Whitewashed: Unmasking the World of Whiteness

This documentary chronicles White Americans reflecting on white racial identity and racism. Areas the video explores include; the question of how people of European descent were transformed into "White" people; what it means to be White; White privilege; the difference between personal prejudices and societal racism; and how White people can challenge contemporary forms of societal racism.
Interviews for the film took place in 15 cities throughout the U.S. including San Francisco, Oakland, Albuquerque, Chicago, and Atlanta among others.

[@TheLastEmperor1]

“Racism is like a Cadillac; they make a new model every year” - Malcolm X So accurate 😭😭😭😭

[@TSKHILZBEATS]

MalcomX

[@TheLastEmperor1]

@@TSKHILZBEATS 😊

[@adaliantsiki]

I love Malcom X 😂

[@ayannads9613]

And every generation redefines it to absolve themselves of guilt

[@Blidden]

You act like black people are not racist

[@suahcoco9685]

Few years ago, I worked at a diner as a cashier for over a year without a raise. And then they hired a blonde tall beautiful white girl that I had to train. She proudly told me how much she was getting paid and when I realized she was getting paid more, I asked for a raise but they turned me down. So I left and never looked back. But I was shocked when they called me to come back to work because she stole every penny and disappeared. Ofcourse I again said no, never.

[@cherrylicious2]

Wow. Didn't they feel dumb... 😑

[@portiaparker1669]

Non of that’s surprising. The thievery devoid of any consequences is another example of White Privilege unfortunately. However, had you stole anything you’d have been prosecuted expediently to the fullest extent of the Law. It’s a great thing that you quit never returning because you avoided easily becoming a “fall guy” for the blonde 👱‍♀️. All it takes is for one White to lie on an honest, innocent Black person-it’s a wrap 😬😩

[@alainkhoanguyen3098]

@@cherrylicious2 you mean, wow, didn't they feel "blonde"? :))))

[@donnaleist698]

I'm a white woman and I was asked to train a newly hired coworker, I found out that they paid her more, she was hispanic. I don't know what your circumstances are, this girl may have had more experience or education, for which she could demand more at hire. I know that's not fair to you...

[@frederickgriffith7004]

Damn.Sometimes karma is a bitch.

[@cybergrail]

"Part of the privilege is not having to even think about race." - exactly right

[@fromouttaleftfield6932]

Yes imagine not having to think about your damn race all the time..I had that experience when I lived in Sydney Australia. Wonderful white people there.

[@fromouttaleftfield6932]

@Rose Goodwin honey are you trying to tell me that you're not actually ashamed to be white? 🤔. Although that's a good thing, I still can't see how you couldn't possibly be ashamed to be white. If the roles were reversed, I would most certainly be ashamed to be black. Some have no conscience of course.

[@cybergrail]

@Rose Goodwin You should not be ashamed, or proud of your race. You had nothing to do with it.

[@cybergrail]

@Rose Goodwin Hi Rose, I am not ashamed or proud of my race, or where I was born. I did not have anything to do with either. You did not have anything to do with your race or nationality so there is nothing to be ashamed or proud of.

[@cybergrail]

@Rose Goodwin Hi Rose, I agree with you 100%. You should not be afraid to be who you are.

[@Prd64twl]

To Everybody Who Was In This Video: Thank you for your honesty...🙂 👍🏾

[@Chris-tq1jy]

Lets be honest, 99% of the problems in the black community is self inflicted. Babies out of wedlock, bad parenting or lack of, bad code of ethics. Look at the most successful group of Americans ASIAN MALES (Not White people), they are successful as a group because they prioritize a very disciplined lifestyle, they stay in school, they don’t gang bang, they take care of communities they live in. My grandmother grew up poor but they took care of their homes and community and kept it clean; they said when the blacks moved in they threw their trash everywhere and didn’t take care of their living areas. Black people bring it on themselves.

[@POSS99]

And half of them are probably dead by now

[@misma9596]

“To control a people you must first control what they think about themselves and how they regard their history and culture. And when your conqueror makes you ashamed of your culture and your history, he needs no prison walls and no chains to hold you.”dr Henrik Clarke

[@truthonly-]

Yes agreed 💯🏁

[@truthonly-]

@Sally Ross stop the swirling

[@johnclement8913]

Yes but know this we haven't been conquered know that and please don't forget it. And prison and chains are not needed when some of our people do that to their selves very well. But this was very informative I'm surprised to see these speak the truth about their selves. They need a work shop for other whites to look at their selves as well this is needed bad.

[@prentissbelton7508]

THE GOD SPOKEN TRUTH

[@williemurphy2421]

Dont forget to throw in a thousand years of slavery from Arabs Europeans Dutch Spanish conquerors and general hatred and evil and systematic racism and others. I am sure I missed some nationalities.

[@StephJ0seph]

I like how people are blatantly stating their experiences. The thing that hurts me the most as a Black person is when my experience is denied and not treated as a reality.

[@WillIsrael]

IOGNEWS SLAVERY ON KZbin

[@rachealwashington5662]

True

[@DW69]

Exactly! The people's experience in the video is not our reality at all.

[@marquiesosborne2869]

Because you’re a young king my brother don’t be mad Black people are gods chosen ones so it’s OK💯💯💯💯🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

[@user-ze6mh8fg1k]

Your not oppressed like you think you are 🙄

[@cordellwise2070]

I respect the fact that the people in this video are honest. I am black and grew up in a predominatelly white small town in New Jersey. Because I was an athlete, I had a certain amount of respect. My parents came from the Jim Crow south and were just trying to survive. As I look back, I realize that I grew up in an isolated situation. There were white people who had power , but because of my isolated neighborhood, I never knew who they were. I didn't know what any of my classmates parents did or what they were about.

[@oliverrojas3185]

Thanks for making this film. Presumably, it was not easy to make it because very few might be willing to talk about this matter.

[@markpgeorge]

Thanks for the kind words Oliver, when I started this project getting white folks to discuss race on camera was a bit different from today. :) Peace and love to you and yours.

[@Daydreamerr13]

@@markpgeorgeit’s crazy how much has shifted in just ten years time, kinda like a time capsule you have here!

[@tomford1080]

@@markpgeorgethe things you’ve so called “documented” in this documentary is the exact reason things are so heated today and why there is more division then ever. So yea thanks ✌🏾

[@markpgeorge]

Tom you are being silly......you give me wayyyyy more power than little ole me has......you needing a scape goat for an issue that has plagued this nation for over 400 years now? And why are you so triggered by some white folks exercising their "freedom" and 1st Amendment rights to simply talk about what they think it means to be a white person? What gives?

[@OneEyedLion]

I've been at several jobs where my coworkers didn't know their ass from a hole in the ground. They were promoted and I was the subject of constant criticism.

[@GURILLAPUD]

@C Bizz 🤣🤣🤣

[@bluesquirrel3919]

Whites routinely get promoted to supervisors and managers with absolutely no people skills, no REAL/ACTUAL knowledge of what the job entails to be done properly, and couldn't PROPERLY supervise or manage their way out of a paper bag. Not to even mention nepotism promotions.

[@devonajohnson280]

@@bluesquirrel3919 PREACH 😈

[@meb777]

It's like that in school with them too. Not having to do much to get highly rewarded takes your drive.

[@twoplustwo07]

@@bluesquirrel3919 You know what else happens? You are asked to train the new person and once they are trained you find out they are given a position higher than you. WTF 🤬. I’ve seen it happen 3 times and experienced it once.

[@jeffreywhitlock4882]

Amazing how the guy who was performing poorly at the job was told he was management material around the 14 minute mark.

[@bonchidude]

When you are yt, being qualified for a job is optional and if you are not qualified, you get promoted. This is why most cops are yt.

[@Ek_Ahau]

Same 💩. Different day.

[@johnclement8913]

Goofy is as Goofy does.

[@williemurphy2421]

Yeah white privilege allows you to be mediocre and get promoted. Pitiful.

[@barbiedoll116ify]

Wowwww I already know that exists..

[@fountainmedia4683]

This actually seems kind of weird considering the fact that a lot of white Americans will blatantly deny that racism doesn't exist and that it's a fair playing field for all here in America, but yet and still when a lot of them are speaking on the subject here, they're clearly acknowledging the fact that they know their skin tone affords them luxuries that they know wouldn't be normally available to POC. I do appreciate their honesty.

[@scooby591962doo]

Very good. TV tries to "sugarcoat" too much. Once we as a society can come to the discussion table and truly discuss issues without condemning/shouting or shunning one another we might be able to solve some of our most painful issues.

[@atomant830]

This is a powerful documentary and a start to the types of conversations Americans need to have to diminish racism. Thank you to all the people who participated in this.

