The lie that invented racism | John Biewen

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To understand and eradicate racist thinking, start at the beginning. That's what journalist and documentarian John Biewen did, leading to a trove of surprising and thought-provoking information on the "origins" of race. He shares his findings, supplying answers to fundamental questions about racism -- and lays out an exemplary path for practicing effective allyship.
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[@raimundojaneway3384]

When I took American History in college, it was the first time I had a black teacher teach me history. He taught us things that I never learned in highschool. He also taught us that racism continued to be perpetrated by those in power and with money, not because they necessarily believed in white superiority but because it kept the lower classes from trying to improve their situation by demanding things like better pay by causing a divide between them over one race taking the jobs away from another race. Everytime I have tried to repeat this to others they told me I was stupid and that money had nothing to do with racism. I believe if we follow the money and political practices for power, we will see it does.

[@SGTJDerek]

Did that teacher teach you about the aftermath that lead to the Jim Crow Laws? IF Lincoln weren't assassinated there would have been no need for Dr. King 100 YEARS later? I know it's an oversimplified question of a complex problem but it still pi$$es me off sometimes. We had just fought a war with ourselves, for the right reasons, only to turn around and waste the results. Go back even further. I know Thomas Jefferson owned slaves but it has also been proven that he originally intended for Slavery to be abolished in our founding documents. Such was/ is the BS involved with Politics.

[@joannebaker4925]

So agree 👍 👏 it's 💯💯 correct..

[@kappadarwin9476]

Donald Trump basically said the quiet part out loud when asked why he was being so divisive and fueling division. Trump responded "That I wouldn't be president if I didn't"

[@L-Train0ne]

Yup. The one who smelt it delt it on the ism's. No one cares about your skin color. They care about your character.

[@amaramzk]

Trump isn’t your enemy .. the Democratic Party, who focuses on exterior as diversity, is. Always have been. Stay wise

[@kathymcgirt8944]

My family has known that ‘follow the money’ is the best way to find the origins of evil for generations. It doesn’t surprise me that racism is one of those evils.

[@AbhinavChoudharyOfficial]

I don't know if you'd consider casual racism an evil, but I don't think it requires money being involved

[@TheMeanArena]

@@ZennExile Why did you have to turn this into an attack on Trump? You people blow my mind! What's really wrong with this country? Follow the stupidity!

[@TheMeanArena]

@@ZennExile Do you have any examples of him doing something criminal and being a con man? Your statement is kind of vague.

[@ScubaDude1960]

This guy doesn't know what he's talking about. The science of evolutionary psychology has successfully refuted EVERYTHING this guy said.

[@thewildcardperson]

@@ZennExile remember they pay people to post bad things about Trump all they want is for China to get into the white house though Joe this dipshit probably ate a bat in Wuhan while typing this

[@meekking3999]

Atleast his parents tried to plant a seed to help him avoid being a part of the “majority” of fools in this “race”. Soooo, tired of it and the denial connected to it. One of the best Ted talks ever. Thank you.

[@chrisdeep8417]

In most talks about 'race' it's all either about promoting darker skin tones or about making the lighter skin tones feel guilty. The problem with both of these is that still works of the premise of the underlying lie that race is a real thing.

[@spaceinvader9464]

@@chrisdeep8417 we should stop looking at it as black and white, and instead as human

[@vernonwhite4124]

@@chrisdeep8417 . You're confusing guilt with empathy. Assuming you get to the point of understanding another person's plight, feelings of guilt are possible. Then there's fear. Some of us cringe at the thought that understanding and empathy might weaken the foundation this country is built on. 😒

[@MrYorickJenkins]

@@vernonwhite4124 Feeeling guilt for what others of "your" race have done inthe past is quintessentially racist.

[@aidaandtheia]

​@@MrYorickJenkinsI don't feel guilty. I am not responsible for what any of my white ancestors did. I did not partake in slavery. These are not my fault for what others did in the past. Neither are the majority of white people harassed for their race for reparations. It's a poor excuse to continue playing a victim. No one but the cop who killed Floyd is responsible for his actions. Your white neighbor isn't your enemy.

[@jana6505]

I usually don't listen to these types of programs as I find them "uncomfortable", but I am slowly learning I need to be uncomfortable to change. Thank you.

[@gavinisaacs2724]

“ don’t be angry with the truth that makes you uncomfortable but rather the lie that made you comfortable “. “ could be worse at least I’m white “ , hit the nail on its head !

[@kathycoffman332]

Well said.

[@josephjones4331]

You and the presenter are racist af. Yo-yos who are easily influenced.

[@davideverett209]

Yes ,Yes, Yes...

[@dreamreality4547]

Another lie is people being white and black I see pale and brown people but being called white makes people comfortable

[@chrisdeep8417]

Finally a serious and honest discussion on race - Basically it was all a lie. This makes so much more sense than starting with the premise that race is a real thing and trying to solve it. Then you have to promote people, promote laws, make people feel ashamed... and the list is endless. Instead just segregate people into two types, those who accept that race is was lie and everyone else who refuses to let go of the hatred. Then you can start to form a solid, united, culture based on truth and one that promotes greater levels of intelligent thinking.

[@kingb2328]

"racism did not start with a misunderstanding, it started with a lie"!! Truer words were never spoken 👌

[@tyrellwilson2270]

To be honest we shouldnt blame our ancestors for thinking that people that lived with worse technology were also less smart.

[@TheMeanArena]

@Matthew Morycinski Where do you see this happening?

[@xCorvus7x]

@@tyrellwilson2270 Just as history is written by the victors, descriptions and impressions of other cultures can be similarly deceptive. Even if it's not deliberately mistaken, a culture can be thought of as primitive because the observer doesn't know enough to comprehend what's going on there.

[@skylarsaysstuff]

@Apeman Commeth ...Do you think your comment contradicts the original comment? Because..it doesn't.

[@dmitrizaslavski8480]

@@xCorvus7x culture - sure, technology? No.

[@waynedooley1834]

There's an old saying that the truth hurts. I guess that's why so many people avoid it.

[@waynedooley1834]

@@MrYorickJenkins Partly because of the inferior school system they find themselves in, and partly because their parents never take an active interest in the children's education.

[@toddianuzzi9296]

Yea the truth is we live in an anti white system run by Jews

[@thomasel9171]

​@@waynedooley1834at what point do they take accountability for themselves

[@waynedooley1834]

Never

[@nomoremisterniceguy3960]

The meaning of truth changed when the postmodern philosopher-kings denounced enlightenment rationalism as merely a method for the dominant groups to be able to justify their dominance at the peril of marginalized groups. Until that gets addressed and resolved, there is no “the” truth, only our subjective truths. With that said, imagine someone fearing the truth so much that they develop an entire philosophy (sophistry) aimed at redefining the meaning of it just to avoid it.

[@lezetteclark5586]

Racism..."It's not a black problem...but a white one." Thank you...you deserve a standing ovation for your study!👏👏👏👏

[@tcalip2968]

You are awesome. People are supposed to be ashamed for loving more than one Person but feel powerful for destroying People based on their Race. Unbelievable. Education is important.

[@hydrolito]

Racists can be any color.

[@chrisdeep8417]

In my experience, the black skinned Americans are just as active in promoting racial segregation as their fellow fair skinned countrymen. The real segregation should be between those who choose to believe the truth about race and those who choose to reject this truth for their own advantage (both sides). Only then can you build a solid, unified society where everyone can interact freely without throwing around these evil societal taboos in people's faces. Since this can only happen with our children it is very important that we prevent their minds from being hijacked by our primitive notions (both leftist and hard right) and just let them make friends figure it out for themselves.

[@linyenchin6773]

Racism is fiction believed to be truth where~when emotions driwn out your ability to thibk properly. You have to be an idiot to think that it's a correct description of other people's motivation to do whatever it is they do in trying to sustain their optimal states of life quality.

[@LiverPools-ib5fv]

Stop it. 😂 blacks are the most racist people ive ever known

[@samuelus12]

I'm African -American, and this is the most real conversation I've heard yet. Well done!

[@nealandersen4867]

You wallow in racism don't you

[@PeopleHealthTru]

The truth is the African tribes sold their war captured Africans for profit to Europeans

[@parzable]

Biden's silly lil racist base.

[@jamaalbedeau9766]

Well, people like Neal are to busy telling Cousins ( African, American African and West Indian) what they think Racism Is.

[@rasheed12th38]

@@nealandersen4867 No more than you. Which is why you are here.

[@Nobleflex101]

"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." George Orwell. God bless you and your family you're a realest.

