The problem: In most urban Black communities an educated successful black person is seen, at best, as an exception rather than an example. At worst he/she is considered a sell out or acting white.
@dougyankunas31045 жыл бұрын
I’m on the west side of Chicago. Lake and N. western to be more specific. I can tell you that between the city being run by Democrats for 80 years ( yes literally run with a Democrat mayor for almost a century). The city also has had a super majority of Democrats in the local government for almost as long. Democrats are not the only problem. Gangster rap destroys black communities also. Money, hoes , bling, etc is held up as gospel. I tell all these young bucks education is the key. Being 62 years old I’ve seen a lot of bs here in Chicago
@c209955 жыл бұрын
@@dougyankunas3104 Yes. Being from the west side also. Central and Augustus. I've seen all that you name destroy the Austin Community and keep the minds of the people from taking any form of responsibility.
@LividImp5 жыл бұрын
You nailed it. My best friend in high school ended up getting a full ride scholarship to a fancy well known private college, and he took shit from his own community for being "too white". Even some in his own family were snarky about it.
@c209955 жыл бұрын
@@LividImp: When I graduated junior college with an AGS and an AAS no one in my family showed up. When I got my BA only my dad came. When my cousin paroled out of prison, the family threw a party in Garfield park and dozens went. Hell, some of them went to court when he was sentenced and cried for a gang banging armed robber. The media and activist talk about racism and white supremacist. A KKK guy ain't never chased me home from school or stole my car or mugged me on the green line.
@LividImp5 жыл бұрын
@@c20995 That's fucked up. That's not the first time I've heard that either. At least my friend's mom and grandma were there for him. Shit's slowly changing though. I don't see that same rejection of education or "whiteness" that I used to see, or at least it's not as bad as it was. Now you see black folk on skateboards and riding choppers, listening to heavy metal and country. That shit was unheard of in the 80s and 90s. "A KKK guy ain't never chased me home from school or stole my car or mugged me on the green line." Same here. Except in my case it was a Latino gang in my area that would torment me. White bangers were so rare where I grew up I never even gave them a thought. The worst assholes are always whoever is the big dog in the area, it doesn't matter the race. But now with all these mosque and synagogue shootings, I've been teaching my boys to watch out for peckerwoods too. Humans are just pricks, and race has a lot less to do with it than certain people claim.
@DavidEVogel4 жыл бұрын
It seems to me that the media promotes and even invents racism. Headlines such as: "Group of loitering black youths told to leave Starbucks." "Group of loitering youths told to leave Starbucks" is a non-story. There is no interest. Its boring. Add "Black" and you get another controversial article about racism.
@jacdixie4 жыл бұрын
Usually they wouldn't include the word "loitering," either.
@susanb50584 жыл бұрын
You are so right! Media is definitely fueling this fire.
@animeguitarguy4 жыл бұрын
Jussie Smoilet had to try and invent some racism because there is so little in this country
@umiluv4 жыл бұрын
Bingo! They’ve been doing this since as far as I can remember. Stopped trusting the media in 1992 when I was 10. The local LA news kept pumping hate, racism, etc and stoked the fires for the LA Riots.
@1904mojo4 жыл бұрын
The police was called because they looked suspicious. All they were doing was waiting for a friend there. I don't know if it was racist or not but it doesn't seem normal to call the police because black people are waiting in a Starbucks. It's something white people(or any other group) would do
@quinbagwell7515 Жыл бұрын
It's such a rarity to hear anyone discuss race in a calm , rational , unbiased and informed manner.
@azyrataylor4 жыл бұрын
This guy needs more views!
@Mr._Moderate4 жыл бұрын
No he doesn't
@worldgonemad58665 жыл бұрын
How dare you bring context into a complicated topic.
@ROYALP1005 жыл бұрын
Nothing complicated about this unfortunately what he's leaving out is the lack of accountability by our elected officials who have failed to reconcile past racial injustices(Black Wall street for instance) which help to foster the current climate of race pandering.
@UltimateTobi5 жыл бұрын
@@ROYALP100He didn't say complex but context. And you obviously didn't get the sarcasm.
@ROYALP1005 жыл бұрын
:Well so glad you're reading between the lines?
@worldgonemad58665 жыл бұрын
@@ROYALP100 , do you know that so-called black wallstreet was simply a prosperous black neighborhood? It had nothing in common with the real wall street.
@rckli5 жыл бұрын
Roflmao Worldgonemad seems mad educated on the subject Liked both his comments. Are you a kafka man, i wonder
@laurasalo61605 жыл бұрын
I stumbled here -- I must know more about this man...
@ras-negusbloomfield81455 жыл бұрын
Me too. Same here
@SolDizZo5 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIuVlp2Fh7p0hLM This is where I first found him. He was disagreeing with Jordan Peterson in a QNA about transgender pronoun use. He later stated that he refused to go on a panel with Jordan because he didn’t want to be the “token black man.” I feel like he got a bit wiser about race issues since then... he’s recognized as part of the IDW today.
@zenobardot5 жыл бұрын
@@SolDizZo John Has been delivering the same basic message about race since publishing "Losing the Race" in 2000. For a long time, it was assumed by many on the left that he was a Republican, because of his contrarian views on race. He's actually a centrist, and calls himself a "cranky Democrat".
@davestafford49055 жыл бұрын
white girls can't resist that intellectual BBC tbh
@snozzybosch75035 жыл бұрын
Me too. A breath of fresh air for sure in a world full of bullshit.
@Section8dc4 жыл бұрын
Comparing it to a religion was honestly eye opening, I never thought of that comparison.
@silversilk84384 жыл бұрын
It was a good comparison, but why didn't you/we know it all along? It's the Secular Humanist's version of Catholicism. Maybe you knew it all along, but you never took the time to let it sink in until the words bubbled up and you could express it audibly. People go marching for miles without asking where they are headed.
@mosienko19834 жыл бұрын
I don't know if you've heard of Christopher Hitchens but this sort of thing was what Hitchens had in mind when he said that "religion poisons everything". It is the religious way of thinking that is the problem. There are a lot of his videos on KZbin. You should check them out - and I highly recommend his books (Especially, "God is Not Great"). Also, check out anything by Richard Dawkins.
@silversilk84384 жыл бұрын
@@mosienko1983 Atheism, as a religion, is also a poison, especially when it doesn't admit its religiosity (as when atheists steal the definition of "agnostic" to get away from the burden of proof when arguing with Christians. They like to say they simply _lack a belief_ rather than they they are making a truth-claim). Atheism provides no basis for objective morality (as in, nothing is actually wrong it's just your opinion and preference that you dislike a certain action e.g. murder). So it's funny that evangelical atheists write books judging God when they have no basis for morality. You can go check out a wide variety of arguments and evidences. See also, that in philosophy there's been a resurgence, and growing sureness, that a God must exist. See also, nature: The creation cannot create itself (yet atheists insist on this). Nothing cannot create something, and you know that idea that "with a law like gravity the universe can and will create itself"? Well the law of gravity also didn't exist because literally nothing existed, not natural laws, not space nor matter nor time nor energy: Something created the universe, and fyi for thousands of years Genesis 1:1 has attested to the beginning of the universe - and that wasn't a common idea; people used to think the world was eternal. There is absolute/objective truth. [The statement "there is no absolute truth" is an absolute statement and thus if true it says it cannot be true, so it self-refutes... and this is post-modernism's main crux, that there are no metanarratives.] So since there is absolute truth, and by the way there is an objective moral law too, I think you should consider the following. Have you ever lied? Have you ever stolen anything? Have you ever looked at someone and lusted after them, committing adultery wit them in your heart? Have you ever blasphemed God or used His name in vain? Have you ever envied what someone else had? Those are all sins, and part of the commandments at Exodus 20. The reason it's brought up is because we look at one another, we say "I'm better than that person there" because we do comparisons rather than pure assessments individually. If you've done another of those things (theft, lying, lusting, swearing, etc.) then you've failed to *love your fellow man to your utmost, to perfection.* Everyone fails on this regard, which is why Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was sent by His Father into our world: Not to condemn us, but to save us, because we ALL stand condemned. (John 3:15-19) If you believe on Him you will be saved, but you should know what you're believing in. The Gospel of John is good reading; Get to know the God of Love, the God who is Moral, the God whose ways are higher than our own; The God of mercy, grace, and goodness. God is glorious, awesome, and good. Only God is good. You are not good, I am not good, because we have the ugly imperfections of sin, and we know what sin is, because God gave us a conscience to know better. Read the Bible for yourself, perhaps even try to pray, but I tell you this: There are atheists who, in trying to disprove the Bible, actually study it, and become Christians. Sin is the disease, salvation is the cure: If you don't know that you are a sinner, you won't want to be saved from your sins, but if you listen to the conscience in your head, which on its own is enough to convict you as guilty of sin, you will realize just how many times you choose to do the wrong thing when you know that the right thing is love. PS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2jCamWpn7qWhas
@mosienko19834 жыл бұрын
@@silversilk8438 You know, I used to reply to morons like you but it really is a waste of my time. Open your mind, and read something useful. But don't bother me.
@silversilk84384 жыл бұрын
@@mosienko1983 Have a nice day, Annie Mosienko! :) God loves you which is why he gave you a way that you won't have to die for your sins. Believe on His Son and you will be saved. It's not an impossible ask, that he asks that you love your neighbor and love the One who created you. But I must respectfully disagree with your address of me. When God says "you are wonderfully and fearfully made" and says that he has numbered the hairs on our heads, and that we are worth more than many sparrows, then I think that for one pot to say to another pot a judgement not held by the potter is inappropriate behaviour. If God loves me, and God loves you, we should love one another rather than be so bitter. I hope you will have a really lovely and beautiful day, looking at life with fresh eyes and seeing just how perfectly wonderful it is to be in the moment you're living in, because even the bad moments, looking back, made you stronger like iron tempered by fire and ice. I hope for you that God will work in your heart and give you faith, and give you understanding, but more importantly, give you peace unlike the peace this world offers (which is so conditional and fading) and love to love others with which you never knew you could love with. (as opposed to the conditional and self-serving affection that one might have for someone to the extent that the other person is being kind back to them) Oh, and I'd love if it you enjoyed this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYjNg2t5bcd-nrM Also, this is a really new/fresh channel, with only about five videos on it now, but it's very brilliant and enjoyable too: kzbin.info/door/mIwZDSKSeNboqWKtgX7UrA I hope you come to know our Lord Jesus Christ! _The truth is true even if no one believes it, and a lie is still a lie even if everyone believes it: Truth is objective, but you actually have no basis for objective morality without an external source. There are some brilliant arguments... for instance there's a recent one I'll post link to now_ Much love. Cool argument: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHWcY4qXg899fJo
@yellowlime24835 жыл бұрын
Joe Rogan needs this guy on his Podcast now.
@georgechristie94645 жыл бұрын
Joe Rogans a Prick
@Hrothgrar5 жыл бұрын
@@georgechristie9464 No, he's a thumb. 😂
@Los_Servants5 жыл бұрын
@@keithdenno839 George Christie doesn't know wtf he's talking about.
@NickFirimonte5 жыл бұрын
@@keithdenno839 Not even a debate. He just facilitates good conversations most of the time.
@cuchullain275 жыл бұрын
He certainly does.
@martynspooner58225 жыл бұрын
Articulate and intelligent and not afraid to speak the truth however unpopular.
@rachelholtzman69785 жыл бұрын
Articulate??? Thats racist! LMAO
@jackalope_hunter5 жыл бұрын
@@rachelholtzman6978 Funny joke.
@dynamicflashy5 жыл бұрын
Lol. Is it so rare to find an articulate black man that it's so often pointed out when one is well-spoken? Judging by many sports stars and rappers, perhaps so.
@Grimmwoldds5 жыл бұрын
@@dynamicflashy No. It is so rare to find an articulate English professor that it's so often pointed out when one is well-spoken.
@FreeSilio5 жыл бұрын
He can speak the truth just because he's black. If he happened to be white he won't be allowed to talk like that.
@joshuasatterwhite95204 жыл бұрын
Commenting just so the algorithm gets more people to see this
@Luke_BR_4 жыл бұрын
That's very important, so I'm doing the same.
@kabambakapambalala53254 жыл бұрын
You're a true soldier
@FOY434 жыл бұрын
Gotta spread the truth
@younggrasshopper35314 жыл бұрын
Spreading your white supremacist ideology! - jk jk 🙃
@joshuasatterwhite95204 жыл бұрын
YoungGrasshopper I’m black
@oxtailsoup64935 жыл бұрын
As a black man this articulate brilliant gentleman is what I consider to be a thought leader in the black community. Not Sharpton, and not Jackson.
@vsupreme93865 жыл бұрын
The Sharptons and Jacksons are in power to lead us into chaos
@gregwhitenerel78465 жыл бұрын
I doubt if you're black. The fact that you bring up sharpton and Jackson is a dead giveaway, liar.
@jeanetteb23475 жыл бұрын
indeed very articulate and brilliant.
@mjt55765 жыл бұрын
John McWhorter is brilliant and clear thinking. But he doesn't fit the Liberal narrative, so he's not well known. But he definitely should be.
@gregwhitenerel78465 жыл бұрын
@@mjt5576 why? Because he's black and defends killer cops with white supremacist talking points?
@stephanesurprenant605 жыл бұрын
To some people, this man is like a unicorn: a college professor of humanities talks about the harm done by the de facto censorship imposed on discussions of racism in the US. Look at him. Calm, thoughtful, polite. May he influence his students to be more like him!
@AmirGTR5 жыл бұрын
Is that really our problem though? That some idiot doesn't have a platform to mask rich scam artists from people and point the blame at someone else? Face it babe, if it isn't the "alt left" and "alt right" it's always something else, as long as it isn't holding people responsible for managing our fucking tax dollars.
