People have fathers, brothers, husbands, sons and can still be misandrists. It works both ways (not that you’re necessarily saying otherwise). Also, literally every misogynist has a mother. Every single one. It’s kind of a product of biology.
@@theshadowenigma4919 That's the point. It doesn't make them not sexist because they have women in the family. They're still sexist, but will say they like their mother.
@@RockZombieIAm Umm perhaps this was a miscommunication on my part but I never said (or meant to say) that misogynists aren't sexist just because they have women in their family. I mean the description of "misogynist" itself implies that they are sexist. I was just pointing out that this holds true for women and misandry as well, and I was also responding to the earlier comment that every misogynist has a mother because every human being has a mother. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
@@samanthaepps6365 Through love and acceptance of diffrent love, obviously. Plantation owners were so happy tk marry off their daughters with slaves because they accepted the diffrent love so much. 😱😱😱😱 the travesty!
Malcolm X had a great quote about this: "If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there's no progress. If you pull it all the way out, that's still not progress. Progress is *healing* the wound that the blow made. And they haven't even pulled the knife out, much less heal the wound. They won't even admit the knife is even there."
@@Chefyy He was tired and angry and wanted to be treated equally. _Racist society_ wasn't good. He may not have had the nicest approach, but he had hit his breaking point. Not to mention, he changed his mind later in his short life, becoming more optimistic about a bloodless revolution once he saw past his anger. Life isn't black and white, and the quote shared above is thoughtful and pretty damn accurate, I'd say.
I know right, same for the Netherlands and our history. I am truly ashamed and angry at what happened years ago. I couldn't have done anything. But what makes me even more angry is that our countries pay attention to what other countries have done TO us, but never to what we have done. I hate that so much. I have seriously been taught about the second world War about every schoolyear I had history. We should be educated on that. But it's every year literally the same and instead they could've used that time to talk about slavery and all that.
Yer for me it was Romans -> King henry 8th > Victorians -> WW1 -> WW2 . Suppose you have limited time but it is probably something that needs to be focused on...
Well John British military came to South Africa wanting peice of land through war they had some guns . Zulu tribes fought them with spear and Knobkir We won. By the way i'am South African belong to the Zulu tribe
Not necessarily. I know it sounds weird but it's easier to learn about something than it is to unlearn a lie. I'm German and I would say it would be less harmful to not learn about the Nazis than it is to learn some glorified lie about them. You often hear stories about american history, especially the treatment of slaves and the civil war ( e.g. that it wasn't mainly about slavery) and that can be super hard to unlearn. Because it not only means that your teacher and parents and everyone has possibly lied to you about that, but also the realisation of what this country was built upon hits hard and internalised morals, values and heroes are shattered.
Yeah, I was a little worried that the show would fail after John left. After the first year I saw Trevor fill the role and then some. Very smart and talented.
When I took AP U.S. History in high school, my teacher assigned us a mandatory reading of a book called ‘A People’s History of the United States’ along with the course textbook and I CANNOT thank her enough for that! The book told us American history from the perspective of minorities and detailed the plight of those who were not the ‘victors’ of their battles and it was truly enriching and horrifying. While the textbook would give one sentence about Native Americans such as “The Native Americans eventually decreased in numbers” the other book would dedicate a whole chapter about how the NA were systematically displaced/killed for their land. I really do think that history needs multiple perspectives!
@Reem While I agree with most of what you said, I feel we should not confused history with fairy tales. History should be told as things happened, facts... White refugee Américains knew perfectly well that they were beyond the "natives decreasing ". So the problem here is not perspectives, it's honesty. Those people made me believed all tone of craps through cartoons and movies, painting the natives as evil.... shame on them!
www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/12/john-leguizamos-latin-history-morons-must-reads/577633/ John does a good job describing this issue as well. He's got a Netflix video about it ("Latin History for Morons"), where he goes through how it turned from his kid being bullied to finding out so much about the heroes and contributions that our whitewashed version of history conveniently leaves out. His examples fly in the face of all those who rant about white folk being the only ones to contribute to this country, or to humanity, beyond mindless labor. It was truly a pleasure to watch.
History is told from the perspective of the victor unfortunately. NA history is rich and diverse but you'll never hear too much about their stories just the "victors" story. And their denomination of NA.
yuushin President Obama is an American not just past president, so if he said Obama go back to Kenya that means his nephew is African Americans therefore if told Obama go back it means his nephew is some.
90% of the time do you surround yourself with people that have the same opinions as you. Dumb people don't think they are dumb because they surround themself with dumb people, same for smart people etc... most highly gifted people never know they are gifted because they think it's the norm.
true, and their ideologies are reinforced by schools and so-called educators not doing their due diligence by researching facts and perspectives; but instead regurgitating lies and half-truths or omitting facts all together
As German, this is indeed one of the things I am very proud of, how we are dealing with and acknowledging our past. Only if you confront your wrongdoings head on, you make sure that it won’t happen again. This is something especially America should look up to.
@@tamhuy10 Luckily not, but the AFD (the most popular and "presentable" far-right party in Germany) has been gaining more and more power as well as popularity over the past years. Their narrative isn't taught in schools yet, but it's getting increasingly prevalent in the public discourse. These people especially use the way history is treated in Germany as ammunition against more liberal voices, claiming that our education instills shame and a sense of personal guilt in us, not unlike far-right voices in the U.S. talking about "white guilt". Sadly, the fact that many people here are frustrated and don't feel represented by our current government anymore only works to their advantage...
@Ma Re My family hosted a German exchange student in high school, and I totally agree with you! She talked about how basically the entire history curriculum from elementary to high school focuses on the holocaust. I think it's very, _very_ important, but so are other parts of your history. It was a shame she didn't know much of anything about Prussia or how Germany was only loosely at fault for WW1 (since Germany only involved itself because of a treaty and was obliged to follow through, but then was blamed for it anyway).
@@osasu_ehigiator yes, but this number is much lower than in other European countries. Within Germany it's higher in the former GDR which did not have "Entnazifizierung". Plus those voting AfD are not all automatically neo nazis, that would be members of NPD. However, because our school system and media is fact oriented very few deny the Holocaust or own transgressions as a nation. This meekness made us a better nation. We didn't commit those crimes but we also don't travel the world thinking we're the best and the center of the world. We want to be part of a community, family, learn , and thus continue to question our own nation, government. Which is why so many people organise things to integrate refugees, and why there is so many more marching against racism, against AfD than those who march for it.
One of my favorite quotes is about that we are not responsible of our ancestors actions during the Holocaust but we are responsible that history doesn't repeat itself. And to spot the signs of history repeating itself, a correct and open minded education is required.
Why, you literally crushed like half of Americans with that. Favourite argument is always "we're not responsible" in an angry and defensive manner when all is needed is this.
Is it assumed minorities don't know how racism is ignorantly counter argued? Lol if you know, my average, white friend, on UA-cam then safe to assume Americans just know and defend either side. America's been here 😂 ignoring someone's potential or not investing in public education and not raising minimum wages affects everyone, not just a single race as society would tell it, but our American economy reflects it. There's agenda's like birthers. And then there's people trying to make a living while agenda's oppress their decisions for opportunities. I'm black and 18 yrs old.
@@seanmccreary4157 I just meant that she phrased her complex and multilayered question very eloquently while being in front of an audience and being recorded. PS: What's your point exactly?
I have never met a black person who has not been friendly towards me, and I have several black friends. Still, as much as it hurts to say it, I think I am a little racist. I have not met a black person I can say anything bad about, yet sometimes I can feel that I have internalized stereotypical perceptions which our society has constructed. I’m ashamed to admit it, but I am a racist. I don’t think I’ve done anything hurtful to people of color. As a cashier, I meet them regularly, and I always treat them like everyone else. In fact I try to be extra nice because I don’t want them to feel bad in a mostly white community. I don’t think we can go anywhere with racism unless we actually start to see the massive issue that it is and how deep within us that it lies. I write this here, because I want to do something about it and help spread self consciousness about this topic.
You know what? That's great! Not the fact that you're a little racist, but the fact that you acknowledge it and try to be better. I think one issue of how we talk about racism is that we make it so taboo that people are afraid to admit that they are part of the problem. We have to differentiate between people who genuinely try to be tolerant, but are vulnerable to racist biases and real racists. I for example really don't consider myself a racist, but I definetely have racist thoughts sometimes. That doesn't mean that I'm a horrible person, it just means that I am part of a larger problem and have the responsibility to try and be better. Trevor talked about this wonderfully in his Between the Scenes concerning the Liam-Neeson-thing. You can look it up, it's here on UA-cam!
Rarazal Productions Thanks! Yeah, I don’t reeeally look at myself as a racist, because as I said, I don’t think I’ve ever done anything hurtful to people of color. But I still think it is important to not be too offended by the word, so I try to remove the stigma arround it. It’s nice to see I’m not the only one aware of how big of an issue this is. Thanks for the tip, will look it up👍🏻
I'm black and I can say that you're not racist. Stereotypes are there but you're aware of this and you treat every black person you've met with the respect they deserve. Even I've heard things that maybe a white person will only be looking to use you and you think about it, but I got nothing against white people. But real racists are out there. And usually their thought process and first statement is usually "I'm not racist but...."
Farai Andison While I’m glad you look at me as a decent and respectful person, despite these thoughts I sometimes have. I do think that what I’m saying is a big part of why people are racist without knowing it and why it’s still a massive issue. But seriously, thank you for the kind words, I felt super ashamed when I realized I had internalized these stereotypes!
Except for the part about South Africa and apartheid. That annoyed me somewhat as her insinuation could create the wrong view of the SA curriculum. I'm glad Trevor pushed back a little, but not really enough. I finished school in 2017 and took history through to graduation. We learned thoroughly about apartheid and the different movements for equal rights. We often had discussions about it, black students and white alike, and everyone was respectful toward one another. It's just annoying that she'd insinuate that with little to back it up
Im from Germany and 2 students used that clip for there presentation about the „ Black Friend Defense“ and everybody laughed so hard even our teacher. You are really bringing things to the point and i love that. You are my fav Late Night Host. Greetings from Germany
Being able to admit that your country has flaws, admitting that there were times when your country was the villain in someone's story, and being comfortable in teaching your children about that unfortunate history of your country without bending the facts is the mark of a civilized, mature society. It's not an easy thing to achieve with jingoists shoving nationalism down everyone's throat. Guess that adds one more reason for me to want to visit Germany.