[@missbrown2041]

WHO?? I THOUGHT THAT HIS NAME WAS JOHN BIEWEN ???

[@aprilwhite1794]

@@missbrown2041 George Orwell is a novelist. That is his quote from one of his books.

[@jeffs8195]

I can very much appreciate his approach, sincerity and the time he’s obviously taken to understand… I even agree with much of of what he says. But I still can’t get past hearing young kids like under the age of 6-7 and how genuinely perplexed they are hearing anyone talk about anti-racism that tends to be directed toward black people. In every instance it was as if over just the course of a 2,5 or maybe 10 questions at most they were torn between inherently knowing that racist behavior was as ridiculous as somebody using a toothpick to eat soup and Then internally/externally trying to make sense of it with assumptions (as indicated by the way their Qs progressed). I’m including kids of several races in varied living situations including my own kids at some point (and yes I’m white). It’s always bothered me and the speakers assessment definitely struck a nerve and helped explain why that struck a nerve and bothered me so much. It’s as if I was was watching helplessly as tiny human minds absorbed a lie that was being addressed by well intentioned people, be it in conversation, a book, radio, tv etc (usually radio in my personal experience) and feeling helpless. Like by constantly talking about it we’re literally inserting the lie into their subconscious. I’ve also been wildly confused over the years by how many so called liberal “progressive” people spout off in ways that they seem to believe to be ‘anti-racist’ but reek of bone deep racism when you actually stop to consider the words that I question every opinion and word they say from that point on… I don’t think we’re going about the right way as a society, but I do think he’s into something. It’s just sad that as time passes the more 50/50 & divisive things are getting… and it’s all driven by the money and power of a select few that will thrive on an perpetual, unending 50/50 split on everything. And not surprisingly, 50/50 is pretty much the only way to ensure absolutely no progress is made. I didn’t like trump but based on my conversations with real people, he was far from a racist trying to rally just white people… the 50/50 just requires him to be, so that’s how the stories told. He didn’t seem to give 2 S’s about race which is a lot more than I can say almost any of the people opposing him like he was the reincarnation of Satan.

[@aprilwhite1794]

@@jeffs8195 there is something you're not getting if you don't think Trump is racist. What do you call it when he is trying to deny black people the right to vote. And when he makes a statement that he can shot someone in Time Square and know one would care? I'm not saying he's the worst racist to ever have been president but the level of racism that he has along with his lack of compassion and his ignorance about the subject would set black people back to Jim Crow era.

[@seamanben3370]

As we drift away, people focus on the lies.

[@sharingmythoughts1552]

Thank you, Mr John Biewan. This is one of the best, most honest lectures on race I've ever heard.

[@robertg9052]

I prefer Thomas Sowell, i just can't see that Afican's were so sophisticated. He mentions the word kidnap, i thought it was a slave trade. The Barbary slavers kidnapped people.

[@janicepinnock5084]

@@robertg9052 Look into Egyptian history. Africans were both wealthy and sophisticated.

[@sharingmythoughts1552]

@@robertg9052 Africans had civilizations in Africa thousands of years ago. Look up: Nubia, Kush, Carthagians. I haven't studied Thomas Sowell. I am into Nikole Hannah-Jones, Tenihesi Coates and Ibrahim X Kendhi. Some of the enslaved Africans were traded and sold by other tribes. Many were kidnapped also. Whatever the case, they were bought here against their will. They were bought here to build wealth for their slaveowners.

[@sharingmythoughts1552]

@@janicepinnock5084 Thank you. It reveals a lot about the racist American educational system that African people are so often seen as dumb. In truth, the Greeks and Romans borrowed a lot of their knowledge from the ancient Africans.

[@robertg9052]

The one sided presentation of African slavery is astonishing. Many people were kidnapped by the Barbary Slavers. Malaria was a problem for Europeans and that 'trade' was conducted at the ports, so your theory of kidnapping by Europeans not Africans sounds misplaced and the slave ships wern't military vessels. I've heard of the Queen of Sheba and she must have been pretty impressive. When he mentioned Trump i wasn't impressed and i didn't agree with his argument of racism where he's concerned.

[@aishaabdul-kareem7331]

That was a brilliantly exposé. I love the calmness, the inward search and the solution put forward. Thank you. Racism Hurts and it hurts deeply.

[@freedomriding2558]

Kind of boring.

[@eriklands7382]

This was garbage

[@armstronglaborde]

@@freedomriding2558 boring is good since we believe that everything has to be entertaining. Long ago intellectuals had to overcome boredom to achieve their accomplishments. Nowadays everyone wants everything on a platter, using less effort or brain matter.

[@chrisdeep8417]

@@armstronglaborde interesting connection between the rise of entertainment vs. the sudden drop in thinking.

[@chrisdeep8417]

Indeed lies can hurt much more than swords.

[@dc3528]

This speaker articulates very well how damaging and destructive lies can be.

[@dudeonyoutube]

He ignores his own.

[@owlcowl]

@@dudeonyoutube Then why dont you expand on the discussion by examining the lies he supposedly ignores? So far as concerns the purely historical material in this talk, the record largely supports his account, tho scholars would quibble with some details, especially regarding the development of race in North America. The bottom line that racism started as a lie, not a misunderstanding, is the crucial and ugly truth at the center of his analysis.

[@calundoconteal6851]

@@owlcowl Yes, racism may have been started from a lie, but let's dig deeper. What does it mean? to label one group of people as having some responsibility inherint to them to somehow demolish an abstract concept that really is just another name for tribalism, what does this do? Does it unite people like the man says it will? Or does it give self-engrandising White people (such as the speaker) a feeling of moral superiority, thinking he is different. Well hes not different, because he is embedding people tightly into groups based on skin color which is exactly what he rails against! How can you say that race is just a construct when you use the terms from within the construct to define a whole group of people? The bottom line is, I, you, or anyone else, should be judged by how we treat other people, how we conduct ourselves, and the actions we execute, not by simply being born looking like certain particular people in history that did bad things. By that logioc, every single human being on the planet would have to take responsibility for what their ancestors did, for every civilization, everfy race, every culture every creed of people have blood wfritten uin their histiry but goid as well. So I ask you, do you believe that White people areb inherently racist and have some inherint responsibily regardless of who theyu actually are and the endless variety of where they and their ancestors came from?

[@2121beastmode]

@@owlcowl oh its many lies. You know it and I know it. This coward isn't making me feel guilty as he's trying to do everyone else. White folks were slave to at one point.

[@lilyzemengist8091]

@@dudeonyoutube Spoken like a true white supremist and troll.

[@williethomas2628]

Thanks! I am a 74-year-old black person and had very good teachers. My history teacher told us all the things you talked about, thanks again.

[@ryansamuels8894]

LOLOLOLOLOL

[@nunyabidnis3815]

@@ryansamuels8894 Have something to share with the rest of the class?

[@ryansamuels8894]

@@nunyabidnis3815 the idea that a person feels compelled to say he is a "Black" person is hilarious... Even if what he claims is true, the info his teacher gave him was from no curriculum or syllabus anywhere in North America.... Even now

[@datrakapo4807]

@@ryansamuels8894 ?u read all the syllabuses

[@veermistartmkwinstagramvee7067]

@@ryansamuels8894 Black is basically a modern-day ethnicity. Common history, common area (America/western world), common experiences, common culture, common treatment.

[@erengai81]

This was so educational. Thank you to the speaker for the courage to speak truth.

[@tray-oq1nj]

Yea great if you like listening to a self hating white fa6607.

[@chrisdeep8417]

Indeed... never before have I heard a born and raised American (of any colour) talking about 'whiteness' and 'blackness' as human concepts rather than an absolute fact of nature. This is real progress in its inception.

[@yak55dvr39]

This is an exceptionally useful and well presented presentation. As a white male in my mid 70's from a very small western Kansas town I had no real contact with those who looked different from me as I was growing up. However, I was exposed to most of the racist ideologies that run through our society. I had two attributes that somewhat protected me. First, I knew that my small town in the middle of nowhere was not the center of the universe and there was so much more to experience and learn from out in this big world. Second, for some reason I was immediately drawn to people that were different from me, because I just might be able to learn from them. When I went to college and then the Air Force I encountered, worked with and learned from many who were very different from me. The racist ideologies could not withstand my person experiences. Before watching this presentation, from my study of history, I realized that slavery and race were not connected until the Europeans started colonizing the world in the 15th century. After this time any shade of dark skin was viewed as a mark of inferiority by Europeans. I wasn't sure why this happened but I had my suspicions. I had also begin to question the concept of race after watching a program that noted that somewhere around 50k years ago (I may be off on the age) after a volcanic eruption in Indonesia caused conditions that reduced the human population to an estimated 1,000 breading females. (We humans, as a species, almost went bye bye.) As a result, the average human (no matter what race) today has much less genetic diversity from any other human that the average chimpanzee has to another chimpanzee. This leads to the conclusion that the concept of race really has no real scientific usefulness. This presentation has added several critical supports to the conclusion that race as a concept has from the get go been a lie and a tool to support exploitation. We all need to wake up and decide what side we want to be on.

