@Name Channel Name Name I, personally, have never seen anyone being attacked or hated for having big ears. Of course, maybe some friends make fun of them but they are not being really attacked for it. Racism is far beyond "making fun of", it's shaming, degrading, violent acts and many more disgusting things.
Ignorance is humanity's greatest enemy. Prejudice, bias, and lack of knowledge is all because of ignorance. I hope that one day humanity will come to realize that despite skin color, beliefs, or interests, we all have the right to be treated equally. We are all human. As a Filipino I stand with every race. We must fight back in a responsible way, especially in these times. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
@King Ghidorah "a couple of bad encounters?" That tired old stereotype you people use to diminish legitimate criticism has got to go. Would you like to rethink and try again mr king?
I never understood racism. It’s hating a group of people based where their from, something you can’t control. It’s saying that “you are a bad person because your skin looks like that” it doesn’t make sense. It’s wrong and I don’t know why people continue this.
Frenchist Toast. Let me help you with that. Theirs a big difference between wariness and deep hatred. The number of people that actually hate others for their skin color is almost non existent. What we do have are people with legitimate fears and concerns of any group that takes such pleasure in presenting an image of menace. This isnt just posing its backed by an off the charts violent crime rate. What we have here is an earned reputation that has nothing to do with racism. It would help if they stopped playing scatter the pigeons or whatever term is now used for intimidating vulnerable non blacks on the street these days.
@@Bob-fz7pd wariness over people a different color . Is blatant racism . Carrying one interaction into another with a person with that same color is racism . People can call it wariness or pattern recognition all they want but it’s racism .
@@Bob-fz7pd that was caused by racist policies and actions in the first place. Do you think that slavery was really that long ago? I found a person in a UA-cam comment who’s grandfather was 5 when slavery ended. That’s two people ago. Those effects are still lasting to this day and it shows by your comments.
That's not what racism is, racism is a growing hate of a particular group that grows from negative experiences with that group. Everyone experiences it. It's not always in the form of racism. For example you can hate a certain religion or people from a certain country or any kind of group actually. So technically we have all been acting like a racist in some way.
That doesn’t mean his words are irrelevant 🙂 And he also was not too much of a fan of women empowerment, anyways what I meant was that given the historical context he was flawed under modern context but his philosophy was effective in bringing about number of social changes in a country like India then I hope USA is no exception
Zachary P he was he called black people by their derogatory term and wanted blacks and indians to be separated u can even watch a vid about it. He’s also done many other obviously racist things and he thought blacks were inferior to whites and Indians
Exactly! What more do I have to do to be treated with the common decency to feel comfortable going about my daily life! I shouldn't have to live in a constant state of anxiety aided by the resurfacing thought that I will be oppressed for my actions that would generally be considered normal if I were a white person...this planet disgusts me
@@mrego9751 Lol the first thing that came to mind. i was like "more elegant than the average person from england or more elegant than most black people?"
I’m spiraling. I always used to think that bigotry came from small mindedness and a lack of education. But recently I’ve met some people who are very smart, creative thinkers who are well educated, but have said the most bigoted things imaginable. I can’t wrap my head around how or why. It makes me feel sad because before I could always get over bigotry, holding my head high, thinking that they’re just dumb and small minded. But this has been challenged. I can’t understand why they are bigoted.
his shouting from the flat story reminds me of a taxi refusing to let me ride with my friends because I'm not "white" and after persuasion, he let me in after putting rugs on my place to keep his car "clean" from me as if my butt will make his seats copy my skin colour.
I feel genuinely concerned about my own world view. During last new year, a person of color, whom I had never seen before, comes up to me to shake my hand and give best wishes. I don't want to shake hands. He called me racist. I don't want to shake hands with anyone, whom I don't know. Being called a racist, hurt. I don't understand why 'blacks' call themselves black. I don't call myself white. I'm a shade of brown, light brown at that. Other people have a darker tan of brown. We are all shades of brown. I'm a native Dutch, I don't join Dutch clubs to celebrate how caucasian we are. What the hell are we talking about. I don't give a shit. A friend asked me once "Whom do you want to trade places with ?" and I answered 'John Williams' (Dutch TV presenter) She : "But ....... he is black !" Me : "......................" I feel a target for anti-racist & anti-supremacist groups, just because I'm born to Dutch parents. Discrimination is not a thing between dark brown and light brown. it is a thing between people attacking something that is different on the other person. Be that skin color, red hair, cross eyed, large nose, tall underweight skinny posture, anything different and putting them away as 'different' and therefore not worthy. Every victim of a bully, feels discrimination at heart. All those people thinking it doesn't happen in their vicinity, can you actually, with a straight face, claim there was no 'black sheep' back in your school days or at work ? None ? Are you absolutely sure ? If there is a group of people sitting together and one co-worker sits apart from the rest, why is that ? Bullies need to realize, that they are not 'just having fun with someone for 2 minutes'. That victim is having those encounters all day long by multiple other people. When you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. For me it stopped when I planted my fist on the nose of one of those bullies. Say it started around age 8, it took 20 years before I hit back.
I'm Brazilian and here there is racism but don't make sense because we are a mix of races, I'm White but for me racism is ridiculous(sorry for my english grammar)
That's because not every Brazilian is mixed. There are the natives, the Portuguese (white people) and black people. Brazil had one of the worse version of slavery ever, and you guys have yet to even have a civil rights movement.
The sad thing is racism is never going to go away. Atleast not fully. As much as I’d love for it to disappear completely, there is always going to be Somebody who hates people that don’t look like them.
It definitely will go away at some point, at least to a point where it practically doesn't exist. And while this may seem like a ridiculous point but if there is other intelligent life in the universe humanity will unite a lot quicker and put aside racial differences.
Coming from a predominantly homogeneous society, I didn't realize what racism actually was until I moved to the US and married an African American guy. I was shocked to find out that people can get looks and "special" attitude just because of their skin colour, that police might pull you over on the freeway more frequently if you are not white. I was confused at the fact of being called Caucasian since I'm not coming from the Caucasus region. And many many more. The fact is that people all over the world need to get educated and treat everyone equally. We shouldn't single out one race over the other; in many homogeneous societies, if you look different than the majority of people, you might experience racism as well. In certain areas of the US, racism is geared towards Europeans, Asians, Mexicans and etc. I think we tend to attach stereotypes to nationalities and ethnicities, and, unfortunately, based on these stereotypes, people tend to act in a weird way to one another. The key is to respect every human being no matter of color, race, or religion.
Olga i don't think you've actually learned enough because your comment of racism geared toward "euros" in america. they blend in with everyone that is white so its highly unlikely that a spicy verbal exchange with a non white will never result in the death of an eastern european. Like NEVER. America made it possible for whites to walk in a predomantly asian or black area and they can come out of it in one piece. For most black americans, even at the doctor's office, if you have surgery booked its calming when you know the person holding the scalpel is black person. If you misunderstand the historical context of what I am saying then really you are not having deep conversations with your husband. I am mixed race and i never let my white father off the hook . he knows what's up.
@@PHlophe Thanks for commenting on my experience; however, I do not think it's polite to tell anyone what they have or haven't learnt. On another note, I do have meaningful conversations with my husband, and for him what matters is the professionalism and skills of a surgeon rather than his/her skin color (that's his words, not mine).
