The FULL Erec Smith: A Diversity Trainer Speaks Out Against DEI

Rhetoric Professor Erec Smith says today’s DEI training does more harm than good.
----
To get our new weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe
----
You’ve been hearing about DEI training.
It’s supposed to make us aware of our unconscious prejudice.
But former diversity trainer Erec Smith tells me, "if you can keep this race thing going, then you will always have a business in getting rid of racism.”
Here is my entire interview with Smith.

[@Toolwise]

DEI isn't about diversity, it's about control

[@yallhellamessy9291]

It's anti meritocratic.

[@Toolwise]

@@yallhellamessy9291 it's also racist and exclusionary. It literally achieved the opposite of its supposed goal. Of course, that's the idea...

[@mjanny6330]

It's about getting rid of one group.

[@jirehla-ab1671]

TAKE NOTE: What the woke left mean is White / Whiteness / white supremacy means capitalism, not your skin color. (They aren't discriminating white people) Anti-racism means anti-capitalism, not discrimination to white people or other groups. the lgbt community are not the problem, its the Queer marxsists are, & we need to bring those who are brainwashed by these marxsists out.

[@jirehla-ab1671]

​@@yallhellamessy9291its anti capitalist.

[@DrProgNerd]

"Racism is not dead, but it is on life support -- kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as 'racists' " - Thomas Sowell

[@thystaff742]

Sowell is right on many things, but blacks tend to be racist towards whites. Look at Chicago, they vote based on skin color.

[@bearowen5480]

God bless Thomas Sowell, a voice of reason and truth in the wilderness.

[@MFinmaster]

He is a hero and a national treasure.

[@MrGreen-sq4cf]

Jackson, Sharpton, Obama - all race baiters

[@Gitn2it]

A black person who didn't apply himself in school, who is perpetually angry or antisocial, has no integrity, and thinks everyone owes him/her something because they are black and a victim, is likely not going to succeed in life.

[@estelarodriguez3611]

I work at a university. I am slim, I eat healthy and like to work out. There is a colleague that is very overweight. One day I. Ame out of my office and said I was going to lunch and I’d ve back in half an hour. She asked me how I maintained my weight and if I had any tips. On the table she had a Panera bag and I didn’t know what was in it, but I used it as an example and said: well, if for example I go to Panera, I choose a salad. She denounced me for fat shaming and discrimination and I had to sit 4 hours in a diversity and kindness course. Now I interact as minimum as possible with everyone, I am afraid of saying anything. That’s the society we are building.

[@SamStone1964]

That sounds like a South Park episode.

[@ragas2845]

Haha 😂😂 this is crazy, man. Just ridiculous. You should have reported her for calling you skinny.

[@CarlMCole]

Stop being spineless and wimpy and STAND UP for yourself and your beliefs ! If you don't, you're going ALONG with and ENCOURAGING the fools who forced you to undergo that sensitivity training !

[@richardgeorge2250]

No fucking way💀 University is a joke now

[@DA-ib1ii]

That despicable person totally set you up for that. She had zero interest in really losing weight, she was simply seething with jealousy to begin with, and absolutely asked you that question knowing no matter what you said she could twist it.

[@mathsmakessense]

Wow! This guy makes me believe again that common sense is not dead in the USA. What a balanced clear-headed man. We need more voices like that.

[@lastlime3792]

He spent how long teaching said racist training...

[@overlord1995]

As a non American, having spoken to many, many American women, I do not believe you have any significant number of people capable of critical thinking. I can't use harsher words since this is KZbin, but American people are unreasonable, operate entirely in the realm of emotion, nothing will sway their cultist views. They have no nuance in any of their opinions, women especially, and they're openly and unashamedly hostile.

[@overlord1995]

@@lastlime3792 LOL exactly. This guy sees the pendulum swinging and he's jumping ships, and he's still talking about white privilege. Dude's racist AF, he just sees the writings on the wall that their cult is nearing its demise.

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

Intenet and social media , mainstream media echochambers... and brainwash programs, there's literally almost 0 racism in the realw orld... people should turn off internet and return to the real world.... these people are sick who spread info from top of the ivory towrs....

[@danielmiller9012]

@@lastlime3792 Oh no somebody changed their ways! How bad! Your critical thinking skills SUCK.

[@p.w.352]

Honestly, diversity training is telling the wrong people to change their attitudes.

[@vickielawson3114]

Exactly!!

[@bastidface]

Couldn't have said it any better. It's like making a well-behaved child feel guilty, remorseful, and responsible for the bad choices of another. This will only result in making the well-behaved child resentful.

[@p.w.352]

@@bastidface As I was listening to Professor Smith, the thought occurred to me how much these universities remind me of elementary schools. Specifically the interaction Smith related where it was implied by another academic that a fellow commenter needed to recover from the emotional upset of Smith's voiced opinion.

[@omarra6781]

@@p.w.352 I belly laughed at that. If you are so traumatized by someone's difference of opinion, maybe you shouldn't be hanging out with the adults.

[@StephenGillie]

Equity means Ownership - try getting a Home Equality Of Outcome Loan.

[@EnchantEmerson]

As a black person working in a very competitive profession, these training sessions are hilarious and cause more harm than good regarding race relations.

[@matthewscott4629]

The warlocks and witches at the root of it KNOW this and that's the point

[@fiyamage]

I normally crack up at these meetings. I love how they keep telling me I'm a delicate little flower that needs to be protected.

[@samuelpeinado1267]

Same from the Hispanic perspective. It does harm. I’m sincerely tired of seeing my white male coworkers and friends being guilted and shamed for being racist when they are anything but.

[@cuban-being3087]

100%. Success acts, faliure dwells.

[@sally3570]

I wouldn’t call it hilarious. It’s not funny in any way.

[@michaell8722]

I observed this behavior on my daughter’s college campus, it’s brainwashing and horseshit. I am glad I taught her better…

[@user-jx8zw3yr1i]

I'd suggest she's better off in the trades (financially and otherwise) but honestly it seems to be spreading into every profession, as larger companies embrace this nonsense

[@healinspaces4u]

It should not be brainwashing. I'm so sorry that this was her experience. It was done incorrectly.

[@Me-xj6wx]

I agree. I’ve worked around master Plumbers and electricians on the job sites that were women. They make good money and they don’t start out their careers with a mountain of debt. They get paid as they learn

[@parker1ray]

I worked a full time job and went to college nights for five years and raised two boys and made a house payment and maintained a 3.85 gpa , and was a member of Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Beta Gamma, Who's Who in American Colleges, and the Dean's list for 8 semesters! I did not qualify for black, and women's only racist scholarships. I did not have white privilege and worked my ass off! How dare these people claim that people like myself had privilege. When I graduated, there was not a single black person walking the line in those days. There were many that started and dropped out on the taxpayer dollar. They self segregated in the halls, lunchroom and classrooms. They claimed black privilege even in those days! One person showed up a month after class started and claimed the white professor was racist when she told him he could not complete the course because he had missed to many classes!

[@andratoma9834]

Black and brown privilege

[@ericredbear425]

Hello, fellow PTK!

[@rosebronikowski2022]

I went to college in the late 1960's and as a white woman, did not qualify for anything. I worked nights for minimum wage, went to school during the day, and borrowed money which I totally paid back the year that I graduated. Never owned a car and rented a room at a YWCA. Used cabs and buses to get around. A woman in my class, because she was "Mexican" descent, got a check for the whole cost of her college. She used it to buy herself a brand new mustang convertible. How? Well, her parents were both teachers, she lived at home and they paid for her college costs. That is what equity is about. My parents were white and in debt for their home plus had 6 other kids to raise so they could not help me but I was privileged. Whatever. Never forgot that.

[@darrylwinn7932]

"how dare these people"?!! You're generalizing Black people as you're feeling generalized! (and your racism may be showing) The reality is, which is validated by historical facts, are SOME white people HAVE benefitted from being white and having "white privilege"! That doesn't mean that Black people should use those facts as excuses! No, WE should be working hard and busting our butts like everyone else! And the majority of us are! BUT there are inequities! Revealing them and correcting them, w/o causing harm to other people groups is what DEI is to me.