@waleuska5 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAH THIS DUMBASS HAHAHA
@lizardas5 жыл бұрын
@@waleuska Can you elaborate? Let us in on the joke.
@lizardas5 жыл бұрын
Stéphane, maybe the stereotype of college professors of humanities is a false one.
@Qingeaton5 жыл бұрын
@@waleuska BLM is the joke. If they wanted to be something, they would not single out Blacks as mattering. They would be called Our lives matter. Gun control is another joke. You think those inner city kids go to walmart and buy their guns? Ask any of them convicted for shooting someone. They buy their guns from other people and most of them are stolen. What the main difference between the races that I see is that for whatever reason, black men are in general, not great at being dads. You know it's true. Maybe it's because the welfare system will pay if there is no man around to be responsible for his own kids. Maybe it's because he never had a dad around either so he doesn't know what it means to be a man. It's people just like you who mock a successful black man, who sees through the crap, that perpetuate the idea that if you are smart and well spoken, you ain't black enough.
@yosemitesam45495 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more. The current version of anti-racism in my opinion is highly likely to increase racism.
@ABonafideSkeleton5 жыл бұрын
It's all well and good calling out anti-racism for being as harmful as it is but when is someone going to publicly denounce racism against white people? Yanno, the only form of racism that is perfectly acceptable and widely peddled by the mainstream media? Or how about the fact that we aren't allowed to stand up for or defend ourselves for fear of being smeared as a racist or white supremacist and how this is widening a divide that many people previously fought to bridge? Anti-racism is 100% a problem, but we cannot turn a blind eye to the normalisation of racism against whites either.
@yosemitesam45495 жыл бұрын
A Skeleton I don’t think we will live long enough to hear racism against whites condemned. You are especially horrible if you are a white man. No matter of your character, you’re just condemned outright with no road to forgiveness. I frankly and outright condemn that attitude and I recognize that there only so far you’re going to push us before we push back.
@ghoulhaven77655 жыл бұрын
Yosemite Sam the fact that you can be white, have every form of discrimination against as any black person, but have it shrugged off because your skin tone is just shit
@TheDangerous123dan5 жыл бұрын
Why do you believe "the current version" of anti-racism is likely to "increase" racism? what is it about the current version that will cause this to happen? Second question: Is there a version of anti-racism that won't lead to an increase in racism? An would that version be acceptable to you an if so, would you be willing to participate in promoting that version? Third question: Do you believe there should be a version of anti-racism? If so, what elements would you want to see included that would speak to your concerns, that's not now included in the conversation about race and racism? What in your opinion is needed to have an effective anti-racism conversation? I know, that's way more than 3 questions...lol. But I would appreciate hearing your thoughts. I do work in the area of racial reconciliation and I'm always interested in finding ways to bring real healing to our racial divide. Thanks!
@yosemitesam45495 жыл бұрын
@@TheDangerous123dan You asked and I consider your questions sincere so I'm going to give you the open honest unfiltered opinions: 1. Because the current version brings out racist thoughts in me. I find myself thinking racially based thoughts and then I have to reason with myself from the collective back to the individual. I start listing the minority people who are precious to me and walk myself back to reason. The beginning of this process goes back to the redefining of racism from a hatred of someone based on their race to requiring power. So someone can (and have) stand up and say the death of every white person on earth would be a good thing but suffer no repercussions whatsoever. Hatred on the base of race, religion or sex is deplorable. 2. Yes, Martin Luther King’s dream that everyone would be judged on the content of the character not the color of their skin is the answer. I was a kid at the time but when I learned of the discrimination, back of the bus, separate water fountains, schools and such like, in my mind I thought, these things are wrong and I applauded the advancements made. 3. Same answer as # 2. Content of character not color of skin. But let me add, to fix anything you have to work at the individual level. There is no “collective” fix for all Blacks, illegal immigrants, poor in other countries. You can’t fix the whole but you can help an individual. Any discussion of anti-racism needs to include whites and as long as we can’t have a discussion on race without whites being labeled racist for engaging in the discussion, it can’t happen. And we have to include behavior in the discussion as well. I relive the following over an over again: A young lady pulled up at our building of worship this past Sunday. She couldn’t have been out of her 20s but maybe early 30s. I’ve seen her a lot. She sends her child into the building to ask for assistance. She’s got no husband but has 5 children from 5 different men and naturally she is in constant need of assistance. What chance does she have for a prosperous life? None. And she isn’t really interested in a spiritual life, she just wants financial help. We give her diapers, formula, money for gas and food for the children. What else can you do? What chance do those five kids have? But even mentioning such things will get me called a racist. This country is in crisis over the lack of strong family units but no one can talk about it. The welfare state has destroyed families. And of course if the discussion is over race, then I’m a racist and if the discussion is over the need for fathers then the feminists scream about the patriarchy. I’m frankly glad that I’m not young. I don’t want to see the results of this mess in another 40 years.
@Kitkat-9864 жыл бұрын
Huh. It's refreshing to hear someone speak logically rather than emotionally.
@Mr._Moderate4 жыл бұрын
@josh fritz - and I would argue that it's your emotions that make you think this rubbish is actually logical 👍
@Kitkat-9864 жыл бұрын
@@Mr._Moderate When someone says something that you not only disagree with, but also challenges a belief you hold, you instinctively react with emotion as if you were attacked, and double down on what you believe because you're no longer thinking with reason, but emotion.
@Mr._Moderate4 жыл бұрын
@@Kitkat-986 actually I thought he was opening a new perspective because I never heard of the cases he referred to... Then I investigated those cases... And he's a fraud. What did you do? Did to do that? 👂
@tombombadil13514 жыл бұрын
@@Mr._Moderate explain how those cases indicate he is a fraud?
@tombombadil13514 жыл бұрын
@@Mr._Moderate because i believe you are the delusional one here
@willbournerv22594 жыл бұрын
What’s this, logical and rational independent thinking?
@chiacheeseng5384 жыл бұрын
Yes
@marcspade_pipes4 жыл бұрын
Yep. And I'm sure the dislikes are all people calling him an Uncle Tom.
@killerb187r.o.dstunna94 жыл бұрын
It's not, I saw 3 other black people bringing up the same reasoning. Saying the Exact same things, calling the exact same names, of people that died .trying to justify something, what they are talking about is it facts? yes, but they still don't get it. the people who are saying this are ,well dressed and highly educated. Fools, They are not representing the majority of black people, that's why they don't understand, I'm not from United States of america so I can see it, but they can't . But I do understand what he's saying that's logic. Logic and reality is two different things.
@willbournerv22594 жыл бұрын
killerB 187 R.O.D stunna that’s a whole load of meaningless nonsense you just said
@EgoBrain14 жыл бұрын
@@killerb187r.o.dstunna9 His logic is using the reality. Lol 🤦
@lynnethermann19124 жыл бұрын
watching in June 2020. worthwhile discussion of anti-racism as religion, right now.
@JonMayBowles4 жыл бұрын
I can see that: in the same way pre-enlightenment religion advanced human civilization for tens of thousands of years, we now need rational moral systems (like anti-racism, action on AGW etc) if we are to continue that advance for another 10, 20, 50, 100 thousand years - and beyond.
@ajchapeliere4 жыл бұрын
McWhorter definitely has some interesting insights on the matter and I think there has been a shift away from some of the more "religious" aspects of anti-racism that he highlights here. From what I'm seeing, there's this huge push for the sort of policies that are actually going to produce change rather than a simple appeal to the white guilt complex. There is still discussion of white identity and race but the goal seems to be making whites more conscious of internal biases and the ways in which our passive biases actually cause harm instead of just trying to induce some simplistic guilt trip. It may just be bias in what I'm seeing, but I think there's been a real shit away from the less-than-productive neo-liberal policies that have been bogging down actual progress. A lot of the tweets, essays, etc. that I've been seeing recently indicate that there are black communities in this country that are very much preoccupied with addressing violence within their communities because it's a known problem. I have seen voices from some black communities saying there isn't discussion of that issue, so I imagine it varies from one community to the next and that the topic just hasn't reached the level of nation-wide dialogue yet. Police brutality has been an issue for far longer than the gangs that contribute to intra-racial killings so it makes some amount of sense that there's lag. I think right now the biggest reason people are trying to keep that issue out of the main discussion is because it's being used to deflect away from the issue of police brutality.
@tombombadil13514 жыл бұрын
@@ajchapeliere no its still just as religious. 3 funerals for george floyd( a violent repeat criminal). his death was the 2nd coming of jesus for them, he proved the prophecy"america is racist" true to them. David Dorn(valiant retired policeman) killed in protest/riots. where's his 3 funerals? its still religious: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5bEhnpomcR6gbs look at how they react to logical conversation on data. "From what I'm seeing, there's this huge push for the sort of policies that are actually going to produce change rather than a simple appeal to the white guilt complex." This is only happening because so many more people have joined their ideology so the alarm is louder than ever.
@zephsmith34994 жыл бұрын
@@ajchapeliere If that is true, it would be very hopeful. Can you provide some links to this new paradigm? I have not yet run into any substantial shift, but as you say it may vary by location or community. I need some hope that we can escape from the stalemate, rather than just dig it deeper.
@ajchapeliere4 жыл бұрын
@@zephsmith3499 I'm not sure if there are any documents from the BLM movement itself that outline it but I do see some elements of the shift in think-pieces like this one forge.medium.com/performative-allyship-is-deadly-c900645d9f1f One of the things McWhorton touched on that really struck me was this idea that Anti-Racism was focusing on white guilt in a way that wasn't actually productive. I'm still definitely seeing an emphasis on the idea that white passivity and blindness to certain issues is a key part of the overall problem but that's being accompanied by discussions of what actions we can actually take to tangibly help black communities. I'm seeing a lot more posts about major historical events in the black community on social media than I remember seeing in the past (could be confirmation bias, but even if it is, I'm taking the opportunity to learn). There seems to be a move to educate white people about the policies and events that have created setbacks for black Americans so we can make more informed decisions going forward. I also found an op-ed in which a black author called out his white publishers for stalling on a major pre-publication meeting with him to "take time to reflect on current events" or something along those lines. I'm having trouble finding it but if I track it down, I'll link it. Outside of that, it looks like there's more urgency behind passing legislation in this country than I think we've seen since 9/11. Gov. Cuomo of NY signed legislation today banning the use of choke-holds and other neck restraints. Other cities and states have been making similar moves. Some are moving towards defunding police and/or completely restructuring public safety programs. A lot of that news is available through the NY Times live blog which should be free access: www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/us/protests-george-floyd-black-lives-matter.html It's still hit and miss I think but the fact that we're actually having conversations about performative allyship and white guilt being unproductive is a good sign.
@horridCAM5 жыл бұрын
My father, a white man, was killed by a LAPD officer named Kevin Arnold. He was unarmed and did not deserve to die. It's why the "white privlege" thing hurts so much. I WISH I had some of that. Im below the poverty line and live in the hood. I love my community and life, but everything I have, I fucking EARNED it.
@monchelmitchell5 жыл бұрын
that was classism-prejudice against or in favor of people belonging to a particular social class. : poor white vs. white elitism. Trust you still have white privilege against minorities.
@fredrickgarcia89175 жыл бұрын
xoxo unicorn that privilege can get used against you because you are a standout in that environment, be more thoughtful and have a variety of thought instead of just implying “well even though you suffered this and that setback, you’d still have this privilege” everybody is human and situations aren’t always propertied to fit your rational
@42Nightsyesterday5 жыл бұрын
Privilege is contextual. It does exist but it is much more nuanced than the SJW leftist think. Yes, white privilege does exist, I have seen it. In most asian countries, if you are white you receive a lot of benefits from being white, but in the same vein if you are white and you live in the hood of chicago or detroit your privilege is not very substantial. people will still look at you like you are trash, whether you are black or white. Similarly, if you are a trans colored person on a college campus you possess a near godly level of privilege where you can get away with just about anything and get most scholarships or programs you apply for without having any merit. Privilege does exist, but it is contextual and goes both ways, but it has been simplified and used by a weapon of the left, which only ever hurts the people they try to "protect"
@kat33255 жыл бұрын
42Nightsyesterday I would sort of put a but on white privilege in Asia. While it is true, but in a lot of countries white.. or at this extent foreigner of almost any origin have no rights as locals do. It’s hard to do business, super hard to buy property, let alone even to settle down there unless u marry a local. Plus you are not taken serious and you always know you are a guest.
@42Nightsyesterday5 жыл бұрын
@@kat3325 yes you are totally right, but just to make my point simple and clear I didn't want to get too into it since this is a topic that can be talked about at great length. suffice it to say in the short term it is nice to be white in asia, but for long term settling down it is much more difficult, and with a societies in asia being very community based you will never be fully accepted, even if you are fluent and have lived there for years. anyways, what privilege you do receive is based on stereotypes and fetishes of westerners which are beneficial but still annoying. still, its better than the stereotypes they have about black people or other asians I'll say. being an asian foreigner in a place like japan for example is quite harsh.
@MinthZe4 жыл бұрын
The fact he was able to take a step back and look at the facts and be willing to reevaluate his opinion goes to show what he says is well thought out
@omalone11694 жыл бұрын
"The dead bodies of black males are circulated shared and memed with little hesitation. Many in our society accept this reality as a norm but what effect does death have on the lives [and] the mental concept of the self that black males formulate in this violent world ? How do black males regard the future in a world which is so limited by the present ? To be a black male is to live in constant fear of being accused of some offence against another. Black males live in a world where any accusation [made] against them is thought to be evidence of their guilt" Tommy J Curry (professor of black studies and Africana philosophy currently based in Scotland, UK - excerpt from his book The Man Not.)
