyone celebrate a bit too soon and too many injustices done to black communities were normalize. Of course it's a bit of a pessimist view I think, bc it's important recognize any level of progress. However, I get what he is trying say
@julie912953 жыл бұрын
@Morgan Brandy i don't think he's disrespecting the people put in the work to fight. I think he's commenting on the lost of momentum of the movement itself. It's more of a commentary on the nature of social movements that get started with all its gusto at the start and that gusto wasn't continued through to the end to solve the root of the problem. I mean you can take it how you want but, he grew up as a black person struggling financially and was discriminated against and bullied to the point he had to drop of out high school. He's commenting on what he wants to see from the movement that can create sustainable stability to black communities this time around. I think he has the right to express that opinion. You don't have to agree, but he is allowed to feel how he feel, not all black people feel the same. The main point he's trying to get across is the lack of real capital invested into black community to truly bring up black lives and help them afford the basic base line in education, healthcare, financial stability, etc. that any white American does. He used a controversial comment on the Civil rights movement in the 60s as a springboard to get to his main point of racial injustice today. He's a comedian. They tend to do that a lot. I know he's not performing, but it could just be how he's used to talk. I don't see the point of nitpicking the surface while missing the really true point he's trying to make. I don't agree with that part of his comment either, but I can agree with the point he's trying to make.
@Badeayoade3 жыл бұрын
Man Chris blows my mind every time
@solochica813 жыл бұрын
I LOVE Chris Rock! His conversations are always next level! “Who cares about sitting at the lunch counter!” Exactly! Create a more equitable society. 👊🏾
@reggienhappiness88513 жыл бұрын
I was strongly considering voting for Biden and Chris Rock just sealed the deal. 💯
@semi65443 жыл бұрын
I already voted a week ago but if I would have heard this it would've reassured me that I made a good decision. BTW, if early voting is available where you are, do it as fast as possible. You get to avoid crowds, you get a 2nd chance if something goes wrong at the voting station, you get to avoid possible future obstacles like weather, suppression, location changes and etc.
@Tracey3133 жыл бұрын
😄😄😄
@tzunammi3 жыл бұрын
Trump is %100 better than this lame...
@ranmashin3 жыл бұрын
Is like voting for the devil vs satan.
@kevonwalker823 жыл бұрын
@@ranmashin No it's not. I dislike when people act like both candidates are evil and one is just the lesser. Trump is on a whole other plane than anyone else. He is the exception to the rule, in a bad way. This is clearly a vote of crazy vs stable. Y'all pulled that trick last time with Hillary and Trump and you see what that got us. Stop with the false equivalence.
@jerialotuslove87033 жыл бұрын
This id my absolute favorite. "Hashing it out. Breaking it down" Real shit bro. I wanna kno what they were talking about before the shoot tho.
@evelynmooney64673 жыл бұрын
With each passing day, Donald Trump acts more like a beta male. Cancel him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3Kkpqyofbp6bJY
@justmii48873 жыл бұрын
i saw this comment as soon as he said it looool
@maryharrison32913 жыл бұрын
@@evelynmooney6467 Acts?
@maretolson20683 жыл бұрын
No no no! The ask was the civil rights act which was passed right after MLK was assassinated- which granted the legal basis to SUE to stop discrimination - and the voting rights act, which provided federal oversight to prevent racial gerrymandering in southern states for 50 years. It wasn’t enough, but it was way more than just lunch counters. The evidence showed that separate WASN’T equal, and black peoples were excluded from lunch counters, stores, libraries, movie theaters, hotels. You couldn’t drive south to visit relatives and sleep at a hotel when you got tired.
@politereminder62843 жыл бұрын
True, but there was more that needed to be done. Only they killed the leaders that would have pushed for more.
@greetingsfromsunnysiberia3 жыл бұрын
civil rights? forget. America is ruled by anarchy.
@evelynmooney64673 жыл бұрын
With each passing day, Donald Trump acts more like a beta male. Cancel him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3Kkpqyofbp6bJY
@monimuppet61323 жыл бұрын
@Simon Johansson Chris Rock focused too much on the lunch counters and I think you're taking liberties in assuming he was using it as a metaphor. The "ask" was the vote and if it was really so much nothing, why was it even withheld? People love to come down on the Civil Rights movement as though the Black people then didn't value themselves enough. But they understood something that many now seem not to, that there are stages to progress. No single movement is about to solve everything, there is no magic, only hard work. The "ask" back in the 60s was no small thing for where the country was then, as evidenced by how much violence had to be endured. And if Chris was truly using lunch counters as a metaphor, it was weak and lowkey insulting.
