What I Learned from Asking WHITE People About RACE

[@JanetBates-md3ne]

Another reason white folk don’t talk about race, is we are tired of being blamed for everything! Our families didn’t own slaves we were dirt poor farmers working our own cotton!

[@JacksonKing1977]

Coal miners here.

[@snarkymcsnarkface1863]

Dock workers on one side, fishermen and lumber jacks on the other...

[@AlaraTheFae]

My ancestors were too poor too, from Wales before it became apart of the UK, they fled to the New World (US) in hopes to escape after the British took over Wales.

[@hotrodbod1]

The Fact is Most white people in America today were not associated with the slave, same as Most black people in America today are not descended from slaves

[@cee8mee]

Irish and Slav in my grandparents. Need I say more? Not a single ancestor of mine arrived before 1900, and all worked farm and labor jobs to get their kids a better life. Now their grandkids and great grandkids are haranged. Foolishness.

[@VsHangout]

I'm white and I don't give a crap about race. If you are a good person that's what matters

[@ManDuderGuy]

Software > Hardware

[@ouououou12]

@@ManDuderGuylove the analogy. And true. Great gameplay > great graphics. Same with people

[@vr8017]

​@@ManDuderGuywhat are you saying. Nothing depend upon the other. Lol. They both have great and equal value

[@ManDuderGuy]

@@vr8017 In other words: a person's values, culture, behavior are more important than the immutable characteristics that they were born with and have no control over.

[@nycopperwarrior9734]

I'm the same way I think it's mental illness to judge somebody for the color of their skin that s*** is crazy to me I still try to figure that out today and I'm 51 and black from New York from the hood

[@lustforlow-end6022]

“How are we going to get past racism? “Stop talking about it!” Well said👏👏👏

[@MalefaxTheBlack]

Morgan Freeman is 100% correct.

[@SpiritOfLiberty-if7ei]

Here's what I feel about race: I'm an American, you're an American, and we are both members of the human race.

[@3nt3rtain]

Bam! 💯

[@williamgreene4834]

Remember, it's easier to conquer, if you first divide. EVERYONE needs to stick together.

[@eddienomoney1882]

My Irish and German elders drilled it in my head when I was growing up that the world owed me nothing.

[@RoseallaMurray]

As an Irish person who was born and bred here in Ireland,I was told the same growing up,and I tell my kids the same

[@honeyblu1586]

As a black native American i was told the same thing.

[@kathleenredick275]

Three of my four grandparents' families (their parents) were not IN the USA before slavery was abolished here.

[@RyanMills-g5q]

Irish German, stubbornness and determination. If you fall then you're crawling the rest the way. Determination to finish what's started and too stubborn to quit. That's how I go. No self pitty no excuses. I'll get to my feelings when I'm dead. I'm here to rise myself up. Then to take care of the family I make nothing more nothing less. World spins with and without me. It's up to and on me only if I fall or rise. Once I became a man I was taught what was needed and only I choose how to implement it. Therefore it's no one else's responsibility if I fall as it is no one else's responsibility to pick me back up. A real man is determined, unapologetic, responsible, rationally respectful and accountable. Keys for self preservation. There's more but just as a starting line view.

[@TomT-ds9vn]

The world owes its people opportunity. If not, then let me go into the woods and build my own homestead.

[@AnyaMidkiff]

When we were growing up in the 80s, we watched prime time shows where black families were featured, with black doctors, cops, judges, etc. We didn't think it was groundbreaking, we thought it was normal. Why wouldn't a black man or woman be a doctor or politician? Yes, we learned how much was done to get us there, but that's why we also wanted to not go backwards or cling to that time, instead celebrating our current place together. If we saw real racism, we spoke up. No matter which way it went. And we knew our cultures had differences, enjoyed sharing our traditions, and made fun of ourselves together, learning how much we had in common despite the differences.

[@blainebattams4648]

Well said, good times, Sanford and son Jeffersons

[@deadend1041]

And now they have created a world where I will not watch sports because they are 90% black and I will not watch anything on TV that has more than 13% black people on the screen. Good job democrats, good job media, good job BLM.

[@AnyaMidkiff]

@blainebattams4648 those were more mid to late 70s, except reruns, but yeah. Fun fact: the highest paid TV actor of the 70s was Redd Foxx. (Sadly, he lost it all to the IRS in the 80s, but his 70s popularity came from the people. )

[@mmaloney196915]

Benson ​@@blainebattams4648

[@mykehunt2430]

Those were the good ole days

[@cs4201]

I was born in 77. We were taught character not color. Period. This is how i was taught at home and school.

[@horselakeranch]

A great year to be born

[@tina6651.]

I was born in 1966 & that's the way it was in the 70s, 80s and 90s, we were moving past all that. Then Obama came into office and started fueling the flames of division and now we've moved backwards!

[@corryburton9834]

The 90s which is me, and wouldn't really include 94+ for some reason, I think was the last ones TRULY taught this...I was born in 90....and few years younger than me this seems to be a super common thing

[@BiologyBabe]

@@tina6651.100%.. Nobama was one of the worst presidents in history… because he started this ludicrous divide.

[@BiologyBabe]

I was born in 76, and 100% it was about character always.

[@allwestchesterrealty3502]

As a white woman , I look for kindness, integrity and humanity!! I want to be with God fearing people regardless of race , gender, color or religion!!

[@waynesaibot2697]

I agree with everything but the religion part, Christianity is important to maintain it.

[@HalJikaKick]

Anytime someone starts by saying “As a person….” I ignore everything they say after

[@illusionstj]

I'm half white. My dad (my white side) told me growing up that I'm an American. If you're born in America that you're an American and it doesn't matter what color you are. Base your friends on common interests and who they are as a person. With him teaching me that, race never mattered to me.

[@Delet322]

I’m old and white, we believe Martin Luther King, we care about the content of your character. Until 2008 this conversation had gone away.

[@Thunderzero6]

You can thank Barry Soetoro for the division in this country.

[@RobinRiley-bq1cq]

What is white? culture, its all about American culture .

[@RobinRiley-bq1cq]

What is white Culture? It's all about American we all fought many battles and we all most won the battle until one president decided to started division in this country then once again it was about race once again .

[@MollyPitcher1778]

Yes. It's funny how you can watch old tv shows & movies from the 70s and there were known black actors who populated the stories. Now, it's all seperate. Black movies, black tv, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, which often show stereotypes of white people. Bill Cosby started that in the 90s. This goes for music too. We've been separated more, not less in the last decades. Why is that?

