24FA Class #2: "The Whites" | White American Culture Lecture

[@michaelsanders6417]

Just a note, “Digga” is slang in northern Germany for “bro”. It has no historical baggage or racial connotation. Danke!

[@Nicole-dp5ks]

I listened to almost the full video before I decided to comment. I’m white. I grew up dirt poor. At age 9, my family lost our home and were basically homeless until my grandma took us and let us live in a tiny travel trailer in her backyard. I lived in California so I was a minority. I was surrounded by mostly Mexicans. Which was great growing up, honestly didn’t even noticed until high school. To hear that I have some unknown privilege or generational wealth has to be the most annoying thing. I worked two jobs most of my life. I got through community college. That’s where the poors go to college if you didn’t know. My parents didn’t pay for my schooling. Most of the scholarships at my community college were designated for brown or black people. Only one that everybody could apply to, including me. I can’t afford to buy a house. I’m so sick of hearing I have privilege when I’m barely surviving and I feel like it’s been that way my whole life. Edited to add that I’m a girl. The name is Nicole. Not sure why y’all are calling me a he. 😅💁‍♀️

[@mattstroker3742]

The ones stating such bs are dumb and ignorant. And racist. Not 1 exception. You are right.

[@Nicole-dp5ks]

@@secretbassrigs I grew up about an hour from Los Angeles. The racism really is out in the open, it’s wild. To be honest, it never bothered me until it came to college and scholarships. That’s when I was like, wait a minute?! This is a little messed up.

[@asdasdwrwe32-bh3gw]

@@tcolley The person pointed out the advantages offered to other groups, not just that she didn't receive any.

[@asdasdwrwe32-bh3gw]

you don't have to capitalize black, btw

[@Nicole-dp5ks]

@@asdasdwrwe32-bh3gw I didn’t mean to capitalize the b lol.

[@elminweatherbee7672]

I have traveled to many countries in the world and America is the least racist of any place I have been.

[@nigelralphmurphy2852]

Wow.

[@mattstroker3742]

🤣🤣🤣🤡

[@csulb75]

@elminweatherbee7672 Just curious, but what is your race or Ethnic background?

[@karagi101]

It’s definitely more racist than many countries. I live in Toronto, Canada - the most multicultural city in the world. Racism is way less than in the US and I’ve traveled all over the US.

[@Callinoutbull]

@@mattstroker3742 drone.

[@Rincy42]

at 22:37 when she is talking about the german word "digga" she completely misunderstood. "Digga" (pronounced quite similar to the english "digger") has nothing to do with any word beginning with N. It comes from "Dicker", german for "Big one" or even "fat one" and is meant and used like "Pal", "Mate" or "Bro". It originates with german hiphop culture. The N-Word does exist in German, it is even almost identical in the german language as it is in the english language, just for one letter. (Seeing as it derives from the latin word for the color black in both languages). And that word in germany is not in use nowadays, it is as shunned as it is in english.

[@januszfilippo5306]

Thank you! That one had to be fact checked lol

[@ḵulagaaw]

He didn't fact check her she said pretty much what he said.

[@philippthaler5843]

@@ḵulagaaw She did not. at all. Digger is not the N-word and has nothing to do with the N-word.

[@ḵulagaaw]

@@philippthaler5843 bullshit. Twice. One she didn't say it was the n word. Listen again. "The n word is the same" there's another word it's bad the same. I know you're trying to tell us this German meaning of the word. But this kid was a telling the truth about a repurposed word used as slang by hip heads and it basically means the same thing as the n word. This takes a little bit of knowledge on how black people actually use the n word and you will realize she right, even if we deny the reason the word repurposed.

[@ericah6546]

​@@ḵulagaaw He probably didn't know. He's traveled in India and Ethiopia and not Germany. An anthropologist would have known

[@jimmymichaud8227]

As someone from the white state of Maine, I have witnessed more classist than racist situatuons. Growing up, the majority of black and brown people i encountered were middle class suburban type people and other than the novelty of being non-white were just that, middle class suburban people. More recently the influx of black and brown people migrating from lower income urban areas seems to be changing how many view the difference in races. To me, in my personal experiences, socioeconomic status seems to be the more prevalent difference in cultures than color

[@RyanRoberts-kw2ik]

Dr Thomas Sowell did a study and wrote about it in a few of his books. His studies are very interesting and I wish were mentioned in these discussions.

[@b.marieglasgow1228]

@@jimmymichaud8227 Yes, the through-line is money. American policy has diligently assigned poverty to non-whites. Many of those you witness as middle class today would be Barons but for systematic government sanctioned theft, exclusion and persecution , given that their families have been working in the New World since the Mayflower.

