Nuance is so important and I honestly think it's about to make a comeback. I feel like the post Obama disappointment combined with the Trump era really put nuance on the back burner. A lot of us were in a raw emotional states recently. I think a lot of us are tired too so we're ready to re-engage with nuance and being uncomfortable and Grey areas, etc. And I think we will be better for it. (Goes to listen to Donda...😶)
Nope. People were idiots then, they're idiots now. But now, every one has a super computer in their pocket that lets them pull up whatever source to prove any inane point they have no matter how un-credible the source is or how broken and biased the logic in the source is.
If people actually cared about what children could handle, they would call in child psychologists to consult on writing textbooks/curricula that were informative but not traumatizing for each age group. Teaching an incorrect version of history and then demanding that children unlearn it when they're older seems more upsetting.
As someone who got exactly this kind of education - it feels like a major betrayal to learn that so much of my country's history was incorrect or incomplete. It's not just a question of Founding Fathers, but as a Mainer, it's a huge blow to learn that the first daylight-out-and-proud KKK rally was in Milo, Maine! And five figures' worth of people showed up in bedsheets! (I think it was 11-12,000, but I don't remember the exact figure.) It's galling to me that we never learned this, because it means that the people who don't want to learn more history never understand the truth of what happened. It is so easy to skate through life on a partial education.
Unfortunately, textbooks will be a thing of the past. But I do agree psychologists should assist with curricula. On the other hand, what's considered "traumatizing" to a child varies from student to student, parent to parent, and often can't be generalized. That's why it's so difficult to have a psychologist directly involved in the writing of educational material.
I actually think the answer to "who benefits from moral panic" is a lot of corporations who sell us distraction from the panic. Like the media stirring the panic, they directly and monetarily profit from people's emotional distress.
Absolutely, and the weathier a coorperation is, the more it can capitalize off of the panic, the better able they are to lobby and rub shoulders with politicians and others and power. It really is time to revolt against the 1%. My work, which barely pays me a living wage, should not enable some already wealthy dude to buy a summer home
Like how the media over blow the rate in which police brutalty actually happen creating a fixated idea that police racism is prevelant in our society despite be rarer than lighting strikes the only reason the media talks so much about police brutality and muh racism is to lit whatever racial tension they can or how the media fear mongers on the pamdemic telling people to lock in for basically forevor and how if you get your going to die even putting up a covid death counters despite not doing it for say obesity which kills around 2.8 million a year and in most cases are preventable. or how the media constantly overexxagerated jan 6th and the violence and how it was an attack on democracy despite defending,codoning or ignoring the BLM riots calling them "mostly peacful" or how the media consotantly fearmogers on climate change overexgerating it effect on the earth in order to give the goverment more power. etc glad we agree
@@ezekielrayfield1512 😂 It’s almost like you don’t actually watch these videos or at least don’t care about the actual content. Thanks for helping out Auntie Khadijah anyway! 🥰
"Moral panic is also what happens when you've been in a pandemic for nearly 2 years and realize you actually have no control over anything so you cling to the little control you do have, or what little control you can find (AKA your ideologies), and you decide anyone against your ideology is your enemy and should therefore be punished for it." BARS!!
Along with nuance, we need to get comfortable saying "I don't know" when we haven't sat down with the information for a bit! We have this harmful idea that all this information is at our fingertips and we need to instantly understand and have an opinion on all of it. Learning and change take time. And who benefits from the frantic rush to absorb information? Companies that want to monopolize your attention.
a lot of information is at our fingertips, but a lot of misinformation is at our fingertips too. it takes time and patience to be able to tell info and misinfo apart, it is not an easy task, the pressure to have a defined opinion in every issue can be damaging to critical thinking and finding solutions to problems. something that education systems should think of investing more in is internet literacy, bc lack of knowledge about the power of the internet plus the lack of critical thinking leads to this current use of the internet.
I agree with this because im almost 30, autistic and suffering from schizophrenia and only now realize that other people dont feel the need to reflect on things they learn until they understand it. A lot of people prefer to learn things through experience/emotional connection which, like you said, takes time. And it’s high key ableist to assume everyone is at the intelligence level to understand new information instantly.
Re "facts don't care about your feelings" When I shared your last video I said "facts don't care about your feelings but, your feelings influence your choices." Specifically, every person I have known that spouts logic over emotion in that way is not in control of their emotions and tend to use information to justify their feelings and rationalize their stance. Pretending to be a purely logical being deliberately ignores a key aspect of human nature.
i was just talking about this with my dad yesterday. he said ‘’when have your ever seen someone bring up the constitution & defending people’s rights without bringing in political parties?’’ i told him never. these people don’t care about anyone’s rights they’re just in it for money or the power.
I feel like in binary thinking you are never able to truly invest in anything, I think beliefs in things are strengthened after you have questions and concerns and have them refuted or contemplated, that way you come out with even stronger beliefs. Ignoring nuances doesn’t make them disappear.
True, but a significant fraction of binary thinking people aren't usually looking for a deeper understanding, they are looking for their 'tribe'. Conflict just tend to make them more stubborn 🤷♀️
Exactly. This is an issue with things like cancel culture. One ignorant or racist or homophobic or transphobic (unintentionally) comment could end your career, but there's no nuance or debate or talking. It's just right or wrong, when in reality, humans, just like everything else about us, are a spectrum, not a binary.
@@notmyhairyarmpits It's one of those things that even after people claim to understand it, continue to fall for it constantly. Simply put, we all have a subconscious (SC) urge to believe that in any human discussion, at least _one side_ is correct about the main point. But _any number_ of humans can get any number of things wrong, to infinity on both counts. Take the U.S. civil war for instance. A bunch of people call out Southerners for trying to skew it as not being about slavery, by rephrasing the discussion to be about "states' Rights." a dog-whistle, right? So "this is obviously false. Ergo, the Other Argument _must _*_be_*_ right!"_ Right? Well, what's the other side's argument? That it _was about_ ending slavery, & that millions of White northerners volunteered to potentially end their lives to free Black slaves. ...ummmm... no. If you want me to believe that these White soldiers *consciously volunteered* to risk their lives to end slavery, please tell me how _they_ benefited from that. Otherwise, they were motivated by something else. Ain't revisionist history fun?
Your point about social media pushing people into polarized positions and increasingly black-and-white thinking is such an important one. It's harder to explore ideas in a nuanced, three dimensional way when the algorithm is constantly pushing the hottest takes and most extreme points of view.
if you got ±2 hours and in the mood for some existential crisis with slight optimistic end, CJ the X touched on this in their video about bo burnham and jeff bezos.
It kills me know that the same "anti cancel culture" crowd draws a lot of supporters from those same Yu-Gi-Oh bashers when we were kids. As a kid they banned "the golden compass" from the library at our school, cause it was critical of the Church. And people were made about Pokemon cause "eVoLuTiOn." But like. Pokemon and Dragon Ball did catch some heat for characters that looked like Black face characters (Jinx and Mr Po), and I don't remember the same hand wringing about that. THAT was "PC, leftist, bs." Same with the doctor Suess books that had the Chinese stereotype and the Black face looking native cartoons. Witchcraft? Bad. Evolution? Skerchy. But, the estate saying THOSE pictures were wrong, and desiding to pull those books? THAT was "over reacting."
And that trend continues. I don't want to do the whole "no nuance" thing. Khadijah is right to call it out. But it kills me that a conservatovr can right "don't burn this book," while skipping over Nazi's burned books about LGBTQ+ folks. To this day, there are kids books with gay parents are checked out, just to be burned. Khadijah is right about outrage culture, and picking a side. But, what we are "supposed" to be out raged about? Is kinda telling. Who gets to be "concerned" and "debate," verses "who's over reacting," is a part of it, too. I think that dynamic can also sap our energy for Nuance.
I have decided to write down all of the topics you talk about and give them to my HS teachers so they can use them as material for debate because we seriously don't discuss such important topics where I'm from and people are xenophobic af. It'd be a good discussion to mention about the war of ethnicities that happen here since we have two main ethnicities that fight like the two main houses in romeo and Juliette and news flash, there are no secret lovers that move anyone else. Thank you for the lovely topics! They're really eye opening! ❤️
@Reva Ferns surely :) I really hope they do. I think one of them may since she has debates on her schedule and the kids in school usually never know what to debate about 😂 so I'm crossing my fingers 🤞
@@anaestrada6906 idk why that is either. My teacher used to just say "next week we'll be debating so I want you to choose the topic you want to talk about" which sounds ideal, but it's pretty flawed since most of my classmates just... Weren't interested in such debates. Many weren't partaking in it nor actively showed their opinions. It's very flawed since in a good debate, you have a topic and you have time to prepare your points in it. So I should talk to them about this problem.
Thank you for continuing to call out Canada in your videos. We as a country shouldn't be let off the hook or not included in these discussions. People, here and abroad, assume Canada's got its ish together buuut... we've got a LOT of work to do here in our own backyard. And great podcast suggestion, "Behind the Bastards". Very informative and enjoyable, one of my faves. Thanks for yet another awesome and thought provoking video. Really appreciate the work you & your crew do!
@@gibbie_bathwater I'd recommend the Secret Life of Canada (CBC) podcast, particularly their discussion about the Mounties. I like to think I know a decent amount about Canada's colonial history, but some of the specifics they talked about were totally new to me
As a person who works in data in finance, there's soooooooooooo much money involved in controversial/rage content based on how social media works. The algorithm promotes the content that gets the most clicks BUT the content that nearly guarantees the most clicks and interactions happen to be content that elicits a strong negative emotional response from the user. This is so ingrained that the profitability of major media companies like FOX, CNN, NBC, etc. to small time political pundits solely depend on the creation of content to enrage their followers. To add insult to injury, many of these political pundits specifically on UA-cam don't actually believe in the ideology that they spew online. It's just a grift to pander to one side or another in effort to gain money.