[@333coyote]

"It is in the best interest of racists to PERPETUATE RACISM. That's how they make their money." Never a more accurate statement have I heard.

[@jeffrp8388]

Jesse Mr Extortion Jackson, Al I wanna be like Jesse Sharpton, Entire Democrat Nation.

[@_taxman_]

Hear, hear. Similar to Thomas Sowell's, "Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians, race hustlers, and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as 'racists'"

[@firstlast9916]

Immigration law is legalized racism. How else could we make laws that say “you are legally inferior” without discriminating?

[@azmike3572]

Thomas Sowell says much of the same, referring to Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton as "race hustlers" in that they're in it only for themselves.

[@Apollyon-er4ut]

TRUE, if you mean that the immigration laws are stacked against whites who are educated, self-supporting, productive in society, who usually seek to immigrate from Europe, while ILLEGALS from central and south America flood our country and become a burden on the middle class tax payers.@@firstlast9916

[@reneroo277]

As a black woman, this is shocking. This is blatant racism. I can honestly count on one hand the number of racist incidents I have faced. The truth is that most people are decent, regardless of ethnicity.

[@heleneg3100]

Even as black immigrant, I can confirm that is the case. I had equal or more discrimination from the likeness of my skin.

[@strafer8764]

Most people are absorbed in their own problems. The fact there is a growing population of people think their complexion demands pity or praise is crazy.

[@praenoto]

I have a skewed perception because I live in texas. but in my experience most people aren’t flaming racists. but a lot of people are real quiet about their bigotry, and sometimes they get comfortable and you wouldn’t believe the things that fall out of their mouth when they think you’re okay with it.

[@fireninja8250]

​​@@praenotolike how some people say n***er just for fun?

[@praenoto]

@@fireninja8250 yes, and other racial slurs

[@rozannaedwro934]

Wow this man is a breath of fresh air . I am so grateful for his honesty. Before DEI I use to just walk up to anyone and talk. I was always warm, accepting and friendly. Now I hesitate and am guarded as I am not sure how I will be perceived or accepted or even if I will be accused of being racist. So now it is easier to ignore or avoid people of colour. I know it is wrong but perhaps a natural reaction to DEI. I was a volunteer in an orphanage in Haiti for 2 years . The children taught me Creole and I talk them English. I loved speaking their language and they loved speaking English to me.

[@1984isnotamanual]

That is wrong you are letting the DEI people win by doing what they want us to do which is to divide. You’re not racist so just be caring, helpful, happy you to anyone you meet! I know that’s easy for me to say I’m just saying 😊

[@rozannaedwro934]

@@1984isnotamanual thank you for your lovely encouraging response. 👍👍👍😁

[@seekinganhonestpolitician]

Is there hope for Haiti?

[@Madonnalitta1]

​@@tore705yes, how dare that person have made choices in their own life! Weirdo.

[@Lisa-mp9gm]

Nah see thats BS though I am myself as I have always been for my 51 years, I am friendly to everyone. I don't see color ,never have never will. So why change??

[@nope3015]

During a mandatory micro aggressions training where we’re told to get into small groups to discuss our experiences, I was told to be quiet because my experiences don’t matter.

[@carmenmccauley585]

That's a macro aggression.

[@vincentkingsdale8334]

Told buy who ??? Race and gender preferred, you included...please

[@OldGayGamer]

My employer hired a DEI director and we all had to attend ridiculous meetings and watch nonsensical videos. Then we're quizzed to make sure we're compliant in all the ridiculousness. I made the mistake of questioning some of it, and my punishment was that I was assigned for an 'Enlightenment Journey'. This is where they single you out and ramp up the indoctrination until you break and just start telling them anything they want to hear, which is exactly what I did. All this has done is made me not speak to any of my coworkers unless I have to, because I have no clue what is offensive any more. My 'whiteness' is problematic, and applies to everything I do or say because I'm white. If another employee where to say that my whiteness was making them uncomfortable, I would have to clock out and leave and lose pay. Even other white people can make this complaint about whiteness making them uncomfortable. It's just code for someone not being compliant to the new ever-changing rules. But it's easy to not talk to anyone because no one talks to me anyways. I'm openly gay, and I'm pretty sure people are afraid to speak to me lest they make a mistake and I play the gay card and have them punished. All this Orwellian garbage has done is create problems where there were none. It's evil, and I'm convinced it is meant to divide us.

[@citacita7889]

Your 💯 % right it only creates chaos an division!

[@cptn_chromo3189]

Identity politics exploded right around the time the Occupy Wall Street movement was peaking. The exploitative rich people were being exposed for doing what they do and they can't have that. So they brought good old fashioned racism back to keep the populace fighting amongst themselves while the people ripping us all off continue to do so with impunity.

[@DiodeMom]

Can’t win for losing buddy. Sorry that happened to you. Nothing a white person ever does will be enough; even if you’ve never had a racist bone in your body you’ll be a “white devil…”

[@bryanutility9609]

Sabotage your company. Dox them. Expose them.

[@D-Fens_1632]

Aw man that sucks, I don't think I could swallow my integrity like that, that must have been brutal. My condolences.

[@Ky-yd9bi]

I work in DEI in a very specific industry. I got in it thinking I’d be building equity and helping people. All we are doing is boasting to clients and public about our numbers of “diverse people” but do nothing for them. Nothing to empower them. We pay people thousands per hour to come and convince people how oppressed they are. We only allow liberal, oppressed perspectives. I’m black and leaned left but after years in DEI and seeing it’s performative, ingenuine nature, I’m feeling myself lean conservative. People who know me would never accept that. I’m a black woman and everyone expects me to be constantly in pain and trauma. I don’t want this for myself anymore. I am powerful and resilient not a perpetual victim

[@iceboys7404]

How disappointed you must be! And not only is this such a huge waste of time, it's actually detrimental...like going backwards. Ugh. I hope you can eventually get them to see what YOU see.

[@ronaldwiggins3226]

Great story.. keep the path..

[@rebelwithacause5217]

Good for you!

[@raulescobar3881]

Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts. See, our disdain with this perpetual victimhood brings us together, regardless of what ethnic group or walk of life we are from. I wish I could meet you. I can’t wait to see how you will now work for true unity!

[@emilysytpage]

It sucks that's been your experience. Ive worked as a marketer in the HR & talent niche for about 15 years. Its alarming to see how cynical and toxic many of the messages are. Im hopeful that theres enough of the genuinely good practices happening and thats what ends up standing at the end. It really does seem like a lot of people in DEI are in it for the cash grab, savior complex, and/or power trip. Part of the problem, I think, is that the good ones in those roles arent often the loudest ones and arent spending all of their time pushing for position or popularity. Theres probably a fair bit of talent being overlooked and undervalued within the profession because their numbers dont look as impressive or they arent public speakers. Ive worked with some good ones who have a ton of respect for doing good work within their companies but theyre not out there trying to go viral and get people to like them.

[@irakotlik]

Oh my goodness, thank you!! As international student at a time that was exactly what I thought - this mentality is just keeping people away from interacting with each other and perpetuates segregation. The very first day I was at school we had this training and when we broke into groups, a black women in front of me looked me in the eye and unleashed in anger all the grievances she has with whites. The irony was - she had no idea I am from another country and was really not the address, my English was still weak and I could not even understand part of what she was saying. It was classic racism - when one assumes they know things about you just based on the color of your skin.

[@overlord1995]

So I'm growing increasingly disdainful for anyone who calls themselves a feminist, and even women who are claiming they're not like that, by and large they still use these feminist talking points. Then they tell me stuff like as a man I can walk alone at night and not be afraid. That is nonsense, considering that every statistic will show you men are by and large significantly more likely to be victims of every type of violent crime, you're less safe as a man. But they don't care, they just want to see men as privileged oppressors, and women as poor victims of life. According to pretty much every relevant metric of life quality and expectancy, women in the western world have it better than men, yet still we go on about poor women. When are men's issues ever going to get addressed?