[@kimberlycorliss9616]

I'm from New Hampshire. I grew up here when it was very white. I agree. It's more classist than racist.

[@laurencezemlick1979]

This class has become self-aware of its own popularity. These kids are being careful not to saying something absolutely stupid like I’ve seen in some older videos.

[@99guspuppet8]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ GOD created this shish kabob …… many are aware of tropes and are puppet-like in their behaviour ….. the production values annoy me ……. let’s all go to Sugar rock Candy Mountain

[@bevs9995]

what was said that was stupid in any other video?

[@gzwerpjgbf]

It's a real shame

[@charlieinabox1164]

I think it’s fine and a sign of healthier times ahead.

[@ericah6546]

​@@99guspuppet8tell, what's there, Nirvana I hope?

[@eciesz]

This is a great class. I think adults could benefit from this type of interaction.

[@noahh.3644]

It is so fascinating how a white person should be careful, be interested and understand different non-white cultures, when the other people dont even care about white culture.

[@Blakberi73]

what is white culture?

[@Beyy3]

@@Blakberi73 what is black culture ?

[@mommadeb49]

​@@Blakberi73thats a great question. The "white" culture is hard to define, because white people are from many different cultures, irish, english, french, american, german, italian, etc and each of these has its own culture and in america we are such a melting pot.

[@thefinegameofnil7158]

​@Blakberi73 what's black culture?

[@noldarandur]

​@@thefinegameofnil7158 That's a good question. I think it's equally as difficult to define black culture. Culture and race are two very different things, but are often conflated. You're gonna get different answers from different people and your skin color may or may not affect your opinion any more than your place of birth, religion, gender, age etc. Thus, an agreed upon universal term for either is going to face challenges.

[@richardklanecky6098]

I like the way you make the students think for themselves! That is what education is supposed to be!

[@simong8364]

I like the question ‚if you go to Africa you’ll be recognized as an American, no matter the skin color.’ Same in Europe. There are white people. There are black people. And then there are people behaving American. And those Americans not acting recognizably American are assumed to be either European, Asian, or African, or whatever. But no one thinks ‘oh, an African American or white American.’ The denominator is American. Not far gone ancestry.

[@tedtalksrock]

Exactly.

[@simon3142]

Exactly, I have personally witnessed this in Nigeria. African Americans were seen as American tourists.

[@bevs9995]

there are *european people

[@davidl.abplanalp4478]

Exactly. We are all AMERICANS.

[@mary-gael7633]

Absolutely, and actually, black and white Americans are way more similar than a black American and a black French, for exemple. Guys, you don't realize how similar you are because of your obvious americanness, haha!

[@timwierenga2952]

Man, Dr. Richards, I wish I could travel back in time, go to Penn State, and take your class. I'll def settle for just following along as long as you keep posting these incredible topics of conversation. SOC 119 4 life

[@timwierenga2952]

You're not going to offend Leena, she spent a year in Germany after all😂

[@timwierenga2952]

Choam Nomsky from Germany😆💀

[@ericah6546]

​@@timwierenga2952 OMG 😂

[@bod_optimus3489]

As a white American I can say we have to be more careful then other races with what we do and say because everything can be interpreted as racial. If we have a black idol or we listen to certain music or wear certain clothes it's always we are trying to steal it or make it white. Maybe we just like it. Other races have integrated our style and tastes and we just have to accept it amd move on.

[@JAMESJACKSON-sj2qm]

You said it about white, you steal from others and claim it as your own.

[@goodfellas5702]

Maybe stop giving a shit what other people think. It's extremely liberating

[@korvoth4269]

Saying racial things is fine. Being racist about it is not.

[@Nicole-dp5ks]

You are spot on. Things we say or do can be twisted into something it’s not.

[@bevs9995]

next time, Tell them to stop dying their hair brown/aubrun Its weird appropriating the entire aesthetic of another group, and then crying about cultural appropriation.

[@darraghpolimeni4331]

This professor is awesome, his style and approach provokes thought and is affective. I like how he doesn't push his opinions but rather just presents facts and how to conclude from those facts.

[@silkyjohnson3346]

Quick clarification, at 22:40, or there abouts she mentions the German slang term "Digga". This word does not share a root with the other, offensive English word. It's based on the word "dicke(r)" which means "fat" and has been used for decades, and was picked up in the German hiphop scene.

[@zimzob]

While visiting Berlin I learned that Germans will casually drop “n*gger” in conversation without skipping a beat.

[@9bitsovertake]

Some more info on the background: dicker might mean fat one, and can be used in a friendly way among close friends, but it might also come from the meaning thick, as in “we are together in thick and thin”. It has no racial background whatsoever. This is a common misunderstanding.

