Toni Morrison, what racism is

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  • @syameze2227
    @syameze2227 5 років тому +820

    If you can only be tall because somebody is on their knees, then you have a serious problem.
    - Toni Morrison

    • @nourzouarii2362
      @nourzouarii2362 4 роки тому +9

      a writer is that person that all his speech is open to be quoted........

    • @Advic77
      @Advic77 4 роки тому +16

      ...and it brings it to perspective for me because I have always thought that if there was a level playing field then what will the world be like 🤔.

    • @enaidealukal4105
      @enaidealukal4105 4 роки тому +9

      such a great quote

    •  4 роки тому +1

      That's a lovely phrase. We've all been the target of bullying at some point. Fortunately for most people, once you leave school, it ends. "I'm tired" is a something which has been oft repeated. Makes a lot of sense.

    • @americanbeauty171
      @americanbeauty171 3 роки тому +1

      DEEP!!!!✋🏽👍🏽

  • @carolnorton2551
    @carolnorton2551 4 роки тому +209

    "No one talks about the fact that they waited for justice, and it didn't come."
    Toni Morrison.

    • @Brick_Squared
      @Brick_Squared 9 місяців тому +4

      This quote goes hand in hand with, "And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. *_We are still waiting to this day._*

  • @missabyssinia2293
    @missabyssinia2293 3 роки тому +137

    “...and they should start thinking about what they do about it. Leave me out of it!” 💅🏾 👸🏾

  • @thelaurels13
    @thelaurels13 4 роки тому +92

    Boy I wish she was still around. I’m ashamed to say I’ve only just discovered her books recently and I can’t get enough. I guess it’s never too late to learn. What a powerhouse this incredible woman was.

  • @mikemintun1587
    @mikemintun1587 9 місяців тому +46

    What a BRILLIANT woman she was. The world lost a true treasure.

    • @Loquacious_Jackson
      @Loquacious_Jackson 8 місяців тому

      She was an idiot though?

    • @mervcharles8365
      @mervcharles8365 8 місяців тому +3

      She lived to be 88 and was very accomplished and left us with so much. We didn’t lose her. We are lucky to have been blessed by her existence.

    • @Loquacious_Jackson
      @Loquacious_Jackson 8 місяців тому

      @@mervcharles8365 cringe

    • @susanwitter7822
      @susanwitter7822 3 місяці тому +1

      We have her books to read. That is the ultimate conversation, between writer and reader. We didn’t lose her. We have her forever.

    • @mikemintun1587
      @mikemintun1587 3 місяці тому

      @@susanwitter7822 That is a great point. Thank you.

  • @chocolateoreo6489
    @chocolateoreo6489 4 місяці тому +5

    Toni Morrison will always be the world’s biggest genius❤

  • @artemioolivas5689
    @artemioolivas5689 4 роки тому +35

    3:22 "...and if I take your race away....and there you are all strung out and all you got is your little old self and what is that? What are you without racism? Are you any good? Are you still strong? Are you still smart? Do you still like yourself...."

  • @funtoo.5570
    @funtoo.5570 4 роки тому +175

    wow this happened several years ago and it's just like she's talking about the NOW... amazing woman!

    • @QueMedic99
      @QueMedic99 4 роки тому +12

      That tells me that very little has truly changed. An apology without change is manipulation.

    • @12GatesStudios
      @12GatesStudios  4 роки тому +7

      @@decarmo The video has been edited to highlight a specific point that Toni Morrison made, certainly not to hide anything. In this TikTok world some of us tend to have very short attention spans and this point was deep into the interview. I encourage everyone to watch the interview in its entirety. It’s available on UA-cam. Thanks for your comments!

    • @Nae5point0
      @Nae5point0 4 роки тому

      I can't hear anything on this video. No sound at all....smh

    • @pedroheberle6665
      @pedroheberle6665 4 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/hi43zpigptI/v-deo.html
      There you go.

