I lived through 80’s and 90’s in America as an Asian, and I’ve faced an ungodly amount of blatant racist attacks from all different types of people, so I had a quite a long time to think about this subject. When most people think about systemic racism, they are actually thinking about institutional racism. It’s the word systemic that throws people off. It’s probably more accurate to use the term racist culture or cultural racism, because it’s about different elements of racism that have infiltrated ones culture. A negative or positive stereotypes in a given culture that subconsciously influences people is an example. The way I see it, there are two main types: interpersonal/individual and institutional/systemic racism. Obviously interpersonal racism stems from individuals making decisions based on stereotypes and racist cultures around them. Institutional racism are racist behaviors and policies that are created by an organization, department, politicians, etc... (basically the ones that are in charge of different “systems “). Racist culture and individual racism definitely exist and these are the types most people face. Institutional or “systemic “ racism is not prevalent because there are laws specifically against them. Also, people are hyper aware of institutional racism, so it would be difficult to hide it from the public. An example of an institutional racism is race-based college admission policies.
So like accepting black people eventhough, they have lesser grade average. Thus denying education to someone who actually put in the work to get that far...
I love how people explain the way "they see it". There are entire academic disciplines dedicated to what's known as "critical theory". So, for instance, the idea of "intitutional racism" or "systemic racism" comes from the discipline known as "critical race theory". These disciplines are not rooted in any kind of scientific methodology and do not establish facts as we would normally view facts. It establishes a narrrative. At it's core, "critical theory" is a literary critique of traditional narratives that supposedly seek to masquerade social norms & legal policies that, according to critical theory, are only in place to opress marginalized groups. How do we know if a norm or policy is "systemically racist" ? If it produces uneven outcomes. Because, after all, people are entirely determined bu their material reality, if there was no racism, people would sort themselves evenly in all institutions. Critical theory deconstructs all narratives except one. The narrative that our reality is entirely defined by the groups that we are a part of. Through this interpretive lense, the entire sum of our social, if not material, reality is defined by the groups we are a part of and the historical relation these groups had to one another. This is a dangerous lense because it puts the group that a person is a part of above who that person is as an individual and then seeks to attribute collective guilt to individuals based on those groups. They don't care about your innocence as an individual, they only care about if you are a member of a group that has historically opressed another. This is a fancy form of tribalism that is not rooted in any kind of fact. Because after all, even the scientific method was created by white western men to support their domination over the marginalized minority. The only that is "true" when viewing the world this way is that reality is defined by the historical dialectic between different groups of people seeking to obtain power over one another. It's worse because it hijacks people's best intentions by redefining words like "diversity", "inclusion" & "equity" and masquerading behind supposed good intentions when in reality they seek only to tear down what they view as a fundamentally oppressive society. Anyone that tries to argue this by projecting their own interpretations on to these concepts is wrong and the "intellectuals" behind the movement are counting on people to not study these things deeply enough to understand and allowing those same people to push the movement by hijacking their compassionate intentions. There is no nuance or interpretation to this. The movement is a postmodern deconstruction of traditional narratives and the establishment of a dialectical material narrative. It's not rooted in fact and should be denounced for the triablism it seeks to reinstate. A ressource for those seeking to learn more about this ridiculous philosophy: newdiscourses.com/translations-from-the-wokish/ Don't let these "intellectuals" use your compassionate impulses for their own gain. Don't pretend to understand something if you don't understand it.
@@samd5216 I appreciate your long-winded explanation on this matter. I don’t have a degree in sociology nor am I pretending to. My post is my personal opinion based on own life experience. My main point is that I disagree with how the video define systemic racism. In my opinion a perfect example of systemic racism is affirmative action for example. That’s all I really wanted to get across. I’ll leave it up to you to provide the collegiate explanation 👍.
It is pretty odd since in the internet i have never seen a person invalidating the argument of a person based on colors... But i have been seen a lot sof case of a white point of view being invalidate by his skin color... The argument is: you are privileged therefore your opinion is invalid... It is pretty odd, because in reality it's the oposite
@@canadagoose8543 Then the statement should be that people living in the socioeconomic conditions of poor redlined communities are underrepresented. The socioeconomic conditions under which white people (like people of most ethnicity) live pretty much ranges across every strata of the population, and framing the statement in racial terms is a bigoted generalization.
@@maya-amf3325 You have it completely backwards. The socioeconomic conditions in red lined communities stem from a historical gate keeping of wealth accumulation within black communities as perpetuated by the white supremacist power structures implemented throughout the first 216 years of American history, these power structures are now gone, and have been gone for 29 years, therefore it does not range across every strata of the population, it's specific to the black race... who have only been allowed to accumulate wealth for 29 out of 245 years of the country's history. It's positive news that the first 88% of the country's history continues no longer, but the socioeconomic feedback loop created by this history continues, and any narrative that perpetuates the socioeconomic feedback loop is... the white narrative.
Its a lot of people with stupid rebuttals to Systematic racism in the vain of Ben Shapiro(theyre like playing word games with institutional racism), -people who think that bringing up Americas racist past is the problem -people asking for evidence when watching a video that is giving said evidence -and people really lacking empathy to not see that an argument can be made in efforts of protecting Others and not totally self-indulgent(so idiots with a capital " I"). -theres even a few troll accounts , u can see that they made those accounts like recently a funny one is that guy whose like " i sold a house to an African-American woman , how can i do that if racism?!" ( that guy is a special case , he thinks capitalism has snuffed out racism when it inspired it to begin with) i encourage anyone listening to any outlet anywhere on the political spectrum to fact check , and not parrot some idiot who is gonna tell u what u want to hear so they can get into your wallets. if u do , then u dont have a lot to get mad about with this video.- straight facts-
@@ji_ji_ great reply, thanks for the time you are taking to communicate the misunderstanding (intentional or not). We need more people like you in many of these comment sections.
read about redlining an how it helped white families build wealth. look at how many home owners there are, and when were homes purchased a lot. how many homes compared to these times are purchased now? and by which ethnic group? we've been in a housing bubble for so many years now
@@taylormoore6918 yeah that’s the simplistic video that has been rolled out on this- in fact it is the one that you link to which does not make any distinction between working class issues and racial ones. You could replace Jamal with a poor white person and it could be the same video. I guess in the US, people have a really strong bias to equating being black with being poor which seems very demeaning
@@jamesharris4687 did u watch the video. the history of how black people were treated is why jamal was not able to be successful. his family was never able to gain wealth bc of racist back in the day so no wealth was ever passed down.
@@Torric25 Go ahead and explain the incarceration rates. Explain the racial wealth gap. Explain the war on drugs. Explain redlining. Explain the southern strategy. Explain why black sounding names are less likely to be hired than white sound names. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/like-abusive-policing-denial-of-access-to-mortgage-credit-for-black-americans-is-growing-crisis fortune.com/2016/07/19/mortgage-lending-racial-disparities/ www.epi.org/news/good-credit-score-protect-latino-black-borrowers/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22777683/ www.aclu.org/report/driving-while-black-racial-profiling-our-nations-highways ://fortune.com/2016/07/19/mortgage-lending-racial-disparities/ www.epi.org/news/good-credit-score-protect-latino-black-borrowers/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22777683/ www.aclu.org/report/driving-while-black-racial-profiling-our-nations-highways www.nap.edu/catalog/12875/unequal-treatment-confronting-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-health-care www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/01/28/us-education-still-separate-and-unequal www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/wrongful-convictions-race-exoneration.html www.aclu.org/blog/smart-justice/mass-incarceration/race-contributes-wrongful-convictions?redirect=blog/mass-incarceration/race-contributes-wrongful-convictions en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1OIVHtml45EcMSi3suI5Zn1ymef5Y-8hnHbeY6kxp-ec/mobilebasic
@@greatnessawaits4151 I cant reply (YT algorithm) but all of what you posted is either explained by personal choices and class, or is historical and irrelevant. This is only one that is current and independent of choices/class: "Explain why black sounding names are less likely to be hired than white sound names. " Ethnic sounding names are more likely to be rejected across societies... English sounding names in France for example and vice versa...it crosses all races and ethnicities
I don't deny systemic or institutional racism I just want to know what specific policies/laws support racism so that I know what specific policies/laws to fight against. I try searching it but all I get is explanations about what institutional/systemic racism is but no specific policy. How do I fight against something where I can't find a target or is it more complicated than that?
The issue with Jim Crow is that people think it ended right sway and that’s false. Nothing in history has ever worked that way. Even with slavery- slavery officially ended on December 6, 1865 but that doesn’t mean everyone just let their slaves go on December 7, 1865. These things take time. In some places they didn’t enforce the law right away and that was true with Jim Crow. It isn’t like you can get all these people who don’t approve of blacks to just change their mind and start hiring them or letting them into your neighborhoods…no. It didn’t work like that. It was still decades after before attitudes started to change. This is how I see things: whatever laws/policies you see changed in your lifetime…you aren’t going to see the impact. It’s your children or grandchildren that get to experience the impact. That’s how it works.
@@lisacox3750 That ain't systemic racism though. That becomes individual racism. Nobody should be denying that individual racism doesn't exist, it will always exist. However putting the blame on systemic racism just causes a roadblock, because now people are looking for answers in the wrong place.
Nobody ever gives specifics because they don't have any to give. This stuff is truly Kafka's surreal psychological horror 'The Trial' brought into reality. I recommend Thomas Sowell if you're looking to understand the root causes of economic disparities and such. he actually knows what he's talking about and has the receipts to back it up. He wrote a fantastic book called 'Discrimination and Disparities'. I believe you can find excerpts from that and his other books and interviews where he talks about these subjects here on UA-cam. John McWhorter is also worth listening to on these subjects.
@@jdubo1998 If you need instances of systematic racism then you first have to start with schools. In schools, black children are more likely to be put into Special Need classes. Then you can look at the criminal justice system. Black and whites reported smoking marijuana at the same rate but black people are the 6 to 7 more likely to end up in jail or prison for it. You can look at employment. A resume study was conducted and the only difference was the name. One sounded black one sounded white and the one with the white name got way more callbacks. Then you can look at wealth inequality. In which the average white person has 10 times more wealth then the average black person and it would take 232 years for the average black person to have the wealth that the average white person has today. You can also find health care studies where a black person can go in for the same illness as a white person but get treated much different. Then you will see a system. The education system is unequal or unfair (also because schools are funded by property taxes, making that also unequal), the criminal justice system is unequal and unfair, the economic system is unequal, and the health care system is unequal. Then you will see the systematic racism that exists!
@Craig Miller that isn't true, affirmative action isn't actually affective. If you look at the states where white men have abolished it the amount of white people attending colleges and stuff of that sort was cut in half. So affirmative action had the right idea it just doesn't work at all. So this is simply not true
It means having laws or things put on place that make it hard for most of people of color to do. For example, most blacks and people of color have 2 forms of identification and one is paper. In some states they have had elections where they required 2 forms of Identification and not allowing paper id. This lead to less than half of blacks and other people of color to vote. This was put in place to make the voting predominantly white. This applies to so many things especially jobs, college, school, sports, jail/justice, and etc. It's policy's that prevent a group to have access or being able to do that thing the policy is put in place for. This has been around for all of history and still are around now.
People don't understand it. I kind of understand because I was complacent for most of my life. Open your minds, open your hearts. You might just learn something. There is a problem whether you want to see it or not. Racism has not gone anywhere. I had a false sense until these last few years. I thought that racism was fringe. But no a lot if ignorant people still hating. It's in our systems. Our government systems. Prison incarceration, Employment, housing and a heck of a lot more. Please have an open mind and an open heart. It's like the cultural thing that police can do no wrong and shouldn't be held accountable. That is a cultural belief in this country. I was blinded by it, I had that belief. Not anymore. I watched Derrick Chauvins murder trial. I started out pretty impartial but the evidence swayed me (I couldn't get past the video though)(I watched these beings crush the life out of this one being) it's literally that simple. I now have thrown out that cultural B.S. If we as humans can make mistakes then they as humans can as well. I say again please have an open heart and an open mind♡
@@meowmeowmeoww69 omg im Hispanic and this isn't true it is not hard too get 2 forms of id i don't see how that is racist if you can't get 2 forms of id your simply un responsible you have too blame your self for that one.
@@charstar13 Still doesn't explain how mass incarceration is racist and targeting black people. It just states that black people are more likely to be incarcerated.
Study the history of the demokkkrat party, public education, planned parenthood, and the prison system. Look at politicans like Joe Biden and Chuck Schummer. I'm not always sure what people mean by systemic racism, but certainly the Demokkkrats created a racist system.
@@fabiofernandes9122 excuse me? Republicans fought a civil war about it, fight for school choice and liberty for all. They also fight planned parenthood which is executing Margret Sanger's genocide against black America. What they deny is the allegations that Republicans are bigots. Which is just a lie perpetrated by the Demokkkrats propaganda machine in order to white wash their history of slavery and racial oppression.
@@thanos1707 the parties never switched. The racist Demokkkrats followed the black man and set up ghettos in all major cities. Every ghetto is run by Demokkkrats. Republican values have essentially stayed the same, freedom of the individual. Demokkkrat values have essentially stayed the same, slavery of the individual. Why do you think so many millennial Democrats are communists? Communism is essentially 20th century slavery.