[@TibGabinius]

She confused the german word "Neger" with the US "n-word". She exclaims in the end she was aware of "digga" and that this was something different. Sadly people still believe "Neger" is the same as the insult in the US, meanwhile its the same as "negro" - "black". "Mohr" would get closer to the "n-Word", but still not as insulting as it.

[@PetrolJunkie]

My takeaway is that these people didn't really know anything about “white people”. Or “white culture.” It's because there has been a one-sided discussion for so long the other side has been erased from the conversation.

[@laurencezemlick1979]

I’m 45 and I don’t think even I could describe “white culture”, if there even is one. I don’t mean that white people don’t have culture - it’s that there are so many different layers and types of cultures. There is American culture in general, but also a regional culture, a local culture, generational culture (like Baby Boomers have a different culture than Gen Z). For some people “white culture” is Barbecues on Saturdays, church on Sunday, going to car races, working hard, staying married, football, respecting women, etc. To someone else it could be cappuccino’s downtown with your wife and dog, going to the opera, volunteering at a non-profit, reading books, etc. It’s impossible to answer it, because the premise is flawed. There simply isn’t a “White culture”. Same way their isn’t an “Asian culture” or “Black culture”

[@olivierpire8311]

which platform are you referring to when talking about "one-sided discussion"? I don't think there is a place where white people talk about "white people"

[@PetrolJunkie]

@@olivierpire8311 Keep going. Your on the right track. “White” people don't talk about “white people” That conversation is had by everyone else. Why is that?

[@PetrolJunkie]

@@laurencezemlick1979 That is a good point, and a big part of the problem with making generalizations. I don’t think culture can be broken down by skin color. It's way more nuanced than that.

[@jstark2388]

Hell, I'm a white American, but I couldn't describe us. I am from the south. We focus on hard work, moral backbone, family, and frying everything. Where I live, white people try to explore other cultures. We try to understand the melting pot. Not all white people are racist. Most are caring, compassionate, and truly want to help their neighbors no matter what their skin color is.

[@01mia18]

Santa is white because it’s based on a European character. White (European) culture does exist.

[@krissielongknife1479]

@@01mia18 okay, and...

[@asktherightquestionstoday]

@@krissielongknife1479 use your brain

[@krissielongknife1479]

​@asktherightquestionstoday every day, but I'm still going to say.. so what. There is nothing wrong with white culture.

[@ronleonard7015]

So black Santa would be cultural appropriation and I hear that’s a no-no

[@MrHatt7777]

Santa was from Turkey bro

[@CKwoi]

Digga in German does *not* mean the same as the n-word in English.

[@lizkt]

Yes, it would have beneficial if she asked about this word. Offense is so easy among different cultures and often the offense leaves after there is understanding.

[@matthewfocheezy8740]

I'm proud that PSU is having these conversations... this is a teacher that other teachers should look up to

[@Bryrye236]

These kids are incapable of critical thought.

[@JohnHolmes-n9g]

India has an actual caste system. America has the top 10%. The rest of us are all starting at the same point. The idea that generational wealth is some kind of indicator of "privilege" is asinine on its face. Some families learn to handle money and pass that knowledge on to their children. It takes ONE generation to change an entire family's capacity for wealth. That is the beauty of America and capitalism. It also takes one generation to end that wealth. This is why personal responsibility and not group responsibility is the truest concept of humanity and personal interactions. As MLK said, by the content of my character. Group think inside a nation or culture is low brow low IQ thinking, period. Like was mentioned, if you travel abroad, you are just an American.

[@tedtalksrock]

Exactly!!!👍 🏆

[@Samammie]

preaching facts over here..if only everyone followed this..

[@kwolf2145]

America is very racist and discriminates against minorities.

[@RichardChappell1]

But that doesn't support the narrative of oppression and power by identity. A large portion of America has adopted a form of Marxism with social identity in place of income based social status. Call it woke, progressive radicalism, extreme left, or whatever - it's the same philosophy. And it will have the same end. THat's why modern race activists reject MLK.

[@mrb2843]

Facts. 80 percent of millionaires and up are self made.

[@Manu_oRei]

To Lena: you mentioned you lived in a coastal town in Germany and kinda associated Germans as racists and that only 4 black people lived there. We need to start to understand that Europe isn't America. This is our land and thus, most people are natives here. You need to stop putting American values on to us, because we aren't the same, neither do we want to. It doesn't mean, though, that we are not racist. We are. But we are the same as any other country out there. Racism exists and will always exist.

[@gillmsnfillman1691]

Can you tell your people to leave Namibia then. It’s the native peoples land and your people occupy land that belongs to the natives, or is this a “do as I say and not as I do” moment?