[@overlord1995]

A lot of western women these days have a lot of unbased, uncontrolled hatred for straight white men. There's nobody to call them out or shame them for it. A disgruntled man rants about his gf and he's immediately an incel and a misogynst, all sorts of labels. The pendulum will swing, and men will remember how women treated them when they had preferential treatment.

[@drinkyourtea]

The people pushing DEI most ardently actually want segregation.

[@coreytrevor6276]

What a surprise? Woke race training that effectively makes people racist toward all white people. They call it inclusion. This is the twighlight zone.

[@michellethompson1258]

This man is out next generation of the great Thomas Sowell. We NEED people like this to center us back to reality and common sense!❤

[@honeytoone8610]

I am white , with two parents. We didn’t have money, and they didn’t encourage me to go to college. I just took the “privilege walk” test. I ended up a step behind the start line !!! It really has to do more w/ money and power than the color of your skin. People with money have privilege and that is ok with me. I am happy I grew up with not a lot of money. It made me appreciate what God has given me and made me work hard!

[@yengsabio5315]

Hear, hear!

[@mikenixon2401]

Thank you for saying so. I imaging there are far more like you (aka us) than the silk stocking country clubbers. God gives me my orders.

[@LinA-it9vd]

Many people that have money also worked hard and scrimped and saved. Money definitely opens doors. Criminals with money have doors open too.

[@pancratius8886]

I'm half asian & half white, grew up in the hood all my life, I didnt just live there but actually represented my hood, and was in and out of gangs since the age of 11, was a drug dealer most my past-life, lived in the streets homeless by the age of 16, the same exact week I graduated out of high school early. Grew up with an alcoholic dad, Mom was wonderful, but being a boy growing up so angrily, and without a father it made me rebel, and not take life too seriously, my dad died when I was very young. I had no guidance and dropped out of school by the age of 14, was in the streets every day, avoiding police, trying not to get caught or arrested again. My life was no cake walk, but based off what people are told lots of people prolly feel justified saying this guy is just priviledged, without knowing one fact or the history or struggles about the people they're casting judgement upon.

[@maxbedo9645]

that's right

[@vetteluvnh]

My mom was a Mexican immigrant. My dad was white. I was a welfare baby who grew up in abject poverty in the projects. Every success in my life has been a fight. I don't blame anyone for that. Eric is 100% right...accomplishment is not privilege. In fact, I think the hardships of my childhood made me a stronger, better man than if I had everything handed to me.

[@mrquick6775]

🎻 😂😂

[@jirehla-ab1671]

What the woke left mean is White / Whiteness / white supremacy means capitalism, not your skin color. (They aren't discriminating white people) Anti-racism means anti-capitalism, not discrimination to white people or other groups.

[@user-tf2jw7xy4x]

I've always appreciated the things I've earned much more than the things I've been given.

[@LudmilaT.]

And let me guess... every woke person you meet accuses you of white privilege and then turn 180° when you say you're half Mexican

[@crabkilla]

In fact, being rich or having things handed over to you usually results in unaccomplished, less motivated people.

[@lisasurber7281]

What an intelligent man. My hope and prayer is that we get more people to speak out and to put us back on the right path in all areas of our society.

[@Chain33link]

This interview is exactly what I needed to hear (at this time in my life) because everything that was talked about is exactly how I feel and I needed some clarity of the feelings I'm having. It almost feels like I'm losing my mind! I'm a 55 year old whitey working in a woke cultured school district. I feel like an outsider bc I don't buy into the woke rhetoric at work. It's gotten to the point where I want to leave my teaching job after 30 years of service in this district. The woke agenda is getting shoved down our throats and it is separating our staff instead of bringing us together. We need more Erec Smith's to call it out bc like stated in this interview I will be cancelled and shunned by my fellow educators as a white male. Erec, you are greatly appreciated for talking about your story! And I truly hope that the pendulum is slowly shifting away from the extreme craziness in our world. 🙏

[@anthonypeterson428]

Close your door and do what you always did. Outside of the door, try and appear to be more woke than your colleagues. Be fanatical. Enjoy! 😅

[@tran-vm3uu]

Maybe it’s time for you to retire.❤

[@SamStone1964]

Please don't leave your teaching job. All the good teachers are leaving and children are left with the dregs.

[@carmenmccauley585]

Make your teachers watch this!

[@mikenadal9242]

​@anthonypeterson428 love this solution 😂😅❤😂

[@kevothagod6144]

As a black man thank you sir for speaking common freaking sense!! Thank God we some semblance of hope that this stupidity won’t last forever

[@therealthreadkilla]

LOL, you don't have to say "as a black man" but I understand why. And I'm only 1:15 into this video and the man has already blown me away with "some of us are accomplish and that's being called privileged"

[@user-gc5hn2ds1u]

@@therealthreadkilla When can you return them all to the mother country Africa? His stupidity will last forever there or even twice as long.

[@room2growrose623]

💯

[@rogergittings1971]

It’s not common sense. What we are looking at is an alliance of our Lilly white Ivy League elites and neo-Marxist utilizing CRT as both pedagogy and an instrument of colonial administration.

[@stanwolenski9541]

If I’d been listening without seeing, the guy could have any race. His message had me hooked.

[@bbbae5968]

I work in a large inner city hospital. We are going through this training now. They have created a department with many high paid "instructors". The training is a year long. They keep asking us if we have "spread the word". Yesterday the class told us the GI bill was racist. Evidently the people who went to war for our country are racist and do not deserve any benefits. It's disgusting. The millions we have spent on this training in the hospital could have been used to pay medical bills or supply more health care. It's bad.

[@davidlemon7543]

The left always talks about making healthcare more affordable, yet are willing to substantially increase costs by spending large amounts of money on frivolous and destructive things like DEI.

[@mike53153]

Quit complaining here and stand up in your class with "facts" in hand and shut them up. To do anything less is cowardice. Surely, you can blow hole in all that they say. What ever you do don't let them change the topic prove each item false before moving on. Maybe you can get the Admin. to stop wasting money on high-priced know-it-alls. ( I know, fat chance ) The road to hell is paved with Ivy League degrees...Thomas Sowell A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. It seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come... William Shakespeare

[@beowulf7992]

Uuuuhhhhhhh, why don't you ALL just REFUSE TO ATTEND?????

[@oldkingcrow777]

​@@beowulf7992because it takes balls to risk your livelihood. I bet you could sue though if they tried to fire you for thst, which I'd be down for lol. When they pushed the covid jab a big group of us were feeling incredibly uncomfortable, and if it wasn't for a couple key dudes I might have just quit. Instead we stood our ground, being embarrassed when they'd ask us out loud "your Vax status?" It's illegal to require that, but the sheep all did it so when we would say "no" or "prefer not to say" everyone knew lol I prepared to lose my livelihood, having faith that I was doing the right thing and boom within 2 weeks one by one thwir "unvaxxed restrictions" vanished until the whole industry just said "everyone wears a mask no matter what" and even then no one wore em. It was scary thinking about losing a high paying job but I'd do it again

[@WalterHildahl]

Hospitals are now a hot bed for hate. Be careful what you say or they won't treat you - the truth!

[@chrisperry7538]

In a DEI training session we were asked to discuss instances of racism we have experienced. I spoke of (1972) African Americans running me off the playground because I was white. This was quickly ignored because African Americans are not capable of racism in the DEI world.

[@doctorlolchicken7478]

Erec is so right. Where I work the effect of DEI on black people was: (a) No one wanted to talk to them; they ended up in their own clique; (b) Some were promoted into DEI activities, which sound good because it’s a promotion, but it’s a dead-end promotion and some of them didn’t want to do it but felt they couldn’t refuse; (c) Definite increase in resentment - when anyone of color gets promoted everyone assumes it’s for diversity reasons even if it’s not. Senior execs don’t view black employees in the same light as others. In particular, the ones in elevated positions are important for quotas and visibility, but they shouldn’t be given any important responsibilities. They’re figureheads.