What they are describing are thoughts, and beliefs. Very broadly, re-defining "thought crime", as racism. "People are 'thinking wrong', and we must change that. Through education. Especially the education of children"...is what this boils down to. This is extremely dangerous stuff. It goes well-beyond ideas having to do with race, or racial tension. This is 'Orwellian'. They truly believe they are the righteous-arbiters of truth, and should pursue policy to control 'wrong think'. Like I said, this is dangerous, and it isn't new.
asians are already well off if they can travel across the sea to america. asians are not as privileged as whites but definitely more than blacks or latinos. I am an asian and most asian friends I have had parents with well paying jobs and security when they moved here ( and some married whites for a green card ). Asians aren’t systematically oppressed unlike blacks who face obvious oppression and side effects from the past. it’s undeniable.
Maybe I am missing something here. This video talked about systemic racism but provided no data. Is there evidence of systemic racism today? Disparities in incarceration does not automatically equate to systemic racism.
@@avakinlifeuser6888 Go ahead and explain the incarceration rates. Explain the racial wealth gap. Explain the war on drugs. Explain redlining. Explain the southern strategy. Explain why black sounding names are less likely to be hired than white sound names. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/like-abusive-policing-denial-of-access-to-mortgage-credit-for-black-americans-is-growing-crisis fortune.com/2016/07/19/mortgage-lending-racial-disparities/ www.epi.org/news/good-credit-score-protect-latino-black-borrowers/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22777683/ www.aclu.org/report/driving-while-black-racial-profiling-our-nations-highways ://fortune.com/2016/07/19/mortgage-lending-racial-disparities/ www.epi.org/news/good-credit-score-protect-latino-black-borrowers/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22777683/ www.aclu.org/report/driving-while-black-racial-profiling-our-nations-highways www.nap.edu/catalog/12875/unequal-treatment-confronting-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-health-care www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/01/28/us-education-still-separate-and-unequal www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/wrongful-convictions-race-exoneration.html www.aclu.org/blog/smart-justice/mass-incarceration/race-contributes-wrongful-convictions?redirect=blog/mass-incarceration/race-contributes-wrongful-convictions en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1OIVHtml45EcMSi3suI5Zn1ymef5Y-8hnHbeY6kxp-ec/mobilebasic
Go ahead and explain the incarceration rates. Explain the racial wealth gap. Explain the war on drugs. Explain redlining. Explain the southern strategy. Explain why black sounding names are less likely to be hired than white sound names. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/like-abusive-policing-denial-of-access-to-mortgage-credit-for-black-americans-is-growing-crisis fortune.com/2016/07/19/mortgage-lending-racial-disparities/ www.epi.org/news/good-credit-score-protect-latino-black-borrowers/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22777683/ www.aclu.org/report/driving-while-black-racial-profiling-our-nations-highways ://fortune.com/2016/07/19/mortgage-lending-racial-disparities/ www.epi.org/news/good-credit-score-protect-latino-black-borrowers/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22777683/ www.aclu.org/report/driving-while-black-racial-profiling-our-nations-highways www.nap.edu/catalog/12875/unequal-treatment-confronting-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-health-care www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/01/28/us-education-still-separate-and-unequal www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/wrongful-convictions-race-exoneration.html www.aclu.org/blog/smart-justice/mass-incarceration/race-contributes-wrongful-convictions?redirect=blog/mass-incarceration/race-contributes-wrongful-convictions en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1OIVHtml45EcMSi3suI5Zn1ymef5Y-8hnHbeY6kxp-ec/mobilebasic
@@greatnessawaits4151 Does that happen in countries which the majority are of another race different from your own? Or is it an American thing or a white person thing in general
@@greatnessawaits4151 I’ve always wanted to go the USA. I like the fast food they have in the airport, the portions are generous. I’d like to go in a food tour in NYC for the pastrami, chowder, backed pretzels and spumonis.
Talking about stereotypes, they seem undesirable, but what about stereotyping white people as oppressors? What about the black racists that stereotype white people, or policemen? What about stereotyping conservatives? Is all that correct? Are you sure you don't make generalizations or have cognitive biases and distortions?
No, they do. They just point out yours and ignore theirs so they can pretend to be morally superior. Welcome to politics. Its just mud slinging with a lot of hypocrisy thrown in.
Please, just please give us examples of institutions that are racist so we can fight them together ! Only informations that are not apstract in this video (those statistics) are easily explained by cultural differences. Give us the truth !
@@hzjohnson1632 can you please personally explain to me, as a black person, how the criminal justice system is systemically racist? Seriously. I don't get it and am not convinced.
Wow, this video is incredible. We are talking straight up the book 1984. There is a ton to this craziness, just this one under internalized racism. I hope you are sitting down, denying racism means you have internalized racism. So you can either admit you are a racist or you can deny it and that means you're a racist. Sorry, just how it is.
@@brekinla racism is prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized. and mass incarceration, prison industrial complex, healthcare, criminal justice system, employment industries are all examples off systemic racism in america
I was in a neighborhood working last night and a bunch of little kids came down the street with a ball and a dog, a bit like the Little Rascals. And they started fighting over the ball like little kids do. The big black boy suddenly thunders "Youre a RACIST!!" because this little white girl wouldn't give him the ball. She must have been like 4 years old. She stomps and yells back "I am NOT a wacist!!" "Yes you are gimme the ball, you racist." I'm like OMG, they're already starting and barely old enough to walk. How did we get here *sigh*
I'm sorry, but I think Afro-Americans are every bit as capable, smart and talented as Euro-Americans. The systemic racism movement is playing with some dangerous ideas that aren't well thought through.
@@benjimcghie2329 Because its a lie. Putting your belief into a lie is always dangerous. If you're dumb enough to swallow the lies the systemic racism crowd is spewing, you'll become dumb enough to believe any lie. Its not ok to be stupid in life, you must think for yourself, clearly and critically. Do you honestly believe America is a horrible country? What do you know about other countries?
A true example of systemic racism - Canada's INDIAN ACT? The INDIAN ACT reduced Canada's Aboriginal peoples to legal status as minors. Therefore the Ottawa government of Canada set up a system of apartheid against the First Nations. This discriminatory system must be considered as systemic racism since it is based on laws and principles consciously developed and accepted by the majority of citizens even today. This reality, unworthy of a country that calls itself evolved, largely determines the troubled relations that have existed between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals since 1876. An example of discrimination resulting from this law: The INDIAN ACT does not confer any property rights on the Native people since it is impossible for them to buy the lands in the reserves, this one being the exclusive property of the Crown, Crown which belongs to the British Monarchy to which King Charles III was recently elected non-democratically, in office by blood ties only. This state of affairs therefore limits the ability of Aboriginal people to borrow and reduces their financial autonomy. They have different rights from other citizens simply because of their Aboriginal status. This form of segregation is a blatant demonstration of systemic racism.
Equitable is communism-everyone is equal and has equal assets. Equality is capitalism-everyone has an equal chance to build their life but gets the rewards they earn from working hard.
Here's a true life example of the actual race problem in employment. A Black man applies for a skilled position as a service technician. He meets all education and experience requirements of the position. All the applicants must take a competitive examination on ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY. The Black man scores 97% on the test to make the number one highest score. THREE white males with LOWER test scores are hired. The Black man who made the top test score was NOT hired! Do you see the problem?
Just because someone interviewed you and posted it on UA-cam doesn't mean what you're saying is correct. I honestly think that before the recent "Woke Wars" we all as a people, for the most part, were getting along really well. I felt like a lot of the division based on race had dissolved over the last 3 decades and people didn't really give a damn about skin color any more. Black, white, brown, yellow, clear...I love you all my brothers and sisters.
@OP Ding ding ding Labeling everyone that disagrees with your worldview as racist, therefore as an extension of that they're bad people. Just McCarthyism/Red Scare bullshit except black/racist swapped for America/Commies
@@ZLE_ Racism will always to some agree exist. The issue is overexagerating its prevalence as if it's still Jim crow era racism and cashing in by making a career off racism using the suffering of other ppl who: - aren't even alive - who you never even knew -Of experiences (the majority of) minorities no longer have THAT is evil and exploitative
@@knes167 pointing out an issue and saying “I’m tired of this” is not over exaggerating it’s a knowledge and a problem and forcing people to solve it innocent people are being killed there is no way to justify it
@@tamiyahhalls6730 Main thing ppl are talking about now is microaggressions on a nationwide scale. Not actual legitimate cases of racism which are so rare the news has to dig and struggle to find them (thankfully it's not easy as Jim crow days) You are not as knowledgeable as you wish you were, dont be a fear mongerer
@@tamiyahhalls6730 TL,DR: if your world view is based more off of facebook, viral tweets and things white news conglomerate yada yada cherry picked out to tell you, you're opinion is near worthless to me You are ignorant
mass incarceration, prison industrial complex, healthcare, criminal justice system, employment industries are all examples off systemic racism in america
I'm trying to find out more about systemic racism but I don't understand how the statistics equal racism? Like how do I prove my conservative friends that the statistics are a result of racism not that minorities get into more trouble or something?
@trollnerd That is such a disingenuous statement, you have provided a single racist douchebag and have used it to speak for the rest of the herd. I don’t think I need to explain to you why that source avoids the big question, it is not empirically correct or even shows a truth about the police system.
@trollnerd Are you that fucking dense? You realize that one department does not speak for the entirety of the police force right? What are you smoking?
As usual, not one real life example was provided in this video of "systemic racism". If this issue has been system wide for decades, there should be millions of specific cases documented (proven cases, not assumptions or hearsay). The proven case and the name of the institution where it happened? What, when, where, why, how? One example please. I'm not being combative, I asking because I've never heard of one proven case.
well it seems that by definition, systemic racism is intractable. The beauty of this is that all it takes is some dubious statistical analysis, you show there's a disparity in wealth or achievement in specific categories (typically in standards of living) enjoyed by people of different races, then claim that this disparity has to be the result of some diffuse racism in society. This keeps those who would otherwise be fighting together against economic inequalities at each other's throat. Our economic system is inherently unstable, leading inevitably to a wealth concentration: with money you make more money. That means that a group that was actually discriminated against by the system in the past is likely to remain poor, forever making it seem like there remain overwhelming divides along racial lines to this day, when really the most significant factor keeping people down is the fact that they're already down.
@@Paaka There is a race report that recently came out in the UK exploring and trying to explain these disparities. They found that in many areas, black Carribeans have far, far worse outcomes than black Africans, while white working class come out at the bottom with Carribeans. You can't explain that away with racism, and this is just one example that shows that disparities are complex and can be attributed to many factors and not necessarily explained away simply by calling it racism. If you just offhandedly dismiss every issue black people face as being attributed to racism, then you'll never get to the root causes and therefore you will never find effective solutions.
I’ve witnessed plenty of systematic racism. The video shows the stats and numbers and facts. This country was founded on racism. The facts are all around you and always have been for 400+ years and counting. Only a complete coward or abject idiot would act like they don’t see it. It’s laughable at this point … just wear your hood already
I like the idea of policies and practices being the substrate of systemic racism. It’s just rare to find people who know of specific policies and practices that are racist. Most policies are not racist. What’s missing for me is the evidence for racism. It can’t be just the statistical disparities between races because disparities can exist for any number of reasons besides racism. If there are no racist policies you can point to, and most of the people within any given organization don’t harbor negative attitudes towards others based on race, then where’s the racism? How do you know the disparities are because of racism? How do you statistically control for other factors like culture, economics, and temperament? I’m not trying to deny that racism exists. I just think we need to be more rigorous and more specific about why there are disparities and when those disparities are because of racism and when they are because of something else. We aren’t going to solve racism if what’s really going on is an economic disparity rather than a racial one. At the end of the day, what matters is creating a fair system that gives everyone an equal opportunity for success regardless of race or gender or sex or whatever other irrelevant social category. But to do that, we can’t just go by statistical disparities. It’s not like when we can’t figure out why there’s a disparity, it has to be racism. Racism can’t be the default reason when we can’t think of anything else unless we have good evidence that there is racism. I guess what I’m saying is that I need evidence of racism that isn’t just “there’s a statistical disparity and we don’t know why, so it must be racism.” I mean to be fair, I suppose everyone and their mother could be racist. But I also know that over time, people have become less racist than they were previously in history, so it stands to reason that these disparities should be disappearing. If they are, then we’re on the right track, we just have to wait for the racist people to die out. If they aren’t, then there’s probably more going on than just racism. To be honest, to me these disparities aren’t due to racism now. They’re due to racism in the past. I’m sure there are still racist people in the system, but not enough to account for these disparities. I think what’s happening is that minorities have been part of a systemically racist society in the past for a long time and the effects of that aren’t going to go away any time soon because now, even though we do live in a relatively racist-free society, most minorities find themselves at economic disadvantages. And they aren’t there because they deserve to be, they’re there because of the history of racism in America. And they’ve been disenfranchised for so long, that a disproportionate amount of them find themselves at the bottom of the economic totem pole. And because most minorities are poor, they have less opportunities than those who are not poor. But it’s not because people and the system are racist now, it’s because minorities are poor now. And yes, the reason they’re poor is because of historical racial injustice, but we can’t fix that if we keep insisting that the reason they’re poor is because of racial injustice now. The system isn’t racist anymore. Now we have to figure out how to get minorities out of poverty who don’t deserve to be there and we have to figure out how to update our cultures to reflect that reality at the same time. White people are used to getting their way, and minorities are used to being oppressed and our cultures have been shaped accordingly. But all of this means either bending the rules to artificially give minorities opportunities they wouldn’t otherwise have for free, or investing heavily into minority communities so that they have the same opportunities white people do and can then compete fairly. And we’d not only need to pump money into minority communities, but we’d also have to modify their cultures so that they would actually want to compete with white people for positions of power and prominence. Of course pumping money into only non-white poor communities isn’t fair and is racist, but at the same time, how else do you erase the history of inequality from society? And all of this assumes that our cultural differences are small enough that these disparities will disappear. What if black people just aren’t that interested in STEM? What if they are more drawn to the liberal arts? Are we going to keep saying that STEM is racist if there’s a disparity? How will we know that we’ve actually atoned for the past and undone the effects of racism in the past? I don’t know. What I do know is that our conversations regarding race need to become more articulate and precise. We can’t afford to just yell racism because we don’t know and then keep trying to scrub out racism from the system even when it isn’t there. We have to be better than that to actually solve the problem and get along as a society. If there’s racism, then by all means, let’s get rid of it as soon as possible. But if there isn’t any, then let’s stop acting as if there is because the consequences of continuing to try to get rid of something that isn’t there is destruction for no reason. There’s real harm in not understanding what a problem is or thinking one thing is a problem when it’s actually something else. So for heaven’s sake, don’t just say there’s systemic racism because there’s a statistical disparity. Or at minimum, tell us what other factors have been controlled for and what assumptions you had to make in order to control for those factors. And if you can’t do that, then explain which policies are racist and why you think they are racist. Don’t just claim that the entire system is racist or that everyone in the system is racist and then call it a day. What is anyone supposed to do with that information?