[@baruasafi5880]

I am an African and I have been educated by the video. Thank you very much for your kind words and unparalleled wisdom .

[@tomtimelord7876]

@Long Duk Dong Making the claim that the first slaves were white seems a bit of a stretch. In all likelihood, slavery is older than white people. The pigmentation of northern Europeans evolved between 6000 - 4000 BC. Sumerian city states were already on the rise at this time and they had slaves.

[@paygorenewableenergy312]

@@tomtimelord7876 white skin surfaced about 10,000 years ago due to the change in their DNA, if you look into albinism you'll find the answer, missing number in DNA turned people to whiteness ie, lacking pigmentation.

[@curtisthomas2670]

I believe he meant the first people to be called the modern word "slaves" were the Slavs who were widely enslaved by many peoples

[@mysty0]

The reality is this.. Europe and Africa once existed in cooperation with trade and commerce etc, sharing Christianity as a common theme. Then the Islamic Conquests took the North of Africa and created a Slave Army so that when Islam attacked Europe it was a Black Face the Europeans saw which came with a deep sense of betrayal. After the Ottoman Empire fell began the Scramble for Africa.. what should have been the liberation of Africa gave way to men's greed and lusts. And from that were born the Barbary Pirates, Black Muslim Pirates who harassed European Ships and later the Ships that travelled to the Americas.

[@Steven9567]

@@paygorenewableenergy312 race is more than skin colour

[@moniquemoon77]

“…History isn’t my fault or yours.” I love this man’s statements.

[@ronbernardi]

@@ngatoa1018 did you assume blacks didn't own slaves?

[@blackeyedsusan727]

@@ronbernardi Try to keep up. The speaker is talking about the origin of race as a concept. He also mentions that ancient "Europeans" enslaved others of their own "race" and that the word "slave" comes from the word "Slavic". Did you watch and listen, or are you just here to comment?

[@ronbernardi]

@@blackeyedsusan727 you left out the context! I was replying to ngatoa.

[@hamnchee]

@Mr Drake What's the price?

[@realplayer54]

@@ronbernardi your comment doesn't make any sense. This person said nothing about slavery.

[@claudiushedrington752]

Sir , my hat is 1st. Off to your parents, for have doing such a wonderful, spectacular job in your upbringing and your brilliant, but brief treatise/ explanation on race , and it's origins. Thank you so very , very much indeed. 😎

[@SchgurmTewehr]

It is outrageous that this hasn’t got more views and that the information is not widely known. It shows our common failure as a species.

[@kimberlyhock3318]

This is why they want to ban all these books and rewrite history. Why they use keywords like critical race theory.or when they talk about the 1619 project. The Portuguese government has been covering up their part for years too as well as the Caribbean islands, South America,, and Central America. Same thing when you take a look at religion and the hatred of LGBTQ communities. All religions including Wiccans, Buddhism, Muslims, Christians, etc.....All of them had homophobic theology. Not one religious group have origins of tolerance forthe LGBTQ community.. You might say they started and continue the hatred of that community as well as holding down women's rights.

[@bignardo95]

"If you can convinced the lowest white man that he is better than the best colored man, he won't even notice your're picking his pocket." "In fact give him someone to look down on and he'll gladly give you his money." Lyndon B. Johnson-

[@iamchicosuave]

And got "them" voting Democrat for 200 years.

[@bignardo95]

@@iamchicosuave 1st black president? A Democrat. 1st woman, and woman of color Vice President? A democrat. So, what negative point was that statement about. Or, your point was simply that he said it?

[@iamchicosuave]

@@bignardo95 I'm confused. Are you proving LBJ correct or incorrect? Second, the media doesn't certify the candidate. I'll call elect to person certified. So, technically we still have only had Obama, twelfth worst President in America. But, doing something because of color, even voting, is still racist. Have a great life.

[@ryansamuels8894]

@@iamchicosuave lol someone does not know a lot about presidents....lolol

[@ricjackson2841]

@lucky 73 America has less than 15% black people so I highly doubt anything will happen similar to what’s happening in the African countries “your people are running from.”

[@sebastianrook5478]

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” John Stuart Mill

[@tonytooshort]

Not only should you not feel guilt, but no black person in America it minority as a whole is ASKING for any white person to feel guilty. It is not the fault of any one person alive today what our ancestors did hundreds of years ago. But it is our RESPONSIBILITY what type of world we create for ourselves, and what kind of world we leave to our children. Peace be upon all of us. 🙏🏽❤️

[@peacetrain3320]

Thanks, John. Continue to message the truth. You’re especially important during these times when history education is under attack. And thanks for teaching me to take responsibility and to become more anti racists.

[@timotheusbendavid]

well said

[@timothybuckley7317]

Liberal propaganda that constantly attacks America is under attack and it's about time. True history is complicated and doesn't follow leftist agendas.

[@therover4141]

Racism pushing horseshit. Anti racism unless it's against whites then its ok.

[@tray-oq1nj]

Good Lord man pull yourself together. Obviously this silly fella hasn't read the Bell Curve.

[@freedomriding2558]

What you said reminded me of what an evangelical would say to another evangelical about their speech or summon.

[@ariesgirl9592]

"Put down the power they did not earn!" Thank you sir for your honesty and willingness to deal with such a divisive subject 🙏🏾! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Bravo!!!!

[@jahidahdiaab5197]

Hello may I use your comment in an educational home documentary I am making

[@ariesgirl9592]

@@jahidahdiaab5197 those aren't my words. I just quoted the speaker in the video, but feel free to use them. If it can help someone I'm all for it!

[@1999glock]

@@ariesgirl9592 Why then dont the black people in "racist" America return to African and build the same kind of nation that America is. A thriving, vibrant, productive world class economy competing with the rest of the world for economic and industrial leadership ?

[@priceisright1580]

There is a bunch of people that have worked hard for what they have ..

[@thomasel9171]

What does that mean? Should kamala step aside because she was given handouts all the time? Where is the line drawn?

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

That was the most sincere delivery of the race issue I have seen from someone white. No bells or whistles requested by you for your message. Just sincere unfiltered truth and sincerity. Thank you🙏

[@queenj5308]

💯💯💯💯

[@calundoconteal6851]

It sounds pretty, but the underlying message is to vilify one race and exclusivize one group as inherintly bad and others good, when all civilizations, all groups are guilty of the same actions. If we acknowledge we are literally all very similar, then we can stand together and move toward a united future.

[@inclinations1]

@@calundoconteal6851 Bewildered by your response. Who was vilified here? He precisely points out that "we are literally all very similar" and that race was invented to create new categories of winners and losers, and we need to know that in order to work effectively together on undoing the inequities that have grown out of that.

[@calundoconteal6851]

@@inclinations1 But that is all based off the presdumption that inequities exist due to rscsm todsy, and there is no definitive evidence that this is true. Furtheromre, anytime, I don't care if it is from some made up construct, any time you simplify a whole group of people (and yes, White is classied as a group whether made up or not) you become the exact definition of a racist. Also, if race is purely a construct, then why would you say that racism exists? Shoul'dnt the word being used be tribalism? There is really not much of a difference, and the way in which we categorize is arbitrary no matter what attributes you are defining. I agree that we should condemn racism or general prejudice wherever or whenever it takes place, but stamping people the brand of racist simply based on their biology and not their actions is completely insane to me, and no different than what Blacks went through approx. 60 plus years ago when racism was actually an institutional block for them.

[@calundoconteal6851]

@@inclinations1 He is emphasizing "Whites" as the main proprieters of racism, when that is not true whatsoever, and to suggest that a vast group of people with varying ancestry and ethnic backgrounds are somehow responsible for atrocities commited by people that have nothing to do with them is absurd. Yes, I bewlieve we are all essentially the same, humans, but that is not what this guy proposes. This guy proposes that his being white, and white people in general, makes him somehow unique or special in the case of racism, which is an outright and blatant lie. Raciusm, tribalism, call it what you will, we all are susceptible and if you do not acknowledge this fact then you do not really adhere to the notion that we are all very similar in a genuine sense.

