The cure for racism | Napoleon Wells | TEDxColumbiaSC

[@Xycopixie]

This made my day! I am sick of the divisiveness and I needed someone who holds a balanced perspective. Education and inclusion is they key.

[@Seda1979]

#Intelligence over ignorance

[@mariasmith2198]

How can you say that? His talk was full of double standards and unfairness. As long as you insist on double standards, there will be racism. His racist attitude ruined my day.

[@DakkhonBlackBlade]

Joe Swanson we have a troll!!!!!! Ladies and gentle men we have a troll. Spoken like a true racists though. You gat so F for not being original though. Typical racist rhetoric blah blah. Nothing but hate and lack of education keeps them spewing the same bs. So...pitiful attempt at trolling here. If anyone's house needs to be cleaned it's racist like you. Check your history......the south has a lot of people on welfare and the majority are white. They are the biggest recipients of it. The good thing is non racists white people vastly outnumber racists white people. They will always outnumber you. You will fail like your shitty confederate war that you can't seem to remember. That's why you are the reenactments every year lol GTFO of here you moron.

[@quentin4221]

The speaker talks about a cure. The cure actually is that we as so called Blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans, Should repent Stop celebrating White man's holidays, Be separate from them. Those people in other countries DO NOT want to kill us rather they want to kill the So called White men because at one time they were part of this madness of hatred against our nation to the the point of the murder of over 377 million people coupled by our own so called Black women killing 16 million so called Black babies for reason other that medical but, for their warped system of birth control. And all of our women fail to realize that without repentance to the Most High two thirds of us will be destroyed right along with the Devils Minions (the so called White man) I choose to repent because I have the power to do so And the so called white man does not though he sought it with tears. Today what you are looking at is the so called White man who actually Has nothing to lose due to the the fact he will no longer be in power once the most High returns and he know that his days are numbered as well as the other nations that did what they did to us. Imagine all of the other nations will get some mercy from god but the so called white man will not.

[@williamh3950]

@@mariasmith2198, can you explain?

[@gilesmiles8458]

Some good stuff here. The elephant in the room is that racism is sold as a binary thing whereas actually it sits on a spectrum like skin colour itself. Mindfulness is indeed key.

[@timotoys]

Amazing Speech! Looking at racism as a sickness is such a new perspective, I am stunned. Thank you Mr. Wells for your work and sharing your knowledge with us. I hope with all my life that more people will get this message, especially now in 2024. I want to share this message, start to heal and help others to heal as well if i can.

[@gw5970]

“Return to humanity” music to my ears.

[@treborironwolfe978]

Thank you for this beautiful presentation.. one of the most thoughtful and eloquent approaches to this subject I have had the pleasure of receiving.

[@brotheriamalsoknowna]

Thank you all for tuning in, I appreciate you. My thinking is that "curing racism" is going to be process focused. I don't believe we can eradicate it, in the same way we can't ever truly eradicate the common cold or depression. We can develop a level of understanding that allows us to systematically build a resistance that allows us to better live with the reality of racism, progress toward better managing our inherent prejudices and thus foster a kind of "cure." Thank you all again, you are all dope.

[@motv-independentthinkingfo3817]

AMEN AMAZING SPEECH, HOW HAS THIS NOT BLOWN UP YET??? COME ON PEOPLE LET'S DO IT!💯💯💯💯💯

[@christopherkeller6367]

The Left doesn’t want this

[@oesterle6]

Wow, there's so many great concepts in here I am going to have to listen to it a couple of more times to really have it all sink in. The use of mindfulness is terrific here and really helpful.

[@moneymediaja]

You may be on to something here, but my question is how do we implement this solution on a mass level? This solution warrants an individual approach, which requires the racist to seek out help or be referred for psychological help. Problem is, most racists don't admit they're racists, not even to themselves. Would love if you develop this strategy further, say, in book form

[@bebereynolds4856]

The individualistic approach is why I cannot co-sign his so called solution.

[@AlphaMaleTexas]

@@bebereynolds4856 This is a unfortunate case of mis-education and this cure is touted as a cure-all. This strategy short-sights the layered existence of a very deep institutionalized racism that needs to have it's permanence unlocked and eradicated which requires a multi-layered approach working with and going beyond human behavior yet also rewriting our current revisionist history with the inconvenient truth.