@bridgethatton5983 жыл бұрын
Mip
@meshiawriter3 жыл бұрын
This was great. I loved watching the equal admiration they have for one another.
@TheBlumann3 жыл бұрын
Chris Rock could do a dope Joker
@Webbgurl20003 жыл бұрын
Yes. Imagine every Batman villain another race. Interesting
@EpicFandomVogue3 жыл бұрын
@@Webbgurl2000 It's literally kid comics. Relax lol. You're not a kid anymore.
@Endubis3 жыл бұрын
@@EpicFandomVogue we are! We are proud of it. Guys are kids the whole life! I'm still gaming and watching animes and reading mangas. And I love it 😁
@SandiSMoore3 жыл бұрын
YESSSSS
@myhandlewastaken3 жыл бұрын
I can tell that Chris Rock and Trevor have differences that would take more than this conversation to reconcile.
@vivianclaiborne76532 жыл бұрын
@Henry R. What differences? They don't have differences....And what's to reconcile? They're two black men...with lots of ''Love''....and admiration, for each other. Don't speak of a difference, when there is none! Un.....less...you're referring to their ''COLOR''......about a difference. Forget it Henry. Both of their mothers' are.. Black...That's more than ''Enough''.... You're probably, the only person in the World...who thinks like this...Evil!
@myhandlewastaken2 жыл бұрын
@@vivianclaiborne7653 philosophical differences. They were openly expressed in the interview. Nothing wrong with that, people can disagree.
@darlenestokes3683 жыл бұрын
The "asks"during the 60s weren't just about lunch counters and signs. Equity was one of the "asks." We might not have gotten all that we deserve but generations post the civil rights movement need to stop acting like we are so much smarter than our elders were particularly celebrities. Just saying.
@candacen77793 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Chris is normally so educated when he talks, but there was a lot of arrogance in this interview. We aren't asking for anything now that our parents and grandparents weren't asking for then. It was never just about lunch counters, but it's important to remember that they were willing to lynch us just for demanding to be treated equally enough to sit at the same lunch counters they sat at.
@bluebutterfly56843 жыл бұрын
Agreed. They assassinated Dr. King shortly after he started a movement for economic equality.
@Lucian_Media3 жыл бұрын
They did the best they could with what they had at the time. Appearances do matter. We can learn the lessons and take a step up without denigrating the efforts of those before us.
@amandanicolemorgan3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!! Black communities were actually stronger back then!!!!!!!
@mattmahler84503 жыл бұрын
What the f*** does he mean what are the asks?! Didn't Dave Chappelle literally say people shouldn't be hearing from celebrities? This is why. The template for the revolution was written in the fifties and sixties. Copy and paste. Update for language and changes in laws. Also, BLM I'm pretty sure has its mission statement pretty well-defined at this point as do local leaders and representatives of sister and brother movements. Some m************ just like to hear themselves talk
@Ch1llco3 жыл бұрын
There are so many cuts in this interview, I wish we could see the whole thing. I bet it's great.
@nelcapvade9563 жыл бұрын
“Who gives a f...ck how they felt.” Thanks Christ Rock👏.
@nelcapvade9563 жыл бұрын
@LaMortEtLamour: So you mean that people should hold you liable for the things your friends do?
@shoshannanina53593 жыл бұрын
Speak Chris. What is the ask? We need equality in everything.
@calisongbird3 жыл бұрын
Actually “equity.” It’s an important distinction.
@lewisbeshers19463 жыл бұрын
You 2 should start a podcast. It would be phenomenal, and truly enlightening.
@jodyb10953 жыл бұрын
Chris Rock is glowing! Dude looks like he came down from the mountain after getting the Truth. Love listening to these two talk.
@sunnymoondog3 жыл бұрын
Chris is the smartest guy around. A treasure.
@susanmorgan7153 жыл бұрын
I have never heard it put that way. Mr. Rock is making so much sense and being treated normal is so right. Definitely helps me understand why they are so angry. I don't know how I was blind so long. To so many things.
@AquariusFlower3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT OUT LOUD CHRIS ROCK!!! MUCH RESPECT!!! LOVING YOU FOR IT!!!
@a-ish32583 жыл бұрын
You have to admit, Chris is way smarter and intuitive than he looks. He got some points spot on!