[@teelora1322]

There will be no such thing racism will never be a full disregards it will never go away it's like cancer it will continuously manifest itself and the reason why is because everybody has their own opinion in their own ways of thinking and because race is a real issue color is a real issue it'll always be subjected to racism

[@jessp8238]

@George Prince Care to elaborate my holy warrior? 😂

[@MM-gp9mb]

​@@georgeprince3169what are u on about?😂

[@chrism.3683]

No it's not powerful at all

[@generevelsjr.4971]

Change begins with honesty

[@frau4bzna]

Holy shit, the woman who said she gets pulled over for speeding and never gets tickets. I've been given a speeding ticket when I wasn't even speeding!! I tried to fight it in court and the judge sided with the police officer despite him lying about tracking my speed with a speed gun. He wasn't even carrying one when he pulled me over. The judge said that even though he wasn't carrying a speed gun (I proved he lied about that), that she believed he was able to tell how fast I was going based on his experience. Ridiculous.

[@user-ns5wm5dv6r]

I've been given 3 spending tickets, 1 for reckless driving and 1 for running two stop signs in my own neighborhood. All were bogus. All upheld by judges. White privilege also spares them the costs $$$ of being Black.

[@stephenbeary7887]

where did this occur?

[@rajajack1058]

@@user-ns5wm5dv6r that’s called Black tax.

[@rodniestruiken1256]

That would never happens here in Holland.you can never get a speed ticket whitout police being able to proof it

[@paulasay455]

I will tell the truth im a white man and a wuz a. Out law most of my life I have broke the law a lot a lot I remember when I wuz 23 years old I wuz driving drunk again it is my 6 dui so when the police got me again I beat the cop up really bad and my sentence wuz 15 years in prison but the judge instead gave me 3 months in a boot camp I believe if I wuz black there is no dout I would have got the 15 years im sorry if that but I no being white did that

[@wfshanley4712]

Being white is never having to think About being white.

[@tjaydagreat]

I have worked in sundown towns because I travel for work. The things I experienced in Indiana scared me. 1 example is, day we were leaving someone called the cops (in Bedford Indiana) on me and my wife because we were picking up rocks from the ditch in front of the hotel we were staying at . The hotel staff said it was fine. We were picking up rocks and fossils everytime we went outside and walked around. Cop comes in behind me as I was pulling back into the parking lot to tie my tarp down to my truck bed. The manager tells them that if they ever get a call about rocks, not to respond. The cop looks at us and asks if it was us. The manager told him to leave. He still wanted to do something about it even though we had permission from the hotel to grab the rocks. Another example is that same hotel manager warned me to not travel through Martinsville Indiana OMW home. I ended up having to go south. We went through Orleans. That was scary as well.

[@lunawalker6648]

Me and my white boyfriend (ex now) were on the side of the road getting ready to go for a hike and a cop pulled up , blocked us in, threw my ex against the car and chicken winged him then proceeded to search him and through our car. Why do you think that was?

[@shaneswindowcleaning3031]

Gee, how did you make it through?🙄 How about my daughter coming home from kindergarten crying because her friend told her she could no longer be her friend because she was white? The most racists people on the planet are black people!!! That's an observable fact!!!!!!

[@tjaydagreat]

@@lunawalker6648 I have no idea. Im not saying stuff doesn't happen to white people. I just know I'm not your enemy or the problem here... Im here to be heard and hear the sides and stories of others no matter what color they are. Idk what the issue is with what I said. I spoke from my personal experience on a situation. No big deal.

[@lunawalker6648]

@@tjaydagreat I don't know why it happened either. I just think the guy was a dick on a power trip. I never thought it was over skin color though. That was my only point.

[@tjaydagreat]

@Luna Walker Maybe it wasn't but just because cops don't fuck with YOU because of YOUR skin color, doesn't mean it doesn't happen to us. Let me put it to you like this, the history of your people is this country is not shaped in a way where you have always been seen as the enemy. You are not the target of police. Police train to keep people that look like you, safe from people that look like me. You could likely 💀 me, lie, and get away with it. It's not your fault and you didn't make it that way. There are simply just many "safe" places for you, that Im not welcomed and never will be welcomed. I can name a few off the top of my head.

[@richq1318]

It’s amazing that they say their ancestors (the Europeans) “had to give up” their identities. Correction: they chose to give it up. African slaves HAD to give up their identities.

[@josuearesav]

Maybe not all, but a lot of them didn't have many options. My great grandpa literally changed his last name to escape persecution as he fled civil war from his home country.

[@garygnu8775]

@Anus Paynuss should have seen what white people were doing to their own before that... And especially to their women.

[@mariamabah4643]

@Anus Paynuss I don’t know why you’re watching this educational video since you’re clearly not learning anything from it or either you didn’t watch it at all

[@zteia7060]

Indentured, crimminal acts of kidnapping, human trafficking are all different things regardless to who does it.. There is no other culture thats indured the savagery or evil inhumane acts from other cultures than the melanated man.. Individuals who's foundational beliefs ends with isms, dont have a clue as to the humanities of life afforded us all.. They will never understand and always be mess starters..

[@kathymcburnette4597]

@Anus Paynuss It is a fact that all people sale their own into slavery. The Irish and English have done so. However, the European Slave Trade was particularly brutal. If you care to learn, watch “Underground” or “The Underground Railroad” or even “Roots.” If ancient Africans comprehended how cruel American slavery was, they probably won’t have done it.

[@knowledge5688]

Being able to walk into the bank and borrow 100,000 dollars and you and your spouse aren't working. Just blew my top off 🤨

[@jayfly3356]

Just told my lady that

[@21bluefins]

You don't really believe that, do you?

[@eastcoastgrandison4855]

@@21bluefins I do

[@ericwilson2632]

Not too many black people have 100 K jobs, .04% out 100 have that type of income 😒

[@mychloebaby1]

This happens all of the time.

[@THENAKSHOW]

SOME of these comments are real time reminders that "Not Much Has Changed"

[@thatgirl798]

Thank you so much to the participants of this video for finally finally finally being honest with themselves

[@twittyfatcat8562]

It only took eight years for youtube's algorithm to recommended me this video. This video needs to have more views.

[@brianhalljr615]

Agreed

[@nashcoleon4244]

Me too lol

[@spittingame4241]

@twittyFatcat Me too

[@Scriven42]

@C Bizz Thanks for outing yourself.

[@mzann7415]

Sooooo true. It will help us to understand each other life’s flights

[@aubreyjames8795]

Damn this doc has really changed my life. Finally feel relieved from the constant gaslighting of 2022. Whew. These people are just racists and they know it. Thank you.

[@DandyDuh]

🎯 Gaslighting since the beginning of time..

[@fruitsarelife148]

Masters of gaslighting. This video made them seem more humane.

[@mohamedshidane9155]

no

[@aubreyjames8795]

@@mohamedshidane9155 yeah 😂

[@user-gh1vc9kb4e]

The premise of the video is false: "whiteness" is not a social construct, it is a descriptor for one's genetic lineage. The only way to "become" white is through evolution. Ironically, the critical race theorists who made this video are the only people who are gaslighting anyone.

[@SuperKarineka]

This was disheartening to watch, but the interviews were excellent. I appreciate their honesty, this topic was addressed with actual self-reflection and awareness, there was no denial, blame shifting, or emotional appeals, just honesty. This is the only way that issues like this can be addressed

[@Lion-kz7nk]

it will ALL END SOON. "THEIR PRIVILAGES"

[@edthepedagog]

“If you don’t understand Racism/white supremacy - what it is and how it works - everything else that you do understand will only confuse you.” - Neely Fuller, Jr.

[@MaximusWolfe]

Cry me a river you failure at life. White scapegoating makes you a coward.

[@latondiajohnson193]

@@MaximusWolfe or exsposes the truth, so their can be a new relationship between the people if the earth

[@johnmahoney1097]

Yea show me Racism on Woodhaven Blvd in Queens. You have no idea what it is to be a POOR WHITE PERSON !!! Show me Racism

[@SoundMind.]

@@johnmahoney1097 what does being poor have to do with racism?

[@iaintmadatcha]

Indeed. The Caicasian superiority doctrine has infiltrated the very fabric of society to the point where atleast 90% of information has been contaminated by their perspective

[@reefb4364]

The honesty in the video from the people that answered the question was an eye opener. You rarely get this type of reaction when race is put on the table like this.

[@punkanellylovejoy702]

Yes. I like these people. They were painfully and brutally honest. It's not easy to do that.

[@mariohampton5350]

That’s what we see unblinded truth

[@djnyck]

Especially when the question was posed about being racist.

[@mariohampton5350]

@@djnyck Remember Remix we All will have our day it’s no running from that in truth also from the cradle to the grave then judgment 🔚

[@bane.3635]

It's because these are the ancestors of the white democrat males who didn't want to pay there taxes and enslaved our ancestors.

[@lessconfused5179]

You’re not cast as oppressors, your record proves you are oppressors!

[@whiskeywoman8711]

I wish this identified some of the people doing analysis, some were quite insightful and may have books or papers to read but we can't look up the info as we don't know who they are. What year did these interviews occur?

[@bluesquirrel3919]

Went to the store with a white friend long ago (teenagers), we split up, they followed me around the store while she was the one stealing, and she got away with it...LOL

[@originalandrewmark]

that's why she brought you along.......

[@carlac9782]

Oh yes. I had the same experience in high school. I was brought along to distract from them stealing. When I realized this my heart broke but I learned my lesson going forward.