[@seekdatruth2022cedricksgoldman]

Boycotts worked wonders back in time huhn that's uh lead

[@sarahrivers9623]

This is absolutely beautiful. I appreciate this perspective in our current reality. Thank you

[@drrodopszin]

There is always an air about people who actually researched an issue instead of just judging people.

[@AngiexMarie]

Thank you for explaining the difference between the two, people tend to misuse these definitions often

[@gregorylangford5256]

People should acknowledge and wrestle with doubts.... it is no longer sufficient to hold beliefs just because you inherited them. Timothy Keller

[@Omazingfit]

Prejudice is skepticism. Racism is acts of hatred.

[@sarahhess464]

Racism can mean anything I want it to mean even not liking rice mixed with tomatoed sauce and cabbage.

[@oliverphippen1957]

No its not ??? I can participate in racism with out it being HATRED ?? I did it because I favor my boy over your boy ?? I favor my boy cause he is my family ??? I favor my Boy cause he came highly recommended ? I favor my boy cause I own some one else ?? Where is the HATE ?????

[@row1300]

@@oliverphippen1957 Thats not racism, thats preference

[@manuelmamann5035]

@@sarahhess464 ricee and tomatos have no feelings and connot change with support.

[@JacobZlotty]

We are all prejudiced, it is what we do with that prejudice that determines what kind of person we are

[@steadycruisin619]

Powerful presentation. 10/10

[@topgurl9313]

one of my friends called racism a mental illness and I thought he was just finding an excuse for it, but I get it now. It has the characteristics of one, but of course people will resist framing it like that because they don't want to be "at fault"

[@beingracistisstupid1537]

BRILLIANT! I incorporated this into one of my pieces on my channel and website! GREAT STUFF!!!!

[@moisesrodriguez3103]

Dr. Wells is serious business. Great job my friend. Very eloquent, straightforward and thorough!

[@nerdothn892]

I like every word this man said

[@christopherkeller6367]

Great points brought up in this guy’s speech

[@headpump]

Good information for all of us. Deep historical wounds, and will take generations, progress is slow, stay positive..

[@bencarter1666]

John VW Injustices are the currency of the planet. I suggest everyone get over their ancestors tribulation. They probably didn't care as much as those today. Stoicism and sense of perspective should sort it out

[@youhavenoprivacyandownnoth8289]

War is forever. To end war is to end man.

[@vapid7434]

I am a north eastern korean .😟 please don’t discriminate us my parents are korean and north eastern I have north eastern blood inside me and I am so proud to be an north eastern. My mother is a north eastern who is married to a korean . But in my life I have been discriminated a lot . I have been discriminated by the mainland indians too. They made fun of my lips, my eyes ,my eyebrows and everything. It makes me so sick and sad 😢😢

[@PsychopathUltimate]

I never thought I'd find a take on racism this intellectually earnest and novel on Ted Talk of all places. This video actually reminded me that I can add KZbin videos to my favorites.

[@llamadodelsalvaje]

We Shall Cure Racism

[@TheNoblot]

perception arts🎨🖼🖼 a nice way to cure the psychological problem of racism/ however opposites in some respect can help the other side of the mirror to become more efficient 🤔🤗

[@alsdyall]

Racism doesn't even exist in the first place. It's not a thing. It's rather a conceptual way to look at a whole range of human behavior and interaction. There have always been inequalities in power and levels of civilization. When Europeans first encountered Native Americans and Africans south of the Sahara there was an imbalance in historical awareness, gunpowder, material greed and cynical criminality. Europeans exploited these imbalances in exchange for power, some call it racism, they've called it smart. You can't cure someone who is intentionally exploiting and victimizing you. Pleas like this make them sit back and chuckle, knowing they are still in the driver's seat...or rather the remote driver's seat. Their sicknesses isn't racism, it's something far deeper than you can fathom.

[@youhavenoprivacyandownnoth8289]

the strong can do as they please. human brotherhood is a myth. we can definitely fathom. we have for 14 bl years.

[@BlatantlySwedishPGN]

@@youhavenoprivacyandownnoth8289 14 BILLION YEARS? Are you insane?