[@trashcameraguy999]

I worked at a VERY woke company where they had forced diversity classes. They taught us that basically EVERYTHING is racist. By the end of the 3 day "training" (Yes, we had to sit through 3 days of this) we were all texting each other in a group chat the most racist jokes we had ever heard. There were 4 or 5 different races in the group chat, and the most racist jokes came from the people from that particular race that the joke was about. It was so fun and sorely needed just to take back some of our autonomy after being treated like toddlers for 3 days. The best part was at the end when we were discussing micro agressions. We raised our hands and said the most racist jokes from the group chat and asked if that was a micro agression. The presenter nearly choked. After about 6 of the most racist jokes I have ever heard, she shut down the whole training and let us all go home early. Should have done that sooner.

[@izmusic7804]

I'm glad to hear you work with normal people! Workplaces are almost all woke now. My workplace is the same but unfortunately, everyone us incredibly woke- it's so alienating.

[@claudiaantoni6676]

Wonderful comment, thank you! 👍👍👍

[@mobiditch6848]

Where I work they said pollacks and mexicans shouldn’t intermarry because you can’t teach their children not to graphitti chain link fences.

[@sphexine]

The greatest trolling I've ever heard

[@SteveB-nx2uo]

Good job

[@glennwatson3313]

"The last thing you need is logic and reason when you are trying to tear things down." Erec Smith

[@jimwerther]

​@@OkieDoke I don't like mobs tearing things down, but we hardly need Confederate statues, really.

[@wertywerrtyson5529]

@@OkieDokeIn what way are they not using logic and reason? From what I gather their reasoning is that they are statues that glorify oppressors. If the confederate statues should remain what about communist statues in former communist countries? Just curious, I’m not American and don’t really have any strong feelings one way or the other when it comes to the confederate statues.

[@not_glad]

​@@jimwertherthe logical and reasonable thing to do would be to move them to museums, otherwise you're just erasing history. In 1000+ years people will appreciate having well preserved ancient statues to go and look at, no matter if the person was good or bad, and they won't appreciate reading about the mobs who went around destroying those things.

[@katehansen6339]

@@jimwerther Why not petition to take them down?. I completely agree those statues had no place on public grounds.

[@Rocko680]

⁠@@wertywerrtyson5529Confederate statues should remain because their removal is the beginning of how we forget history. Maybe not you, or me, but generations down the road. This is part of how the same crap just keeps happening. Removing reminders of our past is exactly why mistakes of the past are repeated

[@aaronmoritz9878]

He is so well spoken. And putting ideas in words to better understand is what a real conversation looks like.

[@colleenmonfross4283]

It's wonderful to hear a voice of reason in all of this madness.

[@Stuart267]

*Having the balls to speak out despite it going against the Left's narrative is the definition of stunning & brave*

[@stephaniemorris9337]

The corporations have not been hoodwinked. They don't care! They have hired liberals who are getting paid big time. These white liberals usurped the way professors like Smith are presenting racism in America. The Civil Rights Movement was usurped. There were Black leaders that did not want INTEGRATION with white people. They wanted economic justice FIRST! Can we at least get our 40 acres and a mule? But Jewish organizers usurped the direction. Another example: Why did the NAACP fight against Marcus Garvey? Why didn't they join together? Because their were liberal whites & their Black cronies in the NAACP that did not like Black unity. Going back to Africa meant they couldn't use and exploit Black Americans. MLK and Malcolm started waking up to how they could work together. MLK started waking up to White liberal tricknology. I think he was being influenced by Malcolm. They killed Malcolm, the trouble maker first, then, Martin, next. This is the process, the routine, the pattern. So many examples. Think about it! Research it!

[@Dawn737]

In the video, I saw "the king's English". What king? If you read anything written by ancient European kings, they sound like the King James Bible: "Thus, whoever taketh thee unto thine home.." Nobody is asking anyone to talk like that. Our current grammar rules were created much later, to ensure everyone was able to understand eachother, and they are based on mere logical consistency.

[@guysumpthin2974]

Top-notch speaker

[@guysumpthin2974]

Just being, “of the majority” is wrong

[@guysumpthin2974]

Sounds like NO MORE: itialian fest , black fest , german fest , irish fest , mexican fest , country music fest , Chinese new year , 4th of july , 5th of may , polish fest ,,,

[@spaulding304]

I work in a hospital in WV. We have a black lady who is immune to any legitimate punishment. She's been caught sleeping on the job, she's rude towards patients and staff, she facetimes people during work and watches tv on her phone in front of patients, and not a single person is able to work with her because she is indeed so rude. She acts like she's above everybody and has pulled her trump Race card on numerous occasions whenever she does have to talk to management. We got into a spiff years ago and my own boss, whom I've known way before I was employed here, told me she can't do much with her because of her skin color. That's pure adulterated racism. She knows how our system works, and she takes total advantage of it.

[@lway8545]

They know what they are doing and do it on purpose, they are the real racist. Spoiled immature brats

[@reasonablespeculation3893]

Wake up and understand, who is REALLY in the privileged class.

[@HostileTakeover555]

The best thing you can do is DOCUMENT everything. Keep a journal of time, dates, and details of everything she says and does that’s inappropriate. Once you have a documented record of it, you can try and go to a nursing board or something else.

[@crazyralph6386]

She sounds like every “nurse” I’ve ever came across in a old age home. God knows what they get away with when nobody’s around?

[@marianhunt8899]

Your boss is using this as an excuse not to tackle the difficult employee. Perhaps your boss is cowardly and just can't be bothered or is too overworked to take on the challenge? Many manages do tackle these difficult problems with good success.

[@T-Man-jw1ew]

Accomplishments versus Privileges… I love this -

[@tony4534]

You can’t have accomplishments unless you are given an opportunity…

[@JohnDoe-kg6gy]

Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan... these countries were totally destroyed after 1945 and look at them now... They're economic, financial, technological, scientific, cultural and military powerhouses... Even look at China, the factory of the world. Look at India, they built and launched their OWN satellites and even one of their ships arrived to the moon. Look at the Arab countries like Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar... rich and wealthy as fk with estable societies with state of art facilities. They know how to ADMINISTRATE their energetic resources. Now tell me: Why Haiti, Liberia, Zimbabwe, South Africa can't do it? What's the excuse? Who are you going to blame?

[@wh2174]

The professor is a very respectable person. I respect him for his knowledge, pursuit of truth, bravery, calm manner and eloquence. As an asian immigrant, I feel that US has been hijacked by the extreme leftists who have been perpetuating hatred. I wish more and more people see the insanity and bigotry in the DEI movement.

[@christerry1773]

His point about perpetuating racism is 1000% true. I mean it’s literally turned into an industry.

[@jimmoses6617]

Same with war. Same with illnesses. Same with climate change alarmism. Same with a lot of things. Always follow the money :)

[@markmtbrider]

A very well paid vocation .

[@Robert08010]

I don't understand why its not racist to assume black children can't learn math or proper English. That's sounds like the heights of racism to me. Are we or aren't we all equal? What am I expected to believe today?

[@threethrushes]

@@jimmoses6617Same conclusion I came to.

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

JUST like the homeless INDUSTRY.

[@aruglaempire2518]

So if I grow up in a household where people made good, positive CHOICES, I am the baddie???? Uhhhhhh......... NO.

[@Sly-hc6im]

Good parenting and upbringing matters.

[@PlayafromtheHimalayas]

⁠That is not determined by race.

[@j.ovaska312]

I applaud this gentleman as he speaks the real truth.

[@IMDunn-oy9cd]

It's the promotion of grievance culture. When being a victim is promoted as noble, everyone wants to be seen as a victim.

[@KoDi82]

And the academic portion of it: grievance studies. Look up James Lindsay and the grievance studies affair

[@bearowen5480]

Well said!

[@MrVvulf]

Has anything changed over the last 100 years? Of course, but progress doesn't matter to the race industry, whose purveyors always come up with new grievances. Here are some words written by Booker T. Washington in 1911 - “There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs - partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.”

[@AaronBurr04]

It's worse than noble or not noble, you either can prove you are oppressed, or you are, by default, an oppressor. Look how the people turned on Erec in that tweet.

[@Winterascent]

@@KoDi82 And those BS "studies" are so hungry for victimhood they will accept any kind of nonsense as study.