@evelynmooney64673 жыл бұрын
With each passing day, Donald Trump acts more like a beta male. Cancel him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3Kkpqyofbp6bJY
@Papillon_20103 жыл бұрын
I have been watching him for decades. He looks plenty smart to me. I have really missed hearing his unique perspective on things.
@JorenMyers3 жыл бұрын
@@evelynmooney6467 just a heads up, I'm going through all the comments and reporting yours, since you spammed everybody with this message & link.
@nicemomasmr3 жыл бұрын
Excuse me?? What about his appearance makes him look unintelligent?? What does that even "look" like
@LostChildOfTime3 жыл бұрын
Chris is literally the most intelligent comedian of his time and it shows it all his stand ups.
@management5703 жыл бұрын
Trevor Noah, how dare you interrupt Chris Rock just when he started talking about the classic Pootie Tang?! I needed a full hour!
@SandiSMoore3 жыл бұрын
LOL- right ???
@msketc2 жыл бұрын
"They got to play with him" "It's not a privilege to be treated humanely" PROFOUND!! #RESPECT
@vovomorreu3 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's interesting... That body health comparation with mental health is exactly what people need right now in this fluid world
@hexcodeff66243 жыл бұрын
Chris Rock is 55. He aged even better than his sweater.
@Mojocinco3 жыл бұрын
I LOVE the twist on perspective in this conversation. "They should be happy they got to play with Jackie, and not the other way around" Happy trip to you Chris Rock! I hope you record your ayahuasca experience, it would be an epic interview.
@senorahemphill74143 жыл бұрын
Thank you Chris for being transparent! Love you and Trevor! 🙏🏼☝🏿✌🏼🕵🏾
@xrosyxposyx3 жыл бұрын
Something about the energy of this interview just eased my spirit. I'm happy Chris Rock is healing and sees his worth.
@PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts3 жыл бұрын
Chris Rock made some awesome thought provoking points , much respect to the man👍❤
@c.kainoabugado79353 жыл бұрын
Great convo! I love Chris' perspectives and happy for his ability to have access to professionals to learn more in life. I agree with his comments on the "Ask" and believe that in a way things were/are orchestrated to keep those in power there. And how we view & portray ourselves play a part...if we do not see ourselves as equal why should anyone else? We are our biggest advocates FIRST. Equality is STILL the problem cuz the colored population can list every inequality experienced related to who has access and who does not as well as access to information on access itself. Lol. Mahalo Akua for Natural Law never changing!
@justsaying37293 жыл бұрын
We first have to recognize that there is a problem and work on building character and self love. when a people have been beaten down since slavery they come to believe they do not deserve better but they have to realize that and do better with themselves and in their communities.
@amandanicolemorgan3 жыл бұрын
Black communities were stronger in the past than they are today!!!! I'm 41 years old!!! I remember.....
@rondalynn13 жыл бұрын
I was glad to hear Chris Rock compare working your mind to working out your body. People don't give a second thought to someone going to the gym every day, but if you go to a therapist regularly people are confused or judgemental. Wanting to have Mental HEALTH (a healthy mind) shouldn't be something you have to hide or explain.
@godsamazing20903 жыл бұрын
I swear this Chris Rock looks just like himself way back in the movie New Jack City lol!
@glowworms63493 жыл бұрын
Pookie
@Lucian_Media3 жыл бұрын
...with better teeth
@andybaldman3 жыл бұрын
Louis CK has been saying in interviews for years that Rock would someday wow people with his serious acting chops.
@vienogola14213 жыл бұрын
all without freeing willie at unsuspecting women.
@andybaldman3 жыл бұрын
@@vienogola1421 Women who all consented.
@sunylou39923 жыл бұрын
Wow. This was awesome. It was like two good friends just hashing things out. I don't wholy agree with Chris Rock's opinion re: lunch counter, but I enjoyed the flow of conversation and thoughts shared. Good interview once again Trevor Noah!
@firesign42973 жыл бұрын
Mr.Rock♥️🙏.... Working on his Mind🙏 Heart 🙏and Soul🙏 And Taking Care Of Self🙏....Self Love👍🏾👍🏾 and Self Care👍🏾👍🏾 Much Respect and Blessings Always From a Sista From Brooklyn. ONE LOVE To You BOTH 🙏♥️🙏♥️
@martinphillips72213 жыл бұрын
"Don't get them confused with real things "
@YOUREADY093 жыл бұрын
Black Men age so well. 🙌🏾
@firestarter32833 жыл бұрын
This is an empowering interview. True words spoken. "Its not a gift or a privilege to be treated equally" Trevor Noah. This is the motto of mottos..