This! I distinctly remember an argument with my dad because he wanted me to say that the US was the greatest country in the world and I refused. He kept asking me which country I thought was better and I tried to explain that I have no "favorite country". I love the US because it is my home and I have had many privileges here that'd be hard to get anywhere else, but every country has something that makes them great and makes them flawed. Choosing "the greatest country" will never be subjective because you overlook those flaws and end up bending facts to suit your narrative. But, he was a naval officer for a long time so I already knew trying to convince him was a lost cause 😂😭
@@Momochili I can relate. My parents were also in the Navy (during Vietnam War time). And after spending time in different countries, neither of them thought the U.S. was the greatest. But it didn't mean that they did not like it. They just didn't think it was the greatest. There is nothing wrong with that (imo).
No need to worry about my username that’s how New Zealand teaches the history of how our country was formed. We are taught from the perspective of the British and the many Maori tribes as they first encountered each other, to the way later movements in the 80’s and later where racism still flowed through our government. It’s not always pretty and acknowledging that terrible people took part in creating our society sometimes is hard. But knowing where we came from helps me at least appreciate where we are now. It also helps in making us understand the need to give our citizens their voice.
You should visit Germany, I have been to a couple of museums there including the soccer museum and they all touch on the good, the bad and ugly in their history. I was amazed by how honest the Germans were and I actually learnt a lot more than I knew before, while also seeing things from a German perspective at various periods in time. My favorite museum so far is in Münster. I hope to visit more in the future.
I'd have no problem teaching my children the atrocities of my country of origin. My nationality does not define me, speak for me, is not responsible for me, and I am not responsible for its previous atrocities. It's absolutely ridiculous to assume people somehow should have a guilt about past atrocities. I was not involved. It had nothing to do with me. I'm a fucking individual. Like every single other person. There is more factors to me and you than race, gender, nationality and sexual orientation. So let's stop reducing each other to one of those 4 factors and realised that there are literally countless of traits that make us up. You're all talking about fighting trivial racism? It's not helping. Seeing each other as an individual is the only way to combat racism. So far every single fucking person on this comment thread is a fucking racist or xenophobe because all there reducing people to is a single race or nationality. Just stop it.
I like that she brought up the german education on war crimes. We do indeed talk about this kind of stuff, tho it depends on which school you go to when it comes to learning more about it.
Wenn, dann sollte das eigentlich weniger von Schule zu Schule, sondern von Bundesland zu Bundesland unterschiedlich sein. Die Rahmenlehrpläne gelten ja für das gesamte Bundesland.
Whatever school you're at in Germany, at least you didn't have groups like the United Daughters of the Confederacy literally changing the narrative in textbooks
Using a Black woman as a "prop" was not the only thing that annoyed me about the Hearing. How about the inflammatory & insulting images displayed on that easel behind the Congressmen? How about how the Republicans not really questioning Cohen about Trump, but instead throwing shade at him while praising their Dear Leader?
I found it very much reenforced Cohen's remark. That blind following and defense of Trump wreaks lives. Only one GOP representative took that advice, partly. Justin Amash, asked what Trump fears. And while Cohen had difficulty answering, the answer itself it isn't too hard to figure out. Trump fears losing power. Just like many of his most fervent GOP lickspittles, just like Cohen and Stone, and all the rest that aided Trump. For the GOP, Trump became their last gasp ticket to ram through Lifetime Judicial appointments to try and delay the changing demographics of the country and delay progressive thought that will prohibit their world views from holding majority power. To this end they've laid the ground work over decades of voter supression, and in the case of North Carolina outright elections fraud. They are desperate to retain power of authority, just like Trump
And that's what is considered the new norm for the party. Unfortunately... Pity when a hearing is reduced to a bad name calling nursery rhyme revival because of their membership to a party instead of asking questions and getting to the truth. Shame shame shame.🤔🤔🤔
The "Liar, liar, pants on fire" poster and quotes pretty much said it all about the depths that the Republicans have fallen. But then I'm sure Trump and the GOP can and will go lower.
Sounds like you’re jealous more so than proving someone is racist, plus racist doesn’t exist if you like some humans, humans are a race as a whole, if you hate someone by how they look you’re an ethnicist, because of religion then you’re a bigot, because of culture then you’re a culturist. No such thing as a racist actually exists yet
I'm a French student spending 1 year in Germany, and Goddamn ... for the 6 FIRST MONTHS we talked only about nazis and only about Hitler. In History,Music, Art, Politic, German... it was everywhere ! They really want the students to understand what happened during this dark periode of History.
Have they spoken about their genocides in Namibia? Yes exactly, nobody there to force them to deal with it like the US, France, UK and Russia. Also, the are already voting a Nazi party into their parliament. They have learned shit!
@@Wawelman you know best?? The quoted "Nazi" party is a far right party, but not a Nazi party. The comparison is minimizing the atrocities of the Nazi regime. About Namibia you may be near the truth as this was more than 100 years ago and was neglected most of the time,. This is changing since the last 15 years and the German government recognized the facts and apologized for it.
The topic gets somewhat tiresome by the end of 10th grade, I absoutely agree. But cutting that out of classes like art, music and german and solely talk about it in history classes wouldn't do justice to the nazi regime in my oppinion. After all the Nazis did create their own style of art, literature and music worth talking about and prevented foreign influences to become too strong, thus making artists go underground and forming sub cultures. So leaving that out would be like having pieces missing from ancient to present times.
@@mucsalto8377 Solange in der Berliner Charité noch Schädel der Herero aufbewahrt werden, gegen den Willen Namibias, solange es noch ein Lothar von Trotha Haus der Bundeswehr gibt, solange hat Deutschland einen Scheiss gelernt. Und dass die AfD keine Nazipartei ist, das könnt ihr euch gern selbst einreden. Und hinterher kann man dann schön sagen "wir haben aber nichts gewusst" gelle
Everyone has that moment. Its easy to feel bad about not knowing these things but in reality if your school failed to give a more objective education then they failed you.
The extent my school up to 12th grade taught was watching Roots one day. The whole class of white kids cried but we never discussed it. Then in college in was just memorizing facts and dates. It wasn’t until I became addicted to reading my eyes were opened to things that really happened. There are endless nonfiction and fiction books that are life changing. I recommend you grab a few best sellers. Fiction heavily based on history is just as eye opening....Underground Railroad, 12 years a slave, Passing, to kill a mockingbird, too many to list...even Michelle Obama’s book Becoming is eye opening.
As someone from a former colony, honestly, that is what pisses us off the most. You guys literally invaded half the world and brutally exploited their people, yet nowadays you have tons of shitheads that yearn for the old "glory days" and celebrate all the evil imperialists of yore... Fuck you guys, honestly.
Laugh reminded me of actor Edward G. Robinson from the movie Ten Commandments. His movie quote "where is your messiah now?" Moses had been gone and now Israelites were worshipping a false idol.
Between the scenes are maybe the best part of the show. Fun, sometimes deep, never boring and showcasing Trevor skills as a comedian but also as an acute observer of the american society.
Remember hes an outsider from AFRICA here were racism is real.no fancy words or how you put the words.could ever brainwash him 2 what he knows coming 2 America(who gonna see that movie)itz why he picked up his cup he lol ok someone sent her.uaing that fast not stinking to the point word magic.he like but is she really ready to here what i have to say mother AFRICA knows.you poor thing
Bless you my g. (Mr. Trevor ) You are one of the chosen one to change the whole world. (People’s perspectives) in entertaining way. This lost world needs more people like you who see everything as a joke and trying to give a massage with a lough. Bless you My man.. You gonna change the world to some extent... 👌👌👌👌 respect......!!!!
I kind of agree with you on that, he's more natural and he's so aware of so much, he keeps up with the flow easily. Sometimes his bits seem too forced but I'm always entertained by the between the scenes bits.
@@picklefathernurgle2719 lumberjack0101 wasn’t saying that making sandwiches was sexist, he/she was saying that since the woman would be making sandwiches everyday for the guy while he did nothing but relax, it would be kind of like back in the 1900s and before, when women had to make meals everyday for their husband. Lumberjack0101 was making an a big exaggeration, but you can still get the point of what he was saying.
@@ElizabethsLizard There are women, and men, who enjoy cooking and otherwise doing things for their significant other. The 1900's may have made it a cliche but that doesn't mean it's inherently negative. If a woman wants to make her boyfriend or even girlfriend, or a man wants to make his girlfriend or boyfriend some food that's completely fine. People tend to do nice things for each other when they're in a relationship. I see where he was coming from, yes, but that stereotype of the woman making her man a sandwhich, handing him a beer and then kissing him on the head before walking away was never negative to begin with. Activists just sort of latched onto it as a bad example of... I don't know, female servitude, I guess when in reality it was just an idealized version of gender roles back then, with both parties splitting up the work that needed doing in their everyday lives. The man worked himself half to death in order to provide for his family and the woman was expected to help ease that burden by doing housework, watching the kids and cooking the meals. Of course men and women shouldn't be *forced* into those roles but if they choose to structure their relationship in such a way that's their choice, and people should butt out of their business. Anyway, what I'm saying is that it doesn't work as a valid argument or criticism, not anymore.
@@picklefathernurgle2719 Oh it absolutely still works as a criticism. What you said about the stereotype isn't wrong, there is a positive side to it. But let's be honest here, how many people are gonna go with the idealized version of traditional gender roles? Where both sides actually wanted to? Not many. It's easier to just use it as an excuse so guys can be deadbeats and just work their women to death. It's a new age, an age where women just aren't confine just to old school values and duties anymore, sometimes even if they wanted to. Sometimes a woman gotta work too, even if she wants to stay home and just cooks for the man. And the man gotta understand that. It's just plain ridiculous to say you can't criticize a stereotype just cause it has a positive side to it.
@@KhiemNguyen-ly1wz You didn't read my comment in it's entirety did you? Nothing you said refutes my points. If people want to structure their relationship in a manner that was never toxic or negative to begin with that's their own business. You can't criticize people for it.
So glad that you are an international representative for our country Trevor!!Ngiyabonga🐘🇿🇦 You show the world honestly both the good and the bad. You are proud of our wonderful country and haven't changed who you are!
No, we're keeping him. Made in America, and still doing good work here. Don't pay attention to Agent Orange and his orange minions. If you'd like, we're willing to trade them. 😉
@@willschoenenberger234 lol dude Obama administration was a joke ...keep getting force feed you're info by the main steam media am not a big fan of Trump but he's not rolling over to China like dumb ass Obama he got a pass for being black plain and simple.