@@RoderickSpode I'm guessing the point is that "left" and right" have been pitted against eachother in order to make the already wealthy richer. Corrpupt governemnts and the coorperations that fund them need to be overthrown
I was raised very conservatively in the South (homeschooled, dad a pastor in the Southern Baptist Church), but I went to uni in a bigger city and was friends with people who were all ‘liberals’. They talked with me about things and would respectfully engage, and didn’t ignore me because of the beliefs my parents instilled in me. I’m now a 180 of the person I used to be, but I try to remember to show the same kindness and patience that my friends showed to me to people who think differently than I do. I’m not the best at it, tbh, but learning new things (like from your channel ❤️) reminds me to keep growing instead of falling back into the absolutist I was raised to be. You’re amazing!
@@ezekielrayfield1512 brainwash in to respecting people basic decency??? Or fuck that just strip away the rights. Can u atleast elaborate on your comment?
Another banger. I find myself constantly talking about/tweeting about/referencing nuance because I find it's so lacking on these online spaces. We really truly need more nuance.
@@Robstafarian Ok, so, I'm mentioning this here because it's the elephant in the room that I think we would all agree is the line in the sand standard for nuance, not because of any liking of the topic or some moral outrage on my own part. The most relevant topic to draw these lines in the sand for nuance is who can say the n-word, and for those who can, when. Lots of people get wrapped up and tired in the argument but very very few ever mention any nuance for justifying their positions as rules that other people should follow. Their arguments are almost unanimously steeped in the argument from emotion fallacy. No matter what their position, their conclusion is obvious and yet can't be explained without fallacy to justify it. Moral panic ensues... mostly from white allies and not black people.
Cancel Culture Trope Number 7 - Dualism and Number 4 - Pseudo-Moralism perhaps? As Innuendo Studios might say, there is fundamentally no difference between someone pretending to be outraged for clout/money/popularity vs. someone who is genuine, or at least, there's no way to tell the difference in most situations.
@Motown Gayes it's the theorized final stage of capitalism: the system is about to collapse and it needs to resort to fascistic measures to perpetuate itself (see neoliberalism), everything is commodified, and it devolves into mindless consumerism
The "CRT IN SCHOOLS!!" bit bothers me so much. I taught 10th-12th grade history and even as a white lady, I could acknowledge that the US had treated "non-white" (outside the construct they created) people badly. That's not CRT, that's just telling the whole story. We made progress in workers' rights AND we were sterilizing Black women and people with mental illnesses and disabilities. We fought the Nazis AND a lot of Hitler's racial ideas were popular in the US and Britain for decades before the war.
Yup, kids have the capacity to understand and value nuance. In high school leanring history in a nuanced way is what freed me from the rhetoric I'd been surrounded by my whole life. The moment my closeted 15 yr old self learned about Sappho I was hooked lol.
Ffs, ive been through one course of that bullshit. Theres no doubt we need to teach history as it happened, good or bad. But the fact that they claim every White person is racist, which is a lie. It teaches us that we need reparations from people who were NOT even alive under those atrocities. Its a big pile of literal racism, and yes, blacks dont own the word "racism", you can be racist to every race. They also said it was okay for Black people to only pursue marriage or start a family with their own race, but its NOT okay if a white man wants to start a family with a white woman? And then its okay to be racist to a Black republican, but NOT a Black democrat. The hypocrisy is why CRT is flawed. It COULD be something good.
@@katy9291 re that bit about being racist to black Republicans as opposed to black democrats: yes. That is proof that a lot of white leftists/left wingers, haven't confronted their own internalized racism. They don't realize just how easily you can accept those ideas. One of the central tenets of CRT is that racism is not exceptional, but is an everyday, super common thing. I recommend FD Signifire's Break Bread video for further viewing.
33:16 I like to use some kind of allegory to resume that thing: "Would you mock a baby because he doesn't know how to walk and you know how to? No, surely you would cheer the baby on instead. So imagine the societal benefits of cultivating acting the same with all people no matter their age..."
@@carmen8958 Brusephine, Bruhsephine, Brosephine... there is variant to it according to roots, taste and accents but yes it should be about right indeed *readjusts monocle* I propose ''bruvika'' as the female version of ''bruva'' using Hindi rules... and of couse Brewseph and Brewsephine if you are a barista x'D
I say this type of thing all the time. I was speaking to my parents the other day , I said it amazing to me how we assume adults don’t need reassurance or compassion then we wonder why everyone is depressed. People make mistakes life is messy and we are messy criticism is only constructive if it is accompanied by a prospective solution. If you condemn someone while offering no chance of reformation you have tampered that person’s ability to be anything more than what they are now. Which is why the prison system doesn’t work.
I appreciate you queen 👑 .💕😊I’m American through 12 generations . We are Ethiopian Jewish, Egyptian Southwest, and Geechee Cherokee. Lots of family members were and are scientists, civil rights activists, four star generals,etc. However, as teacher and gallery owner/curator. We need to talk about these things to open a light for the children…so we don’t repeat history…..or more division.
I'm sorry to tell you this but if you're African American whose ancestors were enslaved and brought to America you're descended from West Africa and not North/East Africa where Egypt and Ethiopia resides. // Coming with all due respect, an Northeast African
Khadija mentioned the US and Canada but Australia is definitely guilty of this as well. When people (understandably) question why we have a national public holiday celebrating the anniversary of colonisation ("Australia Day" Jan 26), conservative media and politicians suddenly become very angry towards any person or company who criticises the celebrations. It happens every year like clockwork leading up to Jan 26, and suddenly the 'debate' is no longer about the date of a public holiday that could very be easily changed, but a proxy for a debate about national identity and the history of Australia itself.
Fellow Australian here and God yes, I hate that time of year for that exact reason. It winds me up because no one is disagreeing with those conservatives on their point that Australia is a beautiful country that shapes the identity of those that live here, and that it's important to come together and appreciate that. But the issue has become so polarised that when someone says 'hey I think we should change the date', they're a government hating anarchist that wants to see the country burn, and when someone says 'hey I think we should keep the date the same', they're a xenophobic fascist with no empathy for others. What we're left with is no open and honest discussion, and thus, no actual change or progression on the issue.
hey fellow Aussie's... totally agree with you all.. it also doesn't help that 2/3 of Australian media is owned by Rupert Murdoch Newscorp empire, until that changes we have no hope of ANY nuance in our complex issues, whether racial, social or economical
Going into the history field opened up my eyes to the way history is used to fuel nationalism. My first two years of college were actively relearning everything I "learned" in high school. Now that I am working in the field I see how a lot of the problem is with historians upholding white supremacy, heteronormativity, and the patriarchy. To see modern historians educated in the 90s and 00s dance around topics such as slavery and oppression of women and POC and some going as far as writing it off as normal societal standards makes me realize it is a problem with the entire field, not just with what the government wants in textbooks. Thank goodness the field itself is changing and more women and POC are setting the record straight for a lot of what has been altered and looked over.
@John Xina The thing with shortening sentences when you speak isn't verlan, but both are signs of familiar/slang French language Ça m'fatigue mais j'vais ssayer (ais and the é sound of essayer are the same so while talking fast the two almost melt together) d'vous expliquer la diff (différence=difference, shortening words is also a thing in familiar/slang common in France) Verlan ("L'envers" means "in reverse") is the "reverse variations slang" (relou/lourd=litteral heavy but relou is only used for the other meaning of lourd : annoying, like a guy that's getting too close and harass women), meuf/femme=woman, keuf/flic=cop...) "Hey c'est kadija votre tatie d'internet préférée" works (lot of internet folks use some english words and as large in french you'll hear lot of english words but used quite differently, like "parking" is a car park), and week-end is the most used term for saturday+sunday in france too Lot of words from internet and tech but also lot quite used differently ("un sweat" is a hoodie for example, "sweat à capuche" to precise the hood haha)
I can't wait for all this political theater to end. These "discussions" (really "debates") are completely meaningless because nobody's LISTENING to each other! Like you said, respond don't react.
To end? It has been going on, in NA, for hundreds of years (if not longer with indigenous peoples), this is actually nothing new, the performance is all that has changed.
Right?! I get really stressed when I hear two people with opposite polarizing opinions screaming at eachother. I always feel like there can be some middle ground but sometimes I’m scared of having people from both sides directing their anger at me
100% agree. debates are great as an intellectual sport.... but they’re not useful for conveying and discussing nuance. rhetoric and theatre aren’t productive!
I saw a comment recently talking about the term of social media and arguing that we should talk about "digital businesses" instead. "Social media" makes you think of something human on a small-scale, a friendly gathering or a demonstration on the street. Using the term digital business might keep us in check of the fact that they're out there to make money, and we contribute to it. Not the worst thing, but something to keep in mind when using social media.
Yes!!! And the science of the humn brain has been deliberatley manipulated by these corperations. Engage, enrage, then detach by streaming even more media...
You're very right in saying we don't spend enough time articulating/defending our positions on various things. I feel like I've been conditioned to have that visceral response to any disagreement, on small or large issues, which is not at all helpful to meaningful discussion. I'm (sometimes) grateful to be working and living with people this summer who have vastly different political and social views from me and recognizing there's a world outside of my online echo chamber
I always liked the quote, “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it” I’ve made it my mission to have an extremely diverse friend group who have very different perspectives. It can be difficult at times, and I’ve had some uncomfortable arguments. But, in the end, it’s made the majority of my relationships much deeper. And on the rare occasion, we might change each other’s minds. I truly believe cultivating relationships is the best way to change the world, as naive as that sounds.
Only a sith deals in absolutes. Being comfortable with nuances and contradictions and grey areas is a key part of having compassion and empathy for our fellow beings
God, the number of times I've been having an argument with a fellow leftist that boils down to "I agree with the policy/idea you're getting at, but it's important to recognize that the people on the other side are also human and came to their conclusions through very human processes." I will probably be sharing this video a lot
@@cathyrinepsycoor7056 Yeah, you’re 100% correct, but I think the idea is that they believe in those things for a reason that’s bigger than just them being horrible people. If we only blame the individuals we miss the bigger issue of the alt-right pipeline as a whole and why these people end up the way they do. The beliefs they hold are terrifying in so many ways, but we’re never actually going to get anywhere in educating people and ending this kind of thinking if we don’t see them as humans. We don’t have to respect them, it’s just something to think about when we act and speak.