@ElishaLoweRN3 жыл бұрын
Trevor you just keep covering. I'm not watching everyday but I appreciate you and your team. Chris, keep getting the healing. I'm here with you. Thank you.
@romaerb41613 жыл бұрын
The minimum ASK at this time can start with having the same healthcare coverage the POTUS has. We are paying for it anyway. It is a doable fare to elevate to fair equity in healthcare. I wonder which party will offer that notion first? Thanks for the mention of mental health!
@evelynmooney64673 жыл бұрын
With each passing day, Donald Trump acts more like a beta male. Cancel him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3Kkpqyofbp6bJY
@maretolson20683 жыл бұрын
Roma Erb a lot of countries just figure out a way to provide health care to everyone, without the insurance companies as middlemen adding their profit margins of the cost.
@BTrain-is8ch3 жыл бұрын
Money is the ask. Capital. When you have the money you can sort everything else out on your own. You don't need to come to the table and ask for anything when you have the money. I don't give a damn about the healthcare government officials have. I don't want the crumbs. I want the cake. I want damages for the hundreds of years of wage theft my predecessors suffered. The US federal government locked Japanese people up then paid them. The US federal government stole Native American land then they paid them. The US federal government has had its boot on the necks of black people for centuries and you want healthcare? Psh. You sure you listened to the interview?
@mosheree223 жыл бұрын
Love what Chris Rock said about working on his mind & if he was working on his body.. thats not too much time. #respect ✊🏽✊🏽 #chrisrock #facts We need to normalize working on whatever part of you needs the work! Most people need a lot more work on their mind than on their body. Love it!!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🖤
@davidsturdivant41593 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one pleasantly surprised at what really is a great point made by Chris Rock? What is the "ask"?? That's a priceless statement. To be equal and get the same bene's I'll sit at a different counter.
@JRCMRamos3 жыл бұрын
Dude: love RSA, you are a hell of an interviewer (in a good sense for the viewer) and it is amazing how you can distance yourself from others, themes and yourself to extract a new point of view.
@jelina58923 жыл бұрын
MLK did ask for economic reform that's what the walk to Washington was about
@JanuaryGoat3 жыл бұрын
That's when they killed him, when he started talking about economic/financial changes!
@paleamigo85753 жыл бұрын
@@JanuaryGoat He knew how to get the money, not how to ask for it.
@NODE19753 жыл бұрын
@@JanuaryGoat no they didn't kill him until he started protesting Vietnam
@peabomkhize14593 жыл бұрын
As a person who grew up reading a lot about the speeches of Dr. King, Malcom X, Mandela, the activities of the Civil Rights Movement and the Apartheid Struggle, I disagree with Chris Rock on sitting at the “lunch table”. For example, the CRM was only started with Rosa Parks in the bus just as a catalyst for the rest of the movement and the point was to eventually change everything including equal opportunities on education, jobs, etc. So sitting at the lunch table was just a symbolism to say we want equality. Black people never really wanted to sit at the table with people who hate us. Having said that, I watched that episode of Empire where Chris Rock was a prison boss. I just wondered why he would kill a part like that and only do one episode. We deserve to see Chris Rock as a villain in an entire movie. Hearing him say he finally did such a movie is great news indeed!
@anotherpointofview2223 жыл бұрын
I think he made a good point. Didn't seem like a lot to ask. And it isn't if it wasn't for the reason it's an ask at all. But depending on who you were, it's a pretty big ask. In a sense you are asking someone, a (class of ) people, to give up its "identity." To deny themselves the status, the position, the priveleges, the beliefs that served to define who they were, and their superior position in society.
@eschwarz10033 жыл бұрын
Chris really impressive in Fargo- showing his range
@sher35713 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY Stop Asking for TRINKETS We Have the Power to Demand What Makes Honors Our Unique Situations We Have Had to Carry BUT We Want ALL Belonging to Us
@kevonwalker823 жыл бұрын
Right. As a black man, I will never get a check from the government that will lead to any change in status. An advancement in opportunities changes my life and future black lives.
@Zackariyaouchen3 жыл бұрын
and he's 55 years old .
@monetpetals863 жыл бұрын
Miss your wit and effortlessly relatable and educational mind for social/racial issues. Mr. Rock we need another special! Good luck on your mental emotional evolution!
@wildcatste3 жыл бұрын
Big up on Chris for being open about getting in therapy. It's true, we don't think twice about spending hours and hours on our bodies, but our mental health has as much if not more importance to our well being.