[@freznelite]

It's people like this guy which helps explain the state of journalism in America. Little to no understanding of historical context, superficial reasoning and an obsession with racism.

[@thomasel9171]

🙏 YES, LOUDER FOR THE BRAINDEAD PEOPLE IN THE COMMENTS. So glad to see some awareness

[@BedStuyDOD62]

“… this power that we did not earn” was the most powerful statement I heard. Thank you, Sir, for your courage and insight. 🗣💯

[@kuntaleroy7414]

I think it’s always been suspected by most reasonable people that the original concept of racism was incentivized by sheer profit. Our problem is and has always been the fact that eliminating the practice of racism may necessarily require eliminating the sin of greed, and we’ve had absolutely no luck with that one.

[@roughhabit9085]

That sounds like the gist of a Nuremberg rally. Hitler hated greedy capitalists. Before capitalism or markets , as the two are identical, mankind lived in abject poverty. Some goal you have there.

[@kuntaleroy7414]

@@roughhabit9085 Just like those who sadly and unrelentingly worship unbridled capitalism, you've mistakenly defined the absence of money as abject poverty. I expected nothing less.

[@papazjose1274]

Eliminating the sin of green is an pipe dream= not logical, just like eliminating any other emotional feeling innate to humans, such as anger, joy, dishonesty etc... This is why there will always be prostitution, pedophiles, drug dealers, etc, and our job is to keep this as low as possible. The problem is that the West has decided that harsh punishment such as death penalty or an eye for an eye is not acceptable. Therefore the West will continue to have these same problems. While in places like Singapore & Indonesia, they have no drugs & rape problems bc the death penalty is given to any one that sells drugs or rape someone... Which has been keeping these problems away. I believe that if these countries do also give the death penalty to pimp & prostitutes for prostitution this will also solve this problem. But they will not bc people in high places are clients.

[@papazjose1274]

@tommy 2tone Why are you lying for. They are slaves allover Africa. Libya is just famous because Obama created the international Slave trade in Libya. QUESTION: Are you African? have you grown up in Africa? Do you live in Africa? How many African countries have you been to, and for how long? Have you gone into the villages? Have you visited the Albinos forced to live in gated communities? Have you witness the pygmies being discriminated against, being refuse housing, work, etc? Please, answer the above

[@MrYorickJenkins]

That might be true but doesnt he say that race was invented? That is different and incredibly foolish.

[@VoiAhoyTV]

As a south Asian, I have grown up and taught to never speak out about it especially if it’s happening to us. Recently I have started to question that.

[@StopBeingRacist]

VoiAhoyTV You were taught wrong, always fight against injustice

[@VoiAhoyTV]

@@StopBeingRacist south Asians don’t speak up on racism that they face because we are told to stfu.

[@nunyabidnis3815]

I think the lesson is that things become volatile when confronting these issues. "There is simply no polite way to tell people they've dedicated their lives to an illusion." -Daniel Dennett People become dangerous, spiteful, and defensive.. but defensiveness is not an excuse when one's willful ignorance harms others. Allowing a person to live under those assumptions is a harm to society; it enables false dichotomies, and draws lines that only impair society. Frankly, I feel you must speak out as a rule, knowing that no approach is perfect, and no perfect approach is learned without practice. You never know when it will start a fight. You never know when your words empower someone under the oppression of racism, to know someone out there sees them as a person, deserving of no less a basic respect as one's peers. It's not an easy conflict to have; some times people become irrational and extreme in how they re-assert their pride and beliefs, because you're questioning the validity of everything they've ever known. Likewise, never correcting the matter is how they've come to know it.. and what allows them to justify teaching it to others. It's incredibly difficult to approach the topic in a way that doesn't escalate conflict. Escalation to some extent isn't necessarily a reason not to do it. If we only intervene when the risk is low, they can just raise the risk.. and often will.. So there's a real issue of accepting a risk of collateral damage when you take it upon yourself to intervene. The people getting whooped on in BLM protests around the world know all too well that things can escalate... but the world sees that people refuse to protect that harmful lie any longer.. people see that they matter to you, and the efforts of a stranger matter to all of us.

[@submissiveproviderstboth9485]

ASIANS Hate Black folks too🙃

[@VoiAhoyTV]

@@submissiveproviderstboth9485 not as much as black people hating south Asians. Now, black people don’t like to be called racist after they have been racist to us. Jamaicans say Jamaica isn’t racist. Go as an indo-Jamaican that and they will say that there is a lot of racism in Jamaica.

[@misslillie2940]

That was truly eye opening. Thank you for being brave and compassionate enough to share this talk openly.

[@chrisdeep8417]

You know it's a good talk when you just feel a bit more intelligent than when it started. I believe you Americans has the ability to set the standard for the next positive global change in human thinking (the one where we realign with nature and cooperate rather than compete ourselves into destruction). The only things in your way are the seven deadly sins and.. (big surprise) greed is high up on the list.

[@reservist7]

Man....I hope this message will reach many. Great talk and knowledgeable

[@meloneymoore5102]

This needs to be taught to highschool and 8th grade middle school kids.

[@debrabecoats3171]

Can't do that, critical race theory is unacceptable 🤨

[@KelEZCookingandIdeas]

I feel people everywhere needs to openly and earnestly hear and consider this talk, to help change the narrative and foster new relationships with other people of every origin… well done

[@mpalmer7800]

White ppl need to learn to leave every other races alone . No other race troubling white ppl . Matter of fact all other race are lovers of white ppl!!!

[@grahamt5924]

So what are you going to tell the racist Africans in Africa then?

[@teresamyers9281]

It's going to be useful when I teach history this year. Added to my tool box

[@grahamt5924]

@@teresamyers9281 it's a load of nonsense

[@HarrySBallz]

@@teresamyers9281 Read some Thomas Sowell

[@kennethcraddock7604]

Amazing, plain and simple, yet one the very best especially coming from a 'white' male, open and honest. I say that as a 'black' male. Will there ever be a time among humans on earth that human kind will finally realize that absolutely No human is superior nor inferior to another human being regardless of... anything.

[@ariana19055]

I hope so and I think a great way to achieve this would be for the education system to actually TEACH the children about the true history behind racism.

[@giulioboobzilla]

We still support racism when we use da terms b&w

[@gregoryd40]

Thanks, John! Your work over the past few years has been of the best of the best, and the series on race illuminated the history better than most stuff being done, certainly in the US, and probably anywhere, really. You've moved the needle, and for the better.

[@meloneymoore5102]

I greatly appreciate the clear explanation of what racism actually really is from history accountability for change. I have never heard it defined the way you did, a lie that was made up for profit. I wish racism would've been defined and explained like this when I was in middle school and high school.

[@TeetheSingingBee]

This is why Critical Race Theory is so necessary…

[@Indefenseoftheafricandiaspora]

Well meaning, but his facts are wrong. The Egyptians taught the Greeks all they know. This is the real tragedy of racism; the Greeks stole everything from the Egyptians and turn their knowledge against them. The pupils committed stealth!! Isn't this the problem with most racism? The lies that are invented to perpetuate racism!! Pythagoras spent 14 years in Egypt and Aristotle also spent a lot of time there learning although historians would have you believe otherwise!

[@eduardohope4909]

@@Indefenseoftheafricandiaspora: the speaker’s facts were generically and impressionistically shared; they were not meant to present an argument about who learned and appropriated what from whom in the ancient world. That particular historical concern is better addressed on videos and articles on the topic of our received knowledge about ancient cultures. In this video, this speaker’s argument focused on the specific point that ‘race’ and racial discrimination/racism was invented to justify commercial behavior (human trafficking and exploitation).

[@glennrobinson3442]

And this is what society is trying so hard for these facts to be taught in school. This new CRT is suppose to put balance in between many falsehoods

[@phun1901]

@@Indefenseoftheafricandiaspora the real point of racism is critically judging a person by their skin colour, which actually started in the 7th century Arabia and was perpetuated because of the Islamic slave trade and legitimised by centuries of Islamic scholars.

[@paulapinard842]

I have been telling so-called white people that rich and greedy people have been using them for centuries to suport their agenda. but I'm glad the same message is coming from one of you. thank you so very much for this ❤

[@brianmorris2847]

They don't care.

[@michelej9496]

@@brianmorris2847 😅😜💯☮️

[@amyhayutin1738]

Sorry, some of us are a little slow to wake up, some of us may never. I’ll do my share of poking white people to wake up now that I am starting to understand!

