What Is Systemic Racism?

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Mr. Beat explains what systemic racism is and why it exists. He also debunks systemic racism deniers like Larry Elder, Dave Rubin, and Ben Shapiro.
Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), CreatorMix.com, Doug Maxwell, Carmen Maria and Edu Espinal, Vindu, Corbyn Kites, Density & Time, and Slenderbeats. Creative commons credit: Alisdare Hickson
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Here's an annotated script with footnotes:
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Sources/further reading:
Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools by Jonathan Kozol
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
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One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy
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Dark Alliance by Gary Webb
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www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-RACE/USA/nmopajawjva/
www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN24I29S/
www.npr.org/2021/01/25/956177021/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-black-people-reveal-troubling-patterns
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/12/15/u-s-public-school-students-often-go-to-schools-where-at-least-half-of-their-peers-are-the-same-race-or-ethnicity/
www.npr.org/2022/07/14/1111060299/school-segregation-report
www.americanprogress.org/article/african-americans-face-systematic-obstacles-getting-good-jobs/
reason.com/volokh/2021/04/24/race-and-violent-crime/
www.reuters.com/world/us/more-than-100-us-political-leaders-have-ancestors-who-were-slaveholders-2023-06-27/
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01466
www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/annual-report-shows-systemic-racism-continues-to-bring-down-black-peoples-quality-of-life
www.npr.org/2020/07/01/885878564/what-systemic-racism-means-and-the-way-it-harms-communities
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-united-states-history-of-segregated-housing-continues-to-limit-affordable-housing/
bgordh.medium.com/more-deadly-than-caste-13db491c6ba7
www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/03/black-voting-rights-15th-amendment-still-challenged-after-150-years/4587160002/
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/fire-in-the-ashes-twenty-five-years-among-the-poorest-children-in-america/2012/09/28/e3d89f30-018e-11e2-9367-4e1bafb958db_story.html
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3798897-five-challenges-black-voters-want-tackled-in-2023/
www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/native-americans-property-rights/492941/
www.becu.org/blog/barriers-to-indigenous-wealth
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/089533002760278686
web.archive.org/web/20130628135832/www.ers.usda.gov/media/562463/ra174h_1_.pdf
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8:03 Ground News
9:47 How systemic racism is real
11:10 6 examples of systemic racism
16:20 Poverty & the Momentum of History
17:46 What caused systemic racism?
24:50 Why systemic racism won't go away
34:06 Conclusion
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[@iammrbeat]

Even though it's a 39-minute long video, I still left a lot out. Please let us know what I left out! Thank you for watching this with an open mind. :) Corrections: At 13:39 I misspoke. I should have said whites have 8 times more WEALTH than people of color. That's a big difference. And don't forget the sponsor! Supporting the sponsor helps support this channel. Compare news coverage from diverse sources around the world on a transparent platform driven by data. Try Ground News today and get 30% off your subscription: ground.news/mrbeat

[@nategar412]

Already made this as a comment, but since you asked... "Great video! The economic aspect is too often downplayed or ignored. The only additions or clarifications that would've been nice that I can think of at the moment: 1. White privilege doesn't mean your life is good or easy if you're white. It means your life wasn't made more difficult because of your skin color. The point was still made well enough during the course of the video, but a clarification when you brought it up would've still been helpful. 2. The wealth statistics that gave rise to the model minority myth arose due to systemic racism. Racist immigration policies and quotas have been providing only Asian or African families that were already wealthy the opportunity to move to America. Of course they and their descendants would tend to be better off financially. For obvious reasons, this doesn't apply to people of color who are descendants of African slaves, indigenous peoples, or other people groups who have faced historic racial discrimination. It's selection bias, pure and simple."

[@davidharvell3191]

You could have added how the CIA intentionally flooded poor neighbourhoods with coke in order to fund right wing paramilitary groups in Central America

[@designsonq1]

What you did include actually moved me to tears. After having growing up, knowing the system was messed up, but not understanding exactly how, It is so validating to see that all it takes for those in your video who "question" it (although they have unlimited access to experts) to realize how systematic racism is rooted in generational poverty is to study issues wealth disenfranchisement within context.

[@alexandersims1613]

Only responding because you asked for it.... Keep in mind I was laughing most of the time listening to this video because it was so devoid of actual evidence of anything even slightly resembling systematic racism. To be honest, I think I'd get more from an intellegent person, who doesn't believe in this, straw-manning this argument. So if my points seam like they're angry or cutting, that's just because they're typed out, if anything, this is overly sarcastic. Idk if you’re willfully trying to mislead or you’re so blind to facts and logic that you misinterpret your own “facts” (I say that because I didn’t fact check you) for “Systematic Racism”.

I’m only going to touch on what you said about healthcare so that this isn’t a novel…. “The Healthcare system has hurt people of color more than others.”
 The “evidence” you provided of “SYSTEMATIC RACISM” falls into one of a couple buckets: Personal life choices: People of color are less likely to be in good health. People of Color are less likely to see a doctor. People of color are less likely to be vaccinated. People of color are less likely to get treated for mental illness. People of color are less likely to have health insurance. People of color are less likely to have good health insurance. All of these are personal choice. I’ve chosen to take insurance and not. I’ve chosen to get less or better health care insurance. I’ve chosen to see a therapist and not. I’ve chosen to go to the doctor and to not. 

Vaccines were free, so saying that there’s systematic oppression b/c one group didn’t get them is stupid and wrong (our largest local vaccine site they put inside the ghetto to try to aid those without personal transport). Cherry Picking Data: The life expectancy for black men is 4 years less of that of white men. Life expectancy for Asians and Hispanics is higher than whites, so is the system racist against whites too? Can whites make a claim to their systematic oppression from the health care system? In all seriousness (bc your point is pointless ultimately), how does life expectancy prove that the system of health care is racist? During the covid19 pandemic, people of color were more likely to die than whites. Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and Hispanics all died at a MUCH higher rate than white and blacks…the percent increase between white/black covid deaths vs blacks and black vs the next highest death rate (since white was 5 and black was 4) is 550% (per KKF via CDC statistics). Per 100k, White was slightly under 15k, black was slightly over 15k and American Indian was 20k….which was the 3rd highest race. What’s your contention? Black infants are 2x more likely to die than white infants. So doctors are in the back like, “oh, that white baby died, time to snuff out these two black babies….gotta keep the ratio going”. Is there any prenatal care issues that the national education system isn’t helping with? Are pregnant minorities not going to doctors for one reason or another, maybe we can alleviate their reasons for not going. Have certain races, throughout all of human history, had higher statistics of infant mortality? No idea and no time to research it…but neither did you and this is your livelihood so… Black women are 3-4x more likely to die of pregnancy related causes than white women. Again, why? Are doctors killing them every time a white mother dies? Could the welfare state and the massive rate of black single mothers be helping to cause this? In 1960 78% of black children were raised in 2-parent families, but in the 90s it’s down to 34% (that’s from Thomas Sowell). Either way, this doesn’t point to systematic racism if black couples aren’t staying together…unless you contend that white people are coming into black neighborhoods and breaking up happy couples…? Black and hispanic children are 2x as likely to not have food to eat than white children. Why? Is this because their parents don’t provide them with food? Childhood obesity tripled in the last 50 years and 1 in 5 children are obese..are kids both increasing in obesity and not eating? How does that work? Where does this even come from or how is this measured? The only logical way I could think that they could do this is looking at how many kids use free/reduced lunch/breakfast at school; and then, it’s a useless statistic because it doesn’t even know what it’s measuring. Again, a stat without any backing or any point unless you contend that white people are breaking into black homes and stealing food labeled “Little Johnny’s Breakfast”, but I don’t see any evidence for this. Your astounding obsession with race-grifting in an attempt to bring your viewership through some 40 minute guilt session every week is mind-blowing….considering you don’t even use facts or logic. I’d love to see you debate someone like Thomas Sowell, Candice Owens or the like who would burn you to the ground with reality. The main viewers (and students of yours) are the ones I feel bad for are (especially the minorities who you chain to this, oppressor-oppressed narrative). You knee-caps people from ever using hard work to reach their full potential by grifting for clicks. Change your race (100% American here), we don’t want you.

[@jurgnobs1308]

@@designsonq1 hey man. just a quick side note. you used the term "systematic racism" there. systemic and systematic aren't exactly the same thing. systematic is when the system directly does something. for instance, slavery and jim crow was systematic racism. the housing laws mr. beat mentioned were systematic racism. today, we mostly have systemic racism. that is when racism is very deeply involved in the whole system, but it's a lot less overt and a lot less direct. meaning, racist policing caused by too many cops being racist is systemic racism. laws specifically attacking racial groups are systematic. hope that makes sense. the poverty differences and what they lead to are also systemic, not systematic (anymore). I don't point this out to attack you or anything. I just think it's important to get these right because if you look at the examples mr. beast showed in the video, where people denied the existance of systemic racism, all their arguments were actually about systematic racism, not about systemic racism. so, it is important to know what these terms actually mean. because then you can more efficiently counter it when people argue it doesn't exist.

[@nicholasgrimes3152]

I never comment stuff but feel the need to say this : I consider myself fully republican, I watch mostly republican media and most vote republican, and I though systemic racism was complete nonsense. This video genuinely opened my eyes that the definitions right wing media were feeding me were the real nonsense. If this is systemic racism than I have been wrong, and it is in fact real. Will be sharing this video.

[@Stoneworks]

you've given me a lot of hope!

[@gatlingrove]

Man good for you for being able to open your eyes and mind to real facts and when you see them. You’re a smart person.

[@iansullivan9738]

​@@StoneworksOh, hey! What's up Stoneworks? Love your work!

[@samkurlekar]

It takes courage and intelligence to examine one's own world view and adapt it upon learning new facts. Bravo!

[@themasstermwahahahah]

​@@gatlingroveIt's crazy how most people we disagree with are just drawing a different conclusion, because they are working with a completely different set of facts and personal background.

[@ThePixelated_kris]

Oh boy i sure hope this comment section will be civil and respectful

[@DetroitMuscle]

You already know it's not going to be. Plus the will probably be demonitized

[@iloveTrump45]

Lol ikr

[@ozzyistheking21]

I’m sure it will be very civil, like the comments sections in his videos about Jews

[@andrewvirtue5048]

You're gaslighting/inciting/instigating.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

​@@iloveTrump45 Name checks out 💀

[@Mike-kc5ew]

As a white man, who grew up on the poorer side (relied on parents food stamps, and free school lunch programs growing up), but have since graduated college and am now working in IT, I think you did a great job in describing systemic racism here. My parents didn't teach me a lot, but one thing they did teach me is that everyone deserves a helping hand, no matter the color of their skin. It's greatly upsetting when some choose to hide behind their own racism to devalue the plight of many fellow Americans simply based on the skin color of others.

[@sageex3931]

Exactly

[@Vesta_the_Lesser]

"t everyone deserves a helping hand" I'm really glad your folks instilled that in you. I truly believe that one of the greatest things hold the US back is so many people insisting that "needs aren't rights" and that we should all live as if we're alone on an island rather than pool resources for the benefit of all.

[@user-qz3pf7mw7f]

If our society was built off help...we'd truly be the beacon of light we claim to be. We do it automatic during a tragedy...but winning the peace is sometimes harder than winning the war.

[@tony9nine]

Just remember it was yt folks who started all this in America with their hate!