    • @pedroheberle6665
      @pedroheberle6665 4 роки тому +1

      @@12GatesStudios why did you erase my reply? I put time and effort into it, it was entirely pertinent, and I felt for some reason that I should address it to our friend who wrote the comment (Funto), because somehow I felt it would prove useful - to him or somebody else. I'm Brazilian, we have a very serious national problem with race quite similar to that of America's, and I fell deeply in love with the rhetoric of Malcom X, Toni Morrison, and James Baldwin, among others, and have been studying attentively these past few years the subject which comprises, I think you'll agree, the most pressing issue of both our societies. Shouldn't it be about sharing? About (informed) dialogue, as open as it can be, about sharing common knowledge, and maybe finding common solutions? I quite literally wasted half an afternoon for nothing.

  • @yellolab09
    @yellolab09 3 роки тому +55

    You can hear her father's voice and wisdom; telling his child that THIS is NOT your 'problem' to accommodate or solve. THIS is a pathology that YOU do not own. Let's not create pathologies for ourselves out of this madness we have to navigate." How profoundly blessed she was to have had that upbringing - and we are to have her voice.

    • @nonilovechild5524
      @nonilovechild5524 Рік тому +5

      Her mother's voice

    • @feelmebeme
      @feelmebeme 9 місяців тому +1

      Can it just be hers?

    • @yellolab09
      @yellolab09 8 місяців тому +2

      @@feelmebeme Of course its her voice.
      But, most Black people know the voce and essence of their forebears are carried forward IN THEM. Literally. It's not an 'idea'.
      Native Peoples also KNOW this. She wouldn't have gotten to have her full voice if she hadn't carried his and others her whole life

  • @Exostars77-A
    @Exostars77-A 4 роки тому +242

    “Racism is a profound neurosis” - Toni Morrison

    • @brainybusinessaccount-forc8215
      @brainybusinessaccount-forc8215 4 роки тому +4

      Brilliant woman! May God Bless You!

    • @notchoome5694
      @notchoome5694 4 роки тому +7

      That has degenerated into psychosis.

    • @sodapop83
      @sodapop83 3 роки тому +5

      when i said the same thing casually among my psychologist, sociologist friends, they looked at me astound...

    • @sealie15
      @sealie15 9 місяців тому +4

      It’s worse than neurosis the thinking & behavior is psychopathic 😢

    • @-Swamp_Donkey-
      @-Swamp_Donkey- 9 місяців тому

      Racism is pattern recognition.

  • @Orynsbelt
    @Orynsbelt 3 роки тому +21

    Toni Morrison aides me in straightening my spine then WALK, THINK, WRITE, READ, and SPEAK.

  • @iankirumba3688
    @iankirumba3688 Рік тому +17

    The BEST definition and description EVER!

  • @pakpala1
    @pakpala1 4 роки тому +66

    "They waited for justice."

  • @patrickjenkins6383
    @patrickjenkins6383 4 роки тому +33

    😎 What (I personally) find 'AMAZING' is that after years of Drugs, Homelessness, & frequent Incarceration, I (STILL) have enough functioning BRAIN CELLS to humbly APPRECIATE this ASTOUNDING woman, even though she's no longer with us. 💙

  • @TheParentDr
    @TheParentDr 4 роки тому +72

    I love this explanation of racism... I always felt the same

    • @nourzouarii2362
      @nourzouarii2362 4 роки тому +1

      never feel bad abt your self dude.. we love you

  • @garylens1
    @garylens1 3 роки тому +19

    I started crying the moment she's started talking.

  • @alleyzonm312
    @alleyzonm312 4 роки тому +8

    WE’RE DONE WAITING!! Black lives matter!

  • @mallowhawk294
    @mallowhawk294 4 роки тому +11

    I need to read all of her books, her voice (especially at a time like this) would be truly enlightening.

  • @essentialoilqueen6345
    @essentialoilqueen6345 4 роки тому +60

    I endorse this interview. RIP Toni.

    • @pakpala1
      @pakpala1 4 роки тому

      I too endorse this interview. RIP Toni. Sad, Charlie Rose turned out to be a sexual assaulter.

