"Race Relations Got Worse Under Obama" - Matt Walsh

[@ephraimwinslow]

Growing up in the 90s: mixed-race friend group, with a 50% Asian majority. All on honor roll, all went on to the same uni. Never really discussed race *at all* beyond the cultural idiosyncrasies of our parents' various get-togethers. We were mostly into talking about our shared hobbies, which were also... basically all the same. Daily life today: literally never been less comfortable with other ethnicities, because I've been trained to expect random accusations of bigotry over literally any inconvenience or disagreement. ANY.

[@ptantonioalves]

@@ephraimwinslow same generation as you and the same change happened in Europe!

[@lloydbraun6026]

Unfortunately your small group of friends does not scale to huge populations. Homogeneous populations keep their culture because we are all tribal

[@Vandicoup]

Literally just racism, but re-dressed! Reverse Racism.

[@CMc-v7z]

@@lloydbraun6026 as they should BUT African American culture is just, American culture. Black people in other parts of the world don't have that culture.

[@CH-xr3cx]

@lloydbraun6026 Yah, and that is still not racism!! Wanting to keep your culture and being tribal has absolutely nothing to do with what's going on today. The fact that we all have different backgrounds and can travel to another country and experience another culture is something to cherish, not destroy. This open world concept "George Sorros" is not good for the world. Our differences are what makes humans awesome. Get over it!! If someone doesn't like you, it's probably because you're an @ss#ole and has nothing to do with your race.

[@benmeltzer]

As racism declines, the definition of racism expands.

[@johnylalrina1451]

So true.

[@tankerd1847]

Very well put.

[@1Corinthians6Verses9thru11]

It only "expands" via liars/hustlers who are willing to "see it" everywhere because their livelihoods depend on its existence.

[@jamessharp9790]

@@benmeltzer yes - and the definition Must expand in order to perpetuate the narrative.

[@ValenceFlux]

I constantly comment about 2011 being the year my life imploded. Not only did I experience protestors calling construction, math and electricity racist, it was around that time I believe I ever heard a president say 'Typical white people'. I didn't believe it then, and I can still hardly believe it now. I thought what I heard was crazy but with all this stuff coming out these days I feel less alone.

[@lindsaydickson47]

I’m Gen X in Western Canada. We grew up looking for our commonalities instead of our differences. We need to shift the focus back to what unifies us.

[@wordup897]

GenX American here. Things were definitely much more copacetic in the past. went to scools that were about 90pc white and never saw a single fight or even negative comment about race, one way or the other. The people who own the media, politicians, and corporations are the ones who constantly push this stuff to divide the masses and obscure their true objectives.

[@lloydbraun6026]

@@lindsaydickson47 Only homogeneous societies work. Without it you will never have social cohesion. Groups of one hundred or larger will always act tribally. It’s not racism or the made up word xenophobia, it’s human nature

[@synetic]

@@lindsaydickson47 and now western Canada has a lot of brainwashed kids too, thinking racism is systemic and boys can be girls ... 😐

[@NiVoMediaSolutions]

@@lindsaydickson47 canada has become so identitarion its astonishing. Opportunism of the weak/some kind of cast system seems to be a big factor. It's just wild in Ottawa how some of these people think. You can feel the danger behind the ideologies. Its so tribal.

[@BuddhaAfterDark]

@@lindsaydickson47 amen 🙏🏻

[@anthonybrett]

"The more they dilute the terminology" That's the power behind Post Modernism. Destroy the past, create a new future.

[@jasonhughes8986]

Grew up in rural Kansas in the 80s. I experienced "immature" racism. Kids just trying to get a rise out of someone different. Most of them grew out of it and became friends with me. I see that same immaturity in race hustling adults. Except it is too profitable for them to grow up.

[@MS-rj6ki]

I relate… lived in Richmond for a while. For the most part I thought racism was on the decline. Most people didn’t even notice the monuments. Guess I did because I was interested. I ended up marrying a mixed race woman. Why have we regressed?????

[@rhondapatterson1]

@@MS-rj6ki because the race hustlers have to keep it alive to justify their existence. So sad!

[@ArchonOne]

Just a weapon of Marxism.