So, let's push it to what used to be a more extreme example - Nazi's and supremacists also come at their conclusions through "human processes" - what does that matter? Also - what value is there in being 'morally pure' when the other side has no problem pulling what it has been for the past 5+ years (decades, really, but let's keep it current enough)? Apparently, leftism will go wildly popular if we are nice and treat the right (which is nearly all alt-right now, and 100% post-truth) with respect, milk and cookies included.
@@xBINARYGODx It’s not anyone’s responsibility to be respectful to Nazi’s and extremists, but if we’re rude to them or ignore them those ideologies just continue to fester and perpetuate as they feel more and more marginalized. Maybe if it becomes less and less societally acceptable people won’t fall into those beliefs? I don’t know if you have a take on how we should act to try and keep people from becoming alt right? I really don’t know, I default to making sure people don’t feel demonized and educating them in the hopes that they might come around, but that’s not very realistic I suppose.
This sums up the last part for me. First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me
I'd like to add in that untreated mental health issues are like a positive feedback loop--it convinces a lot of people that any "pushback" is a hit on their entire worldview/identity. Then they become more and more radicalised. It's something that I've noticed in myself especially during the pandemic--as my mental health plummets, the way that I respond to certain things is, at its root, a deep feeling of shame or insecurity of where I am in the world (thank you, depression, anxiety, and childhood trauma!) Luckily I see my therapist once a month to help heal so that I have the mental capability to see nuance and to appreciate it. However, I am only human and if someone is "reacting", using words that are specifically divisive or in an attempt to dehumanise someone else (especially a friend), I tend to react as well. It's a balancing act that is heavily dependent on where I am mentally. Ultimately, as F.D Signifier mentioned, I think humanity as a whole is going to see how valuable nuance is and it'll make a comeback.
This literally like my second comment here already but I just realized that this is being done in advocacy journalism already: entertain and understand two sides of an issue while still angling for the side that is being silenced/marginalized.
Something touched on at the end really nicely is who directly and immediately benefits from outrage--the systems that monetize it. The large-scale social and governmental power structures continue to be present, but it feels like we're at a point where more online media than we've ever seen is driven by ad revenue, which hinges on engagement; outrage prompts engagement. We're seeing the same stuff we've always seen in media, but the rise of social media drilled into our personal spaces has really effectively made a buck off of it. It feels like things are shifting, though. Whether it's overall fatigue with being mad at enemies or the rise of alternative revenue models that support less brief, reflexive engagement (god bless patreon-like support models), or just the fact that I personally started engaging less with twitter or antagonistic response videos, it feels like there's a growing space for nuance and empathy. I hope. Please. Just, like, give me this.
It feels like we're all learning the importance of nuance and context. It kind of reminds me of advertising, actually. Populations grow inured to particular advertising techniques over time. I think, similarly, as a population, we are slowly less susceptible to, like, Twitter encouraging us to fight. To structures which encourage binary, entrenched argument
Thanks for this video. I love it. I'm a religious slightly left-of-center person living in a conservative area. I'm always trying to think of my own biases and I love dismantling my own views and the views of others that are simply spoon fed talking points.
'The Red Nation', 'This Land', 'All My Relations', and I just started 'Telling Our Twisted Histories, are great indigenous led podcasts that all touch on residential schools in some form. They also touch on a lot of other topics if y'all are interested.
The sexual orientation and gender identity equality (SOGIE) bill in the Philippines is also undergoing this phenomenon. The degree of moral panic wafting from the conservative christian sector is annoyingly loud.
@@cathyrinepsycoor7056 It benefits the Catholic Church which seeks to maintain social power in the Philippines. By alleging that equality will destroy society and the family, the people who will end up believing that will turn to religious conservatism for 'salvation' and the main peddler of religious conservatism in the Philippines is the Church.
i’m unbelievably happy you talked about this, whenever someone asks “what political party are you?” i want to bash my head against a wall. the two party system in north america is really killing our critical thinking skills. morally gray, forever and always. there’s pros and cons to everything.
You talk about the US and Canada and I've got to add, here in the England, when I was at school (and I have to admit that was a looooong time ago 😳 so things might have changed) we were never taught about all of our bad history, colonialism and all that. So we guilty too!
The same goes for France. I think all former*/surviving European colonial empires are guilty of the same deliberate erasure of colonial history and of the crimes tied to it.
Things have changed, I have British cousins and they’re taught about colonialism (albeit a censored, whitewashed version of it) in schools. So we still have some way to go.
Yea it's really bad. Like in France, the effort to have all people garunteed civil rights has turned from rhetoric like people of all religions hold value and no religion should dictate a gov't, to shit like we're "liberating" Muslim women by forcing them not to wear a hijab. Yes there has been much improvement from the France of 50 yrs ago, but there's also been so much regression disguissed as progress
Fred Hampton deserved more. I do try to be kind when having philosophical/political convos irl. like my sister can say some...interesting shit but what I try to do is like add context. also, it's interesting bc a lot of ppl have this notion that we're more sensitive nowadays. and every time I bring up the moral panics of old, but they just wave it off. but, yeah this is nothing new, all this conflict is just public, its on a larger platform. idk.
It was a time where people got offended women wore Jeans I’m not trying to hear nothing about we are so sensitive, all i hear is “i want to disrespect you and you not saying anything about it”
Would you ever consider creating a podcast? I would love to listen to your dissections while commuting. I think you’re doing something very important here. We need more sane voices amongst the insanity being passed around. Critical thinking is such an important factor for any healthy thriving community and it is not nearly promoted/taught enough as it should be.
She actually addressed this question in a live stream a few weeks(?) ago, I think it was the one regarding her tips on UA-cam 🤔. At the time she said no but only because she doesn’t have the time for it. I hope that in the future she will be to make this possible, because I totally agree with what you said, we need more people like her (especially in the mainstream) because this type of work is necessary. We’ll just have to see what’s in store for Khadija in the future as she continues to grow as a UA-camr. I wish her nothing but continued success.
Nuance and the ability to take a moment to consider the situation is profoundly lacking in mainstream discourse now, so thanks for making a point about this. Awesome videos and I like your spirit! Keep up the great work.
Since I'm not in North America I'm really keeping out of this one, over here there's been a push for more attention to our colinial past in schools, and it's not good enough yet but we're getting there. There's not this moral panic about it. But I love your thoughts on moral panic :)
Where are you living? I'm a recent immigrant here in France, and it's weird from my perspective how race (yes I know that's it's technically illegal to discuss race according to the Constitution, but honestly I'm starting to feel it's a cop out for not addressing the hard concepts about it) and culture never plays a role in anything here really unless it's the dominant culture, and I wish I heard more about how France's colonial past/present is affecting so much of what's going on here
@@aeolia80 live in the Netherlands (so two countries north). I think both of our countries are still steadily racist in a lot of ways. Over here anti-Black racism is mostly(mostly) a quiet thing (except for november during out blackface holiday, but that's basically done for) but islamophobia and fear of immigrants is loud and mainstream. If anything it's not that there isn't racism but that we've not been talking about it as long as America, and not as publicly. I honestly don't know a lot about France, they had Algeria and some other places in Africa, a number of Carribean islands (I think Haïti which had it's own revolution). I know France has a particilar form of nationalism that our most far right politician is envyous of (one that doesn't define the national indentity as a racial but as a cultural thing and is focussed on assimilation), so keep an eye out for how that works. - of course I have to add a huge caveat saying I'm white so I don't experience racism myself and probably miss a lot of stuff here.
@@jessekos1859 A lot of far right politicians say it’s all just about culture and values but when you dig deeper in to their past or what they say behind closed doors that facade fades away pretty quickly at least that’s what it’s like here in Germany.
@@RrRr-or5tw The right is always talking about 'JuDEo cHRistIaN vAlUES' when they try to start some anti imigrant speech but the antisemitism is RAMPANT in this country!
I like how you talked about how much our emotions can either taint or cloud or judgment. It made me rethink certain arguments I’ve gotten into over the past few weeks… I definitely was leading with my feelings
I remember diving deep into moral panics over video games and comic books my freshman year of college while I was researching a freshman comp paper about video games (and their potential uses outside of entertainment). It’s an interesting topic, and I enjoyed your thoughts about it
"Your favorite internet play auntie" would be "Votre matante du web préférée" in french! Always well written, always funny and I learn every time. I love your videos!
Nuance is so important but also super uncomfortable! Thanks for helping us do the harder but more necessary thing (Also, fellow Canadian here, we need to stop pretending like we don't have problems even though our neighbour to the south's are much more overblown because of the sheer population size!)
Really good stuff. A society that doesn’t know their whole history and learn from it will inevitably repeat it. If we could just look at things from a different perspective and not so much as “good” or “bad” then we’ll be able to grow in unity.
New subscriber from Lorry Hills video here-I’m So glad I came across your channel! You’re Smart, funny, down to earth… not to mention beautiful! I could listen to you for hours! Thank you for being a logical voice in these crazy times!
My main takeaway from this video is to think before reacting and I do agree with you when it comes to nuance when it comes to defending one's views. We should all learn to mentally see both sides of the spectrum in order to have healthier debates with those we do not agree with. Keep up the good work.