[@user-qz3pf7mw7f]

@@tony9nine all what. Slavery has been a thing since before modern recorded history. What happened to Africans at the hands of Europeans is just the latest version of it.

[@Vesta_the_Lesser]

In case he didn't mention it, the 13th amendment did NOT get rid of slavery, it made it so a person could be subject to slavery if they wre being punished for a crime. This essentially socialized the cost of slave labor, now the state would handle the cost of rounding up and housing slave labor, slave prison labor was loaned out to private companies.

[@144k_Kingdom_Living]

Simple a shell game. Slavery never ended they only changed the way it looks.

[@cherylcampbell9369]

Yes! A very little known fact.

[@144k_Kingdom_Living]

Yes, slavery has never went away, it simple looks different these days. When I finally woke up to the truth in 2019, I have not been the same since. Things are difinitely not what they seem to be in this world.

[@ColeMD17]

The Hawes-Cooper Act of 1929 largely removed the ability to exploit free and cheap prison labor to put goods and services into the private sector (mostly because non-incarcerated laborers simply couldn't compete with the fact that prison labor was so cheap.) but in the 70s, PIECP re-introduced the ability to allow prisoners to work and produce in the private sector through work release, provided they were paid a "comparable wage to similar un-incarcerated laborers." This obviously leaves some room to pay inmate laborers slightly-less-than-normal wages and get away with it, but it's nowhere near the 20 or 30 cents an hour people think they're making.

[@michaelmauger3037]

I worked as a correctional officer, and I can comfortably say there is systemic racism in the justice system. There’s a higher rate of black men than white men in the prison system for the same crimes. I really didn’t understand until I saw live trial of a man that happens to be white pleaded not guilty on rape charge and won the case. The argument the parents made was, he just made a mistake, but you can’t prevent him going to college and he’s a good boy. Even though there was multiple eyewitnesses and stacking evidence against him, the jury somehow found him not guilty. There happens to be a black inmate charged with rape in the prison I worked at. He had evidence to prove that he was actually innocent, but no judge wanted to do appeal his case. There is definitely systemic racism in the justice system, but we can remove it if we acknowledge it is actually there and put policies in place to make a change.

[@rico14]

I definitely agree that’s a real thing, but I’m not sure how that systematic. If people carry cognitive biases based on race. That’s not the same an institution deciding to treat one group differently than another.

[@jttravers7423]

Please take your head out of there,,, breathe damnit breathe..

[@Lupin6Light]

​@@rico14 People on jury duty have a responsibility to use the power of the "criminal justice system" properly. So yes their bias matters in the context of systemic racism. Cheers.

[@simoncohen9323]

And I can show you cases where I live where blacks where let go of crimes they obviously committed and there are whites that where in prison for decades for crimes they had evidence they didn't commit everyone can cherry pick retard

[@Justanotherconsumer]

@@rico14 the way that it becomes systemic is in things like segregation. There is no de jure (of law) segregation, but there is de facto (real stuff) segregation, enforced by real estate agents “you wouldn’t want to live in that neighborhood” and, less so now than before, by church attendance (still painfully segregated) and similar things with people wanting to live near other cultural and similar functions - if you want to live near an Elks lodge, I can guess your skin color. Biases and stereotypes are also hugely a product of things like television and movies. That the hero is always a white man and the street thug Black or Latino in the stories we watch means John Q. Public is eager to believe that Majors is a domestic abuser whereas Depp was falsely accused (actual facts of those two cases are too complex to get into here, I’m talking stereotypes only). Black people get stopped by cops for driving in the wrong neighborhoods - there was a city council member not far from here that reported, at last count, being stopped by police ten times on “suspicious behavior.” Racial profiling is no longer officially allowed, but it’s still done extensively by police and they go after people that “look like” criminals, probably because it’s a better chance of conviction at a jury trial. We had a Black friend get arrested on suspicion of a hit and run even though it was the wrong color and the wrong type of vehicle. “Round up the usual suspects” - the error in that movie is that the people they dubiously arrested were all white, though some may have been Italian (used to be Italian meant you were automatically connected to the mafia and automatically a possible criminal).

[@DavidTheBaker]

Geez, I feel exhausted trying to explain systemic racism to naysayers who are close to me. This video is a great resource to recommend for anyone looking to improve their understanding of the issue.

[@magslight3728]

That's right, there's HUGE systemic racism in America and it only happens on White people because you mixed races and Blacks think White people don't and shouldn't have any land because they're well behaved, have faith and build things, even Pastor Manning confesses Blacks are all about blaming others for the fact they never built anything, luckily many Blacks aren't like what you Blacks and mixed races are trying to build false hate on White people, eventually you'll get get what's coming to you for it, you'll end up yet again destroying yourselves.

[@jaredbenjamin3395]

Haha I see what you did there

[@Desperado070]

Actually you the racist.

[@user-np5pj8rm4q]

im really sorry bout the other comments but arnt you the fuckin guy who made like a rap tiktok or short on the ps5 or me trend.

[@divineintervention212]

@Asterix, That's straight up bull💩.🙄I graduated high school at 14 and college at 16. I also grew up in a upper middle class household with 2 parents. I have perfect credit yet when I applied for business loans I was denied several times with no clear reasons about why. Then when I finally did get a loan from a black owned bank all the red tape and other 💩 I needed to start the business was crazy when yt people could set up a business with no permits or anything and nobody stopped them. Cops would even frequent these businesses. I'm very successful but that was in spite of racism. Not because it doesn't exist. If I didn't have the head start and resources that I had regardless of how well educated I was it wouldn't have mattered. I think you guys make up these fantasies in your heads about black people to calm your own fragility. Especially saying something as ridiculous as its because of education. There's 3 times more black people who have attended college than that have been to prison, but as a non-black person you wouldn't know that. You can't legitimately say what someone who's shoes you haven't and never can walk in problems are. That's oxymoronic at best and outright racist at worst. Do better ma'am if you want the world to be better and stop judging people from inside of your hyperbolic chamber bubble.🙄

[@amerikanatv1523]

Good job. The one major thing i think you left out tho is the fact Black veterans of WWII were intentionally excluded from their rightfully benefits of the GI Bill

[@king_lil_yg]

Mexican Americans were deported as well

[@JimDandy-rn4vd]

Your right he still got to use his GI Bill.

[@reaps2197]

I am a mixed heritage Hispanic/White person who has lived in a predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhood. Many of us live in poverty including me, I hear sirens constantly and live near the railroads. On the exact opposite side of town, you see the nice quiet predominantly White neighborhood. We have 3 middle schools and 1 high School. At 2 of the middle schools, you find the students from my neighborhood, the low scorers. At the 3rd, you find the wealthy students, the best at everything. We constantly had low funding, and gym was often interrupted by PSAs by the local police. In highschool you see the groups interact. When a fight breaks out, I often know the fighters. I have to work very hard and take any shortcut I can to pursue a higher education. I've noticed systemic racism for a while, I just didn't know what it was. Thank you Mr Beat, you teach me way more than any history class has.

[@Illumirage]

What laws favor whites only in 2024?

[@Illumirage]

You madame, are a racist

[@sageex3931]

I also recommend you watch neo-slavery by knowing better

[@goldenvulture6818]

Hispanic isn't a race or ethnicity. Its a person who's first language is Spanish.

[@Illumirage]

@@goldenvulture6818 they claim it is a race, hispanic/latino. Not our claim, theirs.

[@TheOxIshere]

I must say, this video is going to go viral. As a Black American, I've seen my share of videos attempting to explain systemic racism. I have never seen systemic racism broken down in such a novel, witty, and entertaining way while understanding the root cause. No shame, no extraordinary smugness, no blaming. Just the facts. You have given the internet a gift! Thank you.

[@iammrbeat]

This comment means a lot, especially since I just got done reading a bunch of really mean comments about my video. Thank you. :)

[@TheOxIshere]

@@iammrbeat You are very welcome. This is going to be a very polarizing subject because most will see this video in a very binary way. Either America is this "shining city on a hill" with zero racism or it's a dystopian hellscape fused with racism at every corner. It's usually somewhere in the middle. Some areas need more work than others. Folks, don't come for Mr. Beat. It's just useful information. It won't hurt you.

[@Jay-jb2vr]

Systemic racism is what Navy Federal did a few months ago. Systemic racism is when 75% of whites own their homes but only 30% or less blacks own their homes. Systemic racism is black people being disregarded or exploited or just flat out ignored in politics, finances, economics and business ownership 💯 Systemic racism is white folks exploiting black culture and disrupting what it really is or means.

[@TheBiggestMoronYouKnow]

i think it's because white people don't constantly get demeaned for existing so they are less touchy? less attachment to it helps with a level and pragmatic view sometimes 😁😁

[@flannel2699]

@@iammrbeat Wow, that was quite unpleasant but also very watchable. I don't think I would have made it through without the humour.. I've always felt this stuff but not really dived in to the mechanics of it all. Your fast paced, info-dense breakdown really hits home, for me at least. I think the irritating guy with the suit and tie was a youngish Ben Shapiro. He certainly had the same wilful-sounding misunderstanding-of-stats-to-support-a-prejudiced-argument vibe going on. I think it's a shame that 90-something percent of the people that need to see this film will either ignore it or not understand it. It was definitely worth making though both for the fence-sitters and to arm the rest of us with knowledge and greater understanding. Thank you! Edited for typo

[@GodBlessTheATF]

"If you stick a knife in my back 9 inches and pull it out 6 inches, there's no progress. If you pull it all the way out, that's not progress. The progress is healing the wound that the blow made.. *And they won't even admit the knife is there.* " -Malcolm X Excellent work, once of the best explanations I’ve seen. Thank you Mr. Beast.

[@AntiAzovIndividual]

“And all 250 million white Americans are stabbing me simultaneously”

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

Okay but where is the solution?

[@yg7434]

Spot on!

[@yg7434]

​@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 You should listen to MLK Jr post "I have a dream" interview, and he explain what should happen clearly.

[@goldenvulture6818]

If Martin Luther King Jr. & Malcolm X didn't die when they did and didn't die the way they did they'd be more hated than loved today

[@twylxght]

I’m a black man and the first 10 seconds of this video was HILARIOUS. Keep doing your thing Mr.Beat

[@tobi2233]

Who asked about your skin color

[@jay-quinthunder7967]

As a 49-year-old African American man who specialized in African American history in the history of America! I approve this video!

[@Itswat3vah]

I love that you are making the distinction of how Native Americans and African Americans are facing a long history of systemic racism that newly arrived ethnic minority groups wouldn’t have to deal with.

[@Ameer_H]

Not just that, but a lot of Asian American immigrant families (such as myself) generally come with a level of socioeconomic status above those who have faced systemic injustice here. This isnt all encompassing, but it's an extremely important metric to consider.

[@josephliu968]

Yeah, that's true, but to be fair, just about every minority group faces pretty heavy discrimination. It's largely about social class, but race is a pretty big factor too. You bring up some great points, though. @@Ameer_H

[@Quicksilver1936]

Womp womp cry more.

[@zacharybosley1935]

​@@Quicksilver1936 ??

[@drewjensen8570]

There is a good point to be made about the different kinds of people who are moving from different places. Asian and Indian people, who probably face some level of personal racism in their time probably struggle less financially because they are choosing to come here out of convenience or desire. People from Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East tend to be refugees or something of the sort, and so they end up in more similar economic situations to the Native and African Americans in this country.