[@MP-ye6tv]

I can still remember ~10 years ago, working at a large corporate, HR rolled out an “anti-discrimination/rate your privilege” program… my first exposure to the whole catastrophe. I remember being so offended and insulted because it absolutely assumed I was unconsciously racist. I’m a first generation Aussie, migrant stock, FFS, not a racist bone in my body… saw people as unique entities… based on content of their character… hope we get back to that 😢

[@Tamikawashere]

They will keep changing the definition of racism too m make sure people stay "racist".

[@cathmorr]

@@MP-ye6tv They want white people to feel guilty over nothing. I raised my kids to not have so called, ‘White Guilt’. Racism comes in ALL colors! My kids were treated bad in school because they were white! Reverse racism!

[@snakeplissken3063]

I voted for Obama because I thought an African-American president would finally put an end to people who complain they can't get ahead because of their skin color. That really backfired on us.

[@theskyisblue567]

@@snakeplissken3063 Me too. 😑

[@dianasmith8248]

@@snakeplissken3063 both of my best friends voted for him as well and partially for that reason. I told both of them don’t do it that he was a grifter and not who he portrayed himself to be. They did not listen to me and regretted that decision and wished they would have listened to me, and both of these women are academically smarter than I am and could figure out how to do more things than I could. But after the whole Obama fiasco, they do ask my opinion on politics lol.

[@rhondapatterson1]

It is NEVER time to vote for someone from a certain demographic UNTIL a quality person that represents your values is running. At this time, a woman, for example. Don’t vote for her because she is a woman. Wait for a qualified female candidate.

[@k.h.a.l.i.l.]

Weird reason to vote for someone.

[@jhssuthrnmama]

I really can't believe anyone fell for that. His policies were always radically left. But at least now I understand that people really did fall for that idea. I had already voted for a truly intelligent, truly patriotic black man (Alan Keyes) in the 2000 election. I didn't need Fauxbama.

[@joanhuffman2166]

Rush Limbaugh called it. When Obama was elected, Rush said that he expected race relations to worsen. He said that every criticism of anything Obama did as president would be assumed to be motivated by racism. No president has any right to expect a complete lack of criticism. That will never happen. He was right. Every criticism of Obama was accused of being racist.

[@cathmorr]

I miss Rush! 😢

[@jhssuthrnmama]

@@joanhuffman2166 That was exactly why he was chosen, in addition to his Marxist upbringing. It allowed Democrats to accuse even milquetoast mitt of putting black people back in chains. But notice who's the real racist: Democrats had to put up half black nominees who don't have a single African American parent among them. Obama's parents were a white woman and a Kenyan man, and Harris's parents an Indian woman and a Jamaican man. None of them lived or know anything about the African-American experience. They love complicit dark-skinned marxists, but they hate African Americans.

[@Willtellthetruth]

@@joanhuffman2166 Okay, but it’s also true that people leveled claims against him that he hadn’t made against any of the other presidents, such as that he was born in Kenya, or sending around memes that had watermelons growing in the White House garden. So while what you’re saying is true, it’s also true that there were some racist attacks leveled against him. Put another way, while it would be silly to suggest that every criticism directed at him was racist, it would be almost as silly to suggest that none of them were. It’s not an either/or.

[@joanhuffman2166]

@Willtellthetruth I'm sure I never said that there was no racism at all. I did say that any criticism aimed at his policies, etc, were accused of being racist. The words racist and racism were redefined until failing to actively support whatever the left was promoting became racism and racist. Certainly, race relations in the US worsened. The political tactics of the left are certainly to blame.

[@GamerModz123]

​​@@WilltellthetruthWhat all 1% of humans? Honestly hate this logic. There was no significant support for this, we are talking about a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of the population. It shouldn't even be part of the discourse, that's how rare that crap was. I'm not going to pretend that this was a significant, or even noteworthy, problem because it wasn't.

[@MasterMalrubius]

Gen X and I say racism certainly exists. But it exists across all demographics and has been rising with the ever-present hustlers.

[@Wren1]

I'm Gen X too, lived all over the world and race was never a problem for my friends and I. We had our good times, we had our arguments, sometimes we even had fist fights, but we never blamed anything on race. I honestly think that things got to a point that were ‘too peaceful’ for some people, so they stirred things up and fabricated a division so that they can pretend like they're virtuous and enlightened.

[@fsrsaa]

@@MasterMalrubius Bullseye brother. It’s been going on for 50 years but thanks to guys like you and Matt and countless others, reality is busting them.

[@jlorde8838]

​@@fsrsaablack Americans are true racist always have been.

