Walter E Williams - How Much Can We Blame On Slavery?

[@stratocaster1986able]

Black intellectuals need to get more air time than hip hop stars and rappers. End of chat.

[@eze4life100]

Not Gonna Even Happen. The Media is used to support the negative image associated with anything, but in this case black people.

[@lukecage9836]

Intellectuals like Williams and Sowell yes! Get rid of the current so called black intellectuals like Marc Lamont Hill, Cornell West, Eric Dyson, and Henry Louis Gates though. Grown ass SJWs.

[@tenhirankei]

Black intellectuals are less if a friend to the media that doles out air time. How many of these interviews aired have taken place since 2001?

[@paradox5672]

MarcusAurelius all intelligence needs more air time.

[@harvey_birdman]

[@vijaynair2403]

Walter Williams once joked to Thomas Sowell that they shouldn’t fly in a plane at the same time, since they were the only two black men who had similar ideas.

[@sichere]

Still sadly true to this day. and these men have far more to offer than the religious indoctrination of MC's Malcom X and MLK, who are long gone and unfortunately seem far more revered.

[@stevenz6658]

@@sichere Malcolm X is sadly revered? Stupidest comment I've read this week. Malcolm X's train of though is along the same line of Walter William's and Thomas Sowell's. You should readmmore about him before you critique him.

[@sichere]

@@stevenz6658 Did you read the comment properly ? Walter was able to mature, unlike Malcom X. Walter and Thomas protect their First Amendment from the dangerous Second Amendment. Put another book on the fire !

[@stevenz6658]

@@sichere What, Malcom X was unable to mature? Before his assassination, he had changed tremendously as a person and changes his mind about a lot of his positions. What things specifically do you disagree with Malcom X on?

[@sichere]

@@stevenz6658 Mature people know hat.Religion and Politics is never a good combination. Does anyone want to read Das Bibital anymore ?

[@richrockefeller3331]

The great, Walter E. Williams. Rest in peace great man. You are genuinely missed.

[@Trump145]

He sure will be missed I remember something he said before he died he said he hoped that the day he died that he had taught someone something in the classroom

[@georgecorrea8530]

Love listening to Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell. They are bright, calm, and cool. Well informed intellectuals possessing common sense, rationality and logic.

[@sterlingferguson1704]

A lot of problems about the blacks can be blamed on slavery and Jim Crow and make no doubt about it.

[@ExtremelyRightWing]

@@sterlingferguson1704 amongst a whole lot of other issues

[@jonathanfarley2023]

Walter Williams is a typical cowardly liar. I was libeled by him. The only "logic" is that when you say what your masters want you to say, you get promoted.

[@notforsale5967]

@@sterlingferguson1704 get over it and move on. Even Slavs did better and we were slaves for thousand years.

[@thomasreaves588]

@@notforsale5967 Slav were not slaves for thousands of years, you are confused.

[@colinsdrawings8523]

It's nice to see two intellectuals have an honest and civil discussion about slavery

[@joetheplumber2970]

I only saw one great intellectual, Mr. Walter E. Williams. The other IMO was in it for a living, a job and when you do that, well you gotta keep the beast that feeds you, going and going and going.

[@nicholasjoost5111]

This man and Tom Sowell are awesome

[@ERICGRIMEY1]

thomas sowell is brilliant as well

[@bobbygrenwald1078]

+ERICGRIMEY1 Also Thomas Sowell

[@ERICGRIMEY1]

+Bobby Grenwald indeed

[@celaeno919]

So are Larry Elder and Jason Riley

[@fyufiy4703]

@@celaeno919 who is jason riley

[@MrBudcole]

I met Walter Williams in Chicago in 1993. I knew nothing about him before meeting him. He was a keynote speaker for a rally for Alan Keyes. After the event, I was literally getting a cup of coffee, and grabbing some desserts from the buffet. He walked up behind me and said, jokingly "leave some of those for the rest of us..." I turned, laughed, and shook his hand. We spoke about superficial things for a few moments, and then he told me he would be hosting the Rush Limbaugh program while Rush was on vacation. I tuned in, and INSTANTLY became a fan of this man. I wasn't a huge Rush fan, but - if you are/were - you'll remember the episode I'm about to describe. Williams was talking about private property, and during this program, he said: "If I purchase a home - and I own it - then I have the right to burn it to the ground. It's mine. I can purchase a home just to watch it burn so long as I don't put my neighbors in any danger." I was a Williams fan from then until the time of his passing!

[@africkinamerican]

I became a fan while hearing him sub for Rush back then too. I was in the Chicago suburbs listening on WLS

[@Kraquerman]

Walter is a wise human being and his words should be respected among all peoples.

[@stephenevans7574]

Williams, Sowell, Elder, and Owens are collectively more connected to truth and offer the greatest benefit to blacks for it.

[@juanfelipe8484]

Stephen Evans I would add Shelby steel as well

[@Antonio-784]

Followed Larry Elder for years, such a clear thinker.

[@moonlightknight3342]

I wouldn't put Owen's on this list

[@juanfelipe8484]

Isaiah Crishom I only put her on there not as an intellectual like sowell, but as a leader and strong voice for Conservatism

[@everydaylifewithtaboo6698]

@@moonlightknight3342 Thank you she's a grifter

[@RiNSpy]

This used to be on TV? I feel like the level of political discussion has gone way downhill over in the US over the last decades.

[@VAswang]

***** I agree. Regardless of one's political persuasion, it is a shame the way the political discourse in this country has devolved.

[@bammam2361]

It certainly has. Democrats have been very successful at dumbing down America.

[@VAswang]

Bam Mam Ever heard of Fox News?

[@MurderousJohnny]

***** It's because of ratings. I forget the News man's name but there was this guy who started adding his personality to interviews and give his opinion a few decades ago. Before news interviewers would generally just shut the fuck up; there where no interviewers like Bill O'reily,etc. Before News Interviewers where expected to be stoney faced, ask questions and mediate, that's it. But once this guy starting making ratings by adding his personality news teams realized that people where more interested in drama instead actually listening to people. The movie "the legend of ron Jeremy 2" is actually pretty close to what happened in real life. If you look it up I'm sure you'll find info about it . I don't remember details cause I learned about it years ago.

[@ThePorkchop1787]

+RiNSpy This was on C-SPAN and not main stream media. You can still find discussions like this on C-SPAN all the time.