    • @monzorella1
      @monzorella1 4 роки тому

      I cant hear the interview

    • @jordanabeaulieu2530
      @jordanabeaulieu2530 4 роки тому +1

      What is the point of uploading a video with no sound?🙄

    • @monzorella1
      @monzorella1 4 роки тому +2

      @@jordanabeaulieu2530 something has gone wrong. Judging by the comments other people heard the video.

    • @monzorella1
      @monzorella1 4 роки тому +1

      @@pakpala1 an amazing intelligent black woman eloquently expressed her thoughts in a interview about her and you still managed to make it about the white man. 😒

  • @JoeWadlington
    @JoeWadlington Рік тому +15

    This never gets old

  • @tylertyler82
    @tylertyler82 4 роки тому +19

    "there you are, all strung out"

  • @akwaabab8504
    @akwaabab8504 4 роки тому +8

    Absolutely brilliant, we did wait for justice and it never came! No one else even mentioned that!

  • @julierobinson8173
    @julierobinson8173 4 роки тому +71

    What are you without racism?? Yep!

    • @notchoome5694
      @notchoome5694 4 роки тому +2

      Free? We are all individuals, within the collective. Individualism does not build, maintain or support human civilization. Individuals are powerless against a collective. Case in point: Our present (global) situation, being imposed by a collective of powerful individuals.

    • @StoicBehavioR
      @StoicBehavioR 4 роки тому +1

      A human, a individual person that supports individual freedoms

    • @dannyknightblade4592
      @dannyknightblade4592 Рік тому

      Without manufactured racism Toni Morrison wouldn't have had a career.

  • @matthieuramazanibin-ali3532
    @matthieuramazanibin-ali3532 6 місяців тому +2

    I always knew i had the moral high ground! Boy do i love that

  • @CoachJJ
    @CoachJJ 9 місяців тому +5

    Pure facts…when I first noticed how desperately a person carrying racist ideologies needed a willing person to get pulled down 2 or 3 levels morally to engage or be hurt, I knew I had saw the real vulnerability clearly. Ever since, it’s been all about me, my love, my healing and the fact that you can and should carefully choose who you give access to influence your moral integrity. ❤
    Too many people choose to engage in calling out others before grounding themselves in love of themselves!

  • @mariusjackson4704
    @mariusjackson4704 4 роки тому +44

    Charley: "Then give. White people. Some free. Advice."
    Toni: "There all in my books." ;)
    LMFAO

    • @dmm3124
      @dmm3124 3 роки тому +3

      She would not say "there." It is "they're."

    • @cherzee8964
      @cherzee8964 Рік тому

      Yup white people are always asking black people to do free work

    • @Seremonii
      @Seremonii 9 місяців тому +3

      😂 She's such a force.

  • @deandane589
    @deandane589 4 роки тому +43

    I can only imagine what she had to say on George floyed being murderd like that in the street by a police officer.

  • @sha8921
    @sha8921 4 роки тому +6

    Even without audio, your very presence is still powerful! RIP Ms. Toni Morrison...🌹

    • @Seremonii
      @Seremonii 9 місяців тому

      😖I don't have audio either. Some folks can hear this video just fine.

  • @f.scottwalters7349
    @f.scottwalters7349 7 місяців тому +2

    For some reason the audio is not working.

  • @michaeldoyle6702
    @michaeldoyle6702 4 роки тому +5

    So much wisdom here. James Baldwin wrote and spoke much about the effects of racism on the soul of the source as well as the recipient.

  • @Gorgeouscorliss
    @Gorgeouscorliss 3 роки тому +5

    Omg where us the sound?

  • @pastorAutry73
    @pastorAutry73 4 роки тому +3

    Toni Morrison is BRILLIANT

  • @outerspacedev
    @outerspacedev 4 роки тому +22

    Of course she still experiences racism on an everyday basis. Asking the question demonstrates that you understand this. There a thousand ways for others to recognize racialized encounters, since everyone is rigged up to play along, while pretending nothing is happening. I believe this is why mass hysteria, cognitive dissonance, depression, anxiety and other disorders are running rampant in our society.