One of the most heartbreaking things I've ever experienced is discovering an ex saying very inflammatory statements to a group of people, and defending herself with "And don't bother trying to call me a racist for my views. My boyfriend is black." I was that boyfriend at the time. Suffice to say, we're not together anymore.
@@nope_no_nunya. Thanks. Life was more complicated than me leaving her after finding out this information and our breakup didn't happen in as wonderful as a way as you probably hoped, (part of it involved the time frame in which messy events unfolded,) but I appreciate the sentiment all the same!
NJ that happens ALOT. Here in Southern California, there are many older Mexican women married to White men who are Trump supporters and make disparaging comments about Mexicans all the time. They are my mother's friends and I'm like WTF? It is the most bizarre thing, and kind of scary. I don't get it.
In one of my college classes ( International Relations), I pointed out to my white professor and classmates that even the books we read are shaped in a way to make white people look good in History. For example, they wrote in our book that the British “Gave” independence to India, and I was like Gandhi and the fights Indians went through to “ Win” independence proves that the British didn’t give up but lost. It’s often the words they choose that totally change the actual History.
"Who's rac-" "You're racist" "No, I'm not racist" "You're my best friend" "I'm not racist" "Who's the rac-" "What's the racist?" "Is racism.." "Not racism.." "What is racism? "
rac·ism Dictionary result for racism /ˈrāˌsizəm/ Learn to pronounce noun prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. "a program to combat racism" synonyms:racial discrimination, racialism, racial prejudice/bigotry, xenophobia, chauvinism, bigotry, bias, intolerance; More the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. "theories of racism" Examples of racist based organizations and or countries: the Kue Klux Klan or KKK Nazis of world war 2 Neo-Nazis England's occupation of India English army versus the Zulu nation France under the Rule of Napoleon Bonaparte USSR under the Rule of Premier Joseph Stalin California under the governorship of Ronald Reagan ( enacted the restrictions on open carry in the state in order to validate harassment of the Black Panthers who were armed and in public, asserting their 2nd amendment rights)
Between the scenes Trevor shows his quick brains and humor. He is a really funny, intelligent and lovable man. And a really great question well put also!
I live in Oklahoma. We had one of the worst racial riots in history where white people and the US government destroyed what was once one of the richest communities in America known as “Black Wall Street”. What’s crazy is that it isn’t taught in schools. I didn’t learn about it until I became an adult and attended college and took a black history course.
Same. After learning about it I asked older black people I knew if they remembered it. The sad thing was none of them knew. There are people who lived through it that are still alive. There was also a smaller one growing in the south but didn't get to prospers into the same as the one in Oklahoma
People think of racism as if it's a dichotomous thing (eg: you are either racist or not). But the mind does not work in a dichotomous way. The human mind is filled with many beliefs about this world and its people. Some of those beliefs will be racist, some not. Even the 'least racist' person will most likely have some racist beliefs lurking around in their mind, although those may be not as extreme as 'more racist' peoples'. If we look at enlightened yogis in India for example, even those beings are heavily influenced by their culture, and often don't accept westerners to be their students, and if asked "Why?", they often give racist answers. So, I think if we look at a person in a dichotomous way (eg: you are either racist or not), then we miss the whole point. We should be looking in a 'belief specific' way, and seeing if a specific belief the person is demonstrating is racist or not, and why.
That's an interesting way to look at it. I know I have to challenge a lot of my own attitudes that bubble up to the surface from time to time. It's worth it though, by doing so I've had the opportunity to interact with people I've traditionally closed myself off from. By forcing myself to disregard my learned attitudes and beliefs, I've had some engaging-lively experiences and a few unpleasant ones. Yet, all will be remembered as colorful and welcome experiences as variety is the spice of life.
I agree so much on teaching history from every perspective. If you don't tell the WHOLE story with every side then you won't ever learn everything. This is so important to teaching the younger generations to think beyond themselves.
I’ve learned that many times the ‘black friend’ is just an acquaintance. I remember when I was little a white woman used the ‘I have a black friend’ card with my mom. My mom challenged her by asking, have you ever broke bread at your dinner table with the black person that you call you friend? The white lady looked confused and so was my 6 year old self. My mom later explained to me that you cannot call somebody friend until you have broke bread with them at both your house and theirs. It takes trust and civility to invite someone into your home and into your world.
"Looking at history from multiple perspectives" hits close to home with me. As a kid I was taught how our ancestors in the 16th century were minding their own business when the Portuguese missionaries and marchants suddenly appeared on our shore, introduced guns and Christianity and started to cause all kinds of troubles. Years later I visited Lisbon to find a memorial dedicated to their great "Navigators," which marked 1541 as the year they "discovered" Japan. lol
LB2007 perspective is a powerful tool indeed. Not just in history even in life. I guess the saying there are two sides to every story is not just a cliche 🤷🏽♀️
@@sekhantsho2 There's 3 sides to every story: my side, your side, and the TRUTH. Ask your ma who she believes the most when you and your brother get into a dispute.
Pamela Cass i know that one two... but the point of cliche is that the truth is affected by who is telling u their “truth”... who u believe is not the point. The point is each person in that scenario can believe they’re the victim or victor 🤷🏽♀️. Cliche are deeper than we give them credit for.
I love this video. When English people speak of Oliver Cromwell or Winston Churchill they see heroes of British parliament but Oliver Cromwell massacred many Irish people and was a horrible person and Winston Churchill created concentration camps in Kenya and never really let go of his colonialist views. A lot of Irish people today still are resentful towards the English but the horrible men like the black and tans (this name came from their uniforms and is not in any way relevant to the race of the police of the early nineteen hundreds in Ireland) are dead. The issue is that in the British education system their empire is still glorious and not the one that chiseled jewels out of the Taj Mahal or chopped down the Malaysian forests or banished men to Australia or boasted of using machine guns to mow down spear carrying men. They need to be educated not just them but also the Spanish who believe that they were kinder to the indigenous peoples because there are more left in South America even though the massacres were just as bad in places where there aren't mountains or rainforest. And let's not forget the Americans/French/English who killed over 50 million native Americans within 100 years of landing, justifying themselves saying that fhey weren't human and didn't have souls. Colonialists need an education. Because if not you get situations like France having unique buying rights to the coffee of the Ivory Coast and no one is saying anything about it.
You said it all brother. Let's not forget the massacre of the Congolese people that was carried out by the Belgians: "From 1885 to 1908, loot flowed endlessly from the dark interior of the jungle, up the river Congo and into colonial Belgium. Estimates of deaths in that period range from 10 million to 15 million Africans, and the debate whether it constituted a genocide continues." this from www.independent.co.uk Or the fact that British settlers wiped out 80% of the Aboriginal population when they went to Australia.
I tell people that a lot of comedians are really supersmart guys and Trevor is right at the very top. He answered this question brilliantly and still found the humor in it. His answer wasn't tense and uninteresting. That's a very very underrated skill.
What he said about colonialism is so true. Most countries that colonised other countries portray it as venturing out to find new worlds and bringing civilization to others, with some of the more prominent ones even getting statues to honour them (like the monster King Leopold II) Meanwhile former colonies learn about how their people were killed, tortured, raped, robbed and enslaved by the colonizers.
Trevor Noah’s Brilliance is when he is talking like this. Not in being a host mode But his understandings of human nature r genius and full of compassion/understanding for the other
“History is written by the victors” so I don’t ever see history being taught honestly. It’s gonna be up to the parents and the individuals to learn their history. The truth is always out there. You just can’t depend on ur classroom or a text boook to teach it to you.
Trump was so racist that he got more black votes than any Republican Presidential candidate in seventy years -- either they are stupid, or you are. I'm betting the latter.
@@graterdeddly9527 it's a strategy. republicans know that america is a browning country, and republicans have a popular vote problem. both the dems and reps are using blacks and minorities as props, but the reps are just the worst
@@tristansk5770 actually the Zulu's slaughtered the British soldiers first and won the battle. Then Britain went back and called for backup and ended up winning the war
History class in Germany: "Okay, so Today we're learning about the atrocities we committed during WWII and against the Jewish people, LGBTQ+ people, and really against anyone we wanted" History class in Belgium: "Okay, so today we're learning about the atrocities we committed in the Congo and against the Congolese people" History class in the USA: "How dare you insinuate that our nation or any of it's people have ever wronged or done anything bad against anyone anytime ever?!?!!?"
The thing is though, it is getting better in USA with the education as the kids are learning more about the bad things and so on. And one thing is that we focus so much on dates and events without going into details that we do not see the bad things.
I'm in complete awe of how Trevor belts these beautifully well crafted answers to completely impromptu questions. It's like he created a 3 min standup routine out of nowhere.
I have a relative who is a racist trump voter. HE'S friends with every black employee at his job. He goes out with them after work ! He dont want black folk dead, he just think his race is better than theirs. Racists CAN have good relations with many black folk
But could you call those relationship a real friendship? Can one be friends with someone he/she does not thinks its equal? It's more like polite acquaintances. Also, there is this settle rasism, just quiet thinking you're superior for trully silly reasons like skin tone, but at least not actively trying to make others life harder, and there is active rasists like KKK. Difference - just the small step, what is acceptable in broad society and what isn't (cough Holocaust cough) . Having a president, who sees "good people on both sides, both sides" is really helping with pushing that acceptable line to you know which side... 😅 Party of Lincoln my arse!
That just sounds like hanging out with some people from work (colleagues)-not friendship. Has your relative communicated his position on this issue to his black coworkers? Lol.
@@marvange2498 I think it's one thing to think your race is the best. But it's another to treat other races unfairly. (I'm sure you know history). Obviously, anyone can THINK their race is better. But to what extent are they going to go to in order to express that?
Exactly. I used to work with someone like that too. He was very friendly with everyone, and was a favorite with a lot of the black employees. He was always fun to talk to. But occasionally I would get into a political discussion with him and it became very clear that he was very racist, especially when he spoke about black people that he didn't actually know. Also, as friendly as he was in the workplace, no one in his closest circle of friends were actually black. I think it's pretty common for people to be influenced by the media and have stereotypes about other races. However, it's very different to see another race is inferior. To me, that's the most damaging form of racism, because deep down those people will always believe that they deserve to be treated better than their so-called black friends and they will always try to preserve this social hierarchy. These are the also the same people who get angry and lash out in ugly ways when they see someone like Obama in the White House or when their black friend gets a job promotion over them.