[@gbickell]

Damn right! It's about power and how it's used. A good dialectical materialist analysis is what's called for

[@benjaminallisonii724]

@@gbickell Whoa there are a lot of people who have devilled into Marx and philosophy in general here huh? Maybe that's why I was recommended this video?

[@dr.deannaellis-chopin7433]

Impressive. "A willingness to put down a power that was not earned." "Dismantling a system which exploits." This is the voice of change, one which is a warning from heaven. Thank you.

[@kathryntate6809]

When Ghandi's movement to free India from British domination was underway, Ghandi told his followers that the English were not the enemy but were their friend--that the "enemy" is in all people to dominate over others that we must regulate ourselves--and he pointed out the existence of the Untouchables in India and the caste system they had.

[@HarryGuit]

Regarding economy, society, culture and politics the answer is always found, if you follow the money. Thank you for that example!

[@deetee553]

Beautiful that for once we having a real conversation about the cause of racism and not primarily focusing on the effects which have lead to no actual change. This is how one can truly understand that racism was a lie and exposing this will lead to real change. Sadly the people in power want to stay in power so systematic racism shall continue to prevail however as they say change starts within and this talk shines the light.Please do share with more people

[@ivanoranrof9577]

"no actual change" Really? Slavery has been outlawed for a long time. The Civil Rights Act has been law for a long time.

[@sharonbingham5428]

Truth, what do you do with it? Action, action.

[@hamnchee]

Change what?

[@kurtphillips7038]

Question for you. Which political party in the US do you think exploits racism more?

[@MasterJamz6]

@@hamnchee change the mentality that racism should exist or that any skin color determines superiority in the human race.

[@MentalS6k]

Super riveting. I’ve recently been looking at content where White ppl are addressing each other about racism. Definitely needs to happen more 🙏🏾

[@scottryan8826]

How about black people talk to each other about racism and they're hate for white people? Yes black supremacy exists and it's running rampant.

[@MentalS6k]

@@scottryan8826owaboutism is an easy & frankly lazy pivot. Every demographic has it’s bad apples. Your reply assumes (again) incorrectly Black ppl are a monolith, & EVERY one of us, hates White ppl. Even with video & pictures of evidence of Jim Crow 1.0, & lynching finally becoming illegal in 2022, ONLY White folks have the true power to bury this evil practice. The many layers of this racism, remains an imbalance where much of it’s burdens lie nearly exclusively with our White Brother & Sisters. So don’t get it twisted that we *ALL* hate White ppl. I certainly don’t. Furthermore, I don’t entertain Black ppl who do. In less than 25 years, the US will no longer be a White majority country. As I’m going to simply assume, can I ask is this something you are afraid of?

[@denisemcdougal6445]

This is the best talk I’ve listened to. I wish this would be shown to everyone and each student several times over.

[@frab8061]

It makes me even more sad that racism wasn't even meant to be an ideological thing but a economical one. Why are humans like this?

[@virgillazar1918]

I'ts the way we socialyze ! Read René girard he got a good model (you can easely show teh wrong in it but no one as succeeded in it) Any group need something to coagulate, and this something is always an arbitrary victim (it can be an idea or even a part of reality ), a sacrifice..... It's on for every group created by humans, even maybe in our own psyche where whe chase away what we fear, what we want to disapear... whatr we want to sacrifice ! To prove this wrong it"s easy you juste need to find some group who are not base in mythologie or have a ritual which implies sacrifice !! So you see everywhere there are "We" there be by consequence "them" and after this violence ... Nothing to do with colour of skin the discriminatory sign choose by the group to exclude are random, the meaning of it comes after to justify the sacrifice, to justify the cohesion of the group and legitimate it. So no escape from it, group thinking is a form of trans state that facilitate the usage of violence, it's to said that is justify it, it's alaways for the justice, for equality, for the king, for the counrty, for god, all markers of discrimination that have no chance to be proven by anything but mythological thinking................. Not the best stategies to build a world of peace^^

[@2youn8]

Don’t get me wrong, yes it started out as a economical problem, but rn it’s actual discrimination. Its main cause isn’t people paying writers or what not to ‘enforce’ racism, it’s genuine hate.

[@frab8061]

@@2youn8 yes, I know. It evolved from being a justification to exploit other human beings to very many people actually believing in that concept of race and that certain people are superior to others. Of course it's hate and discrimination today, nothing to argue about, but it started out as a crucial lie to justify exploitation and gain economical profit.

[@2youn8]

@@frab8061 That I agree! Sorry for not getting your point.

[@frab8061]

@Max Johnson I would argue that racism is not tribalism. We fear or hate or whatever other tribes, other groups of people who believe in different things or speak another language. But you can't just say all black people are a tribe. Racism is simply an invention. Mr Biewen also said that the ancient Greeks didn't know the concept of race, they didn't say let's enslave those people because their skincolor is others than ours, they enslaved people for different reasons, because they thought they are more advanced in culture. Maybe by now, the concept of race is rooted in our minds but only because someone brought it up and now we've had this idea for such long time, that it became part of the modern humans view of life and society. But it wasn't there by the beginning.

[@Dr.exsack]

"It is not your fault that the world is the way it is, it would only be your fault if it stays that way" "Es ist nicht deine schuld, dass die Welt ist wie sie ist, Es wär nur deine Schuld, wenn sie so bleibt" Die Ärtzte - deine Schuld (german punk band)

[@Akab]

@Commander Logic Wäre viel wichtiger an deiner stelle mal zu hinterfragen warum das so ist. man handelt sehr oft so wie es von einem erwartet wird und dazu gibt es viele studien! Menschen wurden für dumm gehalten und deshalb waren wie es auch. Menschen die gelobpreist werden erreichen meißt auch mehr! In your case it should be much more important to question why that's the case. people often act out the expectations of others and there are many studies about that! People were regarded dumb and they were dumb. People who are praised more are more likely to reach their goals!

[@candywarmuth2455]

THEN WE ARE GUILTY, since it's worse than ever.

[@Calligraphybooster]

Es hätten die Nazi’s dasselbe sagen können, die Aussage ist an sich neutral... wollen wir aber glauben dass die Mehrheit das Gute vorhat. Nein, da hat sich noch immer nichts Wesentliches geändert: So meinten es die Nazi’s für sich auch...

[@camillokusa982]

@Commander Logic easy, DIE Menschenrasse. duh Ich glaube ganz weit hintnen an zweiter Stelle kommen dann Quallen, wobei man da nicht wirklich mehr von Morden sprechen kann lol (just an educated guess)

[@camillokusa982]

@Commander Logic WTF

[@patricelauverjon2856]

Sitting quietly and openly with a person of another race and saying I am racist is less radical than playing a virtual game of multiculturalism while having mental and physical association with the same ethnicity. It is common for the nicest intentions, genuine or not, to turn into thorns going down the path of supremacy. A hand displaying a rose can just be a bait.

[@vestoniaviddy9369]

That was amazing!one of the best videos on this topic! Kudos to you for speaking the truth!

[@stephensuddick2557]

This is the best thing I have ever viewed on this platform. Of all human failings, it is greed that will be the end of us.

[@veroniqueruez2373]

You just answered the question I have had for years, nobody could answer it! Thank you Sir for speaking out the truth everybody needs to know.

[@LoveyourzAF]

What was the question? If you don't mind me asking

[@kennethwoods2071]

What was that question? because I bet that has been answered along time ago .you probably wasn't listening to the person you wanted to come from

[@seva4411]

Racial hatred of white people by guilt obsessed white liberals has destroyed America which is now a failed state.

[@olsaffa7679]

Nonsense. If your question was "where did racism come from?", you were just lied to. How can a book by a Portuguese man in the 1500's be it when Arabian people used and traded African slaves from long before and probably in bigger numbers. Did these Arabians see those African slaves as equals when enslaving them? No. Slavery is an ancient practice and based on overpowering others and then having them so submissive that they won't keep trying to run away or rise up against you.

[@RicardoJoseReza]

Mr. Biewen, what you are doing isn't fabulous. Why? Because it had to be done centuries ago. What is FABULOUS is that you left me speechless. I knew and know that plotical sistems, that injustice and opression are the fruit of greed, however I couldn't have put a specific name on racism's inventor. Thanks, and please continue to make this world a better place.

[@nkululekochamane7138]

What a brilliant exploration of the roots/ genesis of this disease that has plagued the world for so long. One grows up thinking that this was how things have always been...and its shocking to discover that it even has such a definite start point...illustrates the power of an idea...great talk sir!!