[@Wubby805]

Although this is from the '80s, it's refreshing to see two intelligent men discussing a sensitive, race filled topic without yelling, hurling epithets or storming out of the room.

[@blackened872]

“But I’d be interested to find out what we can blame on slavery.” Best quote at the end

[@bobshenix]

Lol

[@sydneymurray9974]

What kinda time you got? Such an ignorant and fact excluding assertion. Even knowledge of the history of organized police force negates this...as do a plethora of OTHER black intellectuals. This choice simply furthers a non black agenda through the lens of a biased political ideology.

[@omalone1169]

​@@bobshenixRonald Walters? Japanese don't even have political power.

[@AXZJ104]

The lack of; A cohesive positive culture, language and religion. Can be blamed on slavery which was negative and destructive.

[@buckfan1969]

Williams makes a very telling remark here, when he points out that 90 years ago 85% of blacks were raised in a two-parent family. The black % of 2 parent homes was higher than the whites' through the 1950 census. What has changed? Discrimination was institutionalized in the first half of the 20th century. Since then we've had the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Affirmative Action, and entitlement systems designed to dis-incent the recipient from working. The welfare as designed is makes it not rational for a single mother to go into the work force; she loses her benefits, has to find child care, and takes a minimum wage job. In the end she has less than if she stays home and raises her kids. What rational person would do that? Between the entitlement systems and the drug/gang problem that has developed over the last 50 years, it is harder now than ever for a black kid to work his way out of the ghetto. I've spent 45 years working in those areas and I've seen the change. In the 1950's the black teen unemployment rate was nearly the same as the white teen; today it's over 5 times higher. The slavery legacy didn't cause those changes; it was the destruction of the family unit with the insidious entitlement system and the drug culture which promised riches to under-privileged, under-educated, and un-supervised kids. Fix the entitlement system to give them an incentive to get into the work force, and move up the economic ladder. Fix the schools. Stop rewarding out of wedlock births with increased benefits. Then things will get better. These people are making the rational economic decision for themselves, and who can blame them? Economics is based on the premise that people will make the rational economic decision for themselves. Williams and Sowell understand that. I wish millions of others could.

[@raycalhoun2849]

I have heard Thomas and Sowell both talk about if only the families were intact, together that some of the Social down turns wouldn't be happening, which has some truth to it, but what about economic they're both economist??? But to dismiss 240years of Bipartisan Government sanctioned chattel slavery with accrued trauma(No Reparations No Redress). To dismiss 10years of failed reconstruction sabotaged by a Bipartisan Government, with backroom political deals. To dismiss 100 more years of Bipartisan Government sanctioned Black Code Laws aka Jim Crow aka Economic and Political Genocide with lynchings and Peonage and Burning Down Black Communities with Redlining which destroyed generational black wealth with accrued disadvantage and more trauma is not telling the whole American Descendants of Slavery family story of economic and politics in the Nation they built. If racist white supremacis with racist Bipartisan Government would've left Blackfolks alone there's no telling where Blackfolks and this Nation would be??? Willington,N.C. Rosewood,FL 1906 Atlanta, Ga. Tulsa,OK. And many more Black communities Burn Down, if these and many other cities hadn't been burn down. When our Black College Graduates come out of college with plugs they would've had outlets to plug into and they wouldn't have to go to whitefolks for nothing, but these Cities were burn down with No Reparations No Redress. Just like the end of slavery No land No money No animals No tools free to starvation and exposure and death. There's one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on, No Reparations No Redress for what this Nation has done to the Slaves and their Descendants for Generations. Like Thomas and Sowell say. it was and is the Democrats socialism try programs and Blackfolks fault the reason Blackfolks are in the condition they find themselves today and not Racist White Supremacy and a Bipartisan Racist White Supremacy Government with Laws and Policies for Generations.

[@uploadvidz4490]

@@raycalhoun2849 Reparations are always paid to people who are alive to receive them. I'm in support of the idea of reparations for the sake of justice, but practically I have to admit it's a bad idea. I mean, there's no guarantee whatsoever that reparations could cure the detrimental social patterns that Black ppl adhere to today. When you consider that the end of slavery and reconstruction happened right at the start of the 20th Century--a century of accelerated global growth during which the USA became a notable superpower--it was providential that Black people were able to seize the opportunities that the times provided. It just so happens that the MO of racism was alive and well and presented obvious obstacles to thorough Black progress, but even those were drastically diminished by federal legislations. with those things considered, what remains is what Williams discusses, the welfare state that has socially set back not just Black people, but all Americans.

[@Thaprince9]

You forgot about 3rd wave Feminism

[@markjulianoriginalhooli2217]

Don't forget the hart-cellar act of 1965 that has opened our borders and running blacks out of their neighborhoods

[@miamivlad]

Perfectly said Buckfan1969!!! The destructive government policies are to blame, not slavery.

[@bloke_19xx33]

RIP Dr Williams. You were my favorite guest-host on the Rush Limbaugh show.

[@majorramsey3k]

"...we're entering the year 2000, are they going to continue to use the slavery issue forever?" It's 2015 now so yes, yes they will. Not all, but yes.

[@majorramsey3k]

***** That's the best you got?

[@majorramsey3k]

***** That's more of a lateral move from racist, Bridgekeeper.

[@majorramsey3k]

***** Who said I was white?

[@bammam2361]

And it's pathetic! You would think they would grow tired of being poor and ignorant!

[@torlumnitor8230]

+Bam Mam It's not as simple as getting tired of it. I may get tired of warfare but i cannot simply rid humans of their animal nature.

[@donnete9839]

@4:34 "I think too much of our focus is on discrimination and the heritage of slavery as opposed to how are we going to cope with the immediate problems that we face in our communities today."

[@izzyabby123ok]

It turns out electing black-skinned people to powerful political positions has made no difference in poverty rates, neighborhood safety, out-of-wedlock marriage, high school dropout rates, single-parent families, employment rates, and on and on. Walter Williams was a star 💫 intellect and will be forever missed. 😎🇺🇸👌

[@Agwings1960]

Thomas Sowell has said, no group has ever come to economic dominance through political power alone.