[@derfthekhemist8517]

Do you believe he lead his people into a burning building with integration because he did and was killed for that statement along with asking for the money owed !

[@Readabookfoofoo]

You don’t want to know what we think about race in 2025. We are sick of it. Not just irritated. Done.

[@tina6651.]

Biracial woman here & you are absolutely correct! Back in the 80s and 90s it just wasn't important & we were moving past all that, then Obama became president, started fueling the flames of division...so now we're right back to where we were in this country! United we stand...divided we fall. God bless America 🙏🏼❤️🇺🇲

[@davida.737]

Yes, absolutely done with hearing about it one way or another every damn day.

[@roywilkowski2326]

@@tina6651. You are so right. I vividly remember Obama giving a speech in '08 just before being elected the first time. The gist of what he said was that, "come election day, we are going to FUNDAMENTALLY change America." The worst part was the thunderous applause he received from the crowd. The sinking, ominous feeling I had...and here we are.

[@p.s.shnabel3409]

@@roywilkowski2326 When all he really did was roll back the clock. Race relations are worse than they've been in a long time. Oh, and get filthy rich off of peddling fear.

[@mikedengel4027]

I had a step-father that happened to be born black, no choice of his own. He was the Man that raised me and gave me values and guidance that my genetic father didn't. I valued his love and caring more than anything

[@josephpeabody6229]

I am white. The reason I don't like talking about race depends on the situation. I hate when people play the victim status or pretend I can't understand certain things because of the color of my skin.

[@benjaminmatute9085]

As a white man I also agree. My ancestors had a long and indirect history of blacks enslaving them and empires like Rome ruling over them and ect. And even when I explain this some woke black people still make fun of me. I am not my ancestors and they aren’t either so I can’t judge theirs and they can’t judge mine and I wish we would be different instead of trying to be the same. That’s all o want at this point.

[@derektaylor1308]

LOVE IT. Open honest conversation...50 yr old white dude watching for 1st time...and this video is exactly how we ALL need to approach racial issues.

[@etYouAreLate]

Katt Williams was right. Race is not the line. There's God's side, and the other side.

[@jw70467]

Another great Katt quote, “We all different, that what makes us the same”

[@lone6718]

Decency. Plan and simple.

[@Cheecher421]

As a white man waiting for reparations from the Romans for enslaving my ancestors I can tell you it’s not worth it. It’s better just to take the L and move on. Everybody had it bad at some point so let’s understand that and stand together as humans sharing the work and the rewards.

[@richarddaigle8777]

Don't forgot the Ottoman empire and all the Islamic slave trading too.

[@caseyparker6375]

The same goes for my ancestors who were Irish and Scottish. Both races were subjugted by the English. It's futile to continue to keep a grudge 3-400 years later. I'm American first, an Oregonian second {6 generation}, and I just happen to be white through the genetics of my ancestors.

[@feralvulcan7955]

I've got Italian, English, Irish, German, and Dutch. So I guess I should just pay myself reparations.

[@eternalvigilance5697]

Don't forget the Muslims raided coastal villages in Europe for something like a thousand years, estimates of at least one million (mostly women and children) were taken from Europe over that time. The Vikings did the same, but stopped when they became Christian.

[@erynlasgalen1949]

As someone with Jewish ancestry, I'm still waiting on my reparations from Eqypt for building Rameses' treasure city.

[@tinatovar7548]

I'm American native Ojibwe and I love everyone we are All American

[@wlove3838]

The only people who discuss race continuously are Black People. They even denigrate their own people and call them ‘light skinned’ or ‘dark skinned’. They have awful terms for slating each other too (ashy) . If they stopped talking about race I doubt it would be discussed anywhere

[@ИгорьСикорский-р4ч]

No we are not!

[@allwestchesterrealty3502]

I don’t care for mean spirited people regardless of their race or color…

[@tinatovar7548]

@allwestchesterrealty3502 I believe in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and love all races

[@ИгорьСикорский-р4ч]

@ I don’t think god like beatings lootings and murders

[@ScorpionF1RE_USA]

As a 55 year old white dude born in the hood. I feel like saying "Stop calling yourself African American, you're Black American. Or better yet, American." I'm white, but I'm not called European American. We ALL came from Africa. Black folks have been in America for 400 years! Yall ain't going nowhere! This is your home! And we are family. I like cool people, and I hate assholes.

[@johndowds5770]

We didn't all come from Africa , it is ridiculous that this lie is constantly repeated .

[@tiacalhoun3841]

THE REALEST MAN ON KZbin!!!!! It is a beautiful thing Van and we love that you did that, you wanted to learn about what interests us but I find everytime we try to dig into black culture whether it be music, hairstyles, soul food, or even falling in love with someone of the black race then we are cultural appropriating and it’s offensive and wrong! I hate that especially when it’s usually the same ones that are screaming “equality” but that only applies when it benefits them and not us. It’s so unfortunate that so many keep us divided instead of fighting to bring us together!! We need to take a stand because the real divide isn’t blacks vs whites…it’s rich vs poor

[@nickyg321]

I agree with all that up until the last sentence. Rich is a spectrum. Dude who makes 1 million a year is stinking rich to me but he's not who I'm fighting against. We're up against powers and principalities. We're not just against the business owner, we're up against a whole system of corps that run on our blood and that of many others. Not that they ain't rich, I'm just saying that the wealth argument has been tried before and has turned out bad every time. We need to hone in on what the enemy is really about if we stand a chance of winning.

[@tiacalhoun3841]

@ it’s the ones keeping us enslaved to corporate America, the elites!!! They constantly use race as a way to keep us divided, it’s divide and conquer and that’s how they’ve ruled for the longest time….if they can keep us at each others throats, we aren’t taking a stand against the fact that they’re killing us in taxes and while we struggle…they get richer and richer

[@gregorymacklin4349]

I'm a 64-year-old black man (born in 1960 in Tennessee) who also stepped out of the black community when I joined the U.S. Army. After that, I went into the commercial Satellite Communications world where I became a satellite controller and team leader. I led young white satellite controllers who asked my opinion about current events such as George Floyd, Collin Kaepernick, and many other issues. As a person from the segregated south, I had first hand knowledge of the south that I experienced. This gave them living history rather than cable news. When asked what white people should do, I simply replied "when you see wrong, you should call it out." Don't be complicit in any type of wrong.