[@shmuel6]

You bring up an excellent point about how could it be harder for our generation to deal with Confederate statues when past generations which were closer to slavery were able to handle it. The answer lies because people are projecting the misery in their lives onto all of these symbols and omens. The early regenerations had a more meaning, better economic opportunity and way less anxiety. It's not about slavery, it's about the county going to hell and people taking it out on statues.

[@k.h.a.l.i.l.]

what does 'were able to handle it' mean? saying nothing about it?

[@redpillfreedom6692]

​@@k.h.a.l.i.l.Yes because it's a freaking statue. It has no effect on your everyday life. People who complain about them show just how mentally fragile they really are.

[@clou0810]

Thank s for having Matt on today. Being from the South, bred & born, generational, HE speaks for me, with patience. He really wants to "talk about SOCIETAL ISSUES. THANKS AGAIN FOR GIVING HIM A MOMENT TO DISCUSS RACISM...I TRUST HIM, TO USE FORE THOUGHT BEFORE ACTING ON POLICY ISSUES. ❤ MAGA ON AMERICA!!✌️🇺🇲

[@Vincentthecatsings]

No way Obama didn't intend on this damage. Unfortunately he's not that stupid.

[@jefferytokarsky1930]

He was a community agitator. Division is his super power.

[@johndonovan6840]

@@jefferytokarsky1930 still is.

[@jlorde8838]

@@jefferytokarsky1930 he was a planned and placed president to destroy America. He is a Marxist, so is Kamala and Walz.

[@jefferytokarsky1930]

@@johndonovan6840 Thank you for catching my error. I fixed it.

[@k.h.a.l.i.l.]

​@jefferytokarsky1930 it's kinda funny to think of Obama as an agitator given how vanilla he is. His work did not lead to protests and uprisings. He organized people for sure but he mainly worked with churches, Catholic priests in particular, and factory workers to get them job training. Obama is a very idealistic person. Too idealistic for me personally. His personality is not made for agitation.

[@wallihaley5194]

I think the point about everyone has a video camera is the most salient point. But what I remember is the black kid whose mom caught him looting and she grabbed him and severely chastised him for it and Obama praised her for calling out her son’s bad behavior. Obama also got criticized by some black people for calling those looters “thugs.”

[@andrebaxter4023]

I grew up in the 90s and early 2000s. Race relations were soooo much better. It still feels like the Twlight zone right now considering how much things have changed.

[@directorme6669]

Unlike in 2008 when he was "a breath of fresh air," and everyone (almost) was smitten by his oratory delivery, in 2012 Obama didn't have a lot to run on so he embraced the race card.

[@tsnamm]

@@directorme6669 He was touted as a "post racial" president... He was anything but.

[@Dapryor]

That’s an interesting point I hadn’t considered.

[@directorme6669]

@@tsnamm exactly. He put the country into the trajectory of racial divions it is in right now

[@k.h.a.l.i.l.]

He had plenty to run on actually. That's why he won and remains across all demographics a very popular president. People forget the bad shape Bush left us in economically. That takes time to turn around.

[@Illhostility]

Obamas lgbt push is what really got everything rolling in my opinion.

[@jasonbrown3658]

In the late 90s to mid 2000s hip hop, rock music, and the car community practically decimated racism.

[@fredbaron2603]

Comedy too

[@yellowdog2181]

There’s a huge difference between social media and the real world. Most of us realize this

[@diamlierx]

If it's most it's not a huge margin there too many idiots that believe all that nonsense

[@dontabaltimore1974]

Being called a racist is screamed so much that its starting to lose effectiveness

[@sammydkickinitonaddiction182]

.. i grew up at a small beach town there was no racism im 50 now gen x .

[@brianbard3410]

Wow , brother is right , ✅️ they are calling him a racist, but yea when have you ever remembered the term white supremacy before 10 years ago.

[@Steelmouth-83rd]

its victim mentality People have it so good they have to make horror stories up to have some imaginary hardships in their lifes

[@Jesse-ii5md]

lol this is the echo chambers of you creatures

[@sstaners1234]

Growing up I realized racism and hate is taught. Case in point: my mother is deaf. There were no direct signs for curse words. We had to spell those out. So you can imagine mom and dad having to explain the N word because I had heard it in school. I was always taught to avoid them like the plague. The only time I ever felt pure racism towards me was during the LA riots.