[@STScott-qo4pw]

he never met feminists

[@estebansteverincon7117]

We _have_ 'dealt with' slavery in the United States: _we abolished it._

[@monsterhunter445]

Except penal servitiude. But yes but I think you also have to understand that slavery being abolished didn't just put blacks on equal footing after all wealth is definetly genrational. If you were born in a white family you have the advantage of not being born into slavery or facing discrimation which are barriers to improving. Yes working hard is always good but lets not forget we had a system that systematically held a certain group of people (race in this case and black specifcally). I think Mr. Williams asserstion it doesn't have a play is kind of downlplaying slavery even if I agree we can't just undo the sin of the past. While I will agree problems may not all attribute to slavery like single mothers. Single mothers doesn't necesarilly mean more poverty the divorce rate increased after it became more cultuarlly acceptable to do so. Especially when this country realized maybe I should divorce my abusive spouse. The culture was keeping people married when inreality some people were unhappy with their choices. This was the first wave of femnism. I don't see anything wrong with that.

[@estebansteverincon7117]

@Alfamale63 Yes sir. Whites get killed by cops more than blacks do: www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/ I'm not white, so you do your research before you speak, Mr Clueless Tee.

[@rlj7647]

@Alfamale63 at what point do black people own their share of the problem? Current problems with 'systemic racism ' occur in cities run progressives , many of them black.

[@kcactualmatters612]

@Alfamale63 And when are black people finally responsible for their own situation? When do you finally take it like a man, and fix your situation. Let me tell you this, people with emotional issues, or lack of emotional control, have to control the behavior of others. Think about that a bit.

[@A-M4]

Were reparations ever given to remedy this?

[@danielsoares3737]

I love Walter Williams. What a great and honest free thinker.

[@inveca]

in his aptly named autobiography, booker t washington details how he, though born a slave, was able to eventually become the provost of tuskeegee. through hard work, he was able to put himself and even his brother through school. though blacks have had setbacks (slavery, jim crow, etc) it is my opinion that there are relatively few reasons why a black person today should not have a measure of success. if a former slave can do it, so can they. (from BTW's book, 'working with the hands': "...i beg to say that in my judgment the whole problem of the future of my race hinges largely upon the question: to what extent will the negro, when given a chance, help himself, and make himself indispensable to the community in which he lives?")

[@paulspinosa2546]

thomas perez Love it! Well said.

[@dannygillmusic]

Truth

[@monsterhunter445]

Slavery, jim crow, etc are not natural things and could have been prevented. Let's say you and a friend were doing a race and you happened to have your leg cut off because you are black. But you end up winning because you worked twice is not fair to criticise the action of holding you back even though you could face adversity which is fine and dandy. So why can't that be applied to institutional racism. Denying black people loans was a huge factor in creating the wealth disparity between the races in America. A white family could save to get a loan buy a houe. A black person may find a bank that is nice not discriminate. Now fast forward if a bank could discriminate he wouldn't leggaly be allowed to. So you could say that law is beneficial after all screw the free market denying someone a product based on some facto they can't control is ridicilous.

[@weignerleigner3037]

@@monsterhunter445 discrimination and slavery are naturally occurring things you see it throughout all human history and even across the animal kingdom you have hierarchies. Ants are literally all slaves to the queen as are bees. It’s interesting you start your history in North America during slavery and don’t go back earlier. The race analogy makes no sense because it pretends that there was a race to begin with. There is no race. There are individuals making choices and decisions. The problem with slavery being the root cause of all issues pertaining to black people is that by default according to your logic any group throughout history that was put in similar circumstances should have had similar results. And while you do find that on occasion, you find many groups who didn’t have the same results. British isles were conquered by rome and the people were subjugated yet when the Romans left the British isles actually started to do better than pre Roman times. Mostly from the fact they got all the benefits of sharing the system rome created. Same with the Irish. Same with European Jews., Chinese immigrants. The Spanish before they were an empire were being conquered by the Islamic caliphates. There’s no evidence that oppression causes perpetual poverty. White people did not start off with ships and guns and intelligence if you are making a race analogy then blacks had the head start over everyone since everyone came from people who originated out of Africa. So by your analogy basically blacks had a massive head start, whites caught up, tripped them, then got ahead by quite a margin. Like I said I don’t like analogies because you can bend the truth to suit whatever analogy your making. But the idea the treatment wasn’t “fair” or “unnatural” or “preventable” is a lie. History is what it is you can’t go back and cherry pick or play Monday morning quarterback.

[@bbeaum1]

"In 1925 in Harlem 85 percent of the black kids lived in two parent families; today you'll find 30 percent if you're lucky." Walter Williams - George Mason University 7:40

[@60knightsix]

I have the greatest respect for Walter Williams...his is a keen and educated mind. I came into this world off the living room couch of our house and that birth came without title, position, convenience or wealth...raised in retched poverty in an area of poor Black, Hispanic, and White people. A great lesson of my life was that when no one has anything more than the other, we all get along just fine. My mother can trace her name back to 1746 with entries in the European Lutheran Church. We have never owned anyone at any time. I absolutely refuse to accept any guilt trip attempt by any individual regardless of race concerning any aspect of slavery in the United States. There in no human being in existence today physically affected by events of +150 years ago and "Woe is me" for any reason is not an acceptable position to take in the cause of personal advancement in the world we know today. The 100% solution is education, persistence, and determination. And how is the black community embracing any of that when 70% of all black children born in the U.S. right now come into this world without a father? I owe nothing to any man or organization beyond the family I brought into this world and their success. The United States of American offers OPPORTUNITY to grow and advance to anyone willing to work for such, and those thinking otherwise populate our prisons via 'game the system' attempts with drugs and violence. My favorite quote comes from our 30th President, John Calvin Coolidge Jr. concerning "Persistence." "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." True words then in 1923 and just as true now for any person in the United States regardless of their race to aspire by in climbing the ladder of success.

[@migueldeannadodge4824]

Wonderful and inspiring! THIS is the message we need to send all youth today, especially our black youth. I also know of the power of persistence.

[@pinchebruha405]

Excellent story should be carved into community libraries everywhere!

[@williamparrish2436]

How come white people get to speak so HIGHLY of how effective the Founding Fathers were at creating America? And the impact there decisions still have on everyone's lives? No one bats an eye. But if you say slavery still has an impact they look at you like you have 3 heads? You can't pick and chose when history is important and when its not.

[@KennethSee]

"Are they going to continue using this slavery thing forever?" *looks around 2020* Unfortunately, yes. They will.

[@gerrimcgrath6878]

Kenneth See No one alive right now owns a slave and no one alive today is a slave!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@KennethSee]

@@gerrimcgrath6878 I agree that chattel slavery is no more. However, law enforcement data suggests that sex slavery is still a wide spread international problem. Most concerning is that it mainly involves children. However, yes, chattel slavery no longer exists in the US.