[@willaimrobinson9383]

Me too... except I`m 65 and white and from Flint, Mi. When Dr. King was murdered, I was chased and beaten by young black boys regularly. I wasn`t mad at them or hateful toward them. As time and life went on, I have had the privilege to set many younger black men on a good career path. Racism is not a social bridge to cross. it`s a personal thing to work through together..... one on one . Don`t just "call out" what needs to be called out as wrong" teach others Why its wrong. Seems like only those our experience has the best chance of doing just that.

[@MM-lu2zk]

I would ask the blacks to do the same.

[@gregorymacklin4349]

@ Absolutely! I think it applies to everyone.

[@pep590]

@@MM-lu2zk 1000%!

[@mattmccullough1093]

Aman.

[@homesteadworks3448]

I'm white, don't wanna talk about race because we have been victim shamed all our lives, for something we had / have no control over. I also know, the only limitations we have are what we put on ourselves. In these days, play the victim, be the victim... wanna grow? quit living the a past you DIDN'T experience. Make your life today about tomorrow. I didn't experience the life of my ancestors, who didn't own slaves. So I don't wanna talk about something that didn't happen in my family. And feel guilty for something that didn't happen. That being said, I respect all opinions. Thank you for all you do!

[@Lightning613]

Glad Van brought up the “40 acres and a mule.” In the 1860’s that is a substantial start to supporting a family and being able to earn a living. It was an integral part of A. Lincoln’s “Reconstruction.” However, Southern DEMs assassinated Lincoln, and the Vice President/President Andrew Johnson (a Tennessee Democrat) refused to fulfill that part of Reconstruction. Under Johnson’s Presidency, the Southern DEMs fervently begin enacting their laws to limit he freedoms of the newly freed black population.

[@MollyPitcher1778]

totally agree. As a adoptee, I didn't find out anything about my acestry til I was in my late 40s. By then I also learned if I wanted to wear something Scandinavian, I was a supremacist, or if I wanted to honor my east asian heritage, I'm appropriating - as an example. Or the saddest story I ever learned was a man who came here from Bavaria just in time to enter the civil war because he fell in love with a Georgia girl, he was on the wrong side and died fairly early in the war. How do I explain that to anyone? We often get discriminated against today for being poor, or being too white, or too old or young and yes I once had a boss who was black and it was clear as day she did not like me because I was white which created a toxic environment and I had to quit before she foud a way to fire me. All of us have our stories and yet we are the bad guys. Nobody cares when you are white.

[@derfthekhemist8517]

Did you do anything about vote to change it protest speak out against if not you participated by being complicit

[@malibuStroker]

Im white and I totally agree. On a "systemic" level, the powers that be want to keep the racial divide because they profit from the race issue. On a personal level, what I personally see are the Black people who cling to the race issue and make everything about race seem to do it Because it benefits them in someway to be the victim. We should all acknowledge the past, put it to bed and focus on loving one another into the future.

[@Matt_in_Texas76]

​@@derfthekhemist8517You are absolutely incorrect on your assumptions

[@kathywalbaum8523]

I'm an old white lady who grew up with the Martin Luther King speech about the content of character in my head. My dad always told me that I was no better than anyone else, but every bit as good as anyone.

[@chrisboyd1408]

God made me Caucasian, I had no choice. I graduated from Norfolk State University with my BSN. I was in the military for 22 years, we treated everyone equally. No preferences. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@pep590]

European-American

[@WilliamLott-x8d]

I'm white, as a youngster, the only male influence then was my grandfathers. I never had a chance to understand their life experience while they were alive. They both had difficult times and hardships. That being said, they both caught me in situations being narrow minded and ignorant about race. They sat me down and explained to me that real men should judge a man by the content of his character. If enough people choose to judge others by their color or religion, then we as a whole stand a chance of repeating something as recent as what happened in WWII. Then they proceeded to tell me about what they had stood up for in WWII. I have and still look up to them and do my best to make my corner of the world a little better each day.

[@pjd1634]

Being a good father to your kids is the best medicine.

[@danbob1650]

It how you are rised

[@SadieBabyBlue]

I personally think skin color is as irrelevant as eye color or hair color. We all have this stretchy stuff wrapped around our bodies and people out here hating each other over the shade of it. It really is mind blowing.

[@drawncept8391]

Perfectly said 🔥

[@diegaspumper8501]

At the same time we need to understand that we’re not all the same. Everyone doesn’t have the same values and beliefs. That needs to be understood, not all cultures are equal or compatible with each other.

[@corryburton9834]

​@@diegaspumper8501yes, 100%, but that's the problem...in the last decade or 2, somewhere along the way we stopped focusing on being American....obviously this is coming from my perspective but yea....started focusing on groups by race, gender, or wealth class....we shouldn't gaf about any of that nonsense

[@richardbaun5677]

I disagree whole heartedly, in sorry but my green hazel eyes are the best 😂, to.em atleast l.

[@AudraSmithey]

I was relieved when everyone wanted to start dying their hair red instead of making me the red headed step child in the corner. 😂

[@carlapierle8623]

I'm a 66 y/o white grandma who came to KZbin in 2020 searching for some answers. I've since discovered many wonderful black influencers like yourself willing to have the conversation and do the research and I couldn't be more thrilled. I have to agree with "Old Man Owl's" response. Growing up with the 60's riots and the 70"s desegregation, I always felt like I had to walk on eggshells around black people. In 5th grade my best friend was the only black girl in my school (Natalie). The next year was the first year they started bussing. With her black friends now at school, Natalie forgot I even existed. I didn't feel comfortable asking her about it because none of them acted like they even wanted to be around white people. It was a very confusing and hurtful time for me and I'm sure it was for them also. I always wanted to understand but always felt it wasn't my place to start the conversation. My motto is to treat others the way you want to be treated. If that isn't reciprocated, regardless of race, then I'm not obliged to be a friend.

[@emmamurphy9955]

Thats what my daddy taught me growing up in the 80's/90's to treat everyone the way I would want them to treat me and where I grew up we were the only white family for at least 5 miles going any direction and I was treated like family

[@sincityinfinity6255]

You came to KZbin to find answers to what? KZbin isn’t a religion

[@hustle3011]

Answers the corrupt divisive mainstream media wouldn’t dare talk about because they would lose their grift credibility

[@RobinRiley-bq1cq]

@carlapierle8623 I never faced that problem where I lived , we all seem to get along well together .we all went to the same dancers, played the same sports and the Same school together . And if we road a bus to School we all took the Same bus. So I didn't witness any racism as I grew up in the 60 and 70 and I from New York Chautauqua country.

[@andaril313]

@@sincityinfinity6255 no but KZbin can help give you answers to what’s happening out there in society. Organized Religion is just one aspect of society.