[@bluesquirrel3919]

@@originalandrewmark...LOL 💃💃

[@popkultureentertainment324]

@@carlac9782 Thank you for sharing. It goes to show how crafty and well versed they are when it comes to racism and how they will make it work for them.

[@carlac9782]

@@popkultureentertainment324 There are no innocents no matter the pretence.

[@frederickgriffith7004]

Being nearly 65 years of age,I grew up with the outward forms of racial hatred and prejudice. It was in your face.But looking back as a Black person I realize the more softer and subtle forms of racism can be just as devastating. Even to the point of changing or shaping the trajectory of one's life. One experience from my own life.With the help of a white friend of my mother, our family made the decision to move into a predominately white neighborhood in the Bronx. My parents realized the housing conditions and educational system in our old predominately Black neighborhood were deteriorating. That was in September of 1967.I was 11years old about to enter the 6th grade.My new school had three 6th grade classes. My mother walked me to school and registered me.The only blip that I picked up on was when the person who registered us looked confused.You see my mother was a very fair French-speaking creole from Louisiana. She could easily pass for White.I looked Biracial. All the lady asked for was personal information and we were done.I was into my new class for 3 weeks until the first parent teachers meeting. My mother had a chance encounter with another white parent whose daughter was also in the 6th grade.I had gone to use the bathroom.When my mother mentioned that I was in class 6-3,the woman looked confused. Why my daughter is in class 6-1.Thats the top class, the woman said. Why did they put your son in 6-3?,thats where they put the Blacks and the Puerto Ricans.They could have put your son in the middle class6-2 if there was no room for 6-1.My mother saw me coming but motioned for me to stay put.My mother was beside herself.Please madame she said to her new friend, tell me more.Boy did she.When we returned home my mother was crying. I never imagined the classes were ranked from high to low,she said.You deserve to be in 6-1.Now she realized why the registrar didn't request my records from the previous 5th grade.Her mind was already made up as to my placement. If the registrar had looked, my reading and math scores were nearly perfect. My report card was excellent. The next day,with me in tow,my mother went back to the school and demanded to see the principal. She laid my school records on the desk.Now please put my son in 6-1 sir.Well Mrs. Griffith,Frederick has to take a mini math,vocabulary and reading comprehension test.Why wasn't i told this when I registered my son, she asked.The principal paused then said,well I leave that to the discretion of the registrar during your initial interview. I took the exam on the spot in another room. My mother and I sat there anxiously awaiting the results. Finally the principal returned. Mrs Griffith, I will make room for your son for 6-1.I don't think he will have any problem catching up to his classmates. I didn't get a single question wrong on the test.Perfect scores.The difference was like night and day.In the 6-3 class,I felt like I wasn't being challenged. The teacher was just going through the motions. In the 6-1 class I was challenged by the teacher and my classmates. I was the only Black kid in the class. I thrived.Come to find out this was an under the table Advanced placement class.These kids were already preparing for junior high and high school. I thrived.For the first time I felt like I was on equal footing with my White classmates and given the respect to go with it.My confidence and self esteem grew by leaps and bounds.Most of these kids were placed in the top 7th grade class in junior high school with the option of skipping to the 9th grade. I decided to go through the normal progression.But I believe that experience truly changed my life for the better. It changed my mother's life too.She decided to get involved in the school activities. After all even after I graduated from 6th grade,I still had a younger sister in the same school who was three years younger. At my 6th grade graduation, the principal shook my hand. Frederick, you and your mother have made me a better educator more than you know.Besides,he said,your mother and I had a nice one on one talk.When we returned home I asked my mother this.Mama what did you and the principal talk about?Oh a lot of things.But mainly the screening process of all new kids who transfer from other schools,she said.She told him straight up that she believed a lot of the Black and Spanish kids who were transfers were shortchanged and automatically put into the lower classes without talking into account their report cards and reading and math scores from the last grade.And that they should all be allowed to take the same mini exam that you took, she said.She added that the principal should take into account some of the language barriers of some of the Spanish kids at that time and to evaluate and give whatever help that might be needed. My mother didn't speak English until the age of 7 so she understood the challenges.She finally added that she believed the principal was a fair and decent person who wouldn't intentionally discriminate based on race but that he had an obligation to make sure that those he supervise don't do so as well.

[@melissaisrael3905]

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[@frederickgriffith7004]

@@melissaisrael3905 Thank you.It has been a journey of self discovery up to the present day.Would you believe that it was the interaction with the Black Panthers around 1965 when they set up shop in my Bronx neighborhood.They encouraged us youngsters to read the works of scholars like Dr. John Henrik Clarke,Dr Yosef Ben Jochannan,James Baldwin,Richard Wright,W.E B. Dubois and so on.My Parents understood that I needed a solid mainstream education but I also need to be self taught.The Black Panthers made it clear that nothing could be gained by hate and ignorance but that knowledge and truth is a thing of beauty.My father further strengthened this by exposing his three children to different cultures around the world.My experience in Japan was a revelation in terms of preserving one's history and cultural heritage.

[@liamwinchesterchasten2229]

Thank you for sharing your experience, very powerful message.

[@frederickgriffith7004]

@@liamwinchesterchasten2229 Thank you.I don't think people realize how important the four pillars of human existence is to help increase the outcomes of helping people develop into happy,healthy(mentally&physically) productive human beings.They are INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, COMMUNITY AND most importantly SOCIETY. And the need for POSITIVE RECIPROCAL REINFORCEMENT amongst the four pillars. In American society, its people are told that only the love,support and encouragement of a child's parents are all that is needed. Not from the family. NOT from the community. Not from the most important and powerful component, the society. Parents are expected to go at it alone.But parents need help once the child goes out the door. The more sources a human can get emotional support and encouragement from the better. But we have a society where those who are in positions of power to make a difference in a person's life are becoming more and more cynical and partake in the demonization of others.So now America is a breeding ground for neurosis and psychosis. It is not sustainable. And if this trend isn't reversed we will be on the verge of collapse.

[@Drizaleene]

Hey Frederick, thanks for your story, made me cry. Your mom is an angel to many students who came after you

[@thestickgatherer]

Thank you. I’ve been on an ongoing quest for understanding of the history and issues related to race. This video is part of my continual evolution. Thanks again.

[@blacca537]

It's the acknowledgement, like this, that gives me hope that we can all live completely United & equal, one day. I have been fulfilled, in my life, that I have always had diverse surroundings - I don't think separatism is good or best for any community. Understanding, acceptance, respect & unity is humanly.

[@JessGezieVids]

WOW!!! As a black woman it is soooooooo good to hear this acknowledgment.

[@marydaniel8147]

Why?

[@s.w3645]

It’s good to hear because so many of them deny it and claim that white privilege does not exist so to hear them admit it is satisfying

[@Chaos-Retribution]

But in the end nothing has or will ever change until the end of time, which is coming. I hope you're satisfied with that.

[@Mc007-]

We have been having the wrong conversation about racism.

[@JessGezieVids]

@@marydaniel8147 Because the whole problem is that white America seemingly ignores & acts like black people are not having these devastating realities in the same America they see as “the land of opportunity & equality” Black Americans have been handed a check they’ve been unable to cash for 400 years .. there are institutions in place in America that THRIVES on the disenfranchisement of black people

[@politereminder6284]

This was such a bizarre step into the twilight zone for me. Especially hearing white people talk about their traffic situations with cops. Hearing a grown man say he has only been stopped by cops 4 times in his life, then reflecting on how often my father was stopped by the cops for no reason. I legit remember one cop stopping us, and then he accused my father of driving too slow- 3mph below the speed limit. My father apologized, explained that he was driving his daughters to church and wanted his precious cargo to reach safely. The cop let him off with a warning. 👀. He got stopped really often - always 2or three miles below the speed limit, was a teetotaler, etc. They stopped him for "looking suspicious" aka being black in a white people's town

[@estinthe80sbaby]

I felt this in the pit of my stomach.

[@monserrat9936]

Now for my long comment!

[@brendajohnson1521]

I’m not shocked about that.

[@nealandersen4867]

We've come a long way haven't we. Now so many police forces are majority minority. Do you think the minorities are racist ?

[@politereminder6284]

@@nealandersen4867 Yes. Also, I hate the word "minority". It's demeaning. 🙄

[@KingRousey]

When James Brown said I'm Black and I'm proud that s*** made me feel proud to be a man of color and no I'm not black my skin is brown complexion

[@Aida_007]

"Moving through the world fearlessly" Spot on,I can only WISH.Great doc👏

[@TSpeaks]

“The privilege of having that space in your mind free to think about other things” OH MY GOD!! THAT is the exact wording I’ve been looking for to describe the subtlest (and biggest) impact of racism on Black people! The freedom to think, live, and prosper outside of it is something Black people wish we could do.

[@serious7179]

Exactly 💯

[@bamafencer12]

We still are like that. I don't think about being black all the time.

[@serious7179]

@@bamafencer12 I think about being black when I want to go out to the boondocks

[@TheLastEmperor1]

I wish I could have that 😵😵😵

[@danielvillalobos8895]

Same with us Mexicans,

[@williemurphy2421]

The world loves its own. This world system belongs to the devil and his demons.