[@alison7707]

@@gillmsnfillman1691 Umm, did she write that the 4 Blacks need to leave? The conversation was about Germany being racist because of the few Blacks and too many Whites, which is ridiculous as Germany is in Europe, a historically White continent. Should I go to Namibia and complain about racism because there aren't enough Asians and Whites?

[@XJonAye]

@@gillmsnfillman1691 imagine the white people that live in Namibia would say. "Nambia is racist because there are so few white people, Namibia needs to change" That's the point, also I'd argue that a person of color is safer in the poorest part of Europe than European are in the poorest part of any other country. I'd say that's close to a fact aside From maybe a few exceptions.

[@MaraJadeTX]

I hate the idea of "cultural appropriation." I grew up in Southern California in a tiny town. My Mexican neighbors treated us just like their grandkids. My parish was Mexican-Catholic. My culture as a little kid was not just Western/Roman Catholic, but Mexican Catholic. "That thing is only for that race" is super racist. I hate "white people." Or, "white people have no culture. " I'm not "white." I'm Norse, French, English and German. I'm third generation UK, Cornish of Norman descent. My family maintained a lot of British traditions, like tea. I'm not "white." I'm Catholic and especially love Mexican traditions and Mexican Catholic traditions. Piniatas at birthdays. Mariachi music. Amazing food. Family closeness.

[@tedtalksrock]

What this class la seems not to “get” is that the Indian girl (and most international people) don’t just judge or have stereotypes based on skin color (which is our dumbed down generalization of culture) whahf she is saying is the “Americans” she saw as American (Indian, white, black, etc) and the British were a different group that she wouldn’t group mentally with Americans regardless of the color of their skin.

[@KBella2324]

Amazing the stereotypes that still exist about peoples skin color. To paint a broad brush about a certain demographic based on skin color is absurd. I grew up in Japan and faced some discrimination as an American, my dog was poisoned, people made assumptions based on my skin color, it was strange, but unfortunately understandable because Japan is such a homogeneous country. To say that America is more “racist” than any other country is disingenuous, it’s not true. When there is a majority of certain people, the people that are members of a minority group will feel some imbalance. It’s a difficult situation to navigate and the simple solution is to call it “racism”, sometimes it truly is. In America there have been groups of people that once were considered “dark”, that are now considered “white”. It’s meant to divide and conquer, it perpetuates the “us against them” tribal mentality. Caution is key here, because that’s how political parties like to hold on to power. My personal opinion is that we really should be looking at socioeconomic issues rather than skin color, to bring more equality and fairness of opportunity to ALL people.

[@tedtalksrock]

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[@thegoldenarm6422]

Some races are more tribal than others unfortunately. It's ingrained into their mindset. It's only a matter of time before the US turns into Rwanda.

[@zimzob]

@@thegoldenarm6422you have to take into account how much Belgian colonialism perverted Rwandan society by imposing strict racial categories on top of groups that, while having distinct ethnic origins, had come to be more of a system of wealth and social privileges, with a fair degree of mobility between them. The colonial rulers emphasized racial identity, banned intermarriage between them, and destabilized their society by favoring one group and stoking resentment in the other.

[@gillmsnfillman1691]

@@thegoldenarm6422lol. So the US before civil rights wasn’t tribal according to you?

[@asdasdwrwe32-bh3gw]

@@zimzob No one has any agency except us, obviously

[@timweiffenbach5350]

There is a fundamental misunderstanding in what Lena said about Germans using the word „Digga“. It has absolutely nothing to do with the N-Word and is in no way meant to be racial slur. In fact it is a loanword based on „Digger“ or „I dig that“, which evolved to a mixture of German and Englisch meaning „Dude“. This is because „Dicker (=Fatso)“ is used also as a teasing monicker, mainly amongst men. She’s right about Germans not being the heartiest people, but the N-word is seldomly used even by racist people.

[@timweiffenbach5350]

Additionally this is a good example that YOUR wrong perception of words can make the other person a racist. Think about that.

[@Brocktoon68]

I'm Italian-American, and therefore white. White people can't season food? Is that why the ratio of Italian restaurants to Ethiopian restaurants across the world approaches a countably infinite quantity? We're not all from the British Isles and northern Europe.

[@BINX-RR]

Ngl if I could I’d sneak into campus and sit in this man’s classroom for a lesson, so glad he’s putting these online but it’s like a comedy show, you have to be there in person to take in the full experience

[@angelagrater4193]

This is a good teacher and it’s hard to do this now in 2024. Stop spreading hate and dissent within our youth

[@lanes3908]

Professor: Explain white privilege. Students:

[@edwinamendelssohn5129]

@@tcolleyit doesn't. It's a made up to divide

[@MaraJadeTX]

​​​@@tcolley Prof. never said "white privilege doesn't exist." His opinion as a sociologist is that privilege exists but it's amorphous and difficult to pin down. He's using Socratic Method to engage students in critical thinking. - Does privilege exist? - Can we pin that down to a specific definition? - How do we test the hypothesis of "white privilege?" - How do we quantify "privilege" in solid data verses the qualitative experiences? Critical thinking is not denial. Questioning and curiosity are not denial.