"two things can be true!" - funnily enough I started thinking this way because of Disenchantment lol. Thank you for posting this video, when I first started watching your videos, some of your points- while valid and thorough- made me feel uncomfortable, and I didn't know why. But now as I'm letting myself think more and more about being okay with feeling uncomfortable, I am starting to understand. It's because I also fall into those traps that you've mentioned, like judging and condemning people too quickly because it's easier that way, it means I don't HAVE to FEEL uncomfortable, and the faces are unknown to me anyway so it's quickly forgotten. However, now I realize that I have to stop, like you say, and just sit for a minute when there's a new scandal or a new accusation. Although I don't participate in social media, I do consume it (im a lurker), so it still affects how I think. There's a lot of quick judgments made nowadays esp with the dominance of social media. People see someone do something "bad," or they don't agree immediately with, and instantly say they should get cancelled/boycotted because it's easier to lean into one of the binaries. Because it's easier to condemn someone right away outright, than to live with those conflicting feelings boiling inside you - because parsing these feelings takes time, and effort, and control. I'm slowly starting to understand that things are so fast-paced nowadays, but what we need to do for ourselves, is to give ourselves time. Time to feel. Time to think. To respond. And to let the other side do the same. Thanks, Khadija!
A friend at work recommended your videos. She was right, you’re amazing! I feel like nuance is really missing in these conversations. We need to also remember that multiple truths can exist at the same time and the things we do wrong don’t necessarily make us “bad people.”
When I first heard about the moral panic against CRT I laughed so hard. I've been acquainted for a bit, and it felt so arbitrary. Like, the ivory tower is famously inaccessible, and it felt like it was targeting the humanities majors, which just seemed bizarre. Thank you for a larger context on the outer/inner workings of all of these very intellectually/factually/emotionally complex topics. Thank you for showing all the emotional impact of these topics on you while delivering the good facts and dancing the boundaries between all these lines so beautifully. Thank you for showing us the battle of your research and hippie selves as well as the one between angry conjecture Khadija and "I am talking to an audience and need to check myself" Khadija. It's funny, and it's also modeling healthy brain stuff. All your holding two unlike things with equal weight talk is refreshing to see represented. It's all refreshing. You're refreshing. Thank you.
I find it fascinating that as “advanced” as we are as a society, these more profound questions still go unanswered. Yet, we push forward without using the one thing that separates us from other animals.
I abhor authority. Pushing reliance in authority poisons us against listening, thinking, learning, and growing. It frustrates, angers, and saddens me so much.
18:49 I couldn't agree more! In addition, the historical and ongoing influence of religion (Christianity in particular) also plays a big part in this type of thinking. Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, etc) have a unique and very extreme "good vs evil" dichotomy in which everything is either right or wrong with little to no grey area. Émile Durkheim, a French sociologist of the 19th century, believed that such a conflict was so universal that it was the central characteristic of all religions (which, spoiler alert, it wasn't), but with the juxtaposition being between the sacred and the profane. Other major religions, like Buddhism, pose no such all-encompassing moral dispute as their defining feature and instead emphasize the importance of personal fulfillment and enlightenment. In both Confucianism and Taoism, good and bad aren't presented as morally opposing ideals but rather as balancing forces (more in Taoism, but I digress). Religion has shaped our current world and social climate so deeply that it comes as no surprise to me that most of the major moral panics I can think of in North America and Europe (I'm looking at you, witch trials) were seen as opposing "traditional", "family", and/or "American" values (read: Christian). I'm using Christianity as an example here because it is the largest world religion and certainly the most common religious affiliation in Canada and the United States, but it's certainly not the only one to pit one side against another. Long story short, the society we in North America currently live in is one that reinforces black in white views of morality from day one, so it makes sense that we, on the whole, find it really difficult to consider seemingly mutually exclusive concepts in any sort of productive manner. TL;DR side effects of practicing an Abrahamic religion may include: black-and-white thinking, existential crisis, moral panic, and more...
What a great video this week! You made me realize that my blanket approval of CRT, though coming from a good place, can be just as harmful as a blanket dismissal. I’ve gotten lazy about critical thinking over the past year. I let my emotional response (“Yes! Let the truth be finally known!”), interfere with my rationality. I’m going to go back and actually dive deep into CRT. I want to be wise and not just loud. So, thank you for reminding me to value nuance, complexities, and paradoxes. Oh, and may I say, you’re rockin’ the whole “Parisian Dark Academia” look 😁😁👩🏿🎨👩🏿🦱. Tres belle.
Related to people staring at you in public: I thought people were staring at me for my dress hiking up but it was because I wore the blue mask inside out (this far into the pandemic) and no one told me
Its so important to discuss and educate people on indigenous Americans and Canadians (and as an Australian, we always appreciate the ability to be educated on these things through platforms like this), it is rare to see people talk about indigenous Australians, it would be amazing to see a video educating people on wide scale about indigenous Australians.
i know this channel is mostly American politics but i think you'll find through research we share the same awfully heartbreaking, horror, blood soaked history that both our governments have tired hard to cover up and deny education on for years!
I was very fortunate in my history teachers, and it blew my mind when I realized that people didn't know about the residential schools, or that Canada had concentrations camps. Like, that was shit we did, we have to own that. So shout out to Mr. Smith and Mr. Fraser for teaching us stuff you weren't supposed because it was the right thing to do.
I think that the people who benefit from this division are the superrich - the more we are divided morally or whatnot, the less we are able to organize together against worker exploitation and the fucked up wealth disparities in our country...
I’ve been binging your videos here lately! I live in Alabama and your thoughts on how to engage with people with vastly different beliefs and opinions from my own really gave me a lot to think about. I’ve probably been more than a little pretentious when dealing with certain individuals and moving forward I am going to challenge myself to do better. Thank you!
you're amazing!! This is the first video I've seen that has presented the debate so appropriately. Not too dramatic and not too glib, perfectly balanced
This video perfectly describes why I think everyone would benefit from some DBT (dialectical behavioural therapy). The core concept of the therapy is that 2 conflicting things can be true at the same time. For example, "I love my dad" and "I am angry at my dad for the hurt he inflicted on me in my childhood" can both be true. It's a skill that is so so important when having conversations on topics like cancel culture or social inequities. Nuance!
Hey Khadijah.🖤 Still watching this. Happy I caught your upload so soon. I really love your in-depth thought process of ideas and discussions to talk about. Really wish and hope I could have these types of discussions on a platform like this without my brain going blank and into brain fog, lol. Would really hope you make a video in the future of creating your content BTS. (Maybe even the technical side if that’s not too much, lol). It’ll be very inspirational for anyone wanting to create content on UA-cam. Alright, going back to the video.
I remember back in the 90's when the pedagogical argument du jour was about the wisdom of including "ebonics" (more frequently known as AAVE these days) in teaching english; it's hard for me not to see some similarities in the way people approached that question and this, and the reasons why.
I read about this in Word on the Street by John McWhorter (which I highly recommend to people with an interest in linguistics/grammar.) To me, who wasn’t alive when this debate was happening, it seems like the issue was hot for a minute and then suddenly got buried. Nowadays the “is AAVE a language” (*I am oversimplifying!) debate is like a polyp on the massive moral panic thing discussed. I say that because it seems to be less of its own debate and more a talking point, where one side refuses to consider AAVE as a language, and the other side acknowledges AAVE as a language but doesn’t have any action to add (such as influencing school curricula)… and that’s IF the matter of AAVE comes up at all. It seems like a lot of specialized/targeted debate points are shifting away from matters of action, and now we are seeing more overarching actions falling into this state of moral panic. So, from teaching AAVE as a language, to more broadly structuring historical learning and analysis through the lens of CRT. Like, it feels as though the issues are becoming more overarching and perhaps more muddled-or, less specialized. Like we’re zooming out, or showing a larger picture at a blurrier resolution. I don’t think I know nearly enough to say whether that is good or bad, it’s just a possible observation. Thanks for reminding me about this and it’s a very interesting connection.
I think a lot of the time, a person that spends a lot of time questioning their own opinions, having mental debates with themselves to get to the bottom of an issue, trying to take nuance into consideration etc. is a lot less likely to loudly make statements on social media, precisely because of all the questioning. They're probably people who know what it's like to change your mind on issues, so posting opinions/statements etc. on twitter/insta/tik tok or whatever that will be out there forever and could come back to haunt them would make absolutely no sense, it's a losing strategy. On the other hand, people who don't question their stances the majority of the time and don't put a lot of value on nuance will often feel a lot more certainty in their position, whether rightly or wrongly, and because of it they will be much more ready to "go to bat" for it. If you are 100% sure that you are right, you aren't worried about the ridicule or embarrassment you would have to put up with if you were proven wrong (because you can't possibly be wrong), and yeah, you're more likely to state your opinions loudly and leave little room for debate. The entire issue could be summarised as "echo chambers make people so certain that they are right, that they see no point in re-hashing the debate". And as you said, in some cases it makes sense, e.g. there's no point re-hashing the "flat earth" debate in 2021. In other cases, there are issues that we still haven't reached a consensus on, but people are so tired of debating them that they'd rather pretend that we have and are ready to just dismiss anyone who doesn't get on board as a "lost cause" not worth debating with.
that last part... I literally paused the video bc I've been thinking this for months lmaooo. this "outrage" is just funding big social media sites and companies. going back and forth with people will keep us on these sites for so long because we try so hard to defend something or someone. I love saying we can agree to disagree with people because at that point what can you really say anymore. If we all did this tho the system wouldn't be a system, does this make sense? It's been hard to articulate these thoughts lately :') I'm trying to see the other side, but I wouldn't know where to start because everything I see is aligned with my values, maybe that's what college is for. I really enjoyed this one.
Your sing at the end was beautiful!!! I was trying to read the comments and kept on getting distracted. Moral panic is a very interesting concept. It makes me wonder what is being used against me, and how best I can combat my lack of knowledge. It is sometimes hard to identify what causes should outage us, and which causes have been overblown or politicized by the media to prevent us considering the complexity of the mater.
i be like 3 seconds into any of Khadija's videos & hit that like button cause i know i'm about to get fascinated by what she says and might forget to do that later 🤌
thank you so much for saying this! i really hope people begin to see nuance more and both listen and not be afraid to say their perspectives (so they can be informed if they're wrong, or inform others. either way, it keeps them from blindly believing one perspective and allows for a more informative discussion). then we could actually have a conversation and be willing to see different perspectives, while uniformly making change in our racist system. edit: then those people can stop profiting off of our outrage too, so we can actually use those profits to help people in need
I love this. I work in mental health and the integration of opposites is referred to as "dialectics" (from dialectical behavioral therapy). People really struggle with doing this, and I can't help but think that the issue is reinforced by the more puritanical, black/white fundamentalist Christian thinking that undergirds our society (and has for such a long time). Societally, we've never had nuance built into our morality codes.