[@anthoneykarimbey6156]

Pale people are funny. Did you forget how long it took for whites to become civilized after they were enslaved. It took so damn long ,that the pale people in power keep that history secret at all costs

[@Crow44195]

@@anthoneykarimbey6156 There is no secret club keeping anything secret. Black Americans are free, they just haven't learned to be free.

[@alixhanes7474]

I agree that no one alive today is responsible for slavery. What I would like to draw attention to though is post slavery recovery for blacks. The physical chains were taken off but the psychological effects bleed through the generations. There was no remedy for the autrocities perpetrated. The only group of people who went through such autrocities and didnt receive reparations. Then they go through jim crow, segregation, red lining, lynching of black leaders, cia involved crack epidemic amongst many other set backs. Now it's a downward spiral resulting from these events. So my point is that they try to make it seem as though blacks went from slavery to having a total fair shake. When you see adults yelling racial slurs at a young girl like ruby bridges just for going to a white school then you know there is an uneven power dynamic. When you see what happened in Levittown to william and daisy myers who just sought to have a nice house that so happened to be in an all white neighborhood then it is clear there is no fair shake. So to point out a predicament without asking why is ignorant in itself. History tells their story. Crime is a symptom of poverty and when the government exploits that condition to only make it worse then you get what's happening in present day. Sure it isn't a total direct result of slavery but there is no denying that what happened post slavery has morphed into what you see today. Broken family dynamic, crime, ignorance, and so on.

[@craig-michaelkierce1366]

Walter E. Williams was a brilliant, well spoken man that revealed the truth. He was also an engagingly funny, natural storyteller, as he dispensed wisdom. We are quite lucky to have benefitted from his insight, for as long as we did. Many blessings on Mr. Williams, and his family....

[@feroxlara21]

"Haha outside of the volume of racism in those remarks..." -Ronald Walters (after the first caller) Hahah he handled that well. Composed and precise. Beautiful.

[@pretorious700]

Yes, it's all about racism, isn't it?......I am so sick of mordant stupidity. You care more about verbally trumping someone else than a legitimate discussion. You are part of the problem.

[@feroxlara21]

Are you talking to me?

[@ejerciciofuncional3277]

feroxlara21 I have yet to find the racism on those remarks.

[@feroxlara21]

Ejercicio Funcional Haha the Caller was pretty racist... albeit unintentional. But I didn't quote it for that, I quote it to show Ronald Walter's composure and tact.

[@magazin9000]

pretorious

[@GeneralG1810]

WOW bet they'll never play this interview in a US college

[@Mr._Moderate]

They can and probably have already since it's dated. The perspective of your comment does reveal a bit of insecurity 🤔

[@GeneralG1810]

@@Mr._Moderate Or maybe like everyone else I'm sick and tired of entitled black people who attend a nice college, have the latest smart phone, drive a nice car and wearing the latest fashion telling me how oppressed they are!

[@hellavadeal]

I had ancestors die in this country freeing slaves. Why should I feel guilty? This is a great country.

[@jamessparks5966]

No one should feel guilty for slavery. We're not responsible for the sins of our fathers.

[@Tigerex966]

you should not, even those who ancestors had slaves should not. now their ancestors should. Just treat everyone fairly.

[@demiakinleye-abraham6990]

Not tryna blame just want you to acknowledge 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@jamessparks5966]

@@demiakinleye-abraham6990, acknowledge what?

[@demiakinleye-abraham6990]

James Sparks acknowledge that yt ppl have done wrong to black ppl and haven’t fixed the issue yet

[@feroxlara21]

A Damned intellectual debate... beautiful. This is simply an excerpt from the tail end. Ronald Walters: "If at one time in the history of this country blacks had ever been equal and then gone down hill, I think we could make the argument that slavery would've had nothing to do with it. What we have faced, historically, is a situation where we have never had the resources to catch up, because of slavery. We have never had an equal status in any measure that you can formulate, because of that condition, because we started late and we were kept back late. I don't understand how an academic can sit here and say that slavery had nothing to do with it today." Walter E. Williams: "No, what I'm saying is that so far this year in Washington D.C 70 blacks have been killed. 8,000 will be murdered this year, more than in the entire Vietnam war. Now what I want to know is how can that be explained by slavery." Ronald Walters: "That is far different. That particular cause is far different than saying that we can blame everything on slavery. I don;t think anybody, any responsible academic, who uses slavery as a basis can blame everything on it." Walter E. Williams: "But I'd be interested to find out what we can blame on slavery."

[@100marymich]

feroxlara21 - Walter Williams is One of the Greatest and Wisest Mentors that I Truly Honor and Hold Dear.

[@pretorious700]

Total bullshit, and typical of the professional victimhood of modern blacks.....boo hoo, slavery, we can't overcome our past, slavery, slavery, boo hoo. Idiots like this guy will never support self ownership nor personal responsibility. Slavery is over, has been for 100 years....Blacks need to forge their own free identity without the crutch of slavery. Dr. Williams makes this point clearly and concisely.

[@feroxlara21]

100marymich agreed.

[@feroxlara21]

pretorious700 I agree with you, but I hope you address the issue with less anger when trying to convince others. Maintaining that attitude won't be conducive to change. Have a nice day.

[@YukonBloamie]

+feroxlara21  Walter E. Williams: "But I'd be interested to find out what we can blame on slavery." I think Tiger Mom's book The Triple Package gives clear evidence as to the negative impact of the racist institution of American Slavery. I know conservatives like to use this book to point out that characteristics are the antecedent to outcomes, but it actual proves that characteristics are a determined product of circumstance more than anything. Which is in concordance with most other measurable outcomes.

[@bobreinert4604]

In the early 70’s, a man of African heritage opened up on his view of slavery. “I am grateful for my ancestors suffering for me. Without slavery in the US, where would I be? The US has given my family opportunities we would never have had in Africa. In reality, I would be living in a poor country if I had even been born. US slavery has given black Americans a chance to be anything they want to be with hard work and good character.” He also went on to remind me that slavery has been part of world history, it is not a US phenomenon.

[@iamjustsaying4787]

@Bob Reinert just as I am not bitter but grateful that my family was removed from the land by their richer cousins in Scotland’s Great Clearing. We have done much better in the USA than we were in Scotland.

[@divinecomedian2]

Either you play the victim card or you play the humility card. This man played the humility card.