[@Makmurf]

I wish you would have a cultural discussion about why in the world we use the word “LIKE” so much.

[@AuthorPenwright]

@Makmurf It's important to remember many cultures have maintain filler words for generations. You hear, in English, "so," "like," and "um" most often. In the mid-20th century, you may have heard "why" as in "Why, I ought to..." or "Why, I'm terribly famished." I've read an entire history on filler words, but I don't remember it all. However, historically speaking, it's perfectly normal. In 25 years, it might be something different than "like," and there will be people taking issue with whatever the new filler words are then, as well. Have a good day, stranger. 👉😎👉

[@Makmurf]

@@AuthorPenwright I was an English/grammar teacher, so I guess it just hits me when a word is over used. I will tell you that I was a teenager in the 60’s. My dad would get after me for saying “ya know” all the time. He started me “ya know”…. So I would be conscious of saying it. I broke the habit…. My husband to this day says “Okay” to much when he talking a monologue. My daughter is a radio personality in Austin, TX. She was interviewed by a magazine…. And her quotes had “LIKE” in them. She was very embarrassed by that…. I get your point. I don’t disagree with you at all. I find it interesting that we do that. I wonder if other cultures do.

[@vjjski]

@@Makmurf I use ‘like’ a lot more than I care to admit. I haven’t always used it but I don’t remember how I spoke before that other than ‘like’ replaces a verb for my speech habit . I am working on being more cognizant of it when I speak but it’s a hard habit to break. It’s much easier to fall back on it rather than think of the actual word that should be used. My husband stated over using ‘or whatever’ about 15 years ago. It drives me insane! lol Now I need to go look up the history of filler words!

[@edwinamendelssohn5129]

Poor education

[@erikowren7894]

I went to College/University in the 90’s. I wish there was a class like this back then. Thank you for sharing so we can all learn and enjoy its benefits.

[@OhMyPearls]

This is from slang dictionary: it’s Hamburg slang that has spread among youth and rappers, completely unrelated to N word “(Very, very, in at the moment among young people, even though it's already over 20 years old. The origin is a mix between "Dicker" (fatty) and "digger" (someone digging for records) and comes from the rap szene.)”

[@NeverLuckyE7]

I love this class! Thank you for having good conversations.

[@jonnyb6700]

"I'm a politics major" = I'm being trained as a Marxist

[@yvettelatham1318]

Do you agree with the Marxist ideology?

[@jonnyb6700]

@@yvettelatham1318 No

[@yvettelatham1318]

@@jonnyb6700It must be tough on you attending those classes. Stay strong.

[@zzztek]

"Poor" is a relative term "Poor" in NYC might be "rich" in Cooperstown, NY Even when using the poverty level, being impoverished in one zip code is not the same as another

[@freesandy]

He is asking thought provoking questions in order to find our SIMILARITIES and embrace our.differences. hes asking you to see.each other from a different perspective

[@peachdog1193]

We should just see each other as people

[@gordonlumbert9861]

In all fairness HRs historically have a history of prefering to hire minority women at some points. This was according to my HR class.

[@C4Snipes]

Because she was hot probably

[@Joshua-v7q4c]

And president

[@PaulWilliams-sv6ml]

I'd really love to see a class that takes a view at the different privledge between north/south white Americans as well as different professions among white professionals such as Veterans / Military - Professional class.

[@4850937]

I celebrate Straight White Male pride to balance out the other pride.

[@danielajemba8459]

Ok bot

[@ecxstasy347]

Why do you have to balance it out? Lmao

[@4850937]

SWM are oppressed. "Progress pride" dudes are spoiled.

[@4850937]

My reply was censored.

[@ecxstasy347]

@@4850937 Oh damn those goddamn jews back at it! But lemme guess what you were gonna say, something about the erasure of your people? 🤣

[@domenicomorbidini4708]

These kids are indoctrinated in the DEI cult. This professor does an incredible job getting them to use some critical thinking skills. Unfortunately, there are not enough of this professor on staff that doesn't prescribe to the ideology.