Such a brilliant and quick-minded young man. Although it was ultimately CC’s decision to sign Trevor Noah, I’m glad they did so with the blessing of Jon Stewart. Trevor got a lot of heat at first because he was filling Jon’s shoes, but now he’s grown on people. 😊
On the nieces and nephews. I grew up in a southern, very racist family. No need for them to deny it, they were proud of it! Anyway, one of my aunts had two mixed raced girls. They were completely disowned from the family and those girls had so many issues. One was very light skinned and told everyone she was Hawaiian. One of my cousins told me it was so hard being mixed. Neither race wanted to be around her because she was half of the other. Sadly she went looking for acceptance in all the wrong places. I hope she is doing well today. So my mother can say she has mixed race nieces but that certainly wouldn't prove she isn't a racist.
Niether are some women who have mixed race kids,,,My issue as a BW is there are a lot of WW who are quick to run out there and have curly headed cute kid with out being aware and woke to black issues. And instead of melting the 2 groups I think there are more divisions . The lack of awareness just keeps going
You can't look to solve the aftermath of a situation if you still refuse to acknowledge it was ever a problem. That's what America continues to do. Too many people in this country justify slavery by saying shit like "well my ancestors didn't have slaves!" Yeah, good for you I guess. That doesn't mean that shit DIDN'T HAPPEN. Just because you weren't a part of the problem doesn't mean the problem wasn't there. It's simple. But America doesn't want simple. They want to pretend our country never did anything wrong when that's the fucking furthest from the truth possible.
What delusional world are you living in? The vast majority of people in America acknowledge how ugly slavery was. they teach us in school as well. I've never met someone say that it didn't happen either.
Trevor I love the way you make sense out of all this bulls**t with a dash of humor, Things are so bad that all you can do is laugh at it and no one does it better then you, so Thank You Trevor for stopping the tears for a little while,
I just realized that in Indonesia, we also glossed over the fact that our first President pretty much just started war with Singapore and Malaysia out of pettiness. We did talk about how he was basically a dictator and the war basically drained our reserves, though, and our first President, in his infinite wisdom, ordered for more money to be printed. _Yeah, that definitely solved the problem, hyperinflation isn't a thing._ What we didn't gloss over was the cruelty of our second president's era. Except we didn't really go into much of the massacre in East Timor. I would love to go there and ask what their side of the history, though.
Man, I agree. Remember that one film about Soekarno a few years ago? His family were mad that he's being portrayed as a "womaniser". They just want us to remember him as this perfect hero without wanting to highlight any of his flaws which, in my personal opinion, is actually the point of a history.
@@mughwortslongshot4545 I don't actually know which movie you're talking about, but that's fucking hillarious. Like as if it was even a secret that he remarried so many times, and even had a mistress at one point.
And yes the East Timor. In my school (as far as I can remember) we were only told that the government had to face rebels from East Timor and send troops there to "sort things out". Then the referendum happened. While East Timor did not benefit at all even after they were a country on its own, it still doesn't justify the massacre.
I have a family member that their house was the meeting place for the KKK. The grand dragon would go there all the time. My family that is around there, is very racist. My mom is white my dad is black. Her family was upset for marrying and having kids with a black man, but I didn’t know that growing up. They were always nice to my sister and I. Took us places and what not. Only when I got older, I understood more. Yes, you can be racist and have some kind of involvements with the different race at the same time. It’s just worse.
Just like everyone else, I have racism in me. We as humans group each other by various things "like us" and "not like us". We need to address it and be made aware of it. I do my very best to treat everyone equally, but if someone points out something I think or said that is racist, I talk about it and address it. Flat out denial gives us 'cold racism' where the person says they're not racist, yet does racist things. You don't have to kill a black person to be racist. You can have a black friend and be racist. My dad-in-law once said we should put all Arabs in America into camps. I pointed out that he has an Arab friend that we both know, I said "what about him? Should he go to the camp?" My dad-in-law said "well no, not him." I feel like this moment was the best example of sneaking racism I've ever experienced.
All people blacks whites green are raceist but most people make it out to be a white thing when alot of whites think like you and try to work on they racist beliefs. Seems to me lot of blacks want and feel the need to be VICTIMs ..
Oh my goodness, I never thought it possible to be attracted to anyone else when Trevor's onscreen, but that woman is so eloquent, intelligent, and insightful that my bisexual heart can't take it.
I would like to give massive credit to my phenomenal public high school for opening our eyes to all historical periods of injustice. For example, we were taught in incredible depth about every aspect of the Holocaust. I grew up in a predominantly Jewish town (mixed with Italian, Indian, and a few others) and we were shown what some might call “home movies” in history class (I won’t say more because they were horrific) that opened our eyes tremendously and educated us in a way that I will always be thankful for.
People have mothers, sisters, wives, daughters and can still be misogynists.
Indeed I'd say almost every misogynist had a mother!
People have fathers, brothers, husbands, sons and can still be misandrists. It works both ways (not that you’re necessarily saying otherwise).
Also, literally every misogynist has a mother. Every single one. It’s kind of a product of biology.
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That's the point. It doesn't make them not sexist because they have women in the family. They're still sexist, but will say they like their mother.
@@RockZombieIAm Umm perhaps this was a miscommunication on my part but I never said (or meant to say) that misogynists aren't sexist just because they have women in their family. I mean the description of "misogynist" itself implies that they are sexist. I was just pointing out that this holds true for women and misandry as well, and I was also responding to the earlier comment that every misogynist has a mother because every human being has a mother. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
‘I have black family members’....yeah well so did a lot of slave owners, just ask Jefferson.
😂😂😂😂😄 Laughing Out Loud!!!
Yeah just cuz they’re family doesn’t mean they accept them.
I always point this out when people claim mixed people will end racism.....how do they think that 19% or less white genes got into black americans?
@@samanthaepps6365 Through love and acceptance of diffrent love, obviously. Plantation owners were so happy tk marry off their daughters with slaves because they accepted the diffrent love so much. 😱😱😱😱 the travesty!
@@aniabell155 Yes yes true and also rape. I think that's what they were getting at lol not trying to be "tHAt gUy" but yeah..
Malcolm X had a great quote about this:
"If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there's no progress. If you pull it all the way out, that's still not progress. Progress is *healing* the wound that the blow made. And they haven't even pulled the knife out, much less heal the wound. They won't even admit the knife is even there."
We are taught to suffer peacfully.
Enjoy the knife, it was a gift
And its part of you now so just get used to it...🇺🇸😈
@@Chefyy Malcolm x was Great. You people need to stop hating. Of course he wanted to fight. We were getting massacred!
@@Chefyy He was tired and angry and wanted to be treated equally. _Racist society_ wasn't good. He may not have had the nicest approach, but he had hit his breaking point. Not to mention, he changed his mind later in his short life, becoming more optimistic about a bloodless revolution once he saw past his anger. Life isn't black and white, and the quote shared above is thoughtful and pretty damn accurate, I'd say.
RIP Malcolm X his legacy lives on.
@@Chefyy By your logic, if Jews shouldn't defend themselves with weapons against the Nazis, they're bad?
I'm not fat, I have lettuce in my fridge
🤣🤣🤣🤣 simple, but effective.
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Kill me again
Exactly 😂
😁👌🏽 Someone explain it better than this, I dare ya.
I’m definitely going to use this reference in the future debate 🤣🤣🤣
As a Brit, we're not taught that the Zulu war had British heroes. We're not taught about it at all, which is probably worse.
I know right, same for the Netherlands and our history. I am truly ashamed and angry at what happened years ago. I couldn't have done anything. But what makes me even more angry is that our countries pay attention to what other countries have done TO us, but never to what we have done. I hate that so much. I have seriously been taught about the second world War about every schoolyear I had history. We should be educated on that. But it's every year literally the same and instead they could've used that time to talk about slavery and all that.
On second thought, I was taught a little about slavery but only a page of two on the ivory coast. But never about the Netherlands or something...
Yer for me it was Romans -> King henry 8th > Victorians -> WW1 -> WW2 . Suppose you have limited time but it is probably something that needs to be focused on...
Well John British military came to South Africa wanting peice of land through war they had some guns . Zulu tribes fought them with spear and Knobkir We won. By the way i'am South African belong to the Zulu tribe
Not necessarily. I know it sounds weird but it's easier to learn about something than it is to unlearn a lie. I'm German and I would say it would be less harmful to not learn about the Nazis than it is to learn some glorified lie about them. You often hear stories about american history, especially the treatment of slaves and the civil war ( e.g. that it wasn't mainly about slavery) and that can be super hard to unlearn. Because it not only means that your teacher and parents and everyone has possibly lied to you about that, but also the realisation of what this country was built upon hits hard and internalised morals, values and heroes are shattered.
trevor gets asked questions like he's a presidential candidate lol
thats a damn good question and a damn good answer too btw
Let #45 answer that question🤔
He can't.
Hoes love Trevor Noah for this
Funny thing is Trevor is more capable to be president that Trump and most of the people in Trump’s cabinet. Lol
@Needles Iblis yes he is u fucking dipshit
Needles Iblis yes he is u fucking dipshit
That was an amazing question! Awesome.
Yeah, i like her a lot. Very good question.
We need more people like her extremely nice question
Well asked!
@@stormyweather9570 it is cause that shit was a lie
It was too long and had too many parts but she speaks well so she can pull it off.
Trevor is so smart... I love listening to him.
Yeah, I was a little worried that the show would fail after John left. After the first year I saw Trevor fill the role and then some. Very smart and talented.
@@thisisisabella3634 and he's the only one who does the "screaming" Trump impression. I die laughing every time
I love looking at him !
He can make you think and laugh at the same time
And I love his sarcasm... Witty.
When I took AP U.S. History in high school, my teacher assigned us a mandatory reading of a book called ‘A People’s History of the United States’ along with the course textbook and I CANNOT thank her enough for that! The book told us American history from the perspective of minorities and detailed the plight of those who were not the ‘victors’ of their battles and it was truly enriching and horrifying. While the textbook would give one sentence about Native Americans such as “The Native Americans eventually decreased in numbers” the other book would dedicate a whole chapter about how the NA were systematically displaced/killed for their land.