[@jschapp77]

“If you wanted to hold down a group of people without them knowing it, this woke thing is a good strategy.” Hit the nail on the head with that statement.

[@LiveFreeOrDie2A]

SO TRUE. Is there anything more blatantly racist and oppressive than fighting against teaching black students standardized English? Is there an easier more effective way at guaranteeing entire generations of entire communities stay struggling on the bottom rungs of the ladder? The longest lasting destructive effect of slavery and Jim Crow on the black community IS literally the English proficiency levels! It effects all other areas of education and closes doors in society as a whole. Proficiency in standardized English is something nearly EVERY American had to learn, from every immigrant family whether Irish, Italian, German, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, Cuban, etc.. AND all of the citizens born here who grew up speaking different regional dialects.. EVERYONE who valued themselves and their futures, and who were given the opportunity- valued learning standardized English. Yet these sickening race hustlers with college degrees who all learned and mastered standardized English, and now speak it so smoothly they wield it as a weapon for a living to keep people down, so they may be propped up. It’s nauseatingly sad and frustrating

[@enjoyevan]

fucking hell yeah he did

[@Pseudify]

Yep. Yell “racism” as an excuse to put in place racist policies. Clever people.

[@orionspur]

🎯

[@tubermind]

"It's creating more chaos." Thank you!!

[@sirgalahad3574]

Can't believe this is 6 months old and I haven't seen it. Very compelling.

[@vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763]

I’m shocked that Erec Smith hasn’t been canceled just for having logic and common sense.

[@mediocreman2]

Let's be realistic here. If he was white he would have been canceled long ago.

[@jirehla-ab1671]

What the woke left mean is White / Whiteness / white supremacy refers to capitalism, not your skin color. (They aren't discriminating white people) Anti-racism means anti-capitalism, not discrimination to white people or other groups.

[@vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763]

@@jirehla-ab1671 It could mean both actually.

[@fbcpraise]

He HAS been canceled for his views.

[@vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763]

@@fbcpraise Is seems anyone who has logic and rational thought is cancelled.

[@adamkoyn792]

"If you want to hold people down without them knowing it, this woke thing is a good strategy." - Dr. Erec Smith

[@dyvette29]

💯 💯!! This spoke volumes since I'm going through dei trainings that's pointless.

[@coolbreeze4576]

That statement by Dr Smith is very profound. I've been saying that CRT, produces victims on both sides. One think they're the descendants of evil and the other thinks they will never amount to anything because they were born inferior. What a way to brainwash your children/people collectively and disempower a nation. We can't let a few mentally unstable people enslave all of us. The battlefield is the mind. "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds." - Bob Marley, Redemption Song

[@whosaidthat-ib5vw]

its money and stagey, keep them fighting

[@jimgeorger4452]

If I want to discourage my daughter from gymnastics, I tell her others have inherent physical advantages, and that judges will not be fair.

[@jonjuan1955]

Divide and prosper! And it only requires playground tactics.

[@theseanwardshow]

Only one person has ever told me to check my privilege, and it was the 20-something daughter of a bank manager

[@MrXammos]

Very refreshing to hear. Numerous people of varying ethnicities have confessed to me that they feel uncomfortable communicating with people of other races about things beyond the weather and yesterday’s football game for fear of offending them somehow. I once had to check myself when after hearing an interview with a brilliant black professor who I was about to refer as being incredibly“articulate”. He was and I meant it strongly - but I felt I couldn’t describe him as such, lest it be deemed a racist comment. I know many people who grew up as strong liberal advocates for equality, yet now feel marginalized and forced to move to the right because their ideas of advancing equality are somehow part of the problem. Not progressive enough. It’s amazing that this movement sees groups such as Jews and Asians as inherently privileged (and therefore on the oppressor camp) despite that their history in this country having been fraught with being oppressed, denied and excluded. They seem to feel that these groups - minorities themselves - whose work ethic, perseverance and commitment to success against all adversity should serve as an example to emulate, is a threat to their own victim hood. And, well, if you forever play a victim, you forever can justify your inability to succeed and continue this narrative.

[@richn.5760]

As a black man, this is something I have noticed as well. It seems corporate entities have been hoodwinked into these DEI trainings. If corporate entities are genuinely interested in diversity and inclusion, there are numerous elementary and high schools in predominantly black or poor neighborhoods. Helping provide resources for underserved schools is one of the best ways to ensure kids can compete against their peers no matter their race or origin.

[@firstLast-jw7bm]

the unintended comedy of writing "undeserved" was very much appreciated

[@richn.5760]

@@firstLast-jw7bm lol. Good catch

[@eduardohope4909]

And THERE is the issue regarding virtue signaling: DEI training is a cheaper alternative to actually contributing to real solutions such as helping provide resources for under-served schools. Many year ago I had a conversation about a similar virtue-signaling phenomenon in the corporate world: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies and company job positions, in place to placate concerns that a business was uncaring about the impact of its products on a community-- for example, the connection between soft drinks, cookies, and potato chips to childhood obesity. What would be a real solution in this case? Transform the business model-- offer products that were not harmful, or less harmful, of course. But companies had to figure out if it was realistic to come up with solutions or was it going to be a public relations massage job. Back in 2006-07 when I had that conversation, there was no "Coke Zero," nor "healthy snacks" in vending machines, etc. (aka, "less harmful stuff"). So, Corporate Social Responsibility became all the rage. The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) thing has a similar problem: what are the real-world solutions? In the meantime what Erec Smith is talking about is DEI off the rails; the people with a destructive agenda have infiltrated it and are causing havoc.

[@truth55555]

Exactly

[@stephenc2481]

there are woke entities (like giant loan lenders) who force companies to comply. That include giving more support to LGBTQ...DEI...etc, "social justice". Else, they won't get approved for business loans. There are evil rich folks out there who think they know what's best of us, telling us how to live.

[@Notrocketscience101]

As a white male, who’s experienced black racism, our story is never told. My sister had her jaw broken, My wife breasts grabbed while we walked through a black crowd. I’ve been told I was “you lucky I don’t put a cap in the back of your head”, or being in his neighborhood. I had a black man open up my car door and urinate all over the seat in the carpet for the same reason. Even more perplexing is the reaction of my friends when racist Incidents happen. They would be shocked if this were white on black, but they always blame the victim when they’re white, ”What are you doing in their neighborhood anyway?” 😂 something seriously wrong with white people.

[@honeybunch6473]

Disgraceful behaviour

[@hzlkelly]

So damn rude

[@seankingwell3692]

I had similar experiences. Almost adducted by their adult members as a kid by traffickers'. well dressed Jamaican guy, kids in school were racist, as an adult I have been assaulted mostly they are openly racist bullies everywhere they go in public. They remind me of Nazi's shaming Jews, and I find it hard to forgive people for bringing the violence of the Nazi "our race is better then your race" BS into MY COUNTRY!!!!!!

[@seankingwell3692]

none of these embarrassed black conservatives will comment on this. Seems they have trouble with the truth even when they agree their people are wrong. How do you diagnose that?

[@vinnyheaphy1372]

I can tell you why Whites consider themselves as superior! It's because they feel insecure about having transparent skin! That people of darker skin color can look into those who can be seen!! My Dad hated Blacks for no apparent reason because he felt insecure of his whiteness, so he had to put the Blacks below his importance in this society!! For me, I married people of a different color Not because of their skin color but for their true genuine LOVE!!! I'm color blind!

[@evegaboury6366]

Thank you to Mr. Smith. It’s time to speak up about the DEI catastrophy.

[@REACHJ]

Erec Smith wow. This was great. Best "Thought" video at the start of this video.

[@mmmaxwell5374]

“Some of us are accomplished and that’s being called privileged.” No truer words spoken.

[@jirehla-ab1671]

TAKE NOTE: What the woke left mean is White / Whiteness / white supremacy means capitalism, not your skin color. (They aren't discriminating white people) Anti-racism means anti-capitalism, not discrimination to white people or other groups. the lgbt community are not the problem, its the Queer marxsists are, & we need to bring those who are brainwashed by these marxsists out.