[@AtomkeySinclair]

What's the difference between racist humans and non-racist humans? None. The diversity of various races is distributed into both groups. Racism has nothing to do with skin color or religion or culture. That's academic to the reasoning, which is abstraction. The abstraction is the human predilection toward classification, grouping, and delimiting. In essence, it is old tribal survival behavior. If all humans were one skin color and the only distinguishing aspect was eye color... pink, purple and magenta... one sector of society would rank out among the other two eye colors. Racism as described in modern terms, is an illusion of political rhetoric when compared to the reality of the abstraction that insinuates it in the first place... grouping for a falsely perceived need for survival.

[@Samammie]

damn that was good!

[@JimStanfield-zo2pz]

There is definitely a difference. Like any other trait it's a spectrum. Some people are far more inclined to tribalism and racism than others. I guarantee that there is a fundamental genetic difference. Just because we don't know what it is yet doesn't mean that it's not there.

[@Stryphe]

From what I've seen in the rural areas of the Midwest where I live is that as a white man in my 40s...I view white culture as just American culture. Some just seem to get offended either by this country or the concept of America.

[@lg4360]

Yet, there is no immigration problem in China, India nor Ethiopia.......why do the majority of immigrants seek to go to America?

[@richardavery4692]

As a man of similar age from the south, I assure you my culture is not the same as yours. The both of us likely have even less in common with another white man from New England. There is no white culture. Our skin color is meaningless. Our geography is everything.

[@rickr530]

@@richardavery4692 I dislike the label "white" and don't personally think of myself as "white" in any meaningful way, pretty much because of what you said. It describes nothing about me as a person, or my culture, or my beliefs. If all you know about me is my skin tone then you don't know anything at all about me. Also treatment in America has a lot more to do with wealth and class than it does with skin color. People sometimes think there is a universal tribe of whites but there isn't. There are some white communities where I would not be welcome, and many more black communities where I would.

[@Samammie]

@@rickr530 FACTS. Almost always the skin color conversations only push the victim narrative.

[@asdasdwrwe32-bh3gw]

@@rickr530 This will certainly stop various diversity initiatives!

[@californiadreamer2580]

No offense intended, but I think that often excessive/strong seasonings are mainly used to hide the taste of rotten foods like rotten meat or spoiled vegetables that were otherwise unpalatable. I grew up in San Francisco, eating in many different ethnic restaurants. Spicy food never prevented food poisoning for me.

[@Joshua-v7q4c]

It’s is. But that just shows your privilege…

[@californiadreamer2580]

@@Joshua-v7q4c It is what?

[@iss8504]

@@californiadreamer2580 spicy as in chili peppers, is used to attempt to avoid food poisoning

[@olivierpire8311]

I struggle finding common grounds to white people. White muslims have very different habits to white christians - working class white has nothing comparable to aristocratic white, etc.

[@rickr530]

It's just a racist label :)

[@olivierpire8311]

@@rickr530 Indeed, and we can see it in the eyes of many students.

[@olivierpire8311]

@@rickr530 the whole topic of racism is so misused, misunderstood, distorted, never properly explained...

[@lizkt]

Exactly, there is such a diversity among people with white skin. You can't just generalize them in a simple question like "describe white people". There are Muslim whites, Christian whites, Italian whites, Irish whites, rich/poor/middle class whites, etc.

[@Callinoutbull]

It is almost like race doesn't really matter, but the person' and their experiences do.

[@chrislaing8444]

This is exactly how Jordan Peterson started. The media will get hold of him and he’ll be quizzed about why he is denying the existence of white privilege. Then he’ll be asked why he is right wing. Then he’ll be called right wing by the media😂 These conversations give me hope that we are moving to a place where we can talk about this stuff without instantly taking each other on bad faith. I really struggle at being taught racism by someone half my age or a white academic attempting to do good. Changing hearts and minds is a long term project. This lecture is very refreshing.

[@JMDotson]

Did anyone else catch the Choam Nomskey quote? I was halfway expecting a joke when I read that.

[@sarahprosecco]

The chewing gum into the mic is infuriating

[@bucii01]

Thought it was only Me

[@Darling_wanders]

It’s always I feel like and never I think.

[@henrylar8958]

affirmative action dismantled the white privilege argument, you shoulda talked about that

[@gillmsnfillman1691]

Nonsense. Affirmative action benefits whites more than anyone else. If you actually read the policy you’d know this. Stop being a victim and a dishonest at that.

[@dge1967]

As an Australian I have to say the prof in this video drove the discussion in a lot of places and even led the answers, and I found it more an insight into American culture (not white or even white American, just American) and how it is perceived internally and by the three volunteers.

[@PG-qt7ez]

It amazes me how we are still differentiating between levels of melatonin when it has nothing to do with skin color but cultural differences. I’m freckled white but my dominant cultural background is Italian. Italian American. It shows that we are still judging based on skin color and not character.