@yourmom21894 жыл бұрын
Yes, this is well thought out and articulate. However, it is incomplete and full of fallacies. Like if I were to build a house on an unstable foundation, causing lots of damage to the house, would I keep trying to repair the house or would I repair the foundation first? That’s what’s happening here. He keeps talking about repairing certain outcomes of broken systems, rather than repairing the actual systems that create the inequality and oppression.
@eromosei8784 жыл бұрын
Facts? Wow I'm not even 5 mins into this video and this guy has already said a number of inaccurate things. Shaver's shooting was in NO WAY the same as the shooting of Tamir Rice. Shaver, 26, adult, white male, was using a scoped pellet gun from his hotel window. It was seen and cops were called. The entire incident went on for a period of time where his friends were ordered away and he was given instructions by the officers. In the stress of the situation he made movements that he was told not to and then he moved his hand to his waistband and the officer shot him. Bad shooting. He was unarmed. But to say this is the same as Rice? This was a 12 year old in a playground in broad daylight. The officer was called and told rice was an adult and the officer drove up, gave NO WARNING and shot this child in TWO SECONDS from INSIDE his car. How the F is that the same!? What the hell? I couldn't even keep watching this video because that right there sets up how dis ingenious this guy is being. I could be with you if you were arguing that hysteria over race can cloud things and weaken real justice for blacks. But don't pull out these ridiculous comparisons. Shame on this guy and I'm sorry for anyone who watches this and doesn't do the research.
@laertesindeed4 жыл бұрын
@@yourmom2189 You saved your logical fallacies for the end of your comment...… it would have been better if you listed them first; so I could dismiss your comment and move on to actual reason and rationality sooner.
@joshuahayes48254 жыл бұрын
Laertes Indeed it would have been better if you hadn’t commented to. But here we are 🤷♂️
@BlyGuy5 жыл бұрын
This guy's time is short in acedemia if he is going to go off script like this moving forward. Good for him.
@Theomite5 жыл бұрын
In academia? That's just the first door to close on him if he doesn't get back on the rail.
@Thkaal5 жыл бұрын
This man has been off script for nearly 20 years
@BlyGuy5 жыл бұрын
@@Thkaal I hope he remains in a prominent position and continues sticking to the truth. 2019 is a different time for truth tellers than any other point in history. All dissenting voices are being eliminated in a multitude of ways, but mainly algorithmically. Those that are awake, not that fake psyop woke bullshit, need to be vigilant. No one is coming to save us, only we can stave off the dystopian future predicted in just about every other Hollywood movie.
@jesswiseman20865 жыл бұрын
Tenure. It cuts both ways, but for this man.. it's his shield. :)
@Acolyte475 жыл бұрын
Who the hell is this guy and why have I never heard of him?? I need more!!
@ubellubo5 жыл бұрын
Acolyte47 John McWhorter is a professor of linguistics. He does lectures on linguistics for The Great Courses and has written a number of books on linguistics as well as at least one book on race relations in America. He also hosts a podcast on language called Lexicon Valley. I agree he is really great.
@TheAuron325 жыл бұрын
you've probably not heard of him because he doesnt suit more common agendas, as in lies, truth gets you nowhere these days sadly.
@TexasGolfer5 жыл бұрын
He pokes holes in the left’s views with logic. You will never see him on the mainstream propaganda channels that brainwash the masses.
@mu0FFpu0FF5 жыл бұрын
His name is in the title 🤔
@parkerhix10575 жыл бұрын
You've never heard him because he's not out being controversial, the media probably thinks he's uninteresting for a story. We need more coverage on guys like this. Really sucks the truth is so hard to get out there.
@UltimateBargains4 жыл бұрын
Let's get back to the "content of a person's character".
@malvolio014 жыл бұрын
That's "racist" now. Dumbing down of America is complete. Slogans are easier for most people to digest than nuanced thought like this.
@jumbo4billion4 жыл бұрын
Haven't you heard? Every word and action has to be calculated according to the catagories ascribed to the person you are interacting with. It's called equality.
@alabama2uz4 жыл бұрын
The last thing that followers of the socialist race theory cult want to be judged by is their content of character.
@geekrockrats4 жыл бұрын
MLK would be canceled these days. That’s how insane we are
@linflower88794 жыл бұрын
I miss that concept.
@mrrolypoly56904 жыл бұрын
Ewwww, a free thinker. Let’s shun him and try to get his job taken away.
@mikexxxmilly4 жыл бұрын
Lol post his address and murder his family for having a differing opinion!! Disgusting! How dare he!
@madimakes4 жыл бұрын
Comments like this aren’t helping along the situation. Our modern culture gets dopamine hits from “smack downs” when what we need are useful discussions that help move us forward....no?
@Twizted864 жыл бұрын
@@mikexxxmilly Bigot logic :)
@cundionfire4 жыл бұрын
@@madimakes Wait are you serious or can you not detect sarcasm?
@signa84 жыл бұрын
How dare a person of color say such things. Time to throw racial slurs at him and say he's not really black.
@diesel88694 жыл бұрын
I don't understand why men like him who think critically and obviously intelligent are not chosen as country leaders? Why are Clintons and Trumps chosen?
@MrPokerblot4 жыл бұрын
Moments
@MrPokerblot4 жыл бұрын
Money
@kraven44444 жыл бұрын
@@MrPokerblot Ding Ding Ding. It's money and popularity of name. Takes Millions and Millions to even run. If you don't got it then you gotta get it through a fund raiser. But no one is gonna give you money just for being honest. You have to promise them results in their favor.
@seventhevii31884 жыл бұрын
A guy like this does not have a corrupt bone in his body. THAT is why he could never be chosen
@tinkerinWstuff4 жыл бұрын
Because every-day folks don't participate early in the process (caucus level). People who attend caucus choose the party platform, choose who will represent them at county, state, & national assembly, and choose who make the ballots. When only the folks who's hobby is politics participate at caucus, you get the extreme right and extreme left choosing who the Regular Joe's get to vote for on election day.
@FerretChloride4 жыл бұрын
Self ownership is what we’re lacking.
@LouveniaMusic4 жыл бұрын
Donalex Corfgutip 100% agree. America is a breeding ground for victim mentality. Somehow the idea of working hard to succeed got switched out with entitlement. Rich people are entitled when they evade taxes legally and try to manipulate poorer people using their power and reach, and poor people are entitled when they think the NYC metro should be free and rich people should have to give up their hard-earned money. What’s the point of the working hard to achieve the American dream if the government (which has proven to mismanage and waste money time and time again) plans to take half your earned income away? People just seem to think only rich people can be entitled. And that is illogical.
@Brianbeesandbikes4 жыл бұрын
Stable white-respected ownership will happen when enuf antiracist whites stand up with black folk to stop / alter systemic racism. For eg: How whites can admit their racism and take action to REPAIR it WITHOUT GUILT kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6mQmIicht1nY7M Why being unapologetically Anti-Racist is needed, not just being NON-racist kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2OopYSam5KWprM How to be an Antiracist kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqvYgJ-vrrafq8k kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6nEZWZ-bdJjaZY Black man describes how he shed his own racism kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqvYgJ-vrrafq8k?t=1069
@TheNerdRapper4 жыл бұрын
thats a fact
@garylake16764 жыл бұрын
I would go a little further and say that it is self determination that is lacking, The universities promote a culture where determining the future of your own self is sacrificed in the vain hope that you can embark on a journey of altruism and purge their respective countries of all the wrongs, both present and past, as that delays the long hard look in the mirror to discover who you actually are. Their unspoken mantra being 'The longer that I can fight for other peoples rights, the longer I can delay my childhood.' its the Peter Pan Complex.
@FerretChloride4 жыл бұрын
Gary Lake a round of applause for you, sir 👏 well said.
@ernestalvarado39884 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. As a Latino man I was thinking I was going insane for feeling this way.
@Mr._Moderate3 жыл бұрын
Yes, you are insane and probably a little bigoted to boot 💁
@klondikebelridge19963 жыл бұрын
@@Mr._Moderate Wow you're all over this comment section. The cognitive dissonance is really getting to you, huh?
@Mr._Moderate3 жыл бұрын
@@klondikebelridge1996 actually no its not... Are you depressed now because you've been upended?
@klondikebelridge19963 жыл бұрын
@@Mr._Moderate No, people pointing out how your world view is bullshit isn't bothering you at all. That's why you're all over the comment section accusing people you don't know of being racist. Mark of a simpleton to accuse people of bad motives rather than debate the actual points being discussed. Hopefully you'll grow up.
@Mr._Moderate2 жыл бұрын
@@klondikebelridge1996 don't debate me debate McWhorter. He's the simpleton that started this video with horrible inaccuracies that you and yours sopped up as truth serum.
@erickminor5 жыл бұрын
Thank you John for clearly articulating what I couldn’t quite put my finger on about the manufactured outrage that is often displayed by race hustlers.
@AdultThirdCultureKid19715 жыл бұрын
Erick Minor You mean the Reverend Al Sharpton? 🤔 I still remember the article I read about alleged hate crimes against Tawana Brawley in 1989.
@rodneyleon36455 жыл бұрын
just make sure that isnt all you get. Dont just come here for an "Aha!".
@rckli5 жыл бұрын
Odibex - Asians are wealthier than whites Now tell me what a "black" person is: People aren't crayons
@RunninUpThatHillh5 жыл бұрын
Are you pretending you don't know what someone means when they say "black person"?
@rckli5 жыл бұрын
I know what it means depending on context because it is an immoral social construct generated by tribal desires to separate people into groups using arbitrary designations (people pretend "black" is what my skin looks like if i spend time in the sun, otherwise they call it "white" or "tan." Now, I'm not a crayon: What color are puertoricans?) "a person of African descent" = black? I'm from America, all of my ancestors are American born. Let's go with "white" WW1 was fought by a lot of shades of white that would've called themselves a separate race then, yet they don't now. Now all Europeans are "white." XD so many crayons It is simple: If you utilize race to separate humans, you're a racist. I'm not racist: I am American. What are you?
@badtits89825 жыл бұрын
This guy should do voice over work, his cadence is very pleasant
@zenobardot5 жыл бұрын
If you like his delivery, his "Lexicon Valley" podcast has it, plus lots of funny bits and interesting trivia about the evolution of language. It almost never has any political content--he keeps his commentary on race issues separate from his career as a (popular) linguist.
@badtits89825 жыл бұрын
@@zenobardot oh I love politics lol
@zenobardot5 жыл бұрын
@@badtits8982 I probably love politics more than is healthy. Just saying McWhorter has more facets to his personality than what we see in this video.
@KaninTuzi5 жыл бұрын
He sounds like a family guy character. Has that sleepiness in his voice.
@halhibben5 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@Aquascape_Dreaming5 жыл бұрын
Never heard this argued so eloquently. This man can stand with the greats that are Thomas Sowell and Larry Elder. Treating modern progressivism as an ideology or political movement isn't going to work. That's abundantly clear. Treating it as a religion might just hold the keys to freedom.
@goatee015 жыл бұрын
This is because it's a civilized debate. He's able to make is argument without being shut down.
@laurenlochamybatson81595 жыл бұрын
He is a linguist, so eloquently for him comes easy. This was a great debate, and if you have an hour or so to listen to the entire thing, I highly recommend it. He's also written a few articles detailing the similarities between anti-racism as an ideology and religion. Coleman Hughes is a younger man that says similar things. We need more like them, since they are criticizing their own group (the left) and can't be as easily dismissed as "right-wing extremists".
@derekshoemaker89905 жыл бұрын
I love Thomas Sowell. He's my boy.
@aimmortalslegacy21894 жыл бұрын
@@laurenlochamybatson8159read over your comment.. this is the way White society mutes the cries coming from the slave quarters out back. Get a Black man who is so desperate for peace and some degree of normalcy in his life, that he will stand on the plantation steps to speak out against his unruly family in favor of his owner. You love him because he disarms his community of the only weapon they have to fight, that is, speaking against that which continues destroys the Black community. You may like to believe that you are not a racist person, but as soon as you side with racist policy, or encourage Black men to condemn his community for voicing, that which may cause you to feel uncomfortable, you have adopted the characteristics of a racist.
@gavnat99914 жыл бұрын
I am commenting to bump this up given the current situation.
@bubbag88954 жыл бұрын
#metoo
@Mephitinae4 жыл бұрын
Upvoted, replied
@dianewuchevich62084 жыл бұрын
@HKZ P If you've heard it you should research it and find out if it's true or false. There are many things on the internet. Some are true some aren't. You could easily google the issues because he gives you the statistics. It will be pretty easy to find out if he's telling the truth or lying.
@penmaster0034 жыл бұрын
HKZ P This is in no way whataboutism. It’s ridiculous to claim that a comparison between statistics and evaluation of data is whataboutism and to claim that any argument that calls someone to reevaluate their own logic and actions is whataboutism. If you blatantly ignore the whole picture presented by the actual statistics then you are the one with fallacious logic, not him.