[@LiveFreeOrDie2A]

*”You need logic- you need reason- to build things. They want to tear things down. The last thing you want is logic and reason when you want to tear things down- that will slow down the process, if anything.”*

[@MrDeicide1]

Some of you had wealth and Access, and that's being called privileged. You just heard truer words...

[@themanifestorsmind]

Yes! I got called privileged recently because I own a home and a few luxury vehicles. I grew up on welfare without running water in the house. In the 90s. We had to fill up jugs and buckets from the faucet outside and boil water on the stove to take a bath. Washed clothes by hand in the bathtub. I got pregnant at 14 and then my mom died when I was 16. I was on welfare myself while going to college as a young single mother. My husband's mother was a crackhead and he was shuffled from family member to family member throughout his childhood. But now that we've accomplished most of our goals and found a bit of success, that's called "privileged." We started from literally rock bottom. Make it make sense.

[@mmmaxwell5374]

@@themanifestorsmind You’re not privileged you’re BLESSED!!! My parents had ‘issues’ and both my sister and I managed to become home owners. In the case of sis 20 years ago she was on welfare, an unwed mother and in a roach infested section 8 apartment. Now she’s married with 2 of her children in college and running a small business. Neither of us have luxury vehicles…. Unless you want to call an e-bike or a couple of trucks for work luxuries.

[@pamgessler5923]

This man is brilliant. As a teacher and a black man, he is the perfect person to speak against this evil.

[@krisholmgren8883]

He's incredibly effective in getting his points across. I would love to sit in for a lecture from him. Incredibly smart and enjoyable to listen to!

[@tsriftsal3581]

What a sec... Ohhhhhh. So we need to still group people and assign titles to the group. Our masters sure do know how to keep us fighting amongst ourselves. Oh crap, that's privilege showing. Damnit! Wish we could speed this process up and get to the endgame of everyone having their own individual identifier to separate them from everyone else. Maybe someone smarter than this knucklehead could come up with a name for identifying every single individual but that seems like crazy talk. It's not like everyone could be given a name to identify themselves. One can dream though.

[@jclark4375]

Well said

[@blairfamily9685]

Absolutely.

[@ram0166]

And exactly why they will be completely viscous in trying silence him.

[@Whoadayson]

Bravo to this man and his bravery to speak truth when it offer zero advantage for speaking out about this woke mind virus!!!

[@tannykeeler9728]

DEI is a career opportunity. How would DEI ideologues make a living without poverty and racism?

[@rickuyeda4818]

20 Years ago, the Sheriff's Dept started Diversity Training. The instructor was Black and knew me so he asked me to tell a story about Diversity. I told the class I was raised in the Melting Pot of Los Angeles, Boyle Heights. Most of he people I interacted with were Japanese, Chinese and Hispanic. Until the age of 18, I never ran into discrimination. In College, the first White person I interacted with was a girl in class that asked me out to lunch. She grew up in North Hollywood. The first time I went to visit her, when her Mother saw me, she said, "Quick, get him into the backyard before the neighbors see!". By Summer break, she asked me to be her boyfriend. Her Mother told her, "I'd rather see you die in a car accident than go out with him!". Towards the end of Summer, her Mother said, "Your Father and I decided you can't see him anymore!". When she asked her Father if it was true, her Father yelled at his wife, "My daughter can see whoever makes her happy!". After College, we married and her Mother liked my family more than her own. After my lecture, a Black female leaned over and said, "I didn't know people like you were discriminated against". I told her, "Everyone has been discriminated against. The Native Americans, Irish, Jews. The difference? Only people like you complain about it!".

[@jimwerther]

@rickuyeda I read your comment three times, and I'm still trying to figure out what race you are.

[@travisadams4470]

@@jimwerther He's a US Citizen!

[@alastairthegreat2887]

​@@jimwertherAsian, not sure why it matters though.

[@jimwerther]

@@alastairthegreat2887 It matters in the context of his comment. The whole thing was about race and racism.

[@jimwerther]

@@travisadams4470 See what I wrote above

[@ghayes220]

Excellent interview. As a black person, I would love to see more diversity teachers come to his conclusions.

[@yallhellamessy9291]

Or any human for that matter.

[@ahwhite1398]

@@yallhellamessy9291 The other humans will keep it to themselves, and complain about it where they think it's "safe." Massive resentment and distrust is the result.

[@bryanutility9609]

They are the worst people on earth.

[@mrquick6775]

You are black? Ignoring the problem doesn’t make it go away. MOST WHITE PEOPLE ARE STILL RACISIT AND THOSE ARE THE ONES RUNNING THESE INSTITUTIONS!! Well, I pray for you, because you are part of the problem and the reason why racists ideologies continue to flourish! Peace and blessings’

[@brianmeen2158]

So do I but they just aren’t coming out . Erec Smith is a very rare individual .

[@maxjnb4816]

What an incredibly balanced and eye opening interview. 👏🏿

[@firtazile8035]

Excellent interview! So many good points.

[@bobl703]

I applaud him for speaking the truth! Thank you, Professor Erec Smith!!!!!

[@LiveFreeOrDie2A]

*”You need logic- you need reason- to build things. They want to tear things down. The last thing you want is logic and reason when you want to tear things down- that will slow down the process, if anything.”*

[@justanobserver5079]

Agreed! It was a pleasure learning from him in this video, and those that have him as their professor are likely blessed.

[@jirehla-ab1671]

​@@justanobserver5079most of conservatives get it really wrong about CRT & most theories, CRT has NOTHING. To do with your skin color. The woke left speaks in code When they say white / whiteness/ white supremacy, they mean either capitalism or the capitalists / private property owners / business owners / the bourgeoisie. The minorities groups are the proletariat.

[@jirehla-ab1671]

​@@LiveFreeOrDie2Amost of conservatives get it really wrong about CRT & most theories, CRT has NOTHING. To do with your skin color. The woke left speaks in code When they say white / whiteness/ white supremacy, they mean either capitalism or the capitalists / private property owners / business owners / the bourgeoisie. The minorities groups are the proletariat.

[@DisabusingTheLeft]

I am black and have had these views ALL MY LIFE. Glad to hear a black person in the field validate what has ALWAYS been obvious to me about the race-hustling business. I have yet to hear any black person who agrees with CRT and the woke agenda tell me "Who decides what is acceptable to all blacks in American culture? And where does whatever defines black culture originate?" It seems EXTREMELY counterproductive and self-debilitating to resist EVERYTHING that defines American culture while making up only 13% of the population and believe that is a path to upward mobility and acceptance. That strategy doesn't work anywhere on the planet!!!

[@georgewagner7787]

Yt asking me to rate your comment just fyi

[@calisingh7978]

B1 channels on yt eat it up in the millions, then there is a small silent majority? They would call you an uncle t-m.

[@calisingh7978]

@@georgewagner7787 if u your premium you can chose the ai to sort the comments for u

[@Vorzilla]

DEI isn't about race

[@kaohsiung99]

What's it about? @@Vorzilla

[@polyglotte]

Thank you for clearing all this up. Such a mess. The suffering sweepstakes is out of control.

[@DavidGarcia-dw3fn]

A brilliant man. I would love to take his class.

[@amclar2]

As a white man I'm sick of being discriminated against,hated for something I didn't do (slavery has existed throughout human history and still exists today in africa) etc. I will not apologize for something I can't control, my race and gender. I see more racist black women on social media than anything else tbh. Reverse racism IS racism and you can't call someone born in the middle class an opressor

[@DeezNuggz]

its not "reverse racism", its straight up anti white racism

[@thewild5]

Slavery is still happening everywhere... sex trafficking has so many enslaved today. Let's stop blaming people for the past slavery(which was awful and need to be eradicated and really never should have been), that they had no part in, and bring to light the actual current injustice of sex slavery today. So many need rescuing today. It is worldwide.