Race is a concept with almost no biological value in view of the genomic similarity between different human groups, but it is still useful with regard to establishing the effects that the environment exerts on natural selection and so-called geographic characteristics of different peoples, no more than that.
@@zoeymckeown3194 "3 main races". What does this actually mean? You talk about main races and then you welcome the diversity of life, and that this doesn't mean superiority, that's clear if we respect the "3 main races" I imagine. I said in my comment that if we analyze the human genome we will see that we are one race, with small differences observed in the different population groups that make up the human species, and that the differences between individuals that are part of the human species/race are , biologically, a result of the most different processes of natural selection that have occurred on these groups throughout the world and times, and of course the cultural aspect - yes, the human is a cultural being - which reinforced these distinctive external (physical) characteristics, attributing to them a value judgment - good/bad, right/wrong, better/worse -. Brains, in this process, develop plasticity and different neurophysiological functions in these individuals, but they continue to be brains of the "homo sapiens" species and of course, it all depends on what you mean by "race".
"Don't punish people for their views and ideas. Instead, change their views and ideas (positively) via education and information." Wonderful to see how Gandhian philosophy has a soothing medicine for the problem of racism! 👍🏽
So if we send millions of black to your country and the people don't like it shall we 'change' them or is diversity only allowed to take place in western countries?
@@SciSciToys It really would be nice to actually get to the bottom of why seeing black people makes you angry. Not just you, any racist can comment. Give me some insight!
@@Shane76712 All we want is for our people to be able to exist and thrive. And live a happy life. And not have to worry about our race being destroyed. And our countries being replaced by foreigners.
Love, education, respect, reasoning... those are the tools to change ppl with a racist mind set. Not punishing, not boicoting, not exposing them, that leads to embarrasment, that leads to more hate, that leads to radicalization. Yes, by doing so you can mute them, but you are not changing them.
@@Ghe608 yes, many horrible things have been done to the black community, but, how do we break the circle? Hostility and violence only bring more hostility and violence, until you fight it with the opposite.
Why people are racist? Ez 1. Rich family that probably their generations had slaves working for them and they kept passing that racist thing through generations even tho it ended. 2. The most common. People insecure af with low self esteem and not comfortable with their life’s they need so hard to believe they have something superior than others don’t so they can feel a little better with themselves. Why you guys think that in the gaming communities there are so much racist kids? Because most of them in real life are very quiet, extremely low social life, fat etc.. They feel so inferior and so bad with their life’s and that’s when racist pop up .
I get your point but it's a bit tone deaf with regards to the situation in US. The racist do not care about black people or their opinions. Believe it or not, black people have been trying to persuade for a long time, and the freedoms we have today have come from brave ancestors who risked their lives protesting not knowing if they would be lynched or torn to pieces by guard dogs. protesting today is really the least one can do today. Their sacrifices will never be in vain.
Lechiffresix six, Historical figures are examined with the context of the period they belong to. Given that, a person can be “Mahatma= The Great Soul” to a given extent. Anyway I just wanted to put forward Gandhian views on the topic of social change🙂
iffy Baby violence lead to violence.. Why do you think USA have such norm regarding guns? and why do you think USA has such colossal numbers of gun violence? It’s simply because of the nature of the Americans revolution it was a violent one!! With violence you can never have a true social change that one desire....persuasion is the only way 🙂
aah a let me make few points clear to you 1) No one accused Mr Modi of being racist(many have called him Hindu Nationalists) 2) Everyone is aware of the relationship between India and Pakistan, so it really doesn’t matter what Imran Khan propagate about Mr Modi Further, I just wanted to make a correlation between the nature of a revolution and the end result with respect to the social orientation of that particular society.
People are more than just some labels. But the sad thing is we only know that labels about each other in the public. Because that's too personal to everyone . But that keeps ignorance and prejudice alive. In a society where there is total prejudice is only about the first impression of people. If you showed the one he doesn't like it's game over.
I was looking for a very a smart talk about how early childhood or familiy pre-conditioning effects how a person views others of a different race in a negative light. None of us white, black, Asian, Hispanic are born genetically with a negative view of anyone really. Even at age 1, 2, 3,4,5,6,7.8.9 does a human being have a socially conditioned view of ethnicity or skin color. Either good or bad. So at what point does it happen? But no i get yet another black person feeding the fire. I grew up near Baltimore a city 75% black. I was one of a few white men in High school and i was remined of that each day. After i moved to a city that was majority white i started dating a black women and we have be together for some time now. She went to a h.s/college that was mostly white and says that even though her white girlfriends never bought up race its something that makes her feel different in a room filled with white people. She feels that at any moment she could say something that will further cement the stereotypical believe of a black woman being loud or aggressive . I tell her just because you feel this uncomfortable feeling doesnt mean that its "racism". I feel super uncomfortable around her familiy even after 4 years. They mention my " whiteness" a lot and it beings up feeling from h.s/college that made me feel very much unworthy bc i was white. Was i get told 1000 times on social media that black peolpe cant be racist . But i know its not coming from a place of hate, even if at times the slavery argument or the racial imbalance of incarcerated of black men come up. I can say the same stuff up peolpe say that slavery wasnt my fault( It wasnt) that it was a very long time ago. That many black men cant get credit from the physically labor that their ancestors did when they themselves have never picked up a object heavier than 10 pounds. I have some views of specific behavior some not all peolpe of color do, that are in theory racist. But its not bc i havent experienced the other side of pre-judgement based on skin color. Its not even based on skin color at all times. Its based on behavior, clothes, eye contact, and how aggressive you are to me. I'm trying to let go of my bad past with certain moments of racial indifferences. It doesnt do me any good to hold to them. I sleep next to a black women each night and she her mother 4 times a week. I dont have any family of my own so If i want to feel part of the familiy i have to make a honest attempt to be apart of the family. Its on me to feel comfortable around anybody and not anybody else.
As a muslim woman, I experienced racism my whole life, but what surprised me recently that a black person was racist to me:) I was so confused, because the black community suffered the most from it therefore having one of em being racist was really unexpected.
It's used to divide culture easily for some people. For example, in Liberia you _can not_ ever be a citizen unless you are black or born from a former citizen. Note the difference? You can immigrate as a black person but if you don't meet their prescribed ratio of blackness you will never be a citizen by law. People talk about systematic racism, well, that is an example of it that the international community is strangely silent on.
In Israel, marriages between Jews and Palestinians are generally not permitted and if you’re Palestinian, you ought to pass through multiple checkpoints to even head into Tel Aviv or past Gaza or the West Bank, so to speak?
People misunderstand the term” racist “ everyone is racist a little or a lot towards the other races and can’t even admit it . Especially nowadays society is forcing us to accept stuff we don’t even want to . We should always judge ourselves first but the conflict will always exist .
Name calling based on people’s appearance should obviously be condemned. But I am not convinced about the overall tone about “racism”, “systemic racism”, or “institutional racism”. Judging by the amount of noise that’s being made one would thing “racism” in societies is increasing. I don’t think that’s the case. In an increasingly “diverse” society the talk of “racism” has become a tool to enforce social harmony. That’s how citizens are taught how to think and what to notice and what to ignore. We are at a point where a movement proclaiming to be progressive has become an opponent of science and biology in order to advance certain beliefs, dogmas, social ideologies and agendas. That’s why “racism” is now more a weapon than reality.