I really do think that history needs multiple perspectives!
thank you for the book suggestion
@Reem While I agree with most of what you said, I feel we should not confused history with fairy tales. History should be told as things happened, facts... White refugee Américains knew perfectly well that they were beyond the "natives decreasing ". So the problem here is not perspectives, it's honesty. Those people made me believed all tone of craps through cartoons and movies, painting the natives as evil.... shame on them!
www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/12/john-leguizamos-latin-history-morons-must-reads/577633/
John does a good job describing this issue as well. He's got a Netflix video about it ("Latin History for Morons"), where he goes through how it turned from his kid being bullied to finding out so much about the heroes and contributions that our whitewashed version of history conveniently leaves out. His examples fly in the face of all those who rant about white folk being the only ones to contribute to this country, or to humanity, beyond mindless labor. It was truly a pleasure to watch.
I'm not American or even been to America but I'll definitely check out the book some time!
History is told from the perspective of the victor unfortunately. NA history is rich and diverse but you'll never hear too much about their stories just the "victors" story. And their denomination of NA.
"Ahhhww, where were your nephews then?!?"
Hilarious.
His nephews are American. Just because theyre black doesnt make them African.
@@Slayer8957 And Obama was the president, but he's not American? He's not talking about nationality man.
yuushin President Obama is an American not just past president, so if he said Obama go back to Kenya that means his nephew is African Americans therefore if told Obama go back it means his nephew is some.
Most racists don't believe their racist because they are surrounded by people who think like they do.
90% of the time do you surround yourself with people that have the same opinions as you. Dumb people don't think they are dumb because they surround themself with dumb people, same for smart people etc... most highly gifted people never know they are gifted because they think it's the norm.
Pretty much.
That's true!!
What i find puzzling is. They think racism is bad while accepting its tenets. That just doesn't make sense to me.
true, and their ideologies are reinforced by schools and so-called educators not doing their due diligence by researching facts and perspectives; but instead regurgitating lies and half-truths or omitting facts all together
As German, this is indeed one of the things I am very proud of, how we are dealing with and acknowledging our past. Only if you confront your wrongdoings head on, you make sure that it won’t happen again. This is something especially America should look up to.
@@osasu_ehigiator but is that taught in school and part of mainstream ?
@@osasu_ehigiator I do honestly
@@tamhuy10 Luckily not, but the AFD (the most popular and "presentable" far-right party in Germany) has been gaining more and more power as well as popularity over the past years. Their narrative isn't taught in schools yet, but it's getting increasingly prevalent in the public discourse. These people especially use the way history is treated in Germany as ammunition against more liberal voices, claiming that our education instills shame and a sense of personal guilt in us, not unlike far-right voices in the U.S. talking about "white guilt". Sadly, the fact that many people here are frustrated and don't feel represented by our current government anymore only works to their advantage...
@Ma Re My family hosted a German exchange student in high school, and I totally agree with you! She talked about how basically the entire history curriculum from elementary to high school focuses on the holocaust. I think it's very, _very_ important, but so are other parts of your history. It was a shame she didn't know much of anything about Prussia or how Germany was only loosely at fault for WW1 (since Germany only involved itself because of a treaty and was obliged to follow through, but then was blamed for it anyway).
@@osasu_ehigiator yes, but this number is much lower than in other European countries. Within Germany it's higher in the former GDR which did not have "Entnazifizierung". Plus those voting AfD are not all automatically neo nazis, that would be members of NPD.
However, because our school system and media is fact oriented very few deny the Holocaust or own transgressions as a nation. This meekness made us a better nation. We didn't commit those crimes but we also don't travel the world thinking we're the best and the center of the world. We want to be part of a community, family, learn , and thus continue to question our own nation, government. Which is why so many people organise things to integrate refugees, and why there is so many more marching against racism, against AfD than those who march for it.
One of my favorite quotes is about that we are not responsible of our ancestors actions during the Holocaust but we are responsible that history doesn't repeat itself. And to spot the signs of history repeating itself, a correct and open minded education is required.
Why, you literally crushed like half of Americans with that. Favourite argument is always "we're not responsible" in an angry and defensive manner when all is needed is this.
I’m not sexist, my mother is a woman!
I'm not an idiot, I can type out words!
That doesn't prove that you aren't sexist you could be female as well and discriminate against men
@@Papi_21 that’s the joke
I'm not fat, there's a gym down the street!
WOW CAN WE TALK ABOUT how smart n poised n insightful folks in the studio audience are????
And FUNNY! Imagine a fantastic comedian laughs about YOUR joke. You are done, no more goals in life. 🤣
Wow, that's an impressive question. 😶
It really was
How low was your expectation my guy? Honest question. Honest answer?
Is it assumed minorities don't know how racism is ignorantly counter argued? Lol if you know, my average, white friend, on UA-cam then safe to assume Americans just know and defend either side. America's been here 😂 ignoring someone's potential or not investing in public education and not raising minimum wages affects everyone, not just a single race as society would tell it, but our American economy reflects it. There's agenda's like birthers. And then there's people trying to make a living while agenda's oppress their decisions for opportunities. I'm black and 18 yrs old.
@@seanmccreary4157 I just meant that she phrased her complex and multilayered question very eloquently while being in front of an audience and being recorded.
PS: What's your point exactly?
I think my guy Sean had a case of a misplaced assumption. I really think that was a very well thought out question as well.
There's only ONE PAST, but LOTS OF HISTORIES.
Wow.
Good point!
Profound...must ponder...
Why it’s actually his-story and varies with the person/society telling it 🙁
Paul Ramos True
I have never met a black person who has not been friendly towards me, and I have several black friends. Still, as much as it hurts to say it, I think I am a little racist. I have not met a black person I can say anything bad about, yet sometimes I can feel that I have internalized stereotypical perceptions which our society has constructed.
I’m ashamed to admit it, but I am a racist. I don’t think I’ve done anything hurtful to people of color. As a cashier, I meet them regularly, and I always treat them like everyone else. In fact I try to be extra nice because I don’t want them to feel bad in a mostly white community.
I don’t think we can go anywhere with racism unless we actually start to see the massive issue that it is and how deep within us that it lies. I write this here, because I want to do something about it and help spread self consciousness about this topic.
You know what? That's great! Not the fact that you're a little racist, but the fact that you acknowledge it and try to be better. I think one issue of how we talk about racism is that we make it so taboo that people are afraid to admit that they are part of the problem. We have to differentiate between people who genuinely try to be tolerant, but are vulnerable to racist biases and real racists. I for example really don't consider myself a racist, but I definetely have racist thoughts sometimes. That doesn't mean that I'm a horrible person, it just means that I am part of a larger problem and have the responsibility to try and be better. Trevor talked about this wonderfully in his Between the Scenes concerning the Liam-Neeson-thing. You can look it up, it's here on UA-cam!
Rarazal Productions Thanks! Yeah, I don’t reeeally look at myself as a racist, because as I said, I don’t think I’ve ever done anything hurtful to people of color. But I still think it is important to not be too offended by the word, so I try to remove the stigma arround it. It’s nice to see I’m not the only one aware of how big of an issue this is. Thanks for the tip, will look it up👍🏻
I'm black and I can say that you're not racist. Stereotypes are there but you're aware of this and you treat every black person you've met with the respect they deserve.
Even I've heard things that maybe a white person will only be looking to use you and you think about it, but I got nothing against white people.
But real racists are out there. And usually their thought process and first statement is usually "I'm not racist but...."
Ardian Borg I am Norwegian, what’s embarrassing about that? Being real has nothing to do with where you are or where you’re from.
Farai Andison While I’m glad you look at me as a decent and respectful person, despite these thoughts I sometimes have. I do think that what I’m saying is a big part of why people are racist without knowing it and why it’s still a massive issue.
But seriously, thank you for the kind words, I felt super ashamed when I realized I had internalized these stereotypes!
Dang. That young lady KILLED it. Great question, elegantly stated even though it was quite complex. I hope she's a teacher.
Except for the part about South Africa and apartheid. That annoyed me somewhat as her insinuation could create the wrong view of the SA curriculum. I'm glad Trevor pushed back a little, but not really enough. I finished school in 2017 and took history through to graduation. We learned thoroughly about apartheid and the different movements for equal rights. We often had discussions about it, black students and white alike, and everyone was respectful toward one another.
It's just annoying that she'd insinuate that with little to back it up
Im from Germany and 2 students used that clip for there presentation about the „ Black Friend Defense“ and everybody laughed so hard even our teacher. You are really bringing things to the point and i love that. You are my fav Late Night Host. Greetings from Germany
That shows how left Germany had become
What a pitty
@@Hallo-to8ew "Pitty" the Brazilian singer? OK but not my cup of tea. "Pitty" for pit bull? Doesn't make sense.
Being able to admit that your country has flaws, admitting that there were times when your country was the villain in someone's story, and being comfortable in teaching your children about that unfortunate history of your country without bending the facts is the mark of a civilized, mature society. It's not an easy thing to achieve with jingoists shoving nationalism down everyone's throat. Guess that adds one more reason for me to want to visit Germany.
This! I distinctly remember an argument with my dad because he wanted me to say that the US was the greatest country in the world and I refused. He kept asking me which country I thought was better and I tried to explain that I have no "favorite country". I love the US because it is my home and I have had many privileges here that'd be hard to get anywhere else, but every country has something that makes them great and makes them flawed. Choosing "the greatest country" will never be subjective because you overlook those flaws and end up bending facts to suit your narrative. But, he was a naval officer for a long time so I already knew trying to convince him was a lost cause 😂😭
@@Momochili I can relate. My parents were also in the Navy (during Vietnam War time). And after spending time in different countries, neither of them thought the U.S. was the greatest. But it didn't mean that they did not like it. They just didn't think it was the greatest. There is nothing wrong with that (imo).
No need to worry about my username that’s how New Zealand teaches the history of how our country was formed. We are taught from the perspective of the British and the many Maori tribes as they first encountered each other, to the way later movements in the 80’s and later where racism still flowed through our government.
It’s not always pretty and acknowledging that terrible people took part in creating our society sometimes is hard. But knowing where we came from helps me at least appreciate where we are now. It also helps in making us understand the need to give our citizens their voice.
You should visit Germany, I have been to a couple of museums there including the soccer museum and they all touch on the good, the bad and ugly in their history. I was amazed by how honest the Germans were and I actually learnt a lot more than I knew before, while also seeing things from a German perspective at various periods in time. My favorite museum so far is in Münster. I hope to visit more in the future.