@SirmysticdagodTV4 жыл бұрын
So what he's saying is yeah racism does exist but not really, because based on numbers you can counter the argument by saying what about blacks killing blacks in Chicago, and more whites are killed by cops... I say he's a complete bull$hi÷÷er!.. Dude! You can't honestly tell me that the percentage of blacks being killed by cops aren't totally lopsided in comparison to whites, when historically since post-slavery, this has been the case without any cellphone footage or bodycam to capture the murders of blacks by the hands of police. And I strongly dis-like when I hear these individuals who love to say, "Well, what about blacks killing blacks in Chicago?" Mumbo jumbo.. Although it holds truth but it's inconclusive, you can't tell me that the violence amongst blacks in these impoverished neighborhoods aren't stemmed from the systemic racism that has been implemented for over decades. This is the results of it today. Chicago is one of the most segregated Northern cities in America, and it's not by mistake it was by design. The Original Gangsters were white men like Al Capone, Frank Nitti and many others. They were the original gang bangers and thugs. Chicago was so divided it was worse than some parts in the South. The predominantly black neighborhoods became broken down by lack of equal opportunities of employment, loans, and other facets of racial discrimination. Study how gangs were created in the inner cities of the predominantly black impoverished. If they wanna use numbers and research, then research deeply and you'll know why our inner cities are filled with so much violence intertwined with survival instincts. Yes, this problem needs to be fixed absolutely, but to fix something that is broken, you must first fixed the minds and prevent the actions of the ones who had broke it in the first place. See it's quite socialpathic for someone to come and tear or burn down your home you have built from ground up, while you were in it. Then leave and come back moments later, to tell you that your house is broken and you need to fix it. REMEMBER TULSA?!! The nerve... This guy is being used as a pawn to undermine the crimes that was committed to blacks in the history of America that has ultimately led to the crimes and the happenings of today. Please John McWhatever.. Save your inconclusive ideology, for the ones who benefit from your undermining of black American plight, and for who you are appeasing to continue on with the mentality that systemic racism is a non factor, while underlining the encouraging of white privilege to proceed. Kudos black man (sarcasm).
@carycontreras62944 жыл бұрын
This man should be an integrated part of the presidential cabinet.
@jamesmendez75754 жыл бұрын
@benji And shoot be booed!
@omalone11694 жыл бұрын
@@jamesmendez7575 Oprah may have had a curious show following the OJ Simpson acquittal yet when you review the catalogue of Donahue you have to concede he really pushed for conflicting ideas and alternative views. This channel alongside the history declassified one has much useful material and should be considered alongside Lance Hill's material on the deacons for defence archive.org/details/TheCowsRadioShow archive.org/details/TheCowsRadioShow2 www.talkshoe.com/show/thecows In his introduction to Deacons For Defence [and Justice] he writes: King was acutely aware of these white fears of violence, and in his first and most important book, Stride toward Freedom, published in 1958, he adamantly argued that the civil rights movement had to adopt nonviolence if it wanted to win over northern whites. ‘‘Only through a nonviolent approach can the fears of the white community be mitigated,’’ argued King. ‘‘A guilt-ridden white minority lives in fear that if the Negro should ever attain power, he would act without restraint or pity to revenge the injustices and brutality. . . . Many white men fear retaliation. The job of the Negro is to show them that they have nothing to fear, that the Negro understands and forgives and is ready to forget the past.’’ ‘‘Bomb our homes and threaten our children; send your hooded perpetrators of violence into our communities and drag us out on some wayside road, beating us half dead, and we will still love you. But we will soon wear you down by our capacity to suffer.’’ Minister Malcolm mocked this capacity to love when he spoke of the need to "suffer peacefully" itself provoking reflection on 'The Moral Masochism at the Heart of Christianity' . Maybe this explains why Rodney King called for an end to the violence on May 1, 1992: "People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? In April 1963, in his Letter From A Birmignham Jail: "First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait... In his essay “The August 28th March on Washington: The Castrated Giant” (1964), in Duties, Pleasures, Conflicts: Essays in Struggle, Ekwueme Michael Thelwell wrote "This exploitation of so many angry and sincere people, whose indignation was misrepresented as some kind of testimonial for the SYSTEM that had oppressed them, and against which they were protesting, must qualify as one of the greatest and most shameless manipulations of recent years."
@Mr._Moderate4 жыл бұрын
@Cary Contreras - you and everyone else on this thread are despicable. 👍 Sorry for raining on your white privilege parade carry on 💁♂️
@Mr._Moderate4 жыл бұрын
@Rob Pashley because he's "non-threatening"?
@Mr._Moderate4 жыл бұрын
@Rob Pashley what truth? 1. Just because he makes you feel less insecure about your racial identity doesn't mean it's the truth 2. Did you research the names of the people he referred to see if they were "exactly the same"? 🤔 I'll wait...
@kaila62kaila5 жыл бұрын
As a Black conservative, this is a breath of fresh air. Of course, racism exists. However, I totally agree that the present scorch-earth approach is delusional and ultimately counterproductive.
@mightress5 жыл бұрын
Absolutly racism excists. Some white men hate blacks, some asians hate native americans, some japanese wil hate chinese and so on. But the white hate black per definition BLM uses all the time is total and absolute bollocks. If a guy resists arrest or is just being a dumbass towards the police or even do pull a knife or gun on a cop you might get shot.
@spaycee90825 жыл бұрын
9 000 I’m sure he said it to highlight how stupid the whole thing is since he finds them equally silly
@tedhall61485 жыл бұрын
As a person living in rural Oklahoma I can see you the same sort of consistent and continual anger over things because of the economic instability as well as the seemingly hopelessness of people situations while our communities aren't necessarily as depressed as the inner cities I know what that's like I used to live in the projects in Detroit I can't imagine the degree of trouble that people living in these extreme poverty high crime areas are experiencing but it's not an excuse for their disingenuous argument about racism something has to be to blame and just saying it's the system doesn't cut it.
@iian_5 жыл бұрын
Damn right it exists, and more of it is being directed at white males than blacks at the moment. Its so hard to find actual racism that people like jesse smalldick have to fake entire hate crimes, then he gets away with it.
@Projolo5 жыл бұрын
"Anti-Racism" is the new racism
@galaxyofreesesking21244 жыл бұрын
it takes a soft speaker like this just to get a couple people to think critically!? god help us all
@galaxyofreesesking21244 жыл бұрын
@SGT NOS no, my point was that we shouldn't just take this guy's word for it; Conservatives have saying this for YEARS.
@BrendaSchwab4 жыл бұрын
GalaxyOfReeses KIng mass hysteria... American population is being manipulated through social media.... wake people up
@eldarion9334 жыл бұрын
@SGT NOS cops kill people all the time? Like wtf? How many unarmed, innocent people do they kill? Any numbers?
@kianalove92734 жыл бұрын
@SGT NOS umm it's not just one black person. Educate yourself. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_racial_violence_in_the_United_States
@eldarion9334 жыл бұрын
@SGT NOS the way you make your point is really unclear. Are you saying cops are killing alot or not?
@TheseusTex5 жыл бұрын
I adore this man for his intellectual honesty and ability to scrutinize what many consider sacred. He also only uses exactly the right word for what he means.
@mdkvisions5 жыл бұрын
He makes you feel good about your life....what makes me laugh is I know if a cop stops him on the way home from this talk his heart is beating as hell like he's going to loose his life..
@craigdamage5 жыл бұрын
@@mdkvisions You are a fucking troll if you think anybody "feels good" about people getting killed. Yeah. Cops are uniformed goons with guns and that is scary. Living in a high gang and crime neighborhood is verifiably 90 times more dangerous and likely to get killed than by a cop. Why do you not address that fact?
@trunkage5 жыл бұрын
@@craigdamage Wait... do you think that excuse copw behaviour. That you think cops go around thinking. 'Well, this is a bad part of town. Safetys off then. If the bullet happens to lodge in someone's head, nobody will care.' Sure, that's not racist, but it's just about as bad. And, I'll remind you, this is what you're saying
@bakihanma72335 жыл бұрын
It's the fact that the cops can and will harass you without any repercussion whatsoever, just because they feel like it, that gets to me. On top of that, many of them (most in my experience) can be incredibly rude and disrespectful, they often treat you like you wasted their time by not doing anything wrong or having anything on you. But I guess I deserved that for having the audacity to work a night shift.
@ghoulhaven77655 жыл бұрын
Baki Hanma might be the area, cops used to absolutely suck where I’m living. Now they aren’t terrible, got keep in mind it’s a hard ass job as well. Because any day could turn into your last fairly easy, plus they are flawed humans just everyone else
@DavidFrancis248244 жыл бұрын
I am terrified about the way things are going in the United States. We are more divided and angry than ever before, and the horrific truth is that the vocal majority of people think that they are making things better.
@clints40494 жыл бұрын
The divide is done on purpose and the whites in charge of it couldn't care less about black lives. If they did they'd be protesting against the killing fields in Chicago every week. The blacks murdered in Chicago in a year equals the number of people of every color killed yearly by police. Most of the police caused deaths are warranted which is why we don't hear about them.
@andrewmcintyre49554 жыл бұрын
"We are more divided than ever" just screams "I didn't do any critical thinking before saying this."
@Keviekev1154 жыл бұрын
It’s suppose to. Research Gregg Braden. He explains during this year earths magnetic field is low. Which controls our moods and attitudes . But it will rise after
@susanb50584 жыл бұрын
I really like this advice
@kyleferguson51754 жыл бұрын
@Great Lakes I think its more than blacks who don't want brutal cops. One thing that is true is the police kill the powerless in society & that's always been the poor. Also important to remember even if the Taliban were killing more blacks than police - the taliban aren't paid to serve & protect.
@coenvanderlinden73754 жыл бұрын
His words about "anti-racism" becoming a religion are more true than ever in 2020. Every argument is true, this new religion even has an Inquisition medieval level and style. Shameful shortsighted and anti-moral.
@doeplatform52854 жыл бұрын
This statement OMG shared it on my FB, man you so on point brother. And this is why racisme only exists as concept cause i am black and to me it even appealed to me what your color is. Evil souls is the problem and evil, it is good vs evil in my opinion as umbrella.
@coenvanderlinden73754 жыл бұрын
@TrashPanda Raccoon dear sir or madam, i work with all cultures, religions, origines people in Europe. Retailers, foodservice and industry. All my hard working clients tell me that they always worked hard and never had systemic racisme in Europe. Facts and figures tell everybody the true story. Booing and whining is for little kids. I know individual racisme exists, but very small and in every culture and social group.
@michaelarivony74094 жыл бұрын
@TrashPanda Raccoon I think your remark is really undignifying. I dont think you have to be black to be able to sympathise, or at least intelletually understand the problem of raciemand priviledge. I have to agree with John here. It has become a religion. And the danger is that we tend to forget that in the system, other people are suffering too. Not only blacks.
@KovahhavoK4 жыл бұрын
@TrashPanda Raccoon What about the black guy who is the one who said it in the first place... like, wut? If a black guy can say that and you shoot a white guy down for saying the same thing, isn't that him dealing with your prejudice right now? Invalidating your statement?
@williamchia68214 жыл бұрын
Sorry, but they are not true. He is straw manning the other side. For example “Despite what you may have heard, no one’s trying to make white men feel guilty for being white men” www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-01-07/column-no-ones-trying-to-make-white-men-feel-guilty-for-being-white His argument that anti-racism is a religion is predicated on the belief that white people need to feel eternally guilty for being white. But almost no one actually believes that.
@TdotJohn5 жыл бұрын
As a black man I 100% agree with this man
@johnathandoughboy5 жыл бұрын
TdotJohn As a white man, i 100% agree with Mayonnaise
@johnathandoughboy5 жыл бұрын
Paul van Dinther truth
@clololown5 жыл бұрын
as an internet comment I am 100% pointless
@trje2465 жыл бұрын
as a person on this world, he makes some pretty good points.
@paulnewberry86795 жыл бұрын
because he has inside perspective and isnt just going with the PC story.
@penurious_pepper19574 жыл бұрын
This man gives me hope
@igorivanov2993 жыл бұрын
Too few and far between. People like him will inevitably get drowned out by the mob. Also emotions trump facts in that particular community.
@Mr._Moderate3 жыл бұрын
@@igorivanov299 your "facts" are actually severe inconsistencies trending quickly in the direction of Inaccurate 👍
@igorivanov2993 жыл бұрын
@@Mr._Moderate What "facts"? That the black mob drowns out any dissent? That's a fact check true ✔ You can't argue against this. Being an individual with independent thought isn't allowed, lest you get smeared with: "Bed W__ch" for women and "C__n" for the men. And shunned by all. Hive mind mentality: Know your role, stick in your lane, remain on the plantation. Those are the mantras that y'all live by.
@igorivanov2993 жыл бұрын
@@Mr._Moderate Keep voting democrat. 🗳 👍🏻
@Mr._Moderate3 жыл бұрын
@@igorivanov299 Please tell me how any of those case comparisons help his argument? I vote open and freely... You can vote RepubliCrat for eternity however
@ZenFox04 жыл бұрын
John McWhorter just articulated many of the thoughts I’ve had over the past 30 years, that are anathema to speak aloud. I oppose racism and racists, and also oppose the current culture of perpetual victimhood and collective guilt by association.
@michaelrichardson30274 жыл бұрын
always the victim.......makes me sick
@notimportant36864 жыл бұрын
there isn't much wrong with racism... it's discrimination that's worrisome.... i could care less if some dude dislikes me for my skin, i really truly do not give a fuck... racism is natural, i fully accept it and i'm one of those people that believes everyone is racist because IT IS LITERALLY CODED INTO OUR DNA.... a left over from tribal days... what i do care about is if i can't get a job because of either my skin color or the skin color of the people that need to be hired.... if i don't like you racially, i still would care MOST about what you can do for me if i employ you because MONEY is my number one concern and priority in my business i'll forgive every racism in the world if you can do the job... mine or yours
@jeffreyyoungblood74384 жыл бұрын
@@notimportant3686 well you can't have discrimination without racism. And no it's not in our DNA. What a ludicrous idea. It is learned from th culture you are raised in.
@ScottBrio4 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreyyoungblood7438 You absolutely can have discrimination without racism and it happens all the time. One example: many women won't date short men because they like tall men. That's discriminating on physical height. No racism involved.
@POOKIE55924 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Youngblood You've seriously never heard of age discrimination? Sex discrimination?
@CP-qn1mn4 жыл бұрын
OMG listening to someone who actually has a brain and can thing these issues through instead pumping a fever pitch of chaos and calamity.