@7daimeHokage3 жыл бұрын
I feel like Trevor is holding back a lot. Maybe thats even the reason of the cuts. As an South African living through apartheid. I dont think he appreciates Chris writing off "sitting at the same counter" as cosmetic bullshit
@user-os1yg3zl6i3 жыл бұрын
I think Chris Rock gave him a different view of the counter.
@Endubis3 жыл бұрын
But the sad reality is, it is cosmetic. Look where African American and African today are and what they were in 50s and 60s? We are still slaves and Europe, America and China is still colonializing us. 1‰ of us maybe made it and another 1% is on the way, but we are still doormat for the whole planet. Any can take our resources for almost free while they leave the dirt on our countries....I can keep on writing about why things didn't changed and will never change but I'm to tired....
@kevonwalker823 жыл бұрын
@@Endubis You are right. The few (which are many) who have attained riches that can make great improvement to the future of our generations choose not too. I see some building schools, banks, and businesses. Why not all? Why not have a black owned Walmart and shop their nation wide? Why not have true black media? We try to show power by taking 1 day and saying don't spend money. How about doing that from this point on and only shopping black owned? How about those black owned businesses actually contribute to the community to have our money recycle thru the neighborhood a couple times before leaving to white hands? Some rather hoard money or buy things from non blacks and pretend that they needed that 250k truck or the millions black people spend on jewelry and clothes from other races.This is why blacks as a whole is fighting a losing battle trying to get respect from people who will never respect us. Forget their respect. Forget their table. I don't want to sit at their table because it's their table. I want my own table.
@Endubis3 жыл бұрын
@@kevonwalker82 💯💯💯
@clbazar3 жыл бұрын
I love you, Chris Rock, but this is a reductive argument. There is a lot more to the Civil Rights movement than lunch counters and Dr. King was cut down before he could continue the ask, my friend.
@abepresume81323 жыл бұрын
Everything a psychopathic society, with no conscience, does is cosmetic. Only a delusional person, brainwashed by that same society, would view superficial "progress" as actual, meaningful advances.
@jbird19693 жыл бұрын
Grew up watching Everybody Hates Chris. If you want a peek into Black Neighborhoods, watch that show. ‘My Man got TWO JOBS!’ Love both these guys.
@p.w.74933 жыл бұрын
Wow, this conversation is DEEP!! Uncover the REAL 'layers' to the ASK, brothers!!!💕💯
@smokey5lbc13 жыл бұрын
Reading some of these comments... I just don’t know where to even begin. I want to believe that people aren’t this obtuse, but the ability for people to take in information they don’t agree with at the outset and logically process it, seems practically lost. Anyone that has followed Chris Rock as a comedian knows that he is well informed and knowledgeable, particularly about the history of America and black Americans. If you’ve read or seen interviews with him, those are evidence to support what he does know and understands. The point he made (clearly, to me) was that asking for equality requires substantive change, not change in form. The substance was about equality. That all Americans have an equal access/treatment/experience. The form could be equal together (integration) or equal apart (segregation). What’s more important: that the symbols of inequality are removed (integrated lunch counters; no more “colored only” signs), or actually having REAL opportunities to succeed and being given equal treatment? In other words, does going from segregation to integration change anything if the people aren’t treated equally in either scenario? Integration, like segregation, does not define equality. Integration on its own can make people believe that equality exists, but it does not on its own establish equality. Segregation wasn’t just about being separate. The initial premise was “separate but equal.” The problem was about the lack of equality; the actual separation was secondary to that. Put another way, segregation itself did not cause or create the inequalities experienced by blacks in America. Everything designed for black people was either actually inferior or deemed inferior. Example: black engineer trained at a black college was not “equal” in qualification as a white engineer trained at a “white” or traditional college. Integration and civil rights said, in essence, that a “white” college could no longer deny a black person from attending simply because the person was black. What it didn’t address was whether or not the education being obtained at the black college actually WAS inferior. It didn’t set out to dispel the belief that blacks themselves were inferior, and therefor not really qualified to be engineers. Therefor, it isn’t surprising that it didn’t create any real barriers against schools using other “enrollment criteria” to disqualify a black student from attendance. At the end of the day, if a black person has the same (equal) financial prospects as a white person (access to bank loans at the same interest rates; compensation/wages), and is provided the same (equal) opportunities for advancement (education; jobs/businesses; property; etc.), then does it really matter if black people and white people are sitting together at a lunch counter eating? Shopping at the same stores? Banking at the same banks? That is Chris’s