I'd have no problem teaching my children the atrocities of my country of origin. My nationality does not define me, speak for me, is not responsible for me, and I am not responsible for its previous atrocities.
It's absolutely ridiculous to assume people somehow should have a guilt about past atrocities. I was not involved. It had nothing to do with me. I'm a fucking individual. Like every single other person. There is more factors to me and you than race, gender, nationality and sexual orientation. So let's stop reducing each other to one of those 4 factors and realised that there are literally countless of traits that make us up.
You're all talking about fighting trivial racism? It's not helping. Seeing each other as an individual is the only way to combat racism. So far every single fucking person on this comment thread is a fucking racist or xenophobe because all there reducing people to is a single race or nationality. Just stop it.
I like that she brought up the german education on war crimes. We do indeed talk about this kind of stuff, tho it depends on which school you go to when it comes to learning more about it.
Wenn, dann sollte das eigentlich weniger von Schule zu Schule, sondern von Bundesland zu Bundesland unterschiedlich sein. Die Rahmenlehrpläne gelten ja für das gesamte Bundesland.
FriedrichHerschel
Ich denke sie meint eher ob Hauptschule, Realschule oder Gymnasium.
Whatever school you're at in Germany, at least you didn't have groups like the United Daughters of the Confederacy literally changing the narrative in textbooks
Y'all are still just as racist as americans
@@voodoofairy Exactly, like Earth is only 6000 years old, slavery wasn't "that bad"... etc....
Using a Black woman as a "prop" was not the only thing that annoyed me about the Hearing. How about the inflammatory & insulting images displayed on that easel behind the Congressmen? How about how the Republicans not really questioning Cohen about Trump, but instead throwing shade at him while praising their Dear Leader?
I found it very much reenforced Cohen's remark. That blind following and defense of Trump wreaks lives. Only one GOP representative took that advice, partly. Justin Amash, asked what Trump fears. And while Cohen had difficulty answering, the answer itself it isn't too hard to figure out. Trump fears losing power. Just like many of his most fervent GOP lickspittles, just like Cohen and Stone, and all the rest that aided Trump. For the GOP, Trump became their last gasp ticket to ram through Lifetime Judicial appointments to try and delay the changing demographics of the country and delay progressive thought that will prohibit their world views from holding majority power. To this end they've laid the ground work over decades of voter supression, and in the case of North Carolina outright elections fraud. They are desperate to retain power of authority, just like Trump
@@CrimsonBlasphemy the question is how far are they willing to take this. The country is turning against them and they know it.
And that's what is considered the new norm for the party. Unfortunately...
Pity when a hearing is reduced to a bad name calling nursery rhyme revival because of their membership to a party instead of asking questions and getting to the truth. Shame shame shame.🤔🤔🤔
I do find it hella annoying they kept dragging him instead of asking a question. Why even be there if you're not going to ask an actual question?
The "Liar, liar, pants on fire" poster and quotes pretty much said it all about the depths that the Republicans have fallen. But then I'm sure Trump and the GOP can and will go lower.
The two most common phrases used by racists:
1) “I have a black friend”
2) “I’m not racist, but [insert racist remark here]”
I used to be friends with actual racists. Trust me, NONE of them had non-White friends.
Sounds like you’re jealous more so than proving someone is racist, plus racist doesn’t exist if you like some humans, humans are a race as a whole, if you hate someone by how they look you’re an ethnicist, because of religion then you’re a bigot, because of culture then you’re a culturist. No such thing as a racist actually exists yet
@@jaredjones1752 Maybe your standards for not racist are just very low.
William Phillips
You sound like you’re defending racists.
@@williamphillips2671 racist doesnt exist(?) you have no idea..
I'm a French student spending 1 year in Germany, and Goddamn
... for the 6 FIRST MONTHS we talked only about nazis and only about Hitler. In History,Music, Art, Politic, German... it was everywhere ! They really want the students to understand what happened during this dark periode of History.
Have they spoken about their genocides in Namibia? Yes exactly, nobody there to force them to deal with it like the US, France, UK and Russia.
Also, the are already voting a Nazi party into their parliament. They have learned shit!
@@Wawelman you know best?? The quoted "Nazi" party is a far right party, but not a Nazi party. The comparison is minimizing the atrocities of the Nazi regime.
About Namibia you may be near the truth as this was more than 100 years ago and was neglected most of the time,. This is changing since the last 15 years and the German government recognized the facts and apologized for it.
@@Wawelman so sad if your that simple minded.
The topic gets somewhat tiresome by the end of 10th grade, I absoutely agree. But cutting that out of classes like art, music and german and solely talk about it in history classes wouldn't do justice to the nazi regime in my oppinion. After all the Nazis did create their own style of art, literature and music worth talking about and prevented foreign influences to become too strong, thus making artists go underground and forming sub cultures. So leaving that out would be like having pieces missing from ancient to present times.
@@mucsalto8377 Solange in der Berliner Charité noch Schädel der Herero aufbewahrt werden, gegen den Willen Namibias, solange es noch ein Lothar von Trotha Haus der Bundeswehr gibt, solange hat Deutschland einen Scheiss gelernt.
Und dass die AfD keine Nazipartei ist, das könnt ihr euch gern selbst einreden. Und hinterher kann man dann schön sagen "wir haben aber nichts gewusst" gelle
As simple as this sounds... I've never actually thought of this.
Are you from Great Britain?
Honestly that's kinda sad man.
Everyone has that moment. Its easy to feel bad about not knowing these things but in reality if your school failed to give a more objective education then they failed you.
The extent my school up to 12th grade taught was watching Roots one day. The whole class of white kids cried but we never discussed it. Then in college in was just memorizing facts and dates. It wasn’t until I became addicted to reading my eyes were opened to things that really happened. There are endless nonfiction and fiction books that are life changing. I recommend you grab a few best sellers. Fiction heavily based on history is just as eye opening....Underground Railroad, 12 years a slave, Passing, to kill a mockingbird, too many to list...even Michelle Obama’s book Becoming is eye opening.
As someone from a former colony, honestly, that is what pisses us off the most. You guys literally invaded half the world and brutally exploited their people, yet nowadays you have tons of shitheads that yearn for the old "glory days" and celebrate all the evil imperialists of yore... Fuck you guys, honestly.
3:41 That is one _evil_ laugh. I love it!
Me too
Laugh reminded me of actor Edward G. Robinson from the movie Ten Commandments. His movie quote "where is your messiah now?" Moses had been gone and now Israelites were worshipping a false idol.
I can do better one
Haha, talk about how Winston Churchill is represented in Indian History vs British history!
Churchill was a supreme dick.
@@isakbd3450 I've got no problem with that
Please go on!
Churchill was a genocidal maniac
Ardian Borg fuck off.
Between the scenes are maybe the best part of the show. Fun, sometimes deep, never boring and showcasing Trevor skills as a comedian but also as an acute observer of the american society.
I love how he is actually talking to his audience and giving his perspective.
Remember hes an outsider from AFRICA here were racism is real.no fancy words or how you put the words.could ever brainwash him 2 what he knows coming 2 America(who gonna see that movie)itz why he picked up his cup he lol ok someone sent her.uaing that fast not stinking to the point word magic.he like but is she really ready to here what i have to say mother AFRICA knows.you poor thing
The show should literally be Trevor taking questions from the crowd with a comedic twist. He is soooooooo good off script
Bless you my g. (Mr. Trevor ) You are one of the chosen one to change the whole world. (People’s perspectives) in entertaining way. This lost world needs more people like you who see everything as a joke and trying to give a massage with a lough. Bless you My man.. You gonna change the world to some extent...
👌👌👌👌 respect......!!!!
I love the Between the Scenes clips that are posted. In my opinion, they’re the best part of the show! Lol.
I kind of agree with you on that, he's more natural and he's so aware of so much, he keeps up with the flow easily. Sometimes his bits seem too forced but I'm always entertained by the between the scenes bits.
How dare you say I’m a sexist! I have a girlfriend! She makes me sandwich every day!
Women making sandwiches isn't sexist stupid.
@@picklefathernurgle2719 lumberjack0101 wasn’t saying that making sandwiches was sexist, he/she was saying that since the woman would be making sandwiches everyday for the guy while he did nothing but relax, it would be kind of like back in the 1900s and before, when women had to make meals everyday for their husband. Lumberjack0101 was making an a big exaggeration, but you can still get the point of what he was saying.
@@ElizabethsLizard There are women, and men, who enjoy cooking and otherwise doing things for their significant other. The 1900's may have made it a cliche but that doesn't mean it's inherently negative. If a woman wants to make her boyfriend or even girlfriend, or a man wants to make his girlfriend or boyfriend some food that's completely fine.
People tend to do nice things for each other when they're in a relationship. I see where he was coming from, yes, but that stereotype of the woman making her man a sandwhich, handing him a beer and then kissing him on the head before walking away was never negative to begin with.
Activists just sort of latched onto it as a bad example of... I don't know, female servitude, I guess when in reality it was just an idealized version of gender roles back then, with both parties splitting up the work that needed doing in their everyday lives.
The man worked himself half to death in order to provide for his family and the woman was expected to help ease that burden by doing housework, watching the kids and cooking the meals. Of course men and women shouldn't be *forced* into those roles but if they choose to structure their relationship in such a way that's their choice, and people should butt out of their business.
Anyway, what I'm saying is that it doesn't work as a valid argument or criticism, not anymore.
@@picklefathernurgle2719 Oh it absolutely still works as a criticism. What you said about the stereotype isn't wrong, there is a positive side to it. But let's be honest here, how many people are gonna go with the idealized version of traditional gender roles? Where both sides actually wanted to? Not many. It's easier to just use it as an excuse so guys can be deadbeats and just work their women to death. It's a new age, an age where women just aren't confine just to old school values and duties anymore, sometimes even if they wanted to. Sometimes a woman gotta work too, even if she wants to stay home and just cooks for the man. And the man gotta understand that. It's just plain ridiculous to say you can't criticize a stereotype just cause it has a positive side to it.
@@KhiemNguyen-ly1wz You didn't read my comment in it's entirety did you? Nothing you said refutes my points. If people want to structure their relationship in a manner that was never toxic or negative to begin with that's their own business. You can't criticize people for it.
So glad that you are an international representative for our country Trevor!!Ngiyabonga🐘🇿🇦 You show the world honestly both the good and the bad. You are proud of our wonderful country and haven't changed who you are!