[@fvfr6294]

😂😅Whoever said that is a coon🦝

[@bobreinert4604]

@@fvfr6294 And you are a buffoon.

[@solomonecclesia5253]

My ancestors on both sides were slaves. I have the records. What would they say if they were alive today and I used slavery as the reason I'm broke busted and disgusted? All they wanted was freedom. Many risked and gave their lives for freedom. What have done with freedom? What can we say today in 2023 is directly attributed to slavery? Teenage pregnancy? Gang violence, addiction? Failing to get an education? Working for minimum wage at 40 years old? Lack of character has contributed to the declension in the community. Being poor is where the majority of us started out. Doesn't mean you have to remain poor. We can say we all started with nothing. Where are we now?

[@marilynking4003]

Anyone watching this in 2020?

[@EnemyAce88]

Walter Williams was a national treasure.

[@TeePole59]

RIP Dr Williams. You will be sorely missed by free-thinking Americans.

[@jonathanfarley2023]

He passed away? That's too bad. I wanted a chance to call him a dog to his face.

[@TeePole59]

@@jonathanfarley2023 Whatever. A gutless turd like you wouldn't have had the balls to get that close.

[@TeePole59]

@@jonathanfarley2023 A eunuch like you wouldn't have the balls.

[@jude999]

Informed, enlightened, and intelligent conversation coming from black people would never be considered in today's media, they would be dismissed as traitors to their race.

[@100marymich]

Walter Williams is One of the Greatest and Wisest Mentors that I Truly Honor and Hold Dear.

[@CarlosDangerTheThird]

Proud to have Dr. Williams as a fellow American

[@conversingwithapoet6347]

I love listening to these guys!

[@AnthonyBrianLogan]

That white guy on the phone dropped SCIENCE.

[@stevemcgee99]

His meds wore off just as his call got picked up lol

[@LalibelaNile_NileValleyDreams]

No not really, his facts are skewed. Africans did practice what could be regarded as slavery. However, when they participated in the slave trade, they had no notion that the Europeans would function in the manner that they have... Africans who were so-called enslaved on the continent, never suffered in the de-humanizing manners that we were here in the West...

[@enjoiskaterguy]

NileValleyDreams slavery is still slavery---no matter how well treated they were.

[@AnthonyBrianLogan]

NileValleyDreams you can blame the europeans but you also have to blame africans themselves. african leaders like the people who ran the dahomey kingdom in what is current day benin. organizing raids on neighboring villages and selling the prisoners to europeans for mere trinkets. and the trade started with north african arab muslims at places like timbuktu. many a west african slave was taken across the sahara into places like mali, mauritania, chad, on over to northern sudan and saudi arabia. which makes your nile valley dreams username ironic to say the least.

[@LalibelaNile_NileValleyDreams]

Please note that I blame the Europeans for what they've done with the slaves. I have not and would excuses Africans for their participation in the slave trade. What I will tell you is that the Africans had no notion that the slaves would be dealt in the manner in which they have. Please look further into what is regard as slavery in ancient Africa and then tell me if it was the same as the slavery that took place here.

[@ladyhawk6999]

Lol look how far we have fallen since this was recorded .

[@nickkjamess9212]

America needs more discussions like this.

[@michelej9496]

Everything that needs to be said already been said these clips are old. Talk is cheap and the truth fails. Walk in the truth, wisdom, knowledge and understanding.

[@kamakat8295]

I agree with almost everything the caller said. Except for the Bill Cosby and other stars comment. Then I disagree with Ronald Walters “slavery is an American crime” comment. It started in Africa . Happened in Africa . Still in some parts today. The caller was 💯 accurate in saying Europeans (or any other race/culture) would not have been able to buy them if blacks didn’t sell them. And no one seems to truly address this very important point. The black mans culture has been self destructive since then.

[@spiderqueen601]

Wow Walters is a saint for listening calmly to that rant.

[@sillygoose6251]

You can blame nothing on slavery. It's been gone for a long time and nobody alive was a slave.

[@jamesc7850]

That's a dumbazz moronic imbacilic statement. ANY ECONOMIST would say that it takes a few generations to start with NOTHING and NOT be able to read and be given the crappiest schools, conditions and etc and all of a sudden overnight it's all cool! It was ONLY in 1960's that blacks were considered equal. They couldn't go to the SAME stores as whites you moron. Everyone has grandparents who lived during that time. After Civil Rights the government FORCED black people mostly to live in the same are and gave $$$ incentives for moms to push dads out of kids' lives..and now family court, DV, child support, welfare and CPS systems all help. The orchestrated break up of the family is an overwhelming tool in which, if it were elminated, THEN we could change conditions maybe in one generation.

[@sillygoose6251]

@@jamesc7850 Ooh yeah boy play that victim card.

[@a2z254]

If wealth doesn't last more than three generations, why are people blaming slavery for their current economic blight?

[@Andy-Christian]

I love how the first question Williams points to real effects in black communities, and how things have gotten worse, and the other guy points to voting rights, and how many elected black elitists there are. That pretty much sums up the difference in priorities. Elites don't care about the average black, they just want power. People like Williams are looking at how things are for the average people.

[@fjm1235]

Black race hustlers like Sharpton, etc are using their people big-time.

[@michelej9496]

Well said.

[@chica476]

I disagree with the caller about insulting Bill Cosby. Bill Cosby has done more for the African American community alone by portraying succesful blacks on televsion than Al Charlatan or Jesse "Mack daddy" Jackson.

[@c8ake]

lol, of course...I think everyone understood the caller was an idiot. Cosby also donated close to $100 million dollars to black colleges.

[@valencia4215]

chica476 Ha. I've given the names of poverty pimps the "Sharptonettes."

[@David53D]

Cosby as a man was a shit in spite of his TV role which was totally the opposite of the scum bag that was Cosby.

[@shookone568]

5:19 dude was concerned about us still talking about slavery by 2000 😂 We are in 2020 and it’s even worse 😂😂!!!

[@tonyperez2204]

worse ?? Really??? Cotton field got you tired bro?? good warm house? tv? good pair of Tims and Jordan's. Eating good pizza if your from the east and great tacos if your from the west. times are hard for me, wacking off to hot Asian Porn every night. I'm Latino and never been really fucked with by the law, cause I keep my self out of trouble. stay safe in the big house Bro ;)

[@shookone568]

Tony Perez What?? You misunderstand me. What I was referring to as ‘worse’ is the fact that in 2020 we are still blaming slavery for a lot of things just as much, if not more, than we were in the mid 80s. The caller expected we would’ve moved past that by the year 2000 but boy was he wrong!