I appreciate your taking the time to think it through a bit and to articluate your thoughts. I agree that the racism of the past has had effects into the present that will effect the quality of life and opportunity of people of certain groups living today. The problem is, where does it start and where does it end? It is an nebulous cloud of ambiguity on how and where it effects any particular individual and now much responsibility each individual has.
You should be delivering Ted talks. We need to kill this "woke" blind radical liberal movement with true talks and discussions like this. They have no evidence or facts behind anything they say and just attack others which is causing more division.
The other factor to account for is that around 60-70% of African Americans live in middle class areas. The disparity we are talking about is indeed bigger than Whites, but its among a smaller subset of the Black population, and Whites also face this poverty on a great numbers level, but a lower level if you want to talk percentages (Which one is more important seems a bit arbitrary). The bigger question is why do people seem to think only around 20% of Blacks live in Middle Class areas on average when it isn't true. The other question is how do the vast majority of African Americans find a way to live in these areas, or even become the President, when others don't if "racism" is so prevalent. How do you silently hand wave fatherless figures, lack of care for education even among very well funded Inner City Schools (Like Ballou Highschool), and high rates of teen Pregnancy and keep stating racism? (Not you specifically I mean this in a general sense). IMO, you don't, and when you factor in the higher disparity in those numbers with the wealth Gap, the disparity we see is about exactly what you would expect and it would be very similar if the average White family (Or lack thereof) followed in those same cultural footsteps. I find the evidence of Racism to be very lacking, especially when the average video on this completely ignores the cultural tendencies and fails to compare them to other cultures. Until a video actually looks at the whole picture instead of one tiny snippet called Racism I, and many other people, simply wont care (and we shouldn't).
This article basically said Blacks aren't equal to Whites, and thereby need special treatment. Congratulations, the Klan would be proud. In the years after WW2 the world had this unique opportunity to crush once and for all the ancient practice of treating different groups differently, and we are seeing that opportunity fade away. A human is a human and should be treated as a human, there is once race, its called the human race. Don't let people divide us!
If racism is so 'systemic', then perhaps point out some actual racist policies to help the rest of us understand your point. This video didn't explain anything.
Institutional racism: Constitution of Liberia Article 27 b. In order to preserve, foster and maintain the positive Liberian culture, values and character, only persons who are Negroes or of Negro descent shall qualify by birth or by naturalization to be citizens of Liberia.
I was at a DMV in Cali with a buddy so he could show a receipt of a $500 fine paid to reinstate his license. He had an appointment so we didn't wait long before a nice Black woman called us up. He explained the issue and she said, "no problem, that will be $500 please...cash only". He explained that the receipt was for the $500 fine and that he had just paid at the police office. To make a long story short, she said to him "look, I don;t think you understand what is going on here, if you want your license today you gotta pay $500 cash...or you can make another appointment at another DMV. Now, while you think it over, I'm going to take a 5 min break and you go ahead and take a good look around you at all these faces. Do you think anyone here is going to help you or believe you? Nope." She then went off for her break laughing with some coworkers. Afterwards she came back and said "Hello how can I help you?" He handed her the receipt dumbfounded and she said: "Well that will be $500...cash". Now that is institutional power and systemic racism. Did I mention he is white? And everyone there was mostly Black and some Latinos. Just saying it can happen to anyone and perpetuated by anyone.
Its a new term developed to make people feel outrage in either direction. You're indignant if you believe in it, and you're frustrated if you know its new-age liberal arts on steroids. We need less of this divisive rhetoric and more unity and hope.
It must be so fun being middle class and white. You don’t have to worry about racist police and having your family incarcerated for no reason but to give money to the prison industry.
Here's a true life example of the actual race problem in employment. A Black man applies for a skilled position as a service technician. He meets all education and experience requirements of the position. All the applicants must take a competitive examination on ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY. The Black man scores 97% on the test to make the number one highest score. THREE white males with LOWER test scores are hired. The Black man who made the top test score was NOT hired! Do you see the problem?
I like how they mostly look at the black community, what about every other race in America, first Americans would have a case of systemic racism and have been on reservations for how long? How are Asians treated in America? Black people are not oppressed or held back it’s a myth that these people push to still have a job
HOW TO BEAT R-CISM? I thought about it and if you have Parents/Grandparents who watch Fox-News or Children who watch Ben-Shapiro, and they start to wonder 'Ok, if Systemic-Racism isnt real, then why are Blacks falling behind? Could it be they are just inherently worse??', then show them the History-Videos and Racism-Videos of 'Some More News' and 'Knowing Better' as well as the 1 Cuba-Video of 'Second Thought'. The Jim-Crow-Video of SMN literally adresses Racism-ITSELF and how people can break free from it. It breaks Tunnelvision and clears-up Myths.
I’ve been trying to promote my songwriting channel for weeks and to think all I would have had to do was speak racist to someone to get publicity and over 200,000 views. I’m doing something wrong.
To me systemic racism is when the legal and workplace policies and systems document different biases based on skin color or other immutable characteristics. What individuals think is not systemic. I think systemic racism (by true definition) was eradicated from legal documents, pay rates and company policies a long time ago. Any one care to show an example where it is not?
Honestly all those definitions and critical race theory just makes the whole concept debatable and easily challenged.... for most the whole concept is so abstract and people go along with it mostly due to social pressure I am going to borrow something from David Pakman which I think explains this more effectively.... It it like the game of monopoly, the rules is the same for everyone now... but this one (or maybe more) player was not allowed to buy any houses or properties for 10 turns prior... Therefore, a lack of economic resources was created which come with it all kinds of issues in a capitalism driven economy.
1. Denying services based on skin color should go under interpersonal racism. 2. I don't see how denying racism exists is internal racism... it's just delusional (edit: or dishonest... which I wouldn't categorize under internal racism, either... just dishonesty. Jessie Lee Peterson denied racism exists... but I don't think he's racist against "black" people.)
When I was arrested and charged, I was denied bail and told by my lawyers that if I did not plead guilty I could be sitting in jail waiting longer for a trial date than the amount of time that they were seeking and that I could be given twice the amount of time or more for not taking "responsibility " if found guilty at trial. So due to those circumstances, I pled guilty knowing that I was innocent, because I didn't want to sit in jail waiting longer for a trial date than the time they were seeking, especially when prison Conditions can be cruel and unusual and trial dates can be unreasonably delayed and convictions can be wrongful and appeals can be often denied. I pled guilty knowing I was innocent because I did not want to deal with the stress, fear, frustration, malice, or the confusion caused by systemic racism. I pled guilty knowing that Elizabeth May Terry (lizzie terry) made false allegations in order to steal twenty-three thousand dollars of furniture and electronics from me in retaliation for cheating with her sister As a victim of systemic racism you do not committ crimes, you just suffer the consequences of crimes like an innocent bystander. Systemic racism made me the victim look like the criminal and the actual criminal look like the victim. Even when you tell the truth they will make you out to to be the liar and then make the actual liar out to be the one telling the truth. They will pick sides without knowing the truth or without seeking the truth, and then concoct or make whatever side they think they can make look like the truth. Everything you say or do they use against you especially in the court of law where everyone in positions of authority are white or have to answer directly or indirectly to someone white. That's white supremacy. Racism, that has been perfected and systematized. I do not need anyone to tell me that I'm innocent when I know that I am innocent. The video proves I'm innocent. The same video that the judge refused to watch. I pled guilty knowing that I did not committ any offense, knowing that I was innocent, just to get out of jail and they knew that. Now that I'm out, I take that guilty plea right back. I giveth, therefore I taketh. I shouldn't have went to jail in the first place. They will lock you up, ruin your life, take everything from you, then release you with nothing. That's racism. They didn't have to lock me up when they knew they was eventually going to release me. They could have released me from the beginning.
That is not systematic racism. That is a problem with the justice system being in the age of irrelevant is your innocence, give them scare tactics, to take a plea bargain for lower sentence. The majority(90%) of cases do not go to trial because of this; people go with the plea bargain rather than defend their innocence. This is a problem with the justice system itself and at most, differences between the classes, not race.
If systemic racism is real - how is it that we have black president. congresspeople, senators, police chiefs? If there is systemic racism it is not doing a very good job.
This is funny. How many total black men have been in office? 1. And he's half black not even fully black. How many white men are the CEOs/ in charge of every industry EVER? 99% of white men.. which make up less than half of the U'S's population.
"The rank and file are more primitive than we imagine. Propaganda must therefore always be essentially simple and repetitious. In the long run only he will achieve basic results in influencing public opinion who is able to reduce problems to the simplest terms and who has the courage to keep forever repeating them in this simplified form despite the objections of intellectuals."--Joseph Goebbels (who would thumbs up this video).
You realize its the intellectual that came up with these concepts right? You are pretending this stuff is the simplistic idea, all the while promoting the actual mindless nonsense that leads to people ignoring real problems in society and blaming everything on individual "bad actors"
Ignorant people in the comments, you searched for this video, or somehow landed up here. The least you can do is listen and actually read up instead of spewing bs about how white privilege is a myth. The point is, you as a white person might have had a hard upbringing. But you had you being white working in your favour. If a black person has a hard upbringing, they also face consequences of being black. That's right, consequences, for being of a race! A white man and a black man might grow up in the same neighborhood, have the same beliefs. But outside of that neighborhood, people will treat them differently, based solely on prejudices.
Back-away from Proof for Systemic-Racism is you have no Spine. Say "Im afraid" and your insta-excused form having to watch what i cite: The 2 Systemic-Racism-Videos by "Some More News" by "Some MOre News" and his 1 Jim-Crow-Video.
Take a poll on the comments in this group,how many are in denial of it and how many are willing to accept or believe it exist. A lot can be gained in that alone. We see what we want to see and/or vise versa. It's easy for me to deny sexism against women exist if it has never negatively affected me or my level of comfort,status,success etc..
Racism exists. Systemic racism, in particular, means that there are laws that work against a specific race. In the US, that did exist at one point, about 100 years ago. There are no laws that inhibit a particular race from success or thriving. Ironically, the people that claim the man is oppressing them usually haven't done the work necessary. Of the countless black (or otherwise) CEOs and business owners I've met, none of them complain about systemic racism. I'm not going to be insensitive and say that life is easy, but it certainly doesn't have to be as hard as it was 100 years ago. You're commenting on a UA-cam video which means you have unlimited access to knowledge. It's also ironic that while other people are gaining knowledge about buying real estate and investing, you're watching a video on why you'll never be able to do that.
@@theBATmaify you can see the truth as well...(without the aid of a microscope)....if you choose to... a person that treats you differently based on the color of your skin,texture of your hair or dialect of tongue is clear to the one on the receiving end of such treatment, even if the one committing the offense, claims otherwise.
this is also what I struggle with as well. the fact is that its so deeply rooted in our society and the way we live since the beginning of this nation. We must start by creating a brand new foundation and new roots...which will take time. Remaining conscious, voting for policy change and having uncomfortable conversations is a start.
@@charstar13 perhaps the most vague comment ever. What policy changes? What discussions? If you want to get rid of this so called “systemic racism”, then please tell me, what are you actually going to do
@@HowToGames1 well a start is to vote in people who will create new policies. There are many things wrong, you can do the research yourself. A start can be to vote someone in who supports funding for public schools... instead of it being funded by neighborhoods.All schools just get the same funding and education not just those who are white and privileged..which they are because of the system....
@@HowToGames1 well one person can’t fix it. we need more black lawyers, black judges, black policits, etc. more black ppl in charge so that it is even. if u look it’s mainly white ppl in charge because black people sometimes don’t even have a chance.
What a joke....these people need to get a grip and take responsibility for their lives...you are only a victim if you let yourself be one. This is the greatest county in the world in order to rise above ones current standing. Work hard and you will succeed...
@@thanos1707 My bad , i was wondering if any of the original posters i commented this to would have the balls to reply so far ... none ,turns out conservatives are weak . anyways heres my citation. ideas.time.com/2013/06/17/affirmative-action-has-helped-white-women-more-than-anyone/
The median black eighth-grader does not possess even basic math skills. “Basic” skills, as defined by the National Assessment of Education Progress exam, means partial mastery of grade-related knowledge. Fifty-three percent of black eighth-graders scored “below basic” on math in 2017. Only 11 percent of black eighth-graders were proficient in math, and 2 percent were advanced. By contrast, 20 percent of white eighth-graders were below basic in 2017, 31 percent were proficient, and 13 percent were advanced. Only 12 percent of Asian eighth-graders were below basic, 32 percent were proficient, and 32 percent were advanced.