[@_Tonus_]

@SOC 119 a lot of Germans clarrified the wrong statement regarding the word "digga" here in the comments. Yet you uploaded a youtube short of that very moment one day ago. Please take it down

[@Samammie]

As a white person, I experienced being a minority race in middle school, and it was so rough, I didn't make it out. I switched to homeschool toward the end of my 7th grade year, which subsequently ruined my future for so many different reasons.

[@dyffryn330]

I had a similar experience. Unfortunately people hear stories like ours and have little to no sympathy because we are White.

[@samandarvish6856]

@@dyffryn330 I am not white, however I've also experienced what you have, I completely understand, and I know how it feels like. Everyone can experience racisim.

[@Wahhhhhhhh-hhh]

"I didn't make it out" - person commenting years later.

[@uzairakram899]

what made it so rough? was there an attitude towards you as a minority that you didn’t like?

[@bigbangb3tty365]

​@@uzairakram899 read Colin flarity book about being a minority white or Asian in a urban school. Don't make the bl@ck kids @ngry" there are a good number that are deleted every year.

[@brandischott4311]

Aside from the importance and difficulty of this conversation, it is humorous to watch the professor struggle as much as the students. I wish we could take intention in to account before being offended. The politically correct movement has really dissolved free speech and intellectual and artistic freedom.

[@blava9081]

I think it's more accurately described as american privilege now. Race is becoming a no-factor as cultures merge, but the country in which you were born is a major influence on your chance of success.

[@nancyjanzen5676]

Black people coming from Africa have a strong family centric culture. And many of them look down on urban American culture.

[@b.marieglasgow1228]

Silly, isn’t it? Come into a hostage situation, cozy up to the Hostage takers, and compare yourself to the hostages.

[@GiT5UM]

it would be interesting if he had put a white american up there with them to answer the same questions.

[@geraldwilkerson5703]

One observation I would make is this: The one kid said that it is silly to have pride in being white. But what I have seen is a relentless attack on white people in this country, and this white pride stance is the result of it in many cases. It seems that being proud, is very nuanced, ie: by culture etc... is okay, but being condemned or stereotyped, etc... is just against white people. That is unjust, and there is a resulting backlash and push back against that narrative. Of course I am not ignorant of the white supremacist element, there certainly is that. But that is not the case in most cases in my perception.

[@donaldf.switlick3690]

It's not and never has been about skin color; it's always and is about differences in culture.

[@johnr7456]

Lena was scared to actually speak how ignorant she is. She made excuses after excuses and blamed how she thinks on everyone but herself. The asian guy was kinda afraid. The woman from India was most honest

[@JAMESJACKSON-sj2qm]

The people with the access to the resource management have the privileges

[@JohnHolmes-n9g]

Well, if you are the smartest or strongest in ANY region of the world you control the resources. Regardless of skin tone.

[@ericah6546]

I continue to be astonished by Penn State.

[@JAMESJACKSON-sj2qm]

Indigenous to the Americas is totally different, i love this class ❤

[@HOOSIERLOVER]

I wouldn't conflate Hospitality with "white privilege" simply because Indians would offer me dinner in India.

[@frostyab7579]

problem is that most of the "bad" things ascribed to "white culture" are actually not explicitly white

[@JAMESJACKSON-sj2qm]

The doctorine of discovery is the best part of white culture i like.😅

[@edwardcrowley5987]

What is your thoughts on Isrish ahirts for St. Pats day? INot to many brown and black Irish

[@CM0211]

How is Phil from Allentown, PA and not know about the white poor and poverty levels.

[@toomanybears_]

I no longer interact with anyone outside my demographic. I can see no reason to.

[@ronin2963]

The algorithm keeps dropping you episodes

[@milworker]

48:42 I think ethnicity is a multilayered concept that can include ancestry, current national identity, affiliations, regional, local and familial norms.

[@Melillomello]

But a full sentence without like like like repeated infinitely?

[@WrightsW5]

Pause around 21 minutes, Santa Clause originates from Asia, the Greek Saint Nikolaos from Asia Minor, before the Turk occupation, and from the Middle East religion Christianity.

[@stacyshoemaker9177]

A dish being “well-seasoned” refers to salt not chili powder or cumin or cayenne pepper lol

[@SOC119]

Um chili powder can only be used in.... "chili" I mean, it's in the name ;)

[@TonyTenor3000]

You’ve clearly never worked in a kitchen before… “Well-seasoned” means you’ve properly seasoned the dish you’re cooking. FYI: There are more seasonings than salt. Try seasoning blackened salmon with just salt and you’ve made a dish that isn’t well-seasoned… You’re welcome!