point. If the black lunch counter has the same menu, same quality of food, same prices, all things substantive are equal. The ONLY difference is who can eat where. What then are either the black or white patrons of the respective establishments missing? Whether you or I personally (in 2020 or 1960) want the “freedom” to eat where we want, is honestly secondary to whether or not we have equal access to the food we eat. Integration in America, at its core, presumed that the only way for blacks and other persons of color to have equality was to give them “access” to the same things whites had WHERE white people were having it. Just because you take a sign down, doesn’t change your attitude about whether or not “coloreds” are allowed or even wanted in an establishment. The Civil Rights Act says people of color can sue, but if you know anything about a lawsuit, you know it’s not as simple as strolling up to the court clerk and saying, “I want to sue because I was discriminated against.” The line between discrimination and one’s right to whom they associate with is not a bright one (a country club, for example, does not have to accept all applicants for membership). So again, the whole point with “what’s the ask,” is not to say that those who fought for civil rights did nothing or wasted their time. It’s about bringing clarity to what fundamentally has to change. And that includes making sure we are all on the same page of knowing WHAT we are truly asking for. As Chris Rock stated, integration destroyed many of the areas/fields where blacks in America had managed to become successful during segregation (e.g., the Negro Leagues). Equality doesn’t START with integration. It starts with saying the Negro Leagues are “equally” as good as what we now call the MLB. Jackie Robinson was so good, the white players where privileged to play with him; not he was lucky to get to play with them. What good was integration as a priority before equality? If we had truly been separate AND equal, would civil rights still have occurred? The way it did? If there was true equality, I doubt we’d need to talk about integrated vs segregated. That wouldn’t matter as much, because opportunities would still be equally available; supply and demand capitalism would still sway positions. It would truly be just an issue of choice. I don’t care if I never break bread with my next door neighbor, and we never step foot in each other’s houses. I do care if the city we live in is providing him with better services and infrastructure than it does to me. Our houses being separate does not impede our rights and privileges from the city being equal. And that’s the point. Equality has the priority. The form is secondary. (And my neighbor and I get along just fine.)
@toddlawrence96763 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this nunced and cogent response! Everything you wrote is exactly what I was thinking while reading the comments about Chris and his knowledge of the Civil Rights movement. I have been a fan for decdes and know he has spoken on his extensive research on the subject. Everything he said was spot on. And so was everything you said here.
@misstunes17653 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Well stated and explained for those who are quick to criticize yet slow to understand. Thank you.
@edsnotgod3 жыл бұрын
What I'm led to believe that affirmative action alone helped blacks. No person of colors can ever make it in the US without government aid and thats why they need to keep voting for welfare they deserve.
@teejaygirl8183 жыл бұрын
"They got to play with him!" Say it Chris!
@mayen00113 жыл бұрын
Chris Rock is very self-aware. Love his insight.
@GothicDragonX3 жыл бұрын
I still remember him in "Head of State" still love it :D
@christinefaul38113 жыл бұрын
The ask? Equality. Sad that equality is so difficult to obtain.
@kevonwalker823 жыл бұрын
Is it really equality or equal opportunities? I could care less if the other races look at me as an equal or not. As long as I am not oppressed and attacked, I can make it. I just want the opportunities. You can call me any racial slur out the book in your head as long as it don't stop me from getting that business loan or my people getting into colleges with top teaching.
@paleamigo85753 жыл бұрын
@@kevonwalker82 I believe it's "equity" with opportunities.
@alvaromoe3 жыл бұрын
He makes it sound like "sitting at the table" is completely independent from equality, as if you can have one without the other. There can't be any equality where there's hate and division. Especially if that hate comes from the people in power. Sitting at the same table is a prerequisite for equality.
@puchi13883 жыл бұрын
Good point. Can I challenge it a bit? Sometimes in life, there are people that just don't care or bother to get to know you, to offer you an opportunity... they made up their mind about you. Sometimes the only way to change their opinion is by action, you not letting their opinion drive you, and just doing you. With having access to the same education, resources and opportunities you are on that path. To do you. I agree sitting at the table is important, for decency, for growth for mutual opportunities, but I don't think it needs to be the first thing.
@bridgebridgebridge3 жыл бұрын
Not really. You can be "given" a sear at the table, through legal and social pressures, and immediately sidelined. You can be paid a lot of money to show up on a board of directors as the token black person, and it's basically hush money "be seen, be paid and be quiet".