[@ThatOneAccount931]

My professor taught systematic racism like this: We’re all sitting in the classroom. Some seats are close to the white board while others are four or five seats back. He places a small trash can in the front of the room. Those who can shoot a paper ball into the basket from their seat will get an A. Obviously, the kids sitting in the first row have an advantage. Occasionally some taller or more athletic students can make the shot from a further back seat but on a whole, if you aren’t in the front row, it’s considerably harder. Of course some kids in the front row can miss too but they had a better chance the person behind them. So, while no one is guaranteed to make a basket, it is easier for some to do so which is like systematic racism. I always think of this experience when ppl talk about this topic

[@LetsGetPolitical]

Systemic Racism Dose not exist and until people take accountability for there actions and stop promoting false lies about this minority communities will continue to fail it amazes me how fast propaganda like your spreads and how quick and how quickly people accepted it as fact

[@sageex3931]

Wow good way of you're teacher explaining it

[@TheEclecticSinger]

Then you’d have people say “well why don’t they just get up and get to a closer seat to shoot?”

[@gunbutter830]

The problem with your professor's demo is that he explained it by using race. That's a lazy demo. People of all races and social backgrounds are not even close to the front seats. Using a uni-dimensional criterion to demonstrate why some people aren't successful did you a disservice.

[@boom-wj1gt]

@@TheEclecticSinger just say " it's occupied "

[@__8120]

"Oh that one's actually the drug war" got me lmfao

[@deemoe7301]

Being a black person, This was the best explanation of systemic rasicms ive ever heard on social media. I've tried to explain it to others but I've always had difficulty. This is a great reference! Thank you.

[@Illumirage]

America is anti white, not anti black. You are privileged over whites in 2024

[@katrinajones-tu7tq]

I am an African American and I was drinking the Republican kool aid and believed that my lack of success was due to my own fault. One day I woke up and realized that I lacked a father, my mom smoked crack, and my illiterate grandmother raised me. I am lucky to have graduated college with a bachelor’s degree. I am one of the few that made it out the hole and a lot of my peers weren’t so lucky. Although I haven’t reached my apples yet; I made it out the hole. Thanks for your video!

[@sageex3931]

I also recommend you watch neo-slavery by knowing better

[@lakep7798]

You made it! That’s to be celebrated for sure. Now, please do all you can to help OTHERS out of the hole!

[@DarkNJuju]

@@lakep7798 My mother's grandmother was born a slave. My mother graduated university. My daddy graduated university and started working when he was 4 selling newspaper. My father fought in a war but was denied all home loans to get his family a home but his parents had land outside the sun down town. African American women are one of the most educated groups in the country but they are still not being paid what they are worth. And this video only puts the responsibility of racism on black people doing better when it should be place on the shoulders of white people to stop being racist.

[@alphabetgoop35]

Republican ideals are why you pushed yourself so hard and achieved so much

[@gunterthekaiser6190]

Congrats, mate. Hope you get a bright and peaceful future. You certainly earned it.

[@yake222]

It is astounding how ridiculously difficult the 'literacy' test when I saw the actual test I realized 'Oh this was made for the sole purpose to stop people from voting at all

[@danielbishop1863]

Yeah, the tests were often designed to trick people into failing. The Black voter suppression came from having double standards on who had to take the tests in the first place. Like "You're exempt from the test if you had an ancestor who was registered to vote before 1865" (the origin of the term "grandfather clause"). Or the more subtle "You're exempt from the test if you can prove you have an 8th grade education, and BTW we had an unfortunate accident with the records from the Black schools."

[@justinhosbein]

Based

[@marcello7781]

​​@@justinhosbein Yup, the OP is based, the "literacy" test isn't.

[@justinhosbein]

@@marcello7781 if you say so

[@marcello7781]

​@@justinhosbein you said it 🙃

[@howardhedrick3726]

Great video, I'm a white guy that had plenty of advantages in life. I truly do hope as a society we overcome these issues... poverty is the root cause, let's all come together to help raise each other up.

[@mporter123456]

Black guy here! I love your comment!!!

[@smartphones4cheap940]

Hi, good human. 👍 Sad part is as a society Capitalism will not thrive without the haves and have nots, slaves and slave owners. It will never end just change the players. The slave owners no longer care what color the slaves are, just as long as they stay the owners 😉

[@JonathanSinclair-zx]

in order to overcome we need more white people to stop assuming they know everything already and watch this video.

[@afreedman4361]

I do think we, the people, have a better chance at eradicating poverty than our government. History has made a compelling argument that they’re more adept at creating than alleviating poverty.

[@Behavioral_Sink]

any problem that can be fixed with money would have been fixed with money, US is the richest country on earth

[@TreseanDaise-bj2dt]

I would give my both of my arms and legs to have had a teacher like Mr.Beat.

[@Heelincal12]

This might be one of the best and simplest explanation of what Systemic Racism is, and did a great job countering a bunch of the bad-faith arguments that pop up from people who deny it exists. It's so sad that the first step just has to be having everyone acknowledge it even exists.

[@Sceptonic]

If it all boils down to poverty, then your arguments should focus on addressing poverty instead of looking at the surface

[@oliviaspring9690]

@@Sceptonic it does not all boil down to poverty but many of these systems are intertwined.

[@phelan8385]

Explain how it boils down to poverty.

[@iammrbeat]

Thank you. Well I understand all the denial- most folks can't even define it!

[@ji_ji_]

That would be ignoring the title of the video . The first part of addressing any problem , is to acknowledge that there IS a problem. its not to turn around say, systemic racism doesnt exist but poverty does-- which your comment seems to imply @@Sceptonic

[@PaperMario64]

Thank you for the video. I am black. I grew up in poverty in the inner city. When you grow up like that, everything around you is a constant reminder that no one cares about you. It feels like you’re in quicksand. Even if a kid from poverty is able to beat the odds and earn a scholarship, many don’t have the support to do well in college. That happened to me. I had issues at home and could not leave my sick mother to fend for herself.

[@imperialstats]

I heard that

[@tonyraffetto931]

How are you doing now? More so with your mental health than socioeconomically I mean. Hope youre taking care of yourself

[@justincarrington4157]

I also grew up in the inner city, am about to graduate college with tow majors, a minor, great recommendations, and a GPA above 3.0; yes I still feel the same way when it comes to no-one caring.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

This is the challenge of family wealth or lack thereof - one person succeeding doesn’t change that they are expected to help those around them. When an individual member of a rich family comes on bad times, the family often helps. When an individual member of a poor family comes on good times, they often help their family. Applies to communities as well. We had a guy at church who had a house fire. People didn’t necessarily give money but they did volunteer time to help with cleanup and provide emotional support, cooked meals, and other acts of value. This “it’s all about what happens to an individual” has two parts - 1. An excuse to not help in good times, and 2. Ensuring that we ignore systemic problems.

[@wdehey7853]

That’s not systemic racism though, that’s a problem with our (black) culture.

[@eugene1317]

I did a research paper on the Tulsa and Oklahoma City school districts right next to Missouri (where I now live) and the test score disparity of majority black schools to majority white schools within a 15 mile radius of each other is genuinely dystopian.

[@waltreal]

This video will absolutely go viral! I was once a registered Republican and drinking the Conservative Christian Nationalism kool-aid. Even though living in the midwest like yourself Mr. Beat. I grew up in St. Louis not Kansas City. Had similar struggles. I did realize in my late teens earlier 20s some of those disparities caused by poverty that systematically hurt POC. Would expose itself often. Like constantly getting pulled over by cops. Rather I was driving or walking not committing a single crime. Being frisked and my car stripped searched multiple times. This would often happen in suburban areas with all white cops. I thought this happened to everyone. Learned over the years that it didn't. Thank you for entertaining take on systematic racism. This motivates me to keep sharing my stories here on KZbin.

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks for the kind words and for sharing your experiences.

[@Illumirage]

Well that was racist. You and Mr beat are both anti white racists

[@Illumirage]

None of that is true by the way. Try being a minority in Africa. You get abducted

[@headshotmaster138]

white guilt the post.

[@waltreal]

@@headshotmaster138 ??? What???

[@JackPressesButtons8221]

I have so much respect for your willingness to talk about these kinds of topics. This kind of honest discussion is exactly what the world needs

[@SaltoDaKid]

⁠@@andromeda45188racism just like Mr. Beats said, the wealthy. They use it to protect their interests. Why countries in Europe took advantage and worked together take all resources from Africa and Asia countries by force. The greed these countries pursue the reason they had these massive war, for example WW1

[@magslight3728]

he's lying and using psychological violence to make sure you never speak up for the truth and White people. He's a mixed races individual, he's not actually White although he looks it, he's actually superiority racist against White people and doesn't feel they should have equality in the world. The fact that he's quoting a mixed races person who has no stats on what he's saying and has been known to be debunked the root cause is not poverty, the root case is no faith and not believing in God for Black people and invading White countries and continents when they have no right acting like they own it, the Black pastors say this too and that Black people never built anything in Africa that's why the problem. They are claiming themselves victim while being the perpetrator they never take any responsibility. This is why you should never listen to a loxist like him. He's filth.

[@jeffreywalker9337]

I really enjoyed this video...as a African-American black male who leads a ministry at my church about race relationships this is the type of video people need to hear. It's hard for me telling my white friends systematic racism has been going on since this country began and it still goes on. Thanks Mr Beat

[@bb3ll07]

But you don’t need this “system” to get by in life. GOD IS THE ONLY WAY! These terms were invented by man to divide us. 😢😢 Me and my friends don’t talk about things like this. All this worry in the world is uncalled for 😢 Jesus is the way ❤️

[@mrjaman3752]

​@@bb3ll07 Respect is the way, not Jesus, you can believe what you want, but you should always respect the other one.

[@getbbudded23]

I don’t know how people can’t see it.

[@jamspringz]

​@@bb3ll07 We are in the world but not of the world. The system is educational, medical, legal, social, political, and economic. So, to say you don't need the system to get by shows a lack of understanding what the system or systems are. They are made of people organized to perform a particular or array of functions towards a sought-after impact or result. If a group of people be it your neighborhood, classroom or corporation shared a bias based on a phenotype of a human being they have no say to change and there was no law to target that bias if it was displayed in behavior or decisions made by individuals in the organization, then people could express that bias without legal consequences though unfavorable, unethical and in some cases immoral behavior and decisions. MLK is to be appreciated because he show how Jesus is the way, not ignoring or dismissing systemic racism but addressing it vocally and in strategic demonstration. By theses things he was able to move the heart and conscience of the nation to do better. King created language and terms that served as an antidote for rascim and thread to unify us by humanity. He was killed for humanizing black folk and giving hope for economic empowerment and sociopolitical standing. Equity is a threat to white supremacy. Read MLK letter to from the Birmingham jail where he address the request of white pastors to be quiet and lay low. Stop causing trouble let's allow these issues to work out over time. The silence of good people is how people with evil intentions rule.

[@maxdrags3115]

And yet there are many black people with 10+ felonies that get constantly let out. You are full of crap. Systematic racism does not exist anymore, period.

[@mateusgreenwood1096]

Being poor doesn't give you the right to commit crimes, nor does it prove someone else is racist.