Racism and how to get rid of it is to teach it in all schools, starting in elementary school. Discussing with students the cause of racism ,the history of racism in the US including slavery and how to prevent it in the future is a good idea. The only way to prevent the cruelty to black people is to start with the young. A massive paradigm shift to equality is sorely needed.Children need to be taught that we should all be equal .
Sure as long as we have classes preserved for not being mean to fat people, or skinny people, or people who wear glasses, or people who are too pale, or people who are poor, or too rich, or for people who aren't quite as smart, or for people who are autistic, or for people who have downs, or for people who are too smart, or for people who have odd fashion choices, or for people who are trans, or for people who are gay, or for people who are..... Wait why are you making Racism seem like the sole one to focus on again? Point being we have a manners problem. Race isn't a special offense, its one in a massive house of offenses people face everyday.
@@TheWhisperingPenis I agree that ridiculing others or putting each other down for any reason is wrong. Sadly, and I have experienced it In my life, is that in a group or clique that they can become mean to others outside their clique. I have found that when joining a group and ridiculing others happens I tell these people it is wrong ,then have nothing to do with them and leave the group completely. Small mindedness wastes my time and energy. I was not raised to treat others wrongly.
@@Toto-cl8rw I agree. Its kind of the concept of group think and or pack mentality. Its why I generally dislike social situations because it can turn a generally nice person into a monster just to fit in. Even in small minor ways people just get more abusive, aggressive in groups to impress others. Not necessarily outright physical abuse (but there is that too). Just treat people well is my motto. Treat people with love, you dont have to understand them just understand they are people.
@@TheWhisperingPenis I believe that a person raised to be respectful of others go a long ways. These days nastiness seems to be the trend. Friends that are part of a bullying group are not worth knowing, and to me, a waste of time. I choose friends that have the maturity to act like adults . Sadly many adults act like spoiled children, and should not be respected.
3:03 "or a work culture that prioritizes a white point of view." It's subtle. Oh, it's so super subtle. But the racism is strong in that statement. The crazy people who believe in systemic racism are the ones that already hold your color against you above all else. Because if you're a white man with an opinion, you're nothing but a *white man with an opinion,* and not simply an individual with an opinion. As soon as they identify you as white, you're nothing else to them. They've already segregated you within their minds into an antagonistic outgroup. And now everything you do, every action you take, every word you say will then be filtered through your 'whiteness'. If that's not blatant internal bias, if that's not blatant racism at its core, then I don't know what is. Color is all that matters to these crazy people. Systemic racism does not exist.
I think the point being made is that our laws and societal norms were established by Europeans, therefore, anyone that from a European culture has an advantage. Its an intellectually lazy argument, because its not completely wrong and not completely correct. I'm sorry that medical doctors cure more diseases than witch doctors, I'm sorry 1 man 1 woman marriages make for a better society than a tribal chief having 20 wives while 19 other men are left out, I'm sorry that going to a job one time is more productive than hunting bush meat for a village. America is a powerful nation, and European ways of doing things are more productive and powerful than West African ways of doing things. That doesn't mean African people are inferior, that just means there's some catching up to do, and the best way for Blacks to catch up to Whites is to keep the rules the same and equal for everyone, and let a few centuries roll by. Social progress takes time, I hate to break it to the world.
@@rickshaw296 I see where your coming from with the lazy argument but the use of stereotypes was unnecessary half of the people who are identified as African American in America are actually Caribbean or South America which is no where near Africa
Oh we are back to this? Classic American strategy: Fracture the working class along racial lines to prevent them from having enough political clout to harm the interests if the wealth. 1) Poor white share croppers vs black slaves (Plantation System) 2) Poor whites vs free African Americans (Jim Crow) Here's the thing about class based policies: 1) Any group facing systematic barrier will make up a greater share of the lower classes 2) Policies that solely focus on class would exclusively benefit the lower classes 1 + 2 = Groups facing systemic barriers would disproportionately benefit Naturally the rich don't want that. So they do things like race based Affirmative Action 1) Poor and middle class white families who send their kids to crappy schools hate it, because they get screwed 2) Poor and middle class black families who send their kids to crappy schools won't see any benefit 3) Rich white families will still be sending their kids to elite schools 4) Rich black families will be sending their kids to elite schools If it was class based, kids going to poor crappy schools would get spots and the rich kids wouldn't. But we can't have that now can we?
I'd like to hear more people talk about the Uyghur Genocide. I think a million people being held, and becoming "no longer with us" in internment camps in khina, is just slightly important.
"African Americans are incarcerated at more than 5 times that of whites." - Question: of both racial demographics how many of those are UNJUSTLY incarcerated? I think it's probably important to break down those numbers a bit.
Here's a true life example of the actual race problem in employment. A Black man applies for a skilled position as a service technician. He meets all education and experience requirements of the position. All the applicants must take a competitive examination on ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY. The Black man scores 97% on the test to make the number one highest score. THREE white males with LOWER test scores are hired. The Black man who made the top test score was NOT hired! Do you see the problem?
Not Big Brother Operation, but rather the MR BIG OPERATION. I keep getting them mixed up because in my case, they used both. They employed both techniques to deal with me. Room 101 and Mr. Big war room and actors.
@@HowToGames1 Why would I do that? You do not know me. Are you saying culture of how people are/ surrounding themselves with and mindset?? Because if thats the case there would be more black millionaire and billionaires. Or culture of black and white people? Because I am biracial black and white and have experienced both "cultures"..but that doesn't negate the fact I acknowledge the fact it exists.
@@HowToGames1 Sounds like u just got done listening to Ben Shapiro , so let me phrase this in a way you're probably used to being talked down to : " ok ,so IMAGINE HYPOTHETICALLY there were a RACE of people who were recently FREED from a monetized subjugated non-agreement (SLAVERY) so their culture is that of SLAVE culture , not African and not America ,right(?).. we can almost say its the progenitor to BLACK culture ,ok(?) ... -and HYPOTHETICALLY, every instance of there being advancements in that culture They were met with SITUATIONS like 40 acres and a mule (where the FEDERAL GOVT. took land away from former slaves promised by Lincoln), Thomas and Meeks griffon ( 2 rich black men UNJUSTIFILY and FALSELY convicted of a murder ,with written Statements from the judge that convicted them, to have just wanted blacks not to own land or wealth) and red lining after WW2 that prevented 2 MILLION black SOLIDERS from owning homes in white neighborhoods (enforced by state governments)" -"meanwhile enforced by groups using their free speech to express "less than moral " ideas based on the color of someone's skin , and put up statues to intimidate that culture HYPOTHETICALLY of course" "using JUDEO-CHRISTIAN LOGIC , u can assume that the culture was formed in the CONFINES and RESTRICTIONS of racist ACTORS... to keep black people in a state poor culture ,and we know that poor cultures are tied to crime rates and lower education , cause i cant shut up about it" " now hypothetically , lets say what you're going to say is : " well all those people are dead and the past is in the past and modern black people are just trying to wrongly profit from it" , with dismissive statements like that its almost like you probably shouldnt involve yourself in topics u arent equipped to think for yourself about instead of being a parrot " hope thats clear for you.
All that talk about systems and then the bait and switch. What can you do? Fix your implicit bias. Errrmmm. Very systemic. There's interpersonal oppression and there's systemic oppression. Dismantle both. But when people try to conflate the two, they deserve zero trust.
Some of the work that is being done now is helping to prop up black Americans which is good, I think most people agree with the statistics that show that black American's need support in many ways. I think the theory of systemic racism is where we lose most people though. This video describes systemic racism as "all of our institutions collectively upholding racist policies" (3:35) yet the system, which consists of normal people like you and me, are holding institutions accountable for racist policies through legal action and accountability. Any institution with any policy that is remotely racist quite often receive very swift and expensive lawsuits. When talking with people I know that support this theory, I am often given examples of individual racism that they believe to be systemic. For example, I was told of a hiring supervisor that often makes racist remarks which could mean that person may be more likely to use their bias when making hiring and disciplinary decisions. This is very true, but it's not systemic racism, it's individual racism. The biggest issue is when I was given this example, I asked that person what they have done to combat this racism... I was told that they have done nothing. This is the real issue, we are trying to create a new definition of racism that can not be used to combat racism in any way because it has no legal or social application, but when we as individuals are presented with the opportunity to really do something about racism, to stand up for others even when it puts ourselves at risk, we just call it "systemic" or "institutional" racism and pretend like we're all a bunch of freedom fighters. Virtue signaling is not going to solve racism, standing up to individuals who are racist even when it means putting ourselves at risk, is what will stop racism. I have been searching and will continue to search for a real world example of systemic racism but as of now, I cannot agree with this theory.
I lived through 80’s and 90’s in America as an Asian, and I’ve faced an ungodly amount of blatant racist attacks from all different types of people, so I had a quite a long time to think about this subject. When most people think about systemic racism, they are actually thinking about institutional racism. It’s the word systemic that throws people off. It’s probably more accurate to use the term racist culture or cultural racism, because it’s about different elements of racism that have infiltrated ones culture. A negative or positive stereotypes in a given culture that subconsciously influences people is an example. The way I see it, there are two main types: interpersonal/individual and institutional/systemic racism. Obviously interpersonal racism stems from individuals making decisions based on stereotypes and racist cultures around them. Institutional racism are racist behaviors and policies that are created by an organization, department, politicians, etc... (basically the ones that are in charge of different “systems “). Racist culture and individual racism definitely exist and these are the types most people face. Institutional or “systemic “ racism is not prevalent because there are laws specifically against them. Also, people are hyper aware of institutional racism, so it would be difficult to hide it from the public. An example of an institutional racism is race-based college admission policies.
Props for explaining something apparently nobody can understand or explain.
So like accepting black people eventhough, they have lesser grade average. Thus denying education to someone who actually put in the work to get that far...
@@ZLE_ There are those yes
I love how people explain the way "they see it". There are entire academic disciplines dedicated to what's known as "critical theory". So, for instance, the idea of "intitutional racism" or "systemic racism" comes from the discipline known as "critical race theory".
These disciplines are not rooted in any kind of scientific methodology and do not establish facts as we would normally view facts. It establishes a narrrative. At it's core, "critical theory" is a literary critique of traditional narratives that supposedly seek to masquerade social norms & legal policies that, according to critical theory, are only in place to opress marginalized groups. How do we know if a norm or policy is "systemically racist" ? If it produces uneven outcomes. Because, after all, people are entirely determined bu their material reality, if there was no racism, people would sort themselves evenly in all institutions.
Critical theory deconstructs all narratives except one. The narrative that our reality is entirely defined by the groups that we are a part of. Through this interpretive lense, the entire sum of our social, if not material, reality is defined by the groups we are a part of and the historical relation these groups had to one another. This is a dangerous lense because it puts the group that a person is a part of above who that person is as an individual and then seeks to attribute collective guilt to individuals based on those groups. They don't care about your innocence as an individual, they only care about if you are a member of a group that has historically opressed another.
This is a fancy form of tribalism that is not rooted in any kind of fact. Because after all, even the scientific method was created by white western men to support their domination over the marginalized minority. The only that is "true" when viewing the world this way is that reality is defined by the historical dialectic between different groups of people seeking to obtain power over one another.
It's worse because it hijacks people's best intentions by redefining words like "diversity", "inclusion" & "equity" and masquerading behind supposed good intentions when in reality they seek only to tear down what they view as a fundamentally oppressive society.
Anyone that tries to argue this by projecting their own interpretations on to these concepts is wrong and the "intellectuals" behind the movement are counting on people to not study these things deeply enough to understand and allowing those same people to push the movement by hijacking their compassionate intentions. There is no nuance or interpretation to this. The movement is a postmodern deconstruction of traditional narratives and the establishment of a dialectical material narrative. It's not rooted in fact and should be denounced for the triablism it seeks to reinstate.
A ressource for those seeking to learn more about this ridiculous philosophy:
newdiscourses.com/translations-from-the-wokish/
Don't let these "intellectuals" use your compassionate impulses for their own gain. Don't pretend to understand something if you don't understand it.
@@samd5216 I appreciate your long-winded explanation on this matter. I don’t have a degree in sociology nor am I pretending to. My post is my personal opinion based on own life experience. My main point is that I disagree with how the video define systemic racism. In my opinion a perfect example of systemic racism is affirmative action for example. That’s all I really wanted to get across. I’ll leave it up to you to provide the collegiate explanation 👍.
"prioritize a white point of view"
What is a "white point of view"?
It is pretty odd since in the internet i have never seen a person invalidating the argument of a person based on colors... But i have been seen a lot sof case of a white point of view being invalidate by his skin color... The argument is: you are privileged therefore your opinion is invalid...
It is pretty odd, because in reality it's the oposite
It's similar to when people tell you to act black. It's ignorance incarnate.
The white point of view would be the view of those who don't live under the same socioeconomic conditions of poor red lined communities.
@@canadagoose8543 Then the statement should be that people living in the socioeconomic conditions of poor redlined communities are underrepresented.
The socioeconomic conditions under which white people (like people of most ethnicity) live pretty much ranges across every strata of the population, and framing the statement in racial terms is a bigoted generalization.
@@maya-amf3325 You have it completely backwards. The socioeconomic conditions in red lined communities stem from a historical gate keeping of wealth accumulation within black communities as perpetuated by the white supremacist power structures implemented throughout the first 216 years of American history, these power structures are now gone, and have been gone for 29 years, therefore it does not range across every strata of the population, it's specific to the black race... who have only been allowed to accumulate wealth for 29 out of 245 years of the country's history.