[@jimpollockmusic]

You’re black?! Damnit! I woulda stopped watching 3 years ago! Love you my friend, and your channel. No month needed.

[@toebanjo]

2:12 “Just because we don’t agree on everything don’t make it a good or bad conversation.” - Well said.

[@gypsynomad8646]

I have enjoyed watching you learn and I have learned from you myself. They don't want white people and black people getting along. Together we make a unstoppable force.

[@vincenzobonadonna4556]

Divide and conquer.

[@Ntll.k]

Morgan freeman spitting 🔥

[@ew6230]

As a white man, I don't understand why black people want to trace lineage so desperately. I can literally go back 2 generations at most, and that's it....and I don't really care. Why is it so important to go back to Africa? The sad truth about it, from my pov, is that it will only open up pain to do so because THOSE are the people who sold their own into slavery to begin with. And I come from slavic background, the people who literally coined the term salve because they were so enslaved historically. It makes no sense to me.

[@TammyRogers-v6u]

Well said.

[@freespirit9981]

That goes for anyone. All races and religious beliefs had been through hard ships. People need to stop living in the past and standup and take steps moving forward in the right direction.

[@nycopperwarrior9734]

That's a long conversation but you should find out where you come from but I got respect for you

[@royalnubian62]

European's sold their people as slaves also like you said. The Romans, the vikings, the British.🤷🏾‍♀️🙄 But that isn't taught like the Atlantic slave trade. Why? Maybe because they don't want it taught or known just how naferious you were to each other in Europe?🤔 It was only the Africans that "sold their own people" How evil is that?🤨😡 I assume you have a name that wasn't "Given" to you way back in the 16th century. That you still have to this day? For some it is important to go back to Africa because they know that that is where their ancestors were stolen from and wish to know their heritage, culture. To hopefully feel a connection to people that look like you. In a land that you are "naturally" compatible with. Do you have your family name? Are you not proud of who you are? Your Slavic culture?It makes know sense to you because Your people can go anywhere in the world and not be subjected to racial profiling, racial slurs, or physically attacked, deleted even, for being a melanated person 🤨 It makes know sense to you because you have a comfort zone. Which is sitting on the fence of, " I'm not racist" but will see it happen and do nothing! So to answer your question to why "some" of us want to trace back our lineage so desperately? All the above!!!!🤨💯❤️🖤💚✊🏾✊🏿

[@10speed4]

Everyone’s history will lead to slavery at some point in time. There’s only one group that uses it for personal gains.

[@miketurpin4959]

I don't comment much on your videos, but I've been here since you started.Are you still killing it?Thanks for being you

[@stormmontpelier8681]

Back during Covid when so many reaction channels popped up, me being a music junkie, I instantly became addicted. I told my husband back then, that "Reaction videos will change the world!" Guess what? I was totally right. Others watching you, and other black reactors go from reacting to Rock, and Country, to reacting to Jordan Peterson, or full Trump speeches.. seeing your hearts and minds change.. changed the hearts and minds of those watching. It's all Love ❤️ and I appreciate you so much Van. Your realness and heart has always shone through all you do. Thank you

[@joeldrawsit]

Love ya Van! I hear you. I am WHITE white, Alabama/Texan and born in Germany (US citizen/Military Family) I grew up in the Military. My two BEST friends as a kid was a Black kid name Johnny and a Mexican kid named Jimmy. We were Joey, Johnny and Jimmy. Maybe because of that friendship and parents who taught me to respect EVERYbody. At 60, I approach each new person as a respected equal UNTIL you show me otherwise. Do I see color? Yeah, I'm not blind. But some humans, it seems, need a reason to hate. If we were all homogenized to a nice caramel color? Some MFers are going to start hating eye color, hair color, you name it. It's not Skin. It's HATE. Hate is lazy and skin shade is not hard to discern. And it is CYCLICAL. And cycles can be broken- we just have to WANT to.

[@stevenlissner5752]

Exactly 💯

[@rjay7019]

Perfectly said ❤

[@shellysands7342]

Very well said.

[@prioritytarget7157]

The US Military will fight for and defend everyone except White Americans.

[@dorothypage7410]

Thought provoking comment. I always told my children that it takes a tremendous amount of energy to hate. Don’t waste your energy that way. Use it to Love. **Your comment about ‘Hate is lazy’ kind of blew me away. On its surface, it sounds almost contradictory to my teaching. Further thought shows both can exist simultaneously. Thank you joeldrawsit.

[@lifelessons2606]

I saw this video with Morgan Freeman awhile back.... it was good!

[@lynnbeltz6001]

Yes yes it was he gained more of my respect that he already had

[@sjfanning7711]

No one in my social environment (family, friends, church family) talks about race because it doesn’t matter to us. Not important. Not a concern by any means. A light bulb went off in my head over the Christmas holidays. My son was home with his fiancee. They’re newly engaged but have been together for five years. It hit me that she’s Chinese! Her parents are both Chinese who immigrated here in the 90’s after they had their daughter. I mean I knew she was Asian, specifically Chinese, but I’d never really paid any attention to it. That’s how little I think about race. I love her so much. She’s very intelligent. Soft spoken. Thoughtful. Those are the only things I care about.

[@MollyPitcher1778]

Probably a good thing you never thought about it. I would have been all over her to teach me about her history/culture/music, arts, etc. and drove her away from her boyfriend/my son. LOL

[@rg20322]

That's exactly it! I've been in that same situation actually many times in my family, I'm white and grew up in a Puerto Rican neighborhood around Boston in the 70's and they accepted me and in a number of instances protected me from another race not Puerto Rican (yes that race). I could care less and have never thought about it until around 2000 when DEMS put the full push on about it and steadily got worse. There are race baiters making so much money on this and have to say it's typically one.

[@rg20322]

Also, Larry Bird was absolutely awesome, and I worked at the Boston Garden in 1980-81, but I also begrudgingly loved Magic since the rivalry was intense, but he was awesome as well. The glory days of Basketball where both Larry and Magic revived the league and made it something - go figure white/black that actually brought the NBA out of the ashes, because it was truly struggling in the 70's!

[@omarra6781]

I never overtly noticed race until the last decade when it became the topic of every damn conversation. Sure, I saw people of different colors, cultures, countries, etc., but it made no difference. It still makes no difference - to ME - but now I'm ever watchful for people being offended or calling me some "ist" or "phobe". We've regressed a couple generations with all this nonsense.