[@citizenjournalist2401]

💯

[@richardhiller3135]

Y7 junk

[@evidenceunseen1575]

*The earth is given into the hand of the wicked...* Job 9: 24 (kjv1611)

[@Herknight4]

💯💯💯💯💯💯 the Bible says so the rulers of this world

[@artisthompson5564]

All facts 💯💯💯👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@saahsongor1935]

This video was posted nine years ago, and it seems like it was posted yesterday. There's a white privilege whether a person acknowledges it or not. This video can be used as a great educational tool to hlep us navigate the complexity in human relations, especially when it comes to race. Great documentary.

[@dougtaylor2803]

Using words like "privilege" incorrectly does not make the error correct.

[@Mikathedog100]

​@@phapartok, you do all that, then come back and claim your privilege. My guess is, 11 months later, you're afraid to try even one of them.

[@SuperJinkyO]

I appreciate the candor of these interviewees. Thank you for the upload.

[@kirahoward23]

I’m amazed 5 years later this got into the algorithm. This is why “Karen’s” and other systematic oppression still exist.

[@shelcidavenport9829]

Exactly..! 🤦🏾‍♀️😒

[@auntjenifer7774]

What ?

[@johnclement8913]

Not according to senator Lindsey Graham with his lying self and not to possibly the next African American president, I hope not. I can't think of the brothers name republican if I was a republican he still wouldn't get my vote. But this is a good start for them, at least don't ignore it address your problem and fix it.

[@garrisonnichols7372]

Don't change the fact that you just don't like people of a different skin color.

[@cgreer9010]

Yes because people condone this crap

[@lestercharles9856]

Man, this is probably the best documentary I have ever viewed on this topic. The level of introspection is amazing. I especially love how the human ability to look at ones self and be honest about it is shone thru. As a black person it just reinforced to me the sad fact that I have to constantly educate myself to navigate the racial divide but still strive to be a good human to all humans. And will have to do so for all of my life.

[@melissaisrael3905]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTWfWxofbJpo9E

[@miamitten1123]

The human ability to look at one’s self!? What the f**k are you on about!? These are just white peoples being honest for once. Don’t give them credit for displaying basic human decency.

[@patternrecon5271]

African slave owners Arab slave owners Jewish slave owners Berber slave owners Ottoman slave owners Tartar slave owners Moor slave owners

[@seamusdoherty]

What year was this made ?

[@andre1987eph]

This is the most honest documentary on race by white people I have ever seen. Im going to download it.

[@markpgeorge]

Glad you found it of interest Andre and thanks for the kind words.

[@yella4eva19191]

I'm kinda shocked not to see Jane Elliot in this documentary. She's taught me a lot to help me understand more than I ever did before.

[@harlembrown8987]

Jane Elliot revealed herself. She stuttered & stammerd & said she didnt believe in reparations as payment to. aboriginal & enslaved blacks. This is more of the same. She has lived off this gig for a LONGGG time Acknowledging the obvious. When it comes down to paying a massively accruing DEBT OWED, the SOLUTION IS NEVER APPLIED. NEVER

[@TranquilAshes]

Jane would have tore them apart. T

[@SoBeIt27]

@@harlembrown8987 exactly, but people don't or refuse to understand that we will NEVER truly mix, and it is sad and ironic that a white woman states the obvious (the world listens) a black man/woman states the obvious (no one listens) is that not something!!!! We (black people) are destroyed for lack of knowledge!!!

[@harlembrown8987]

@@SoBeIt27 straight game for years. I was kinda heartbroken. She has been their spook by the door

[@belleame4671]

She's a fake

[@hollowone777]

Hearing from white people about their whiteness in such searing honesty is actually heartening. The conversation around racism seem to have stalled after what seemed to be a watershed moment last summer. It's been a bitter disappointment so thank you for putting it together and helping me find some hope again.

[@rtorosyan]

I share that disappointment, how few white folks feel the urgent priority of June 2020. The part that blasted me with knowledge darts most was when a white woman concludes: "people of color and the communities that i've been around have a lot more figured out about how to be human beings than white people do. i think because we're cast as oppressors we've had to get rid of a lot of pieces of ourselves that are human and it's it's deadened us to a lot i mean it's deaden our sympathies and our empathies and our heart to other people." Here's to (making attempts at) becoming a white antiracist.

[@irishscience580]

@@rtorosyan you people are insane.

[@thunderbird4709]

@@rtorosyan So called white people are neanderthal, pink skinned sub-huemans . God hates them thats why he cursed them with an ugly appearance & skin cancer

[@teddyhaynes9876]

I can’t believe there’s actual whites people who say they don’t like being white wtf lol , there’s bad in all colors/races . I’m dumbfounded at the level or craziness

[@Smokey348]

@@rtorosyan thats an absurd generalisation

[@jameshighsmith2184]

This video needs to be seen daily on national television because we have a lot of young blacks saying that white privileged doesn't exist. I really wish some of the new conservatives would speak on this subject while playing this at one of their debate. This is especially true for Larry Elder, Thomas Sowell, Candace Owen's and especially Ben Shapiro. This is the best of the best video I seen on KZbin. Thanks

[@fishmud3264]

4.40 what is that?

[@stanjones7054]

Sometimes when you win you lose. Sometimes when you lose you win. Nothing lasts forever.

[@leshagayle5991]

Real Talk

[@blackberry9013]

💯

[@stanjones7054]

To know and understand ourselves we must get back to our ancient knowledge, the knowledge of our ancestors. We have been educated to think like everyone else, but we are not like everyone else. Our experience is as unique as they come. We must get back to our ancient knowledge!

[@mardigras33]

Yeah ❓We’ve been losing for centuries now.

[@Mrnappy13]

Very well said sir

[@chucku.1745]

Couple of years ago, I was riding with a white co-worker to a basketball game and he was driving radically in and out of traffic. I said to him, don't you see the police over there? He said, I'm White, they're not going to bother me. It didn't upset me because he didn't say it arrogantly he was just being honest.

[@yeahyeahwowman8099]

Got to say this is part of the problem. Got non white people out here that think just because you are white, everything just falls into place all the time. Guys went from wanting to have an open discussion about white privilege, to just blindly believing what people told you, lol.

[@chucku.1745]

@@yeahyeahwowman8099 ????

[@yeahyeahwowman8099]

@@chucku.1745 got a white coworker that tells you the cops won't ever mess with him because he's white and you are like, yep must be true. Gullible as hell, here I got one, you are supposed to give all your money to any white person that asks for it, im asking, give me your money, lol.

[@chucku.1745]

@@yeahyeahwowman8099 not gullible. He knows they won't pull him over as quick as they would pull me over if I was driving aggressively to the city of Detroit. This is a person acknowledging their white privilege. You're the only one who couldn't comprehend my comment very well.

[@yeahyeahwowman8099]

@@chucku.1745 going by your logic, you are telling me that every cop on planet earth thinks alike? Gone and said that every cop won't be as quick to do it. Gotcha.

[@yogiegemini2053]

I have heard people admit to having privilege and being racist, but nobody has said anything about changing this behavior or wanting to change this behavior. What I hear is that this is their normal. Timestamp 29:51 someone said the system needs to be eradicated.

[@edwinamendelssohn5129]

There is no system. There are people.

[@thescottishanimeguy9946]

OK, but the issue is then what do you replace it with. What do you do to ensure such systems don't re-emerge. There have been many times in history where revolutions have occurred to change the current system, only to not really address the problems are create new ones. America is a good example of this, it was founded under the ideas of personal liberty and a balanced govt to ensure personal freedoms. In spite of the fact Slavery was a thing, something which was acknowledged as an issue by the founding fathers. Or Soviet Russia, sure it overthrew the oppressive tsarist regime and the old ruling class but it was just replaced by an equally controlling and sometimes extremely violent totalitarian soviet regime with forced equality (unless you were the party elite ofc).

[@yogiegemini2053]

@thescottishanimeguy9946 I wish I had the answer to end racism of all kinds. Race, financial, and religion. As a kid and a Star Trek fan, I always admired how they were acceptable to all walks of life, human and aliens living and working together. Money wasn't a factor in services, work or housing. All primary purposes in life were universal, and the prime directive excluded religion and special groups. The focus was survival for ALL. I've always felt that special groups getting additional help only proved that everyone knows they were shorthanded from the start and now they need to catch up. Look at other countries with universal education and healthcare the competition of capitalism eliminated automatically. If we could replace the competiveness of capitalism with unity and universal primary services, I think that would be a great start. 👍 Greed, is the problem.

[@thescottishanimeguy9946]

@yogiegemini2053 Dude, I live in a country with universal health care and education. It has not solved our problems, it hasn't even come close. Sure, some were addressed, but it also opened up new ones. Granted, the UK has once far more Socialist but that model was abandoned in the 80s. It was abandoned for a reason, though, as the massive yogy spending led to ever growing debt and inflation. Also, a lot of communist countries (at least in Europe) did allow for greater social security programs such as free hosing due to their total control over the economy. Despite this, they had much lower civil freedom and living standards overall lagged behind the west, a gap that only grew as the cold war dragged on. I'm not being a naysayer, I do agree that more equal access to things is better than it being privatised. However, history has shown that this can fail for multiple reasons, and countries that have them continue to have problems. People aren't greedy because of the capitalist system, but merely because it's a human trait and any system has positions of power that can be exploited with greed.

