Understanding Our Roots - White Supremacy is More Than the KKK | hephzibah v. strmic-pawl | TEDxWCC

Several strong experiences with the complexities of race as a child led hephzibah to wanting to escape these problems by becoming a business major and 'marrying well'. As she embarked on that path she found that solution incomplete and unfulfilling and so move into studying economics and sociology. Since then, she has developed an understanding of how White Privilege and White Supremacy shaped the structures not only of her childhood, but also of our country.
Dr. hephzibah v. strmic-pawl is a sociologist who specializes in the study of race and contemporary racial inequality, and has a focus on American multiracialism. She is the author of the book Multiracialism and Its Discontents: A Comparative Analysis of Asian-White and Black-White Multiracials and co-editor of the reader Race and Ethnicity: Constancy in Change. In addition to her research on multiracialism, she is invested in the pedagogy of race and is beginning new work on gentrification. Dr. strmic-pawl is also the founder of the campaign to create a holiday in honor of the Civil Rights Movement activist, Ella Baker (www.supportellabakerday.com). She is currently an assistant professor at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York and resides in Brooklyn.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@aDogNamedCat714underdog-o7g]

If one doesn’t learn from one’s past, then one is likely to repeat it. Our past is just as she’s described, and we have not learned from it yet. Let’s hope that we learn to do better now that we know better.

[@carlmaher6667]

The insight of this person is stupefying. I await her further well researched bombshells.

[@nicoleross279]

And where’s your research carl

[@pomegranate6221]

​@@nicoleross279 Seriously??? She actually used band aids as her research!

[@matthewsrixner8981]

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[@Antydemokrata]

JEWS JEWS JEWS

[@luisvelez5695]

My Puerto Rican Air force friend was a white Puerto Rican and me a brown Puerto Rican. he knew his power and would lead the way in situations where his white skin would get some benefit for me. Anglo Saxon culture will not do that

[@leomarkaable1]

When I see different races, I see the power of the Sun and the natural environment. Whoever derived that this natural feature of life on Earth is a social construction should get out more.

[@AJ-qi5tm]

One of the most important and significant talks of this century. Breathtaking clarity and truth to power. All white people need to hear this ✊🏾

[@pacosuavey4510]

All white people have heard it, everyday for the past 20 years from multiple media outlets, public schools and universities. They typically don't believe the answer to everything including the reason the sky is blue is based off of their collective hate that is so interwoven in American consciousness that they themselves arent even aware of.

[@lemmh2]

No. They don't. More gaslighting propaganda by Marxists in an attempt to overthrow a nation through a fake "racial" struggle because their class struggle propaganda didn't work.

[@genkisudo5999]

👏

[@wedoalittletrolling5673]

🐒

[@bleeone]

As far as being an example of post modern neoMarxism disguising itself as civil rights to dismantle western ideals goes… it’s worth a listen.

[@tkennedy2000]

Thank you Dr. Strmic-Pawl! I just bought my second copy of your book! It'll make a great gift for my social worker sister.

[@leaveblank6542]

Tory Kennedy unfortunately she doing something you obviously can not!! LIKE STAND UP FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN. THIS IS SOMETHING POSITIVE BY THE WAY🤓🤓🤯

[@charliemcmillin1066]

What happens to merit in your society. The only thing that counts in your society is affirmative action.

[@ezrazentor7725]

Well 400 years of slavery them neo slavery and colonization what you fail to understand is the effects that dont just go away of slavery that's also why your mom is on the corner for 5 dollars

[@1456dockbuilder]

No , I am an individual .

[@polarbianarchy3333]

You keep thinking that darling... So cute

[@luisvelez5695]

She is one in a million , one white person who can live in another reality compared to the million who can not or will not do that

[@Ariapeithes_]

Dr. Hephzibah was it? Yeah... sounds about right...

[@rainbowdogmadiSHORTYS]

What PRIVILEGE is sponge Bob bandaids?

[@teaganodeorain2454]

she meant the ones called skin tone bandaids not all of them lol.

[@tracybarbee5361]

Wonder where she gets these numbers? Does the environment, neighborhood, community and other factors not took into consideration? No disrespect, yet if you would have stayed in chicago would your view be different, i am not part of that we group on all levels.

[@nicoleross279]

@@tracybarbee5361 maybe go get a degree in sociology focused in racism and maybe you might have a clue

[@ohcamnam9383]

This is why they don't want CRT taught .