    • @Shin8bi
      @Shin8bi 4 роки тому +1

      You are georgous.

  • @shackaamwatkins326
    @shackaamwatkins326 4 роки тому +5

    All white people need to here this and replay this over and over till they get it.

  • @huslr6266
    @huslr6266 Рік тому +6

    we’re blessed to have witnessed her greatness!!!

  • @Wealthybaby
    @Wealthybaby 3 роки тому +6

    Wow that is profound ... no one talks about how long they waited to react

  • @thurstonreunion
    @thurstonreunion 4 роки тому +8

    Your own fears, your own history, and what do you need this for.....
    #truestory

  • @Bindi_Marc
    @Bindi_Marc 4 роки тому +3

    wwwwwwhhhheeewwww the gracefulness.

  • @kaleemwali2363
    @kaleemwali2363 4 роки тому +22

    When Mr Rose stated “ that there is no way for the rest of us to understand that daily encounter,” can only be true if “ the rest of us” have no humanity. He is either grossly ignorant or disingenuous. When you are the cause of crimes against human beings, and then say that you can’t understand the victim’s plight, you just confirmed her assessment that the people who do, tolerate, support, or are indifferent, crimes against non whites globally, are bereft, and suffer from a serious collective psychosis, and are morally inferior.

    • @aliciascott6334
      @aliciascott6334 3 роки тому +1

      Exactly, which is why the Most High allows racism to still exist. He says he would rather you were hot or cold.... meaning those who are cold towards Him and His ppl are left to their exploits, to complete to the fullest. Their judgement will be just based on their deeds. They go hard in their immorality, they are not lukewarm. They take their wickedness to the fullest, and He allows it.......for now.

    • @dmm3124
      @dmm3124 3 роки тому

      He is offensive. Everybody has struggles in life. Not just one group in particular.

    • @kaleemwali2363
      @kaleemwali2363 3 роки тому +5

      @@dmm3124 but one group is particularly responsible for causing hell for every other group on this planet. That is historical fact.

  • @tobylove7
    @tobylove7 4 роки тому +17

    It seems like the audio on this video was somehow removed or muted

    • @TheBlueAnt
      @TheBlueAnt 4 роки тому

      try watching with headphones

    • @herbs4135
      @herbs4135 4 роки тому +2

      it's definitely be tampered with, which is kinda sus to me

    • @TheBlueAnt
      @TheBlueAnt 4 роки тому

      i assume it was caused by a file conversion glitch, theres a link to an unedited version somewhere in the comments tho

    • @12GatesStudios
      @12GatesStudios  3 роки тому

      Several people have commented about the lack of sound. I’m not sure why that is. If you read most of the comments you’ll see that most people are able to hear it. I would speculate that because of copyright and licensing issues UA-cam muted the video in certain regions or countries. I would encourage you to watch the video in it’s entirety. It’s available on UA-cam. Thanks for commenting.

  • @seanjackson2925
    @seanjackson2925 4 роки тому +4

    Now people aren't waiting

  • @vernonhowell4485
    @vernonhowell4485 4 роки тому +5

    Brilliant woman!!!

  • @airmanpesanayi2115
    @airmanpesanayi2115 4 роки тому +1

    This is mind blowing🤯

  • @charrissesmith2958
    @charrissesmith2958 4 роки тому +7

    WHAT HAPPENED TO THE VOLUME ON THIS VIDEO? THERE IS NO SOUND ALL OF THE SUDDEN!!!!

  • @strangetribe
    @strangetribe 9 місяців тому +7

    It’s insulting that he asks why racism is so dominant in our life as if he doesn’t know. I realized he’s allowing her to explain but it’s still a weird vibe

  • @mchjsosde
    @mchjsosde 4 роки тому +6

    Has the audio be distorted for anyone else? I can't hear a thing

    • @12GatesStudios
      @12GatesStudios  3 роки тому +1

      Several people have commented about the lack of sound. I’m not sure why that is. If you read most of the comments you’ll see that most people are able to hear it. I would speculate that because of copyright and licensing issues UA-cam muted the video in certain regions or countries. I would encourage you to watch the video in it’s entirety. It’s available on UA-cam. Thanks for commenting.