@vinylrichiejr.24164 жыл бұрын
so people who are acting against racism have no brain? and to be clear, he says that racism still does exist in the US
@CP-qn1mn4 жыл бұрын
@@vinylrichiejr.2416 You obviously didn't listen at all.
C P You obviously just a arrogant person who wants feel superior to others just because he watched a 14 Minute KZbin Video. This man wouldn’t say other people have no brain because he treats people with respect and stays humble. It‘s not just about the content you can learn from this man..
@CP-qn1mn4 жыл бұрын
@@vinylrichiejr.2416 Lets see. Lately anyone who doesn't cow down to the politically correct story line has been absolutely destroyed publicly. The head football coach at Oklahoma State may lose his job because he wore a Trump t shirt. So you tell me who wants to be superior over others. I would say it s the people who want to destroy anyone who disagrees with them. Not someone who applauds someone for looking at these issues with context and thoughtfulness. Okay snowflake.
@oo16704 жыл бұрын
In my short life, I have learned that evil comes in all COLORS shapes and sizes
@gabo0301894 жыл бұрын
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
@Rinesmyth4 жыл бұрын
Evil is formless yet it latches on to all things
@Rinesmyth4 жыл бұрын
@Mr. Freiheit more on point it would be black, white, gray, and/or red, but yes
@jeremythompson51514 жыл бұрын
@Katrina M Evil comes from the heart of people, who also come in all shapes and sizes
@jenninenicholls49884 жыл бұрын
Well said. Would you mind me sharing this?
@JK-fz6tk4 жыл бұрын
It looks like this was part of a debate. It would be good to post a link to the whole debate so we could hear the other sides point of view and response.
@sam-cn8tu4 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6uzfJ5nbtlmgdk voila
@willcruz74573 жыл бұрын
@@sam-cn8tu the hero we asked for, not the hero we deserve. Thank you.
@f.85223 жыл бұрын
@@sam-cn8tu thank you
@donnielang24385 жыл бұрын
Wow. someone tells what facts and statistics show.
@AdultThirdCultureKid19715 жыл бұрын
Donnie Lang Much respect to Dr. John McWhorter. 👊🏽😎
@OjoRojo405 жыл бұрын
This negro knows what he's talking about. Very well put and articulated.
@OjoRojo405 жыл бұрын
He's disgusting. @spot light
@craigdamage5 жыл бұрын
@spot light so basically you simply refuse to address all the verifiable facts he presents here. Way to go, genius. Keep feeding the beast.
@jacksutherland8465 жыл бұрын
Someone that's black does. That is.
@MrFg19805 жыл бұрын
Wow. I know him from his linguistics lectures. This just brought my respect for him to a whole new level...
@TimJSwan4 жыл бұрын
What he is saying is really '*modern* anti-racism hurts..' basically, "you're doing it wrong"
@TimothyReeves4 жыл бұрын
In the talk, he literally said, "modern anti-racism" multiple times.
@BluntforceJ4 жыл бұрын
@@TimothyReeves the title is a bit misleading
@pamwinkler67884 жыл бұрын
So what is right?
@alanhopkins17214 жыл бұрын
I think the context remained in your head and got skipped in the expression. I don't understand your point.
@HeraldoftheMEME4 жыл бұрын
@@alanhopkins1721 you don't understand you're misunderstanding of his point
@torvaldbjornsson22434 жыл бұрын
I hear his points, and understand the sentiment, but this particular lecture has some problems. My main issue is that he is constructing a strawman argument. He makes claims about a very specific culture/movement, but never actually directly cites or quotes leaders (or any individual) from this movement. As such, we are left with a lecture that continually sets up a unsourced premise, that he then proceeds to counter. It is a one-sided conversation, against a culture that is not being actively proven to exist in the way he is saying it does. That being said, it would not surprise me if this is just an introduction lecture he is giving. I will give him the benefit of the doubt in this because I have not read any of his work or listened to any longer lectures. "Why should we focus on the occasional police officer that kills a black man, but not black on black crime?" This is a sentiment I disagree with very strongly. There is no reason we cannot have both discussions at the same time. American Police are out of control, and its not about good or bad apples, its about a broken system with zero civil accountability. McWorter correctly points out that a lot of white people are killed by American police, and I am tempted to agree that the issue of police is not one of racism, it is a much deeper structural problem. That tangent set aside, I think it is wrong to assert that we cannot talk about one problem without dismissing the other. His point about universities and forced diversity I absolutely agree with. What more, he actually cites a study, a case study, and the authors of the study. That makes the point he makes so much more succinct. Unfortunately he then goes on to claim "anti-racism tells us to not look at these studies". Who? Who are the anti-racists in this scenario? Are we talking about university leadership? Politicians? Is there a specific work or study or movement leadership that is denouncing these studies? So long as these questions are unanswered, McWorter is still pitting himself against a strawman. His point about white privilege is very correct, I think. Its a distraction, although I don't see it as being quite as harmful as McWorter does. And that concludes his speech. He raises very interesting points but ultimately I think it falls short because he is argueing against 'anti-racism' and introducing aspects, without citation, as he goes. Once again, I am willing to give McWorter the benefit of the doubt and I do believe that the format of this particular speech limited his ability to go in-depth on the topic (although he did cite a study for one of his points, I think he should have done this when talking about 'anti-racism'). But that's all my thoughts. Great speech, but I hope his other work will be more convincing.
@patshep684 жыл бұрын
Maybe we should just look at police violence as one issue, which is hard to tackle, without bringing race into it? Of course what's going on right now makes me wonder if anything can be separate from race. Maybe we should really be focusing on the economic issues that face black people in this country... because isn't that what it's all about in the end? Maybe we should spend more money on education, mentorship...after school activities etc...
@hollowsoul38324 жыл бұрын
I believe that when he says “anti-racism tells us not to look at these studies” he doesn’t mean it literally, he means that the followers and activists against anti-racism do not acknowledge and/or ignore the points that he is bringing up. I do believe the format didn’t allow him to go as in depth as necessary to prove all of his points
@torvaldbjornsson22434 жыл бұрын
@@hollowsoul3832 That's fair. I also get the impression it was a formatting issue.
@torvaldbjornsson22434 жыл бұрын
@@patshep68 This I really agree with. The issues faced by black people are reflections of societal structures as a whole. Making progress in these structures and institutions is the best way forward.
@calisongbird4 жыл бұрын
If you had been paying attention, you would have picked up that this is just a snippet from a larger debate. The person who uploaded just this snippet obviously has an agenda, or the whole thing would have been uploaded for context.
@kimwiser4454 жыл бұрын
I just watched a video of a black preacher who led marches against police go through use of force training with the police. He ended up being shot in one scenario and shooting a unarmed man in another. He learned that compliance would stop almost everyone of these shootings.
@maargenbx14544 жыл бұрын
I hung on after this guy compared the killing of a 12 year old boy to the killing of a 26 year old man, but he totally lost me with the tired, stupid “what about black on black crime” bullshit. Leaving race out of it (I have no problem with that), when private citizens kill one another, it’s already treated as CRIME. When cops do it, it’s not. That’s the problem! The man says this: “If you’re a good anti- racist then you’re thinking about the cops that kill black men...but you’re not supposed to think about the fact that so much murder happens to these men in their own neighborhood.” Who says you can’t think about both, especially since they’re two different topics! When you think about black on black crime you realize that the police are on it - if they know a black guy murdered someone they don’t need you to tell them to arrest the guy, and the criminal justice system will take care of the rest. If you think about the cops killing people you might just realize that unjustified extrajudicial killings by cops are very rarely punished - they’re not even treated as crimes! You might realize that unlike the case of the black killer, the cop who kills (unjustly) most likely won’t even be arrested unless people literally scream bloody murder. Is this guy suggesting that as long as there’s black on black crime, the question of extrajudicial killings by cops shouldn’t be addressed? When you hear about a cop killing a black guy whose unarmed, restrained, and posing no threat, you’re not supposed to think about that, you should instead think “oh well, that guy was probably gonna get killed by some other black guy anyway” and shrug it off? WTF does one have to do with the other??
@bobbyologun15174 жыл бұрын
I almost gave up but I powered though to the end. Did you catch where he called himself white at about 11:34
@winstonsmith75844 жыл бұрын
@@bobbyologun1517 No he didn't what the fuck are you on about.
@but_is_it_really4 жыл бұрын
@@bobbyologun1517 bruh...you a bot? You trying to start shit for no reason? Or just one of those people that like to hear what they want to hear?
@bobbyologun15174 жыл бұрын
@@but_is_it_really Excuse me?
@but_is_it_really4 жыл бұрын
@@bobbyologun1517 there is no excuse for you.
@tumbi974 жыл бұрын
I disagreed with two things. If his main message is we need to have an educated view of racist systems instead of believing without looking at the facts, then completley agree. But the stats he cited pointed more torwards racism, and yet he used them to argue against racism. He acknowledged the disproportionate percentages and then uses nominal figures to neutralise them? Also, im surprised a professor is taking the "black on black" line seriously. Black on black violence is just like white on white violence...its general crime. But the law and judicial system treating certain people groups differently is it's own subject.
@philmstud2k4 жыл бұрын
I agree. There's still a racist bias when it comes to the police and criminal justice system, but everything else, especially about religious-like superficial emotional activism versus devising actionable, concrete policy change ideas, was spot on.
@stephaniemitchell85094 жыл бұрын
I noticed that as well. If half the people killed by police are white, and they make up 62% of the population, and 25% of the people murdered are black, but they only make up 13% of the population, there's a clear racial bias. The bias also unfairly charges, convicts, and sentences black people to longer terms than white people for the same crimes. It's intellectually dishonest to overlook or dismiss this. Anti racism doesn't hurt black people more than racism itself does.
@lesedimokgobi73994 жыл бұрын
I think you are missing the point he was trying to make. Yes it's true black men get killed disproportionately more then white men. It's is also true the most black people in general live is low income 'high risk' areas. Areas where people are more likely to interact with the police Therefore if we pretendes that white people (for some non race related reason) only live in these stereotypically Black areas then they would be killed proportionately more. Simply due to interact with hyper violent police officers more I'm other words correlation doesn't equal causation. Black men being killed more by white doesn't immediately mean all police officers are racist. Though he does underplay the real role race does have.
@billium994 жыл бұрын
@@lesedimokgobi7399 IN 2019, the ratio of unarmed white people killed versus unarmed black people killed was 2:1 where white people outnumber black people 5:1. That's the problem being claimed and the same one Mr. McWhorter references, but then does not refute, instead calling it a "debate trick" and then not addressing it at all. Those numbers could still be lying, but this gentleman has not shown us how or why that would be the case.
@joaon44444 жыл бұрын
@@stephaniemitchell8509 The racial bias is not acknowledging that those 13% commit more crime period. We can then look for the social-economic reasons for that (we should, actually) and try to solve it. Most of the time criminality is linked to poverty and single parenthood. Go check the % in each race group in the US and the correlation to the imprisionment, interactions with the police (including people killed by the police) and you will understand better the reasons and how to change things.
@sbshore90644 жыл бұрын
My father, born in 1927, was a pioneer in the community college movement in NC; he speaks of how education allowed him to escape poverty and then spent his career striving to give back by promoting education for everyone, black, white, brown. The belief that education is somehow elitist, on both the right and the left, has devastated our country. Heartbreaking.
@basedautistic60215 жыл бұрын
KZbinr has Thomas Sowell as his profile pic? I'm listening....
@johnboy78195 жыл бұрын
Let's say I am from Switzerland or Montana or someplace that I literally have never even met a black person. Then I move to an area or bigger city that has black people. Wouldn't all this white guilt stuff just make me avoid black people altogether, since I don't really have any personal feelings towards them? Wouldn't all this negative attention, and anti free speech just shut down any conversation on my end altogether? How could any of this possibly help black people?
@capnskiddies5 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'm from Ireland. Until 1980 there was about 8 black people in the country. There's more now, but more of everyone. Indians, Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Latvians, Estonians, Croation, Polish, Russians, Africans, Middle Eastern, Turks, South Americans. Not a whole lot of racism, it's there, but it's fairly small fry.
@Mambo90000125 жыл бұрын
@@capnskiddies Don't compare EU immigrants to non EU immigrants, its a whole different dimension.
@AP-Design5 жыл бұрын
It’s sad that this video has barely any views after a few months, at the time of this post. I wish the national conversation would pivot more to include discourse like this.
@AdultThirdCultureKid19715 жыл бұрын
AP It is sad. I've shared this video on Twitter.
@Godwilla395 жыл бұрын
Over a year? It says published Dec 2nd, 2018...5 months
@AP-Design5 жыл бұрын
Will Morrison whoops. Correct, sir, thanks. Perhaps I mixed this up with another video’s time stamp. At any rate, even with months out, I would have liked to see this one get more attention.
@warriorfire81035 жыл бұрын
It seems to be trending right now. I hate politics because of the endless bullshit but I kept seeing this guy over and over again so I just finally listened. Turns out to be something really reasonable and even refreshing.
@davewolf88694 жыл бұрын
Anti racism is basically telling people "change your opinion because we say so!" That rarely changes peoples opinions. Hate is a powerful and comforting thing. It unifies amd strengthens people. Unfortunately hating people based on skin color alone will always exist. I feel bad for people that ignorant. They're missing out on knowing some pretty cool people of all colors and religions etc.
@fenderbender12964 жыл бұрын
I agree that hatred can unify people for a time but then it becomes a burden much like constant fear or other negative emotions.
@BionicLatino4 жыл бұрын
What bums me out is that this nuanced, reasonable presentation will either be boiled down to "Racism doesn't exist" or "This man is denying racism exists" by people who want to see it as such.