@alvaromoe3 жыл бұрын
@@puchi1388 Yes, I don't deny that access to education is more important, I agree on almost all your points. The only difference (as I see it) is that I don't believe that equal education can happen if you can't even sit at the same table. It's like pretending to work together with someone who you think doesn't deserve to be working with you. That said, I personally think that they won't change their minds. Not by legislating, not by sitting at the same table, it just won't happen. However, you will have a new generation growing up with people of different skin colors around, naturalizing diversity. And that is, in my opinion, why this gains are more important than they make them sound in the interview.
@puchi13883 жыл бұрын
@@alvaromoe I totally agree!
@gloryshabouk78843 жыл бұрын
Yes I totally agree with Chris!! We all need to ask and demand for real things people should have!!!!
@katmeowgarcia71893 жыл бұрын
I love hearing Trevor and Chris together talking and laughing! Made my day.
@rugby8463 жыл бұрын
"Im an old black man, ive got anger"😂
@abepresume81323 жыл бұрын
Nothing funny about 400 years of oppression but okay.
@rugby8463 жыл бұрын
@@abepresume8132ypute absolutely correct, but I was quoting from the above clip
@GFlury43 жыл бұрын
Right on Chris, "F! a lunch counter", their neighborhoods, their schools.....just leave us the hell ALONE when we START and PROSPER with our OWN! We've pulled ourselves up by the bootstraps PARTS, they've tried to steal and destroy and they BURN it down! Stop being threatened by what and who we ARE! Right on Chris! "F! their lunch counters!" #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #ChrisRock
@kevonwalker823 жыл бұрын
How many times do you want to pull yourself up by the bootstraps before getting tired of having to do that all the time? Some of the other races don't have to pull themselves up because their elders did it for them. We are in 2020 at the moment. We have a bunch of millionaires who live in this country. Wwe are in position to actually do some great things with the riches of our people. One of the problems is we don't think of others when it come to our finances. A few bucks here and there is nice but how many people are actually doing generation changing acts with the millions they have? I can name a few but I can name many more who rather hoard their money than make black people great now and in the future.
@Dr.SophiaReed3 жыл бұрын
We can hold our breathe longer than you can. Such an iconic line.
@fatimahjackson82723 жыл бұрын
As usual, brilliant insights from Chris Rock. His intellect is stingingly accurate.
@mpatreece27263 жыл бұрын
Entertaining and thought provoking. Comedians are deep!
@SandraCDavis3 жыл бұрын
The Ask: 1. No Taxes 2. Free Healthcare 3. Access to capital 4. Free college 5. Loan forgiveness 6. Free home down payment assistance 7. Farmland to grow organic produce 8. Group therapy 9.
@TheKhaliente3 жыл бұрын
If there are no taxes how do you propose to pay for the infrastructure you are demanding?
@yerbemate3 жыл бұрын
Come on...you can't have anything if people don't put money in the pot. A country, a city and even a household have to run on a budget and the money has to come from the participants. That's where libertarians and the Trump's of the world fool you, that talk gets THEM out of paying taxes and gets us to pay their share and our share of taxes. No taxes SMH.
@budtastic12243 жыл бұрын
No taxes? How about equal percentage of taxes for corporations instead?
@rcenal69953 жыл бұрын
It costs somebody So shut up about all this free stuff and work for it your self I am not responsible for you or your choices any more you for me
@kathyellis23503 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Chris Rock, for the so-true opinions. Thank you, Trevor Noah, for taking the bold steps to be in the moment with fielding and responding to your guest's insights and offerings. Luv it. In all honesty, I admire Chris Rock in attempting such an incredible role to play in Fargo. I am not convinced in Mr. Rock's believability in that particular role. But I am convince of HIS audacious talent!
@kylahlenore34833 жыл бұрын
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Chris Rock was absolutely excellent! What is the ask??!! We know our lives matter, now what? This interview should have gotten more attention with black media.