    • @ClaresFav
      @ClaresFav 2 роки тому

      Why is this video muted?

  • @linksfelix4264
    @linksfelix4264 4 роки тому +8

    Amazing woman powerful words deep feeling I understand what she’s say to put my own spin on this I’ve always looked at racism as ignorant barbaric animalistic to hate another human being is to hate god himself the creator of all life you cannot believe in god with that amount of hate and with little hate at all to practice religion in one hand and practice cruelty in the other hand is horrifying it’s evil

  • @Coryclemmings
    @Coryclemmings 4 роки тому +4

    I honestly just want to sit and listen to her talk

  • @fedupto68
    @fedupto68 3 роки тому +1

    I agree with her about the restraint. I also came to understand the further damage done to this man. When they asked of him to stop the chaos caused by the injustice done to him.

  • @Marvelous0071
    @Marvelous0071 4 роки тому +3

    Powerful wisdom

  • @AuntieFa
    @AuntieFa 8 місяців тому +1

    What the hell happened to the audio?

  • @darlenetillman7084
    @darlenetillman7084 4 роки тому +2

    RIH Prophetess 🙏💯❤️

  • @milboful
    @milboful 9 місяців тому +2

    An absolute genius.

  • @YourGirlSudanny
    @YourGirlSudanny 4 роки тому +5

    Well, we grew tired of waiting & now we have no choice but to riot in the hopes they'll finally listen...

  • @mareawalters1944
    @mareawalters1944 4 роки тому +2

    This must be a very powerful video, because now the dialogue is so low , you can't hear a word.

  • @jC-rv5rr
    @jC-rv5rr 8 місяців тому +2

    There is only nationalism. Racism is disguised as nationalism, but tis only one race of folks, folk.

  • @reichen609
    @reichen609 9 місяців тому +2

    No audio

  • @oumousarr3519
    @oumousarr3519 9 місяців тому +1

    Toni IS a badass very well said

  • @batzeth
    @batzeth 11 місяців тому +1

    Que pasa con el sonido?

  • @josephandrews6018
    @josephandrews6018 4 роки тому +4

    I’m not crazy, or wrong. My feelings on race are extremely accurate. Thanks very much!

    • @ExtravertmE
      @ExtravertmE 3 роки тому

      What are your feelings, if I may ask?

    • @josephandrews6018
      @josephandrews6018 3 роки тому +1

      @@ExtravertmE well, it depends on the context. Could I ask you a quick question. Do you find that some population groups in the US tend to be overrepresented in violent crime?

    • @blackmatter2769
      @blackmatter2769 3 місяці тому

      @@josephandrews6018 Yes, white men….but they aren’t in jail. Under represented there. Just watch tv shows….its a sad case, to be sure. But, whatever.

  • @griffinmorrissey7662
    @griffinmorrissey7662 4 роки тому +7

    "they waited"

  • @hellohey000
    @hellohey000 4 роки тому +1

    What happened to the sound? Is the volume set super low?

  • @dvo84
    @dvo84 4 роки тому +2

    #profoundneurosis 👏👏👏
    🙏 Preach mama 🙌

  • @qaxcraxchik
    @qaxcraxchik 3 роки тому +2

    this woman is too beautiful

  • @reindireva2030
    @reindireva2030 3 роки тому +5

    i'm not a victim, i refuse to be one.

  • @QueerVisions
    @QueerVisions 3 роки тому +1

    The audio on this video has been removed.

  • @maggarlion
    @maggarlion 9 місяців тому +1

    Charlie wasn’t out of his depth. He understood what she was saying

  • @adrianacampos6544
    @adrianacampos6544 3 роки тому +9

    The way she looks at him, she doesn´t trust him.

  • @evankaden657
    @evankaden657 9 місяців тому +3

    This woman is human and yet many see her as a sage because most of us are so blind that we only aspire to the baseline humanity that she casually transacts in as easily as breathing.

  • @QuataLaJoyce
    @QuataLaJoyce 4 роки тому +3

    Powerful.