As a Kenyan I'd love to have Obama as our President. Give our son back. Thanks 😂
@@marvange2498 you have a better one!? Where? Who?
@@marvange2498 "a better one". I'm sure this "better one" will go in 2020 hopefully.
No, we're keeping him. Made in America, and still doing good work here. Don't pay attention to Agent Orange and his orange minions. If you'd like, we're willing to trade them. 😉
@@lilsomething8905 look around who going to beat him lol
@@willschoenenberger234 lol dude Obama administration was a joke ...keep getting force feed you're info by the main steam media am not a big fan of Trump but he's not rolling over to China like dumb ass Obama he got a pass for being black plain and simple.
I genuinely thought that at some point Meadows would ask Cohen "Do you think I'm racist, now?"
Shan Hussain That would have been great!
"I never thought of it that way Trevor." Good English accent.
That young woman asked a very intelligent question, and she's beautiful, and speaks well....I'm smiling over here!
One of the most heartbreaking things I've ever experienced is discovering an ex saying very inflammatory statements to a group of people, and defending herself with "And don't bother trying to call me a racist for my views. My boyfriend is black." I was that boyfriend at the time. Suffice to say, we're not together anymore.
😲Whoa. Yikes. Good for you for leaving her.
@@Suna-nb6vd Oh yeah. My current lady is fantastic.
@@nope_no_nunya. Thanks. Life was more complicated than me leaving her after finding out this information and our breakup didn't happen in as wonderful as a way as you probably hoped, (part of it involved the time frame in which messy events unfolded,) but I appreciate the sentiment all the same!
Sad to say, the only time a person's racism takes a backseat in America is to food or sex, smh...
NJ that happens ALOT. Here in Southern California, there are many older Mexican women married to White men who are Trump supporters and make disparaging comments about Mexicans all the time. They are my mother's friends and I'm like WTF? It is the most bizarre thing, and kind of scary. I don't get it.
I really love how Trevor always has a really good analysis of the situation, *what a great guy!*
In one of my college classes ( International Relations), I pointed out to my white professor and classmates that even the books we read are shaped in a way to make white people look good in History. For example, they wrote in our book that the British “Gave” independence to India, and I was like Gandhi and the fights Indians went through to “ Win” independence proves that the British didn’t give up but lost. It’s often the words they choose that totally change the actual History.
"Who's rac-"
"You're racist"
"No, I'm not racist"
"You're my best friend"
"I'm not racist"
"Who's the rac-"
"What's the racist?"
"Is racism.."
"Not racism.."
"What is racism? "
@Roshan Jha asking the real questions
Ah... The true racial dialogue people want.
rac·ism
Dictionary result for racism
/ˈrāˌsizəm/
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noun
prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.
"a program to combat racism"
synonyms:racial discrimination, racialism, racial prejudice/bigotry, xenophobia, chauvinism, bigotry, bias, intolerance; More
the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
"theories of racism"
Examples of racist based organizations and or countries:
the Kue Klux Klan or KKK
Nazis of world war 2
Neo-Nazis
England's occupation of India
English army versus the Zulu nation
France under the Rule of Napoleon Bonaparte
USSR under the Rule of Premier Joseph Stalin
California under the governorship of Ronald Reagan ( enacted the restrictions on open carry in the state in order to validate harassment of the Black Panthers who were armed and in public, asserting their 2nd amendment rights)
@@colquitt74 don't be silly a racist is someone who disagrees with you
😂😂😂😂that was funny as hell
Trevor could not be more perfect for this time in our country's history. So glad you're here!!!
Between the scenes Trevor shows his quick brains and humor. He is a really funny, intelligent and lovable man. And a really great question well put also!
I live in Oklahoma. We had one of the worst racial riots in history where white people and the US government destroyed what was once one of the richest communities in America known as “Black Wall Street”. What’s crazy is that it isn’t taught in schools. I didn’t learn about it until I became an adult and attended college and took a black history course.
Randy Savage Same
Same. After learning about it I asked older black people I knew if they remembered it. The sad thing was none of them knew. There are people who lived through it that are still alive. There was also a smaller one growing in the south but didn't get to prospers into the same as the one in Oklahoma
I like how more people look to Trevor, a comedian, for advice/opinions on political issues than actual politicians. lmao
People think of racism as if it's a dichotomous thing (eg: you are either racist or not). But the mind does not work in a dichotomous way. The human mind is filled with many beliefs about this world and its people. Some of those beliefs will be racist, some not. Even the 'least racist' person will most likely have some racist beliefs lurking around in their mind, although those may be not as extreme as 'more racist' peoples'. If we look at enlightened yogis in India for example, even those beings are heavily influenced by their culture, and often don't accept westerners to be their students, and if asked "Why?", they often give racist answers. So, I think if we look at a person in a dichotomous way (eg: you are either racist or not), then we miss the whole point. We should be looking in a 'belief specific' way, and seeing if a specific belief the person is demonstrating is racist or not, and why.
@ wow, sarcasm, really?
@ ah i see, i thought you meant the opposite, like i was saying a too obvious thing. Alright, my bad)
You sound like my psychology teacher..he made me understand a racist point of view from many angle
You nailed it, buddy.
That's an interesting way to look at it. I know I have to challenge a lot of my own attitudes that bubble up to the surface from time to time. It's worth it though, by doing so I've had the opportunity to interact with people I've traditionally closed myself off from. By forcing myself to disregard my learned attitudes and beliefs, I've had some engaging-lively experiences and a few unpleasant ones. Yet, all will be remembered as colorful and welcome experiences as variety is the spice of life.
I agree so much on teaching history from every perspective. If you don't tell the WHOLE story with every side then you won't ever learn everything. This is so important to teaching the younger generations to think beyond themselves.
I’ve learned that many times the ‘black friend’ is just an acquaintance. I remember when I was little a white woman used the ‘I have a black friend’ card with my mom. My mom challenged her by asking, have you ever broke bread at your dinner table with the black person that you call you friend? The white lady looked confused and so was my 6 year old self. My mom later explained to me that you cannot call somebody friend until you have broke bread with them at both your house and theirs. It takes trust and civility to invite someone into your home and into your world.
"Looking at history from multiple perspectives" hits close to home with me. As a kid I was taught how our ancestors in the 16th century were minding their own business when the Portuguese missionaries and marchants suddenly appeared on our shore, introduced guns and Christianity and started to cause all kinds of troubles. Years later I visited Lisbon to find a memorial dedicated to their great "Navigators," which marked 1541 as the year they "discovered" Japan. lol
LB2007 perspective is a powerful tool indeed. Not just in history even in life. I guess the saying there are two sides to every story is not just a cliche 🤷🏽♀️
@@sekhantsho2 There's 3 sides to every story: my side, your side, and the TRUTH. Ask your ma who she believes the most when you and your brother get into a dispute.
Pamela Cass i know that one two... but the point of cliche is that the truth is affected by who is telling u their “truth”... who u believe is not the point. The point is each person in that scenario can believe they’re the victim or victor 🤷🏽♀️. Cliche are deeper than we give them credit for.
As a mixed raced , I can tell you that you can have black/ mixed nieces and nephews AND be racist lol hi Aunt Virginie
Im mixed and some of my white family say some highly insensitive things
I love this video. When English people speak of Oliver Cromwell or Winston Churchill they see heroes of British parliament but Oliver Cromwell massacred many Irish people and was a horrible person and Winston Churchill created concentration camps in Kenya and never really let go of his colonialist views. A lot of Irish people today still are resentful towards the English but the horrible men like the black and tans (this name came from their uniforms and is not in any way relevant to the race of the police of the early nineteen hundreds in Ireland) are dead. The issue is that in the British education system their empire is still glorious and not the one that chiseled jewels out of the Taj Mahal or chopped down the Malaysian forests or banished men to Australia or boasted of using machine guns to mow down spear carrying men. They need to be educated not just them but also the Spanish who believe that they were kinder to the indigenous peoples because there are more left in South America even though the massacres were just as bad in places where there aren't mountains or rainforest. And let's not forget the Americans/French/English who killed over 50 million native Americans within 100 years of landing, justifying themselves saying that fhey weren't human and didn't have souls. Colonialists need an education. Because if not you get situations like France having unique buying rights to the coffee of the Ivory Coast and no one is saying anything about it.
You said it all brother. Let's not forget the massacre of the Congolese people that was carried out by the Belgians: "From 1885 to 1908, loot flowed endlessly from the dark interior of the jungle, up the river Congo and into colonial Belgium. Estimates of deaths in that period range from 10 million to 15 million Africans, and the debate whether it constituted a genocide continues." this from www.independent.co.uk
Or the fact that British settlers wiped out 80% of the Aboriginal population when they went to Australia.
Seeing all these facts is horrible. I feel sorry for all these people. 😢That these genocides have happened.
I tell people that a lot of comedians are really supersmart guys and Trevor is right at the very top. He answered this question brilliantly and still found the humor in it. His answer wasn't tense and uninteresting. That's a very very underrated skill.
The wisdom of this young man is something to admire..and he is funny.
The hypocrisy in America is huge.
What he said about colonialism is so true. Most countries that colonised other countries portray it as venturing out to find new worlds and bringing civilization to others, with some of the more prominent ones even getting statues to honour them (like the monster King Leopold II) Meanwhile former colonies learn about how their people were killed, tortured, raped, robbed and enslaved by the colonizers.
In South Africa believe me you learn everything about apartheid
Ja
Trevor Noah’s Brilliance is when he is talking like this. Not in being a host mode But his understandings of human nature r genius and full of compassion/understanding for the other
“History is written by the victors” so I don’t ever see history being taught honestly. It’s gonna be up to the parents and the individuals to learn their history. The truth is always out there. You just can’t depend on ur classroom or a text boook to teach it to you.
I'm not Racist I have a cousin that have a friend that has a brother that has Mixed Kids
Frank Mill 😂😂😂😂
Me: “Trump is racist.”
My mom: “Excuse me?? I saw Trump holding a black woman’s hand once!!”
🤦🏻♀️
@Needles Iblis Trump has an actual white supremacist in his cabinet. Stephen Miller. Look it up.
Trump was so racist that he got more black votes than any Republican Presidential candidate in seventy years -- either they are stupid, or you are. I'm betting the latter.