[@BlatantlySwedishPGN]

I just want to clarify that racism does very much exist, even though I am 1 year late. I hope that you have taken that time and realised this simple fact. "Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized." This very much does exist. Racism isn't being rude to somebody, it's being rude to somebody because of their RACE or ETHNICITY. Racism isn't killing somebody, it's killing somebody because on their RACE or ETHNICITY. I do not understand how you believe discrimination against people based on race and ethnicity are not real, even though it's all around us constantly.

[@alsdyall]

@@BlatantlySwedishPGN Let me clarify what I was trying to say. My point is that there is not a reified "thing" called racism. I wouldn't dispute that there are people who discriminate based on the belief that the race they belong to are superior. But 9 times out of 10 there are other motivations involved beyond this simple isolated belief. Currently, there is something called 'Systemic Racism' which is even more abstract, vague and ambiguous. This is intentional. It's whole purpose is to assert the whole Critical Theory doctrine as a tool to further a political agenda. Very little of this really helps in a clear understanding of the world and what motivates people.

[@niltomega2978]

Racism is ingrained in our DNA for good reason. For 200,000 years we lived in small groups spread over the world. Each group looked different according to their geographical location. When they encountered people of a different race, this meant people from far away were likely invading their territory. It is easy to unlearn..but the initial response will always exist

[@jasonkyriakou3256]

Dr. Wells, can you tell me what 'racism' is?

[@victornieto5857]

I dont think racism will ever end.

[@SkyandQuill]

I think it will if blks are the only ones left here but then we are going to have to deal with the detrimental effects of what racism has done to us on a mental level.

[@adararelgnel2695]

@@SkyandQuill by that logic it would also end if whites were the only ones left. In order to not cause death, why dont we just live apart from each other, that way, racism cant exist because we will only live with our kind.... oh wait.... that's segregation. Woops

[@Cat_Valentine63]

@@adararelgnel2695 Exactly what i was thinking

[@ellachapman4387]

thank you my brother really needed this. (•_•)

[@micahhenley589]

Here is the *ONLY* cure for racism: Jesus Christ died on a cross to save people from their sin, according to the bible. We broke God's law but Jesus paid our fine. Then Jesus rose from the dead, 3 days later, thus defeating death. Anyone who believes this will not perish but will have eternal life(John 3:16).

[@gelidsoul]

I fail to see the connection but more power to you if you do.

[@HemelrickScience]

Excellent! Very good...! Except that Psychiatry never cures anything and all issues are treated with medications under psychiatry which never work... YOU mean Psycho-social ailments? Excellent Talk!

[@wheelzwheela]

What if the evidence that we gather, with an open mind, reinforce prior prejudices? Then do we accept things as proof, or keep searching for the exception to prove the opposite to ourselves?

[@nwells1608]

+wheelzwheela If you gathered evidence with an "open mind" then you would rather easily gather evidence, then you should come across all kinds of evidence. If you are predisposed to believe a thing, as in "prior prejudices" then you are already diametrically opposed to gathering evidence with an open mind. The idea should be to access the evidence and yourself. Why was I drawn to this? Why is this the only supposed evidence available? How do I approach this evidence to draw the best available conclusions?

[@sarahhess464]

Left wing ideologies are for the weak of mind.

[@manuelmamann5035]

@@sarahhess464 no, we can even endure you. and you can say this because of left wing ideologies. your wrong and still protected.

[@ronalddowdell1931]

The late novelist Toni Morrison called racism a profound neurosis.

[@danielfitzgerald2561]

This guys story is basically the plot of American History X

[@michelleaneous]

👏👏👏

[@empiricwisdom7902]

Hating other races is wrong. Self-preservation however isn't.

[@nwells1608]

+Yidtziak Bagelstein Rarely do "races" threaten the existence of one another. Typically those in power fear sharing and equally benefiting racial others by sharing resources. Person resources, financial, political, emotional...bottom line, the idea that self-preservation drives prejudice makes a certain kind of sense, but it leading to acts of racism is driven by paranoia.

[@Moss_girl]

+Yidtziak Bagelstein Self-preservation? What are you talking about? We are a single species.

[@empiricwisdom7902]

Carly Burks Single species, different races.

[@mistym0rning]

Yidtziak Bagelstein - actually, human races are social concepts used to classify and categorize people. Do some research and you'll find that biologically and genetically there are no human races at all.