[@supertrendymoneymaker0722]

It’s not just Africa with slavery, but any way you can thank Obama and NATO forces for turning Libya into a wasteland occupied by Terrorists who is actively turning the country into a slave market! Our own government with the CIA has a history of causing world government Coups, and assassinations, while installing puppet governments for western influences. This is all about divide and conquer, and it’s giving someone a business to make millions off of. They want white and black people to keep hating each other instead of teaming up to beatdown the corporate elites that run the world, and they have huge influence on our government now! Before we fight the power against us, we must be conscious enough to make sure history like this won’t repeat itself! There is a solution to all these problems, but the people have to be willing to make it happen. The solution is the opposite of scarcity, which is free energy that eliminates all competition, because everyone would have the resources they need. When free energy is spread around the world there will be no starvation, no racism, slavery, no war for resources, no competition for just about everything . All the industries that heavily rely on scarcity out of the expense of others, will be rendered obsolete! We have the technology to make this happen people! We can fix all these world problems!

[@beth3535]

Exactly. It’s a license for Blacks and others to play the race card and be hostile in any and all situations. Done.

[@copperpossum359]

As a black person I see the biggest flaw is to assume black people would not have done the same thing if roles where reversed. This is a human condition, not a white personal condition. See how tribalism impacts politics in black countries. We need to acknowledge advantages and work to create a society where everyone gets access to success without punishing anyone.

[@barbie3139]

What an articulate and wise professor. The racism of low expectations, so common on the left, is appalling.

[@austinpowers1999]

Malcolm X spoke about white liberals for years. Google it

[@kelliya9818]

Yes, the institutionalization of low expectations really makes me sick

[@truthhurts2879]

And the soft bigotry of low expectations of African Americans is all pervasive.

[@callummcmac4079]

You don't know what "Left" means, yet. It's the belief that the Government should make programs for and assist people or businesses with disadvantages in society, racism has nothing to do with the political Left. @barbie3139

[@bradfordmccormick8639]

I also think calling these people "left" in not right. Would Karl Marx or Leon Troktsky be woke?

[@thiagotirapelle290]

What a great mind! We definitely need more intelligent people like him. Fantastic talk. Thank you.

[@pweddy1]

I heard a college professor once say “there is no such thing as math aptitude.” Tell that to my friends who failed out of classes I didn’t have to study for. I didn’t do homework even. I just got it and got As on the test.

[@synthiamcbride7194]

"Microagression" is a term thought up by people who spend their lives looking for ways to be offended or to be a victim. They can misinterpret any glance , body movement, or word as a microagression and accuse the other person of racism. And if the other person denies such intent, it's because they are racists without even knowing. It's a contol tactic that is always win/win for the offended "victim" and lose/lose for the supposed offender.

[@pmaitrasm]

Fragile. 😂

[@serpentines6356]

It's called the "Kafka trap'.

[@pmaitrasm]

@@ItsMeLarren, I had a colleague whose name ended with -stein. I pronounced it as shtaa-een, but he/she ‘corrected’ me by insisting it were steen. I refused to comply. It is a German name, I speak German, and I will not be bullied into submission by someone who does not know how to pronounce his/her name. Yes, some people will see ‘micro-aggression’ in it. These people are professional victims.

[@synthiamcbride7194]

@ItsMeLarren when someone deliberately mispronounces another person's name, it's not a "microagression," it is outright aggression. "Microagressions" are misinterpreted actions mostly misinterpreted by those who constantly seek to be victims of something, anything.

[@synthiamcbride7194]

@pmaitrasm a person gets to pronounce their name with an Angelicized version if they choose. Your insistence on pronouncing it the way you see as "proper" is just pure bullheadedness and rude. However, feel free to demand Germanic pronunciation perfection on nouns such as "blitzkrieg" or "schadenfreude."

[@markee063]

DEI appears to stand for: Divisive Exclusionary and Idiocy

[@ablestationfoxtrot8037]

Correct.

[@dwil9731]

Yep. I also like Division, exclusion, and intolerance.

[@CoolBreeZe2754]

Indoctrination

[@vickielawson3114]

Destructive, Enraging, and Intolerable

[@Gilfanon-2]

Very well stated. I've seen so much of this nonsense that has precipitated failure. So sad. Now Johnny can't read, speak, write, or balance his checkbook. It makes Johnny's life much more brutal than it has to be. Help young people who are struggling; don't destroy them.

[@howyouremindme1]

What I love about this interview is that the man is so well spoken, he expressed his ideas so brilliantly and is very easy to understand him even though he uses some complex concepts. It would've been a privilege to listen to one of his lectures.

[@mgm57901]

Better check that would have been privilege 😅

[@WigganNuG]

"If you wanted to hold down a group of people without them knowing, this woke thing is a good strategy". That just... hit.

[@XokrissXo]

I just graduated nursing school in Oregon. One of my white teacher made us pass around a “diversity ball” during state mandated clinical hours (instead of debriefing on our nursing learning experiences for that day). It was a soccer ball with prompts on each of the hexagon faces. She told my group that this was an opportunity to have a real, constructive dialogue on this topic and that there were no wrong answers… That was such a lie. The prompts were so racist, victimizing, and dividing. It made the students of color speak on their resentments of whites and made white students provide scripted responses affirming their guilt and vilification as oppressors. I was like 👁️👄👁️ sitting through it. How did that do anything except further alienate everyone from each other?

[@bweaver760]

The interpretation of an idea to be taught gets lost when put upon incompetent instructors!

[@michellemartinezjunco5144]

And… imagine passing this on to young children/students!

[@weaksignal8009]

That's the plan, divide and conquer. It's working pretty well so far

[@jirehla-ab1671]

Take Nite: What the woke left mean is White / Whiteness / white supremacy refers to capitalism, not your skin color. (They aren't discriminating white people) Anti-racism means anti-capitalism, not discrimination to white people or other groups.

[@jirehla-ab1671]

@@bweaver760 Take Nite: What the woke left mean is White / Whiteness / white supremacy refers to capitalism, not your skin color. (They aren't discriminating white people) Anti-racism means anti-capitalism, not discrimination to white people or other groups.

[@aaronmoritz9878]

“Strategic to frown upon” That hit different, in a good way and keen of him. Perceptive.

[@jameswiggins9422]

Thank you for sharing and enlightening us on the social distruction just beyond the horizon if we stay this course.

[@ivandersiley7161]

It sums everything up, when you feel Erec is brave for speaking common sense.

[@MR-backup]

"..or that A form of standardized English..is a form of oppression" This is what will BURY this Nation!

[@ericthompson3402]

Mad props to professor Smith! So close to just saying it ...this all comes from the insidious left. Rehashed post modernism and neo Marxists.

[@praisingirl]

This man is an intelligent ,independent thinker. Thank you for speaking truth out loud.

[@drshoe8744]

And therefore a Threat to the Leftist Ideology.

[@friarnewborg9213]

CHECK your MINORITY Privileges, DEI clowns

[@tristanmike]

"Equitable Math" ... My head just exploded.

[@vickygasparrini2474]

Mr. Smith is a very smart person. Thank you!

[@aperson_1852]

I was in a teacher training course at a university when that keynote speech was shared enthusiastically by the rhetoric professor who was teaching. She asked for our thoughts after she played it for us, obviously expecting us to praise the brilliance of it. When I raised my hand and made a comment about how wrong I thought it was, and that his message seemed pretty racist to me, and I explained why, she was entirely incapable of defending it. She kind of rambled about how some students struggle and how we need to be sensitive and her disabled daughter has trouble in school. It was a bit sad to see her flounder like that, but I'm glad I spoke up so the other participants in the course could hear some counter arguments.

[@OneWildTurkey]

Thanks! More people need to speak up against things that are wrong.

[@GeoffreyFischbein]

Thank you for saying this . Then and now

[@jimmoses6617]

I wonder what disability her daughter has? Would be interesting to know that.

[@illuminatedperspectives2894]

OK SO IF WE DO COLOR BLINDNESS THEN WE ALSO NEED TO DO GENDER BLINDNESS

[@Bryan-fn6lp]

@@illuminatedperspectives2894Your statement doesn’t make sense to me. But since you used all caps it appears to have some importance to you. I’m curious what you meant by that?

[@kirstenbrogan5958]

I recently came up against this in training. My first natural response is how do we fix this, and I was told it's not about fixing it. It's about understanding your place. Saying someone is less based on skin color is inherently racist.