[@shookone568]

Tony Perez Just what the fuck are you on about anyway???

[@justinchamberlain3443]

What a remarkable channel. It’s fascinating how the videos w/ a high rationale & sound reason as content attract excellence comments. Appreciate your effort in releasing this-God bless you

[@williamstyers4264]

I am astonished at how often, when thing don't go exactly as they want, so called black "leaders" reach into their pockets, pull out the "racism card" and throw it on the table to trump everything else. We need more Thomas Sowells and Walter Williamses and less athletes and hip-hop/rap stars presented to black youth as role models.

[@raymondrodriguez4413]

What a powerful conversation among these great intellectuals this was, even the caller's view was interesting.

[@enjoiskaterguy]

7:25 - The state (federal goverment) is to blame for almost all of the inequalities and social-economic disparities to Black American families and individuals. Water Williams makes a good point about Harlem and the family unit dissipating from Black Family life. This most likely is attributed to the harsh nature of the welfare state, the victimization of black americans, and affirmative actions programs. State-sponsored racism it's called. The Black American community will never get out of this hole as long as the United States Federal Govenment perpetuates this idea of state sponsored restituion and reparation. How much help is enough? Should we also giving reparations to Japanese Americans for stealing there livelyhoods and homes during WWII still then?

[@LalibelaNile_NileValleyDreams]

If not for the Federal government, Jim Crow laws would reign in a significant part of this country...

[@enjoiskaterguy]

NileValleyDreams Quid pro quo....If not for the Federal Government upholding such audacious laws, racial disparities and racial warfare may be less than what it is today. Ex: Plessy vs. Ferguson - US Supreme court (federal govenment) UPHOLDS racial segregation. (7-1 decision) To suggest 21st century America would still have Jim Crows laws is farfetched to say the least, Now i can't predict as to how this country would look if Jim Crow laws were still enacted (much like you can -- your ability to see in to the future is amazing) but I could bet that through international pressure, media, the internet, and social change the United States would never be able to hold up Jim Crow laws. Its all about public opinion and the tides of human progression. The federal govenment is dangerous in that when they make a bad law, it affects everyone.--even SCOTUS when the set outrageous precedent in their decisions.

[@LalibelaNile_NileValleyDreams]

LibertyMan You want to pretend as if the lawmakers and enforcers of the law in the South were just and moral individuals; however, they were not--they did not see backs as their equal. No need to function as if you are naive; I did not state or intimate that I can see in the future--I merely extrapolated. You seem befuddled by the notion that the present day white citizenry would still practice/enforce the Jim Crow era way of Southern life. Note that White Supremacy is still alive and kicking today... The Federal government is not perfect and I did not attest to such; however, I still hold firm that if not for the Federal government, Jim Crow-like laws would still be prevalent in America. White of the Jim Crow era--apathetic whites along with the makers and enforcers of the law--were not innocent and pleasant folks. They facilitated and enforced the oppression of black people... Remember that this is a republic [constitutional democracy]--it would be prudent if you were to get more familiar with the rights of the state and federal governments--the Federal government does not have absolute rule...

[@enjoiskaterguy]

NileValleyDreams First of all - I haven't justified or argued in favor of the South...I didn't even mention the south. You seem "on the edge of your seat" waiting to judge quickly as to the implications of my remarks. Second - The North in some cases didn't see black Americans as equals either, but back to the topic. I agree that white supremacy is prevalent but to correlate the continued white supremacy with that of the possibility of present day continued Jim Crow laws is extreme. In fact, you are arguing against your point by making the claim that white supremacy still in embedded with our culture in the US. If it was still the case, Jim Crow laws WOULD still be in affect. Remember black supremacy (new black panther party), and the like with regards to other groups of color exist today - racism is not a one way street. Victimization seems to jump very quickly in your remarks and I would be wary of such a tactic to gain support of your ideals. I think we agree on more than you think--the fact that you articulated that the US is a Republic and not a direct Democracy is one point of information that we share, but to suggest that "it would be prudent if you" comment is unjustifiable since you don't know my level of knowledge of have. it is very difficult to convey an idea with historical relevance on a comment on the internet. I simple will not waste my time writing a whole essay about a particular issue. I would not agree that Jim Crow laws would be prevalent--ithat kind of rhetoric reeks of ideological propaganda--to the tune of dogmatic hysteria. ....That's like when Noe-Conservatives said "if we didn't invade Iraq the terrorists would have attacked America again and won!" (the cause/effect relationship don't match)

[@LalibelaNile_NileValleyDreams]

Yes, we are in agreement on most references and if time permitted, I would be able to better sell you on the Jim Crow reference... I resent/disdain both white supremacy [the system] and their black counterpart...

[@AnthonyPerpepaj]

i don't know if its more comforting or concerning that this topic of discussion has been a point of contention for longer than i've been alive.

[@antonthemanton3065]

Having a conversation like this today will get you cancelled on all platforms and most probably start a riot.

[@chippyboy35]

Nothings changed. Attitudes are still the same. Playing the victim is easier than rising above the situation

[@FootballRob2010]

That first caller was legendary 😂😂😂

[@jpete3027666]

This was in 1988 where the discussion was on how much progress was made up to that point and now 35 years later we have a younger generation that believes in this almost religious belief that is worse than ever. It's been almost 160 years since slavery ended and now the discussion of reparations keeps coming up.

[@ovrezy]

Would have been nice to hear the answer to what we CAN blame on slavery.

[@spiderqueen601]

I would have chosen "The economic progress of Blacks has been phenomenal" as the headline. "Blacks are the only people in history who have accomplished so much over some of the highest barriers in such a short period of time."

[@SparksOnTheRoad]

Cut too short I would've liked to hear the remainder of that conversation

[@malvolio01]

Ian Brobst Damn. I was going to check that one out. Thanks for ruining the ending.

[@brobsty1856]

Sean L. LMAO It's a thriller and at the end the big reveal is a white guy from 1804 speaking in Ebonics! Lol but no it's a great book.

[@davedavy5406]

You've probably found it by now...but it's here on KZbin, search "Walter Williams & Ronald Walters - Economic & Political Status of Blacks in America"

[@MyHeartBeatistheWorld]

David Davy i can’t find it 🥺🥺🥺

[@lifeonabudgetwithDee]

The fact that it is 2020 and this is the same conversation going on now is so shocking. That is 32 years!