  • @neilifill4819
    @neilifill4819 9 місяців тому +1

    The griot, Toni Morrison. She challenges White people (and frankly, all of us) to reflectively interrogate our assumptions, feelings, and morals. Self-reflection is really difficult, especially when, as the griot said, racism (and other isms) must feel good because we keep doing it.

  • @rc9867
    @rc9867 2 роки тому +3

    And Charlie really was out of his depth. She was kind enough but his grasp of what she was saying was elementary at best and completely without any internal meditation in the moment.

  • @wynton921
    @wynton921 4 роки тому +2

    3:48 “well that’s a serious question, Charlie...” 😯

  • @lta4615
    @lta4615 4 роки тому +4

    This is poignant today!!

  • @raphaelgarritano7882
    @raphaelgarritano7882 4 роки тому +1

    brilliant and helpful

  • @martinmckowen1588
    @martinmckowen1588 4 роки тому +3

    I appreciate that Ms Morrison raises that race is a construct and that whiteness is being part of the dominant and normalised group.

  • @Jbelovedson
    @Jbelovedson 4 роки тому +2

    Why is the audio bad all of the sudden?

    • @charrissesmith8470
      @charrissesmith8470 4 роки тому

      They did something to it to stop people from hearing the message.

  • @Stop_All_That_Crying
    @Stop_All_That_Crying 3 роки тому +1

    I can't hear it

  • @adiroots
    @adiroots 4 роки тому +2

    Powerful!

  • @kodelesline1379
    @kodelesline1379 4 роки тому

    Why is the audio muted on this video

  • @thatusername126
    @thatusername126 4 роки тому +2

    Share this with your non-black family and friends!

  • @angelacrew-dothard8302
    @angelacrew-dothard8302 4 роки тому

    Where is the audio

  • @owenokane9643
    @owenokane9643 9 місяців тому +1

    She makes me, as a white man hang my head in shame, but there is always time to learn and more importantly, to listen.

  • @darkanser
    @darkanser 3 роки тому

    What happened to the audio??

  • @TheKritter91
    @TheKritter91 4 роки тому

    The audio clip on this has been messed with?

  • @Lochlanist
    @Lochlanist 4 роки тому

    I'm not getting any audio in the video???

  • @moniquemosley2122
    @moniquemosley2122 3 роки тому

    Audio????

  • @turquoiseskies9790
    @turquoiseskies9790 4 роки тому

    Why is the audio off? 😬

  • @dewaynehouston2981
    @dewaynehouston2981 4 роки тому

    where can i find her interviews? please

  • @monzorella1
    @monzorella1 4 роки тому

    Where is the sound?

  • @dannyb9870
    @dannyb9870 9 місяців тому +2

    Inferior to me morally… that part 👏🏾

  • @mrspeigel3593
    @mrspeigel3593 4 роки тому

    Umm..what happened to the volume?

  • @adolphusdickens912
    @adolphusdickens912 11 місяців тому

    Can't hear the sound!!!!

  • @nl2531
    @nl2531 4 роки тому +1

    My lip reading isn't so good; please restore the sound to the video.

  • @EubulusKane3259
    @EubulusKane3259 4 роки тому +1

    Superb

  • @kacthinkforyourself6968
    @kacthinkforyourself6968 4 місяці тому

    ❤🎉💥🔥💥🙏🏾🖤👑💃🏾🌹🌹💯#thinkforyourself #realtalk #stayvisible

  • @RamzySweis
    @RamzySweis 6 років тому +10

    No volume.

    • @TheBlueAnt
      @TheBlueAnt 4 роки тому

      @Whip'em up! listen with headphones

  • @caroleo.9109
    @caroleo.9109 4 роки тому

    I'm experiencing sound issues with this video. Really wanted to hear the phenomenal Toni Morrison's view.

  • @tbyas4406
    @tbyas4406 3 роки тому +1

    I love the mind of this woman and her contribution to society.

  • @pythonjava6228
    @pythonjava6228 4 роки тому +1

    Why is there no sound?