It's positive news that the first 88% of the country's history continues no longer, but the socioeconomic feedback loop created by this history continues, and any narrative that perpetuates the socioeconomic feedback loop is... the white narrative.
It is terrifiyingly sad to read these comments
why
ua-cam.com/video/kL4q2FqWjsA/v-deo.html
My voice 💔 A time to heal 2021 💪🏽results change laws🙏🏽
@@rp8098 walter
Its a lot of people with stupid rebuttals to Systematic racism in the vain of Ben Shapiro(theyre like playing word games with institutional racism),
-people who think that bringing up Americas racist past is the problem
-people asking for evidence when watching a video that is giving said evidence
-and people really lacking empathy to not see that an argument can be made in efforts of protecting Others and not totally self-indulgent(so idiots with a capital " I").
-theres even a few troll accounts , u can see that they made those accounts like recently
a funny one is that guy whose like " i sold a house to an African-American woman , how can i do that if racism?!" ( that guy is a special case , he thinks capitalism has snuffed out racism when it inspired it to begin with)
i encourage anyone listening to any outlet anywhere on the political spectrum to fact check , and not parrot some idiot who is gonna tell u what u want to hear so they can get into your wallets. if u do , then u dont have a lot to get mad about with this video.- straight facts-
@@ji_ji_ great reply, thanks for the time you are taking to communicate the misunderstanding (intentional or not). We need more people like you in many of these comment sections.
Please define the difference between the effects of systemic racism and poverty, in a convincing evidenced way.
read about redlining an how it helped white families build wealth. look at how many home owners there are, and when were homes purchased a lot. how many homes compared to these times are purchased now? and by which ethnic group? we've been in a housing bubble for so many years now
m.ua-cam.com/video/YrHIQIO_bdQ/v-deo.html
@@taylormoore6918 yeah that’s the simplistic video that has been rolled out on this- in fact it is the one that you link to which does not make any distinction between working class issues and racial ones. You could replace Jamal with a poor white person and it could be the same video. I guess in the US, people have a really strong bias to equating being black with being poor which seems very demeaning
@@jamesharris4687 did u watch the video. the history of how black people were treated is why jamal was not able to be successful. his family was never able to gain wealth bc of racist back in the day so no wealth was ever passed down.
@@jamesharris4687 and i know black does not equal poor.
When are they going to define systemic racism?
@@Torric25 Yes exactly, I’m glad someone finally said it.
@@Torric25 Go ahead and explain the incarceration rates. Explain the racial wealth gap. Explain the war on drugs. Explain redlining. Explain the southern strategy. Explain why black sounding names are less likely to be hired than white sound names.
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/like-abusive-policing-denial-of-access-to-mortgage-credit-for-black-americans-is-growing-crisis
fortune.com/2016/07/19/mortgage-lending-racial-disparities/
www.epi.org/news/good-credit-score-protect-latino-black-borrowers/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22777683/
www.aclu.org/report/driving-while-black-racial-profiling-our-nations-highways
://fortune.com/2016/07/19/mortgage-lending-racial-disparities/
www.epi.org/news/good-credit-score-protect-latino-black-borrowers/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22777683/
www.aclu.org/report/driving-while-black-racial-profiling-our-nations-highways
www.nap.edu/catalog/12875/unequal-treatment-confronting-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-health-care
www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/01/28/us-education-still-separate-and-unequal
www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/wrongful-convictions-race-exoneration.html
www.aclu.org/blog/smart-justice/mass-incarceration/race-contributes-wrongful-convictions?redirect=blog/mass-incarceration/race-contributes-wrongful-convictions
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining
docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1OIVHtml45EcMSi3suI5Zn1ymef5Y-8hnHbeY6kxp-ec/mobilebasic
@@greatnessawaits4151 I cant reply (YT algorithm) but all of what you posted is either explained by personal choices and class, or is historical and irrelevant.
This is only one that is current and independent of
choices/class: "Explain why black sounding names are less likely to be hired than white sound names. "
Ethnic sounding names are more likely to be rejected across societies... English sounding names in France for example and vice versa...it crosses all races and ethnicities
Brian Valentine your response is saying my experience as a black woman doesn’t matter. I have to work harder than most and life is still a struggle.
@@lajan1981ify your color doesn’t matter to me as a I am a person of color too…
I don't deny systemic or institutional racism I just want to know what specific policies/laws support racism so that I know what specific policies/laws to fight against. I try searching it but all I get is explanations about what institutional/systemic racism is but no specific policy. How do I fight against something where I can't find a target or is it more complicated than that?
Jim Crow would be an example of true systemic racism. However modern instances of it are none.
The issue with Jim Crow is that people think it ended right sway and that’s false. Nothing in history has ever worked that way. Even with slavery- slavery officially ended on December 6, 1865 but that doesn’t mean everyone just let their slaves go on December 7, 1865. These things take time. In some places they didn’t enforce the law right away and that was true with Jim Crow. It isn’t like you can get all these people who don’t approve of blacks to just change their mind and start hiring them or letting them into your neighborhoods…no. It didn’t work like that. It was still decades after before attitudes started to change. This is how I see things: whatever laws/policies you see changed in your lifetime…you aren’t going to see the impact. It’s your children or grandchildren that get to experience the impact. That’s how it works.
@@lisacox3750 That ain't systemic racism though. That becomes individual racism. Nobody should be denying that individual racism doesn't exist, it will always exist. However putting the blame on systemic racism just causes a roadblock, because now people are looking for answers in the wrong place.
Nobody ever gives specifics because they don't have any to give. This stuff is truly Kafka's surreal psychological horror 'The Trial' brought into reality. I recommend Thomas Sowell if you're looking to understand the root causes of economic disparities and such. he actually knows what he's talking about and has the receipts to back it up. He wrote a fantastic book called 'Discrimination and Disparities'. I believe you can find excerpts from that and his other books and interviews where he talks about these subjects here on UA-cam.
John McWhorter is also worth listening to on these subjects.
@@jdubo1998 If you need instances of systematic racism then you first have to start with schools. In schools, black children are more likely to be put into Special Need classes. Then you can look at the criminal justice system. Black and whites reported smoking marijuana at the same rate but black people are the 6 to 7 more likely to end up in jail or prison for it.
You can look at employment. A resume study was conducted and the only difference was the name. One sounded black one sounded white and the one with the white name got way more callbacks. Then you can look at wealth inequality. In which
the average white person has 10 times more wealth then the average black person and it would take 232 years for the average black person to have the wealth that the average white person has today. You can also find health care studies where a black person can go in for the same illness as a white person but get treated much different.
Then you will see a system. The education system is unequal or unfair (also because schools are funded by property taxes, making that also unequal), the criminal justice system is unequal and unfair, the economic system is unequal, and the health care system is unequal. Then you will see the systematic racism that exists!
I hear this term thrown around ALL the time but no one can ever actually tell me what it means lmao
@Craig Miller that isn't true, affirmative action isn't actually affective. If you look at the states where white men have abolished it the amount of white people attending colleges and stuff of that sort was cut in half. So affirmative action had the right idea it just doesn't work at all. So this is simply not true
It means having laws or things put on place that make it hard for most of people of color to do. For example, most blacks and people of color have 2 forms of identification and one is paper. In some states they have had elections where they required 2 forms of Identification and not allowing paper id. This lead to less than half of blacks and other people of color to vote. This was put in place to make the voting predominantly white. This applies to so many things especially jobs, college, school, sports, jail/justice, and etc. It's policy's that prevent a group to have access or being able to do that thing the policy is put in place for. This has been around for all of history and still are around now.
You can legit just watch the video... that is explaining it lol
People don't understand it. I kind of understand because I was complacent for most of my life. Open your minds, open your hearts. You might just learn something. There is a problem whether you want to see it or not. Racism has not gone anywhere. I had a false sense until these last few years. I thought that racism was fringe. But no a lot if ignorant people still hating. It's in our systems. Our government systems. Prison incarceration, Employment, housing and a heck of a lot more. Please have an open mind and an open heart.
It's like the cultural thing that police can do no wrong and shouldn't be held accountable. That is a cultural belief in this country. I was blinded by it, I had that belief. Not anymore. I watched Derrick Chauvins murder trial. I started out pretty impartial but the evidence swayed me (I couldn't get past the video though)(I watched these beings crush the life out of this one being) it's literally that simple. I now have thrown out that cultural B.S. If we as humans can make mistakes then they as humans can as well. I say again please have an open heart and an open mind♡
@@meowmeowmeoww69 omg im Hispanic and this isn't true it is not hard too get 2 forms of id i don't see how that is racist if you can't get 2 forms of id your simply un responsible you have too blame your self for that one.
Identify the specific system by title.
mass incarciration, prision industrial complex, healthcare, criminal justice system, employment industries
@@long_sleppn7509 and how exactly are those targeting black people?
Keno Sunderland
How are those targeting particular races and how can that be improved so that it doesn’t happen?
@@charstar13 Still doesn't explain how mass incarceration is racist and targeting black people. It just states that black people are more likely to be incarcerated.
@@reybeltran1209 okay. research the reasoning behind why that is. I just don't understand the ignorance when the internet exists.
Black person here...came to this video to see if I can be convinced this exist.
Still not convinced.
Study the history of the demokkkrat party, public education, planned parenthood, and the prison system. Look at politicans like Joe Biden and Chuck Schummer. I'm not always sure what people mean by systemic racism, but certainly the Demokkkrats created a racist system.
@@JohnDouqh democrats possibly created it and republicans deny its existence. they are both culprits
@@fabiofernandes9122 excuse me? Republicans fought a civil war about it, fight for school choice and liberty for all. They also fight planned parenthood which is executing Margret Sanger's genocide against black America.
What they deny is the allegations that Republicans are bigots. Which is just a lie perpetrated by the Demokkkrats propaganda machine in order to white wash their history of slavery and racial oppression.
@@JohnDouqh I'm Republican, and you forgot that today, the parties switched tho...
@@thanos1707 the parties never switched. The racist Demokkkrats followed the black man and set up ghettos in all major cities. Every ghetto is run by Demokkkrats. Republican values have essentially stayed the same, freedom of the individual. Demokkkrat values have essentially stayed the same, slavery of the individual. Why do you think so many millennial Democrats are communists? Communism is essentially 20th century slavery.
What they are describing are thoughts, and beliefs. Very broadly, re-defining "thought crime", as racism. "People are 'thinking wrong', and we must change that. Through education. Especially the education of children"...is what this boils down to. This is extremely dangerous stuff. It goes well-beyond ideas having to do with race, or racial tension. This is 'Orwellian'. They truly believe they are the righteous-arbiters of truth, and should pursue policy to control 'wrong think'. Like I said, this is dangerous, and it isn't new.
Read the 1619 Project for a comprehensive understanding.
Once again, Asian and Punjabi Americans get left out of the discussion. Who are the real racists?
Lol pls
asians are already well off if they can travel across the sea to america. asians are not as privileged as whites but definitely more than blacks or latinos. I am an asian and most asian friends I have had parents with well paying jobs and security when they moved here ( and some married whites for a green card ). Asians aren’t systematically oppressed unlike blacks who face obvious oppression and side effects from the past. it’s undeniable.
Maybe I am missing something here. This video talked about systemic racism but provided no data. Is there evidence of systemic racism today? Disparities in incarceration does not automatically equate to systemic racism.
@@avakinlifeuser6888 Go ahead and explain the incarceration rates. Explain the racial wealth gap. Explain the war on drugs. Explain redlining. Explain the southern strategy. Explain why black sounding names are less likely to be hired than white sound names.
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/like-abusive-policing-denial-of-access-to-mortgage-credit-for-black-americans-is-growing-crisis
fortune.com/2016/07/19/mortgage-lending-racial-disparities/
www.epi.org/news/good-credit-score-protect-latino-black-borrowers/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22777683/
www.aclu.org/report/driving-while-black-racial-profiling-our-nations-highways
://fortune.com/2016/07/19/mortgage-lending-racial-disparities/
www.epi.org/news/good-credit-score-protect-latino-black-borrowers/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22777683/
www.aclu.org/report/driving-while-black-racial-profiling-our-nations-highways
www.nap.edu/catalog/12875/unequal-treatment-confronting-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-health-care
www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/01/28/us-education-still-separate-and-unequal
www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/wrongful-convictions-race-exoneration.html
www.aclu.org/blog/smart-justice/mass-incarceration/race-contributes-wrongful-convictions?redirect=blog/mass-incarceration/race-contributes-wrongful-convictions
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining
docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1OIVHtml45EcMSi3suI5Zn1ymef5Y-8hnHbeY6kxp-ec/mobilebasic
Go ahead and explain the incarceration rates. Explain the racial wealth gap. Explain the war on drugs. Explain redlining. Explain the southern strategy. Explain why black sounding names are less likely to be hired than white sound names.
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/like-abusive-policing-denial-of-access-to-mortgage-credit-for-black-americans-is-growing-crisis
fortune.com/2016/07/19/mortgage-lending-racial-disparities/
www.epi.org/news/good-credit-score-protect-latino-black-borrowers/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22777683/
www.aclu.org/report/driving-while-black-racial-profiling-our-nations-highways
://fortune.com/2016/07/19/mortgage-lending-racial-disparities/
www.epi.org/news/good-credit-score-protect-latino-black-borrowers/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22777683/
www.aclu.org/report/driving-while-black-racial-profiling-our-nations-highways
www.nap.edu/catalog/12875/unequal-treatment-confronting-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-health-care
www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/01/28/us-education-still-separate-and-unequal
www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/wrongful-convictions-race-exoneration.html
www.aclu.org/blog/smart-justice/mass-incarceration/race-contributes-wrongful-convictions?redirect=blog/mass-incarceration/race-contributes-wrongful-convictions
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining
docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1OIVHtml45EcMSi3suI5Zn1ymef5Y-8hnHbeY6kxp-ec/mobilebasic
@@greatnessawaits4151 Does that happen in countries which the majority are of another race different from your own? Or is it an American thing or a white person thing in general
@@avakinlifeuser6888 American white thing
@@greatnessawaits4151 I’ve always wanted to go the USA. I like the fast food they have in the airport, the portions are generous. I’d like to go in a food tour in NYC for the pastrami, chowder, backed pretzels and spumonis.