It's not natural. Race is a term invented by Europeans that dehumanizes groups of people in order to establish the "superior race" which are supposedly white people.
Well stated! He elegantly explains, how prejudice and racism could be hidden but practiced. The analogy using 'sight' is well crafted. Thank you for bringing up the video! Love!
The problem is by getting fixated on the words, it doesn't address the root of racism and why it comes about. We get too offended over what is a natural human way of being - so until we can stop shaming each other for being racist, can we actually understand it and fight it on an even playing field. Edit: Also, by only listening to victims, we learn nothing of actual racism - only it's consequences and effects... Instead we'd learn a lot more to hear from ex-racists(or somebody conscience of their potential racist motivations) who can explain how they have come to understand their past racist convictions.
I disagree w you about the 'instinctive' nature of prejudices. I believe that it is Learned, as you said later, by parents, teachers, etc. But NOT instinctive. Young children are color blind!!
Fear and Control is what causes people to be racist. When you have a fear that you don’t know or can’t understand someone because of their culture or race that is fear. Control is another reason. In most cases it’s the dominant race, educational and financial class who wants control. Like in India most people are of the race same but they’re racist towards others because of their educational or financial class. We see the same in many African countries. It’s not always about race but it’s most related to race.
For me no matter what skin race I still gonna respect them make them as friends I got so many friends any from other countries even third world countries That makes me multicultural
Down here in Mexico,we had our ancestral God's ,we used to love and praised,White's came and call us Pagans and Idolaters,THEN,they invented images and Foreign God's whom are Death as their religion,they imposed on us. So we became twice Pagans double idolaters,or some shit like that.
Simply spoken, racism is that of ignorance. You do not know someone, or understand someone or what they're doing ect. Information is power. Racism is dissolved by asking questions. Understanding that others have a different view.
It bothers be because genetically speaking I’m black and the last thing I want to talk about is race. I’m an American and that’s my only border you know. Past that I love Americans (I don’t think I’ll date one though… an American I mean)
We should stop paying attention to colour, when we talk to each other, or about each other. That's the first step. I am a human, you are a human. Your friend, also a human. It's that simple.
The worse weapon of racism is when you can’t get the job or flat/house despite having the same kind of qualifications or when one marginalised or small ethnic group will turn against another (Jews vs. Palestinians, South Asians vs. Africans, light vs. dark). Calling a nasty slur, it’s not polite in public but actions (violence, economic control, sexual control) speak louder than words.
"Information is the key" I totally agree. Why was that woman shouting at him outside the train station? If only we knew why she wanted his attention. Then we could teach her that are better ways than screaming the N Word from a window.
Humans are easily spooked, I think. People like the known and the familiar. When we face something different and don’t know instinctively how to behave, we get uncomfortable, unease and anxious.
As a traveling showman I can Connect with the racism, our Heritage and community go back centuries and has aways been looked down on , even to the point of where we can live in the winter months the only difference in we are such a small Minority that we can’t get listened too , the is good and bad in every culture , it’s a sad world
Personally I think racism should be legalised, sticks and stones is the analogy here, why is it that people get offended by words, you can call me anything you want, I know who I am and what I am worth so getting upset by what anyone calls me just shows weakness and doubt in your worth and honestly is it really worth the effort to engage with a person because they have had derogatory remarks towards you, defending yourself against what someone who doesn’t matter to you is only making things worse and pointing out that they could be right about you
I don't know much about it but if I'm not mistaken a 2012 study claimed that the combination of low IQ and social conservatism was the biggest predictor of prejudice (this is rooted in projection- I don't think everyone is racist deep down inside but I do think some prejudice is a normal human instinct that is especially strong in times of high stress or at least social conflict with different people, although there are other natural instincts that conflict with that and the prejudice instinct can be controlled and desensitized with certain experiences. Some people don't seem to take the idea of subtle racism seriously, and I understand why since a lot of what people claim to be 'microaggressions' or subtle racism is purely interpretative and rooted in their own hyper-mistrust and critical attitude toward X people, but I do think it's common. It doesn't seem like it takes a lot to bring this out in relatively normal people, including some of the most 'liberal' people or people who are very vocal in condemning the prejudices they would never express overtly). Normally I would take any research in psychology with a grain of salt (it's not an empirical science) so I'm being very deliberate in saying that it's 'predictor' and simply noting a correlation. I can concede that in some sense minorities are more vulnerable to racism (that would include white and non-black minorities in black neighbourhoods, cities and countries) but I don't agree with the narrative that racism is a uniquely white phenomenon and blacks / p.o.c don't routinely express prejudice on the basis of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation etc. (or actively harm people on the basis of racial, ethnic and etc. prejudice) or that anti-white prejudice, anti-gay prejudice, anti-immigrant prejudice, the prejudice p.o.c have against each other based on race and ethnicity and nationality etc. isn't the same basic concept / psychology. I wouldn't be surprised if white North Americans or whites from traditionally Anglo-Saxon countries (or even white Westerners generally) were on average less racist than p.o.c although I wouldn't necessarily assume that (I definitely think it's less socially acceptable for whites to express overt racial prejudice or ethnic prejudice - at the very least if we're talking about non-white ethnic groups, as a general cultural norm). Noting patterns and forming predictions based on them is a normal part of human nature (and animal nature in general I could argue), it helps us to survive and learn, but I think the logical flaw in racism (which would relate to IQ) is in not being able to handle the complexities that come with taking people as individuals and relying on a simple, convenient, emotional heuristic when dealing with people in a threatening world that we overgeneralize (ie. past experience with lions was violent so assume lions in future are violent, there might not be time to get to know individual lions or come to a conclusion about John Doe based on interactions with or observations of him specifically without preconceived notions based on one or some of the groups he belongs to so just immediately assume he's threatening. I could better word this, some generalizations are also more or less consistent and humans are rational agents even if, like lions, we have certain predictable instincts. Also, there can be a sense of safety that comes with familiar people. I also think part of the problem is in not being able to differentiate between traits, behaviors etc. and the nature of what makes someone a member of group X if belonging to group X actually does correlate with those traits, behaviors etc). I don't assume that I don't have a low IQ and I can see how linking IQ with prejudice can be condescending and there are things that might correlate with higher IQ that have nothing to do with an inability to think logically or being less cognitively developed (like a preference for classical music and I don't care, classical music is not my favorite genre. I definitely like some of it but most of it, especially baroque music and classical music proper, is not that emotionally moving, it generally has never triggered deep euphoria in me. Interestingly a preference for opera apparently does not correlate with higher IQ even though it's considered 'high culture') but I have to assume that has something to do with why it correlates with a lower IQ. I can see why the in-group loyalty and nationalism / patriotism that tends to be associated with conservatism would apply but I have a hard time believing that liberals have higher IQs, on average, or are any less prejudiced (generally as opposed to being less prejudiced against specific groups). This might be a potential low IQ cope but I also have a hard time believing that IQ tests for all intents and purposes measure a general intelligence but that's another topic. Toward the end it seems to me as if you're wrongly conflating a lack of consideration of someone else's point of view or perspective or situation with an actual negative feeling (I also think you can have mistrust and hyper-apprehension without negative feelings toward a person but the negative feelings often imply that), which is what 'prejudice' implies to me, or even lack of empathy, toward people who are different in whatever respect.