Who knew I needed Khadija in a beret?
Love your videos!
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beautiful intelligent women supporting beautiful intelligent women is something i truly love to see 🥰🥰🙂
I've just watched one of your videos right before I clicked on this one, and here you are!
The cow knew, I trust.
Nuance is so important and I honestly think it's about to make a comeback.
I feel like the post Obama disappointment combined with the Trump era really put nuance on the back burner. A lot of us were in a raw emotional states recently. I think a lot of us are tired too so we're ready to re-engage with nuance and being uncomfortable and Grey areas, etc. And I think we will be better for it.
(Goes to listen to Donda...😶)
Gotta wait for Covid trauma to heal too now
Had me till 🚩donda🚩
🤢 yucky
PERIOD💅💅✨
Nope. People were idiots then, they're idiots now. But now, every one has a super computer in their pocket that lets them pull up whatever source to prove any inane point they have no matter how un-credible the source is or how broken and biased the logic in the source is.
Woah, you’re not verified? Love your content man
Itty bitty piggy was THEEEEEEEEEEE song. You just brought back so many memories with that intro 😫
Love you Shanspeare, lovely seeing you here 💞✨ (also love Khadija and Nicki)
Had to pause the vid to listen real quick...just put me in a mood
@@maxyneschaw7040 Nicki a goat frfr.
Right I had to finish the song lol
i was litterally just waqtching one of ur vids wot
If people actually cared about what children could handle, they would call in child psychologists to consult on writing textbooks/curricula that were informative but not traumatizing for each age group. Teaching an incorrect version of history and then demanding that children unlearn it when they're older seems more upsetting.
As someone who got exactly this kind of education - it feels like a major betrayal to learn that so much of my country's history was incorrect or incomplete. It's not just a question of Founding Fathers, but as a Mainer, it's a huge blow to learn that the first daylight-out-and-proud KKK rally was in Milo, Maine! And five figures' worth of people showed up in bedsheets! (I think it was 11-12,000, but I don't remember the exact figure.) It's galling to me that we never learned this, because it means that the people who don't want to learn more history never understand the truth of what happened. It is so easy to skate through life on a partial education.
Unfortunately, textbooks will be a thing of the past. But I do agree psychologists should assist with curricula. On the other hand, what's considered "traumatizing" to a child varies from student to student, parent to parent, and often can't be generalized. That's why it's so difficult to have a psychologist directly involved in the writing of educational material.
I actually think the answer to "who benefits from moral panic" is a lot of corporations who sell us distraction from the panic. Like the media stirring the panic, they directly and monetarily profit from people's emotional distress.
Oooooh thisssss
Absolutely, and the weathier a coorperation is, the more it can capitalize off of the panic, the better able they are to lobby and rub shoulders with politicians and others and power. It really is time to revolt against the 1%. My work, which barely pays me a living wage, should not enable some already wealthy dude to buy a summer home
Like how the media over blow the rate in which police brutalty actually happen creating a fixated idea that police racism is prevelant in our society despite be rarer than lighting strikes the only reason the media talks so much about police brutality and muh racism is to lit whatever racial tension they can
or how the media fear mongers on the pamdemic telling people to lock in for basically forevor and how if you get your going to die even putting up a covid death counters despite not doing it for say obesity which kills around 2.8 million a year and in most cases are preventable.
or how the media constantly overexxagerated jan 6th and the violence and how it was an attack on democracy despite defending,codoning or ignoring the BLM riots calling them "mostly peacful"
or how the media consotantly fearmogers on climate change overexgerating it effect on the earth in order to give the goverment more power.
etc
glad we agree
@@ezekielrayfield1512 😂 It’s almost like you don’t actually watch these videos or at least don’t care about the actual content. Thanks for helping out Auntie Khadijah anyway! 🥰
"Moral panic is also what happens when you've been in a pandemic for nearly 2 years and realize you actually have no control over anything so you cling to the little control you do have, or what little control you can find (AKA your ideologies), and you decide anyone against your ideology is your enemy and should therefore be punished for it."
BARS!!
Along with nuance, we need to get comfortable saying "I don't know" when we haven't sat down with the information for a bit! We have this harmful idea that all this information is at our fingertips and we need to instantly understand and have an opinion on all of it. Learning and change take time.
And who benefits from the frantic rush to absorb information? Companies that want to monopolize your attention.
I agree! Not giving the space to others to not know as well too. We all don't know all topics.
a lot of information is at our fingertips, but a lot of misinformation is at our fingertips too. it takes time and patience to be able to tell info and misinfo apart, it is not an easy task, the pressure to have a defined opinion in every issue can be damaging to critical thinking and finding solutions to problems. something that education systems should think of investing more in is internet literacy, bc lack of knowledge about the power of the internet plus the lack of critical thinking leads to this current use of the internet.
I agree with this because im almost 30, autistic and suffering from schizophrenia and only now realize that other people dont feel the need to reflect on things they learn until they understand it. A lot of people prefer to learn things through experience/emotional connection which, like you said, takes time.
And it’s high key ableist to assume everyone is at the intelligence level to understand new information instantly.
There is a lot of power in saying "I don't know." Only by saying I don't know, can knowing become possible.
Re "facts don't care about your feelings"
When I shared your last video I said "facts don't care about your feelings but, your feelings influence your choices." Specifically, every person I have known that spouts logic over emotion in that way is not in control of their emotions and tend to use information to justify their feelings and rationalize their stance.
Pretending to be a purely logical being deliberately ignores a key aspect of human nature.
Oooh I love that quote!! Feelings are such useful information but it can’t be all we use
I agree completely! Very well put.
Ugh I wish I had realized this sooner, I've had so many conversations with people like this!!
Not only that but we know that we make out decisions emotionally and then rationalize them.
I've never felt so called out while reading a comment.
KHADIJAH.
"If we don't admit something is messy, we will never succeed at cleaning it."
Is that a good summation? Or am I just tooting my own horn
I likes it, I likes it a lot
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This makes me happy
I'm thinking of something more feisty, but can't quite compress it into a neat sentence. But basically, even a country can become a cult.
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Isn't that the plot of full metal Alchemist, Brotherhood?
I mean. You're correct, but. Yeah.
@@stoodmuffinpersonal3144 Maybe. I don't watch anime. I was mainly thinking of the US.
i was just talking about this with my dad yesterday. he said ‘’when have your ever seen someone bring up the constitution & defending people’s rights without bringing in political parties?’’ i told him never. these people don’t care about anyone’s rights they’re just in it for money or the power.
It's about keeping privileges, so they speak from a false consciousness
@@cathyrinepsycoor7056 Exactly 🎯
I feel like in binary thinking you are never able to truly invest in anything, I think beliefs in things are strengthened after you have questions and concerns and have them refuted or contemplated, that way you come out with even stronger beliefs. Ignoring nuances doesn’t make them disappear.
True, but a significant fraction of binary thinking people aren't usually looking for a deeper understanding, they are looking for their 'tribe'. Conflict just tend to make them more stubborn 🤷♀️
Exactly. This is an issue with things like cancel culture. One ignorant or racist or homophobic or transphobic (unintentionally) comment could end your career, but there's no nuance or debate or talking. It's just right or wrong, when in reality, humans, just like everything else about us, are a spectrum, not a binary.
exactly. I think critical thinking is so important, it combined with communicating and knowing people with other beliefs is soo important.
You've never made a bad comment
@@notmyhairyarmpits It's one of those things that even after people claim to understand it, continue to fall for it constantly. Simply put, we all have a subconscious (SC) urge to believe that in any human discussion, at least _one side_ is correct about the main point.
But _any number_ of humans can get any number of things wrong, to infinity on both counts. Take the U.S. civil war for instance.
A bunch of people call out Southerners for trying to skew it as not being about slavery, by rephrasing the discussion to be about "states' Rights." a dog-whistle, right? So "this is obviously false. Ergo, the Other Argument _must _*_be_*_ right!"_ Right?
Well, what's the other side's argument? That it _was about_ ending slavery, & that millions of White northerners volunteered to potentially end their lives to free Black slaves.
...ummmm... no.
If you want me to believe that these White soldiers *consciously volunteered* to risk their lives to end slavery, please tell me how _they_ benefited from that. Otherwise, they were motivated by something else. Ain't revisionist history fun?
Your point about social media pushing people into polarized positions and increasingly black-and-white thinking is such an important one. It's harder to explore ideas in a nuanced, three dimensional way when the algorithm is constantly pushing the hottest takes and most extreme points of view.
if you got ±2 hours and in the mood for some existential crisis with slight optimistic end, CJ the X touched on this in their video about bo burnham and jeff bezos.
@@mophead_xu ^^ i second this, that was a fantastic video.
The satanic panic was terrible, couldn't watch a single episode of Yu-Gi-Oh without someone's auntie praying for me.
i am still praying for the Yu-Gi-Oh cult, the feminine men and satanic cards.
@@xofromphoebe9871 what's wrong with feminine men?
@@m_milos They don't foster community improvement, just partake in feminine gossip culture
It kills me know that the same "anti cancel culture" crowd draws a lot of supporters from those same Yu-Gi-Oh bashers when we were kids.
As a kid they banned
"the golden compass" from the library at our school, cause it was critical of the Church. And people were made about Pokemon cause "eVoLuTiOn." But like.
Pokemon and Dragon Ball did catch some heat for characters that looked like Black face characters (Jinx and Mr Po), and I don't remember the same hand wringing about that. THAT was "PC, leftist, bs."
Same with the doctor Suess books that had the Chinese stereotype and the Black face looking native cartoons. Witchcraft? Bad. Evolution? Skerchy. But, the estate saying THOSE pictures were wrong, and desiding to pull those books? THAT was "over reacting."