[@stacyshoemaker9177]

@@TonyTenor3000 sure, but it also doesn’t mean spice, or spicy

[@gboogy]

Whiteness is hard to define without tracing it’s origin and development through history.

[@MaraJadeTX]

I think the perception of "people of color are poor" is also a somewhat a stereotype driven by toxic compassion and by publicity of poverty in the rest of the world. It's also true that even the poorest of the poor in the United States are still the 1% compared to the world population as a whole.

[@WrightsW5]

Pause at 1.03, I would be wary of being a white British person in somewhere like Serbia or Argentina, and the nationalism factor might apply to immigrant whites in many white countries.

[@pagesk2001]

"cant season food" best answer

[@pamphletier]

"Digga" means something completely different - horrible misunderstanding.

[@Juanharo00]

Collage people with 2 or more tears in college and can have a conversation with intelligence

[@bjamo8738]

As though people of other races are not opinionated and not ignorant.

[@b.marieglasgow1228]

She was reading the room. Whites are oblivious to their particular willful ignorance and she did not want to shock them into self awareness.

[@rhondahunt9888]

I like Phil.

[@sherbear8286]

What is the point of this exercise? This class?

[@rickr530]

To get people to think critically about their prejudice, consider different perspectives, and understand each other better.

[@asdasdwrwe32-bh3gw]

@@rickr530 Critical thinking lends itself to landing with the same ideology BLM has. This is science.

[@juventinocasillas3023]

@@rickr530Apparently, you people think only white people have inherent prejudice.

[@rameaseshaw3245]

At the same time you can't assume all white people are privileged. That would be considering it in a vaccume.

[@tedtalksrock]

All reductive stereotypes are stupid.

[@switzjon8405]

34:12 Nowadays no one wants to blend in. So everyone still remains divided.

[@ridingwilding760]

Culture of the American white population would be difficult to define. With a variety of cultural influences from different regions of Europe and the states. Also the dilution of tradition. Some families are too far separated from those cultures by time. I suspect that this can also be said about other race groups that have families that have been here for generations and have absorbed local culture. As a white Irish, English + heritage I have no ethnic background due to limited access and exposure to such things growing up. My husband is Scottish Finish. Even with his mom being from Finland I don’t see much cultural influence.

[@MarkSummers-g2n]

@@ridingwilding760 when Indians want to act like White Euopeans

[@ninadaly7639]

Didn’t the guy in the middle come to the US from a communist country? Didn’t he come to this YT culture for the freedom to choose his own destiny in life, rather than be told what he could and could not do?

[@davidl.abplanalp4478]

White culture. South Central Pennsylvania and North Central Maryland. Think CHICKEN CORN SOUP!!!!!!!! with or without ribbles. Shoo Fly Pire etc. German, Amish food.

[@caryt59]

Lena is an "INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL STUDIES" major? Really? Sometimes, "privilege" is a matter of choosing better life majors in college, that can actually lend you a job!

[@bbynkz]

18:02 I’m Armenian and Mexican descent. But I know black American culture than I know my own.

[@b.marieglasgow1228]

You call it Black Culture, but it is American Culture

[@karenboyd6293]

I am wondering what he means by a higher end school. Penn State is not higher tuition.... while it is a good school.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

I see from the guidelines that “positivity” is expected….which means criticism is not. That tells me allot….sometimes spirited repartee involves being critical. The only thing I will say is that….respectfully…..this seems to move forward at a snail’s pace.

[@SOC119]

Who says criticism isn't accepted? If you have to attack people personally, and not the ideas/thoughts, maybe that shows a requirement for internal criticism :)

[@SoMona730]

digga, the german word, means buddy, it's NOT the N-Word!!!!!!!!!

[@mikewalker8956]

He should keep his personal political beliefs out of the classroom. Not everyone has TDS as he seems to believe.

[@gregrising3668]

It would be a rare class devoid of the professor's political beliefs. Also a rarity for those not to be extreamly liberal.

[@gR22401]

Missed opportunity to talk about the Indian caste system.

[@readslotsofbooks]

@@gR22401 He said he’s holding the caste system for a separate class. I look forward to that one too.

[@andy1181-l3m]

I dont know where the stereotype came from that white people cant season food as if its some out of this world skill…look on tv all you see is chef shows full of world known white chefs that are known to be sone of the best…and people just run off with it sounds funny smh

[@chaselewis8473]

Another class you absolutely shouldn't be paying university tuition costs to attend lol

[@bevs9995]

Id be fine with attending. But not if im gonna be graded (grading by some fist-in-the-air type person, ya, im sure that will be fair)

[@dnd6075]

the teacher isnt questioning anything hes just spousing his own ideas. not very good

[@troyaaron]

Kinda wish Dr. Richards wasn't chewing gum loudly down the mic