Talking about stereotypes, they seem undesirable, but what about stereotyping white people as oppressors?
What about the black racists that stereotype white people, or policemen?
What about stereotyping conservatives?
Is all that correct?
Are you sure you don't make generalizations or have cognitive biases and distortions?
No, they do. They just point out yours and ignore theirs so they can pretend to be morally superior. Welcome to politics. Its just mud slinging with a lot of hypocrisy thrown in.
This game can be used in other ways also . Something designed like gangstalking , but I am sustained on level ground .
Please, just please give us examples of institutions that are racist so we can fight them together !
Only informations that are not apstract in this video (those statistics) are easily explained by cultural differences.
Give us the truth !
They literally did 😂
But here's an example: Criminal Justice System
@@hzjohnson1632 can you please personally explain to me, as a black person, how the criminal justice system is systemically racist? Seriously. I don't get it and am not convinced.
@@IWasBlindButNowISeeJesus ikr me either
@@IWasBlindButNowISeeJesus black people face way harsher sentences
@@purpledefaultpfp6233 black people face way harsher sentences
Frank Rizzo says.... send a salami to your boy in the army
Sol Rosenberg agrees.
I lost brain cells watching this video.
Ramez did u have any to begin with😐.
@Jovita Ida I guess not not sweetheart lol
@Jovita Ida oh good one lol
CAUSE > EFFECT
Wow, this video is incredible. We are talking straight up the book 1984. There is a ton to this craziness, just this one under internalized racism. I hope you are sitting down, denying racism means you have internalized racism. So you can either admit you are a racist or you can deny it and that means you're a racist. Sorry, just how it is.
@@sebastienrodin8329 First you can define racism and second you can enlighten us as to where this racism is in society. I am all ears.
@@sebastienrodin8329 I am serious in all my comments.
@@brekinla racism is prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized. and mass incarceration, prison industrial complex, healthcare, criminal justice system, employment industries are all examples off systemic racism in america
@@long_sleppn7509 Do you understand that inequality does not equal does not mean inequity. (injustice).
@@long_sleppn7509 Tell me one racist policy that creates inequality to differemt ethnic groups.
I was in a neighborhood working last night and a bunch of little kids came down the street with a ball and a dog, a bit like the Little Rascals. And they started fighting over the ball like little kids do.
The big black boy suddenly thunders "Youre a RACIST!!" because this little white girl wouldn't give him the ball. She must have been like 4 years old. She stomps and yells back "I am NOT a wacist!!" "Yes you are gimme the ball, you racist."
I'm like OMG, they're already starting and barely old enough to walk. How did we get here *sigh*
Because of videos like this
I'm sorry, but I think Afro-Americans are every bit as capable, smart and talented as Euro-Americans. The systemic racism movement is playing with some dangerous ideas that aren't well thought through.
Rick Shaw - of course it is well thought through. Being a victim = power.
@@JosephFrancisBurton That's the truth isn't it. What the world needs is more kindness and less victimhood. This whole movement is beyond depressing.
@@rickshaw296 how is the idea of systemic racism happening more dangerous than systemic racism itself?
Edit: spelling
@@benjimcghie2329 Because its a lie. Putting your belief into a lie is always dangerous. If you're dumb enough to swallow the lies the systemic racism crowd is spewing, you'll become dumb enough to believe any lie. Its not ok to be stupid in life, you must think for yourself, clearly and critically. Do you honestly believe America is a horrible country? What do you know about other countries?
@@rickshaw296 how's it a lie? When did systemic racism end?
A true example of systemic racism - Canada's INDIAN ACT?
The INDIAN ACT reduced Canada's Aboriginal peoples to legal status as minors. Therefore the Ottawa government of Canada set up a system of apartheid against the First Nations. This discriminatory system must be considered as systemic racism since it is based on laws and principles consciously developed and accepted by the majority of citizens even today. This reality, unworthy of a country that calls itself evolved, largely determines the troubled relations that have existed between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals since 1876.
An example of discrimination resulting from this law: The INDIAN ACT does not confer any property rights on the Native people since it is impossible for them to buy the lands in the reserves, this one being the exclusive property of the Crown, Crown which belongs to the British Monarchy to which King Charles III was recently elected non-democratically, in office by blood ties only. This state of affairs therefore limits the ability of Aboriginal people to borrow and reduces their financial autonomy. They have different rights from other citizens simply because of their Aboriginal status. This form of segregation is a blatant demonstration of systemic racism.
correlation isn't causation. You can't just pull up data without actually linking every case to racism.
Equitable is communism-everyone is equal and has equal assets.
Equality is capitalism-everyone has an equal chance to build their life but gets the rewards they earn from working hard.
Here's a true life example of the actual race problem in employment. A Black man applies for a skilled position as a service technician. He meets all education and experience requirements of the position. All the applicants must take a competitive examination on ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY. The Black man scores 97% on the test to make the number one highest score. THREE white males with LOWER test scores are hired. The Black man who made the top test score was NOT hired! Do you see the problem?
Just because someone interviewed you and posted it on UA-cam doesn't mean what you're saying is correct.
I honestly think that before the recent "Woke Wars" we all as a people, for the most part, were getting along really well. I felt like a lot of the division based on race had dissolved over the last 3 decades and people didn't really give a damn about skin color any more. Black, white, brown, yellow, clear...I love you all my brothers and sisters.
@OP
Ding ding ding
Labeling everyone that disagrees with your worldview as racist, therefore as an extension of that they're bad people. Just McCarthyism/Red Scare bullshit except black/racist swapped for America/Commies
@@ZLE_
Racism will always to some agree exist.
The issue is overexagerating its prevalence as if it's still Jim crow era racism and cashing in by making a career off racism using the suffering of other ppl who:
- aren't even alive
- who you never even knew
-Of experiences (the majority of) minorities no longer have
THAT is evil and exploitative
@@knes167 pointing out an issue and saying “I’m tired of this” is not over exaggerating it’s a knowledge and a problem and forcing people to solve it innocent people are being killed there is no way to justify it
@@tamiyahhalls6730
Main thing ppl are talking about now is microaggressions on a nationwide scale. Not actual legitimate cases of racism which are so rare the news has to dig and struggle to find them (thankfully it's not easy as Jim crow days)
You are not as knowledgeable as you wish you were, dont be a fear mongerer
@@tamiyahhalls6730
TL,DR: if your world view is based more off of facebook, viral tweets and things white news conglomerate yada yada cherry picked out to tell you, you're opinion is near worthless to me
You are ignorant
Examples? How come they don’t give any examples at all.
mass incarceration, prison industrial complex, healthcare, criminal justice system, employment industries are all examples off systemic racism in america
They literally did
m.ua-cam.com/video/YrHIQIO_bdQ/v-deo.html
Is it hearing, seeing or understanding the problem you have? I am curious, I'll see if there is anything I can help u with.
@@long_sleppn7509 Against whit people yeah I suppose lol
I'm trying to find out more about systemic racism but I don't understand how the statistics equal racism? Like how do I prove my conservative friends that the statistics are a result of racism not that minorities get into more trouble or something?
It’s an extensive document analyzing systemic racism and examples of it written by this youtuber named Vaush. You should check it out.
@@jolie6116 I can only find the one where replies to Ben Shappy
You can't prove something based on lies. Its 2021 the only systematic racism examples that exist today is to benefit minorities.
@trollnerd That is such a disingenuous statement, you have provided a single racist douchebag and have used it to speak for the rest of the herd. I don’t think I need to explain to you why that source avoids the big question, it is not empirically correct or even shows a truth about the police system.
@trollnerd Are you that fucking dense? You realize that one department does not speak for the entirety of the police force right? What are you smoking?
As usual, not one real life example was provided in this video of "systemic racism". If this issue has been system wide for decades, there should be millions of specific cases documented (proven cases, not assumptions or hearsay). The proven case and the name of the institution where it happened? What, when, where, why, how? One example please. I'm not being combative, I asking because I've never heard of one proven case.
well it seems that by definition, systemic racism is intractable.
The beauty of this is that all it takes is some dubious statistical analysis, you show there's a disparity in wealth or achievement in specific categories (typically in standards of living) enjoyed by people of different races, then claim that this disparity has to be the result of some diffuse racism in society.
This keeps those who would otherwise be fighting together against economic inequalities at each other's throat. Our economic system is inherently unstable, leading inevitably to a wealth concentration: with money you make more money. That means that a group that was actually discriminated against by the system in the past is likely to remain poor, forever making it seem like there remain overwhelming divides along racial lines to this day, when really the most significant factor keeping people down is the fact that they're already down.
Because the people who deal with it dont need a video example so keep looking from the outside
Here you go ua-cam.com/video/O4ciwjHVHYg/v-deo.html
@@Paaka There is a race report that recently came out in the UK exploring and trying to explain these disparities. They found that in many areas, black Carribeans have far, far worse outcomes than black Africans, while white working class come out at the bottom with Carribeans. You can't explain that away with racism, and this is just one example that shows that disparities are complex and can be attributed to many factors and not necessarily explained away simply by calling it racism. If you just offhandedly dismiss every issue black people face as being attributed to racism, then you'll never get to the root causes and therefore you will never find effective solutions.
I’ve witnessed plenty of systematic racism. The video shows the stats and numbers and facts. This country was founded on racism. The facts are all around you and always have been for 400+ years and counting. Only a complete coward or abject idiot would act like they don’t see it. It’s laughable at this point … just wear your hood already
I like the idea of policies and practices being the substrate of systemic racism. It’s just rare to find people who know of specific policies and practices that are racist. Most policies are not racist.
What’s missing for me is the evidence for racism. It can’t be just the statistical disparities between races because disparities can exist for any number of reasons besides racism. If there are no racist policies you can point to, and most of the people within any given organization don’t harbor negative attitudes towards others based on race, then where’s the racism? How do you know the disparities are because of racism? How do you statistically control for other factors like culture, economics, and temperament?
I’m not trying to deny that racism exists. I just think we need to be more rigorous and more specific about why there are disparities and when those disparities are because of racism and when they are because of something else. We aren’t going to solve racism if what’s really going on is an economic disparity rather than a racial one. At the end of the day, what matters is creating a fair system that gives everyone an equal opportunity for success regardless of race or gender or sex or whatever other irrelevant social category. But to do that, we can’t just go by statistical disparities. It’s not like when we can’t figure out why there’s a disparity, it has to be racism. Racism can’t be the default reason when we can’t think of anything else unless we have good evidence that there is racism. I guess what I’m saying is that I need evidence of racism that isn’t just “there’s a statistical disparity and we don’t know why, so it must be racism.” I mean to be fair, I suppose everyone and their mother could be racist. But I also know that over time, people have become less racist than they were previously in history, so it stands to reason that these disparities should be disappearing. If they are, then we’re on the right track, we just have to wait for the racist people to die out. If they aren’t, then there’s probably more going on than just racism.
To be honest, to me these disparities aren’t due to racism now. They’re due to racism in the past. I’m sure there are still racist people in the system, but not enough to account for these disparities. I think what’s happening is that minorities have been part of a systemically racist society in the past for a long time and the effects of that aren’t going to go away any time soon because now, even though we do live in a relatively racist-free society, most minorities find themselves at economic disadvantages. And they aren’t there because they deserve to be, they’re there because of the history of racism in America. And they’ve been disenfranchised for so long, that a disproportionate amount of them find themselves at the bottom of the economic totem pole. And because most minorities are poor, they have less opportunities than those who are not poor. But it’s not because people and the system are racist now, it’s because minorities are poor now. And yes, the reason they’re poor is because of historical racial injustice, but we can’t fix that if we keep insisting that the reason they’re poor is because of racial injustice now. The system isn’t racist anymore. Now we have to figure out how to get minorities out of poverty who don’t deserve to be there and we have to figure out how to update our cultures to reflect that reality at the same time. White people are used to getting their way, and minorities are used to being oppressed and our cultures have been shaped accordingly.
But all of this means either bending the rules to artificially give minorities opportunities they wouldn’t otherwise have for free, or investing heavily into minority communities so that they have the same opportunities white people do and can then compete fairly. And we’d not only need to pump money into minority communities, but we’d also have to modify their cultures so that they would actually want to compete with white people for positions of power and prominence. Of course pumping money into only non-white poor communities isn’t fair and is racist, but at the same time, how else do you erase the history of inequality from society?
And all of this assumes that our cultural differences are small enough that these disparities will disappear. What if black people just aren’t that interested in STEM? What if they are more drawn to the liberal arts? Are we going to keep saying that STEM is racist if there’s a disparity? How will we know that we’ve actually atoned for the past and undone the effects of racism in the past? I don’t know.