[@deadplthebadass21]

There's a lot of details that are not being addressed like he just named out statistics and never explain why that's the case, I'm black and I can tell you from my experience we can't get funding because black people are robbing, killing, and being a public nuisance even other black people don't like black people, we can't get funding for the schools because black people are destroying the schools, the other week a student where I live pulled out a knife on his teacher, and believe it or not I live in a black community with less violent than normal black communities, so I can only imagine how other black communities are

[@deadplthebadass21]

Not to mention we can't also get funding for our houses because we are littering, graffiti, drugs, liquor stores, you can't even put high paying jobs down here because guess what people will be robbing them

[@maxpis4412]

it does mean that just by doing law enforcement, we will never really fix society, instead of truly systemic solutions that address the poverty

[@justjoshua5759]

No but what you and literally every other person saying this doesn’t understand. Is that it explains things. And “proving someone to be racist” why do you ppl never watch or understand what’s being explained to you with whatever you think they’re saying. Being historically poor and having opportunists being limited constantly due to race is going to have an effect and benefit some ppl over time more than others leading to more crime and a legacy of it from a racist past. Reducing it to “who was racist” “can’t be poor and commit crimes”- like anyone was suggesting that or it can be looked at like that just shows you weren’t even listening properly

[@justjoshua5759]

@@deadplthebadass21well I’m black too and I think he does a great job explaining how we’re Robbin and killing due to historical disadvantages of which is pretty easy to understand tbh. When you have a group of ppl consistently and historically deprived, looking at it backwards and constant blaming on the ppl without taking accountability for history and looking at the route cause. It’s no wonder why poverty culture, high crime and violence become normalised problems in ghettos.

[@oliverbennett7431]

I’ve never agreed more with a video about systemic racism. One more thing I would like to add and say. The main problem with affirmative action is that it mainly benefits wealthy people of color. I think colleges should examine economic status rather than race now that affirmative action is gone. One more thing, funding public schools through property taxes in the immediate area is such bs. Property taxes should be pooled in larger areas, so schooling is more equal.

[@joshchris6658]

Hi Mr. Beat. As a medical student at an HBCU this topic is very important to me, especially the healthcare aspect of it. I really appreciate this video and the way you explored and explained systemic racisim in one of the best ways I have seen. Hopefully this video can be the catalyst for change in some people to finally recognize the reality of systemic racism in the US.

[@kieranrollinson8750]

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SYSTEMIC RACISM!!!!!! ANYONE THAT BELIEVES THAT SUCH A THING EXISTS IS FACTUALLY WRONG AND DELUSIONAL, AND HEREBY DECLARED CLINICALLY INSANE!!!!! :D :D

[@jayzion100]

Mr.Beat is a breath of fresh air in the KZbin space, especially for people of European decent understanding background of “races” and explaining it in a KZbin video like this is needed ❤

[@Bandmanwun]

Urgot main 😡😡😡

[@mrgrimrjs]

I appreciate the term "momentum of history". I have been explaining this to people for years and its nice to have a term for it.

[@heldinahtmlhell]

Wokies do love their abstract terms which mean absolutely nothing and cannot be materially substantiated in any way.

[@MA_KA_PA_TIE]

Momentum of history stops blacks kids from studying for tests? Bs, it's just laziness.

[@tsmaller7519]

You can also use "the ripple effect of the initial impact of slavery!" 😉

[@mrgrimrjs]

@tsmaller7519 I have used similar terms. The problem with that is some people don't want to hear the word slavery. Using the word slavery may put someone off and prevent them from hearing the argument.

[@Valiyus]

It's sad that 3k people that disliked this don't think it exist even though you broke it down and are a history teacher. Imagine thinking your right that it doesn't exist over someone that's studied this and proves it exist.

[@sageex3931]

How do you see dislikes?

[@justcallmekai1554]

​@@sageex3931They are most likey using an extension on a PC to see dislikes

[@billyevans4929]

Just because he's a history teacher means he's automatically right? Could just be saying specific facts instead of the whole picture while purposely ignoring other facts to paint a false narrative

[@BetterCallThall]

@@billyevans4929 actually, no. what details do you even think would rebut what he's laid out? anti-intellectualism (please google it) is a huge current in the american right. guess what else it's intrinsic to...

[@JonathanSinclair-zx]

@@billyevans4929 The difference is that mrbeat set aside any biases based on the fabricated social construct of being "white". That allowed him to see black people as people and therefore recognize that most of the disadvantages are symptoms of economic conditions; poverty. A lot of white people would rather not see that because they like comparing themselves and justifying feelings of superiority. Or, they just never learned or were taught lies.

[@jimschachtschneider7741]

I love the argument that there is no such thing as systemic racism. Further they state that there is only individual racism and they that should be called out. Yet no one in the GOP is allowed to call out such racism because that would be "WOKEism". Sounds like a Catch-22 or perhaps a form of systemic racism.

[@Illumirage]

What exact laws favor whites only in 2024?

[@sakshamrai1803]

Mr. Beat, I am an Indian Law Student and I have subject called Law and Poverty. We don’t have racial differences in my country but we have something similar in form caste ( read it up) which result in caste based systemic discrimination. Your video was very moving and very informative in helping me understand systemic discrimination and it was one of those rare videos which made me very emotional. Thanks for this video.

[@user-dx1qv4yz5i]

Caste systems very much exist less obviously in many other places( think the middle east or good chunks of west and north Africa). I would know because I live in West Africa and always knew the children of the wealthy and powerful would do heinous crimes only to be lightly punished if a trial is even held in the first place.

[@iammrbeat]

Yeah I am not a fan of the caste system in India. Sadly hierarchies are everywhere. Thanks for the kind words.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

There’s colorism too, but the caste issue is a great example of the way racism works, and it’s a helpful tool for teaching in that it’s clearly not the American system. One of the great opportunities offered by science fiction and fantasy is being able to discuss these subjects without inherently tripping people’s reflex reactions of “oh that’s not something I agree with politically.” The Indian problems are helpful in that they can’t be dismissed as “not real” or “just a metaphor” the way people dismiss, say, the X-men.

[@godocs11]

​@@iammrbeat It seems human nature evolved from basic natural hierarchy due to natural selection and it's our destiny (I hope) to continue our evolution to a more reasonable and equitable society. Also, these comments are a pleasant surprise! You should be very proud of the community you've fostered. Love your content, boss!

[@matt_9112]

​@@iammrbeat"hierarchies" as such aren't really a bad thing. Now if we talk a) what said hierarchy is based on and b) what the real life consequences are there sure is a lot of bad hierarchies around.

[@paulcooper3611]

Thank you. I grew up in a county in Michigan that, while not overt, had definite systemic racism. My high school had one, count 'em, one, black teacher. She only lasted one year and told me she was glad to leave. The thing is, I didn't realize that I was a racist living in a racist community. It wasn't until I joined the military, left there, and saw what the rest of the world is like that I realized it. So, thank you for this post. It really means something.

[@virgilflowers9846]

Well said. I grew up mostly in a very rural area of Pennsylvania; we hardly even saw people of any color. I remember when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade, a Black family moved to the area and it was a rumor everyone was whispering about before the daughter started school. Like an alien spaceship had landed in the area or something; honestly it’s embarrassing to even that I come from a community that acted like this. I certainly never thought of myself as a racist, and neither did most of the people there, but there was without a doubt a certain insidiously subtle form of racism built in to the mindset. It wasn’t until I moved again when I was 16 and ended up going to a very diverse high school that I truly started to recognize this. I empathize with rural America to a certain degree; many kids in these areas simply aren’t exposed to other races growing up. Unfortunately this causes an insulated, unrealistic worldview that can fester and turn into something else. I do think some of these areas are slowly becoming more diverse, but it’s definitely still a problem. Systemic racism is absolutely real and this video does a great job explaining many of its ugly forms.

[@lavoisier2815]

Every Problem in America was Created by White People that's not a Racist Statement that's a Fact Name one that wasn't.

[@southpaw8040]

As long as little black boys and girls are growing up without fathers and Singing along to pound town instead of sesame street, All of this systematic racism is complete nonsense. The only legitimate systematic racism comes in the form of affirmative action where Discrimination based on race is acceptable

[@susanrichardson631]

I hear this from many in the military when you have to unite with other people that are way more diverse than you and you have to depend on those people for your life it definitely changes how you look at things. My ex-husband was a CO in the Marines and he said all his boys were like his personal children. That's a serious Bond.

[@stevenogbuehi3846]

Mr. Beat, I was explaining this to a good friend (not from the US) about systemic racism about a week before this video was "recommended" to me and I was quite impressed. I'm currently in college now and your pointing out of fallacies (learned about these in my Critical Thinking class) was spot on. I appreciate your very strong attempt to remain unbiased and your videos are a very net positive for people to gain a better understanding of this topic as well. Keep doing what you're doing and don't let the negativity bother you.

[@Illumirage]

"Very strong attempt to remain unbiased" This comment sounds as fake as a comment can sound

[@stevenogbuehi3846]

@@Illumirage Why do you say that?

[@anviudyati8458]

@@stevenogbuehi3846 That guy is a mentally disturbed troll. Don’t bother.

[@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty]

@@Illumirage Every comment you make is a joke.

[@Illumirage]

@@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty cry, racist

[@TimothyMorigeau]

Great video! As a Native American myself, this all rings true. When you have your ancestors land and culture taken away, it destroys a part of you that’s hard to explain or to quantify. It’s easy to feel like you don’t matter or are not wanted.

[@advocacynaccountablity]

As a nation, we need to have hard conversations, build understanding, and ensure historic wrongs are never forgotten as we design what the future looks like for all of us. And I believe reparations are part of how the future can begin to balance the broad imbalance that currently exists. There IS enough money and land. We must legislate that the players who still profit from unpaid labor and deceitful negotiations relinquish their unearned share of our community pie.

[@badger1296]

You matter to me ❤

[@PhyrstNayme-gm7ej]

@TimothyMorigeau It's a sad Fact that happened to native Americans. Sadly still happening to groups of people today. The Most disturbing thing about what was Forcefully done to native Americans is the fact of most Americans and Especially the U.S. government, Totally Avoid talking about it! They talk about justice and reparations for Every other minority group. But Refuse to own up to how the land was Taken away from your ancestors. In truth, those Facts, and how native Americans are still treated today. Is one of the single Biggest reasons I Left America. Wish you prosperity and peace going forward. Maybe one day you and others will get back the land Stolen and Pillaged by the early colonists and their offspring that followed.

[@abdullahassad3654]

You people dont mattrr

[@geezyeskabante]

@@PhyrstNayme-gm7ej they literally avoid talking about reparations for black people. Only people they paid were the Jews.

[@rangerhythms]

As an Indian (not Native American) origin person who is centrist who was aware of the history, the way you explained it helps me understand it much better and profoundly. You never went into hyperbole like a sermon but factually like how it should be taught at a school. One thing which a lot of people are unaware that Nigerian Americans or other Americans who moved to the U.S. from Africa recently are quite successful compared to African Americans who are descendants of slavery in the U.S. This shows the profound effect of slavery and discrimination, as well as the socio economic class of people who are immigrating. A lot of these colleagues were born to parents who were upper middle to middle class families in Africa who migrated. This is also why Indian Americans are so successful in the U.S. A majority of Indian origin people were socioeconomically well-off compared to a median Indian. It is true that education is given higher priority in Indian culture but most importantly it is about who are immigrating.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

It’s also a function of the immigration system, where people that arrive through official channels are often comparatively wealthy. Those making Rs. 5000 a month aren’t coming to the US.

[@jaredholloway6333]

Statistically, most of the children of African immigrants are not doing as well as you just described. Their parents are, because they came here on student or work visas, etc……but their children often suffer from a lack of access, lower employment rate, and therefore lower income than their parents. This is especially true of African immigrants who had children born here….The system sees them the same as any Black American, born from generations of slavery.