[@777BossTown1]

Wrong, there`s only one race and it`s HUMAN!!! Why don`t you think about it?

[@amsaludessie5219]

So we know who needs racism disease treatment in every one of family member

[@faithfulimagery2945]

LITERALLY WATCHING THIS IN 2020 AS CITIES IN AMERICA BURN AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE PROTESTING.

[@MartineReed]

Which city burned?

[@TPGNATURAL]

Nice, I really like what he said over all. Dr. Well's set up for his talk was sweet. Unfortunately as usual Dr. well's was focusing on white people. We all need to check ourselves, from my personal experience. When I point my finger in someone's direction I remember that I have three fingers pointing at myself. Also I would like to make clear something. 1 generalization 2 prejudice 3 discrimination. Racism is not a extreme form of prejudice. Prejudice is prejudgement. Discrimination has many parts and takes many form's, racism is one of the many parts and form's. Discrimination is when we as people act against and or say something against someone or a group of people. When Dr. Well's tales us, these opinions are not founded in any experience and they are not founded in any substantial contact. There is no way for Dr. Well's to know the truth of these statements. When Dr. Well's talked about mindfulness. I agree we all need to stay aware of our feels and also our thoughts and were our body is at. Some of the tools I use to help see less subjective. In critical thinking is anchoring, begging the question, circular reasoning, cherry picking, appeal to emotion, confirmation bias, cognitive dissonance, illusion of explanatory depth. It is very hard work. And there are many excuses and reasons to why we won't do the work to see clearer.

[@AlphaMaleTexas]

This is a unfortunate case of mis-education and this cure is touted as a cure-all. This strategy short-sights the layered existence of a very deep institutionalized racism that needs to have it's permanence unlocked and eradicated which requires a multi-layered approach working with and going beyond human behavior yet also rewriting our current revisionist history with the inconvenient truth.

[@sameraiza5767]

I'd argue that racism is an ideology based on prejudice.

[@BlatantlySwedishPGN]

Racism isn't an ideology, it is the action of discriminating another person or people based on their racial group or ethnicity. No argument can change this fact.

[@kevinodom2918]

Probably be a better use of his time if he helped some of the blacks & Hispanics get their lives together so they dont end up back in prison. I am almost said if men like above would spend more time building businesses & creating wealth so they could hire & help other blacks but them I realized this is a business to his types and business is good

[@rapta_gg8059]

Why doesn't everyone just paint themselves green or something. If everyone the same color, badabing badaboom racism solved. (picked green because its my favorite color)

[@nonyabizzness904]

I wonder if he knows the success that stop and frisk was. Like it or hate it it brought the crime rates down.

[@WWIE444]

This is wrong. You are missing the fact that race is embedded in the very fabric of our structure. You should attend the Racial Equity Institute to learn more.

[@namongilbert4050]

There is no CURE!!. Folks have been RACIST since Day 1. Prejudice is prejudging. Racism is about Power and control.

[@777BossTown1]

Not!!!

[@sarahhess464]

I take great pride in my prejudice towards other races as my fathers and mothers before me and is one of the reason my tribe ,clan , ethnic group has survived intact for so many centuries and has gathered wealth and power to itself..

[@williamh3950]

@@sarahhess464, but I think you would complain if you applied to a job you really like and the recruiter told you he would not hire you due to your gender, and instead told you that your gender belongs in the house in the kitchen and raising babies?

[@lonelyciv1771]

First stage of recovery, denial

[@oooweebaby4483]

The real racism is using race-cards.

[@acajudi100]

Judi Grace Storycorps.

[@TBR_LLC]

Who is sewing division? Democrats. Shame on them

[@ronaldfousek1079]

Is this audience mostly white? Have you worked this to a multi racial audience ?

[@daltonoxford7158]

😨😨😨😩😩😩😩😰😰😰😢😢😢😢😢

[@daltonoxford7158]

😮😮😮🐰🐂🐔🐴🐹🐏🐭

[@biblosantral]

ahh! with all due respect sir, this is not a problem a victim can solve, when ice people start making these speeches I'll be more convince that changes could happen but YOU. sorry to be a dream crusher. what's life without dreams?

[@yourusernameisdumb9509]

Let's try not co-existing. That might work.