What I do know is that our conversations regarding race need to become more articulate and precise. We can’t afford to just yell racism because we don’t know and then keep trying to scrub out racism from the system even when it isn’t there. We have to be better than that to actually solve the problem and get along as a society. If there’s racism, then by all means, let’s get rid of it as soon as possible. But if there isn’t any, then let’s stop acting as if there is because the consequences of continuing to try to get rid of something that isn’t there is destruction for no reason. There’s real harm in not understanding what a problem is or thinking one thing is a problem when it’s actually something else.
So for heaven’s sake, don’t just say there’s systemic racism because there’s a statistical disparity. Or at minimum, tell us what other factors have been controlled for and what assumptions you had to make in order to control for those factors. And if you can’t do that, then explain which policies are racist and why you think they are racist. Don’t just claim that the entire system is racist or that everyone in the system is racist and then call it a day. What is anyone supposed to do with that information?
I appreciate your taking the time to think it through a bit and to articluate your thoughts.
I agree that the racism of the past has had effects into the present that will effect the quality of life and opportunity of people of certain groups living today. The problem is, where does it start and where does it end? It is an nebulous cloud of ambiguity on how and where it effects any particular individual and now much responsibility each individual has.
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You should be delivering Ted talks. We need to kill this "woke" blind radical liberal movement with true talks and discussions like this. They have no evidence or facts behind anything they say and just attack others which is causing more division.
The other factor to account for is that around 60-70% of African Americans live in middle class areas. The disparity we are talking about is indeed bigger than Whites, but its among a smaller subset of the Black population, and Whites also face this poverty on a great numbers level, but a lower level if you want to talk percentages (Which one is more important seems a bit arbitrary).
The bigger question is why do people seem to think only around 20% of Blacks live in Middle Class areas on average when it isn't true. The other question is how do the vast majority of African Americans find a way to live in these areas, or even become the President, when others don't if "racism" is so prevalent.
How do you silently hand wave fatherless figures, lack of care for education even among very well funded Inner City Schools (Like Ballou Highschool), and high rates of teen Pregnancy and keep stating racism? (Not you specifically I mean this in a general sense). IMO, you don't, and when you factor in the higher disparity in those numbers with the wealth Gap, the disparity we see is about exactly what you would expect and it would be very similar if the average White family (Or lack thereof) followed in those same cultural footsteps.
I find the evidence of Racism to be very lacking, especially when the average video on this completely ignores the cultural tendencies and fails to compare them to other cultures. Until a video actually looks at the whole picture instead of one tiny snippet called Racism I, and many other people, simply wont care (and we shouldn't).
This article basically said Blacks aren't equal to Whites, and thereby need special treatment. Congratulations, the Klan would be proud. In the years after WW2 the world had this unique opportunity to crush once and for all the ancient practice of treating different groups differently, and we are seeing that opportunity fade away. A human is a human and should be treated as a human, there is once race, its called the human race. Don't let people divide us!
@Eschaton Zenith Equal in the eyes of the lord. Differentiate people on their actions, not on their genetics.
If racism is so 'systemic', then perhaps point out some actual racist policies to help the rest of us understand your point. This video didn't explain anything.
Yep, no one will ever give any examples. Because they can't. Keeping it vague is the only way for them to keep their victimhood.
Institutional racism: Constitution of Liberia Article 27 b. In order to preserve, foster and maintain the positive Liberian culture, values and character, only persons who are Negroes or of Negro descent shall qualify by birth or by naturalization to be citizens of Liberia.
Wow!
I was at a DMV in Cali with a buddy so he could show a receipt of a $500 fine paid to reinstate his license. He had an appointment so we didn't wait long before a nice Black woman called us up. He explained the issue and she said, "no problem, that will be $500 please...cash only". He explained that the receipt was for the $500 fine and that he had just paid at the police office. To make a long story short, she said to him "look, I don;t think you understand what is going on here, if you want your license today you gotta pay $500 cash...or you can make another appointment at another DMV. Now, while you think it over, I'm going to take a 5 min break and you go ahead and take a good look around you at all these faces. Do you think anyone here is going to help you or believe you? Nope."
She then went off for her break laughing with some coworkers. Afterwards she came back and said "Hello how can I help you?" He handed her the receipt dumbfounded and she said:
"Well that will be $500...cash".
Now that is institutional power and systemic racism. Did I mention he is white? And everyone there was mostly Black and some Latinos. Just saying it can happen to anyone and perpetuated by anyone.
Yeah these ideals along with these borders, boundaries, barricades, and blockings are very unfortunate
Its a new term developed to make people feel outrage in either direction. You're indignant if you believe in it, and you're frustrated if you know its new-age liberal arts on steroids. We need less of this divisive rhetoric and more unity and hope.
so are you just going to talk without giving any evidence of systemic racism being nonexistent? orr are you just dense?
Wow a 7 minute.
I felt discriminated by this video, must mean it was made by racists..
I lost IQ points watching this
More likely you're not exactly a towering intelligent person to begin with!
It must be so fun to be a victim your whole life. Just blame all your problems on a system instead of taking responsibility
It must be so fun being middle class and white. You don’t have to worry about racist police and having your family incarcerated for no reason but to give money to the prison industry.
@@myopinionisstupidanddoesnt606 I’m not middle class or white but nice try dumb fuck
okay andrew bennett
@@myopinionisstupidanddoesnt606 💯💯💯💯
Here's a true life example of the actual race problem in employment. A Black man applies for a skilled position as a service technician. He meets all education and experience requirements of the position. All the applicants must take a competitive examination on ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY. The Black man scores 97% on the test to make the number one highest score. THREE white males with LOWER test scores are hired. The Black man who made the top test score was NOT hired! Do you see the problem?
(4 of 8)...match the marital fidelity exemplified by Asian Americans. Then they should also reduce the number of...
I like how they mostly look at the black community, what about every other race in America, first Americans would have a case of systemic racism and have been on reservations for how long? How are Asians treated in America? Black people are not oppressed or held back it’s a myth that these people push to still have a job
HOW TO BEAT R-CISM?
I thought about it and if you have Parents/Grandparents who watch Fox-News or Children who watch Ben-Shapiro, and they
start to wonder 'Ok, if Systemic-Racism isnt real, then why are Blacks falling behind? Could it be they are just inherently worse??', then show them the
History-Videos and Racism-Videos of 'Some More News' and 'Knowing Better' as well as the 1 Cuba-Video of 'Second Thought'. The Jim-Crow-Video
of SMN literally adresses Racism-ITSELF and how people can break free from it.
It breaks Tunnelvision and clears-up Myths.
I’ve been trying to promote my songwriting channel for weeks and to think all I would have had to do was speak racist to someone to get publicity and over 200,000 views. I’m doing something wrong.
Immediately shows picture of George Floyd
Racism = systemic racism
Prejudice = favoritism, automatic preference (FOR WHATEVER EXCUSES U HAVE!)
To me systemic racism is when the legal and workplace policies and systems document different biases based on skin color or other immutable characteristics. What individuals think is not systemic. I think systemic racism (by true definition) was eradicated from legal documents, pay rates and company policies a long time ago. Any one care to show an example where it is not?
I saw nothing explained. Where is the systemic racism?
Honestly all those definitions and critical race theory just makes the whole concept debatable and easily challenged.... for most the whole concept is so abstract and people go along with it mostly due to social pressure
I am going to borrow something from David Pakman which I think explains this more effectively.... It it like the game of monopoly, the rules is the same for everyone now... but this one (or maybe more) player was not allowed to buy any houses or properties for 10 turns prior...
Therefore, a lack of economic resources was created which come with it all kinds of issues in a capitalism driven economy.
Read the 1619 Project for a comprehensive understanding.
1. Denying services based on skin color should go under interpersonal racism.
2. I don't see how denying racism exists is internal racism... it's just delusional (edit: or dishonest... which I wouldn't categorize under internal racism, either... just dishonesty. Jessie Lee Peterson denied racism exists... but I don't think he's racist against "black" people.)
why is black in quotes
When I was arrested and charged, I was denied bail and told by my lawyers that if I did not plead guilty I could be sitting in jail waiting longer for a trial date than the amount of time that they were seeking and that I could be given twice the amount of time or more for not taking "responsibility " if found guilty at trial.
So due to those circumstances, I pled guilty knowing that I was innocent, because I didn't want to sit in jail waiting longer for a trial date than the time they were seeking, especially when prison Conditions can be cruel and unusual and trial dates can be unreasonably delayed and convictions can be wrongful and appeals can be often denied.
I pled guilty knowing I was innocent because I did not want to deal with the stress, fear, frustration, malice, or the confusion caused by systemic racism.
I pled guilty knowing that Elizabeth May Terry (lizzie terry) made false allegations in order to steal twenty-three thousand dollars of furniture and electronics from me in retaliation for cheating with her sister
As a victim of systemic racism you do not committ crimes, you just suffer the consequences of crimes like an innocent bystander.
Systemic racism made me the victim look like the criminal and the actual criminal look like the victim. Even when you tell the truth they will make you out to to be the liar and then make the actual liar out to be the one telling the truth.
They will pick sides without knowing the truth or without seeking the truth, and then concoct or make whatever side they think they can make look like the truth.
Everything you say or do they use against you especially in the court of law where everyone in positions of authority are white or have to answer directly or indirectly to someone white. That's white supremacy. Racism, that has been perfected and systematized.
I do not need anyone to tell me that I'm innocent when I know that I am innocent. The video proves I'm innocent. The same video that the judge refused to watch.
I pled guilty knowing that I did not committ any offense, knowing that I was innocent, just to get out of jail and they knew that. Now that I'm out, I take that guilty plea right back. I giveth, therefore I taketh.
I shouldn't have went to jail in the first place. They will lock you up, ruin your life, take everything from you, then release you with nothing. That's racism. They didn't have to lock me up when they knew they was eventually going to release me. They could have released me from the beginning.
You had me till the 3rd paragraph 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 like wtf
That is not systematic racism. That is a problem with the justice system being in the age of irrelevant is your innocence, give them scare tactics, to take a plea bargain for lower sentence. The majority(90%) of cases do not go to trial because of this; people go with the plea bargain rather than defend their innocence. This is a problem with the justice system itself and at most, differences between the classes, not race.
Or you could have just not admitted guilt.
@@明智吾郎-e4b and stay in prison longer??? Nah
@@明智吾郎-e4b and then wait over a year in prison for trial when if I plead guilty I could be given anywhere from time served to three months?
If systemic racism is real - how is it that we have black president. congresspeople, senators, police chiefs? If there is systemic racism it is not doing a very good job.
You are correct. In our great, but nowhere near perfect, country one from a minority population became president.
@Robbie Sarris Can you give an example of systemic racism?
This is funny. How many total black men have been in office? 1. And he's half black not even fully black. How many white men are the CEOs/ in charge of every industry EVER? 99% of white men.. which make up less than half of the U'S's population.
@@charstar13 What percentage is that 99% of the white male population? Moreover, what is fully black?
@@afreedman4361 look it up.
"The rank and file are more primitive than we imagine. Propaganda must therefore always be essentially simple and repetitious. In the long run only he will achieve basic results in influencing public opinion who is able to reduce problems to the simplest terms and who has the courage to keep forever repeating them in this simplified form despite the objections of intellectuals."--Joseph Goebbels (who would thumbs up this video).
You realize its the intellectual that came up with these concepts right?
You are pretending this stuff is the simplistic idea, all the while promoting the actual mindless nonsense that leads to people ignoring real problems in society and blaming everything on individual "bad actors"
I refuse the systematic way of life,being robotic isn't healthy
I came here for a laugh....it worked
If you believe systemic racism exists, you're acknowledging that society was built by the demographic you're accusing of racism.
Ignorant people in the comments, you searched for this video, or somehow landed up here. The least you can do is listen and actually read up instead of spewing bs about how white privilege is a myth. The point is, you as a white person might have had a hard upbringing. But you had you being white working in your favour. If a black person has a hard upbringing, they also face consequences of being black. That's right, consequences, for being of a race!
A white man and a black man might grow up in the same neighborhood, have the same beliefs. But outside of that neighborhood, people will treat them differently, based solely on prejudices.
No.
If you dress properly and present yourself in a respectable way, you're not going to experience negative prejudice
Exactly
should be titled "a bunch of bullshit explained".
i love when people explain non-existent concepts!
did u even watch the video man
a single event or person don't make it systemic, if it's not organized nor is the government implementing racist laws we can't say it's systemic
Back-away from Proof for Systemic-Racism is you have no Spine. Say "Im afraid" and your insta-excused form having to watch what i cite: The 2 Systemic-Racism-Videos by "Some More News" by "Some MOre News" and his 1 Jim-Crow-Video.
Take a poll on the comments in this group,how many are in denial of it and how many are willing to accept or believe it exist. A lot can be gained in that alone.
We see what we want to see and/or vise versa.
It's easy for me to deny sexism against women exist if it has never negatively affected me or my level of comfort,status,success etc..
Racism exists. Systemic racism, in particular, means that there are laws that work against a specific race. In the US, that did exist at one point, about 100 years ago. There are no laws that inhibit a particular race from success or thriving. Ironically, the people that claim the man is oppressing them usually haven't done the work necessary. Of the countless black (or otherwise) CEOs and business owners I've met, none of them complain about systemic racism. I'm not going to be insensitive and say that life is easy, but it certainly doesn't have to be as hard as it was 100 years ago. You're commenting on a UA-cam video which means you have unlimited access to knowledge. It's also ironic that while other people are gaining knowledge about buying real estate and investing, you're watching a video on why you'll never be able to do that.
So we are supposed to believe in something that can’t be seen...because....???
@@koshersalt179 can you see oxygen?