[@jaredholloway6333]

@@Justanotherconsumerthank you for that. People who immigrate legally often have education and monetary requirements in order to come. Therefore statistically their outcomes are better. Refugees and asylum seekers do not have that luxury….nor do the children.

[@WeFailedThePoor]

You are a chutiya for being a centrist while there is oppression happening in a white supremacist country. But then i remember the Indians in the West are huge bootlickers for imperialism like you KEKL.

[@Bobsbugsbegone1971]

@@jaredholloway6333 as a russian immigrant the only reason I was able to move to the U.S was because my mom met a man online when I was 5 years old. This led to a lot of instability in my childhood and poverty, so no not all immigrants are rich.

[@lamontdurr1682]

Thank you so much for not turning bitter and becoming part of the problem when you discovered "discrimination" for the first time! Many people go the wrong way on that "fork on the road"! You decided to educate yourself instead. Again, thank you! I've watched this video 3 times now. It's that good!

[@chrisw.5625]

Good job sir, as a 42 year old black man living in Louisiana.

[@Illumirage]

Why does your race matter when mentioning you like the vid?

[@Kimberly34584]

As a nurse I remember a peer in nursing school did her senior capstone on the increased maternal and fetal mortality for people of color and their barriers in maternity heath care. Numerous stories of mothers not being listened to when problems arise until horrible things happen. As least in my field I’ve seen one particular area where research papers point out stories of a poc mom having higher likelihood of almost all negative outcomes and for no very apparent reason either. We all asked her for the slide show because she had put so much work into it with more research papers than most of us found on our topics

[@joeyk107]

My hypothesis: the reason why systemic racism is still this relevant is because so many politicians and other people in power are so OLD. They grew up in more racist times which has led to systemic racism going away much more slowly than it could.

[@quintessences]

this is probably so true. we need younger people in the government so actual meaningful change can occur. we need to make voting easy: make it a federal mandated holiday. School funding needs to come from the federal government and not from property taxes. I’d argue more people would be okay with the federal budget allotting billions for education than billions for a growing military budget

[@paragon4567]

Other then minor issues, agree. Lots of things are still here because of incentives to keep them, this could definitely be the case for historical systemic problems in the black community.

[@onedroprule]

I think ideas about race/gender/religion and associated biases tend to get passed from generation to generation

[@wombatpandaa9774]

I think that's a lot of it, yeah. Very few people actually wake up in the morning with the intent to perpetuate racist systems. Most people just live their lives according to what they're used to. If what they're used to is a racist system, they'll naturally perpetuate it without thinking about the consequences. It's a problem that will solve itself, so long as we keep talking about it, so the rising generations understand that it's something to not be perpetuated.

[@aquari_2344]

Its all about the 'experience' line imo. So often when you suggest that we should vote for a younger person with different ideas, people will ask "What experience does he/she have as a governor or politician?". As though we are trying to hire an electrician. That "experience" that older politicians have is in maintaining the status quo and stopping real change. If we want change we have to elect people who are not 60+ ivy league lawyers!

[@nicklausb]

Wow! I'm so used to gaslighting from most American AND even foreigners on this subject that I almost didn't listen but my curiosity got the best of me. In the beginning, I expected the norm but as the clock ticked on, the norm didn't materialize! Amazing and informative I really appreciate your work

[@soprincess14]

I would like to add another reason why black land ownership has been reduced since 1910 is because of the bloody summer of 1919 that included Tulsa Oklahoma. Thousands of folks were driven off of their land or killed for it.

[@sageex3931]

Facts also rose wood

[@Big_Man_W]

This is not “woke.” This is not propaganda. This is real life

[@emptyhad2571]

Yep this is life

[@grmpEqweer]

Yup. Although I note: Being "woke" is to be aware of systemic injustice, and desirous of the elimination of same. Why is "wanting to get rid of injustice" painted as bad by some people?

[@wadelewis3286]

​@@grmpEqweer from what I can see, it's from people co-opting words like "woke". Then people who oppose the views, focus on the most extreme, or ridiculous of them and paint that as the meaning, which almost always, looks nothing like the original meaning.

[@Ravonaa]

​@@grmpEqweer Change always meets opposition. The hatred of "wokeness" seen in social media is the representation of that. Plus, social media has made it easy for people to react aggressively to simple content. Therefore it's easy to paint "woke" people in negative colors, instead of addressing what the "woke" people want to change.

[@weston.weston]

Amen!

[@patrickwhittle5184]

Really good video Mr Beat. Generational poverty should be addressed more and we shouldn’t ignore how/ why it happened in the first place.

[@TinyDancr]

So is generational poverty or systemic racism that creates this proverbial hole in the ground? You seem to have come to the same conclusion as I did. He says "poverty" is the cause of nearly everything: crime, life expectancy, education then ties it into racism by saying blacks are poor.

[@TobyTarpey]

@@TinyDancrthe hole was caused by history. African Americans and Natives weren’t able to get access to property due to harsh laws against them and this made it so they would generally have less generational wealth which lead to poverty and systemic racism

[@Freshprankstv1]

Yep every one of my relatives are trailer trash. However I don’t use that as an excuse

[@maccoleify]

If you’re in here getting defensive then you are likely proving Mr. Beats points.

[@counterscam6547]

@@TinyDancr poverty has been because of the momentum of history of discrimination against black people

[@mediafluxtv]

That was🔥love your work brother Beat ~ we with you 100 #KnowLoveNoHate

[@evejones1088]

Thank you for this video. Thank you for speaking truth

[@Illumirage]

Total bull sh it

[@Illumirage]

Fake comment

[@sIimepoop]

I knew systemic racism existed in the United States, but I thought it was only limited to the justice system. I had no idea it was this extreme. Thank you for making this video, it really opened my eyes.

[@maargenbx1454]

The most racist system in the US is in housing, and this drives all the problems of the other systems. Of course there was the redlining after WWII, where the government invested American taxpayer money into affordable housing developments for returning GIs, but legally excluded black families (but not their taxes) from many of those developments. This gave white Americans a huge boost when the middle class of the US was being grown and subsidized by the government. Consider what happened during the housing crises of 2008. Banks targeted African Americans aspiring to be homeowners with predatory mortgages, *even when the black borrower had the same income and credit rating of white borrowers who got regular fixed mortgages.* Thousands of black families who could have sustained the regular fixed mortgages white families got were instead given onerous mortgages that drained their savings and left them with zero equity. Court documents from a Wells Fargo suit showed that the bank called the predatory loans ‘ghetto loans for mud people’. Even now many black families selling their homes get significantly higher appraisals when they have white friends pretend the house is theirs. For decades homeownership was the scaffolding of the American middle class. If black people had been allowed to play by the same rules as whites, I’m convinced that all the other issues: schooling, incarceration, policing, etc. would be different.

[@Ben-M112]

@@andromeda45188 well, he did say to free his slaves after his wife’s death. Also litteraly everyone was some kind of racist so… cut my man Washington a break

[@jmill7928]

Real question are you white and did you not realize this because it doesn't effect you so it doesn't concern you ? This video to me the best way to sum it up is water is wet none of it really required deep research

[@takyrica]

@@Ben-M112 when you lack understanding about racism “everyone” can have some sort of racism. Unfortunately, that’s not true. Racism in this country can only be directed at one group of people. Anything else is not considered racism.

[@commonsenselogic]

Actually, it's all BS. There is no systematic racism in America. It's more indoctrination than anything.

[@connerpaul9401]

When you spend centuries making another group of people poor, you can't expect just giving them equal rights suddenly means they have equal opportunities. These groups of people were held back from the starting line, they finally got to start the race and they're the ones being blamed for being in last place and not knowing how to run.

[@LetsGetPolitical]

Systemic Racism Dose not exist and until people take accountability for there actions and stop promoting false lies about this minority communities will continue to fail it amazes me how fast propaganda like your spreads and how quick and how quickly people accepted it as fact

[@sageex3931]

Exactly

[@Casssholevania]

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[@Casssholevania]

If you haven't seen Kimberly Jones' badass rant from 3 years ago I think you'd 100 percent agree with her

[@Chann223]

Not just economic deprivation, but psychological too. When you've also spent centuries treating and teaching a group of people that they are less than and inherently unworthy of privileges then some others, that generational trauma and abuse also leaves it's mark. To the point that you almost no longer need to oppress them with your own hands, they will now do it themselves without ever realizing it. That coupled with the oppressive systems in place, is hardship that most people could not even fathom let alone explain.

[@getjaynesmith4770]

22:35, there's that famous "we want white tenants..." sign that was put up in my old neighborhood 40 years before my Black family moved there in the 80s. I've come to expect to see it everywhere now. Ironically, as my neighborhood was predominately Black at that time due to White Flight, I want even aware of that history growing up. I was aware that our schools were underfunded. Didn't learn until much later that it was due to property taxes... due to valuation of properties... which were devalued as Black residents moved in. So once again, people's inability to simply live next door to darker skin, drove down property values and defunded the education system. What a brilliant way for them to conceal racism. Smh

[@thecoyote9866]

Whenever terms like systemic racism and oppression pop up I feel like it makes individuals highly uncomfortable and go into attack and defend instead of listen and think. In my experience some feel that these are anti white topics because of history but they misunderstand. A lot of blacks have European ancestry already, it’s not about hating the DNA. It’s about exposing and confronting the remnants of those racist ideals that still float around

[@Illumirage]

No, a lot of it is just anti white racism

[@sageex3931]

​@@Illumirageno

[@Illumirage]

@@sageex3931 yes. You're a racist

[@masontrinh6880]

This is probably the greatest example of the disparity between de-jure reality and de-facto realities that many people experience.

[@jessieraykeaton3777]

I don't see how Africa is celebrated when there are more slaves in Africa now than ever existed. Smart

[@knight1706]

@@andromeda45188 Everyone owned slaves, all of our founding fathers, most of everyone at that time did too, slavery is horrible but at this point, washington founded the most diverse country on the planet. I think it’s fair to celebrate that at least.

[@_KRYMZN_]

@@knight1706 no the fuck it isn’t. “Everyone owned slaves” just is NOT true. This video explains why; *poor* white people were never going to afford owning slaves - their purpose in the hierarchy was below the likes of the founding fathers; poor white people were there to police the actions of enslaved/native populations and to be the ones who personally enforced their oppression. Also the idea that you can’t criticise Washington for owning slaves because everyone did so is abhorrent and inhumane. Washington may have *inadvertently* made the most diverse nation in the world, but you can’t just credit him & the founding fathers for that. The diversity of the US wasn’t because they cared about other kinds of people, but because they could exploit them for cheap labour (look at the treatment of literally every group upon their entering the US; Irish, Italians, Chinese etc & the treatment of Black & Native Americans) You yanks need to stop whitewashing your history and acting like the founding fathers did anything good besides what was good for *them*

[@rangerhythms]

⁠@@knight1706not all. John Adams was a founding father and he did not own slaves.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

@@knight1706 even those that did not own slaves were dependent on slavery - it was the backbone of the American economy for probably a century. They didn’t say “King Cotton” idly - there were other American exports, but that slave-dependent industry was what paid for everything else, along with the commerce in sugar from slave plantations in the Caribbean. Kind of unpleasant to think about, but we are in many ways a nation built on slavery, a hypocrisy that was well recognized in the period when the Americans talked about “freedom.”