[@xenomar9417]

CRT is at best a history revision.

[@ezrazentor7725]

@@xenomar9417 how

[@polarbianarchy3333]

They are ashamed of how we speak of tveir past. Hpwever, it is our shared past and learning how to shape new relationships with new knowledge is how human evolution works. We are evolving in our understanding of ourselves and our place in the eorld snd with each other, of course we are going to over turn past ideas... Hunan identity is connected to our ideas and how tvey are attracted by cultural/marketing tradition. So, applying the knowledge is met with Supreme resistance.

[@brittanyhayes1043]

@@polarbianarchy3333 Or ypu can let live.

[@polarbianarchy3333]

@@brittanyhayes1043 I look around and Vises tgat is not an option... Incarceration of tve iicent, kids in cages, mass muder, police ganga, get real... Let live? R u visiting from mars?

[@Galimah]

i want to live under the rule of Colossus-Guardian

[@WhiteSpookShow]

Where does she work? She should be fired for being racist

[@matthewbracchitta2821]

Ya she a teacher at my school she's terrible

[@josephscaduto9971]

I had her as my sociology professor this past spring semester and I did not like taking her class.

[@leaveblank6542]

WhiteSpookShow unfortunately she doing something you obviously can not!! LIKE STAND UP FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN. THIS IS SOMETHING POSITIVE BY THE WAY🤓🤓🤯

[@claudiusthebringerofrain9813]

@@josephscaduto9971 Why?

[@claudiusthebringerofrain9813]

Its clear you don't know what racism is according to your comment.

mudshark gonna give a speech about how im the bad guy

[@TheLily97232]

I guess many didn't listen ? She's basically repeating facts why are you mad lol

[@theengineer70]

ok, i watched this with the intention of opening up to different views. good to see i was not the only one who walked away unimpressed. the narrow point of view presented with poor support and referencing, very poorly done. she should be presented opposite jordan peterson, for contrast.

[@leaveblank6542]

theengineer70 unfortunately she doing something you obviously can not!! LIKE STAND UP FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN. THIS IS SOMETHING POSITIVE BY THE WAY🤓🤓🤯

[@dennisseaborn5926]

I really like Jordan Peterson the best. He clearly explains way better.

[@nicoleross279]

Clearly you were not open to views because it was “good to see” your current views aligned with others. Nice try, or actually maybe try harder next time

[@theengineer70]

@@nicoleross279 suggest you read "how to win friends and influence people"

[@Jburg15]

@@nicoleross279 He said he was glad to see he wasn’t the only one unimpressed. Everyone likes to feel validated for the feelings they are having. I too was open minded, which is why I watched the video to begin with. It just wasn’t that good of a talk. It’s the only ted talk I’ve ever watched that I couldn’t make it through to the end.

[@lemonlimelukey]

and her definition of it doesnt even come close to the extent of its range of operation.

[@viserpentine9741]

This part.

[@beenz07]

Stop trying to redefine language. No one but social justice warriors and the like, muddy the waters with this kind of newspeak. You can talk about "racism" as codified in laws at the beginning of this country's current government, but the second you try and cast the entire modern society as "racist" is the second "racism" becomes meaningless. If you want to talk about disparate outcomes for minorities, fine, but unless you have hard data showing that the reason for those outcomes is directly stemming from implicit biases, or laws that are themselves discriminatory. By analogy, the "pay gap" is not an example of sexism or patriarchy (the structural racism of sexism), unless it exists for reasons other than women choosing jobs that pay less. If you have hard data on the links between implicit bias and negative outcomes as far employment, stop burying the lead; start with those. This TED talk lacks anything beyond middle school history class.

[@beenz07]

I had to read your comment in my notifications. Ted Talks are typically little more than infotainment. More importantly, unless she made the specific claims I spoke about as being relevant, hers is an uninteresting historical account, not sociology, or better hard science. Since these words carry a lot of power, confusing their meaning is a terrible thing to do. Racism can be both used to describe disparate outcomes and alternatively, some level of animus and bias, but choosing to do so is stupid. "racism" is inadequate for the account of things like social outcomes, because of how variable laden such outcomes are and because of how charged the word is. Adding "systemic" has turned it into an unfalsifiable conspiracy theory.

[@Mendels16]

CAPITALISM OFFERS EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY NOT EQUALITY OF OUTCOME.