[@yogiegemini2053]

@thescottishanimeguy9946 It failed in Europe, and I'm sorry to hear that. That kinda burst my bubble. I'm not giving up yet. The universal education in India, I'm told, is successful. We can start with education, and with new technology in the health field, five years from now, unions won't have control.

[@jerseygirl615]

Interesting how this woman tapped on being poor and a woman not having much privilege., and how she is taken with more validity than being looked at as speaking with self interest. So right.... Black people are seen as "taking it personal" instead of having validity. Never saw this...a great piece. 👍

[@thandekaxulu1060]

This video itself has previledges, I did not see any of those annoying ads while it played, it shed a lot of light though.

[@Ann-ub4mf]

😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@incognegro4229]

That's just means it isn't monetized. Which it shouldn't be because it's racist.

[@thandekaxulu1060]

@@incognegro4229 Whoa! Thanks for the info, I had no idea thats how youtube works. It gave me a bit of an insight into how whites think and feel in general.

[@andrenefinn704]

You're extremely vigilant

[@nevertrustsonofman.kingjam5233]

@@andrenefinn704 OR VERY OBSERVANT.

[@thefactory2140]

This need to be televised world wide back to back for a month, ok two months!

[@girl123boy456]

Ive asked if there’s a “Black History” month, then why isn’t there a “White History” month? Both got made up in AMERICA? Most times I got no answer but some Black Moors told me, BLACK means DEATH. I then asked them to explain [ why ] do Priest and Judges wear only BLACK if that’s so? NO answer! 🤷‍♂️ #BlackFriday 😎

[@johnmahoney1097]

Yea show me Racism on Woodhaven Blvd in Queens. You have no idea what it is to be a POOR WHITE PERSON !!! Show me Racism

[@ginariffe5525]

@@girl123boy456 every day is white history month. You can’t have white history month if what’s being taught is history from a white viewpoint.

[@Webbgurl2000]

24/7 All. Year. Long.

[@Webbgurl2000]

@@girl123boy456 Because Whiteness is considered normal and everyday. Turn on the tv. Go into any building and see who’s controlling things.

[@An_Abstract_Anomaly]

The “guilt complex” is also what walls most ‘white’ people from learning that racism is a systemic structure than a social construct. Yes, it can be applied in social situations but for these situations to take form it has to be a dominant power system that reinforces the idea of race domination in its own foundation. Once everyone stop participating in this system than true change can come about…

[@RayPointerChannel]

A lot of this is based on the alleged "five" races defined by old Anthropology that included Caucasian, which was associated with being "White." But East Indians, who are largely brown skinned are considered Caucasian. But this is not simply a "black and white" issue. There are "gray" areas that are not always discussed.

[@queensparkleintexas8090]

This Documentary need to be seen by all. I truly never seen any context on this topic at all. Please Be Blessed to Everyone 🙏🏽

[@lestercarey1]

I agree

[@shawnahall7246]

This needs to be on tv special and in schools and at employee meetings all over America

[@sceptre3524]

Yes this is a prelude to Critical Race Theory..... CRT , 13th Amendment and the 1619 Project .... just to name a few must be understood by us and our children.... it’s a matter of survival.... bc the majority will continue to deny, project and victim shame....

[@teresagreen8764]

@@sceptre3524 just look at the trial of George Floyd to see how WS/ white Privilege really works in American🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 society...we all saw what Derek Chauvin and the 2 other officers did...how they murdered this man...but whiteness🤔🤔🤔..the Privilege of whiteness has allowed America🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 to put George Floyd(a dead man) on trial for his own death.😔😔😔..his every deviate behavior...his prison record..the fact that Black people in the crowd were angry at the police 🚔 is being dissected as if George Floyd deserved to be Murdered for trying to pass a fake $20...🤔 resisting arrest is all he could have been charged with...not murder..nor a violent crime... 🤔🤔🤔...and the fact that Chauvin kneeling on his neck and the 2 other officers on his back and legs causing his death wasn't excessive force and an unnecessary act...an depraved action by the cops...🤔🤔🤔...we see this America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 everyday and it's been celebrated 🍾 by WS ...from this country's inception...😔😔😔

[@leshagayle5991]

Real Talk

[@sceptre3524]

@@teresagreen8764 💯.... same ole playbook.... I don’t expect justice from the devil.... bc they are keeping score.... they get joy out our misery ... I’m done,!

[@ronofficial5958]

@@teresagreen8764 well said... Satan vs God battle is all we are seeing here. I know which side I am on. I wonder if those that ALLOW this to happen and have no sympathy for those that are forced to live with the reality of oppression, know which side they are on??? This video shows that even White people don’t know about the elitist, classification of being WHITE. White is a classification that when you are white, you don’t need to directly know about privilege to enjoy it. Deny it, and enjoy it.

[@spiritualwarfareisreal2119]

I appreciate all of the white people who participated in this documentary because you are telling the TRUTH about white privilege. It’s people like YOU who make change to other white peoples who are not aware. Love to you all. 🙏🏾

[@miss.pinkpanther]

They all are aware of it. It takes change to get different results. Unless a person change, then they stay the same. Admitting it is one thing, changing it is another.

[@oldirtydasher]

I wonder if any of those interviewed have seen this? It would be cool to hear from them now

[@moneyx9634]

I’m a black man just happen to see you Doc. And I appreciate there honesty and truth that really helped me personally and you the film maker For having the courage to make this Doc. Well done young man

[@Shaq34332]

You are a black man? Did you go to primary school? Did you learn the different colours? Do you know the difference between brown and black? Now what colour is your skin? SMH....

[@jettking7475]

@@Shaq34332 wow, did you get past kindergarten?

[@Shaq34332]

@@jettking7475 Why do you ask? Is it that your Bullshit lies are starting to crumble?!?!?!

[@avonantionette]

@@Shaq34332 We can see that you have edited your original comment. Yet you still make NO sense🥴 Yourself hate is truly evident!

[@SlumJackReaLife]

You ARE among the intended audience it was made for, apparently.

[@regraymap]

I'm Black. In the 80s when my coworkers got 12 & 15% raises, I only got 3%. Not bragging, I was the smartest and fastest in the dept. This treatment and worse cont'd throughout my 40 year career. My last and worse experience was working for Walter Reed Medical Center. Nothing is getting better.

[@freethinkinmelanin6795]

I used to go there when I was younger. But it doesn't surprise me. It's part of the government. Racism is par for the course.

[@lovely-mm1be]

And that is why they tell you don't discuss your pay. Because they know that it is different from One race to the other

[@marieh52]

Sorry❤

[@williammorris3334]

I live in China and am Asian, I feel so guilty for having Asian privilege. My brother in law is black and lives in Kenya and feels very guilty for having black privilege. We both stayed in schools and worked hard and moved up at our companies in spite of minorities being promoted ahead of us due to affirmative action. We both live by strict budgets and invest wisely. But really everything have we stole from someone else. We are ashamed of ourselves for our success which had nothing to do with following all the rules, working very hard and treating everyone with respect. We’re still horrible racist privileged people.

[@aranisles8292]

Nicely done.

[@Meetyouthere777]

Good insight. Imho everyone should keep close in mind world power shifts, comes and goes whether we are alive to experience it or not. Acts 10:34-35 "At this Peter began to speak, and he said: “Now I truly understand that God is not partial, 35 but in every nation the man who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him."

[@emilydowepa-c8975]

I hear you. African ppl must feel so guilty and privileged when they are able to go in the sun and not have to use sunblock and get sunburns, wrinkles and premature aging.

[@andredardy6957]

Where do I start with your fake testimony. First all China and Africa don't have the same cultural and historical setup as America does. So an African wouldn't feel a sense of privilege on the strength of a legacy of structural racism where a minority of another race was oppressed. Furthermore, the point of the film wasn't to garner feelings of guilt on the part of white people,but to explain and convey to others what a construct such as 'whiteness' affords persons in society. Asked for or not asked for. You are probably white America and not Chinese so deep down inside you know and can relate to something one of the guests said in the film.

[@sdays59]

What???!???? What gives a Chinese person privilege in CHINA?? What gives a Kenyan privilege in KENYA??

[@linzierogers5024]

The opening is a breath of fresh air. It's almost like opening a bottle of chilled champagne.

[@sexy_ol_school1101]

I waited a long time to hear white people being truly honest about what it means to be privilege and also admitting that’s something black people don’t get the same experience. Great video, it’s time for this talk on an larger scale.

[@mariohampton5350]

We All have Good sense so the truth is what we want to hear nobody can say nothing now Basically self-explanatory

[@frederickcompton8029]

For the record, "privilege" absolutely does not apply to anything relevant to the Caucasian ethnicity. "Nepotism" would be more appropriate, accurate, but certainly not "privilege". The concept of "privilege" is based on impartiality, fairness, earned (honestly), and is therefore granted to the recipient based on merit. The aforementioned explanation regarding "Privilege" DOES NOT APPLY to absolutely anything regarding the Caucasian, especially in the United States of America...research, history (public accessible) will substantiate what I've just shared with you. Please remember, there's no such thing as "White Privilege" ...nepotism, probably, but certainly not "privilege" ...it does not apply.