[@ricjackson2841]

Scooby-Doo taught us who the real villains were.

[@robertnett9793]

Old Man Jenkins?

[@michelewalburn4376]

Yep.

[@cosmologicalturtle9528]

Those damn capitalists

[@larrydavis9582]

And he would of gotten away with it if it weren’t for those meddling kids 😂😂😂

[@raamyasharahla535]

@@larrydavis9582 🤣 yup!

[@emiliog.4432]

What do we do when the mere hint of a conversation like this talk quickly devolves and makes people uncomfortable? We can’t even have a civil discussion about racism and that in itself is racist. Ignorance makes these conversations even more difficult.

[@bigj4223]

You are so right! It shifts the thought that equality is "RIGHT"!! But racist ideology can't handle it. Thank you for your remark!!

[@Dkaizen3000]

Keep talking about it.

[@calundoconteal6851]

What conversation? The fact that everyone has the capacity for tribalism and that all people i. histoiry no matter what place or culture, you will see tribalism. White people are not a monolithic concept, they are individuals with different stories, just as Black or any other group of people.

[@armstronglaborde]

@@calundoconteal6851 Brother you are so naive. You are trying to justify evil.where there is evil it should be routed out instead of saying everyone else is doing it so it's ok for me to do it. Seems that you are part of the problem and not part of the solution. Respect.

[@amaramzk]

Armstrong La Borde .. The naïveté belongs to you, which is why the pandering work so well.

[@miguelaramosjr6994]

This "MAN HAS FOUN MY RESPECT"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!💯💯💯👍👍👍

[@jazzerinochocochino]

The fact that all this information can be compact in 18 minutes, really shows that efforts to decolonise the curriculum, doesnt need much complexities, but rather only 18 minutes of class time to change and mold the perspective of the future (our kids). Im an advocate for deconlising the curriclum. The same way John Biewen here noticed the power of taking responsibility and learning history and how that can shift ones liberal perspective of race, really changes the direction of this neoliberal they vs them discourse. But placing it as a societal collective responsibility. I enjoyed this talk a lot thank you.

[@thomasel9171]

Your perspective is MASSIVELY SKEWED thinking this stuff is pure fact. He is another disingenuous leftist pushing a narrative by carefully wording and excluding facts from his presentation. This is not The Truth.

[@cecilprice4792]

I really want this transcript. This has been one of the best discussions on race I've ever heard. As a history buff, this connected so many dots for me. It helped to explain so much info I've read, and it explains so many patterns of behavior I've seen all my life. It definitely places a mind shift for anyone that hears this.

[@phun1901]

It's only half right. Totally wrong about when this first began, in the 7th century Islamic slave trade.

[@jayterra2060]

@@phun1901 can you expand on that please?

[@grimview]

@@jayterra2060 It began with Africans enslaving Europeans to build the pyramids. Slavery use to be based on migrating workers based on National Origin, like Slavs from Europe to Egypt in Africa. Its high time European stood up & got their reparation hand outs from Africans so they can finally start healing.

[@jayterra2060]

@@grimview super interesting ty

[@cecilprice4792]

@peterhunt 7th century, that slave trade wasn't based on race. Remember the region was African, that was based on religion and power over the Sub Saharan Slave trade route. If it was only based on color The Mali and Songhai Empires would have never taken control of it. Also there would have never been a need for the Moors to head into Europe to establish it.....based on your theory of color

[@robertgoff6479]

I like the way you describe your growth, from childish innocence to adult responsibility.

[@rufuselijahmiller1606]

Jane Elliott has been my good educator over the past years on how to minimize racism... This early morning massage I received from Speaker John is really important to me and my environments... Let's the massage continue to go I personally believe but the strength of this massage every human race can unite and make the universe a perfect place for humankind....

[@user-fb2jb3gz1d]

I'm.hispanic, my skin is brown with a awesome red tint, my Aztec heritage. I used to say why should the white folks be ashamed? They didn't do anything. Until I saw this video One day, at my job, certain coworkers were being treated differently. It wasn't because of race because all were hispanic. I was late 3 times and got a verbal warning. One of the coworkers who were being treated differently, literally right after me, got written up for the exact same thing I got a verbal for. I thought, well, what did I do that get me a verbal but him written up? Well, I do work hard and I don't complain and my coworker doesn't. So I thought, ok that's it. But I still didn't feel right. Just because I don't complain and work hard, I should still follow the rules. It's favoritism to bend the rules for only certain people. If I say anything, I'll lose that privilege, right? I literally couldn't look at myself in the mirror that night. So the next day, I told my coworker that it's not fair that I got a verbal and he got written up. So I stood up for him. I went to the boss and asked why was the discipline different between us for the same thing. He tried to intimate me so I could let it go but I didn't. So hr and the main director got involved and retracted the write up from my coworker. From then on, we all receive the same discipline, a verbal warning. I now have eyes on me. After watching this video, I now understand what he is saying. This systemic racism in America is a white issue that only the white community can fix. It has to take a white person of privilege to confront the system to show them.....you can't do this. Otherwise, by not saying anything, it's never going to end. You have to be willing to stand up to the wrong and deal with the backlash that will come. That means you will lose your privilege. It will suck but you can sleep at night and honestly look at yourself in the mirror and hold your head up. You won't need meds to sleep or alcohol and you don't need to lie to yourself in that mirror. Take a stand for the oppressed. Let's end this

[@craig3567]

Why were you late 3 times?

[@Iloveswedes]

Hispanic, in the context of America, can also be racial. There can be black and white Hispanics, for example. There are some whites who hate even white Hispanics, like in California. It's weird because Hispanics often have ancestry from Spain, which is in Europe, but the other whites view them as non-white... or like they are all recent immigrants to this country, not knowing that they pre-date whites from the East by centuries, many. Some have been there since California was part of Mexico or Spain.

[@jeannettebradley2606]

So glad you saw this video. Many Hispanics feel the way you did, and it is very disheartening for black people.

[@kw1archie]

Thank you so much for this. I am an AfroArab from Bahrain and I’ve always had a hard time trying to identity racially considering the fact that I have brown, white, black, and central Asian roots. That’s why I’m working in the field of racial studies and postcolonialism which I educate people on across my social media🤲🏽

[@frishdawgz]

It may not change the world on its own but you're doing your part man. You're human like all of us. ✊

[@kw1archie]

@@frishdawgz I appreciate you brother🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@africanchildsouljah]

sup dude so interesting wonder if we can get in touch.i am african living in the states and i would like to pick your brain on this topic i am from kenya

[@BD091959]

You're are an Arab that looks like ????

[@teaburg]

@Karim Wafa I can't show you one person who doesn't have black roots. Racism to me is like orange cats thinking they are superior to the African wild cats b/c of allele changes. Yeah, it is just stupid. But only people can make that stupidity dangerous.

[@thetigerpaw2366]

I'm standing up and clapping for you, Mr. Biewen. May this Ted Talk become widely used high school curriculum~

[@MrImaginationUnleash]

Sorry. You can't talk about race in school anymore. This talk would be shot down immediately in high school.

[@teresamyers9281]

I.I'm adding this to my lecture list

[@phun1901]

This is actually misinformation. Colourism started near 7th century Arabia, which was quite well established by Bernard Lewis. And it was entrenched culturally and spread because of the trans-Arabain slave trade and justified by centuries of Islamic scholars. There is a lecture called Islam and Slavery by Jay Smith. You may not care for his religious agenda but I checked his sources and they are legit.

[@edwinamendelssohn5129]

Travel to China and India and see how white racism is. What a goofy guy

[@Felipe00162]

Powerful!!! We are all in this together!!!

[@Ravyne]

I grew up in a small Virginia town in a white family of five. Both of my parents and my two siblings were racists and bigots. How I dodged that is still a mystery to me, but I have always known that there is only one race - the Human race. No one taught me that. Not my parents. Not my siblings. Not my southern school teachers. Not our preacher. So how did I know it? It still baffles me. I love all the people on this planet, regardless of the color of their skin, their culture, their sexual orientation, their religion or lack thereof, or their political views. I love them because they are all my sisters and brothers. Until we all realize that we are one Human family, nothing will ever change.

[@maxbygrapes3681]

Agreed on all fronts. I was exposed to the idea 40 years ago in a fab college in Jamaica. God help us all

[@mysty0]

The reality is this.. Europe and Africa once existed in cooperation with trade and commerce etc, sharing Christianity as a common theme. Then the Islamic Conquests took the North of Africa and created a Slave Army so that when Islam attacked Europe it was a Black Face the Europeans saw which came with a deep sense of betrayal. After the Ottoman Empire fell began the Scramble for Africa.. what should have been the liberation of Africa gave way to men's greed and lusts. And from that were born the Barbary Pirates, Black Muslim Pirates who harassed European Ships and later the Ships that travelled to the Americas.