This is an odd depiction of racism. The title suggests a look into racism independent of where you come from in the world and skin colour. The title of this video should have been: Why are white people racist? I spent some years around the middle east and South Asia. There is a hierarchy of citizens where ever you go and prejudice follows. In South Asia - Sri Lanka, India etc the darker the persons skin the less that person is respected. The middle east is similar. On my return to the UK I worked in London. I was very surprised to see the amount of racism. Speak to any South Asian in Southall about black people and they'll express their disdain for them. Whilst at work in the company canteen, I asked for a black tea. I was told by a middle age black woman to change it to tea without milk. I didn't comply. Black colleagues forcefully accused me of being responsible for the slave trade. I had to point out that I wasn't born then and in law and common sense, I can't be responsible for the crimes of others. Over the following 20 years, this accusation was fairly common. To single me out in this way because of the colour of my skin is racist. Who knew it worked the other way round too?! :)
Can someone please help me? My one goal in life is to be a good person. The absolute last thing I want to do is unknowingly be racist. So, as a well-off, white man, I'm begging you. Tell me what I can do! Tell me what I might be doing wrong and what I can do to be a better person! Please! Ever since the death of George Floyd and the protests that have ensued, I have been beating myself up and questioning all of my life choices. Please help!!
I think you can be a good person and still unknowingly hold prejudices. Some of it has nothing to do with the things that you do and everything to do with lessons you’ve learned your whole life. I had a white boss of mine ask me if I had met my father because he didn’t expect a Hispanic person to have ever met his dad. He asked with zero malice. It’s just what he’s been exposed to his whole life. One white child in Utah asked me what (Mormon) ward I belonged to because he assumed I was a member of the LDS church (I’m not) like _everybody_ else he knew.
You clearly are a good person but seemingly vulnerable to the gas lighting of the left. Turn off the MSM, read books and learn how to think critically.
Know you have white privilege meaning that you won’t feel the same racism as black or people of colour will, if you are here questioning that your racist just do this. When you think of another race how does that make you feel? Do you change behaviour when you talk to another race? What I’d say is just be yourself a lot of black people HATE when you try to make them feel special because of their skin just treat them how you’d treat a family member (if they are one of your friends)
In general terms most people will treat you with respect if you treat them with respect. When someone of my race is a dumb fuck I dont have a problem saying so. When you stick up for and make excuses for dirtbag behavior you lose crediability. Its really that simple. Most of the time there is a cause and effect relationship between HOW you conduct yourself and how others act toward you. Its not really a hard concept to grasp.
In the Bible, Jesus said that love amongst one another is the greatest commandment And that we should first love one another I firmly believe that because love heals. But the government and other groups on this country from time to time stir the pot (for their own gain) and cause anger and divisiveness to come back again. It’s like picking a scab that was healing already I look so forward to the time when governments and groups of rich people that stir that pot can no longer cause this harm. And all races will be able to live amongst one another in that sincere love that Jesus spoke about
I go to Manchester on the surface it looks multicultural but when you look close vast majority walk round with people the same ethnicity as themselves. This means different ethnicities lead separate lives.
I will let you in on a little secret as someone you'd commonly consider 'far righhttt'. I do see differences in the difference races. I see differences in temperament and IQ. I see people whom I wouldn't want as the majority in my nation. Does it mean I hate black or brown individuals? Of course not! Many are great people. I can chat with them and do them favours. But racism is a natural, and usually private emotion that we mostly keep to ourselves. But it's there. Attempts can be made to 'educate' it out of us, but we still see what we see. Racist attacks and violence are unacceptable in most societies, and rightly so, but subconscious racism is something we'll always have. You won't end it until the day we all look the same.
In America, white supremacy is so pointless, honestly at this point you should just give up. Ever since 1964 America isn’t a white country. I do agree with race and iQ, accept the facts people.
Imagine being hated for something you don't control and doesn't even matter...
Imagine being liked for something you don't control and doesn't even matter...
@@billyboyohio what are you talking about?
@@unsubplease9364 You guys should've just read his name and stopped there lol
@Name Channel Name Name I, personally, have never seen anyone being attacked or hated for having big ears.
Of course, maybe some friends make fun of them but they are not being really attacked for it.
Racism is far beyond "making fun of", it's shaming, degrading, violent acts and many more disgusting things.
@Name Channel Name Name my apologies to what you encountered, but I do agree with what you said. Nice explanation.
Ignorance is humanity's greatest enemy. Prejudice, bias, and lack of knowledge is all because of ignorance. I hope that one day humanity will come to realize that despite skin color, beliefs, or interests, we all have the right to be treated equally. We are all human. As a Filipino I stand with every race. We must fight back in a responsible way, especially in these times. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts
@King Ghidorah "a couple of bad encounters?" That tired old stereotype you people use to diminish legitimate criticism has got to go. Would you like to rethink and try again mr king?
When you meet every single black person then you can hate us :/
@King Ghidorah you adding the word all was soooo predictable.
What some call prejudice is often earned reputation.
69 YEARS AGO
When people judge others by there skin before they even get to know them
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It’s sad :(
And then they pray to God go to church . Did God like that ?
Mostly in small towns
I never understood racism. It’s hating a group of people based where their from, something you can’t control. It’s saying that “you are a bad person because your skin looks like that” it doesn’t make sense. It’s wrong and I don’t know why people continue this.
Frenchist Toast. Let me help you with that. Theirs a big difference between wariness and deep hatred. The number of people that actually hate others for their skin color is almost non existent. What we do have are people with legitimate fears and concerns of any group that takes such pleasure in presenting an image of menace. This isnt just posing its backed by an off the charts violent crime rate. What we have here is an earned reputation that has nothing to do with racism.
It would help if they stopped playing scatter the pigeons or whatever term is now used for intimidating vulnerable non blacks on the street these days.
@@Bob-fz7pd wariness over people a different color . Is blatant racism . Carrying one interaction into another with a person with that same color is racism . People can call it wariness or pattern recognition all they want but it’s racism .
@@Bob-fz7pd that was caused by racist policies and actions in the first place. Do you think that slavery was really that long ago? I found a person in a UA-cam comment who’s grandfather was 5 when slavery ended. That’s two people ago. Those effects are still lasting to this day and it shows by your comments.
That's not what racism is, racism is a growing hate of a particular group that grows from negative experiences with that group. Everyone experiences it. It's not always in the form of racism. For example you can hate a certain religion or people from a certain country or any kind of group actually.
So technically we have all been acting like a racist in some way.
@@mrbust999 please don’t try and excuse racism
What's the point of being racist anyways?
I rly don't see a benefit from this crap...
Some people just don't want to change.
Exactly
exactly omg
Yeah, I still remember in my school days the other kids used to tease me on my dark skin 😞
Troll Vegeta.
Don't forget that Mahatma Gandhi was also a racist but is portrayed as a man who fought for peace and equality.
How was he racist?
That doesn’t mean his words are irrelevant 🙂
And he also was not too much of a fan of women empowerment, anyways what I meant was that given the historical context he was flawed under modern context but his philosophy was effective in bringing about number of social changes in a country like India then I hope USA is no exception
Zachary P he was he called black people by their derogatory term and wanted blacks and indians to be separated u can even watch a vid about it. He’s also done many other obviously racist things and he thought blacks were inferior to whites and Indians
Because he did fight for peace and equality. You didn’t.