[@leaveblank6542]

EverydaySkeptic unfortunately she doing something you obviously can not!! LIKE STAND UP FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN. THIS IS SOMETHING POSITIVE BY THE WAY🤓🤓🤯

[@tcetin9111]

@@leaveblank6542 unfortunately, you don’t have a good comeback.

[@nicoleross279]

@@tcetin9111 and unfortunately you just piggy back

[@waltporter7707]

Excellent

[@jamilleriggs7314]

She read Dr.Frances Cress Welsing book The Isis papers.

[@Jburg15]

I could not get through this talk. Was this meant for children? Yeah, racism is terrible. I've known the horrors of racism ever since I was in grade school when we watched "Cry, The Beloved Country." That movie took place in South Africa not the U.S by the way. This is not an American- white people problem. It's a world problem that has existed throughout history.

[@sebulbasss]

what's your point?

[@nick31111111]

Listen to my objective opinion based on my subjective background.

[@woodcutta6461]

Please, please, please, please, stop saying "right" after every statement you make?

[@fullthrottlealways]

It’s the liberal way of inferring they have a higher level of understanding. A translation might be: ‘...Blah blah blah, right’ ? ‘....Blah blah blah, I am right and don’t argue’....

[@leaveblank6542]

Woodcutta unfortunately she doing something you obviously can not!! LIKE STAND UP FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN. THIS IS SOMETHING POSITIVE BY THE WAY🤓🤓🤯

[@AnthonyL0401]

0:50 Makes no sense... "the less you don't want to be talking about racism, the more we should" Do you mean, the less you DO want to talk about it, the more we should talk about it?

[@nicoleross279]

She’s saying if you’re uncomfortable talking about it, that’s a problem

[@pomegranate6221]

She's a professor? 😮 No wonder the universities are falling apart!

[@jonathanwhite7966]

Well, I certainly feel dumber listening to this "professor"

[@brittanyhayes1043]

Attention white people. Love your whiteness, be proud to be white, be proud of your heritage, do not be ashamed of your skin color. Help burst a Liberals vain.

[@sebulbasss]

you have issues.

[@brittanyhayes1043]

@@sebulbasss the Woke have issues

[@herbertrodriquez6456]

Typical White Supremacists.

[@GMSjk777]

Amen.

[@leaveblank6542]

Love that OUTFIT

[@thecelt471]

Boring wokeness.

[@ohcamnam9383]

Boring or not! It's facts 💯

[@thecelt471]

@@ohcamnam9383 woke facts=lies.

[@Kain_R_Heinlein]

It's intentional ✡ subversion against their white enemies. Even worse

[@bro2thenite]

BOOOOOOOOO

[@leaveblank6542]

T Milsap unfortunately she doing something you obviously can not!! LIKE STAND UP FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN. THIS IS SOMETHING POSITIVE BY THE WAY🤓🤓🤯

[@nativeb.9718]

KKK only dislikes this video

[@Drankovich]

@Native B. You listen to daryl davis on that

[@elsieshinn2806]

A lot of good points made, but listening to her voice and manner of speaking is a bit painful. Also, while her point about the Founding Father's is a good attempt, it's a broad brush which ignores John Adams who was against slavery and more important to the creation of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution than most people realize.

[@leaveblank6542]

Elsie Shinn unfortunately she doing something you obviously can not!! LIKE STAND UP FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN. THIS IS SOMETHING POSITIVE BY THE WAY🤓🤓🤯

[@nicoleross279]

Is John Adam’s at MT Rushmore? And why don’t our school systems teach our students the truth vs white washed education? They could be truthful that our founding fathers owned slaves, and because John Adam’s was one guy, she can still use the term as a whole because of a majority

[@carolines6195]

That was a good dummy guide ,broken down nicely.

[@Danoftheconda]

It's class and not race. That's all.

[@ezrazentor7725]

That's not true that it

[@Danoftheconda]

@@ezrazentor7725 I disagree. Thomas Sowell has written pretty extensively about it

[@Danoftheconda]

@@ezrazentor7725 and its perfectly okay for us to not agree dude 👍

[@brandonwadeisfly]

Weird how racism doesn’t seem to effect Nigerian immigrants . They are killing it doing well over the US average in income. Also we did not steal slaves . They were mearly sold . Facts are important if you are going to speaking to a group of people