[@EWATTY4]

@@frederickcompton8029 youre in denial...

[@frederickcompton8029]

@@EWATTY4 FYI, in order for one individual to accuse another of being in denial and the accuser does not know personally or otherwise the individual accused, puts on "BLAST" the mentality in terms of ignorance, limited education, and an apparent tendency of jumping to an inaccurate conclusion, of the "narrow-minded" accusor. Your unnecessary reply to my non-accusatory comment will determine if you, EJ, are in DENIAL. It would be in your best interest to contemplate my aforementioned reply before you offer another. Real talk.

[@frederickcompton8029]

@@EWATTY4 ...this comment is an addendum to my previous reply regarding your inaccurate accusation of my being in denial. Although your accusation is egregiously incorrect and inaccurate because we're not acquainted nor do you even know me - character, personality, appearance, demeanor, background, - at least state why you feel or believe that I am in denial. It's somewhat on the juvenile or "bone head" side of things to accuse someone of something, and not elaborate or explain why you, the accuser, feel as you do.

[@sandevieira5674]

Absolutely fascinating. Unfortunately, honest unguarded conversations like this are rare. That question about "when did you become white" and the answers were insightful... what these immigrant groups may have lost through assimilation to become "white" and the awareness that the "benefit" of assimilation isn't bestowed on immigrant groups of color. Truly thought provoking film.

[@originaleverythingelseisca5977]

Very true

[@robertshepherd8543]

Without this sort of Critical Race Theory, how will white people be made to feel guilty? If whites can be taught that they are permeated with their privilege, then they can learn that blacks are never racists. Ultimately, whites will be taught self-flagellation, and groveling. Am I right?

[@sandevieira5674]

@@robertshepherd8543 please....CRT has become the latest booty snatcher. Explain your understanding of CRT. Unless you're a graduate law student, no one, besides certain clueless fear mongering politicians, are thinking about OR discussing CRT. 🙄 Give us strength.

[@keithwilliams1243]

They did not become white, they were white in the first place.

[@paulfelix9081]

Powerful response, I like the way you worded your thoughts ♥

[@Calvin23]

Interesting to hear white people being honest about the benefits of being white and their own individual experiences. We as black people know there are benefits to being white and usually when we point this out publicly we are always rubbished and told that this is not true.

[@markpgeorge]

Or you are accused of "reverse racism"...or being "racist" ....if you bring it up?

[@brianmeen2158]

@@markpgeorge no such thing as “reverse racism” though.. racism is racism period . Constantly altering definitions and inventing strange new concepts(like whiteness) is why the modern race discussion is so broken. Besides you don’t offer any solutions . All you seem to want to do is to get everyone to hyper focus on race and that is a disaster in the making.

[@noreenebostick9593]

When I heard the lady say that Blacks are at the bottom, I thought about my colored brown complexion is like the dirt on earth and how much dirt it takes to grow things in the grounded. I am 65 years, seven months and 25 days as of this comment. I have earned everything and was never favored not only with non-Blacks but people in my own family. What I learned and witnessed is that people who did not earn are lesser appreciative and lesser responsible. Favoritism is an ism that is negative. These days and times are the total results as to why this world is so unhappy, deteriorating more faster. I thank God to be able to not think about getting away with destructive actions. Hospitals are filled with people who have mental as well as physical problems. One thing about the mind, it does not know the difference in colors of skin. The mi d is a terrible thing to waste, program and control. Being a Black person hearing about slavery since a little girl, I thank God for protecting me all the days of my life. We all eat, sleep, shit and piss. When those four functions are not working properly, it will be a problem. Those functions do not rely on the color of one’s skin. As for Whites to be treated better than me, that in itself is ludicrous. I can only treat myself better or worst. To treat me worst would be to cause bodily harm. The verbal derogatory words can be tuned out. So many Whites have passed down generational curses of living ignorantly. Looking across America, many neighborhoods are run down due to Whites utilizing their privilege to make this earth a better place. What good is selfish privilege? It really does nobody any good or respect. Overall do what it takes to keep it seriously simple as that is what true liberation, joy, peace and happiness is along with unconditional love. When time and energies are spent taking care of oneself, being racist would gradually disappear. I am thankful for this KZbin video that came on my feed minutes ago. I get to speak about the ignorance of what White privilege is and how it messed up and made many White folks miserable. Thanks for reading my comment. I have lived long enough to say I am blessed to still be alive and not let racism bother me negatively. My life has been guided by my creator that has given me breathing abilities, love, strength and so much more, ipI am better in spite of racism and others having so-called privileges. I do not miss nothing I never had. God prospered and made my soul rich in spirit. When we die, none of us taking nothing with us materially. Smiles

[@lateraldeano]

I like that most od these people are honest. The dishonest ones know their inadequecies and are fearful of losing out their priveleges. This is why we get a backlash when we stand up for ourselves.

[@bjrn4243]

🤣

[@21bluefins]

Actually, they are giving their opinions.

[@MrOldenoughtoseeit]

Whiteness is the ability to assimilate into a society. If you don't have the social skills to assimilate than you're left behind. Same thing everywhere

[@ccccccasey]

Thats a dangerous generalization. I am white and hold no guilt for my skin tone. To do so is regressive and only creates problems, especially because I've never mistreated a person based on skin tone. I judge people based on merit and morality therefore my "privilege" is only threatened if I live a dishonest life surrounded by crooked and sick people.

[@flyinghighagain7712]

Privilege can always be revoked. This is why culture no matter what is not your friend. Culture always favors conformity and thats where the idea of minorities comes from. Individualism is the key to freedom.

[@badnewzdaassassin9745]

I'm so grateful for my Black Privledge, being a Child of the most high, and shall inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.

[@lordsesshoumaru8596]

lmao... then how did the Israelite woman wash the feet of Jesus with her hair... lying and thieving as per usual...

[@lordsesshoumaru8596]

I mean...I understand the confusion. No one knew who the daddy of Jesus was, he didn't hold down a job and lived off charity / welfare BUT as scripture says Adam means to show blood in the face, blood is called sacred and life, so really it means to show life in the face, befitting of the God of the living. meanwhile y'all got pink and black speckled horse flesh on your gums and privates...sorry homie

[@lordsesshoumaru8596]

@C Bizz well to be fair that's everyone although afreaka is the world leader of it. hell will have the black population in common with the prison systems..no doubt

[@hdjones89]

Israel is waking up! APTTMH

[@hdjones89]

@@lordsesshoumaru8596 laugh now. But you WILL be cleaving to Israel as servants and handmaids.

[@ronalddowdell1931]

Truth is so pleasing......it vindicates us as African-Americans; we're not crazy.

[@angelatalamantes8407]

I'm glad to see the world shift. I was born in California in the 70's and I have seen the world change for the better when it comes to racial equality.

[@auroraseyets8516]

Many of these people are very well aware of the American caste system. Fascinating.

[@FASBLAQUE]

American caste system? Is that the euphemism for systemic racism? Lol!

[@auroraseyets8516]

@@FASBLAQUE More like a synonym.

[@FASBLAQUE]

@@auroraseyets8516 A synonym is one word.

[@auroraseyets8516]

@@FASBLAQUE Exactly. Which is why I said it is more “like” a synonym, but to make it less challenging scratch my original reply. New easier to understand reply: It’s more like synonymous.

[@FASBLAQUE]

@@auroraseyets8516 OK, but an euphemism is a word or term to make something or a thing appear to be better. For example: House wife is the euphemism for under paid ho. Working poor is the euphemism for modern day slave. mentally challenged is the euphemism for idiot. Got it?

[@tyoung778]

This video is the most brutal honest feelings about race video. If everyone was honest in their feelings about race maybe this could be beginning of a open dialogue of all races.

[@sabalidann8278]

Will I got an open dialogue right here. Racist white folks....how do you think you got here? YOU Came From the Black Man and Woman. WE Are Your Father and Mother. YOU should Honor your Farther and YOUR Mother, that YOUR Days be Long on THE Earth.

[@jamberry8026]

@@johnhanson6900 They're normal white people who have healthy lives. Something is wrong with you!

[@American-Plague]

@@sabalidann8278 Here's an open dialogue: you will NEVER get any respect or honor from me and I don't care if you think I am a racist. What about it, you racist reggin?

[@brad3157]

Everyone is instinctively prejudice purely for survival. Those are facts Other than that, us as humans are supposed to be more evolved and intelligent than that.

[@samman3688]

Most Americans, regardless of color, are painfully ignorant. It is unbelievable how much they don't know in regards to history of both the U.S. and the rest of the world. That alone is quite unusual, seeing how Americans want to argue history with each other constantly. The comment on here claiming that racist white people came from "them", and then proceeded to tell them to honor them as their mother and father is so funny and lacking in self awareness. That isn't how human evolution works at all, also the blatant racism used right after calling other people racist.

[@rhondabarlow860]

This video will forever be relevant and that's sad......