@@YISTECH they're fighting for it everyday but they don't get an inch because of the racists
Most of us "blackies" are very educated. However we have to be more than that to be human.
Exactly! What more do I have to do to be treated with the common decency to feel comfortable going about my daily life! I shouldn't have to live in a constant state of anxiety aided by the resurfacing thought that I will be oppressed for my actions that would generally be considered normal if I were a white person...this planet disgusts me
Right exactly
@Amelia Jones this may sound weird but I rather everyone hate everyone equally instead of only hating one group of people or race
How
Calling yourselves blackies doesnt help with the problem of racism against black people mate, just to let you know
I hate racism if you're racist, you should be ashamed. cause it will come back to you.
He talks so elegantly
why no one reply your comment
He does, shame it was all waffle
So if he wasnt black it would be just normal 🤦🏾♂️
@@mrego9751 Lol the first thing that came to mind. i was like "more elegant than the average person from england or more elegant than most black people?"
For a black man?
why cant we love each other for who we are despite race 😢
some people are just cruel
I’m spiraling. I always used to think that bigotry came from small mindedness and a lack of education. But recently I’ve met some people who are very smart, creative thinkers who are well educated, but have said the most bigoted things imaginable. I can’t wrap my head around how or why. It makes me feel sad because before I could always get over bigotry, holding my head high, thinking that they’re just dumb and small minded. But this has been challenged. I can’t understand why they are bigoted.
BTW the reverse can also happen: people who haven't had much education but are very much against judging others based on their background.
He explained racism in such an polite way i think i learnt from this video that how make people aware about social issues without hatred.
I live in a society where I face racism 20 times a day and it never stops
Jeez, what country are you in?
@@MrRickytuk Hong Kong
@@pappucharlieSad to hear that
his shouting from the flat story reminds me of a taxi refusing to let me ride with my friends because I'm not "white" and after persuasion, he let me in after putting rugs on my place to keep his car "clean" from me as if my butt will make his seats copy my skin colour.
Wtf
Disgusting behaviour of the taxi driver
Im sorry to hear that.
I feel genuinely concerned about my own world view.
During last new year, a person of color, whom I had never seen before, comes up to me to shake my hand and give best wishes.
I don't want to shake hands.
He called me racist.
I don't want to shake hands with anyone, whom I don't know.
Being called a racist, hurt.
I don't understand why 'blacks' call themselves black.
I don't call myself white.
I'm a shade of brown, light brown at that.
Other people have a darker tan of brown.
We are all shades of brown.
I'm a native Dutch, I don't join Dutch clubs to celebrate how caucasian we are. What the hell are we talking about.
I don't give a shit.
A friend asked me once "Whom do you want to trade places with ?" and I answered 'John Williams' (Dutch TV presenter)
She : "But ....... he is black !"
Me : "......................"
I feel a target for anti-racist & anti-supremacist groups, just because I'm born to Dutch parents.
Discrimination is not a thing between dark brown and light brown.
it is a thing between people attacking something that is different on the other person.
Be that skin color, red hair, cross eyed, large nose, tall underweight skinny posture, anything different and putting them away as 'different' and therefore not worthy.
Every victim of a bully, feels discrimination at heart.
All those people thinking it doesn't happen in their vicinity, can you actually, with a straight face, claim there was no 'black sheep' back in your school days or at work ?
None ? Are you absolutely sure ?
If there is a group of people sitting together and one co-worker sits apart from the rest, why is that ?
Bullies need to realize, that they are not 'just having fun with someone for 2 minutes'.
That victim is having those encounters all day long by multiple other people.
When you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.
For me it stopped when I planted my fist on the nose of one of those bullies.
Say it started around age 8, it took 20 years before I hit back.
I'm Brazilian and here there is racism but don't make sense because we are a mix of races, I'm White but for me racism is ridiculous(sorry for my english grammar)
That's because not every Brazilian is mixed. There are the natives, the Portuguese (white people) and black people. Brazil had one of the worse version of slavery ever, and you guys have yet to even have a civil rights movement.
dont be sorry
The sad thing is racism is never going to go away. Atleast not fully. As much as I’d love for it to disappear completely, there is always going to be Somebody who hates people that don’t look like them.
It definitely will go away at some point, at least to a point where it practically doesn't exist. And while this may seem like a ridiculous point but if there is other intelligent life in the universe humanity will unite a lot quicker and put aside racial differences.
such an interesting and important video. thank you 🙏🏼
Thanks so much!
Such an interesting and informative video thanks
⬇If you hate racism like me
I do
Thanks for your kind words
I hate it soooooooooo much it is unfair and vile
@@bbcideas The BBC is a joke, so one sided these days.
omg i hate it so much i wanna murder racism like everyone deserves justice!!
Imagine hating someone cause they are a different color like wtf is wrong with humans we suck
People hate other people because they have a different coloured football shirt on...
We are all people ,y tf do people even care abt the color of skin¿♡︎
Exactly what's skin colour gonna do
I wish this video was longer ❤
Sorry about that!
@@bbcideas oh no!! It was a compliment🥰
Coming from a predominantly homogeneous society, I didn't realize what racism actually was until I moved to the US and married an African American guy. I was shocked to find out that people can get looks and "special" attitude just because of their skin colour, that police might pull you over on the freeway more frequently if you are not white. I was confused at the fact of being called Caucasian since I'm not coming from the Caucasus region. And many many more. The fact is that people all over the world need to get educated and treat everyone equally. We shouldn't single out one race over the other; in many homogeneous societies, if you look different than the majority of people, you might experience racism as well. In certain areas of the US, racism is geared towards Europeans, Asians, Mexicans and etc. I think we tend to attach stereotypes to nationalities and ethnicities, and, unfortunately, based on these stereotypes, people tend to act in a weird way to one another.
The key is to respect every human being no matter of color, race, or religion.
Olga i don't think you've actually learned enough because your comment of racism geared toward "euros" in america. they blend in with everyone that is white so its highly unlikely that a spicy verbal exchange with a non white will never result in the death of an eastern european. Like NEVER.
America made it possible for whites to walk in a predomantly asian or black area and they can come out of it in one piece. For most black americans, even at the doctor's office, if you have surgery booked its calming when you know the person holding the scalpel is black person. If you misunderstand the historical context of what I am saying then really you are not having deep conversations with your husband. I am mixed race and i never let my white father off the hook . he knows what's up.
Thanks for watching and sharing your experience and thoughts
@@PHlophe Thanks for commenting on my experience; however, I do not think it's polite to tell anyone what they have or haven't learnt. On another note, I do have meaningful conversations with my husband, and for him what matters is the professionalism and skills of a surgeon rather than his/her skin color (that's his words, not mine).
@@PHlophe Yeah, you don't know what you're talking about
I dont understand why people have to dislike others who have a different skin colour
I never really understood racism. How could someone be hated because of how they were born.
bad experience decides what kind of people to avoid, racism as self protection.
67 Racists who disliked this video 🤣.. Let Humans love one another ! Peace ! ❤
Or maybe they wanted more complexity? ( i dont know.)
Racism kills
Race is a concept with almost no biological value in view of the genomic similarity between different human groups, but it is still useful with regard to establishing the effects that the environment exerts on natural selection and so-called geographic characteristics of different peoples, no more than that.