And that trend continues. I don't want to do the whole "no nuance" thing. Khadijah is right to call it out.
But it kills me that a conservatovr can right "don't burn this book," while skipping over Nazi's burned books about LGBTQ+ folks. To this day, there are kids books with gay parents are checked out, just to be burned.
Khadijah is right about outrage culture, and picking a side. But, what we are "supposed" to be out raged about? Is kinda telling. Who gets to be "concerned" and "debate," verses "who's over reacting," is a part of it, too. I think that dynamic can also sap our energy for Nuance.
I have decided to write down all of the topics you talk about and give them to my HS teachers so they can use them as material for debate because we seriously don't discuss such important topics where I'm from and people are xenophobic af. It'd be a good discussion to mention about the war of ethnicities that happen here since we have two main ethnicities that fight like the two main houses in romeo and Juliette and news flash, there are no secret lovers that move anyone else. Thank you for the lovely topics! They're really eye opening! ❤️
@Reva Ferns surely :) I really hope they do. I think one of them may since she has debates on her schedule and the kids in school usually never know what to debate about 😂 so I'm crossing my fingers 🤞
As a teacher I don't understand why your teacher just asks you to debate with no prompt. I'm baffled. I hope she takes the suggestions in :)
Don't let them know it was you
@@anaestrada6906 idk why that is either. My teacher used to just say "next week we'll be debating so I want you to choose the topic you want to talk about" which sounds ideal, but it's pretty flawed since most of my classmates just... Weren't interested in such debates. Many weren't partaking in it nor actively showed their opinions. It's very flawed since in a good debate, you have a topic and you have time to prepare your points in it. So I should talk to them about this problem.
@@user-hm9uq8gk5x I graduated already so it's no harm on me
Thank you for continuing to call out Canada in your videos. We as a country shouldn't be let off the hook or not included in these discussions. People, here and abroad, assume Canada's got its ish together buuut... we've got a LOT of work to do here in our own backyard.
And great podcast suggestion, "Behind the Bastards". Very informative and enjoyable, one of my faves.
Thanks for yet another awesome and thought provoking video. Really appreciate the work you & your crew do!
yesss thats so true canada has made so many mistakes and theyre just overlooked
@@gibbie_bathwater I'd recommend the Secret Life of Canada (CBC) podcast, particularly their discussion about the Mounties. I like to think I know a decent amount about Canada's colonial history, but some of the specifics they talked about were totally new to me
@@pollypocket2743 thanks ill check it out!
As a person who works in data in finance, there's soooooooooooo much money involved in controversial/rage content based on how social media works. The algorithm promotes the content that gets the most clicks BUT the content that nearly guarantees the most clicks and interactions happen to be content that elicits a strong negative emotional response from the user. This is so ingrained that the profitability of major media companies like FOX, CNN, NBC, etc. to small time political pundits solely depend on the creation of content to enrage their followers. To add insult to injury, many of these political pundits specifically on UA-cam don't actually believe in the ideology that they spew online. It's just a grift to pander to one side or another in effort to gain money.
that's sad and scary
And your point is what exactly?
@@RoderickSpode I'm guessing the point is that "left" and right" have been pitted against eachother in order to make the already wealthy richer. Corrpupt governemnts and the coorperations that fund them need to be overthrown
@@RoderickSpode it is an answer to the title of this video.
I like that you introduce how you hold two conflicting phenomenons while still digesting material you genuinely identify with (i.e Wallace).
I was raised very conservatively in the South (homeschooled, dad a pastor in the Southern Baptist Church), but I went to uni in a bigger city and was friends with people who were all ‘liberals’. They talked with me about things and would respectfully engage, and didn’t ignore me because of the beliefs my parents instilled in me. I’m now a 180 of the person I used to be, but I try to remember to show the same kindness and patience that my friends showed to me to people who think differently than I do. I’m not the best at it, tbh, but learning new things (like from your channel ❤️) reminds me to keep growing instead of falling back into the absolutist I was raised to be. You’re amazing!
and that kids is why you shouldn't go to university because you get brainwash into being a liberal.
@@ezekielrayfield1512 brainwash in to respecting people basic decency??? Or fuck that just strip away the rights. Can u atleast elaborate on your comment?
Another banger. I find myself constantly talking about/tweeting about/referencing nuance because I find it's so lacking on these online spaces. We really truly need more nuance.
Twitter seems to have been created as a weapon in the fight against nuance, designed to destroy context.
i love your videos 💖
Hey, your videos are awesome!
Problem is you can never go viral with a nuanced stance.
@@Robstafarian Ok, so, I'm mentioning this here because it's the elephant in the room that I think we would all agree is the line in the sand standard for nuance, not because of any liking of the topic or some moral outrage on my own part. The most relevant topic to draw these lines in the sand for nuance is who can say the n-word, and for those who can, when. Lots of people get wrapped up and tired in the argument but very very few ever mention any nuance for justifying their positions as rules that other people should follow. Their arguments are almost unanimously steeped in the argument from emotion fallacy. No matter what their position, their conclusion is obvious and yet can't be explained without fallacy to justify it. Moral panic ensues... mostly from white allies and not black people.
It's kinda amazing that there's an 'outrage economy'.
Cancel Culture Trope Number 7 - Dualism and Number 4 - Pseudo-Moralism perhaps? As Innuendo Studios might say, there is fundamentally no difference between someone pretending to be outraged for clout/money/popularity vs. someone who is genuine, or at least, there's no way to tell the difference in most situations.
We're under late stage capitalism: there's an economy for everything
@Motown Gayes it's the theorized final stage of capitalism: the system is about to collapse and it needs to resort to fascistic measures to perpetuate itself (see neoliberalism), everything is commodified, and it devolves into mindless consumerism
@Motown Gayes lol, we can dream. Or maybe they'll start to sell BLM stickers
It's nothing new, it's just been named. During the witch trials in Europe and the US witch finders were paid. They commoditized murder of women.
The "CRT IN SCHOOLS!!" bit bothers me so much. I taught 10th-12th grade history and even as a white lady, I could acknowledge that the US had treated "non-white" (outside the construct they created) people badly. That's not CRT, that's just telling the whole story.
We made progress in workers' rights AND we were sterilizing Black women and people with mental illnesses and disabilities.
We fought the Nazis AND a lot of Hitler's racial ideas were popular in the US and Britain for decades before the war.
Yup, kids have the capacity to understand and value nuance. In high school leanring history in a nuanced way is what freed me from the rhetoric I'd been surrounded by my whole life. The moment my closeted 15 yr old self learned about Sappho I was hooked lol.
Ffs, ive been through one course of that bullshit. Theres no doubt we need to teach history as it happened, good or bad. But the fact that they claim every White person is racist, which is a lie. It teaches us that we need reparations from people who were NOT even alive under those atrocities. Its a big pile of literal racism, and yes, blacks dont own the word "racism", you can be racist to every race. They also said it was okay for Black people to only pursue marriage or start a family with their own race, but its NOT okay if a white man wants to start a family with a white woman? And then its okay to be racist to a Black republican, but NOT a Black democrat. The hypocrisy is why CRT is flawed. It COULD be something good.
@@katy9291 what state do you go to school in?
@@katy9291 re that bit about being racist to black Republicans as opposed to black democrats: yes. That is proof that a lot of white leftists/left wingers, haven't confronted their own internalized racism. They don't realize just how easily you can accept those ideas. One of the central tenets of CRT is that racism is not exceptional, but is an everyday, super common thing. I recommend FD Signifire's Break Bread video for further viewing.
33:16 I like to use some kind of allegory to resume that thing:
"Would you mock a baby because he doesn't know how to walk and you know how to? No, surely you would cheer the baby on instead. So imagine the societal benefits of cultivating acting the same with all people no matter their age..."
I'm totally stealing that analogy. Please don't sue ;-)
@@shannonmcglumphy5967 Sue ya? Nah Brusephine, spread that shit around to your heart's content with all my blessings :3
@@dupirechristophe7703 amazed at you spelling bruspehine seemingly correctly and w such confidence, a scholar truly 😂😂😂
@@carmen8958 Brusephine, Bruhsephine, Brosephine... there is variant to it according to roots, taste and accents but yes it should be about right indeed *readjusts monocle* I propose ''bruvika'' as the female version of ''bruva'' using Hindi rules... and of couse Brewseph and Brewsephine if you are a barista x'D
I say this type of thing all the time. I was speaking to my parents the other day , I said it amazing to me how we assume adults don’t need reassurance or compassion then we wonder why everyone is depressed. People make mistakes life is messy and we are messy criticism is only constructive if it is accompanied by a prospective solution. If you condemn someone while offering no chance of reformation you have tampered that person’s ability to be anything more than what they are now. Which is why the prison system doesn’t work.
I appreciate you queen 👑 .💕😊I’m American through 12 generations . We are Ethiopian Jewish, Egyptian Southwest, and Geechee Cherokee. Lots of family members were and are scientists, civil rights activists, four star generals,etc. However, as teacher and gallery owner/curator. We need to talk about these things to open a light for the children…so we don’t repeat history…..or more division.
I'm sorry to tell you this but if you're African American whose ancestors were enslaved and brought to America you're descended from West Africa and not North/East Africa where Egypt and Ethiopia resides. // Coming with all due respect, an Northeast African
@@Jordan-xg4pn Telling some random person what her ancestry is .
Khadija mentioned the US and Canada but Australia is definitely guilty of this as well.
When people (understandably) question why we have a national public holiday celebrating the anniversary of colonisation ("Australia Day" Jan 26), conservative media and politicians suddenly become very angry towards any person or company who criticises the celebrations.
It happens every year like clockwork leading up to Jan 26, and suddenly the 'debate' is no longer about the date of a public holiday that could very be easily changed, but a proxy for a debate about national identity and the history of Australia itself.
Fellow Australian here and God yes, I hate that time of year for that exact reason.