[@libertybell8852]

It's never been about fixing it. Its division and control to make it profitable

[@TeamVenture88]

​@libertybell8852 Yup. This is why they're calling standardized education "oppressive" for black students and are dumbing it down for them. They want to keep them undereducated and down. They want to purposely disadvantage them so they become dependent on their Democrat politicians, to better secure their votes. And keeping people dumb also makes it easier to manipulate and therefore control them. The BLM protests and riots stemmed from the media's false narratives. Keep pumping out race bait reporting and eventually they'll get angry enough to protest and riot.

[@MephiticMiasma]

"your place" yeah, that line sounds familiar.

[@kaboom146]

I had to participate in diversity training. It was belittling and grievance driven. Somehow until 2015 the US had made and was making real progress. Suddenly in 2015 we are told that every related to civil rights and race relations was a failure. This guy is great. Don't infantilze groups or individuals.

[@glammarylee2451]

OmG. This is so true. I was so paranoid that I would say something wrong I would stop communicating. I finally stopped paying attention to the nonsense and went with treat all people with respect and treat them the way you'd like to be treated. Works everytime. This is at a major hospital and is still being taught.

[@cardinal8268]

In a DEI work thing we were told that if youre white and you're parents didnt tell you that racism existed they were racist. So parents teaching their kids to treat people like you want to be treated was, in fact, racist. The golden rule is officially canceled.

[@ggb1377]

I believe in the Golden Rule and try to always live by it.

[@jirehla-ab1671]

TAKE NOTE: What the woke left mean is White / Whiteness / white supremacy means capitalism, not your skin color. (They aren't discriminating white people) Anti-racism means anti-capitalism, not discrimination to white people or other groups. the lgbt community are not the problem, its the Queer marxsists are, & we need to bring those who are brainwashed by these marxsists out.

[@jirehla-ab1671]

​@@ggb1377the woke left hate capitalism NOT white people.

[@markbest5127]

DEI tries to portray me as racist because I'm white and male. If anything, this makes me actually dislike being around the people I'm supposed to be diverse with.

[@leonardoD81]

The rebellion against DEI should start with the average person pushing back against people that admonish or make disparaging remarks about them. Never feel guilty and apologize if someone you don't respect puts a label on you that isn't warranted. The worst guilt is to accept and underserved guilt.

[@republitarian484]

The rebellion against Diversity in general is what needs to happen. The different races are just that. . .different. And they will structure their societies differently from on another. The entire non-white world already knows this.

[@DiodeMom]

Yeah look how that turned out for Bret and Heather Weinstein.

[@thelonerick]

Eventually diversity equity and inclusion over meritocracy, will become such a detriment that we will have no choice but to return to meritocracy or we will not survive. I believe that pendulum is already starting to swing the other way

[@aaronbeauchamp3312]

I recognized years ago that much of the so called "civil rights" movementa of this era are not after equity or equality......they are after POWER. Somebody has something I want, and in order to get it, I'm going to shame them and guilt them. Doesn't work on me, folks. I have ZERO guilt for being a certain skin color or political persuasion. Push your garbage on somebody dumb enough to buy it.

[@jirehla-ab1671]

TAKE NOTE: What the woke left mean is White / Whiteness / white supremacy means capitalism, not your skin color. (They aren't discriminating white people) Anti-racism means anti-capitalism, not discrimination to white people or other groups. the lgbt community are not the problem, its the Queer marxsists are, & we need to bring those who are brainwashed by these marxsists out.

[@underwaterreporter]

Speaking the truth a revolutionary act 👍🏿

[@Idonotwantayoutubehandle]

Was the teacher in the inappropriate body suit fired?

[@Fbarts]

IT'S MEANT TO DIVIDE! PERIOD...

[@Winterascent]

Corporations and government want nothing more than to divide people so they focus on hating each other and not hating them.

[@analyticalmind4493]

Divide Exclude Incite

[@flawns]

BINGO!!!! this man is the most honest person you'll ever hear about DEI. in 30 mins yall just got 5 years of psychology lectures

[@American.Patriot1220]

John Stossel is one of the greatest journalists.

[@Ron_EZ]

"Everything is oppressive" That gives me an out to "not succeed"

[@brentkinsworthy4999]

Erec is a very calm, straightforward, non inflammatory person. He's the type person you can have a discussion with, have different opinions, and still finish lunch without heart burn.

[@joeday4293]

Better him than me, then, because several times during this video, I found myself exclaiming to no one in particular, "Oh, go F*CK YOURSELF." 🙄

[@KP-hi1om]

Yeah being civil is a lost art

[@tinaoshaana3708]

This is the type of professor colleges need. There is hope.

[@user-ob2zd6gv4m]

What made him think something was wrong? He knew how to THINK!

[@darellbagley1332]

I could not be more impressed with Eric Smith!!! His ability to communicate ideas blows my mind!

[@ToTheRepublic259]

I just recently left a very promising career with one of the largest and wealthiest companies in the world because of DEI. The final decision was made the day I was told I couldn't wear a hat that had the American flag on it because "it might be offensive to some of our associates or customers"! After 4 years of hard work and climbing the ladder to higher positions, I finally had enough and am now back doing construction. I work most days all by myself and I am grateful!

[@denisek292]

Good for you! Anyone offended by the American flag shouldn’t be living, working or profiting in our areat nation.

[@zxyatiywariii8]

Good for you! People who find our flag "offensive" can leave, this isn’t the Soviet Union where people are being held prisoners by the Berlin Wall. I'm a brown woman whose parents were immigrants and we LOVE America!

[@user-xv2kk5fe5b]

You had a lucky escape.

[@love4truth308]

I took a "privilege" test a few years ago, but they didn't ask those two questions. I ended up closer to the front of the line, even though I grew up in a single parent home, was chubby, blind in one eye, bullied, and poor. I ended up there just because I'm white, went to university, and I am a teacher. Yet I was not expected to go to university; I was expected to become a secretary. I had to put myself through university and take student loans. I am doing well now, but I had to work hard for it and every opportunity I've ever had was provided to me by God, with the circumstances behind it being rather miraculous.

[@Dawn737]

It looked like everyone was standing out in the open, like a white person who didn't step forward when asked to do so "if your parents encouraged you to go to college" might be deemed a liar. My abusive parents claimed they had a college fund for me so that they would have an excuse to beat me whenever I failed to get straight A's. Turned out there was no college fund, and they also failed to mention to me that I needed to take the SAT to be admitted. Should I step forward or backwards at the instruction "Step forward if your parents encouraged you to go to college."?

[@Featherfinder]

@@Dawn737 Wow. I’m genuinely very sorry, Dawn, that your parents did that.

[@love4truth308]

Dawn, your circumstances arevery sad; I'm very sorry that happened to you! It just goes to show that some people have difficult lives, while others have priviled ones and that the colour of your skin has little to do with it. But this fact doesn't fit the current political narrative, so is ignored.

[@chuckconnors615]

May GOD continue to bless you upon your Journey!!!!

[@emilysytpage]

Congrats on getting to a better place in your adult life 🎉

[@michaelschmidt4678]

Wow, finally a person who speak the truth, well said

[@quartytypo]

Through DEI we hope to make America as diverse as South Africa, a true model for DEI.

[@arasb3258]

Eric Smith, you are a real educator. Thank you for your service to building up civilization.

[@kathyleicester7306]

He works as a diversity trainer, which means whitey struggle sessions. That's destruction in my book.

[@MrGreen-sq4cf]

"Less likely to interact with people who are unlike them." Absolutely right.

[@eileencronk7520]

To those saying we are born racist , is the modern day equivalent of religious labeling of being born a sinner. Saddened and disheartened.

[@Spencerianism]

As a former catholic, I recognized this right off the bat. Another form of original sin to make you feel less than you are.

[@w1cked001]

yes except in the religion of DEI, there is no absolution possible

[@tony4534]

Blame your ancestors.

[@Diginegi]

USA is a madhouse. In the past it was always regarded as land of opportunity and freedom, but now it's insanely similar to what was happening in Russia 100 years ago. I'm glad I never lived there and haven't been brought up with the idea that I should hate myself.