@@zoeymckeown3194 "3 main races". What does this actually mean? You talk about main races and then you welcome the diversity of life, and that this doesn't mean superiority, that's clear if we respect the "3 main races" I imagine. I said in my comment that if we analyze the human genome we will see that we are one race, with small differences observed in the different population groups that make up the human species, and that the differences between individuals that are part of the human species/race are , biologically, a result of the most different processes of natural selection that have occurred on these groups throughout the world and times, and of course the cultural aspect - yes, the human is a cultural being - which reinforced these distinctive external (physical) characteristics, attributing to them a value judgment - good/bad, right/wrong, better/worse -. Brains, in this process, develop plasticity and different neurophysiological functions in these individuals, but they continue to be brains of the "homo sapiens" species and of course, it all depends on what you mean by "race".
I agree but sadly this will never happen especially in the U.S a lot of people are prejudice
Who said this?
"Government of the people,by the people,for the people."
@aah a smh
john cena did i think
"Don't punish people for their views and ideas. Instead, change their views and ideas (positively) via education and information." Wonderful to see how Gandhian philosophy has a soothing medicine for the problem of racism! 👍🏽
So if we send millions of black to your country and the people don't like it shall we 'change' them or is diversity only allowed to take place in western countries?
@@SciSciToys its not your Country and pls dont be racist
@@SciSciToys It really would be nice to actually get to the bottom of why seeing black people makes you angry. Not just you, any racist can comment. Give me some insight!
@@Shane76712 It makes us mad because they are slowly taking over our counties. Race mixing with are people. Which is killing our race.
@@Shane76712 All we want is for our people to be able to exist and thrive. And live a happy life. And not have to worry about our race being destroyed. And our countries being replaced by foreigners.
He talks more polite than I am 😔 I'm Asian lol, yet I probably the rudest Asian ever, but racist I never tolerate that 😒
Love, education, respect, reasoning... those are the tools to change ppl with a racist mind set. Not punishing, not boicoting, not exposing them, that leads to embarrasment, that leads to more hate, that leads to radicalization. Yes, by doing so you can mute them, but you are not changing them.
@@Ghe608 yes, many horrible things have been done to the black community, but, how do we break the circle? Hostility and violence only bring more hostility and violence, until you fight it with the opposite.
I feel so lucky to live in a place where people are not judged on the basis of their skin tone.
BRUH I-
I still don’t understand why people are racist. I get that they feel a certain race is better than the other, but why?
It’s a post hoc rationalization for enslaving other people.
Just hope the world come to a realization that we are all human
@@edwinlucianofrias1643 So racism comes from slavery?
Why people are racist? Ez
1. Rich family that probably their generations had slaves working for them and they kept passing that racist thing through generations even tho it ended.
2. The most common. People insecure af with low self esteem and not comfortable with their life’s they need so hard to believe they have something superior than others don’t so they can feel a little better with themselves. Why you guys think that in the gaming communities there are so much racist kids? Because most of them in real life are very quiet, extremely low social life, fat etc.. They feel so inferior and so bad with their life’s and that’s when racist pop up .
“Persuasion not violence is the key to bring about social change” -Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatmaa did not use this for black people though. He was the quintessential racist.
I get your point but it's a bit tone deaf with regards to the situation in US. The racist do not care about black people or their opinions. Believe it or not, black people have been trying to persuade for a long time, and the freedoms we have today have come from brave ancestors who risked their lives protesting not knowing if they would be lynched or torn to pieces by guard dogs. protesting today is really the least one can do today. Their sacrifices will never be in vain.
Lechiffresix six, Historical figures are examined with the context of the period they belong to.
Given that, a person can be “Mahatma= The Great Soul” to a given extent.
Anyway I just wanted to put forward Gandhian views on the topic of social change🙂
iffy Baby violence lead to violence..
Why do you think USA have such norm regarding guns? and why do you think USA has such colossal numbers of gun violence?
It’s simply because of the nature of the Americans revolution it was a violent one!!
With violence you can never have a true social change that one desire....persuasion is the only way 🙂
aah a let me make few points clear to you
1) No one accused Mr Modi of being racist(many have called him Hindu Nationalists)
2) Everyone is aware of the relationship between India and Pakistan, so it really doesn’t matter what Imran Khan propagate about Mr Modi
Further, I just wanted to make a correlation between the nature of a revolution and the end result with respect to the social orientation of that particular society.
People are more than just some labels. But the sad thing is we only know that labels about each other in the public. Because that's too personal to everyone . But that keeps ignorance and prejudice alive.
In a society where there is total prejudice is only about the first impression of people. If you showed the one he doesn't like it's game over.
I was looking for a very a smart talk about how early childhood or familiy pre-conditioning effects how a person views others of a different race in a negative light. None of us white, black, Asian, Hispanic are born genetically with a negative view of anyone really. Even at age 1, 2, 3,4,5,6,7.8.9 does a human being have a socially conditioned view of ethnicity or skin color. Either good or bad. So at what point does it happen? But no i get yet another black person feeding the fire. I grew up near Baltimore a city 75% black. I was one of a few white men in High school and i was remined of that each day. After i moved to a city that was majority white i started dating a black women and we have be together for some time now. She went to a h.s/college that was mostly white and says that even though her white girlfriends never bought up race its something that makes her feel different in a room filled with white people. She feels that at any moment she could say something that will further cement the stereotypical believe of a black woman being loud or aggressive . I tell her just because you feel this uncomfortable feeling doesnt mean that its "racism". I feel super uncomfortable around her familiy even after 4 years. They mention my " whiteness" a lot and it beings up feeling from h.s/college that made me feel very much unworthy bc i was white. Was i get told 1000 times on social media that black peolpe cant be racist . But i know its not coming from a place of hate, even if at times the slavery argument or the racial imbalance of incarcerated of black men come up. I can say the same stuff up peolpe say that slavery wasnt my fault( It wasnt) that it was a very long time ago. That many black men cant get credit from the physically labor that their ancestors did when they themselves have never picked up a object heavier than 10 pounds. I have some views of specific behavior some not all peolpe of color do, that are in theory racist. But its not bc i havent experienced the other side of pre-judgement based on skin color. Its not even based on skin color at all times. Its based on behavior, clothes, eye contact, and how aggressive you are to me. I'm trying to let go of my bad past with certain moments of racial indifferences. It doesnt do me any good to hold to them. I sleep next to a black women each night and she her mother 4 times a week. I dont have any family of my own so If i want to feel part of the familiy i have to make a honest attempt to be apart of the family. Its on me to feel comfortable around anybody and not anybody else.
Show her this comment and I bet you won’t have a girlfriend anymore
@@Bliss226 Why though?
People really just like to have something to complain about. Like if anybody’s race bothers you, you need help
Or face for that matter to
I'm not racist, I hate everyone equally 😁
Good choice lmao [ i hate half of classmates equally 😇 ]
As a muslim woman, I experienced racism my whole life, but what surprised me recently that a black person was racist to me:) I was so confused, because the black community suffered the most from it therefore having one of em being racist was really unexpected.
Black community racism is a result of centuries of being treated horribly by all races. Though sorry to hear that's happened to you.
It's used to divide culture easily for some people. For example, in Liberia you _can not_ ever be a citizen unless you are black or born from a former citizen. Note the difference? You can immigrate as a black person but if you don't meet their prescribed ratio of blackness you will never be a citizen by law. People talk about systematic racism, well, that is an example of it that the international community is strangely silent on.