[@crazychicSHENA]

Race relation in the 90's were so much better facts.❤

[@KRAMITDFROG]

"The despair is there; now it’s up to us to go in and rub raw the sores of discontent, galvanize them for radical social change.” - Saul Alinsky, one of Obama's idols

[@snakeplissken3063]

Dave Smith noted that there was a dramatic increase in certain race-related terms in mainstream media articles starting around 2015. He posted a chart on his twatter.

[@Stevarooni]

People are being guided to navel-gaze to seek out their own oppressor/oppressed status and focus extensively on it. If your doctor told you to keep paying attention to your right knee, that something is probably wrong with it, you're going to notice something weird about it, even if it's perfectly ordinarily.

[@Truechildofgod]

Having actually been discriminated against. Growing up seeing men in my family being targeted as well. RACISM definitely does exist that being said my family raised us to Love every race of people with the same love that Jesus has for us. Racism was not tolerated in my household. I went to a predominately Mexican school and faced most racism from Mexicans I have had a couple of run ins with white people but they were usually very old mountain people that had hid from folks that look like me. I had an experience with a college professor who identified as white (he was not) who would flirt with me while having a nasty hate towards black men but had a thing for black women. I say this to say I have had my run in with racism and discrimination everything from being called the n word to being threatened. But at the end of the day I love all of my brothers and sisters in Christ ❤️

[@wesleyhenderson9231]

Good man Matt, gettting right into it.

[@dotmadhack]

100% agree with Matt, 80-90's in retrospect seemed so much calmer race wise. Zuby also has a great point about social media spreading it much faster too. What a great conversation.

[@scottreed240]

I grew up in a predominately poor trailer park when I was coming up. Inside of that trailer park was a very colorful group of families of all kinds of races and religions. This was the late 70's early 80's, and the economy was like what it is now. And again, like that of the late 70's, tough times survived by tough people. Regardless of our color or religion or political affiliation, every kid in that trailer park were friends. As a matter of fact, when I was 7 yrs old, my 3 best friends I ran with were 2 brothers, both from Vietnam. The other friend was black and then there was White Bread (Me). We walked to the store every other Friday for candy and soda, then walk to school together, played and built club houses, you name it, we did it! I'm still friends to this day with those kids. We are all professionals in business. Every one of us. We were all on food stamps, our parents all worked, some 2 jobs to support the family, no savings, no retirement, no insurance, nothing. We even would go to other kids houses to eat. These are poor poor people. And maybe I never wanted to see reality living back then, but it made us all hard to life and ready for anything. Why did I say all that? Because both brothers are independent voters, I'm conservation and our black friend votes Dem. Until this year! Why? Because they all say, what I say, and most are feeling. This Dem Party of 2024 is not you parents Dem party. They call us "same-ole-conservatives" because we've not changed our party's mandate. They have. And they keep moving the goal post every time they need to persuade their voting base. Being progressive is great. Being a Dem is great! Being conservative is also great! It's America. There usually is 2 sides to everything. But, I can say with no issues at all, and according to my friends, we feel the Dem party was hijacked in the 2000's and have evolved into something different.

[@southbug27]

When I was growing up in the 80s & early 90s if someone was accused of being racist or sexist, you basically knew it was true & then when just some of the details stated coming out, they had done horrible things or said horrible things to black people or women. It used to be shorthand to warn others with a quick whisper that females & black people need to be careful, not turn your back on someone. Now that the words have lost all of their meaning we have lost that ability to warn each other & keep safe.

[@Eric-t6s9s]

Don't be racist. If that changes depending on a politician then you are seriously messed up. Don't blame individual responsibility on someone or something else. I don't vote, never have, never will, I am an atheist, and I know basic things like this. Why is it so hard for others? Look at every person as a human, not as a race or a label or anything else. Very simple.

[@jlorde8838]

Wow white people aren't guilty of that black people in America are.

[@Meg-sf9ry]

100% agree! Except I think you should vote because kamala is a terrifying candidate. She has the potential to become the worst kind of tyrant...she's insecure, ignorant and vane. Also, the Bible helps explain a lot of the insanity happening in the world today.

[@Jesse-ii5md]

@@jlorde8838lol yeah blacks created Jim Crow lol you creatures are funny

[@_xBrokenxDreamsx_]

yeah, obama had a unique opportunity to unite but he sat back while the grifters came to power.