[@transimpedance]

Mr. Beat, you’ve put out many excellent videos, but this one is special. Thank you for the work you put into this. Thank you for being a caring and empathetic educator. Knowledge and understanding is necessary for us to move forward. “Now you know, and knowing is half the battle”

[@minoritymind]

Special ed. Black people need to get their shit together. My wife, son, and I are all black, so I don't wanna hear any of that racism crap. Correlation does not equal causation. Stop shooting one another, glorifying ratchet behavior, playing the victim, and thinking we can do whatever we want. Every problem he describes is a cultural one. We have a terrible moral code and mentality. We ruin everything we touch.

[@arkgaharandan5881]

What i stupid video, lets destroy it, whites did not go to africa and started lassoing black people black tribes went to war with each other and enslaved the losers and sold them to jewish merchants, look it up the vast majority of the slave ship owners were jews, but no one blames them for racism and slavery because that is antisemetic. Every group was enslaved at some point, whites have been enslaved for longer and at higher numbers than whites, the first slave owner in america was Anthony Johnson and he was black, the native americans owned slaved as well. The idea that poverty causes crime is laughable, if this is the case how come there is more crime in inner cities with heavy black population than white areas? You can predict crime by accounting for black population, how come Greece wasnt filled with crime despite going so many years of utter poverty while around it you had other countries that are riddled with crime? Universities will discriminate on white applicants and asians in order to hire blacks, liberals will dumb down their language when responding to a job application by someone who is black while conservatives wont according to studies, this is why black applicants have lower requirements to get a scholarship while asians have the highest. The supreme court found out that universities discriminate on asians and the media were mad about it because that will benefit whites, they hate white people. Media hate whites people there are hundrends of articles attacking white people that if you replace the world white with black or jew you sound racist, the media specifically does mention the race of a murder or a criminal if they are black, this is how you get titles like "asian women beaten to death by man" well we know the race of the victim, asian what was the race of the attacker? We cant tell it will increase racism, same with mass shootings , if its white it becomes international news if the shooter isnt white, it is burried and no one is talking about it because it doesnt fit the narrative. There is a video where a white man was refused covid treatment because he was white and it was saved for specifically for blacks, this was official policy just like joe biden discriminated against white farmers by giving relief funds only to black farmers, so when most of the funds went to a few black farmers the majority did not get them, it was supposed to be shared among farmers equality instead he prioritized black farmers so the funds were out by the time they reached to whites, america first legal sued and won. The only systemic racism today is against white people, even when dealing with the police, cops are more likely to shoot a suspect if they are white than if they are black, case and point you know who the overdose junkie fentanyl george floyd is but you dont know who tony timpa is who had the same thing happen to him as george floyd but wasnt high on drugs, yet no one cares because he was white. The entire video is stupid, why would systemic racism only affect blacks while the highest earners in the country are jews asians and indians? Makes no sense.

[@thetoonophile8830]

Thank you for being respectful Josuke 🙏

[@jbell2GirlDad]

I will be sending you detailed directions to the cookout along with the start time my friend.

[@williammwazi9015]

This was very comprehensive and enlightening! Thanks for putting this together.

[@Charmane73]

I watched this video ready to cringe as a 50 year old African-American woman. Not only was the video refreshingly accurate, the comments of eyed open nine black people gives me hope. All great reads as well. Great video.

[@JakeKoenig]

I read your comment ready to cringe as a 40-year-old European-America man. Thanks for not disappointing me.

[@OnnaEthereal]

@@JakeKoenig I don’t recall anyone asking for your opinion nor was it needed? It’s always sad when a triggered individual perpetuates passive aggressions because of their seething complexes lol

[@youtubesucks1821]

​@@OnnaEtherealIs that not exactly what you are doing in your reply?

[@OnnaEthereal]

@@youtubesucks1821 free speech garners freedom of reaction.

[@even3293]

@@JakeKoenig how do you watch this and are still racist?

[@JDeLauer]

The one thing that absolutely boils my blood about the conversation around the existence of systemic racism is that when those who believe that we live in a meritocracy have to justify why we see certain “races” doing so much worse than other races. The only way they could possibly justify it with any internal logic is by saying that these races are less deserving than other races by some sort of inferiority which is when it goes from ignorance on the topic to just plain old racism. We don’t live in a meritocracy and many people are disadvantaged greatly by no fault of their own and it’s very strongly correlated with “race.”

[@devlawrence]

Those who "fall behind" in a meritocracy are believed to have a cultural issue that does not promote achievement by merit.

[@loriannrichardson7644]

​@@devlawrence And that's the problem. I'm Black American and I attended an elite college. I noticed that I received much higher grades in courses that did blind testing and grading. Also, after taking a placement test for an LSAT prep course, upon being assigned to my class afterwards, the instructor insisted on checking my test results several times. He even asked me why I chose certain answers on the test. I find many yte folks truly believe in their superiority and the inferiority of Black people, and this is perhaps the greatest injustice. It not only holds Black people back, but mankind as a whole and in every way!

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

We do live in a meritocracy and the reason why African-Americans do so poorly is because of a bad culture of violence and anti-intellectualism they cultivate.

[@bruiseleeroy7010]

@@loriannrichardson7644 You hold mankind back when you say yte people instead of white people. What if I said ☻️people?

[@bruiseleeroy7010]

​@@marlonmoncrieffe0728Someone has to say it. I see it all the time black people hold themselves back. White people have a headstart because they werent slaves back then, but now ee have every opportunity to be just as wealthy. Matter of fact there are very successful black people that do nothing for the poor communities. Asians faced a lot of racism too and are some of the richest in this country

[@jeffreyfunk3514]

The culture war is taking a tragic part in harming our nation's public education. That's something for possibly a future video.

[@NIO623]

Nigerian Immigrant Mom here: when my 4 year old was in pre-school, I asked the school to test him and place him in the grade that he tested into because I knew my son was advanced. He had begun reading at age 2 and by age 4 he was reading at a second grade level. The Principal and Teachers gave me the plastic smile and the run around. They didn't even attempt to test him. One day, his teacher wore hoodie with the words: University of Mississippi written on it. My son, who was bored in class, just read the words out loud to her. She was stunned!! She gave him a chapter book, and he read it to her and wanted to read more. The teacher called me, saying that he would be moved up to the first grade immediately. Looking back now, they didnt test him because of the bigotry of low expectations. They couldn't fathom that this black kid could be intellectually advanced.

[@just_a_turtle_chad]

"To those with privilege, equality feels like oppression"

[@tristan2338]

Cute quote

[@loganmanderfield1162]

What people on the left want is equity, not equality.

[@zacharybosley1935]

I feel like someone could make a bingo board of conservative talking points against that sentence alone.

[@kc4276]

This is a bot that I (very often) find commenting on questionable videos lol (I don't want to say what I myself am doing watching said questionable videos.)

[@YoureMy_Valentine]

@@kc4276 for a bot, they are bringing up a pretty valid quote

[@sbjzumba1]

Thank you for this video. As an African American female that made it out of the cycle of poverty I think it so important to continue to educate folks on the systemic issues that continue to hold people of color down in this country. I’m so disappointed when I hear other people of color stating that systemic racism no longer exists. Until America acknowledges its history it will unfortunately continue.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

America already knows it had a racist history-and fixed all that in the 1960s. How much longer are you going to use the past as an excuse for all the gang violence, drug use, and out-of-wedlock births that plagues the Middle Passage-American? Yes, the Americans descended from Middle Passage slaves and not all black Americans since Nigerian-Americans and Kenyan-Americans are putting their Middle Passage descended counterparts to shame.

[@gordo1191]

How will America "acknowledging its history" fix any of this? As far as I know, we've already acknowledged our history, big time.

[@truefacts404]

@@gordo1191 Now you know that’s not true. Nothing is ever acknowledged as evident in the video . Acknowledge it would start the process no different than an alcohol or drug addict admitting they have a problem . That’s where it starts

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

What exactly is not acknowledged, @@truefacts404 ?

[@theinternetsavedmylife]

​@@truefacts404​ But alcoholism isn't real? It is? How do you know? Maybe there are a bunch of people intoxicated and causing a nuisance. Now imagine if there was no alcohol but there was still alcoholism! How do you explain to someone that alcoholism exists. "Because some people act stupider than others" Would you accept that as evidence that alcoholism exists?

[@WhyAliasIdontNeedOne]

In 2024, all conspiracy theories are despised. Except one! It fits into zeitgeist. There is no tooth fairy, no santa, and no systemic racism.

[@randomcactus5678]

Bruh you sound like the guy from megamind

[@Illumirage]

​@@randomcactus5678you sound anti white

[@kennethburnette1153]

All I have to say as an African American is,THANK YOU!.I wish it were more like you.Great job.

[@Illumirage]

What laws currently disadvantage pocs?

[@kennethburnette1153]

@@Illumirage if you didn't get it after watching the video I guess you never will.nothing I say will convince you.✌🏽

[@Illumirage]

@@kennethburnette1153 which laws?

[@Illumirage]

@@kennethburnette1153 this is you dodging my question

[@rn6312]

@@kennethburnette1153 Don't mind that guy. He's all over the Great Replacement one polluting the word racism to the point that he's made it meaningless to make his own bigotry, hatred & racism look normal.

[@jaysinister7]

As someone of color who grew up in a poorer, lower class environment experiencing systemic racism on the daily, I recognized when I got yo college and beyond that plenty of people deny systemic racism because they really genuinely don't know or seen it. It's hard to just explain. But when most of these more privileged people witness it or learn of it they become astonished by the fact it exists. Even people who are aware, are just not aware to that level, no blame, it's hard of a thing to understand. Even though there is so much needed to solve it, just baseline genuine education on the subject goes a very far way. They need to know it more than just hearing the term. And honestly some people really genuinely switch up when speaking with people like me in open conversations. Its beautiful to see. Thank you Mr Beat for making this video!

[@Freshprankstv1]

Who is the person that’s creating the system? Asians have the highest incomes on average in the us. I guess they didn’t care about all that bs when they came they just worked

[@Aggrobiscuit]

Experience it every day but cannot describe or define it. There's more evidence that bigfoot exists.

[@night6724]

Except he doesn't provide any evidence and if you look at races by income bracket even poor whites, Asians and Hispanics commit less crimes and are more likely to go to college. Moreover immigrants from African nations are more likely to go to college than African Americans

[@tvscreen8397]

“Of colour”, racist term

[@magslight3728]

This is wrong, because it's manipulatory and false.

[@gbassman5341]

I appreciate how Mr Beat tries to tackle these more challenging subjects

[@weston.weston]

Yes, he really does! I am proud of him for having the conscience to do so.

[@daved4120]

I grew up white and in poverty, I survived without becoming a criminal, I went to the same underfunded schools, I listened and learned while the black kids around me played around and laughed, I was reading at 12th grade level by 4th grade, and college level by 6th while the kids around me couldn't read, let alone spell anything. I joined the military, spent 23 years learning, got a degree without taking loans, I paid my bills and lived within my means, I didn't receive a cent of welfare or assistance that I didn't work for. If there's anything that's keeping black people down it's the victim narrative. How can any person believe they can get ahead if everyone Is constantly telling them that they have no chance because of systemic racism?

[@payasoinfeliz]

Most white kids, even rich ones, do not read at a 12th grade level by 4th grade, or college level by 6th. You stand apart from everyone, not blacks.