Who created Liberia and for what purpose? Hint: 🇱🇷
In Israel, marriages between Jews and Palestinians are generally not permitted and if you’re Palestinian, you ought to pass through multiple checkpoints to even head into Tel Aviv or past Gaza or the West Bank, so to speak?
Wow, that is actually very immoral.
Wow thank you very much for this information. We need more of this!
People racist because they want to race
Gotta go fast
People misunderstand the term” racist “ everyone is racist a little or a lot towards the other races and can’t even admit it . Especially nowadays society is forcing us to accept stuff we don’t even want to . We should always judge ourselves first but the conflict will always exist .
Name calling based on people’s appearance should obviously be condemned. But I am not convinced about the overall tone about “racism”, “systemic racism”, or “institutional racism”. Judging by the amount of noise that’s being made one would thing “racism” in societies is increasing. I don’t think that’s the case. In an increasingly “diverse” society the talk of “racism” has become a tool to enforce social harmony. That’s how citizens are taught how to think and what to notice and what to ignore. We are at a point where a movement proclaiming to be progressive has become an opponent of science and biology in order to advance certain beliefs, dogmas, social ideologies and agendas. That’s why “racism” is now more a weapon than reality.
Good words 😃
Thank you! 😃
Isn't it natural for any kind of population to feel certain degree of prejudice against something different to themselves?
True. Human beings are tribal.
It's not natural. Race is a term invented by Europeans that dehumanizes groups of people in order to establish the "superior race" which are supposedly white people.
Well stated!
He elegantly explains, how prejudice and racism could be hidden but practiced. The analogy using 'sight' is well crafted.
Thank you for bringing up the video!
Love!
racism is a bell curve like everything else, no one is completely racist or completely free of racism, vast majority are in the middle
I agree.
The problem is by getting fixated on the words, it doesn't address the root of racism and why it comes about.
We get too offended over what is a natural human way of being - so until we can stop shaming each other for being racist, can we actually understand it and fight it on an even playing field.
Edit:
Also, by only listening to victims, we learn nothing of actual racism - only it's consequences and effects... Instead we'd learn a lot more to hear from ex-racists(or somebody conscience of their potential racist motivations) who can explain how they have come to understand their past racist convictions.
I disagree w you about the 'instinctive' nature of prejudices. I believe that it is Learned, as you said later, by parents, teachers, etc. But NOT instinctive. Young children are color blind!!
Agreed... so true... it's all institutionalized nonsense.
Fear and Control is what causes people to be racist. When you have a fear that you don’t know or can’t understand someone because of their culture or race that is fear. Control is another reason. In most cases it’s the dominant race, educational and financial class who wants control. Like in India most people are of the race same but they’re racist towards others because of their educational or financial class. We see the same in many African countries. It’s not always about race but it’s most related to race.
For me no matter what skin race I still gonna respect them make them as friends I got so many friends any from other countries even third world countries That makes me multicultural
focus on what people have in common rather than what they do not.
Down here in Mexico,we had our ancestral God's ,we used to love and praised,White's came and call us Pagans and Idolaters,THEN,they invented images and Foreign God's whom are Death as their religion,they imposed on us.
So we became twice Pagans double idolaters,or some shit like that.
You guys, I am afraid to leave my own home just because I'm an African American.
Simply spoken, racism is that of ignorance. You do not know someone, or understand someone or what they're doing ect. Information is power. Racism is dissolved by asking questions. Understanding that others have a different view.
It bothers be because genetically speaking I’m black and the last thing I want to talk about is race. I’m an American and that’s my only border you know. Past that I love Americans (I don’t think I’ll date one though… an American I mean)
I guess I've never cared about race and differences because my first friend in nursery was black and his mom was such a lovely person
We should stop paying attention to colour, when we talk to each other, or about each other. That's the first step. I am a human, you are a human. Your friend, also a human. It's that simple.
Very smart gentleman over here. Very learned.
Still looking for an answer to the title.
Such an interesting video , Thanks
Thanks for watching and for your kind comment!
Thank you BBC Ideas
Thanks for watching!
Please make a video about why are people islamophobia
What causes prejudice? Fear, ignorance and a sense of superiority.
This was so good. I started watching and got stuck. Wonderful explanation
The worse weapon of racism is when you can’t get the job or flat/house despite having the same kind of qualifications or when one marginalised or small ethnic group will turn against another (Jews vs. Palestinians, South Asians vs. Africans, light vs. dark). Calling a nasty slur, it’s not polite in public but actions (violence, economic control, sexual control) speak louder than words.
"Information is the key" I totally agree.
Why was that woman shouting at him outside the train station? If only we knew why she wanted his attention. Then we could teach her that are better ways than screaming the N Word from a window.
What was happening is her rasist Head? That is a question
@@huklj Absolutely!
Finally a good video on racism. Intelligent and rational
It's usual due to one groups particular behavior, habits, culture, generally speaking.
Everyone can be racist, the moment certain people realize this, then we can all have an honest conversation.
What if we get rid of the part of our brain that causes prejudice? What's are it's benefits and setbacks?
Humans are easily spooked, I think. People like the known and the familiar. When we face something different and don’t know instinctively how to behave, we get uncomfortable, unease and anxious.
As a traveling showman
I can Connect with the racism, our Heritage and community go back centuries and has aways been looked down on , even to the point of where we can live in the winter months the only difference in we are such a small Minority that we can’t get listened too , the is good and bad in every culture , it’s a sad world
I guessing in part of that woman there are Karen genes
Personally I think racism should be legalised, sticks and stones is the analogy here, why is it that people get offended by words, you can call me anything you want, I know who I am and what I am worth so getting upset by what anyone calls me just shows weakness and doubt in your worth and honestly is it really worth the effort to engage with a person because they have had derogatory remarks towards you, defending yourself against what someone who doesn’t matter to you is only making things worse and pointing out that they could be right about you
I hate it because i get made fun of because of my skin color
I don't know much about it but if I'm not mistaken a 2012 study claimed that the combination of low IQ and social conservatism was the biggest predictor of prejudice (this is rooted in projection- I don't think everyone is racist deep down inside but I do think some prejudice is a normal human instinct that is especially strong in times of high stress or at least social conflict with different people, although there are other natural instincts that conflict with that and the prejudice instinct can be controlled and desensitized with certain experiences. Some people don't seem to take the idea of subtle racism seriously, and I understand why since a lot of what people claim to be 'microaggressions' or subtle racism is purely interpretative and rooted in their own hyper-mistrust and critical attitude toward X people, but I do think it's common. It doesn't seem like it takes a lot to bring this out in relatively normal people, including some of the most 'liberal' people or people who are very vocal in condemning the prejudices they would never express overtly). Normally I would take any research in psychology with a grain of salt (it's not an empirical science) so I'm being very deliberate in saying that it's 'predictor' and simply noting a correlation.
I can concede that in some sense minorities are more vulnerable to racism (that would include white and non-black minorities in black neighbourhoods, cities and countries) but I don't agree with the narrative that racism is a uniquely white phenomenon and blacks / p.o.c don't routinely express prejudice on the basis of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation etc. (or actively harm people on the basis of racial, ethnic and etc. prejudice) or that anti-white prejudice, anti-gay prejudice, anti-immigrant prejudice, the prejudice p.o.c have against each other based on race and ethnicity and nationality etc. isn't the same basic concept / psychology. I wouldn't be surprised if white North Americans or whites from traditionally Anglo-Saxon countries (or even white Westerners generally) were on average less racist than p.o.c although I wouldn't necessarily assume that (I definitely think it's less socially acceptable for whites to express overt racial prejudice or ethnic prejudice - at the very least if we're talking about non-white ethnic groups, as a general cultural norm).