@McEffinHat4 жыл бұрын
like McWhorter said... to those people it is a religion, and he is speaking their blasphemy
@laertesindeed4 жыл бұрын
@Chris As I scrolled down past the comments..... what you say is precisely what happened.
@leandrog27854 жыл бұрын
@PickingNamesSux It may be becoming worse nowadays, but people have always been predisposed to this mentality. It's human nature, unfortunately.
@BahuschBahusch4 жыл бұрын
Even though near the end he explicitly states that racism exists and is a problem. But those people won't watch that far.
@jdavi62414 жыл бұрын
I suppose that the point is that it's more about class. A stupid number of cops are trained in a culture of fear(I disagree that it's a rogue cop thing, it's a cop culture thing), this leads them to trigger-happy behavior that results in unnecessary killings. Who do they kill? The poor: 4:15 The cops are there to enforce the status quo of the politically powerful, I.E. the rich. If you're poor, Black, White, Native, Whoever. They want to abuse and exploit you all the same, the police are simply one tool of many to do so. "anti-racism hurts black people" is an awful take for this lecture and destroys all nuance. OP describes precisely what this title in a video featuring a black man does to people. Perhaps "identity politics hurt black people" is more accurate, but that's not as clickbaity. The problem with identity politics is that people of all races are convinced to divide themselves along lines of race rather than wealth, splitting unity of the working class. It's extremely detrimental to impoverished people's advancement in society. But it's very useful for a rich person's 'divide and conquer' strategy to have poor white folks align with rich white folks simply for skin color alone, rather than other poor minorities, even though the average poor white person has far more in common with the average poor black person, So rich folk feed the racism narrative, even if they don't genuinely believe in white supremacy, it benefits them to get useful idiots to believe it so they can cut a huge demographic off from itself.
@CaptainJeoy4 жыл бұрын
We need this right now.
@littleme35974 жыл бұрын
JUST STOP DOING MOST OF THE CRIMES. SO EASY.
@iambeyondgod80684 жыл бұрын
@@littleme3597 lol
@grantm33324 жыл бұрын
My only issue with this lecture is that things like improving the socioeconomic conditions for black communities is a major component of anti-racism. Why does he only look at the least favorable aspects of anti racism while pretending that the benefits of it aren't actually part of antiracism?
@andrewd73164 жыл бұрын
^^^ This is the problem with debate in America right now if you ask me. Politicians and the media tend to pick the worst parts of the opposing viewpoint and strawman the shit out of them instead of finding common ground and enacting measurable change.
@wolfumz4 жыл бұрын
There's one thing the harmful religion of anti racism has done, which is give this boob a career
@Gearyco4 жыл бұрын
That's actually the opposite of reality. Black people are socioeconomically oppressed specifically because of the "anti-racism" progressive agenda. Thomas Sowell has been making this quite clear since the 80s.
@wolfumz4 жыл бұрын
@@Gearyco Yeah, Digital Ambition, totally, today's black youth are impoverished because of a legacy of anti-racist, progressive policies. That's what did it. Take a look at an anti-racist, progressive policy like red-lining. Those progressive anti-racists really goofed things up when they denied black Americans access to credit/mortgages, and prevented them from owning property in well into the 1960s. Or, what about the progressive, anti-racist policy to get "tough on crime", and blow up the American prison population? That anti-racist policy that ended up incarcerating huge portions of the black male population, wrecking the convict's economic well-being, tearing their family apart, and consigning them to low pay, unskilled labor for the rest of their life. Don't even get me started on how the progressive, anti-racist policy of segregation set black americans back. I don't get why leftist progressives can't see this?
@SyphaUno4 жыл бұрын
Digital Ambition you sure it isn’t because of 3 centuries of slavery coupled another century or so with segregation bandaged with welfare?! Followed by a crack/AIDS epidemic? As much as this guy wants to believe all black ppl have the tools to make things happen, there are so many black ppl that suffer from conditions that were caused through a foundation of racism.
@the_jujuman52694 жыл бұрын
I definitely think there are issues that have still been implemented from our racist past in our country that show up in several forms in modern society including the black mentality that is still present from the time period. Majority of ppl now aren’t racist or at least not publicly and hey you can’t do anything about that. I think we should be holding politicians responsible and ourselves responsible for our communities.This is changing but not at the rate it needs to. The educated black populations globally and within the states escape, get an education and many do better for themselves but it’s many of the other generations of many of the cultures in America that harbor negativity or instill mentalities. Propaganda is what will divide us. Racism is real yes very real but not extremely rampant I do believe that there are a good amount of racist or heavily prejudice people in power but the system in place isn’t inherently racist. I think Americans are actually melting and becoming unified especially those of us who don’t take the TV and Media as a ruler for measuring the conditions of daily life. Yes a white man being racist to a black man is horrible and staying informed is important but I’m not gonna hate a whole group or seek revenge on someone who looks similar. We as Americans as ppl should call out injustice in all its forms and not based on our desire or bias but basic morality
@Mr._Moderate4 жыл бұрын
The easy answer is usually the wrong answer 👍
@BM-fz9yc3 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@vibes16525 жыл бұрын
I like that he is willing to re-consider his pre-conceived notions. That is how you develop and grow. There is trancendental ideas that exist outside the domain of our current knowledge.
@josephine1905 жыл бұрын
isn't this ironic.
@josephine1905 жыл бұрын
@@vibes1652 again irony flies past these people. there are a ton of you saying the exact same tired words on this comment section. but somehow think you all are special unique freethinkers when all of your ideas come from 17th century racists.
@vibes16525 жыл бұрын
@@josephine190 Are you willing to re-consider that all our ideas don't come from 17th century racists. Can you support that claim.
@Player_Review5 жыл бұрын
Thinking 'outside the box' is increasingly rare in today's dystopian hive mind wrought with polar extremes. If you disagree with something out of respective side's groupthink then you become an entity without a group (exaggerated analogy: a wolf pack dismissing a wolf from the collective). McWhorter, while widely respected by academicians, is on the Left and has taken a lot of flak for not embracing the groupthink programming, so in some ways an exile from both major political parties. Of course, intellectuals such as himself are leaders and not followers, having individualism and a great mind to articulate a thought that is their own; Groupthink is for those too lazy or naive to research objectively and sufficiently enough to form their own opinion. I'm not immune to groupthink, but I know it when I see it, because it is the exact same copy/paste message regurgitated in forums of all kinds, high and low.
@ZekeMan624 жыл бұрын
@@josephine190 Another skintellectual runs her fraudulent low IQ mouth and surprise... surprise... stupid comes out.
@graphguy5 жыл бұрын
As a white guy who is married to a minority I must be honest the more I hear I am racist by default the more I am less likely to cut minorities slack. Professor McWhorter is 100% spot on.
@graphguy5 жыл бұрын
CJ Fripp I don’t think so and I don’t think it is possible. It is more sublime... they want to do to us what you hear me express. They want to keep a constant distrust in the back of our minds so they can play one against the other and reap the benefits of us being disgruntled.
@Czesnek5 жыл бұрын
This. I never was a real racists, but after hearing of "white privileges" for years I am starting to be racist more and more. Still, these ignorant fucks will not ruin my view of my favorite black celebrities for me.
@graphguy5 жыл бұрын
@Snails40 Wow we have an Einstein with us... I live in America, not the cesspool global world.
@jamesowen57025 жыл бұрын
Wait a second, he's not giving you a free pass to be less sympathetic to be people who suffer from racism, he's saying you shouldn't pointlessly internalise the problem like it's all your fault.There's a heck of a lot of difference between those two things.
@graphguy5 жыл бұрын
James Owen I know you are not talking to me. I empathize with anyone subjected to REAL racism, regardless of color. So not sure where you are misdirecting your comment.
@hermitthefrog89515 жыл бұрын
For more great intellectual discussion on similar topics by a great black thought leader, watch *Thomas Sowell* videos.
@Pirosbor5 жыл бұрын
Yes, for me in particular, especially on the inefficacy of affirmative action.
@cwr86185 жыл бұрын
@spot light you're a human sellout.
@SonoftheAllfather5 жыл бұрын
@spot light Maybe he actually believes that, which wouldn't make him a sellout at all. Sowell used to be a Marxist. I think he just had a mea culpa at some point and realized that the vast majority of problems Blacks experience ARE self-created. The reason he and others trivialize White racism is because it is constantly used by apologists as a go-to excuse when Blacks objectively fail as a result of their own poor decisions. When all outcome disparities between one group and another is blamed on racism, it creates a complete lack of accountability in the group that has poorer outcomes. Lack of accountability creates a culture of entitlement, grievance and victimhood. Sowell understands that.
@michaelsorensen75675 жыл бұрын
@spot light do you have examples of current actual white racism against blacks that also has negative effect? Because Thomas Sowell, Larry Elder, and Candace Owens all say there isn't any. Also many non-blacks agree with them, but I'm assuming you're of the opinion that "if one isn't black one can't know". May I suggest that most of what you will point to isn't actually based on race. Many people are jerks regardless of color. Many choices that many blacks make screw them and their kids over in ways that whites who make the the same choices ALSO get screwed.
@RubyTwilite5 жыл бұрын
and Walter Williams! I also have learned from Larry Elder. I'm very impressed by New Generation Conservatives like Brandon Tatum, Jericho Green, Amazing Lucas, they aren't as polished as Dr. McWhorter or have big academic careers, but they have the passion and urgency of youth and are in the trenches in today's political climate.
@johnviera38844 жыл бұрын
This was in 2019. No one listened
@-haclong23664 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately nobody is listening now...
@omalone11694 жыл бұрын
@@-haclong2366 Jordan Price In terms of the ongoing complaints made about/against females or just the critical commentaries Alongside "blueprint for black power" we have to study "anatomy of female power" . It is about poltiical-economic and socio-sexual but sadly very few black have committed to studying either. Jackie Mayfield and Jim Clingman talk here about black economics: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGPJoYyAhbqYhqs This panel features George Subira Trower who made me aware of SB Fuller and AG Gaston archive.org/details/SubiraSeries He talks of contempt for males which itself is related to economic failures . It is complimented by Tommy Curry and Amos Wilson's blueprint . Listento him alongside this Frank Wilderson breaks down antiblackness kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4qzZ6l7rbelfLs In my view in order to appreciate economics Males need to study the Red Pill and get Based . Rollo Tomassi structured so much with the rational male enhancing the disruptive male discourse with his deconstruction. Read more: archive.org/details/antifeministiska_202002 archive.org/details/antifeministiskamanifestet2 Above are various links . Patrice O Neil deconstructs female worship kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXfYkK2Ee6uheZY In one talk there is mention of the book "33 questions about Amerika you are not supposed to ask". It sounds provocative especially the question "Who is SB Fuller?" Definitely need more provocations like this and more magsxines like ENTERPRISE as Ebony and essence aren't enough kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXfYkK2Ee6uheZY Here are a few more books: Robert Collier "Secret of the Ages" Black Maverick: T.R.M Howard's fight for civil Rights and economic power Black Entrepreneurship in America by Shelley Green, Paul L. Pryde In terms of George Trower-Subira he published: Black Folk's Guide to Business Success (1993)(1986) Getting Black Folks to Sell (1988) Black Folk's Guide to Making Big Money in America (1980) Money Issues in Black Male Female Relationships (1996) His final book brings together all of the above
@sloweddown45674 жыл бұрын
2018 actually...
@Mr._Moderate4 жыл бұрын
@John Viera - because we do our own research and not believe that which makes us comfortable and white supremacy immortal 👍
@Mr._Moderate4 жыл бұрын
@@-haclong2366 because racism is a problem only whites can fix. Whites don't want to fix it so life goes on ...
@WJames-nq2df5 жыл бұрын
This guy should go on Joe Rogan, I'd listen to it. And I don't watch JRE often.
@cwr86185 жыл бұрын
Why would you want him on a show you don't watch very often? Sounds like a weird statement. Like me saying Kelly Slater should be on Oprah. And I never watch Oprah.
@BillyDHughesDrums5 жыл бұрын
Weird flex but ok
@patrickmcnelis13725 жыл бұрын
@M J Grasscutter joe would add to it what he always adds which is "have you heard about DMT?"
@BillyDHughesDrums5 жыл бұрын
@M J Grasscutter a bigger and diverse platform. Thats what joe has
@amymack19545 жыл бұрын
All you have to do is read Heather Mac Donald's book "The War on Cops," which has all the facts and figures.
@amymack19545 жыл бұрын
@Mike Knight Unfortunately, the people who need the most to read what she has to say are the very ones who won't. It's just too threatening to them to have their narrative challenged by facts.
@amymack19545 жыл бұрын
@Mike Knight Stossel is good, but what I like best about the Reason videos are the ones by Remy. I'm a huge Rush, Mark Steyn and Mark Levin fan, too.
@amymack19545 жыл бұрын
@Mike Knight Here you go: kzbin.info/aero/PL02D02B9A144182DB Enjoy! He's incredibly smart, libertarian and hilariously funny.
@brianoneill27765 жыл бұрын
@@pashadyne correlation does not imply causation
@bigboy22175 жыл бұрын
The reason blacks don’t succeed is because their culture is different from white culture and they are in a downwards spiral as liberals continue to perpetuate the unsubstantiated claims that racism is the reason they are not succeeding. Convincing blacks that the racist boogeyman is everywhere makes them hate whites, America, and the idea of being able to “make it” here. I don’t think people like you are malicious by spreading this race baiting bullshit on circumstantial evidence alone, but you are ignorant. I’m not interested in why blacks are doing poorly I’m interested in how to fix the issue. Fix the family, reduce dependency on the government, start businesses in your communities, integrate into the rest of the culture. That’s your fix. We aren’t going to fix the infinitely small number of racists in the country that are contributing to the downfall of blacks. Stop worrying so much about boosting your moral virtue over conservatives and give real fucking solutions you idiot.