[@rodneyrichardson8286]

Great video I appreciate these people's honesty.i've encountered these exact experiences being a black man,and trying explain these things to people they thought I was crazy or just another angry Blackman.

[@latishiajackson5494]

I am so glad that I saw this doc. What I have heard enlighten me as a black person. This doc. would be a special television series. Specially in the climate that we live now. Thank you so much.😊💐

[@SlumJackReaLife]

It would be better if it had included as many people that have something very different to say, which would have been more realistic, accurate and real.

[@akindelebankole8080]

This took a lot of guts and care for other people for the participants to agree to be in this video. Even as a black person myself, I understand the lack of sensitivity that privilege bestows on its beneficiaries. Growing up in Nigeria, West Africa, there was a sense of privilege that my tribe had above the other tribes, and because you can easily distinguish the tribes by their features, you were born into it. Fortunately, since coming to the US years ago and having had to survive as a default underprivileged, I have truly been humbled by the dangers of the opposite of privilege, which is working and struggling really hard and being knocked down. I am committed to help lesson the impact of negative privilege here in the US and in Africa. Privilege felt much better than now that I do not have the privilege, but the cure is understanding the harm it does and then acting against it.

[@akindelebankole8080]

+Sunny T I completely agree. Privilege means one is set above other people. What I am really happy to see is that that MO is rapidly being turn down. It is a good thing.

[@joyjoy1236]

Right, we have to fight against these racial privilege systems that cause harm to other groups of people's in terrible ways.

[@chibuo4733]

Why should it take _any_ kind of courage to state the blatantly obvious..!? Are you being brave or just factual because you highlighted your tribal realities? Agree with everything you say, except for the ‘courage’ aspect. They’re not heroes, they’re just (in the main) mature but (what should be) ordinary white people...

[@akindelebankole8080]

@@chibuo4733 You are right from the observer's point of view. It is much harder for someone with privilege to see it's subtleties. When it comes to privilege in the Western world, the deified blond blue eyed depicted Jesus in the earlier part of the last millennium add to the privilege of European descendants. This is not a bad thing, because a white Jesus helped elevate the European people to their own higher selves. I believe that black peoples losing our own identity and souls was a lucky, but unintended deeper consequence of forced conversions of African and other indigenous peoples of the world to Christianity. I believe more than the European robbing of resources from different parts of the world and enslavement of black people, the real boon to western privilege is "Write Jesus". What Christian in their right mind would not want to be like Jesus? However, it is a position that a black person could never reach. White is associated with purity, holiness and the sacred, while black is associated with adversary and evil. This is an untenable height in an unfortunately and socially constructed colorized world. The fight for justice will forever be an uphill battle for non European descendants, but most especially the darkest pigmented people. And as long as we have majority of black people following Christianity (as well as Islam), the privileged European descendant (or Arab, in the case of Islam) can try all they want to let go of their privilege, we black people, in our christianized and undying internalized desire to be like white Jesus - The GOD, are doomed to elevating the European image above ourselves. Essentially, Christianity and Islam have become black peoples ' tools of perpetual self-oppression and self-deprecation . Perhaps you realize what the solution is. I would be curious to hear your thoughts on what I laid out above. Thanks for engaging me.

[@washjr]

@@akindelebankole8080 white Jesus helped elevate Europeans because it pushed everyone else down that they forced Christianity onto which is the rest of the world. So it's not a bad thing... For them.

[@inevski]

'it's not even having to think about race is part of the privilege' No-one's born thinking about skin-tone. It becomes a theme because of the way power & exploitation plays out.

[@teddywilliamson3547]

Shout out to Jane Elliott, great documentary. WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS!

[@miss.pinkpanther]

Now this Lady puts her words into action. I commend Ms. Jane Elliott. Must see change out of the folks in documentary, but being ostracized by their race I don't know...

[@thunderbird4709]

White people are subh-ueman . Pink skin neanderthals

[@MickJay3]

I want to give a shout out to all the Caucasians who were honest. Its much appreciated because I know pride had to be put aside to be honest about it.

[@rhondajo7822]

.... and therein lies the greatest challenge for Americans. We have been programmed to believe that we are God's CHOSEN CHRISTIAN NATION and that we are SUPERIOR and FAVORED by the Almighty above all others. And to make sure that image and belief ingrains itself into our collective psyche and DNA our governments, schools, corporations and religions have DELETED and/or BURIED the TRUTH about our CRIMES against HUMANITY.

[@MrTomjolly]

@@rhondajo7822 I don't feel that way or think that way

[@rikmang]

@Barbara Peralta She meant white skin not USA

[@stephenh.walker831]

I don't agree. The conclusions are all related by the same 'racism' promoted propaganda. The conditioning runs deep. The observations are such blanket nonsense.

[@MrThinking4myself]

@@rhondajo7822...and, we supply aid to most of the world, more than any other country. We provide military protection to our allies, more than any other nation. And people are struggling to come here, more than any other country. Those are empirical facts. So, what you want to pretend is an image, I'd say it's a clear view of America.

[@tiffanydegoya]

Wow I was carrying a basket of laundry and somehow accidentally clicked on this. More people need to see this.

[@melissaisrael3905]

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[@garrisonnichols7372]

Did you finish your laundry? Seriously you were looking for this. I'm white but I've always seen myself by my Portuguese and British decent myself. I'm only second generation so there's that. Also never had any white privilege because well I'm poor so I guess I'm not white enough. My neighbors have alot of white privilege they're Liberals that both work as college professors. I see them driving off to work in thier BMW'S and drinking Starbucks coffee. Always talking politics. I love to insult them in Portuguese. They have no idea what I'm saying 😊

[@tiffanydegoya]

@@garrisonnichols7372 I swear i clicked on this on accident lol, I was watching a Michael Jai White interview and listening to it while I carried a basket of laundry upstairs when I accidentally must have somehow clicked onto this video 🙂. Racism/prejudice has always fascinated me. I do believe that there is such a thing as white privilege, this country was built on racism and even though there has been a lot of change, there is still a lot of institutional racism unfortunately and by default this is what gives white people most of their privilege.

[@garrisonnichols7372]

@@tiffanydegoya well where's mine?

[@garrisonnichols7372]

@@tiffanydegoya I want some of that white privilege 🤣

[@SteelerNationInMaryland]

Mark, thank you! A great documentary!

[@darwinwilliams2852]

Excellent documentary. Open and honest. If only everyone had the courage to be honest we could end racism. Can you even imagine how great we would truly be if we could?

[@MaximusWolfe]

Honest? This is 100% buncome.

[@emmahamilton8685]

Darwin Williams...So true.

[@jeffreybillings1602]

No they not honest , don't let them fool you . They know that they are not white . White mean purity , virtues , divine. God , etc ...are they that ??? Honestly they are not . They my friend are Pale skinned people but don't want to use the term pale because this exposes them to being ungodly , rejected from Human Race ( people with hue ( olive complexed people . They became pale as a result of the MARK ( CURSE ) that was put on them by the most High-GOD . For murder and other Sinful acts . Pale skin people use to look like us ( Olive complexed ) but they were cast out fromm the presence of God for their Sinful ways . They can't be white , You and I are the real white people . White also means status which means Ruler of the earth- land , so white is a status as well . They haven t came all the way clean about it . Pale means without purities , void of life , absence of light , ill , black , yeah I said black , bleached , dead and all things that's ungodly . By the way ! We are not neither . They call us black not because of our skin complexion , but because of our lack of knowledge of ourselves ( Blank state of mind ) .

[@jeffreybillings1602]

Racism is used the wrong way . Racism mean having and showing pride in your Race without hurting , hating , harming or hindering others from making progress . Get the language like . Not racism but Racial bigotry is the correct word to describe Racial hatred

[@natalieac8409]

@@jeffreybillings1602 what f r sayin

[@networth2j5]

"The Great White Lie" this is basically what it is. "The Game is sold, not told"

[@loralarose9615]

The white these people lieing 😂😂😂my husband white I don’t even know how many tickets he paid and loan couldn’t get a loan at all he had a job dumb liberal are so racist they race baiting there racism individual black and white there full of crap there being racist

[@Cryptofun325]

I can't even imagine even going to a loan shark as a black and getting 100K...hell naaw. I do think it's a fluke they got 100K without a job though but blacks wouldn't ever get a break like that EVER. So there lays the so called white privilege to me but do I think majority of whites are getting that....hell nooooo!