@maggiem.59043 жыл бұрын
Chris Rock, I think you are posing a good question, but I think you are wrong in saying that the achievements of the civil rights movement were “cosmetic”. I know that for me as a white woman, traveling through the USA has been generally a pleasant experience. If you were traveling and there was no place that would allow you to stop and eat, or go to the bathroom, or spend the night because of your color, that is more than cosmetic. I understand his point that Jackie Robinson being allowed to play in the white leagues was the beginning of the end for the black leagues. But I have read how black teams often had problems like no place they could sleep when traveling. Don’t denigrate Rosa Parks’s revolutionary action - to sit down in an empty seat because she was dog-tired from working on her feet all day. You are right that what matters is how people feel about themselves, and if they feel good about themselves, it shouldn’t matter how other people feel about them. Shouldn’t, but it does, except for the most spiritually advanced individuals. Someone who grew up in NYC in the 1930s told me that white people did not sit next to black people on the subway. There was no written rule, nobody told her not to, it just wasn’t done. When I lived in NYC in the 70’s, everybody sat wherever there was a seat. You are right, it should not be a privilege to be respected and valued as a human being, but that it true of many essential things that have been denied to many, if not most, human beings over the centuries since we have had “civilization”. You said that the civil rights movement of the 60s didn’t do anything of substance because they didn’t ask for any money, just to take down colored signs and let you sit with white people. You are wrong. It was also about jobs and wages. It was about housing, health care, education. It was about black people feeling good about themselves and about community. It was about a lot more than you say. It was about integration, because even if people did have separate-but-equal lives, they would see the other group as “other”. It is easy to demonize and mistreat those who are “other”. The Civil Rights movement was about creating movement in the right direction. It was about white people joining with black people to create this. It was about breaking down rigid social structures that supported injustice. It was about reducing prejudice - not a term you hear now, but a good one. It was about creating possibility. It was a psycho-spiritual movement. It got derailed. Rap in the 90s became all about bling - rappers bragged about hanging out with Donald Trump - big money was their big ask. Some achieved that goal. Empty. Nonetheless, the progress that was made in the 50s and 60s created the steps on which you stand. Their achievements only seem insignificant to you now because they are normal now. It is a good question, what is the “ask” of the current civil rights movement. I think the big ask of the Black Lives Matter movement is for white people to understand the unending daily difficulties and dangers that black people face just because they are black, and to make a fundamental change in their attitudes. You are right, this is a bigger ask than changing regulations and overt public behaviors. You can follow the laws and allow a black person to sit next to you at the counter, but still let them know non-verbally that you don’t want them there. You can make racist jokes and expect them to laugh in order to be accepted, then brag about it to other white people. (This is different from non-malicious cross-cultural blunders). Or you could live in a community with no black people and feel like black people’s problems have nothing to do with you, or be fearful of their problems invading your community, or resentful, believing that blacks and other non-whites receive the lion’s share of government resources. The Black Lives Matter movement is challenging white people to understand that they are privileged. Most white people who are not rich do not think they are privileged - they say that the advantages they take for granted are just the way it should be - not a privilege - and if they are well enough off, that they have earned what they have. I think many white people misunderstand the name, Black Lives Matter. To them it means non-black lives don’t matter. They don’t understand that Black Lives Matter is meant to counter what black people encounter every day - the attitude that their lives literally don’t matter just because they are black. If these white people supported BLM, to them it would mean saying that their own lives don’t matter. They are frightened that their lives, their way of life, will be destroyed. That’s why they counter with All Lives Matter - which is then understood by some people to mean that they think that black lives don’t matter - which it doesn’t necessarily mean to the people who said it. Yes, the Black Lives Matter movement is asking to break down institutional racism, obviously focusing on policing. But beyond changing the rules and restructuring how our institutions work, we are asking people to change fundamental attitudes - to raise consciousness - another phrase from the 60’s. Because that is what will fundamentally change the multitude of negative interactions that impact black people’s lives, from minor to severe, including those that can’t be regulated. I think one attitude that needs to change is that people see race as a solid physical reality. Race is more of a cultural identification than a genetic fact. It is a spectrum of traits on which we land in a particular spot, an identity given to people by the society in which they find themselves. Look at the debate over whether or not Kamala Harris is really African-American or not. She was born in America. Her mother is Tamil. Her father is a black man from Jamaica, so she has African ancestors. Jamaica is in the Americas. But some people complained that she is not really African-American, she is Jamaican-American. Other people of east Indian ancestry were excited about her VP nomination because they identify with her as Indian. Caribbean people were excited because of her Jamaican ancestry. These are cultural distinctions, not genetic distinctions - her genetics don’t change depending on who claims her, or how she identifies herself. People don’t like it if they can’t categorize someone one way or the other. That’s why this is a big ask. We are asking people to reach outside their own sphere, to create room for empathy and understanding for others of different groups. That is the starting point - empathy. Then we can choose right actions. Such things do not change easily or quickly. They have been changing, but not enough - we need a quantum leap to a higher level now.