[@Demmie-nl2qh]

@@omarra6781 it's being done on purpose to divide the population. We were about over racism in the 80s and 90s. It had to have a revival tour like the Rolling Stones looking for more money. It was pushed, created. Remember the Feds in khakis and carrying freaking Tiki Torches? C'mon, man... real racists would have had actual torches. hahahah, punks.

[@paigereynoldsreynolds1627]

Thank you for having this conversation This is important. We have all been so lied to I appreciate your honesty and concern for your culture But politicians have politicized our cultures our racial identity This is the worst crime of all

[@d112cons]

I'm white and American Indian. I'd have to pay reparations to myself! But, I don't want them. I'm not so weak and helpless to demand that others take care of me. I'm a man. Not a pet.

[@sherellebrock6284]

I am a 61yr old white woman, when growing up, race was never an issue where I grew up. I had a lot of friends from all races. I always judge a person by how they act, not color or gender or sex preferences.

[@NeishaPeterson-b7k]

I am glad you grew up where race wasn't an issue but it still exists. The group who receives the most anti hate is black people in America so you can Google it's has also increased in America. Go on KZbin in Nashville the hate a racist group on the streets. Black people get denied jobs because they were not born with fine straight hair and have afro hair. It had to be a Crown Law to assist with discrimination. I love all races and cultures, but America is going backwards instead of forward. Hopefully, God can bring love to people so they can love their neighbors like they love themselves .

[@melodyharpole8272]

And you have never once in your entire life called out anti. White races. Never once.. Even today as your white grandchildren are educational employment opportunities based on their skin color. You will never call it out Because you were taught to hate white people systemically. It turns out there is a racist here. The racist is you. You're an ethno massacrest anti white racist.

[@lisabarnum2374]

Van I’m white i can trace my lineage back to civil war as my grandfather taught me about his uncles who fought to free the slaves. I was told the hardship of those who survived. The lies we are taught in schools and the communist Marxist who grab the ear of youth and mislead them causes the strife. It’s crazy to me as I see more racial tension than I saw in the late 60’s early 70’s. Why? Communist Marxist race baiters who intentionally cause strife to divide cause if we ever come together they are done. Why do you think Obama came to divide? Cause we were getting too close to unity against the establishment. Why is the establishment attacking DJT and his supporters? Because they know he is uniting us. We are Americans and legal immigrants who come to assimilate with the American culture are welcome those who come to change our founding principles are not welcome.

[@mtr648r4]

100% right. The class warfare of communism wasn't getting traction so they changed tactics and substituted race. If we do unite, we will be unstoppable.

[@mbrntly11]

Trump ain't united S! But his pockets Stop the nonsense!, if your A Bigot, That's who you are! Period I Don't need no one telling me who I should like, people's actions Speaks louder then words! My last Job had numerous White Racist GTFOH

[@fshor1224]

Just perfectly said!

[@Ontheroxxwithsalt]

Unfortunately black people will never accept that slaves weren't treated in the way they have been told by angry, envious elders. The truth is, most slaves were treated well because slaves were an investment and harming a slave in any way hurt the plantation owner's bottom line. A sick or dead slave meant less work being done. On the other hand, the Irish who only had 7 year servitude contracts, they were treated like trash because the "owner" of the contract knew they only had them for limited time so they needed to work them long and hard, often to the brink of death, before their contract was up.

[@Kairon111161]

And the mainstream media, owned by the central bankster elite, has been complicit in that Marxist agenda -- for instance, by consistently focusing on those times when a white cop shoots a black man. Most people don't know that almost 4 people a day are shot and killed by police in the U.S. -- two of them white, one of them black, and one of them everybody else -- Asian, Native American, Latino (of any race), etc. So twice as many whites are killed by police as blacks, on average. And most people also don't know that approximately 95% of the people that are shot and killed by police were themselves also armed -- so we're talking about shootouts with the police. That other 5%, unarmed people shot by the police, also breaks down to twice as many whites as blacks, almost exactly the same breakdown. So why the very specific focus? It's to aid and abet a narrative that there is indeed a white police WAR on black men -- which happens to not be true. Of course there are injustices committed by specific police men and police forces even. But it doesn't help that there are people very high up in the halls of power who WANT us at each other's throats.

[@billjohnson7307]

I'm a 57 year old white man. I couldn't care less about race or where your ancestors came from. All that matters to me is, are you a good person, a good friend, a good coworker, a good member of society. Good people are good people. That's all that matters

[@diegaspumper8501]

You should care because the other people you say you don’t care about, they care a lot about their race and making sure they prosper. I’m not saying you should be racist, I’m saying whites should be able to speak up about being discriminated against by nonwhites You say you don’t care because you’ve been brainwashed into thinking that your caring is wrong and evil. It’s exactly that type of mentality that’s caused white people not to be able to be honest and speak up for themselves. Every other race can speak up for themselves but if whites do the same then they’re called racist or bigot and that needs to change!!

[@monamaple9790]

I am a disabled VETERAN white woman and my dad taught me never judge a book by its cover at two I had my face ripped off by a dog two years, 8 surgeries later I was called railroad face and had a good life.

[@631pablo]

I’m white and can only speak for myself, but the answer as to why I don’t talk about race is simple. It doesn’t matter, you are what you do, not what you look like. Immutable characteristics are irrelevant.

[@RobertMichaelStewart]

I'm a 63 year old white man who just absolutely loves you Brother.... All glory to the Father.... Praise Jesus.... Hallelujah. Keep standing tall.... Prayers up ❤️🙏

[@pinkrose4824]

Not everyone is as open-minded, curious, and agreeable as you Van, but you are a treasure for sure. I follow soooooooo many channels of people of every conceivable ethnicity and one thing is for sure, skin color is DEAD LAST on my mind when I’m binge-ing my favorite content.

[@Onelove2000]

One love LFR family ✌️❤️🙏 I have just as many black KZbin channels I follow as white KZbinrs. If you are reading this comment then you think the same way, it's all about character and integrity, not skin color. Of course we see skin color and the difference in our cultures but that's where it ends. We are just human beings and we are brothers and sisters down the line anyway. We all bleed red. God Bless everyone in this chat❤️❤️❤️

[@Darleen-og7ee]

Right on... Love one another! Keep moving forward ⏩. Leave the past in the past. Mine was horrible. I choose to forget. Live by the Golden rule...Do unto others as you would have them to do! We're all people, be kind!

[@tizl20]

Love you my brother, and love your perspective on this!

[@ghostpig8012]

Me too, I'm white British.