It winds me up because no one is disagreeing with those conservatives on their point that Australia is a beautiful country that shapes the identity of those that live here, and that it's important to come together and appreciate that. But the issue has become so polarised that when someone says 'hey I think we should change the date', they're a government hating anarchist that wants to see the country burn, and when someone says 'hey I think we should keep the date the same', they're a xenophobic fascist with no empathy for others.
What we're left with is no open and honest discussion, and thus, no actual change or progression on the issue.
hey fellow Aussie's... totally agree with you all.. it also doesn't help that 2/3 of Australian media is owned by Rupert Murdoch Newscorp empire, until that changes we have no hope of ANY nuance in our complex issues, whether racial, social or economical
Going into the history field opened up my eyes to the way history is used to fuel nationalism. My first two years of college were actively relearning everything I "learned" in high school. Now that I am working in the field I see how a lot of the problem is with historians upholding white supremacy, heteronormativity, and the patriarchy. To see modern historians educated in the 90s and 00s dance around topics such as slavery and oppression of women and POC and some going as far as writing it off as normal societal standards makes me realize it is a problem with the entire field, not just with what the government wants in textbooks. Thank goodness the field itself is changing and more women and POC are setting the record straight for a lot of what has been altered and looked over.
Noticed the exact same thing, why I ended up studying the radical right to try and understand how this shit came about and fight it.
"please remember that you can always change your mind, because you can."
Bless you, Khadija. And bless you, whoever is reading this right now
"Je m'appelle Khadija, votre tante d'internet favori" I'm Swedish and my last French lesson was in 2009 don't @ me lol
you might be missing a couple letters but it’s okay, the french pronounce 10% of letters in any sentence (source: trust me)
A bit basic, but it's a good traduction, can't @you for remembering that hell of language(well the written form) after 10 years.
@John Xina
The thing with shortening sentences when you speak isn't verlan, but both are signs of familiar/slang French language
Ça m'fatigue mais j'vais ssayer (ais and the é sound of essayer are the same so while talking fast the two almost melt together) d'vous expliquer la diff (différence=difference, shortening words is also a thing in familiar/slang common in France)
Verlan ("L'envers" means "in reverse") is the "reverse variations slang" (relou/lourd=litteral heavy but relou is only used for the other meaning of lourd : annoying, like a guy that's getting too close and harass women), meuf/femme=woman, keuf/flic=cop...)
"Hey c'est kadija votre tatie d'internet préférée" works (lot of internet folks use some english words and as large in french you'll hear lot of english words but used quite differently, like "parking" is a car park), and week-end is the most used term for saturday+sunday in france too
Lot of words from internet and tech but also lot quite used differently ("un sweat" is a hoodie for example, "sweat à capuche" to precise the hood haha)
Tante is aunt, auntie would be tatie or tantine;)
I can't wait for all this political theater to end. These "discussions" (really "debates") are completely meaningless because nobody's LISTENING to each other! Like you said, respond don't react.
To end? It has been going on, in NA, for hundreds of years (if not longer with indigenous peoples), this is actually nothing new, the performance is all that has changed.
Right?! I get really stressed when I hear two people with opposite polarizing opinions screaming at eachother. I always feel like there can be some middle ground but sometimes I’m scared of having people from both sides directing their anger at me
100% agree.
debates are great as an intellectual sport.... but they’re not useful for conveying and discussing nuance. rhetoric and theatre aren’t productive!
@@cherrypanda887 true. Just because you win a debate doesn’t mean you’re 100% in the right. It just means you can argue
@@xBINARYGODx I'm very well aware that this has always existed and will probably never end. But a girl can dream 😔
I saw a comment recently talking about the term of social media and arguing that we should talk about "digital businesses" instead. "Social media" makes you think of something human on a small-scale, a friendly gathering or a demonstration on the street. Using the term digital business might keep us in check of the fact that they're out there to make money, and we contribute to it. Not the worst thing, but something to keep in mind when using social media.
Yes!!! And the science of the humn brain has been deliberatley manipulated by these corperations. Engage, enrage, then detach by streaming even more media...
You're very right in saying we don't spend enough time articulating/defending our positions on various things. I feel like I've been conditioned to have that visceral response to any disagreement, on small or large issues, which is not at all helpful to meaningful discussion. I'm (sometimes) grateful to be working and living with people this summer who have vastly different political and social views from me and recognizing there's a world outside of my online echo chamber
Your skin is glowing and your intelligence is showing! Thank you for your content!
I always liked the quote, “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it”
I’ve made it my mission to have an extremely diverse friend group who have very different perspectives. It can be difficult at times, and I’ve had some uncomfortable arguments. But, in the end, it’s made the majority of my relationships much deeper. And on the rare occasion, we might change each other’s minds.
I truly believe cultivating relationships is the best way to change the world, as naive as that sounds.
Only a sith deals in absolutes. Being comfortable with nuances and contradictions and grey areas is a key part of having compassion and empathy for our fellow beings
God, the number of times I've been having an argument with a fellow leftist that boils down to "I agree with the policy/idea you're getting at, but it's important to recognize that the people on the other side are also human and came to their conclusions through very human processes."
I will probably be sharing this video a lot
If the "people on the other side" are fascist, they don't recognize any humanity value or dignity other than that of their in-group
@@cathyrinepsycoor7056 Yeah, you’re 100% correct, but I think the idea is that they believe in those things for a reason that’s bigger than just them being horrible people. If we only blame the individuals we miss the bigger issue of the alt-right pipeline as a whole and why these people end up the way they do. The beliefs they hold are terrifying in so many ways, but we’re never actually going to get anywhere in educating people and ending this kind of thinking if we don’t see them as humans. We don’t have to respect them, it’s just something to think about when we act and speak.
So, let's push it to what used to be a more extreme example - Nazi's and supremacists also come at their conclusions through "human processes" - what does that matter? Also - what value is there in being 'morally pure' when the other side has no problem pulling what it has been for the past 5+ years (decades, really, but let's keep it current enough)?
Apparently, leftism will go wildly popular if we are nice and treat the right (which is nearly all alt-right now, and 100% post-truth) with respect, milk and cookies included.
@@xBINARYGODx It’s not anyone’s responsibility to be respectful to Nazi’s and extremists, but if we’re rude to them or ignore them those ideologies just continue to fester and perpetuate as they feel more and more marginalized. Maybe if it becomes less and less societally acceptable people won’t fall into those beliefs? I don’t know if you have a take on how we should act to try and keep people from becoming alt right? I really don’t know, I default to making sure people don’t feel demonized and educating them in the hopes that they might come around, but that’s not very realistic I suppose.
@@cathyrinepsycoor7056 good thing not many people on the other side are fascists.
"you were once learning the thing that you are currently teaching someone" never thought of it this way, super interesting!
This sums up the last part for me.
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
I'd like to add in that untreated mental health issues are like a positive feedback loop--it convinces a lot of people that any "pushback" is a hit on their entire worldview/identity. Then they become more and more radicalised. It's something that I've noticed in myself especially during the pandemic--as my mental health plummets, the way that I respond to certain things is, at its root, a deep feeling of shame or insecurity of where I am in the world (thank you, depression, anxiety, and childhood trauma!) Luckily I see my therapist once a month to help heal so that I have the mental capability to see nuance and to appreciate it.
However, I am only human and if someone is "reacting", using words that are specifically divisive or in an attempt to dehumanise someone else (especially a friend), I tend to react as well. It's a balancing act that is heavily dependent on where I am mentally. Ultimately, as F.D Signifier mentioned, I think humanity as a whole is going to see how valuable nuance is and it'll make a comeback.
This literally like my second comment here already but I just realized that this is being done in advocacy journalism already: entertain and understand two sides of an issue while still angling for the side that is being silenced/marginalized.
I freaking love your channel I binged it all in the last few days.
Drink water and take breaks beloved
Me too
Damn, you just said everything that has been bothering me for the last few years so I'm just commenting for the engagement ❤
Something touched on at the end really nicely is who directly and immediately benefits from outrage--the systems that monetize it. The large-scale social and governmental power structures continue to be present, but it feels like we're at a point where more online media than we've ever seen is driven by ad revenue, which hinges on engagement; outrage prompts engagement. We're seeing the same stuff we've always seen in media, but the rise of social media drilled into our personal spaces has really effectively made a buck off of it.
It feels like things are shifting, though. Whether it's overall fatigue with being mad at enemies or the rise of alternative revenue models that support less brief, reflexive engagement (god bless patreon-like support models), or just the fact that I personally started engaging less with twitter or antagonistic response videos, it feels like there's a growing space for nuance and empathy. I hope. Please. Just, like, give me this.
I’m only at the intro right now. You are insane and I love it.
It feels like we're all learning the importance of nuance and context. It kind of reminds me of advertising, actually. Populations grow inured to particular advertising techniques over time. I think, similarly, as a population, we are slowly less susceptible to, like, Twitter encouraging us to fight. To structures which encourage binary, entrenched argument
The time is nigh for revolution!
Ok French come through!! You've done a good job 🙂
Thanks for this video. I love it. I'm a religious slightly left-of-center person living in a conservative area. I'm always trying to think of my own biases and I love dismantling my own views and the views of others that are simply spoon fed talking points.
I wish everyone would realise this. We need to stop arguing and actually start talking to each other properly, with mutal respect and empathy.
'The Red Nation', 'This Land', 'All My Relations', and I just started 'Telling Our Twisted Histories, are great indigenous led podcasts that all touch on residential schools in some form. They also touch on a lot of other topics if y'all are interested.
Thank you for these recommendations!
@@myathegrandma Glad others are interested. 😊
Ooooh thanks for the recommendations!
The sexual orientation and gender identity equality (SOGIE) bill in the Philippines is also undergoing this phenomenon. The degree of moral panic wafting from the conservative christian sector is annoyingly loud.
And who would you say that moral panic you mention benefits, and how does it benefit them?
@@cathyrinepsycoor7056 It benefits the Catholic Church which seeks to maintain social power in the Philippines. By alleging that equality will destroy society and the family, the people who will end up believing that will turn to religious conservatism for 'salvation' and the main peddler of religious conservatism in the Philippines is the Church.