[@dianedonohue9855]

Excellent learning, we could ALL use to understand. I feel proud knowing that I am part of the solution. But... You have to be taught equality and justice from your parents at an early age. " You have to be carefully taught."

[@daisy8luke]

Oh please !

[@injuryadvocates7602]

@@daisy8luke 🤔🤔🤔🤔 I'm proud to say I'm WHITE and you're on some bull💩.... just tell me your lies of how you PART OF THE SOLUTION? You know d*MN well you ain't trynna give up our privileges so stop trynna fit in..... Okkkkkk I'm listening to your solution part. I'm all 👂 E👂A👂R's

[@deeaansmeeth5829]

I knew that racism was created but I didn’t have the data. Thanks do much. I have to share your video. It brought tears to my eyes

[@1937queenie]

After I wipe my tears, I may be able to type! WOW, this was so powerful and true. This is worth sharing! Thank you

[@thomasel9171]

Oy vey, I wish you people would lead more with your head than your bleeding hearts....

[@MiniMausTruckerKee]

Jane Elliott has been saying this same thing for years. It’s truly a problem that only the creators can fix. Be human, be understanding, be accountable!

[@ehzAxemuzik]

Keona Berry, god foresaw the european coming to power and ruling the world - god knew that rule would be of a racist nature - god said the world would be ruled by LUCIFER - god works in mysterious ways!

[@RamonRamirez-qc3uh]

And about white people sacred of being the minority in the USA the new laws about abortion are exactly what she has been saying .

[@kappadarwin9476]

@@RamonRamirez-qc3uh I think it would be better if Fox News actually rein in Tucker Carson. Fear is like a flame it has to constantly be flamed to keep it alive. If Tucker Carson can stop with the fear mongering people would be less afraid.

[@amaramzk]

What’s sad is majority of you are so keen to believe anything but the damn truth. Pandering only works if you’re uninformed. This video is a lie.

[@amaramzk]

Ramon Ramirez 😂😂 oh lord, y’all just regurgitate the media and really think you sound wise. White people don’t have abortion facilities, they have fertility clinics. You should really revisit where majority of them are placed. Eugenics is what pushed abortion, and white people aren’t the ones getting the most of them. If they wanted to save their race they would be FOR abortion not against it. It’s the black babies dying in droves. Stay wise!

[@EileenPCarryEPC]

What he said! 🙇🏻‍♀️ Wow! Great talk! I hope lots of all people hear this! And every student should hear it! 👍 To disrespect one is to disrespect all!

[@Kidbrookekid]

It takes a lot of courage to speak truthfully like this.

[@lewsouth1539]

I have never understood how anyone could think that mistreating others is ever justified by their "inferiority" (whether real or not).

[@etcetera3282]

"If I'm not joining the struggle to dismantle the system that advantages me, I'm complicite."

[@WREDDONE]

I can't help as I watched him speak but to think of how personally courageous he is to approach this topic, on such a widely viewed platform, to unveil a personal view and feelings that aren't uncommon but rather just 'unspoken'. And it would also have many in his personal and occupational life that are either 'quiet' opposers or supporters which could make his life more challenging. It's known some groups of people need someone to speak for them because of either not having a voice, or are oppressed, or both. But how brave and refreshing and exemplary it is to have someone speak up for those who just WON'T. Behold, a true leader.

[@timothybuckley7317]

He's just doing the Left's apologetic routine so common in the mainstream media. Let's destroy America because she's racist. It won't work out for the good of the masses of any race. They'll wish they had America back and they won't be able to get it back.

[@MrYorickJenkins]

Sorry thats rubbish. The courageous person would be the one who gets up on that platform and says "sure race exists and whites are superior". That would require courage haha. This guy is just totally mainstream.

[@chinneynz7861]

This is sooooooo beautifully and tastefully done. If only people can listen to understand rather than get defensive and explosive. It is an uncomfortable TRUTH but remember, no GROWTH or transcendence happens in the COMFORT ZONE.

[@tinaproctor7468]

This has to be the best Ted Talk ever. I am Native American and white. I have friends of different nationality. We have more in common than we do in differences and yes I have been racially profiled myself and it hurts.

[@dianedonald7576]

Wow, I had never heard on John Biewen before. Now, I will never forget him. Thank you for sharing the truth, it is the only thing that combat a lie!

[@pureblood9477]

Your English is so broke. please stop talking

[@CarMaBear]

Damn i wish that were true for real, though. Smh

[@PeopleHealthTru]

Title topic 9:38 Radical Kendie claims a Portuguese Gomez in 1450s articulated the lie of a race as inferior. [about Africans who were sold for profit by other African tribes as slaves to Europeans.]

[@conniedoyle9226]

Listen to Thomas Sowell instead.This man's short sided ignorant righteousness makes me throw up.j

[@PeopleHealthTru]

7:18 Slav slaves. Racism history - only a few hundred years old according to this guy and radical Kendie. Apparently the Samaritans in 30 AD were not considered as dogs?

[@michaeljohn7398]

One of the best, most Intelligent Articulation of Racism I have ever heard. This is why the history of how we arrived here, regardless of whence we came is most important. Cheers from Michael. Australia.

[@steverandlejr7630]

As a 50yr old black dude, I got educated today.

[@markrossow6303]

saw Roots at school 4th grade, Department of Defense School, Frankfurt West Germany, U.S. Army kid. Curriculum suspended -- we were shown the series My Dad used to say "The Only Color in Our Army Is Green."

[@PkmnMasterHolly]

Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge!!!!!!!! Everyone on the planet needs to hear this Ted Talk!!!

[@bigwilldabeast138]

I really appreciate how you choose to use your platform. Thanks for sharing this. 🖤

[@LaughingSeraphim]

Folks like me have been decrying how false the ideology of whiteness is for decades.

[@scottearlam7447]

Is name isn't ted

[@sigifredouribe7636]

Everyone needs to “Do” this TedTalk. We’ve been seeing and hearing long enough. It’s Time!✅

[@pureblood9477]

@@sigifredouribe7636 hard pass.

[@thejokersonyou]

The way I describe it... Race didn't create slavery... Slavery created race

[@kennethconnally4356]

@Wolong Gong There's no Latin word "razza" that's Italian. Also, if what you mean by race is just prejudiced attitudes towards different groups of people, then yes, as the video explains, that's been around forever. But the specific idea that the human species is divided into biologically distinct races and that the "white race" is superior is a relatively recent idea

[@Kobiejohnson12]

Facts bruh

[@kennethconnally4356]

@Wolong Gong Did I say the word "race" didn't have a Latin origin? No. I said "razza" isn't a Latin word. It isn't. That's not opinion, it's a fact

[@thejokersonyou]

@Wolong Gong I didn't think this needed to b said... but yes... the word race did exist prior... and it had dif meanings by dif groups over dif periods of time... but wht it never meant... was that... devoid of culture, nation or region... Based on physical appearance alone... People were grouped. "French race"... Not in the same realm of how the concept of race is wielded today...

[@notbrad4873]

Race is another product of people ranking each other. Slaves are literally a product of the value ranking of people. Progressives do it too : "if you're not with me, you're not anti-racism therefore you're racist and a bad person". If you can rank order people like that, you can do anything to them.

[@L_MAO_]

Racism emerged alongside Europe's industrialization and economic prosperity following the Industrial Revolution. Europeans held the belief that their race was superior, attributing their success in industrialization and economic growth to this notion, while suggesting that other races could not achieve the same level of progress.

[@snowytyler3793]

My parents too. I was a little young for Roots but they rented Mississippi Burning when I was 12. I remember the same feeling - racism seemed far away and in the past. But it isn’t 💔

[@thomasel9171]

It is in that way...

[@xi504]

I just watched this and I wish more people would open up their minds. Thanks for sharing.

[@olsaffa7679]

What? A Portuguese white guy in the 1500's is to blame for racism and slavery? At least Google the Arab slave trade.

[@chrisdeep8417]

Open up their hearts as well because listening to this talk requires both.

[@innergrowthwithosezuahelim5275]

Thank you John, you just unveiled yourself as a truly evolving human being. GOD bless you. Keep being human, keep the evolution on, you're greatly beloved.