[@SuperMan-nk5bq]

If you are discriminated against it is becose of the content of your character not the color of your skin.

[@sylvesterbestertester1013]

Thomas Sowell is finally getting heard and the praise he deserves. Walter is another one, but I haven't seen many people reacting to him. Walter was awesome. Explained things so anyone could understand. He was Rush Limbaughs favorite guy to host his show when he wasn't there.

[@pretorious700]

Walter Williams gets it. The other guy is a typical statist dummy who thinks legislation is the answer to everything.

[@kevinstaggs5048]

RIP Mr. Williams. You will always be a national treasure.

[@mrkellycottle4592]

He is a hero to white nationalists

[@rocketscientisttoo]

I know this is obvious but it begs the question "Why does color or sex enter in to a person's qualifications for doing a good job in elected office?" Aren't unseen traits such as honesty, and integrity, and trustworthiness much better for a candidate to have? Remember what President Obama said, when he was running for office, at almost every campaign stop, "Have you noticed I'm black?". As if that was a qualification? What exactly did he do for "his" people? Compare that to what the President before the current President did for black people.

[@zunino631]

He was muslim, and just one more corrupt democrat that deceived the common people.

[@jameshighsmith2184]

He couldn't get anything done because of the GOP wanted to make him a one term President. Do you remember those words from the old turtle. 1 example if you were a great swimmer and I tried your hand behind your back what would be your chances of winning a race ? Send a reply

[@lordcris]

I'd like to know the response to the last question. Slavery is a horrible crime, but America didn't create slavery - it inherited it. All people were slaves and slave owners in a certain time of their history. Fortunately these times are over in the Western world, and people trying to gain political and economic dividends exploiting the past should be put to shame.

[@matvei15]

I admire how both gents just laugh off the racist caller, as they should have. Today, the guests would be so offended that they'd be in tears and probably would walk off the show and then tweet about it.

[@funkymonkey1930]

After the Vietnam conflict, Vietnamese families emigrated to this country without any resources. They started with nothing; they were discriminated against. A generation later, they were at the head of the class, they owned businesses, they thrived. Now, they are some of the most successful people in our country. I don't buy the "late start" argument. It's the culture, (of entitlement, of disintegration of family, of violence) that has held back the black community, plain and simple.

[@euphoricatheist6694]

2:35 His voice sounded so much like Thomas Sowell here.

[@itonner231]

I love how Ronald Walters tries to belittle Williams by questioning him as an "academic". If Ronald Walters is an academic, I don't want to be one. Also Ronald, I feel no "tremendous guilt" over slavery because I am in no way responsible for it. To feel guilt is to imply that I have performed an immoral action. No one alive today was ever involved in American slavery. It is in the past and in no way responsible for the condition of any person in American society today.

[@tenhirankei]

When you don't want to put the burden of the problem on those within the black community for issues they refuse to properly address then you can blame slavery. It's much easier.

[@joepaceiii7164]

You place blame where it rightfully belongs. One would have to be school-less to not understand the unconscionable conditions put on humans of Africa origin, and not be aware of the long range psychological and physical stress that has had on these people. What is remarkable is their capacity to have somehow endured it. Though there's a ways to go, I salute these great people!

[@toddavis8603]

For all of those folks who hunger to discuss SLAVERY, here is that discussion------! Walter E. Williams, we ♡♡♡ u!!"

[@chiquita683]

Are they still going to complain about slavery in 2000? 2020: Hold my beer 🍻

[@themosthighsfaithfulservan8098]

Love this discussion. We as a people do damage to ourselves but blame everybody else.

[@makegeorgeorwellfictionaga9268]

This guy is really good I listened to him on another video - how much can discrimination explain

[@hatborojerry]

A credit to America and to his race.He proves you can be anything in America if you want to.One of the world's chief economists.Came out of the Richard Allen Housing Projects in Philly..

[@davidbasset7557]

son of a bitch. i really wanted to see what that guy was going to say next. nice cliffhanger Liberty Pen lol

[@zvipatent]

I like a lot of the things that Ronald Walters says, but millions of people came to the US without anything, not even knowledge of the language, they were discriminated against, and within a generation or 2, achieved success (the reason is culture). My grandfather went to night school to learn English and changed his name to avoid discrimination as much as possible. Five of his 6 children went to University, including one of my Aunts, one of the few women to go to Univ in those days. I'm glad he says that not everything can be attributed to slavery

[@dylan16843]

I was agreeing with the caller till he said Oreo cookie 😂

[@MineralGPK]

Was it a slight towards white people or black people?

[@dogfacedponysoldier1692]

touche Dr Walter the E is for Excellence Williams

[@Jay_Sullivan]

It’s really silly when he says that “we” started out behind because of slavery. That’s false. You’re now ahead because of slavery. Africa was behind. The slaves taken to America were already far behind. If they were immediately freed when they arrived, or even on the ships or while they were still in Africa, they would have been behind. It’s really absurd.

[@trappinout18]

Walter Williams very logical, no excuses kind of man. Bravo.

[@BluesManSteele]

That dude who called didnt seem to think blacks were inferior. Was just saying facts

[@williamwest9204]

I just like seeing a black man talk about current events of his time and how to approach them going forward instead of going back 100 years to cite slavery as the only and sole issue thats caused the current issues faced

[@mechengineer4life]

meanwhile vietnamese, indians (not native americans), koreans, japanese, etc have barely any ethnic representation in governorship, congress or the senate. And yet they outperform white, black and hispanics by far in all metrics of success from home loan approval rate to median income to net worth. several of those groups listed also dealt with harsh discrimination especially after WW2 and Korean War which made many Americans hostile to anyone who looked Japanese or Korean. and yet they overcame it all without special programs like AA or political power.

[@joceynemayfield9153]

Hello, Major Ramsey thank you for your response. History is best told by more than one author. Best Regards

[@duckpwnd]

This video is sadly from a bygone area when people could have rational and intelligent conversations and debates about racial matters instead of just screaming "REEEEEE! You're a racist!" at everyone. It's like looking at rotary phone or a Studebaker.

[@bbeaum1]

"When you look at, for example, even the harshest period of our segregation in this country at the turn of the century, it was also the fastest period of black capital formation." Ronald Walters - Howard University 3:25

[@joemunch58]

How did Walter Williams earn a doctorate and support himself, given his black skin?