@pablorages12414 жыл бұрын
this guy sounds like Thomas Sowell ... he uses facts not feelings
@pablorages12414 жыл бұрын
@HKZ P errr no ... facts don't care about your feelings
@pablorages12414 жыл бұрын
@HKZ P ... I think you need to go back on the meds
@pablorages12414 жыл бұрын
@HKZ P You either didn't watch the video ... or are a troll ...either way you don't sound very bright ...he gives specific examples
@malvolio014 жыл бұрын
McWhorter isn't a conservative.
@pablorages12414 жыл бұрын
@@malvolio01 ... but his points are still valid and he uses facts ... unlike most libtards
@nickssmirkingrevenge3 жыл бұрын
BLM does not want to engage with valid statistical analysis of the data. BLM pretends that statistical analysis is, "SAY THEIR NAMES!"
@BenX745 жыл бұрын
Not caring about black on black violence is a prime example of "bigotry of low expectations"
@cryotimber5 жыл бұрын
Like when everyone treated that Ahmed kid like a rocket scientist for "inventing" a clock
@rainbowthrustars5 жыл бұрын
Is it not often just brushed aside with "oh they are poor.. and hence they fight over breadcrumbs" ?? Which might be true in some way. yes poor people have it tougher than someone who is rich in modern day society, that goes without saying, but at the same time I think this is a really devaluing though of poor people as most poor people in the world is not murdering one another, they are not stealing from one another or robbing one another.
@gregorybrian4 жыл бұрын
Does anyone care about white-on-white crime?
@twolanelife76564 жыл бұрын
@@gregorybrian He is addressing that indirectly. He acknowledged earlier that more whites are killed by cops than blacks. One statistic said, but not mentioned here, is that more whites are killed by cops than nearly all other ethnic groups combined. It won't make news on the left controlled media, because it won't stir up the black Democratic voting base. White on white crime doesn't fit the Democratic narrative. Neither does black on black crime. He's long winded, but it is his point nonetheless.
@chantelv32084 жыл бұрын
TWOLANELIFE To that point the greater population is Caucasian so there would be an unfortunate higher percentage or actual death rates. And while I do care about black on black crime, in most cases judicial process and justice is served by an arrest being made, being charged and found guilty. The person who committed the crime doesn’t just get fired, or no findings....Whereas in many law enforcement cases or citizens arrest case vs a citizen specifically Black citizen there is not often a charge made without protest and/or arrest being made and/or a finding of guilt vs acquittal despite an obvious wrongdoing. It’s that the judicial process is not always completed in a just way. This is why, I believe people protest the injustice. As you see it is not necessarily because of more deaths but the fact that there are many times consequences are not held to the same standard for taking another citizens life. I hope that all makes sense.
@dreadog64255 жыл бұрын
Wow, Never heard of this gentleman. Very impressive, please dont be quiet in your message. In these confusing times it is even more important for you to be heard
@CraigDeLarge4 жыл бұрын
Hmmm. I've never heard that to call out the police means not calling out my neighbor. Both need accountability.
@normanleach54274 жыл бұрын
...and what that looks like is the conundrum of the unconscious morality of the white community. "Not in my neighborhood." and "Go along to get along." has been the white status quo throughout much of my life. Sure there are culturally 'woke' moments: Identifying with, say, the excellence of a sports figure (Bob Hayes) or the expertise of a scientist or inventor (George Washington Carver) or the dignity of those arm in arm in the Civil Rights Movement (MLK). But where's the spine of fellow citizenship? Political Correctness is more of an attempt to establish an etiquette repeat with public shaming. But to tolerate voter repression? To turn a blind eye on "extra judicious authorities"? Something lulls us to sleep, to avoid confrontational politics, to seek the picket fence or the tall hedge. I suspect the imbalance lies in the excessive emphasis on competition through the profit motive. Initiative and drive are determined solely by market forces, the pains of want and depredation is the material goad of a healthy society? Where's the deep-seated comittment to cooperation? The existential miseries of old age, illness and death are swept aside in favor of religion's opiate. We don't bond in opposition to schemmers and fools, but rather oppose each other for want and opportunism. So, is confrontational politics the answer in every instance or is patience and transition -- of winning over the hearts and minds -- still in play? I suspect that the subtle contextual structures that are sanctified as normalcy are truly suspect once love, yes, honest heartfelt love is the participatory criteria for social discourse and viable political action. "We the People..." (without America's Jim Crow apartheid) have to make our institutions reflect our common rapport or we are doomed to submerge once more in semi-conscious institutional values that are culture bound rather than naturally vibrant.
@CraigDeLarge4 жыл бұрын
In too many black communities your point is correct and in meant other your are not. The fact is I know blacks that fixate in white accountability and others who are balanced and then others who role the other way. Mr. McWhorter, in my perception, failed to acknowledge this continuum.
@QFGEE4 жыл бұрын
1.5K dislikes, and not a single sensible counter-argument to be found in the comments section. What does that tell you?
@theo84454 жыл бұрын
It is what it is
@IMissChele94 жыл бұрын
He stated that police brutality is less caused by racism of cops themselves and moreso the situational result of more blacks in poverty. That doesn’t change structural racism that has existed for black Americans in home buying, workplace advancement, access to education that have documented time and time again. He also doesn’t mention higher rates of arrest in poor black areas, longer jail sentences, or the proportional impact on a smaller group of the population. I understood his argument as a call to focus more on the root problems more than the end result of higher deaths by police.
@sobertowelie32674 жыл бұрын
@@IMissChele9 Don't you think these issues might be a result of classism? These problems seem to regularly hit the poor.
@sam-cn8tu4 жыл бұрын
Sober Towelie race and class are connected of course, but it’s dishonest to conflate the two.
@jahleelwasser89814 жыл бұрын
@@sobertowelie3267 racism and classism are intertwined. Especially in this country
@kathyg19785 жыл бұрын
Wish more people would listen to voices of reason, thank you for your wisdom.
@AlP-lw2im5 жыл бұрын
thank you sir. Reason and intellectual honesty are the only road to a sane society.
@johnklopping85624 жыл бұрын
Really seems like he's critiquing identity politics more than anti-racism.
@kraven44444 жыл бұрын
Perhaps, but These things are all in the name of anti-racism.
@alanhopkins17214 жыл бұрын
Identity Politics and "Wokeness" are terms that have only come into prominent usage in the past 1-1/2 years.
@businessbuilder924 жыл бұрын
Anti-racism is a leading term just used to delineate from civil rights I guess
@SoulTransient4 жыл бұрын
@@alanhopkins1721 identity politics has been a democratic platfirm since 1780
@dledman4 жыл бұрын
We need to primarily value the content of the individual; secondarily value the group that person is apart of. We are seeing people now value the group a person is apart of as the primary, and the content of the individual is irrelevant. That's a dangerous social configuration.
@maggiepaul59113 жыл бұрын
He said that poverty increases your likelyhood of encountering police, but yet both the issue of poverty and the criminal justice system are intertwined with the issue of structural racism. Likewise, clearly there is alot of black people who feel that they are treated differently by police just based on polls and survey's, you can look into this stuff and there is a disconnect between the police and alot of African Americans. There's also evidence that show's that police do in fact treat people differently on the basis of their skin color, as police stop's of black people rise in the daytime and reach parity with police stop's of white people at night, which would certainly indicate to me that there is a racial component there. There's also analysis that do point to race as a factor in police use of force despite there not being any obvious circumstances that would make the police use of force justified. There's also analysis that show that police are more likely to pull the trigger on a black suspect rather than a white suspect even if the circumstances are similar. To me that seems like something that atleast deserves to be looked into so we can find away to address it instead of just denying it based on contrary evidence. I don't necessarily believe that you can't address criminality and police brutality as both play into the broader picture of structural racism.
@thrillwillent2 жыл бұрын
Thank You. This dude will get his n*gga wake-up call one day. Smh and I especially hate when ppl correlate police killings with “black on black” crime.. (whatever that is… ) 😒
@maggiepaul59112 жыл бұрын
@@thrillwillent Black on black crime is something that many African Americans have to hear about on the local News on a daily basis. There's no shortage of awareness on this issue within the black community. That's just the narrative being sold by the right wing. It's actually a narrative that's overrepresented by the media. Notice how any time the subject of black on black crime comes up in right wing circles it's almost always about the fact that it exists rather than about solutions and ways to mitigate or raise awareness about these issues. It's because the solutions to these issues often conflicts with the rights advocacy of certain gun rights. Most people complaining about black on black crime couldn't tell you a thing about the anti gang violence prevention efforts that already exist. They couldn't tell you a thing about wear orange, or March for our lives, or my hood my block which is an organization located in Chicago fighting gang violence. It's just really interesting being a blm supporter who's been involved in many of these efforts being told by people who don't know a thing about it that I don't care about black on black crime.
@thrillwillent2 жыл бұрын
@@maggiepaul5911 What is black on black crime? Why isn’t there a thing called white on white crime? Black on black crime doesn’t exist. No black person kills another black person just because they’re black, which what the title would ensue. It’s crime of proximity. We need to delete or rename it, first of all…
@jfmc25815 жыл бұрын
Talk about over thinking it!! Anti-racism is just plain old racism with all the endless problems we get when we treat one group of people differently.
@GiveMeLiberty2215 жыл бұрын
Where has Mr. McWhorter been these past two years to give some reason to all this madness. I had been missing his honesty and intellect for some time.
@AdultThirdCultureKid19715 жыл бұрын
Shepsu Tera Netchebmaa Ikr? We needed him over a decade ago!
@GiveMeLiberty2215 жыл бұрын
@@AdultThirdCultureKid1971 I first heard some of his great logic and reason about 15 years ago. Lost touch with him. He doesn't fit the lefts narrative although he's a liberal.
@SolDizZo5 жыл бұрын
This is where I first found him. He disagreed with Jordan Peterson in a QNA about half a year ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIuVlp2Fh7p0hLM
@randystaley95185 жыл бұрын
Blexit. Candace.
@iotaeta-pi27705 жыл бұрын
I think it's a fallacious argument to claim that you can either be concerned about police brutality OR black-on-black crime. Both are important.
@tixanthrope4 жыл бұрын
Luckily, no one ever claimed that. Thanks for beating the shit out of that straw man for us :D
@puerquitoDeSatanas4 жыл бұрын
@@tixanthrope I think you missed the video from min 8:55
@aaronjohnson7994 жыл бұрын
That requires people like Raymond to actually pay attention, which is expecting too much from them.
@dearbrave41834 жыл бұрын
But unfortunately what is given a loud speaker is occasional police brutality not to mention that these black men don't go down easy , they shoot the cops , fight with them, verbally abuse them. Basically they resist arrest until the cops are fed up and have to restrain them by force and sometimes shoot back. The only way police brutality can end is if black men criminal behaviour ends as well , calling one out and not the other is hypocritical
@Showmeyourtitties4 жыл бұрын
His point is not that one is not important at face value. It is that one is a statistically larger risk, and should therefor be treated as such. Not the other way around. You listen to him?
@electronmess4 жыл бұрын
I've never considered myself to be conservative (I also live in Europe, so there might be a different definition). But right now I find myself being pushed away from some on the left/liberal side and almost being labeled a rightwing for raising too many questions on these issues. I'm so thankful for at least the online world staying somewhat open to discussion and plurality of opinions.
@cornelmasson46104 жыл бұрын
I'm in the same boat. I've often thought about this whole thing as a new religion: when you're not even allowed to raise any questions about it. It's sad, and it's not going away soon.
@Mr._Moderate3 жыл бұрын
You're always allowed to ask questions this isn't North Korea. But if you're stupid people will let you know 👍
@klondikebelridge19963 жыл бұрын
It's OK, a lot of people including myself have gone through the same thing the last 5 or 6 years. This woke hysteria and the lefts cynical embrace of it for political benefit has driven a lot of intellectuals out of the Democratic party.
@Mr._Moderate3 жыл бұрын
@@klondikebelridge1996...and into the bosom of the far right? 🤔
@klondikebelridge19963 жыл бұрын
@@Mr._Moderate Thank you for giving a great example of the simple minded binary thinking that I was speaking of. So you either buy into this anti-intellectual woke nonsense or you're far right huh? You are a cult follower. For your sake I hope you're a teenager because having that kind of world view past 25 is the mark of a very immature mindset.
@misterman62035 жыл бұрын
Now this is a smart man who has what it takes to be a leader and a role model unlike Farrakhan and others like him that actively search for racism where none exists. We need more critical thinkers in our communities instead of race baiting followers that preach hate and divisiveness instead of love and togetherness.
@AdultThirdCultureKid19715 жыл бұрын
Mister Man The Muslim community needs a sensible, critical thinking person, too. Actually, we need to think critically about our own behavior.
@greastestever55495 жыл бұрын
Jo Jo Lol, more BS
@finished62675 жыл бұрын
They know the difference between racism and bias but they exploit their 'base' for political gains
@jimpickens45 жыл бұрын
@JUST MUSIC A religion isn't a race, dummy.
@kimberleighrosemusic4 жыл бұрын
I think he's talking about anti-racism today as surface-level activity that focuses only on the psychology and moral absolution, and not the legislative and systematic approach that deals with the socio-economics of racism. AKA people that think becoming a SJW absolves them of looking at the full picture and participating in the processes. I am seeing both happening simultaneously as a collective thing. Inner work is not tangibly recognized and is often thought to be "enough," when it's only a starting point. It is irrelevant and moot in it's effects but it is required for someone to want to begin the work that does have tangible effects. I hear what he's saying, I hope it doesn't get picked up by active racists and then watered down.
@AshaSelfsDemoFilms4 жыл бұрын
That's my problem with this speech. He's merely glossing over the history that lead to the situations he's decrying. I can see white folks now - the black fella said black on black crime is the issue. I find his rhetoric irresponsibly in how it's delivered and it weakens his standing for me.