[@Britton_Thompson]

One key difference I've noticed between black people and Whites is that Whites.... we don't see race first. We see civilization first. We don't reduce all other Whites we see down to belonging to the same ancestral lineage from the same mother continent to make us all "brothers and sisters" the way black people do. Hell, you'll hear a black guy call a White man his "White brother" before you'll ever hear another White man say this. We don't do that. Why? Because we consider other Whites to be German, British, French, Russian, Italian, etc., above all else. We place all of the importance on the civilization you belong to. We postulate that the values your societies prioritize, and the historical experiences they've endured, are more indicative of who you are than your race.

[@onahamilt2907]

True.

[@vincenzobonadonna4556]

Why capitalize Whites and lowercase blacks?

[@blickedxb]

​​@@vincenzobonadonna4556I guess for the same reason that they tell you to capitalize black but don't capitalize white.

[@cindyknudson2715]

​@@vincenzobonadonna4556 It's called "autocorrect" Something that the computer and its programmers does. Case in point, turning were into we're just because.

[@ernietbone4168]

True, some racist whites do, but most whites don't really connect with other whites simply because they're white. At least in the US, we just connect with people we know and usually they're white because there are more white people overall.

[@davidstanfield9382]

I'm a 58 year old, white, straight man. Color doesn't mean a thing to me. Love your content Brother. Keep up the good work.

[@MichaelGeary-m8y]

Yes, keep it up. 👍🏻

[@ruth4thetruth334]

I grew up in the 1960's abd and we learned about slavery and black history right along with American History. I really don't know why it changed 🤷‍♀️

[@heyjoe9228]

What we was taught was a lie

[@mearnax2]

Cause most of us woke up to the lies being told. My grandparents told me that much in the 80’s

[@vr8017]

What lies were told. I learned horrible things and even prior to that had already learned to treat everyone with respect...to character as primary and all else secondary or tertiary

[@blickedxb]

​​@@mearnax2You guys still believe some of the lies that were told, as long as the lie was/is about white people, then you believe it. Telling you the Irish we're indentured Servants and not just straight up Slaves was a way to keep people divided and you fell for it. This is where you'll do exactly what they Want you to do an argue that irish people weren't slaves...

[@toniabrown4545]

I don't think we should be always celebrating the first black to do things because it is another division. I was soooo surprised to find so many black Americans that no idea that fellow Africans sold blacks into slavery. I am 55 yo and my parents always taught me than. Whites could not survive the jungles. Was it the schools or the community teaching this lie?

[@davidgordon3744]

I feel like saying things like “The first black person to do this or that” inherently separates black people from other people. For existence, saying Obama is the first black president. This then leads to separating him as different from all other presidents, when Id bet most presidents were different than other presidents. They weren’t the same just because their skin color was similar. It shouldn’t be the first this or that person of this color. It can be that it doesnt matter what your skin color is, you can be part of any group you want to be part of really. Unfortunately, it seems many people these days just want to focus on skin color.

[@bamf5549]

Watching your evolution has been awesome. Thank you for ignoring the stereotypes, and researching. The truth is never given it has to be found. If you are an American you are on my team. We are all in this together. Alienating a teammate weakens the team.

[@mtr648r4]

It's sad to see how things have gotten worse. As a new teacher over 10 years ago, in my classroom (all black students with a white teacher), we had conversations all the time. I asked questions and they answered. They asked questions and I answered. We learned a lot about each other. There were kids who said they hate all white people cause we had slaves. They found out my Dad came here, my Mom's family also came post-slavery. My Grandma invited a group of black ladies over in the 50s, and said when the neighbors pay her taxes, they can decide who comes to her house, so we just weren't raised to hate other races. I found out so much about what their ideas and experiences were. We had mutual respect and an open attitude then. Classrooms now, you can't do that. It's a microaggression. We had training in our district that focused on the black experience, but teachers at my school are also Chinese, Mexican, Spanish, Serbian, Malaysian, Korean, Philipino, Puerto Rican, Indian, and Jordanian. Not one bit of care about any of their minority lived experiences, so instead of building bridges, it just separated people more. I miss the give-and-take and being able to ask an honest open question without getting labeled as this or that for being curious and trying to connect. Every action isn't really race-based. If you cut me off in traffic, I might think you are distracted, maybe on your phone, maybe late for work, maybe a bad driver, maybe a toddler just threw a cup of cheerios at your head, or maybe a million other possibilities, but it would never cross my mind that it's because of our respective skin tones. It doesn't signify in most situations. I also don't like the kids now being unwilling to do anything if someone who "looks like them" hasn't done it. White astronauts would never have walked on the moon if they waited for that, because nobody at all ever did it before. We program this separateness into kids, and it's like they don't have permission to do whatever the heck they can imagine, because they aren't allowed to imagine because people doing it so far don't have the same color skin as they do. I get there's cultural differences, too, but they talk about looks. To me, you look like a human being (with whatever skin tone God gave you), so go do whatever you can dream. I have a lot of admiration for those who do pursue it, the ones who crash through the barriers and open the way for those who need to NOT be first. I wonder how the human race will move forward if too many of us need to not be the first one to do some great accomplishment. In my childhood home, our neighbor across the alley was a black airline pilot. Why not? But nowadays, nobody has the confidence to trailblaze. In an era when the very first human EVER to do something could be black, who is telling and teaching black kids that they have to wait their turn??? Why couldn't one of them be the very first human AT ALL to step foot on Mars, for example? What are we doing to our future by limiting kids to only doing things that others have already done? Thanks for this video and being open to take a stroll through the minefield of race. I enjoy your videos a lot, and definitely love how you mentor others. You are insightful and open minded, and it's so good to see that in today's world where people of every color seem to silo ourselves off from each other. God bless you!

[@tenjou0]

"There were kids who said they hate all white people cause we had slaves. They found out my Dad came here, my Mom's family also came post-slavery." This is a big crux of why a lot of white people get tired of hearing about race. The massive influx of Irish, Scottish, Polish and Italian immigrants from the late 1870s to the early 1930s means that there are literally millions upon millions of white people who not only had nothing to do with anything prior, and were also quite often subjected to some of the same Jim Crow style laws because for many years white meant English and nothing else. Some of the most vehement supporters of dismantling segregation laws, anti-interractial marriage laws and miscegenation laws ended up being the very people that get told day in and day out that they're willing participants of oppression.

[@77mudvayne]

I grew up in the late 70’s and the 80’s. I grew up in a small town where the black population was very, very small, but my first friend in that small town was Black and were fam until his death. His family was my family. Till this day it remains that way.