[@rickypen]

Errata: Skin color, hair type, and all of the things commonly prescribed to racial differences, aren't technically measurable genetic differences. The gene for the enzyme pathway that produces Melanin is the same gene in all humans, it's often epigenetics or activator regions that get turned on/off/up/down and dictate concentration. But there arent major genetic variations between ethnicities. There are however some traits that tend to be present in people with ancestry from certain regions however, and skin color falls into that category. Melanin concentrations in skin cells is directly correlated to distance from the equator. Which is why what would consider "black" skin didn't just originate in the African continent, it also exists in equal distribution in South America. It's all about balancing vit D production, with folate breakdown, so you can produce healthy babies. As well as skin cancer tends to kill people so they can't have offspring

[@QuFromOh]

Appreciate it as a Black Man it means a lot to be open & share to your fan base to open up there minds in the challenges & different things we face daily that no one else even thinks about .

[@dturtles33]

As a black man, I'm glad no one allowed me to use racism as an excuse. The trope of racism is simply holding back black people. Plenty of poor people make choices to get themselves out of poverty. My greatest privilege was having two parents who held me to a standard.

[@alxfonso4924]

@@dturtles33 WELL DUH. every since slavery black people have been able to get themselves out of poverty. What were are saying is the obstacles that exist should not exist for most people.

[@maxdrags3115]

​@@alxfonso4924 And what obstacle is that? The one where a lot of black people steal from each other? Join gangs? Soot each other up constantly?

[@deetaylor334]

@@dturtles33 you spoke on how your parents were your greatest advantage did you watch the part of the video where he explained how majority of black people were robbed of that

[@PedroParko]

​@@deetaylor334sod he explain how whote progressives made that possible???

[@infamouschill]

Man, you keep continuing to increase my respect for you... for being fair, honest, non-biased, and most importantly factual. Luv your content my guy.

[@iammrbeat]

Thank you so much!

[@Gr0ot]

Non-Bias? 🤨

[@zachblack6318]

I think he is biased, but then again everyone is. Instead of the Democrat racism of the gap argument, Mr. Beat uses his own version called a poverty of the gaps. An oversimplification to say the least.

[@Joeysaladslover]

@@zachblack6318 ur in too deep man

[@gabrielwilliams8827]

Way too deep

[@manzell]

Here's a common example: My name is Manzell. When my friends Matt and Kyle and I all applied to the same Ice Cream Shop and Mall shops for our first jobs as high schoolers, guess who got calls back and who didn't?

[@Illumirage]

Business owners were probably black

[@charlesmiv3842]

@@Illumirage Nice assumption.

[@Illumirage]

@@charlesmiv3842 reality. Sick of all you Democrat racists being so anti white all the time

[@Shovelglove545]

⁠@@Illumirage”probably” “reality” get out your bubble little man you’re in denial

[@Illumirage]

​@@Shovelglove545projection

[@rabidrabids5348]

I do agree that we shouldn't strive for "equality of outcome" as that's practically impossible considering the differences between people at the individual level. I remember hearing on another channel that we shouldn't be striving to treat everyone equally either, but rather we should treat everyone fairly based on their own life experiences and struggles, which is something I think should be said more often.

[@AKUJU]

Man thank you so much for explaining this easy. A lot of Africans that newly immigrated to America also don’t understand the history and why black Americans have such difficulties and barriers than African Americans (immigrants) or European Americans

[@lungeranon7645]

Yeah its so racist that newly immigrated Africans can't even detect on their own unless they sit down for a 39 minute speech on systemic racism.

[@kelly8107]

Their reluctance to understand highlights how, and why, slavery was allowed to happen in the first place.

[@lungeranon7645]

@@kelly8107 Umm Kelly...you do know that African political and merchant elites are the ones who enslaved other Africans then traded those enslaved Africans to European traders for European manufactured goods (guns) right? And I'd say it's pretty normal for newly immigrated Africans to not have the patience or the desire to explore every neverending grievance from "Black America" and Al Sharpton types. It's utterly exhausting and I'm sure they're more interested in living *their* own lives. The racism is just *so* pervasive that you can have a good chance to live a decent life if you have your ducks together.

[@williemaxt]

You have a really interesting perspective. As a person who lives in the United States of African descent who has spent the first 10 years of their life in Africa. I wouldn't say that it's a reluctance. It's more so that when a person comes to the United States from another country culturally, they know that they're in a foreign land and they have no way of really seeing some of the injustices or it may not seem as harsh on the surface. It could just be out of ignorance (respectfully)

[@abnormalnox]

​@williemaxt it IS pretty much out of ignorance

[@sarthak-ti]

Honestly one of the best political videos I’ve seen that summarizes a controversial topic but provides evidence so eloquently and methodically that there’s almost no room for argument. Thank you mr beat!

[@magslight3728]

Your loxism and hate on the White races is evident.

[@magslight3728]

that's because you're hindu and think it's ok to shit in public wherever you want and then blame White people that they're cleaner than you.

[@kieranrollinson8750]

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SYSTEMIC RACISM!!!!!! ANYONE THAT BELIEVES THAT SUCH A THING EXISTS IS FACTUALLY WRONG AND DELUSIONAL, AND HEREBY DECLARED CLINICALLY INSANE!!!!! :D :D

[@brucecanny]

I actually liked how he kept politics out of it never mentioning it once. He even eluded to Obama and Opera not experiencing it. I realize most naysayers are of the right (Charlie Kirk, Ben Shapiro...) and those that created laws (Reagan), One thing I wish he added is that Clinton (Democrat) made things even worse (1994 crime bill). In the end, I don't think a concept rooted in fact needs to be political.

[@magslight3728]

they're not right they're jews lol false ones the synagogue of satan and shall backfire in the name of Jesus! @@brucecanny

[@ByDesign333]

This guy slam-dunked proving his point here. Now we have a help to demonstrate what we may already have intuitioned, or just got educated and alerted to reality. Share. So well done sir! A-1

[@merrytunes8697]

I attended Lincoln Prep in Kansas City. It is also in a predominantly impoverished area near Central High School. We all did well because we were tested in to the school. Lincoln was once the only black school in the city. Lincoln was often the top school in the state of Missouri. It’s all about the money the school receives in funding and if they can get to school. Mr Beat is completely correct. I attended school in KCMSD when the school district received an influx of desegregation money from the 80s to the 90s. I ALWAYS tested in the top 99th percentile for math on standardized tests. TOP 99th PERCENTILE. I’m a black lady. We are not stupid; we are impoverished.

[@kabir3510]

I hate how Asians get made out to be a model minority, without the obvious analysis that they were largely kept out of the country till the 1960's and then those who were allowed to immigrate where almost exclusively highly skilled workers.

[@KevinSamuelsKid]

Well Africans are the same way, there just isn’t the spotlight for some reason.

[@sedgelewis8529]

The Chinese were treated as disposable labor during the building of the railroad and the Japanese were interred in prison camps during WWII. And of course three wars against Asian enemies of the US. None of this is to say they faced the same issues as the descendants of slaves but it would be dishonest to say Asian people have not had their own holes to climb out of.

[@justcallmekai1554]

​@@sedgelewis8529Exactly they have. However what OP said is also correct. The thing with how Asians are precevied in this topic is that they "don't complain" about things unlike the "blacks". They are seen as "upstanding" when used against other minorities yet weak willed and easy to control or "obedient" in other words when they are used in practice. OP wasn't saying they haven't faced anything but rather how they are used as the "dog" to attack any criticism of the system without even realizing that they have and do fight for things and using no context as to why Black folks have been and still are in the position they are in to push the "blacks are inferior" implication.

[@billyevans4929]

You realize that Asians built railroads in the late 1800s and never got their fair share of pay right?

[@anubis2814]

One of the things failed to mention in this insanely comprehensive video is that Cops with a good arrest to conviction ratio are much more likely to get promoted. If they arrested people equally, they would lose a lot more cases because middle class and rich people have lawyers. In many states a poor person gets to see their constitutionally required public attorney for 10 minutes who are overworked understaffed and underpaid, and the best they can tell even 100% innocent people to do is to take a plea deal. There needs to be a required public defender standard nation wide so that everyone gets a fair hearing. So cops go after people not likely to be able to afford lawyers because it looks better around promotion time. Black people are statistically much more likely to be poor so guess who gets targets the most? Underlying factor, poverty.

[@eddiejones5702]

Wow. That's a good viewpoint I hadn't thought about.

[@kaumealexander9581]

You're combining the justice system into one entity when you see the opposite play out. Prosecutors and cops can sometimes be at odds. You see it in leftist DA's blatant bias towards releasing criminals. Promotions are more complicated then more arrest equals promtion. Its actually done more like the military.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

I thought everyone already gets a public defender?

[@anubis2814]

@marlonmoncrieffe0728 They are required to by constitutional law, but many state do the very barest minimum and the incarcerated get 10 mins of legal advice with their defender. Yet another layer of hidden injustice

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

How to fix this, @@anubis2814 ?

[@thegreenrose147]

And THIS is the video that made me a subscriber. I will be using this video as a resource to help educate my daughter when the time comes. Thank you so much for this video, Mr. Beat; you are one of a select few of treasured channels on this wild and wacky site and it’s appreciated.

[@Illumirage]

Indoctrinate your daughter*

[@thegreenrose147]

@@Illumirage you must have thought that was sooooo clever and smart 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 there goes the applause you wanted, now bye bye. I’m proud to be a Black woman despite all of history’s atrocities and my daughter will know the truth and still be proud, regardless of who’s uncomfortable with that.

[@Illumirage]

@@thegreenrose147 ok black supremacist

[@thegreenrose147]

@@Illumirage if being proud of my race, and all we’ve achieved despite the many setbacks we’ve faced makes me a black supremacist then okay, incel. Have the day you deserve.

[@Illumirage]

@@thegreenrose147 you're the black supremacist incel here, not me

[@bi0lizard1]

How about systemic heightism! Short males are openly mocked and discriminated against everywhere, in dating and even including the workplace etc. It sadly remains perfectly acceptable to be as cruel, hateful and prejudice as you want with zero penalty as long as your target is a very short male. It needs to stop! Suicide rates are significantly higher in short males, racism has made huge strides within society, now let’s turn our attention towards ending heightism towards males. In particular those 5’6” and below.

[@WhyAliasIdontNeedOne]

I was looked at wrong yesterday. It must be because of my short height. Everything bad that happens to me happens because I am small. Everyone hates my size, even the manufacturers of the car I can barely drive. The clothing designers hate people like me. It is a huge conspiracy against small men.

[@Illumirage]

there isn't a racial division angle to play up there so naturally Mr Beat wants nothing to do with it. He can't demonize whites with that angle of attack.

[@SamGon2456]

@@WhyAliasIdontNeedOne Nice analogy. Perfectly explained 🤣

[@assassinsjoker]

Everytime Native American hardship or struggle is talked about I always see comments about how we were savage and killed each other all the time. If it wasn't for the Europeans or Spanish we would still be killing each other. So thank you for talking about us in this video along with other POC! Also talking about the Tulsa race massacre. Talking to many adults and older generations they don't know anything about it or what black wall street was.

[@heldinahtmlhell]

Is the first statement wrong or right? Are you living like Native Americans lived? Or are you on a computer invented by white people, living in a modern house built by white people, using electricity created by white people, and so on?

[@TheKlownTimes]

I didn't learn about Tulsa (nor Wilmington, NC) until I was in my 30s(!!!)

[@QueenMotherbirthedlife]

Democrats did tulsa and trail of tears

[@TheKlownTimes]

@@QueenMotherbirthedlife dude, what is your point?