@@graterdeddly9527 it's a strategy. republicans know that america is a browning country, and republicans have a popular vote problem. both the dems and reps are using blacks and minorities as props, but the reps are just the worst
Whoever reading this hope you be successful and get Rich Asap💯
You too thousand fold blessings
Thanks man. Sadly I don't it's gonna happen, but here's to hoping.
thank you
Thanks i hope so
Thanks,if this wish works, I give you a share of my riches.
Shout out to the lady who asked that question..and as always Trevor much love from Kenya..
Trevor has such insight, I wish I could meet him one day, what a guy.
I can't be a racist because I don't have enough money to buy a race car.
My lil daughter once said. - I am a racist, I love Russia. :)
In Russian it sounds similar.
Hahahaha
“Wise tutelage of Betsy devos” 😂😂😂😆
The girl in the audience is amazing. She knew exactly what she was talking about.
It's so cool how well-articulated he is off the cuff like this, even when asked such a layered question.
Love you Trevor Noah! You are so authentic and smart!
Trevor is so much smarter than he gets credit for
Tell them Trevor, we won WAR with Spears like a man 😁
But did you? (Serious question)
@@TimdeTaranto He's talking about the battle of Isandlwana. And yes, the Zulu army did win that battle. Wouldn't say the war though.
Tim de Taranto they did, not against the Europeans tho, unfortunately:(
I mean you got slaughtered by the british but ok
@@tristansk5770 actually the Zulu's slaughtered the British soldiers first and won the battle. Then Britain went back and called for backup and ended up winning the war
History class in Germany: "Okay, so Today we're learning about the atrocities we committed during WWII and against the Jewish people, LGBTQ+ people, and really against anyone we wanted"
History class in Belgium: "Okay, so today we're learning about the atrocities we committed in the Congo and against the Congolese people"
History class in the USA: "How dare you insinuate that our nation or any of it's people have ever wronged or done anything bad against anyone anytime ever?!?!!?"
The thing is though, it is getting better in USA with the education as the kids are learning more about the bad things and so on. And one thing is that we focus so much on dates and events without going into details that we do not see the bad things.
yess it's so satisfying to hear your frustrations broadcasted through someone millions of people listen to. Yayyy
I'm in complete awe of how Trevor belts these beautifully well crafted answers to completely impromptu questions. It's like he created a 3 min standup routine out of nowhere.
Love your show!
Trevor is so-o-o handsome !
I have a relative who is a racist trump voter. HE'S friends with every black employee at his job. He goes out with them after work ! He dont want black folk dead, he just think his race is better than theirs. Racists CAN have good relations with many black folk
But could you call those relationship a real friendship? Can one be friends with someone he/she does not thinks its equal? It's more like polite acquaintances. Also, there is this settle rasism, just quiet thinking you're superior for trully silly reasons like skin tone, but at least not actively trying to make others life harder, and there is active rasists like KKK. Difference - just the small step, what is acceptable in broad society and what isn't (cough Holocaust cough) . Having a president, who sees "good people on both sides, both sides" is really helping with pushing that acceptable line to you know which side... 😅 Party of Lincoln my arse!
That just sounds like hanging out with some people from work (colleagues)-not friendship. Has your relative communicated his position on this issue to his black coworkers? Lol.
Most all races think there the beSt come on man you're not that dumb it is is the case then most all people are raceis .
@@marvange2498 I think it's one thing to think your race is the best. But it's another to treat other races unfairly. (I'm sure you know history). Obviously, anyone can THINK their race is better. But to what extent are they going to go to in order to express that?
Exactly. I used to work with someone like that too. He was very friendly with everyone, and was a favorite with a lot of the black employees. He was always fun to talk to. But occasionally I would get into a political discussion with him and it became very clear that he was very racist, especially when he spoke about black people that he didn't actually know. Also, as friendly as he was in the workplace, no one in his closest circle of friends were actually black.
I think it's pretty common for people to be influenced by the media and have stereotypes about other races. However, it's very different to see another race is inferior. To me, that's the most damaging form of racism, because deep down those people will always believe that they deserve to be treated better than their so-called black friends and they will always try to preserve this social hierarchy. These are the also the same people who get angry and lash out in ugly ways when they see someone like Obama in the White House or when their black friend gets a job promotion over them.
Such a brilliant and quick-minded young man.
Although it was ultimately CC’s decision to sign Trevor Noah, I’m glad they did so with the blessing of Jon Stewart. Trevor got a lot of heat at first because he was filling Jon’s shoes, but now he’s grown on people. 😊
So much truth in only 4 minute video. I love that he is such a smart and also handsome man!
Really inspiring! ♥
I’m jealous because not only did she ask a good question but she made Trevor laugh
On the nieces and nephews. I grew up in a southern, very racist family. No need for them to deny it, they were proud of it! Anyway, one of my aunts had two mixed raced girls. They were completely disowned from the family and those girls had so many issues. One was very light skinned and told everyone she was Hawaiian. One of my cousins told me it was so hard being mixed. Neither race wanted to be around her because she was half of the other. Sadly she went looking for acceptance in all the wrong places. I hope she is doing well today. So my mother can say she has mixed race nieces but that certainly wouldn't prove she isn't a racist.
Niether are some women who have mixed race kids,,,My issue as a BW is there are a lot of WW who are quick to run out there and have curly headed cute kid with out being aware and woke to black issues. And instead of melting the 2 groups I think there are more divisions . The lack of awareness just keeps going
You can't look to solve the aftermath of a situation if you still refuse to acknowledge it was ever a problem. That's what America continues to do. Too many people in this country justify slavery by saying shit like "well my ancestors didn't have slaves!" Yeah, good for you I guess. That doesn't mean that shit DIDN'T HAPPEN. Just because you weren't a part of the problem doesn't mean the problem wasn't there. It's simple. But America doesn't want simple. They want to pretend our country never did anything wrong when that's the fucking furthest from the truth possible.
Ashtarte Yup
What delusional world are you living in? The vast majority of people in America acknowledge how ugly slavery was. they teach us in school as well. I've never met someone say that it didn't happen either.
Using the black friend to defend your use of the black friend defense was pretty priceless.
Inception..
I love that he has a platform to express his points of view.
Trevor I love the way you make sense out of all this bulls**t with a dash of humor, Things are so bad that all you can do is laugh at it and no one does it better then you, so Thank You Trevor for stopping the tears for a little while,
Wow tough question, could've been a beauty peagent question, well or a question for someone who want to be president.
I just realized that in Indonesia, we also glossed over the fact that our first President pretty much just started war with Singapore and Malaysia out of pettiness. We did talk about how he was basically a dictator and the war basically drained our reserves, though, and our first President, in his infinite wisdom, ordered for more money to be printed. _Yeah, that definitely solved the problem, hyperinflation isn't a thing._
What we didn't gloss over was the cruelty of our second president's era. Except we didn't really go into much of the massacre in East Timor. I would love to go there and ask what their side of the history, though.
Man, I agree. Remember that one film about Soekarno a few years ago? His family were mad that he's being portrayed as a "womaniser". They just want us to remember him as this perfect hero without wanting to highlight any of his flaws which, in my personal opinion, is actually the point of a history.
@@mughwortslongshot4545 I don't actually know which movie you're talking about, but that's fucking hillarious. Like as if it was even a secret that he remarried so many times, and even had a mistress at one point.
Agree. Our history sugarcoated almost every mass-murders and justifying it with fascist beliefs.
And yes the East Timor. In my school (as far as I can remember) we were only told that the government had to face rebels from East Timor and send troops there to "sort things out". Then the referendum happened. While East Timor did not benefit at all even after they were a country on its own, it still doesn't justify the massacre.
@@violetsnowfield Exactly. We pretty much just ruined them even more.
Hello I'm from India and like your show very much👍
Great question and great answer
Im not a murderer, I have living friends
I have a family member that their house was the meeting place for the KKK. The grand dragon would go there all the time. My family that is around there, is very racist. My mom is white my dad is black. Her family was upset for marrying and having kids with a black man, but I didn’t know that growing up.
They were always nice to my sister and I. Took us places and what not. Only when I got older, I understood more.
Yes, you can be racist and have some kind of involvements with the different race at the same time. It’s just worse.
There's plenty of grand parents that members of the black panthers too raceist people come in every color.
I don't care then, they're not racist.
Zain Chupacabra you are a child, so I don’t expect a lot from you to being with
In france it's much worse, they love their colonial past.
Just like everyone else, I have racism in me. We as humans group each other by various things "like us" and "not like us". We need to address it and be made aware of it. I do my very best to treat everyone equally, but if someone points out something I think or said that is racist, I talk about it and address it. Flat out denial gives us 'cold racism' where the person says they're not racist, yet does racist things. You don't have to kill a black person to be racist. You can have a black friend and be racist. My dad-in-law once said we should put all Arabs in America into camps. I pointed out that he has an Arab friend that we both know, I said "what about him? Should he go to the camp?" My dad-in-law said "well no, not him." I feel like this moment was the best example of sneaking racism I've ever experienced.
All people blacks whites green are raceist but most people make it out to be a white thing when alot of whites think like you and try to work on they racist beliefs. Seems to me lot of blacks want and feel the need to be VICTIMs ..
@@marvange2498 Hey, I see where you are coming from. It's not all blacks who are portraying to be the victim..
@@karmencummings5463 99,9%percent
@@marvange2498 gotcha ; )!
Cheers to you, Trevor!
Damb Trevor!!! You are a gift from God man!!!
Here to see Trevor ma guy watching from Freetown sierra leone 😊😎
Oh my goodness, I never thought it possible to be attracted to anyone else when Trevor's onscreen, but that woman is so eloquent, intelligent, and insightful that my bisexual heart can't take it.
*gives you a paper bag to breathe in, so you don't hyperventilate* LOL! j/k
@Natalie Rose Don't worry fellow bi baby, you are not alone lol! Her question was amazing and I loved her shirt, as well! 😂
"Any questions before we move on?"
What does the square root of seven smell like?
I’ve never wanted to meet a celebrity or whatever but Trevor Noah is Gold! Your my hero Trevor lol
I would like to give massive credit to my phenomenal public high school for opening our eyes to all historical periods of injustice. For example, we were taught in incredible depth about every aspect of the Holocaust. I grew up in a predominantly Jewish town (mixed with Italian, Indian, and a few others) and we were shown what some might call “home movies” in history class (I won’t say more because they were horrific) that opened our eyes tremendously and educated us in a way that I will always be thankful for.