[@markanderson1448]

I am White. I don’t care about race at all. I totally agree with Morgan Freeman. I grew up loving Motown. I grew up playing sports. We were not White or Black. We were a team. Now, I do agree with you about sharing cultures. Focusing on the good.

[@bethbnolan]

HUGE Motown fan here! HUGE You have great taste!

[@Inmate00187]

"I can't find my family history?" So what!? Most people can't. Including the white slaves' families. Most people also don't give a crap. Including most people who try to use that excuse as if it actually affects your lives.

[@kathyallen7964]

I'm so glad you stepped out of your black box! Old white female here. I'm interested in learning the true history of all cultures.

[@eilselp11]

You, my dear, are one of the pioneers ballsy enough to cross the borders of your mind and break out of the cage of your mind. We have all been tricked into cages of our minds. Following blindly, lazily, selfishly by professional manipulation. Just my opinion. I love your spirit. My spirit sees your spirit. Also, greed has no color. Neither does love. Thank you again Van❤😊

[@elizabethbagwell3795]

Exactly!! Let's all step out of the box and live life 🎉

[@TammyRogers-v6u]

We are all one race, the human race. The color of your skin means nothing, the content of your character is what I look at.

[@glennii9442]

Thank for sharing that ultimate truth.

[@terrieormonde2340]

Amen!!!

[@bughat1]

man,you say stuff i've been thinking for 40 years. We're americans.Nothing more ,nothing less.

[@annlong8713]

I love your content. I have gained so much perspective listening to you. Thank you!

[@mercychoke4475]

ur a real one van! 👍

[@celestepingtella5938]

Great topic!! I'm white and my belief is not to generalize and put people into groups. I believe people should be individually judged by actions, character, and merit. It doesn't matter what race or color someone is actions, merit, and character!!

[@Catherine-u8l]

That's not well thought out and " group" is the operative word. Half of your statement is correct and obvious as most people look at behavior and character!

[@GhostCrowBrother]

I'm white and Australian so I'm not sure I'm part of the same conversation because I haven't lived any American experience. But I do agree with you on races coming together, and seeing each other as humans, and not colours.

[@jessefausett2945]

It doesn’t matter if you’re from Australian, China, Japan, all places of the Earth you’re a human being and your opinion matters also

[@GhostCrowBrother]

@jessefausett2945 big love ❤️🙏

[@BatmanTC]

1:48 it doesn’t matter if your history only goes back so far, that’s besides Freeman’s point. If blacks have a history month everyone should, they aren’t better than anyone else, and honestly, as Freeman’s says, I also don’t want or need one and neither should you. Yall need a month to feel better about yourself or what?

[@jaymerrifield4333]

Reality is, white people made a "Black History" month to feel better about themselves as white people. White people have been vilified for several decades now. Some have succumbed; some have rebelled; neither of which ends up good. Which is why most white people dont wanna talk about it. We aren't 'guilty' and do resent being characterized as such, but we aren't interested in and don't feel that racial animosity is the answer - which is the inevitable results when white people attempt to speak about it.

[@dragonmaster1360]

Exactly. If you're fine with a black history month, you MUST be okay with a white/italian/french/indian/narive/etc all the colours and creeds history month. Only allowing one is the peak of entitlement, raciam, and discrimination.

[@andystegall7407]

White people can't really trace their lineage back very far either. Yes, we can associate our last name with a specific geographic location but we have nothing in common with people from that part of the world aside from the name and some genetic material. The thing that always irritated me was when someone takes great pride in the association of a culture they have no understanding of. "I'm Polish" "I'm Italian" "I'm Dutch-Irish" it's like no TF you aren't.

[@Bob-g8i2v]

"No one's coming to save your ass!" No truer words were ever spoken. 👏

[@johngotterup341]

Father was born and raised in the Virgin Islands. Race was a none issue. 20 years Air Force. Who ever was working in his shop came to the house for dinner. All races. As a “white” guy race is not something that matters. In high school on St Thomas USVI, I was hit, spit on, and told I could not go into businesses because I was “white “. That was their problem , not the total “black” community. Each person is taken as an individual. Currently have several “black” friends. But they are not representing all black peoples, just themselves. It’s that simple. Each person is unique. They represent themselves!

[@jenniferbeck5668]

I have this one girlfriend. She happens to be black. I only say that is bc it pertains to the conversation. We have the most amazing relationship. I love that she gives me perspective, and she loves that I do too. She's also on the opposite end of the political spectrum. It's such a refreshing connection. You remind me of her bc you challenge and celebrate each other and encourage us to be curious about other experiences.

[@dw7244]

I have (I think she left me, so had) a dear black female friend because of Kamala Harris. I had posted that I did not think she had the intelligence to be President of the United States. In response and to my shock, she asked me if I was racist? Did I think she (my friend) was a DEI hire. I told her that she hurt my feelings for asking me if I was racist. It hurt me to the core. As far as Kamala, I pointed out verbatim what Biden said and that I knew she (my friend) wasn’t a DEI hire because I had known her most of my life and knew her character, her intelligence, her grace. It has shaken me that as a white person, I questioned the ability of a person of color, this person that I considered a dear friend, turned on me.

[@elliewall7621]

I am sorry to hear about how your friend reacted to your objective observation about an individual. Try to forgive her and forget it, maybe she will come around (you did say you had known her most of your life, so she knows you too). White liberals react the same way as your friend did regarding any issue that involves anyone who is nonwhite. They assume the worst about you. For white liberals, it seems to have more to do with them assuming they are morally superior to other people.

[@vincenzobonadonna4556]

She sounds kinda racist.

[@terriperry9434]

Same thing happened to me when I was a kid. We grew up in the country and the girl down the road was black, we became friends. One day her cousins from town got off the bus at her house. The entire bus ride home was horrible because her cousins were a bunch of loud mouthed bigots and picked arguments and called everyone names all the way home. She never said a word. It hurt.

[@purityshallabide1645]

What happened is that the situation expose the racism in your friends heart. You were her "white friend", not her friend, a category designed and maintained to keep you and others at a certain distance lest she really have to deal with her own flawed beliefs. However, there's always hope because people can grow.

[@derekheim8172]

It's exclusive programming. Very similar to behavior modification. In politics the message is being pushed across the board, even in schools. I got a dose of this at a barbecue a few years back. In the form of an 8 year old girl arguing with her mother about Trump. The child went Jekyll to Hyde in a millisecond, as if she had been reciting rote poilitical slogans. There's no way it happened like that organically with this child. How many 8 year olds give a flying crap about politics enough to actually "hate" a president?

