Football Legend John Barnes Talks Race and Class

John Barnes, Former Liverpool and England Footballer, Author of "The Uncomfortable Truth About Racism" speaks with Bloomberg's Mark Dawson at the Bloomberg Equality Summit.

[@Disco_Biscuit_X]

Love barnsey my dads favourite ever liverpool player and the best player he ever saw at Anfield and he was a season ticket holder from 78-2002

[@mriggst]

He's a credit to commonsense and his race - head and shoulders above any commentator I have ever heard. So refreshing to hear this in today's tawdry media.

[@robinpillay8462]

The book deserves an updated version, which includes the war in Ukraine, which exposes racism, prejudice, and unconscious bias.

[@gloriannamani1123]

Barns John 👏🏾👍🏽

[@Adam-wz6hz]

John you were great when you played and you're great when you're doing what your doing now. Who said footballers are thick as 2 planks.Dont stop the good work

[@andrewmillar1980]

Too bad on his time in charge of Celtic still a decent and honest man

[@saciida360]

His intellect is another level 😮

[@crabapples1995]

Oh come on.

[@aliveandthrivingwell8450]

The most uncomfortable truth about racism is that we are in the year 2023 and the impact of this awful mindset is still prevalent all around the world. I would recommend all who watch this video to read "Thinking in Systems" by the late Donella H Meadows to help get to grips top some of what John refers to. I have lived a whole lifetime of not just being a victim of unconscious bias but also witnessed many occasions where in my opinion it is just pure unconscious bias at play. The question is "How do we eliminate unconscious bias?". There seems to be a lot of experts to answer this. On another note I have never witnessed an interviewer with such a despondent demeanor, or is that just me?

[@juggist]

The interviewer is completely ignorant

[@kerwinjoelchetty9082]

You be doing bad actions, shifting blame

[@yusifhuseini]

You've said nothing. Bring something substantive rather than repeating nonsense talking point.

[@Browzan]

he makes a lot of sense, barnesie