[@brobsty1856]

Guess we let one slip through the cracks. We have been doing a terrible job oppressing ppl lately.

[@truthforthemasses4443]

+Evy R How did WEB Dubois earn a doctorate from Harvard in 1888?? He was THE FIRST Black person to earn a doctorate. Are you contending that in 1888 Black people didn't have to endure major oppression because ONE black man was able to graduate from Harvard? Meanwhile Black people were still being lynched. Black people were forced to live in squalor. Black people were not allowed access to certain forms of education in may areas around the nation in 1888. But hey, the Black people in 1888 were obviously being irrational when fighting for equality because one Black man was able to get a doctorate. Individual achievement is never an indicator of a wide institutionalized change. Just because Walter Williams was able to earn a doctorate does not mean that the vast majority of Black people are not being oppressed through both overt and covert institutionalized racism. Read this study, done by the University of Chicago and MIT, for example. www.chicagobooth.edu/pdf/bertrand.pdf

[@joemunch58]

I think he earned it with his unquestionable intelligence and tenacity. I so admire those who succeed, despite overwhelming odds. He is one of my favorite people. Thomas Sowell, too. By the way, my niece who has black skin thinks about racism the way I do. Whomever is racist or misogynist, their loss.

[@truthforthemasses4443]

Evy R So then we agree that the overwhelming odds do in fact exist? If that is the case then should this country try to rectify those overwhelming odds? Can Whites really boast about any measure of success relative to Blacks seeing as how overwhelming odds against Blacks are an inhibiting factor? If I put two men at the start of a race, and one of the men has major hurdles and pitfalls on his lane of the track, is it wrong for him to ask that the impediments be removed? If on the road, he falls and hurts himself as a result of the pitfall, would you not consider it totally evil and wicked for the man with no hurdles and pitfalls to say to him "You just need to work harder?" And if the man is able to win the race in spite of the hurdles and pitfalls, what does that tell you about the man?? That he must be a very exceptional individual to keep up and even outrun his competitor while having to jump over hurdles and dodge pitfalls. That sort of individual is rare indeed... definitely not an average Joe. This individual would have to be extremely intelligent, talented, and lucky. So what you are saying is that for a Black person to succeed in this country they would have to be of the intelligence of Thomas Sowell or Walter Williams. But yet, even most Whites are not on this level in terms of intellect.

[@truthforthemasses4443]

Evy R And did you read the article I posted? If is definitely shocking information.

[@krankrocker]

I always loved listening to Walter E Williams when he covered for Rush Limbaugh when Rush was on vacation. I remember him speaking once about poverty in America, and how it was nothing like poverty in the rest of the world. That is, Americans viewing families having only one car and no cable TV as poverty, and how those impoverished outside the U.S. would gladly trade their circumstances with poor Americans.

[@maximos905]

Ronald Walters lost me when he claimed the guy was racist instead of addressing the issues better

[@462-x5n]

🙄 He literally said he was putting the racist language aside and proceeded to address the man's issues. I wouldn't have been so kind. And yes, sir, if you're bold enough to use the word "oreo" in an academic discussion with black scholars, you are fkn racist and should be called out.

[@maximos905]

@@462-x5n it wasn't racist, they guy was saying rich black people choose to spend their money to live around whites instead of try to make their own communities better

[@laurencelance586]

Painting one's self as an external victim is the ultimate admission of helplessness. It is regression into infancy, and dependency. Well, what could be better for an endlessly increasing government? What could be worse for true independence?

[@tank2003]

Wow. He and thomas sowell for Potus/VPOTUS forever

[@tenhirankei]

I get your enthusiasm, but let's stick with two terms. We don't want them accused of establishing themselves as kings!

[@tenhirankei]

I don't think there's anything against later reelections to that office following another's administration.

[@xio3857]

this stimulating conversation could be found on television of that time. it was before the era of hip-hop.

[@bonnieburrello3956]

QUICKLY SOMEONE TELL ME WHO IS NOT BI RACIAL N OR MULTI NATIONALITY IN AMERICA TODAY? 🌹🌞🗡🛡🌏🔥

[@S.J.L]

Me but it doesn't matter. "Content of charecter", Case closed. Let's move on and separate government from business.

[@RonaldKragnes]

7:12 “We need NOT focus all of our energies on slavery. Moreover, I would argue that the discrimination, the problems that black people face today, for the most part, have very very little to do with the heritage of slavery, and with the heritage of a discrimination of our country.” 7:39 “In 1925 in Harlem, 85% of black kids lived in two-parent families. Today in Harlem, maybe you'll find 30%, if you're lucky. Now this great change can't be attributed to slavery. It can't be attributed to racial discrimination. I think that too much of our focus is on discrimination, and the heritage of slavery, as opposed to how are we going to cope with the immediate problems that we face in our communities today.” - Walter E Williams

[@WashingtonMonster86]

I hate how libertyPen slaices these full length videos into bumper sticker talking points friendly to the right. If one wishes to educate themselves then they can watch a full length interview. LibertyPen is nothing more than conservative talk radio for the right.

[@jacoblykins8571]

WashingtonMonster86 Not many people want to watch hour long interviews. But if you're into that, there are plenty of full length speeches and interviews with Walter E. Williams as well.

[@WashingtonMonster86]

In other words, not many people want to actually educate themselves and understand the arguments in the proper context. I see this as an increasing problem in the intellectual world. No patience

[@jacoblykins8571]

WashingtonMonster86 Do you understand that it is not imperative to watch an entire 1 hour video in order to understand what is being said or the context? Sometimes, a few minutes is enough to get the point of what is being said.

[@FlCl3000]

+Jacob Lykins yeah. the statements made are fully within context of the questions and are whole thoughts in and of themselves. they convey their ideas extremely well. unless he wants to show how they are being disingenuous or dishonest with their editing ive seen both videos and one covers more than the others, but the short ones cover their issues even in their brevity.

[@beatsnextdoor]

Yes so what?

[@paulbenoit6076]

When one is looking for a crutch or something to blame for their shortcomings in life they will never look at what they have done that prevented them from achieving their goals. They will always blame others and things that pull on the heartstrings of those that are willing to make excuses.

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

Brilliant Man and a brilliant mind, he left us too soon.

[@bennyboy6367]

9:13 "But I'd be interested to find what we CAN blame on slavery." Classic Walter Williams come back. I believe Thomas Sowell said that Walter Williams told him they should never fly together, because if the plane went down it would be the end of the black conservative movement!