[@jimheidl1272]

God does not bless people that lie

[@innergrowthwithosezuahelim5275]

@@jimheidl1272 , a bit of an explanation might help direct your response, please.

[@jimheidl1272]

The popular ideas about racism in America are built on lies. He starts with "most terrorists are from the right" nice try

[@MizterMissile]

@@jimheidl1272 the fact that you have terrible self esteem, thus need to prop up White Supremacy, umm.. that doesn't make the main message of this video "Fake News". Work on ya ignorance, you'll smile more. And I'll bet you're pretty when you smile, lad.

[@George.Andrews.]

@@innergrowthwithosezuahelim5275 god does not bless people.

[@estrela3889]

Showing up "with willingness to put down this power that we did not earn." Huge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Applies to other issues as well, such as misogyny.

[@yehudabendavid1]

This is a very simplified version of what is racism. The lessons that are presented are highly charged with distorted explanations of history. The less you know about history the more simple is your reality of belief.

[@mattrussillo4587]

As a white person at 61, I have ALWAYS wondered about this. My parents were the same as yours. I was NEVER led to believe that it was right.

[@mauriceDur]

As a 68 year old black man, I was thinking about how just a few years ago I was at a cae dealership and me and an employee who was a white gentleman from our era shared a special moment with me. We talked about the music of our era, we listened to a lot of the same stations back then. KLIF in the Dallas area was tops. We remembered music like Woman by Gary Puckett, music by the Supremes, and we both bellowed a line from John Fred and his band’s Judy in Disguise. We could have been life long friends, except for the lines in the sand drawn by those who profited by our staying separated. And so I say today that we were robbed in more ways than one.

[@20chocsaday]

@@mauriceDur I'm not much older than you but I live in a smaller country. If a person's skin is any colour except totally transparent I think of the colour much as I would think of the colour of a lampshade, or any other item. I still think of the contents of a bag of skin as a person, by the way. People come in so many shades. Inside their is another person. Not me but like me. You can make friends or not so much. It's just a question of how you get along together and how the other person gets on with you.

[@annegray3352]

Thanks so much for telling the truth and sharing and just maybe this is the starting point for Americans to heal from this thing called racism.

[@janetdesmith8125]

There are those who do not want to heal because they can emotional blackmail.

[@ehzAxemuzik]

@@janetdesmith8125 i've heard some White people say that Blacks are the most racist!..of course they are referring to Blacks in the USA, because i know those saying it were not talking about Blacks in Asia, in Europe, in Africa, in Latin America..damn, these Blacks are everywhere!

[@thomasreaves588]

@@janetdesmith8125 "Blackmail" is a racist term! You should call it "whitemail", they have always done most of the extorting, wringling and extracting.

[@calundoconteal6851]

This is not the truth. What is true about simplifying humanity into categorical concepts? My mother came from communism and most of her family perished in the holocaust, and my dad, he grew up in a one room home. I am a a first generation born American in myb family, I am Jewish, I am considered White, but my family earned their livings worked very hard to make a good stab;le life for us.. I think it's downright misguided and ignorant to just conclude such a terrible trait about one specifoc group of people, and pretend that it is not found in every group. That is extreme racism, to look at people by the color opf their skin, and not the content of their character, as someon, I forgot who...said some years ago. My how we have strayed. I be;lieve instead of what this misguided man is preaching; to view all whites as responsibloe for racism, we should try to view each other as nhuman equals, no one inherintly possessing any trait because of superficial attributes. To view people as individuals, bevause I will tell you, most white peole do not see themselves as part of sopme overarching ultimate white group, but just as those living their lives, supporting their families and trying their best out there, just as anyone else.

[@janetdesmith8125]

This isn't the Truth. It's a point of view based on limited information.

[@lindseywallace4718]

Wow…. Thank you kind Man. Of the beautifully articulated, incredible educational Gift of knowledge~ Thank you for getting uncomfortable. As well as making Others, who may feel above those that are different then themselves Uncomfortable. Too much complacently in our Society. I Thank YoU for sharing and Hoping!

[@BartlettBubble]

This is great. Could have been delivered yesterday and would be even more relevant than ever.

[@winstonowen2054]

For years, I have had a hypothesis that race and racism was a construct that was invented and perpetuated as a way to assuage Christian guilt for slavery and exploitation in the colonial age. Darwin's book has the sub-title that indicated this: "the Preservation of Favoured Races." It is gratifying to hear a talk presenting the history that corroborated that theory. Thank you for sharing.

[@obeahman6286]

Would it surprise u to find out that even the christian in your "christian guilt" is manufactured? Don't take my word, just dig!

[@gingerhopkins7134]

Actually it wasn't invented to assuage Christian guilt for slavery and exploitation in the colonial age, the colonial age, slavery and explotation came about because of the desire for world power, dominance and wealth. To obtain that power required wealth they did not want to wait for or work for. They understood África contained the resources in both people and wealth. The Greco-Roman / Catholic church devised a mandate to implement this action of racism with great benefits to the Portuguese and then other remaining European countries. The decision to do this henious deed required weapons therefore they began inventions and manufacturing the war eeapons to implement the henious deed. Bottom line it was the brainchild of the Catholic church and christainity. It was the reason they devised a new testament to support the evil they were planning to implement. Yes the deed began before they actually titled themselves white people. It was a long devised, greatly thought out, well worked scheme.

[@anthonybrowne3942]

@@obeahman6286 Don't say just dig without giving some direction on where to dig. Let me help. Do you know Jesus was not a Christian? Do you also know the word Christian is mentioned in the Bible only 3 times and has nothing to do with being Christ like.

[@babagalacticus]

@@anthonybrowne3942 i'll wager that an unnerving number of people haven't a clue as to what 'faith' ieysos was born into or that the word "christ" wasn't his actual NAME (or 'jesus' in point of fact); i've personally asked a number of casual acquaintances why they wear gold or silver crosses when 'the redeemer' was crucified on a wooden cross & am usually met with a bewildered, baffled silence that then morphs into an aggrieved hostility. people don't like having their 'values' & 'faith' questioned by others when they haven't done so themselves. if you're going to question the virtue signaling & moral posturing of the blindly committed, dull witted religious horde it's best to poke it with a LONG stick from a distance.

[@babagalacticus]

@@gingerhopkins7134 you're mos def on the right track but you've left out the OTHER major player in this great historical ponzi scheme i.e., MONARCHIES, another of the great grifts perpetrated on the human race. bible, cross & SWORD, the birth of the modern corporate state. also worth mentioning that racist mechanisms & systems were used to hoodwink & gaslight the poor, 'white' working class in amerikkka; divide & conquer. there are numerous stories of how white & black worked together during the reconstruction period only to be smashed underfoot by sinister, cynical forces. think..."birth of a nation", confederate statuary, UNION busting, "the company store", jim crow, blackface & minstrelsy, "the wrong side of the tracks", redlining..... there's a thru line because it's ALL of a piece. and it's ALWAYS been 1 step forward, 3 steps back; 2 steps forward, 6 steps back. it doesn't help that there are 50 states like 50 little countries each teaching amerikan 'history' differently.

[@bbrosser694]

Wow! Thank you for sharing "new" and truthful details about all of our beginnings. Since, I am African American, of course I want immediate solutions that will create new and better results after many years of wrongs that have continued with each passing day.

[@tracesprite6078]

It is so depressing that racism continues. Racism is ugly. Racism undermines the standing of a nation. Racism is embarrassing. It shouldn't happen.

[@Steelosick]

This dude killed the game. Just incredible and insightful.

[@gnapsack1459]

ive called out all injustices since as long as i can remember. i recognized racism at 4 years of age and was disturbed by the concept

[@marlenemaymay128]

Thank you. Racism has always been and continues to be about the money. And yes white people need stand against it and dismantle it. You are right. It’s not about guilt. The system isn’t inherent which means it can change. We can change it.

[@hamnchee]

What about the system needs to change?

[@123richza]

give us an example of a law in the US "system" that is racist? one example of systemic racism in the USA.

[@alpacamegapint]

Change is outside the narrative revenue for the indoctrinated culture that has been running the current farce for a political system.

[@tfustudios]

Can you describe the 'system'?

[@hamnchee]

@@tfustudios No, they can't. I've been asking everyone.

[@JB-vb6dh]

I like that he gave credit to Ibram Kendi for giving him this information on Portuguese origins of African racism.

[@jcfink9468]

Excellent. Thank you. I appreciate the knowledge and understanding. Information is powerful and I appreciate the help.

[@MsAnthony211]

Wow! The most well discussed story I have heard in a while.