[@QueenMotherbirthedlife]

@@TheKlownTimes why doesn't the video mention real racism

[@skywilliams323]

As an African American I really appreciate this video because honesty always helps makes a difference.

[@ericclayton9080]

And we know the messenger matter just as much if not more than the message for subjects like this. I'm glad he held no punches....not even sparring himself.

[@TheBiggestMoronYouKnow]

honesty with context. people on the right need to remove nuance to espouse their vitriol

[@sageex3931]

​@@TheBiggestMoronYouKnowyeah

[@TotalMobilizationOfLifeForce]

Black parents staying together, putting in an honest days work and not doing anything illegal would greatly help them escape the cycle of poverty.

[@unovasfinest2623]

*open comments *click newest *sips drink

[@marcello7781]

One of your best videos so far! Sometimes I think the most vehement deniers of systemic racism are actually aware of it and try their best to confuse others in order to distort the narrative and avoid actions that would undermine the status quo and their wealth privilege.

[@forthesnowflakes7691]

💯

[@stampedetrail2003]

Yep yep.

[@nickthompson1812]

An LBJ quote comes to mind. "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

[@eddiejones5702]

@@nickthompson1812 Wow!

[@wdehey7853]

I disagree. I don’t think systemic racism exists anymore because my parents truly lived through systemic racism, so I understand the difference between systemic racism and racism. I live in the Deep South and there were actual laws preventing black people from doing certain things. I think those who think they still exist don’t understand what systemic racism really is. Yes, we are still suffering the consequences of systemic racism, but it no longer exists in 2024.

[@miriamlevenson9430]

as someone (white btw) who attends a pretty deprived public school with a 70% minority enrollment rate & 38% of students living in deprivation, thank you. it’s so disheartening to see (obviously not all of) my black & hispanic counterparts be underestimated, punished, & left behind, and most people blame it on their behavior rather than understanding everything you said in this video. so, thank you 💕

[@Anti-Atf]

It is because of behavior (black btw) every time I’m around white people I feel welcomed and not threatened but every time I’m around black people they’re rude, ghetto and look like they want to kill me

[@magslight3728]

White countries have White countries and continents, that's not entitled that's just their countries that you shouldn't be in, just like White people aren't in Asia much if at all. He's quite clearly muslim, this is about mixed races spreading that false faith. He sais he "doesn't like to be identified as White" which means he's a mixed race individual and shouldn't be in America because America is White people's land, he should be in the middle east where his kind is and don't have White people anywhere there.

[@baddreams4368]

bait

[@tesxfaye]

When you pulled up that Ben sharpie clip I was quite shocked since it’s been so long since I seen it but I remember being young and in middle and thinking he was so right and so did everyone else. I hate that I was so naive but I’m grateful to be learning so much these days. Thank you

[@Illumirage]

Imagine being this low testosterone....

[@marches45]

The thing about the momentum of history: removing barriers like negative discrimination doesn’t erase/negate the disadvantages those barriers enabled/created.

[@kcjd8659]

That really sums this up well. That’s exactly why the guy who said MLK Jr fixed systemic racism in the 60s was so wrong. That’s like saying “40 acres and a mule” took care of the problem. Just so willfully blind. I’m going to memorize your comment and quote it in these conversations. It’s so well put and succinct. Thanks

[@taylorw3019]

Yeah it's like letting the marbles down the ramp at different times.

[@1moetime123]

That lawyer knew the difference, that’s why he used wordplay speaking on “law” instead of those ENFORCING the law

[@DannyCalYT]

I really like that you included the Ben Shapiro clip of him blaming black culture and you pointing out that the problem is poverty and not black culture because I’ve been thinking about that a lot recently. Especially because black culture is very religious which keeps a lot of black folks out of crime and that’s coming from an agnostic person. I think people confuse black culture with gang culture which is very frustrating because the biggest cause of gang culture is poverty. That’s why you don’t really hear about Asian and white gang violence because Asians and whites also have the lowest poverty rate compared to blacks and Hispanics. And when you do hear about white gang violence they usually tend to come from poor families.

[@randomteenageboy5002]

I think he meant rap culture. It does glorify violence and gang violence does it not? I think it is a lack of African American culture that is the issue. The traditional Christian culture mixed with hospitality has been lost to consumerism, poverty, and rap culture.

[@adamrichardson2227]

@@randomteenageboy5002 Thanks for posting this, as I thought it was obvious to many who see communities of color struggle from the outside. I have heard many stories about black kids being told not to succeed in their classes by their peers because that is acting white. Their assumption is that acting black is being ignorant on purpose, almost playing a character. I think it is the lack of this kind of pressure on white people that whites tend to have less of an issue with that kind of behavior. A good example is how many times criminals in the black community become martyrs if they are killed by a police officer, even in a justified circumstance. Other communities do not glorify their criminals in such a way, and I think it speaks to how the black community views criminality and thug culture as being synonymous with being black. It is like a self imposed racism. I have met plenty of black people and worked with many as well and none of them have been any different than anyone else to work with. That is because they were raised in an environment where they can act and be how they want to, not how their subculture dictates for the color of their skin. I think maybe the truth is that systemic racism does exist, but its source is not what we think.

[@LittleunlikelyGiant2222]

@@randomteenageboy5002 Rap culture is part of black culture which is in turn informed by their past and general poverty affecting black people.

[@LittleunlikelyGiant2222]

It's important to think why people like Ben Shapiro will blame black culture and then never mention poverty or how poverty informs/helps create that kind of culture. He is a political commentator paid by right wing media to "talk". Ask yourself what the current platform of the Republican party is and what is it that they talk about most.

[@danielbishop1863]

@@adamrichardson2227 : "A good example is how many times criminals in the black community become martyrs if they are killed by a police officer, even in a justified circumstance." So true. Whenever a Black person gets killed or injured by a police officer, Black people will have massive protests, or even riots. With the Rodney King and George Floyd being particularly bad. Of course, this just helps reinforce the "Black people are thugs" stereotype. Whereas when a White person gets killed by a police officer, White people will just think "Meh, he probably had it coming."

[@DIXIFREELY]

Thanks for sharing your source material and making the video.

[@Illumirage]

This video is propaganda

[@sadrobotman3656]

Great conjecture, the next step is realizing the class struggle, which permeates all these interactions, and analyze it.

[@AltrTheEgo]

As a hispanic, well off person, my parents grew up in poverty. Enough so that every member of their family(themselves included) had to leave high school to help afford their mom's to live. They are super well off now and because of that i am well off. My parents looked at me when they were younger and said "we worked incredibly hard, every day, and so did the rest of our family. That was 10% of why we arent poor anymore. The other 90% was luck. We had friends that had friends that got them into our industries and they helped us get into them after that." The people that helped my parents out of poverty are my Godparents, and while I'm glad they were able to help my parents and give me the life I have, they see no reason to claim any of it was luck. They pretty much got out of poverty and said "well we are only here cause we worked hard and are obviously better." Both my parents and them wouldn't have survived without social programs, yet my parents are willing to be humble and say it was luck and help is necessary, and my Godparents will say it was all them and to cut the food stamps they were on and other social services. I just dont get how such similar stories can end in different mentalities.

[@PHlophe]

Not all Hispaniques are made equal. The same way that Telenovas looking Hispaniques that end up poor rise from their ashes because of the currency of whiteness . is the same way Afro Latin and indigenous looking ones stay trapped in poverty much longer

[@chaddouglas7779]

Mr Beat. I bought your two books and read them. I watch your channel for years. I am black man in the US. Thank you! Thank you for this video. 3 of the 4 books you recommended I read and own. Poverty is the biggest factor of all of these. Overcoming poverty will cause many of these issues which is why so many African Americans were either in or suspected of being members of the communist party before and during the civil rights movement. This will also explain why so many of the leaders were under surveillance by the FBI. Good work Brother. I commend you.

[@norbertshpoople2729]

If we agree race is a social construct, wouldn’t the solution to systemic racism be to focus on areas of improvement that intentionally leave out race? I understand that the belief of systemic racism comes from the idea that people have been targeted by their race, so targeting races that have been affected by it is possible solution. It seems that targeting them by race to rectify the issue only perpetuates this fixation on race.

[@Nowhereman-dk6ew]

I kinda agree with this. I think that the solution to systemic racism is just to solve poverty.

[@eliseed8276]

Recognizing that race is a social construct doesn't make it any less real. We created it. Now it exists. You don't fix things by ignoring contributing factors.

[@Illumirage]

​@@eliseed8276not a social construct

[@Puckhog]

Mr. Beat, Thank you so much for breaking down things in a simple and fun way. I use to tell people systemic racism exist, But i would get a certain look or they would say i'm just looking for an excuse to blame someone else for certain failures in life. I never expected to get anything handed to me, And always work for what i have in life. But i know systemic racism exist because i've experienced it daily. It's so funny to see white men dismissing it so passionately, When they've never experienced it, You can't dispute something that you know nothing about, And that doesn't affects you. I can tell you're a good person, And you're just spitting facts. I will subscribe and pass this video on to others. Don't let the haters get to you, Because they can't handle the truth.

[@Illumirage]

You're a racist

[@JFDavis-lq1bp]

It is real. I have been a part of it. Since 2000, I have had 3 jobs where I was told I could not hire PoC. A Pizza shop, a machine shop, and a carpet cleaning company. I knew a guy who handled hiring for a big union in my area. He said he always hired PoC that he thought would fail. "If they are gonna make me hire a N*****, Im hiring the worst one." Imagine the damage that one guy caused. Hell, how much have I caused? I spoke up every time, but I still did as I was told.

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

Wow man. I’ve experienced being let go when the company kept a dude who everyone considered a dud!! They eventually fired him too though. It’s so hard to prove the things you talked about. Most when questioned would say how they had a black friend or how cute Halie Berry is. It’s so frustrating man I swear. I’ve had white supervisors who were total idiots but their father knew the guy who owned the spot. I appreciate your comment man, I’m an47 year old Army Vet and I was almost in tears.

[@JFDavis-lq1bp]

@@kudjoeadkins-battle2502 The guy who did the hiring made me sick. I was screaming in his face that he was the most evil pile of sh@t I had ever met. We had to cancel the job and come back later when that crew was done. It was so hateful and nefarious. All the guys who came in front of him had passed the exam. He said he never hired black men who dressed well, spoke well or were timely. He said he always hired black guys who showed up late or seemed dumb or dressed like a slob. As a Union man myself, it made me insane to hear that. Cut me deep.

[@hussamkhaled1346]

Thanks for this video. I come from a country where there is both racism and sectarianism, and this phenomina is rooted with how people get jobs, what positions in government people can hold, how people can vote, and how much your income is. I think this issue is a world issue and many countries, especially my own, need to address it lest this system of discrimination gets worse and generations of people suffer because of it.

[@ethereal3336]

As a systemic racist, you explained this very well! Kudos to you mr beast!

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

😂😂😂😂

[@VocalMabiMaple]

im 6 days late to the party, but there is a very interesting case of systemic racism in the medical industry that I feel really highlights concretely its existence in the field. If you look around for guides on signs of skin diseases, you will find that a great majority of them have diagnosis trainings that are based on spotting them on white skin. The medical industry is starting to work towards changing that, but the discovery of this data skew is very recent. Hopefully, we will have doctors and nurses that are trained to spot the diseases in which they specialize in all patient types soon!

[@Cless]

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