@@trulurecords Yes you can with a microscope
@@theBATmaify you can see the truth as well...(without the aid of a microscope)....if you choose to... a person that treats you differently based on the color of your skin,texture of your hair or dialect of tongue is clear to the one on the receiving end of such treatment, even if the one committing the offense, claims otherwise.
Shouldn't KGW be focused on systemic homelessness, crime, private property damage, rats, garbage, human feses in the streets of Portland etc...?
So what is the solution?? People always like to talk about it, but what's the game plan to fix it? What's the next step?
this is also what I struggle with as well. the fact is that its so deeply rooted in our society and the way we live since the beginning of this nation. We must start by creating a brand new foundation and new roots...which will take time. Remaining conscious, voting for policy change and having uncomfortable conversations is a start.
@@charstar13 perhaps the most vague comment ever. What policy changes? What discussions? If you want to get rid of this so called “systemic racism”, then please tell me, what are you actually going to do
@@HowToGames1 well a start is to vote in people who will create new policies. There are many things wrong, you can do the research yourself. A start can be to vote someone in who supports funding for public schools... instead of it being funded by neighborhoods.All schools just get the same funding and education not just those who are white and privileged..which they are because of the system....
@@HowToGames1 well one person can’t fix it. we need more black lawyers, black judges, black policits, etc. more black ppl in charge so that it is even. if u look it’s mainly white ppl in charge because black people sometimes don’t even have a chance.
@My SkinIsBlack 100% agree. You make your own destiny.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
What a joke....these people need to get a grip and take responsibility for their lives...you are only a victim if you let yourself be one. This is the greatest county in the world in order to rise above ones current standing. Work hard and you will succeed...
the ignorance in this comment is mind blowing
I’m mix so it means I’m racism?
Affirmative action
Give benefits to certain people based on their race.
@@zacharykraus6161 that white women have been the main benefactor of ... cant have them learning AMIRITE?!
@@ji_ji_ huh???
@@thanos1707 My bad , i was wondering if any of the original posters i commented this to would have the balls to reply so far ... none ,turns out conservatives are weak . anyways heres my citation. ideas.time.com/2013/06/17/affirmative-action-has-helped-white-women-more-than-anyone/
@@ji_ji_ soo, you're against affirmative action???
The median black eighth-grader does not possess even basic math skills. “Basic” skills, as defined by the National Assessment of Education Progress exam, means partial mastery of grade-related knowledge. Fifty-three percent of black eighth-graders scored “below basic” on math in 2017. Only 11 percent of black eighth-graders were proficient in math, and 2 percent were advanced. By contrast, 20 percent of white eighth-graders were below basic in 2017, 31 percent were proficient, and 13 percent were advanced. Only 12 percent of Asian eighth-graders were below basic, 32 percent were proficient, and 32 percent were advanced.
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away." ~ George P. Floyd Jr.
drugs will do that
Maybe it’s not racism, but classism? Just a thought…
'All' our institutions? Wow.
yes
Even the NBA
@@codfish4043 nah
Preaching systemic racism will only make racism grow.
I would never watch this bs.
Racism and how to get rid of it is to teach it in all schools, starting in elementary school.
Discussing with students the cause of racism ,the history of racism in the US including slavery and how to prevent it in the future is a good idea. The only way to prevent the cruelty to black people is to start with the young. A massive paradigm shift to equality is sorely needed.Children need to be taught that we should all be equal .
Sure as long as we have classes preserved for not being mean to fat people, or skinny people, or people who wear glasses, or people who are too pale, or people who are poor, or too rich, or for people who aren't quite as smart, or for people who are autistic, or for people who have downs, or for people who are too smart, or for people who have odd fashion choices, or for people who are trans, or for people who are gay, or for people who are..... Wait why are you making Racism seem like the sole one to focus on again?
Point being we have a manners problem. Race isn't a special offense, its one in a massive house of offenses people face everyday.
@@TheWhisperingPenis I agree that ridiculing others or putting each other down for any reason is wrong. Sadly, and I have experienced it In my life, is that in a group or clique that they can become mean to others outside their clique. I have found that when joining a group and ridiculing others happens I tell these people it is wrong ,then have nothing to do with them and leave the group completely. Small mindedness wastes my time and energy. I was not raised to treat others wrongly.
@@Toto-cl8rw I agree. Its kind of the concept of group think and or pack mentality. Its why I generally dislike social situations because it can turn a generally nice person into a monster just to fit in. Even in small minor ways people just get more abusive, aggressive in groups to impress others. Not necessarily outright physical abuse (but there is that too).
Just treat people well is my motto. Treat people with love, you dont have to understand them just understand they are people.
@@TheWhisperingPenis I believe that a person raised to be respectful of others go a long ways. These days nastiness seems to be the trend. Friends that are part of a bullying group are not worth knowing, and to me, a waste of time. I choose friends that have the maturity to act like adults . Sadly many adults act like spoiled children, and should not be respected.
People playing victim... Do something usefull
@@ZLE_ Haha😂 I ment do anything else than play a victim. We are all victims at birth.
I get so confused when people say "playing Vitim" as if this person isn't fighting against it instead of feeling sorry abt it
You are prolly the type of people that say Rosa Park refused to ger her seat up becuz she was just tired.
Racism is a nutshell. Human beings are different races.
3:03 "or a work culture that prioritizes a white point of view."
It's subtle. Oh, it's so super subtle. But the racism is strong in that statement. The crazy people who believe in systemic racism are the ones that already hold your color against you above all else. Because if you're a white man with an opinion, you're nothing but a *white man with an opinion,* and not simply an individual with an opinion. As soon as they identify you as white, you're nothing else to them. They've already segregated you within their minds into an antagonistic outgroup. And now everything you do, every action you take, every word you say will then be filtered through your 'whiteness'.
If that's not blatant internal bias, if that's not blatant racism at its core, then I don't know what is.
Color is all that matters to these crazy people.
Systemic racism does not exist.
I wish i could thumbs up your comment 100xs
100th dislike
Prejudging people is what we are trying to solve.
These definitions that are so vague... anyone is racist, are absurd nonsense. @2:39 and @3:34 So we're all complicit because we live in our society?
I think the point being made is that our laws and societal norms were established by Europeans, therefore, anyone that from a European culture has an advantage. Its an intellectually lazy argument, because its not completely wrong and not completely correct. I'm sorry that medical doctors cure more diseases than witch doctors, I'm sorry 1 man 1 woman marriages make for a better society than a tribal chief having 20 wives while 19 other men are left out, I'm sorry that going to a job one time is more productive than hunting bush meat for a village. America is a powerful nation, and European ways of doing things are more productive and powerful than West African ways of doing things. That doesn't mean African people are inferior, that just means there's some catching up to do, and the best way for Blacks to catch up to Whites is to keep the rules the same and equal for everyone, and let a few centuries roll by. Social progress takes time, I hate to break it to the world.
@@rickshaw296 I see where your coming from with the lazy argument but the use of stereotypes was unnecessary half of the people who are identified as African American in America are actually Caribbean or South America which is no where near Africa
Oh....another univariate explanation of multivariate phenomena.
All talk, no action. WHY? Because people at the top don't WANT EQALITY. This discussion will continue over and over and over until the world ends.
To simplify it all - it’s just discrimination or hate.
UA-camr Some More News covered it.
Seen the Jim-Crow-Video, the Thanksgiving-Video and the 'Fear of Crime Politics'-Video?
How can you condemn racism if you yourself are just as racist?
Oh we are back to this?
Classic American strategy: Fracture the working class along racial lines to prevent them from having enough political clout to harm the interests if the wealth.
1) Poor white share croppers vs black slaves (Plantation System)
2) Poor whites vs free African Americans (Jim Crow)
Here's the thing about class based policies:
1) Any group facing systematic barrier will make up a greater share of the lower classes
2) Policies that solely focus on class would exclusively benefit the lower classes
1 + 2 = Groups facing systemic barriers would disproportionately benefit
Naturally the rich don't want that. So they do things like race based Affirmative Action
1) Poor and middle class white families who send their kids to crappy schools hate it, because they get screwed
2) Poor and middle class black families who send their kids to crappy schools won't see any benefit
3) Rich white families will still be sending their kids to elite schools
4) Rich black families will be sending their kids to elite schools
If it was class based, kids going to poor crappy schools would get spots and the rich kids wouldn't. But we can't have that now can we?
Humans can’t stop racism. Only the Creator Jehovah can.
I'd like to hear more people talk about the Uyghur Genocide. I think a million people being held, and becoming "no longer with us" in internment camps in khina, is just slightly important.
Sure buddy, you germans don't even want to hear or admit to the genocide you're forefathers committed in what is now called usa.
"African Americans are incarcerated at more than 5 times that of whites." - Question: of both racial demographics how many of those are UNJUSTLY incarcerated? I think it's probably important to break down those numbers a bit.
honestly really sad to see how many ignorant people are in this comment section
How does 'systemic racism' make it difficult for people of color to combat discrimination and oppression?
Here's a true life example of the actual race problem in employment. A Black man applies for a skilled position as a service technician. He meets all education and experience requirements of the position. All the applicants must take a competitive examination on ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY. The Black man scores 97% on the test to make the number one highest score. THREE white males with LOWER test scores are hired. The Black man who made the top test score was NOT hired! Do you see the problem?
Hypocrite = we already have equal rights!
Not Big Brother Operation, but rather the MR BIG OPERATION.
I keep getting them mixed up because in my case, they used both. They employed both techniques to deal with me. Room 101 and Mr. Big war room and actors.
HBCUs perfect example of institutional racism
so it's just the sum of basic individual racism
Alot of people creating careers out of victimizing whole cultures.
“ZyStEmIC rAzIsM n Sheeeeit”
To those that would be interested i d like to recommend this video :)
ua-cam.com/video/m8Nudmm7ha4/v-deo.html
Anyone here give me the “system” that is racist.? What people.? What place.?
We are ultimately divided more by class rather than race
the reason its divided by class has a lot to do with racism.
@@charstar13 no, it’s culture, not racism. But you don’t care, because you’ll probably just blame anything that you don’t understand on racism
@@HowToGames1 Why would I do that? You do not know me. Are you saying culture of how people are/ surrounding themselves with and mindset?? Because if thats the case there would be more black millionaire and billionaires. Or culture of black and white people? Because I am biracial black and white and have experienced both "cultures"..but that doesn't negate the fact I acknowledge the fact it exists.
@@HowToGames1 Sounds like u just got done listening to Ben Shapiro , so let me phrase this in a way you're probably used to being talked down to :
" ok ,so IMAGINE HYPOTHETICALLY there were a RACE of people who were recently FREED from a monetized subjugated non-agreement (SLAVERY) so their culture is that of SLAVE culture , not African and not America ,right(?).. we can almost say its the progenitor to BLACK culture ,ok(?) ...
-and HYPOTHETICALLY, every instance of there being advancements in that culture They were met with SITUATIONS like 40 acres and a mule (where the FEDERAL GOVT. took land away from former slaves promised by Lincoln), Thomas and Meeks griffon ( 2 rich black men UNJUSTIFILY and FALSELY convicted of a murder ,with written Statements from the judge that convicted them, to have just wanted blacks not to own land or wealth) and red lining after WW2 that prevented 2 MILLION black SOLIDERS from owning homes in white neighborhoods (enforced by state governments)"
-"meanwhile enforced by groups using their free speech to express "less than moral " ideas based on the color of someone's skin , and put up statues to intimidate that culture HYPOTHETICALLY of course"
"using JUDEO-CHRISTIAN LOGIC , u can assume that the culture was formed in the CONFINES and RESTRICTIONS of racist ACTORS... to keep black people in a state poor culture ,and we know that poor cultures are tied to crime rates and lower education , cause i cant shut up about it"
" now hypothetically , lets say what you're going to say is : " well all those people are dead and the past is in the past and modern black people are just trying to wrongly profit from it" , with dismissive statements like that its almost like you probably shouldnt involve yourself in topics u arent equipped to think for yourself about instead of being a parrot "
hope thats clear for you.
3:02 what the fuck does that even mean? Lol.
All that talk about systems and then the bait and switch. What can you do? Fix your implicit bias. Errrmmm. Very systemic. There's interpersonal oppression and there's systemic oppression. Dismantle both. But when people try to conflate the two, they deserve zero trust.
Interesting that there are all these made-up terms that don't really exist.
Some of the work that is being done now is helping to prop up black Americans which is good, I think most people agree with the statistics that show that black American's need support in many ways. I think the theory of systemic racism is where we lose most people though. This video describes systemic racism as "all of our institutions collectively upholding racist policies" (3:35) yet the system, which consists of normal people like you and me, are holding institutions accountable for racist policies through legal action and accountability. Any institution with any policy that is remotely racist quite often receive very swift and expensive lawsuits. When talking with people I know that support this theory, I am often given examples of individual racism that they believe to be systemic. For example, I was told of a hiring supervisor that often makes racist remarks which could mean that person may be more likely to use their bias when making hiring and disciplinary decisions. This is very true, but it's not systemic racism, it's individual racism. The biggest issue is when I was given this example, I asked that person what they have done to combat this racism... I was told that they have done nothing. This is the real issue, we are trying to create a new definition of racism that can not be used to combat racism in any way because it has no legal or social application, but when we as individuals are presented with the opportunity to really do something about racism, to stand up for others even when it puts ourselves at risk, we just call it "systemic" or "institutional" racism and pretend like we're all a bunch of freedom fighters. Virtue signaling is not going to solve racism, standing up to individuals who are racist even when it means putting ourselves at risk, is what will stop racism. I have been searching and will continue to search for a real world example of systemic racism but as of now, I cannot agree with this theory.
racism is never going to stop
Systemic victimization of low expectations.