[@DeathsjesterKMNP]

@_xBrokenxDreamsx_ sadly if he wasn't one of them, he definitely seems to be one now.

[@deanelsworth817]

@@_xBrokenxDreamsx_ I would say that Obama took the opportunity, to push the race grifters to front and centre. He gave them the POTUS stamp of approval.

[@cognitivedissidents4642]

Obama still wants to “fundamentally transform” the country-except in those areas like Martha’s Vineyard and Hawaii where he has estates.

[@jlorde8838]

​@@DeathsjesterKMNPhe was a planned and placed president to destroy America. He is a Marxist so is Kamala. Hillary and Walz. America is in the final stages of a Marxist Color Revolution. They are in the process of destroying our sovereignty then they will disarm and starve us.

[@dontabaltimore1974]

@@_xBrokenxDreamsx_ No one person can unite this country folks have agendas and profit from it

[@gizbot9366]

Insidious. Perfect description of this stuff.

[@sdjohnston67]

Milton was great! A kind, grandfatherly man.

[@marcribot391]

Great video!

[@dzagaleta]

I'm not sure about seeing black people as an issue, walking down the road. It's a gut feeling that you are approaching anyone. you're going to be on guard. Your alarm will go off! Stop with the victim hood excuse. For example, when you walk around a corner, you see a stray dog with no collar, and the dog focuses on you. Are you going to run up to the dog and try to hug the dog?!?! Does that make you racist?!?! 🤔

[@JLCProductions1976]

The explanation is found in a defined Christian worldview that understands and embodies repentance and forgiveness.

[@Amitch592]

I agree with the end of this vid that most people just feel bad or laugh at people with these ideologies. HOWEVER! there's a man playing in women's college volleyball and boxing in the Olympics. So it does demand unfortunately a very very serious condemnation at times as well.

[@Melanie-w4s]

If you look at comedy from the 70's, we were, as a people, pointing out our cultural differences and laughing about each other...together.

[@brianbard3410]

Morgan Freeman, quit talking about it. They hate that black preachers who are progressive brought racist behavior raging back.

[@drewt2790]

Never put BBQ sauce on a turkey and bacon sandwich. It sounds and tastes good; but, it's causes terrible gas.

[@tex-do1wm]

Truth.

[@stephenmeeks684]

Concerning monuments, a tiny few that are vocal about the negative are super sensitive people who demand attention on these tiny issues. The super sensitive media and the hands off law enforcement allow it.

[@patrickbrown958]

Grandparents had no choice Bro Gen X kids speaking out

[@charliefoxtrotter]

maranda dude is smoking that good hindu kush

[@RJ1999x]

The reason it got worse under Odingbat, is to ensure a democrat vote, you have to be a victim, so he made sure he fanned the flames

[@ikke2757]

One take/opinion that the right doesn't like and you'll find out how they really look at you, Zuby!

[@TK-gm2zr]

Matt, what about all of the mouth breathers that completely lost their shit that a black man had been elected president? Shouldn’t that factor into your analysis somehow?

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

1:05 Also you know it actually happened. I think a lot of these instances, especially minor ones, wouldn’t have been reported if it wasn’t captured on video proving it happened a certain way.

[@clou0810]

Pulled out my Oxford Dictionary u·biq·ui·tous adjective present, appearing, or found everywhere. "his ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family" Similar: omnipresent ever-present present everywhere everywhere all-over all over the place pervasive all-pervasive universal worldwide global rife prevalent predominant very common popular extensive wide-ranging far-reaching inescapable Opposite: rare scarce

[@Fleshlight_Reviewer]

thanks obama 🤪🤪🤮🤮

[@immigranthustlemind8655]

This guy is fraud and the other don’t have experience

[@jlorde8838]

How do you come to that opinion?

[@randyprince892]

I DONT GET IT!!! I GREW Up IN THE 70s and 60s AND RACISM WAS. ON ITS WAY OUT....TGEN THE 90s HIT AND THINGS ARE A LOT WORSE NOW..

[@TwinLakesLoco253]

Everyone can be racist and everyone judges.

[@jlorde8838]

American black are the racist.

[@crazychicSHENA]

Facts

[@Mikael-jt1hk]

yeah evidently diversity is a weakness.. Growing up in scandinavia surrounded by exclusively white people, nobody i have ever known had any conversations about skin color at all. It simply isnt an issue..