[@JustinVan1986]

@@michelejennings7645 why would these few people that’ve been spending most their lives around campuses define truth for our society, especially when they have to change definitions and rely on personal experience to support their claims? When they won’t acknowledge dissent outside of criticism, then instinct tells me that it’s more so like a cultish ideal. If you read the 60’s and 70’s books about critical race theory, then it blatantly describes the indoctrination, propaganda and true path to achieve. You could add Stokely Carmichael as well to understand why MLK Jr is not of reference anymore: peace and unity vs violence and segregation. If you learn about the German’s critical theory in the 30’s, then you can definitely see how they used the same techniques and got Hitler Youth when they labeled the majority as the “oppressed” in their reform to fascism. Took less than a decade of indoctrination and propaganda that got the population to look past the violence against multiple demographics, millions of people dead, in support of their ideals. Critical race theory wants to use the population as the instrumental test, and it has to be sold through indoctrination and propaganda to do so. Even Thomas Edison had thousands of tests to get a light bulb to work. Really think we’d get it right the first time so that we don’t have millions dying from violence and/or hunger? Because the majority of people in this country don’t like the idea of losing God-given rights for rights given by those in power, this will bring more violence. Some would be more equal than others (Orwell) in a chase for equity, which means equity fails again bringing equality down with it. If you’re not in that group of power, then you’re going right back to the bottom w/ new, most likely, rulers in a less efficient system. They may be more diverse though, so you’ve got that going for you. There are too many people in this American bubble that have no relative reference of oppression. Even those that go out of the country stick to the tourist areas, which usually excludes oppressed areas, are blind to reality. These people (politicians) that you want controlling this caused Libya to bring slavery back. Nobody cares of course because it was Obama’s Admin. They’ve been running the world policing and drug war. Our current POTUS and VP both got separate legislations passed that caused an immense surge in blacks to be incarcerated for minor offenses. You really think these used-car salesmen aren’t focused on their profit? History proves that many put it before the welfare of people and state. Humans cannot run a system of power like this with any integrity, honor or efficiency. We get those Star Trek replicators, then we can talk about socialism. Although, a society that CRT demands wouldn’t be nearly as quick in scientific progress. Either way, I’ll continue treating someone as an individual, which gives way to love.

[@ccccccasey]

@@michelejennings7645 Pretty sick for you to tell her to be quiet just because she doesn't agree with your narrative. Is this how you support black people? By attacking them for not thinking like you?

[@ccccccasey]

@@Cryptofun325 I can disprove what you're saying right now. My fiance is black and I'm white and she is the one that got approved for our mortgage.

[@stevenwitherspoon3932]

Wonderful documentary, it reinforces my contentions. I wish all white people were this enlightened. Knowledge is power. Most of these people seem to be academically advanced, thus we hear candor and honesty from them. Those that are academically and historically ignorant, personalize the issue and never realize that they are just recipients of privileges that their skin has afforded them, according to the white supremacist system we live in. Please, continue to share knowledge.

[@foreverseethe]

This is what I have always told white people. Racism isn't necessarily your fault and it doesn't mean you are a bad person nor is racism exclusive to white people. The same forces and messaging that have caused you to become racist towards blacks cause anti black sentiments not only in other races but causes blacks themselves to have a sort of inward racism that is equally hard for a black person to admit to themselves. Racism is fiendishly nebulous, Insidious and sticky. The only way to become a better person is to find it within yourself (black people included) and try to make conscious error corrections as you go which would require hyper vigilance and almost inhuman consciousness. I myself as a black man have inward facing racism and I can't make heads or tails of it and I just turned 40 so..there you go.

[@salamjihad3449]

YOU TELL WHITE PEOPLE THAT ? WHEN? AND DO YOU ALSO TELL WHITE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE PROBABLY MORE RACIST THAN THEM? LOL .. DONT GET CAUGHT UP WITH THIS RACIST CRAP..WE ARE ALL PEOPLE .ALL OF US . WE HAVE GROUPS WE FEEL WE ARE IN ETC !! TRIBALISM. GET OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE..

[@jeffhill2751]

It’s crazy that this was my teacher who made this lol

[@johnclement8913]

As Gomer Pile would say surprise surprise surprise you never know what lurks in the heart of your teacher.

[@gillianespinoza3652]

Oh damn!!!! How does that make you feel??

[@garrisonnichols7372]

Your teacher is a typical Liberal. Hates white people but won't give up her privilege lifestyle.

[@Lionheart1188]

Then your teacher should be arrested, lined up at a firing squad.

[@gillianespinoza3652]

@@Lionheart1188 what in the world??

[@gsmith1523]

I absolutely love and respect the honesty here. So good to know that so many people are very aware of realities of our culture and differences along racial lines. In today's (2022) environment it often seems like no one is aware or admitting it. Awesome report!! Blessings to all of the contributors. 👏❤🙏🙏

[@irishscience580]

admitting what? we are in 2022 and there is no such thing as "white privilege". that ended 60 years ago.

[@gsmith1523]

@@irishscience580 SMH. Praying for your understanding.

[@miss.pinkpanther]

God's word does say bless them. That way they heap coals upon their own heads. Proverbs 25:22

[@nyla2408]

It's nice to hear an open, honest conversation about this.

[@antonydrossos5719]

An excellent, honest documentary. Thanks for sharing your work.

[@MyJwiz]

This information is healing my soul. Being considered black destroyed my family, my parents, my grandparents and the Mental Health of us All. Literally killing us. Not picking cotton or wiped or hanging anymore but as mentioned here it Has mutated into countless other ways. But I knew that it wasn't all white people responsible for this torture. Not holding you responsible for the past but something can be done now and has been. But this is only the beginning. Thank you.

[@miss.pinkpanther]

They capitalized on our past every day. Their privileged life, they can reject this if they choose to every time, but being ostracized by their race is another thing.

[@dwightanderson8331]

Always wanted to hear this point of view. Thanks to all that were interviewed and took part. People being honest with each other can only help cross bridges slowly create trust if they talk to each other not at each other.

[@sivungumbela4500]

You probably mean white ppl being honest with other white ppl...coz if it was a black person interviewing white ppl half those truths would've never come out.

[@SunnyandNova]

@@sivungumbela4500 that part lol 😂

[@Ohree20]

It doesn’t matter how the perspective was taken, appreciate the people for taking the time and being honest.

[@sivungumbela4500]

@@Ohree20 a rapist finds it easier to open up to another rapist about rape. But ask a rapist to talk to the victim of rape and the rapist won't be so forthcoming to talk about rape..that's all I'm saying

[@TheSmithmich]

@@sivungumbela4500 That's an interesting perspective.

[@kurtfranklin2680]

Regardless of your race, letting it define you is a prison. Believing that your race is inferior or superior, only hurts you. It is right to envy the person that doesn’t think about their race. They are free.

[@markpgeorge]

Do you feel that way about your gender too Kurt?

[@markpgeorge]

And they are "free" until another person (the police, an employer, a coach, a bank official, etc.) lets them know they are not because of how that other person sees and treats them, right Kurt, so "freedom" is temporary....no matter how much they may repress they have a racial designation in this nation or no matter how much they may pretend to "not see color."

[@gregoryross9770]

They came over here with a 5 cent in their pocket and $10,000 in whiteness.

[@hombreastuto6052]

Damn I’m black and I’m shocked. Walk in the bank with no job asking for money? I would never even have thought of that one.

[@jasonnelson316]

I've worked in banking for decades. More than likely they had assets to secure the loan.

[@pdareplove]

This is the most honest and straightforward conversation that I've heard so far! Now take action...

[@silver-vq9tz]

what action? you want free money?

[@kenkaczmarz288]

My privilege: Going to school and working my ass off for the last 55 years. Living within my means. Paying all my debts. Respecting all people around me. Learning skills and working as a team for my employers, for my church and my community. Helping out without getting paid.

[@markpgeorge]

Good for you Ken, but none of that addresses any of the points raised in this video? Ken, why are you so triggered by this video and is it possible, just possible that people who are different from you, who don't live and look like you, might just be having a very different experience than you, you Ken, one man in a nation of 330,000,000 people? Is that possible Ken? Why is that so hard for you to believe Ken?

[@kenkaczmarz288]

@@markpgeorge Learn these two or three very simple rules to live by. Matt 22:36-40 “love the Lord thy God with all thy heart” and “love thy Neighbour as thyself.” (Matt 7: 12) Never treat anyone any less than I wished to be treated myself. Is there a lot of injustice in this world? Yes, a lot. Black people have had a lot stacked against them for a long time. Am I part of the problem or part of the solution? I have always actively supported truth and equality at home at work and in my community. Any changes must start one heart at a time.

[@markpgeorge]

@@kenkaczmarz288 Sooooo....what about the content and points raised in the video?.....You take care friend.

[@andre1987eph]

You still don't get it.

[@Damngoodchicken_]

Thanks for this MPG

[@donaldlyons180]

At least they are honest....

[@ufewl]

Brainwashed morons.

[@iaintmadatcha]

A rare sight

[@realitycheck1092]

@@ufewl truth hurts huh ?

[@mshinn13]

@@realitycheck1092 Yes, these people in this video are truly brainwashed far left loons. This mentality of living in the past and feeling guilty about things perpetrated years ago does nothing. The far left thrives on race issues and promotes negativity rather than highlighting the positive. Jump to the conclusion of everyone is a racist, like the Twitter post by lebron james about a police shooting in Columbus Ohio without actually knowing the facts. Keeps the narrative going and facts are left out. Facts over emotions should be the most important thing. Are there racist people in the USA? Yes, but that is not the overbearing percentage of people and to attempt to portray the country in this way is false and not helpful in anyway.

[@terejosh13]

@@mshinn13 did you highlight the positive no you went right to negative so what makes you better than the far whatever your talking about you sound like a victim like you want a cookie.