@jnever97684 жыл бұрын
nope, you're a bit wrong. even at the 10 min mark, he talks about some socio-economic solutions ie. forced diversity in schools etc. and negative effects of them. but again these things are complicated. he does stress some "socio-political" solutions but doesn't state what he believes would work.
@missbritanya3275 жыл бұрын
How do you conquer? You divide.
@aivreescend79454 жыл бұрын
Goddamn, this is from a year ago but still very much relevant to this day.
@mjones40834 жыл бұрын
People who want special privilege will be deaf to these facts .
@davidwang16375 жыл бұрын
2018 Someone: " Common Sense " Morden society: " What a wise person! "
@randymi4865 жыл бұрын
David Wang knack
@3lit3gn0m35 жыл бұрын
More like Someone: "Says something rational and described within a greater context." Modern society: "RACIST BIGOT HOMOPHOBE MISOGYNIST!" KZbin: "he so smart."
@davidwang16375 жыл бұрын
@@randymi486 2 baybeeeeee
@stevejordan72755 жыл бұрын
@ David Wang I'm betting you meant "Modern" society, not "Morden" society. You can click the vertical ellipsis (three vertical dots to the right of your name when you mouse over the comment) and edit your comment. And I'll delete this comment altogether!
@davidwang16375 жыл бұрын
@@stevejordan7275 No, I meant "Morden" because it's way more fashionable than Modern.
@Kevin-no7pv5 жыл бұрын
So at first I had the same reaction as many people in this thread, what a great and unbiased breakdown. That is until I looked into the examples he gives, all of which are indeed examples of police brutally, truly horrible shootings the should have never happened and should have resulted in police going to prison but John McWhorter leaves out some key details in each comparison... 1. Daniel shaver, 26 and Tamir Rice, 12. Daniel Shaver was the man shoot in the Mesa, Arizona Laquinta inn. He was crawling on the ground begging for his life before the disgusting excuse for an officer shot him dead. Cops were called after he stuck his pellet gun out a hotel window, he did not deserve to die, maybe a warning or a citation. However he was not a 12 year old boy he was a 26 year old man, this shooting was everywhere when it happened, national media and the Joe Rogan Experience included. Also the officer got indited and after cleared of charges another investigation was opened by the US department of justice. Tamir rice was actually a boy and the officer shot him in TWO seconds...TWO SECONDS, the officer was not indicted and the investigation was redacted. Tamir Rice has no chance for justice, lets hope that Daniel Shaver gets his... 2. Sam DuBose, 43 and Andrew Thomas, 26: Sam Dubose did get more media coverage when we was shot while being pulled over (he tried to drive away). Andrew Thomas didn't receive as much media coverage when we was shot exiting an overturned truck from an accident. Important detail missing for Mr. MCWhorter...the officer in the Andrew Thomas case was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. He only got 180 days and IMO is no where near a harsh enough punishment for killing a man who was no threat to you, but he was actually punished. In the case of Sam Dubose, the officer Ray Tensing was indicted but cleared of all charges and received a $350k settlement from the police department for being fired prior to trial. The officer who killed a man received a $350k settlement! 3. Dylan Noble, 19 and Alton Sterling, 37. This is actually a decent comparison. Both were unarmed, both received media attention CNN, FOX etc, both families are in ongoing settlement suits, and BOTH SHOOTING WERE PROTESTED PUBLICLY BY CLACK LIVES MATTER. Key differences: Alton Sterling was shot 6 times face down on the ground with two officers on top of him. Dylan Noble was shot twice while walking towards and officer with on hand behind his back. There was certainly a fiercer response by the Baton Rouge community but both of these shootings were accompanied by public protests and media coverage. it should also be said the neither of these men deserved to die, and the only crime associated with either of these shootings is the Sterling had been known to sell bootleg CD's. 4. Loren Simpson, 28 and Trayvon Martin, 17. The video of Loren Simpson's death is unbelievable, it looks like something out of a fucking movie. You can't even count how many rounds they fired into the SUV. Trayvon Martin was killed by a security guard who was told by police dispatch to stay in his car multiple times, and the case blew up across the country and most of the media coverage was split on vilifying Zimmerman and vilifying Trayvon. However Loren Simpson was driving a stolen vehicle in Billings, Montana he had actually committed a crime. Trayvon Martin had committed no crime and was ambushed by Zimmerman and killed defending himself in his own apartment complex on his way home. Also Simpsons family received a $1.25M dollar settlement with billings county. John McWhorter is being disingenuous in his analysis not objective.
@simpstimps23475 жыл бұрын
Yes, I was struck right from the start by the glaring differences in the first comparison to the point I thought he must have got the names wrong, the two case aren't similar at all. He may have points to make but these sloppy comparisons don't serve his arguments at all.
@peterglassman11694 жыл бұрын
@@simpstimps2347 The Lawyer of Trayvon Martin (Benjamin Crump) put a false witness on the stand and should go to prison. Rachel Jeantel NEVER knew Trayvon Martin and lied on the stand. Her half sister was "dating" him. Her half sister was cheating on her BF with Trayvon Martin and REFUSED to testify. When you do research you find that Trayvon Martin was a thug...he was a pot smoking thug who stole guns and used Skittles and Cough Syrup to get high. He was no angel. The only person who gave a shit about his was his STEPMOTHER and she is totally left out of the picture. ALL of these facts are out in the open and no one in the media wants to question the narrative because blacks supervote for Democrats.
@neburarieiv4 жыл бұрын
So you did all of that research and that’s all you have to say?
@neburarieiv4 жыл бұрын
So you did all of that research and that’s all you have to say?
@Kevin-no7pv4 жыл бұрын
@@peterglassman1169 none of this is relevant.
@sgameirojr4 жыл бұрын
Articulate, concise, and still so much relevant today in June 2020.
@Mr._Moderate4 жыл бұрын
You forgot "full of bs" 💁♂️
@just_another324 жыл бұрын
Now it is relevant in the UK too, sadly.
@CribNotes4 жыл бұрын
@@Mr._Moderate You don't get it. You're not in the flow of true data.
@Mr._Moderate4 жыл бұрын
@@CribNotes miscontexualizing stories, misrepresenting facts, and then having the audacity to tie into "anti-racism is bad". What else is there to get? What does your data flow tell you? 🤔
@davidr98765 жыл бұрын
This needs to go viral. This perspective needs to be shared. The truth is eye opening.
@BWater-yq3jx5 жыл бұрын
13:17 "An inwardly focused quest for moral absolution, that has at best a diagonal relationship to helping people who've been left behind." Couldn't have said it better myself!
@Eclispestar5 жыл бұрын
#1 put dad's back in the black household. #2 make welfare like unemployment " temporary". #3 get government out of schools, and allocate funds based on a schools needs not test scores. #4 end the war on drugs. #5 stop outsourcing jobs to Asia. Or make it so easy and cheep to start a business here. Also have low commercial taxes and rent for small family business.
@RubyTwilite5 жыл бұрын
If there are lower commercial taxes people like AOC shriek that Amazon is getting away with murder which diverts attention from the small business owners. You are 100% correct with everything you say.
@SnootchieBootchies275 жыл бұрын
Yeah I can completely get behind all of your plans. I think you're onto something
@pantherman87195 жыл бұрын
The American dream is now foreign.
@Steampunk_Kak5 жыл бұрын
What do you consider welfare though? Do you consider disability welfare?
@user-xn3cb4wb8z5 жыл бұрын
Amen.
@jbh59924 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this video a year ago and forgot the professors name.. It’s just taken by 45 minute to try find this video again.. Goes to show how corrupt and bullshit the KZbin algorithm is
@just_another324 жыл бұрын
WOW.
@Mr._Moderate3 жыл бұрын
@@just_another32 I know. This guy and his bikram yoga stretch 🙄
@zachrowson10764 жыл бұрын
I hope that McWhorter and others can discuss this. I have an issue with McWhorter's casual use of statistics. McWhorter explains that Black men are disproportionately killed by police. He explains this by saying that this is possibly because Blacks are poorer and more likely to be in contact with police. First I have an issue with this. I believe that such a statement should be backed up with some sort of statistic. However, since it seems believable I will accept it. Second, if Black people are in contact with police more, that doesn't fully explain why, as a proportion of population, more Blacks are killed by police than Whites. It could be that in any individual interaction with police a Black person is more likely to die than a White person. This means that if White people were to interact with police at the same level as Blacks they would would still be killed less. Third, a more revealing statistic that McWhorter could have used is a statistic that described the experience of Whites and Blacks, with police, in a similar situation. For instance one could look at traffic infractions involving an unarmed driver. If the driver is Black is he more likely to be killed than if he was White? I write this because I object to McWhorters misuse of statistics to disprove a movement that he claims lacks factual basis.
@skyewulver72944 жыл бұрын
Except that poverty is the number one indicator of likelihood of committing a crime. That is backed up by stats. He also said black people are disproportionately by poverty.
@dank_memes_1014 жыл бұрын
Thing is there isn't proof that blacks are being killed *because* the police are racist, but the more chances you come into contact with the police, the more chances that things could go wrong at one point, that's mathematical. If you roll the dice enough times you'll get the numbers you want.
@zachrowson10764 жыл бұрын
@@dank_memes_101 yah that is true. However it is also possible that the chance of a success (a violent interaction occuring) is greater for Blacks. Meaning not only are they interacting more but they are also more likely to get killed in an individual interaction. Like a compounding of probability
@dank_memes_1014 жыл бұрын
@@zachrowson1076 do you have proof for that?
@Gearyco4 жыл бұрын
Black people aren't killed at disproportionately higher rates than whites. That's only if you compare police killings with population density, which he mentioned is a debate trick. You have to compare police killings with encounters. More important, specific types of encounters. When you compare killings to encounters, white people are actually killed at a slightly higher rate.
@kenriven52375 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else hear the mic drop at the end or did I just imagine it?! *Damn* this guy was on-point!
@billypopper74 жыл бұрын
I don't think Anti Racism is what he is talking about here. I would assume a large number of us would go out of their way to stop racism, if they saw it happening. I would call that anti racism. What he is talking about is when people avoid real discussion about race out of fear of being racist. I agree that that is a problem. We should have discussions about race and the role it played in our history and how it impacts us today. Also, in the beginning he said for everyone black man killed unjustly there is a white man killed unjustly. That may be true but that would mean black people are killed unjustly at a higher rate when you compare to their respective populations. Which would imply that there is something wrong here. Bottom line is that the policing system is not perfect and it is okay to discuss ways to improve it.
@beemo93 жыл бұрын
Whites aren't taken seriously when they say things like this, but fortunately other black scholars are speaking out against the woke pandemic - Coleman Hughes, Glen Loury, Thomas Sowell, etc.
@pheeel173 жыл бұрын
Check out Wilfred Reilly, Kmele Foster, Chloe Valdary, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Inaya Folarin Iman
@artcasbah42185 жыл бұрын
Huge Respect to this man. He spoke using neutral language. He values truth over fame and is brave enough to face the inevitable name calling that is probably going to come his way for speaking truth. We need more like him
@markgordon26605 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to see a black guy who's not in the trap man love it
@Hatrimn4 жыл бұрын
This is clearly a man that is an independent critical thinker and doesn't belong to the emotional reactionary monolith.
@kelkabot4 жыл бұрын
I think the word you want is "reactive." "Reactionary" means conservative to the point of being hostile to new ideas.
@jancarius1013 жыл бұрын
I call them Quantum Racists. Because everything exists in a superposition of both racist and not racist, based on if the observer is white or black.
@caminokid26565 жыл бұрын
John McWhorter kinda looks like don lemon but with brains.
@aaronr.54915 жыл бұрын
I thought it might be his biological father😅..but apples dont fall that far from the tree
@skunk125 жыл бұрын
Don Lemon (worst journalist of the year) worst journalist of the year
@finished62675 жыл бұрын
Whut?
@joshboston23235 жыл бұрын
Girlin TheWorld-among with homosexuality? What’s wrong with homosexuality?
@joshboston23235 жыл бұрын
Girlin TheWorld-oh I see, you believe in a literal god that watches what we do and that concerns himself with what we do while naked? And you believe that this ancient book is written by men who were, in way, lead by an invisible spirit?
@robkukoc33935 жыл бұрын
This analogy of having blind faith in being an anti-racist is brilliantly articulated by this gentleman.
@ghoulish61255 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that comparison to original sin really conjured up some vivid truths
@TheUniquePizza355 жыл бұрын
Sadly it's not merely an analogy. Modern antiracism and social justice movement in general really are shaping into a religion. I recommend to watch Mike Nayna's channel for more on the subject, it's horrifying.
@ghoulish61255 жыл бұрын
@@TheUniquePizza35 a scary thought is that many people would contest you on the use of the word "religion", albeit that is exactly what is at hand.
@TheUniquePizza355 жыл бұрын
@@ghoulish6125 Too many people hold the simplistic view that a religion needs a god or at least a sacred figure to venerate. But it doesn't.
@drbvo95784 жыл бұрын
I must be moving in the wrong circles. I have never heard this man speak. He tells some serious truths!
@jazzstandardman4 жыл бұрын
His focus is normally on linguistics. He wrote a great article a few years back on the strangeness of the English language and how it got that way.
@b.marieglasgow76804 жыл бұрын
Dr Bvo So, is it likely we can ever focus on taking deadly force away from cops?
@drbvo95784 жыл бұрын
@@b.marieglasgow7680 We can only focus on that if we are honest about the real problems, like for example a fatherless generation of boys.
@chesscomsupport86894 жыл бұрын
@@b.marieglasgow7680 Why would you want to take deadly force away from cops? Can't fight criminals with the means of deadly force without it.