[@gregmiller9280]

You can only trace it so far back because your country of ancestral origin never got past the stone age and the reason you can trace it at all is because your ancestors ended up in what became a first world country.

[@LPDESIGNS1]

Wow wow I loved the way you summed this up. You made me realize if we could just listen to each other..really listen.with an open mind we would all see each other as just people who are more alike than different. We have been taught to emphasize the difference in a negative way instead of becoming more enriched by it. I am so impressed with the way you choose to introduce this type of thinking . Brilliant!! Totally.

[@dragonfly1430]

I was born in 1965. Moved to the big island of Hawaii from Oregon when I was 8, so early 70’s. Lived in a rural sugar cane plantation town. I was one of two white people in my class. I didn’t care and was excited to make friends. I experienced bullying and was called names because I was haole (white). Until then I never thought about race. Yea, it’s tough out there. Kids can be meaner than adults. But what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. I persevered and was not a victim. I never have judged anyone for the pigment of their skin or their financial condition (we were also poor). There are wonderful people and bad people of every nationality, culture and income level.

[@cathysparenberg7497]

Van, I am white and I don't give a rats ass about color. I treat every person as an equal and totally ENJOY learning about other cultures and where they came from and hear their family stories!!! I have friends from ALL cultures and we get along GREAT because we respect each other! I am a rock n roller from the get go, ACDC, et al, BUT I went to an Earth, Wind and Fire concert when I was 17 and loved every minute of it and I think I was one of about 20 people in entire arena! Thank you for branching out...

[@Sog8045]

It absolutely amazes me how open minded you have become ( or maybe have allowed yourself to be??). We can't learn until we can look at ourselves and admit what we do not know.

[@derikmitchell5882]

Van, I am so proud of you and watching your growth. You are a great bridge between both sides.

[@xSayHiToEarlx]

Brothers from other mothers. ❤️

[@beerer64]

God doesn't see color or race.....we are all his children!

[@elizabethbagwell3795]

Exactly!!!!

[@glennii9442]

Absolutely! AMEN!!!

[@mtr648r4]

All made in His image, too!

[@LeSiZmOr]

Bottom line Van..We are all just one race. Human. Love to see where your channel has gone and is going! Good on you my friend!

[@kristinabc1143]

Growing up my daddy always told me I was a Heinz 57, a mutt … and as my sister (half - different father) started looking into her family lineage, she also started looking into mine because my daddy passed away in ‘99, and she wanted to give me my own history as a gift. Seems daddy was right, and his side of the family has been equal opportunity lovers for at least the past 2 centuries 🤣🤣 so far there’s Irish, Italian, Filipino, Native American, Egyptian, Spanish (Spain), Japanese, South African, and few others. She pushing me to do a DNA test, but I’m not really interested, mostly because I know I’m a human and an American, that’s enough for me. I would only be interested if it told me the stories of those lives that went into that lineage, but it can’t, so I would rather trace it ancestor by ancestor, because that’s my history. That’s all our history, the love, sweat, and tears that were poured into the lives that lead to ours, not the color of our skin - because our skin color doesn’t tell the whole story.

[@timmurphy479]

Hi Van I'm 65 and I was almost 9 years old when Martin Luther King died My grandmother loved him being Southern Baptists. I watched her cry when she found out it was a white man who killed him that changed my life forever.

[@markmyers6472]

God bless and keep ya Van.... Preach it from the pulpit, the street corner and the studio... you need to be heard!

[@patriciawaudby8690]

I've totally stopped caring what people think. Stop thinking in the past and think ahead in the future.

[@kcs69sign]

My mother was adopted so i did my DNA and I am many races and what i feel more important then that is how i treat others and my relationship with almighty God.

[@sjfanning7711]

68 yr old grandmother here! I started watching you when you listened to music and reacted. I love all kinds of music. I found some new things to listen to through you and I loved watching your reaction to “white people music” when hearing it for the first time!

[@ShAdoWj1995]

I am white. I can move, but only a drunk or high person would call it dancing

[@OtisAustin-tj7lo]

love you my brother you speak the truth MLK stated in his speech at the capital poor white and poor black have more in common than we do with the rich I'm almost 70 now so I've seen true racism not this perceived racism but true racism must be pushed into the light because it is taught to the next generation back the old

[@nickwells20]

Mostly all of Americans can't trace our lineage because we our mostly all descendants of immigrants. My family is post WW2 so I really don't think his answer makes much sense. (2:30 ish minute mark)

[@Ginet-ex1ge]

Because I grew up LDS my mother did extensive genealogy … I was able to visit a cemetery in Wales that ancestors from both sides of my lineage were buried in the early 1600. I feel very blessed!

[@rogergroover4633]

Even those Amercans who've been here for generations don't know their ancestry in any detail. It's not only a lack of interest. Prior to the 1860's the census only listed the head of household and sex and age range of the other occupants. Not to mention courthouses with paper records occasionally burnt down.

[@Ginet-ex1ge]

@ I’m lucky I guess… I know my heritage back on both sides back to the 1600’s on most lines and much further back on several lines. My mom being a good LDS woman spent thousands of hours going through microfiche to accumulate it.

[@vincenzobonadonna4556]

My culture is American, and America is a melting pot.

[@kevinbrandt1738]

It’s amazing what happens when you become informed

[@ddale20]

Absolutely! And you would think in an era where we have the world of information in our phones, we would be smarter, but a closed mind is an ignorant one!

[@ChaplainMike777]

That was a very good and intelligent discussion. And with some humor thrown in, too. Awesome!

[@stephencooper5040]

8:57 the price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

[@FloridaHammer]

I’m tired of hearing about it PERIOD. The guilt grift is over. Frankly, I don’t care at all anymore.

[@barbieknight6761]

I love this channel. ❤

[@billcross9508]

I'm a 60+ year old white guy>. I'm VERY white. I LOVE you man!!!!!!

[@Foxfire-ffx]

Christ died for the whole world... the human soul is colorless. Keep crushing stereotypes Van...God Bless!

[@corlenehaggerty9064]

I don't think it's necessary to talk about race. I grew up Christian and was taught that we're all God's children and we're all brothers and sisters in his eye. I hate the subject, and I can't stand when someone puts emphasis on it. Like we can teach "ALL" American history in school, especially the darkest parts, and stop leaving out things. And I want people to stop enabling our youth to have victims mentally. We all have every opportunity to achieve our goals, no matter what they are. Regardless of skin color, religion, or upbringing.