Noting patterns and forming predictions based on them is a normal part of human nature (and animal nature in general I could argue), it helps us to survive and learn, but I think the logical flaw in racism (which would relate to IQ) is in not being able to handle the complexities that come with taking people as individuals and relying on a simple, convenient, emotional heuristic when dealing with people in a threatening world that we overgeneralize (ie. past experience with lions was violent so assume lions in future are violent, there might not be time to get to know individual lions or come to a conclusion about John Doe based on interactions with or observations of him specifically without preconceived notions based on one or some of the groups he belongs to so just immediately assume he's threatening. I could better word this, some generalizations are also more or less consistent and humans are rational agents even if, like lions, we have certain predictable instincts. Also, there can be a sense of safety that comes with familiar people. I also think part of the problem is in not being able to differentiate between traits, behaviors etc. and the nature of what makes someone a member of group X if belonging to group X actually does correlate with those traits, behaviors etc). I don't assume that I don't have a low IQ and I can see how linking IQ with prejudice can be condescending and there are things that might correlate with higher IQ that have nothing to do with an inability to think logically or being less cognitively developed (like a preference for classical music and I don't care, classical music is not my favorite genre. I definitely like some of it but most of it, especially baroque music and classical music proper, is not that emotionally moving, it generally has never triggered deep euphoria in me. Interestingly a preference for opera apparently does not correlate with higher IQ even though it's considered 'high culture') but I have to assume that has something to do with why it correlates with a lower IQ. I can see why the in-group loyalty and nationalism / patriotism that tends to be associated with conservatism would apply but I have a hard time believing that liberals have higher IQs, on average, or are any less prejudiced (generally as opposed to being less prejudiced against specific groups). This might be a potential low IQ cope but I also have a hard time believing that IQ tests for all intents and purposes measure a general intelligence but that's another topic.
Toward the end it seems to me as if you're wrongly conflating a lack of consideration of someone else's point of view or perspective or situation with an actual negative feeling (I also think you can have mistrust and hyper-apprehension without negative feelings toward a person but the negative feelings often imply that), which is what 'prejudice' implies to me, or even lack of empathy, toward people who are different in whatever respect.
I don't understand racism I'm white and I luv black people soo much
This is an odd depiction of racism. The title suggests a look into racism independent of where you come from in the world and skin colour. The title of this video should have been: Why are white people racist?
I spent some years around the middle east and South Asia. There is a hierarchy of citizens where ever you go and prejudice follows. In South Asia - Sri Lanka, India etc the darker the persons skin the less that person is respected. The middle east is similar.
On my return to the UK I worked in London. I was very surprised to see the amount of racism. Speak to any South Asian in Southall about black people and they'll express their disdain for them.
Whilst at work in the company canteen, I asked for a black tea. I was told by a middle age black woman to change it to tea without milk. I didn't comply.
Black colleagues forcefully accused me of being responsible for the slave trade. I had to point out that I wasn't born then and in law and common sense, I can't be responsible for the crimes of others. Over the following 20 years, this accusation was fairly common.
To single me out in this way because of the colour of my skin is racist. Who knew it worked the other way round too?! :)
Can someone please help me? My one goal in life is to be a good person. The absolute last thing I want to do is unknowingly be racist. So, as a well-off, white man, I'm begging you. Tell me what I can do! Tell me what I might be doing wrong and what I can do to be a better person! Please! Ever since the death of George Floyd and the protests that have ensued, I have been beating myself up and questioning all of my life choices. Please help!!
I think you can be a good person and still unknowingly hold prejudices. Some of it has nothing to do with the things that you do and everything to do with lessons you’ve learned your whole life.
I had a white boss of mine ask me if I had met my father because he didn’t expect a Hispanic person to have ever met his dad. He asked with zero malice. It’s just what he’s been exposed to his whole life. One white child in Utah asked me what (Mormon) ward I belonged to because he assumed I was a member of the LDS church (I’m not) like _everybody_ else he knew.
You dont need to beat yourself up for existing mate. We cant control what we cant control
You clearly are a good person but seemingly vulnerable to the gas lighting of the left. Turn off the MSM, read books and learn how to think critically.
Know you have white privilege meaning that you won’t feel the same racism as black or people of colour will, if you are here questioning that your racist just do this.
When you think of another race how does that make you feel? Do you change behaviour when you talk to another race?
What I’d say is just be yourself a lot of black people HATE when you try to make them feel special because of their skin just treat them how you’d treat a family member (if they are one of your friends)
you have already took the first and most important step. just trust your heart from here on out.
*You looks brilliant!*
I've never dealt with racism and I'm black
Good for you.
im purple
He said white middle class people are racist instinctively. By his own bigotry does that means he is intrinsically racist and prejudice does it not?
In the public, no one understands each other.
In general terms most people will treat you with respect if you treat them with respect.
When someone of my race is a dumb fuck I dont have a problem saying so.
When you stick up for and make excuses for dirtbag behavior you lose crediability. Its really that simple.
Most of the time there is a cause and effect relationship between HOW you conduct yourself and how others act toward you. Its not really a hard concept to grasp.
In the Bible, Jesus said that love amongst one another is the greatest commandment
And that we should first love one another
I firmly believe that because love heals. But the government and other groups on this country from time to time stir the pot (for their own gain) and cause anger and divisiveness to come back again. It’s like picking a scab that was healing already
I look so forward to the time when governments and groups of rich people that stir that pot can no longer cause this harm. And all races will be able to live amongst one another in that sincere love that Jesus spoke about
If they don't know they are doing it, it's not their fault
Wtf
False title, no explaination why people are racist is given here.
I go to Manchester on the surface it looks multicultural but when you look close vast majority walk round with people the same ethnicity as themselves. This means different ethnicities lead separate lives.
Good points.
Because ignorance has no colour. Plenty of both on either side of the fence.
4:20 nice
I expect this video better. Anyway I liked the end of it.
I will let you in on a little secret as someone you'd commonly consider 'far righhttt'.
I do see differences in the difference races. I see differences in temperament and IQ. I see people whom I wouldn't want as the majority in my nation. Does it mean I hate black or brown individuals? Of course not! Many are great people. I can chat with them and do them favours. But racism is a natural, and usually private emotion that we mostly keep to ourselves. But it's there. Attempts can be made to 'educate' it out of us, but we still see what we see.
Racist attacks and violence are unacceptable in most societies, and rightly so, but subconscious racism is something we'll always have.
You won't end it until the day we all look the same.
Why do u wanna hate peapole
Why wouldn’t you want them in your nation?
In America, white supremacy is so pointless, honestly at this point you should just give up. Ever since 1964 America isn’t a white country. I do agree with race and iQ, accept the facts people.
@@pixelander Probably brainwashing
Thanks for your honesty, it's refreshing.
This man is screaming BDE! I’d love to play with him!
Reply to this comment if you disliked and tell me why because idk why you would
Fed up with the Ta word now!