@@jonathankoskey9394 say it louder for the people in the back🗣️🗣️👏👏
Same goes for the divorce bill and the RH bill.
i’m unbelievably happy you talked about this, whenever someone asks “what political party are you?” i want to bash my head against a wall. the two party system in north america is really killing our critical thinking skills. morally gray, forever and always. there’s pros and cons to everything.
since i have a poor sense of time and dont remember if u have an upload schedule, i am always super pleasantly suprised to see a new video from you!!!
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You talk about the US and Canada and I've got to add, here in the England, when I was at school (and I have to admit that was a looooong time ago 😳 so things might have changed) we were never taught about all of our bad history, colonialism and all that. So we guilty too!
The same goes for France. I think all former*/surviving European colonial empires are guilty of the same deliberate erasure of colonial history and of the crimes tied to it.
Things have changed, I have British cousins and they’re taught about colonialism (albeit a censored, whitewashed version of it) in schools. So we still have some way to go.
@@Maroon_007 Good to hear things are changing though
Yea it's really bad. Like in France, the effort to have all people garunteed civil rights has turned from rhetoric like people of all religions hold value and no religion should dictate a gov't, to shit like we're "liberating" Muslim women by forcing them not to wear a hijab. Yes there has been much improvement from the France of 50 yrs ago, but there's also been so much regression disguissed as progress
@@lizabryan1336 You aren't liberating someone who wants to wear something by telling them they can't, you are erasing them!
Watched your vid while peelin peaches for jam, and it was a lovely time🍑💛 Thanks for your hard work and thoughtful words, Khadija!
Oh that sounds so lovely
Girl you are SLAM DUNKING 24/7!!! Make sure to get some rest, youtube would lose SO much quality if you went thru burnout 😫
Fred Hampton deserved more. I do try to be kind when having philosophical/political convos irl. like my sister can say some...interesting shit but what I try to do is like add context. also, it's interesting bc a lot of ppl have this notion that we're more sensitive nowadays. and every time I bring up the moral panics of old, but they just wave it off. but, yeah this is nothing new, all this conflict is just public, its on a larger platform. idk.
I love the "were so sensitive" complaints like being defensive to keeping things the same isn't also emotionally driven.
It was a time where people got offended women wore Jeans I’m not trying to hear nothing about we are so sensitive, all i hear is “i want to disrespect you and you not saying anything about it”
Would you ever consider creating a podcast? I would love to listen to your dissections while commuting.
I think you’re doing something very important here. We need more sane voices amongst the insanity being passed around. Critical thinking is such an important factor for any healthy thriving community and it is not nearly promoted/taught enough as it should be.
She actually addressed this question in a live stream a few weeks(?) ago, I think it was the one regarding her tips on UA-cam 🤔. At the time she said no but only because she doesn’t have the time for it. I hope that in the future she will be to make this possible, because I totally agree with what you said, we need more people like her (especially in the mainstream) because this type of work is necessary. We’ll just have to see what’s in store for Khadija in the future as she continues to grow as a UA-camr. I wish her nothing but continued success.
Nuance and the ability to take a moment to consider the situation is profoundly lacking in mainstream discourse now, so thanks for making a point about this. Awesome videos and I like your spirit! Keep up the great work.
Since I'm not in North America I'm really keeping out of this one, over here there's been a push for more attention to our colinial past in schools, and it's not good enough yet but we're getting there. There's not this moral panic about it. But I love your thoughts on moral panic :)
Where are you living? I'm a recent immigrant here in France, and it's weird from my perspective how race (yes I know that's it's technically illegal to discuss race according to the Constitution, but honestly I'm starting to feel it's a cop out for not addressing the hard concepts about it) and culture never plays a role in anything here really unless it's the dominant culture, and I wish I heard more about how France's colonial past/present is affecting so much of what's going on here
@@aeolia80 live in the Netherlands (so two countries north). I think both of our countries are still steadily racist in a lot of ways. Over here anti-Black racism is mostly(mostly) a quiet thing (except for november during out blackface holiday, but that's basically done for) but islamophobia and fear of immigrants is loud and mainstream.
If anything it's not that there isn't racism but that we've not been talking about it as long as America, and not as publicly.
I honestly don't know a lot about France, they had Algeria and some other places in Africa, a number of Carribean islands (I think Haïti which had it's own revolution).
I know France has a particilar form of nationalism that our most far right politician is envyous of (one that doesn't define the national indentity as a racial but as a cultural thing and is focussed on assimilation), so keep an eye out for how that works.
- of course I have to add a huge caveat saying I'm white so I don't experience racism myself and probably miss a lot of stuff here.
@John Xina thanks for correcting me :)
@@jessekos1859 A lot of far right politicians say it’s all just about culture and values but when you dig deeper in to their past or what they say behind closed doors that facade fades away pretty quickly at least that’s what it’s like here in Germany.
@@RrRr-or5tw The right is always talking about 'JuDEo cHRistIaN vAlUES' when they try to start some anti imigrant speech but the antisemitism is RAMPANT in this country!
I like how you talked about how much our emotions can either taint or cloud or judgment. It made me rethink certain arguments I’ve gotten into over the past few weeks… I definitely was leading with my feelings
I love your singing. Such a beautiful voice. 💕🍯💕
I remember diving deep into moral panics over video games and comic books my freshman year of college while I was researching a freshman comp paper about video games (and their potential uses outside of entertainment). It’s an interesting topic, and I enjoyed your thoughts about it
"Your favorite internet play auntie" would be "Votre matante du web préférée" in french!
Always well written, always funny and I learn every time. I love your videos!
Nuance is so important but also super uncomfortable! Thanks for helping us do the harder but more necessary thing (Also, fellow Canadian here, we need to stop pretending like we don't have problems even though our neighbour to the south's are much more overblown because of the sheer population size!)
Really good stuff.
A society that doesn’t know their whole history and learn from it will inevitably repeat it. If we could just look at things from a different perspective and not so much as “good” or “bad” then we’ll be able to grow in unity.
New subscriber from Lorry Hills video here-I’m So glad I came across your channel! You’re Smart, funny, down to earth… not to mention beautiful! I could listen to you for hours! Thank you for being a logical voice in these crazy times!
My main takeaway from this video is to think before reacting and I do agree with you when it comes to nuance when it comes to defending one's views. We should all learn to mentally see both sides of the spectrum in order to have healthier debates with those we do not agree with. Keep up the good work.
When you pronounced “wifi” as “weefee” it reminded me so much of my Wolof parents 😭😂
"two things can be true!" - funnily enough I started thinking this way because of Disenchantment lol.
Thank you for posting this video, when I first started watching your videos, some of your points- while valid and thorough- made me feel uncomfortable, and I didn't know why. But now as I'm letting myself think more and more about being okay with feeling uncomfortable, I am starting to understand. It's because I also fall into those traps that you've mentioned, like judging and condemning people too quickly because it's easier that way, it means I don't HAVE to FEEL uncomfortable, and the faces are unknown to me anyway so it's quickly forgotten. However, now I realize that I have to stop, like you say, and just sit for a minute when there's a new scandal or a new accusation. Although I don't participate in social media, I do consume it (im a lurker), so it still affects how I think. There's a lot of quick judgments made nowadays esp with the dominance of social media. People see someone do something "bad," or they don't agree immediately with, and instantly say they should get cancelled/boycotted because it's easier to lean into one of the binaries. Because it's easier to condemn someone right away outright, than to live with those conflicting feelings boiling inside you - because parsing these feelings takes time, and effort, and control. I'm slowly starting to understand that things are so fast-paced nowadays, but what we need to do for ourselves, is to give ourselves time. Time to feel. Time to think. To respond. And to let the other side do the same. Thanks, Khadija!
Frenchie here. That bonjour and all was really nice! Good job on your accent.
Thanks for continuing to call out Canada in your videos! Your description of how we like to hide in the shadow of the USA is really on the nose.
A friend at work recommended your videos. She was right, you’re amazing! I feel like nuance is really missing in these conversations. We need to also remember that multiple truths can exist at the same time and the things we do wrong don’t necessarily make us “bad people.”
When I first heard about the moral panic against CRT I laughed so hard. I've been acquainted for a bit, and it felt so arbitrary. Like, the ivory tower is famously inaccessible, and it felt like it was targeting the humanities majors, which just seemed bizarre. Thank you for a larger context on the outer/inner workings of all of these very intellectually/factually/emotionally complex topics. Thank you for showing all the emotional impact of these topics on you while delivering the good facts and dancing the boundaries between all these lines so beautifully. Thank you for showing us the battle of your research and hippie selves as well as the one between angry conjecture Khadija and "I am talking to an audience and need to check myself" Khadija. It's funny, and it's also modeling healthy brain stuff. All your holding two unlike things with equal weight talk is refreshing to see represented. It's all refreshing. You're refreshing. Thank you.
I find it fascinating that as “advanced” as we are as a society, these more profound questions still go unanswered. Yet, we push forward without using the one thing that separates us from other animals.
The one issue the 1% don't want us to get outraged about is the division between rich wasters and poor workers.
I abhor authority. Pushing reliance in authority poisons us against listening, thinking, learning, and growing. It frustrates, angers, and saddens me so much.
18:49 I couldn't agree more! In addition, the historical and ongoing influence of religion (Christianity in particular) also plays a big part in this type of thinking. Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, etc) have a unique and very extreme "good vs evil" dichotomy in which everything is either right or wrong with little to no grey area. Émile Durkheim, a French sociologist of the 19th century, believed that such a conflict was so universal that it was the central characteristic of all religions (which, spoiler alert, it wasn't), but with the juxtaposition being between the sacred and the profane. Other major religions, like Buddhism, pose no such all-encompassing moral dispute as their defining feature and instead emphasize the importance of personal fulfillment and enlightenment. In both Confucianism and Taoism, good and bad aren't presented as morally opposing ideals but rather as balancing forces (more in Taoism, but I digress). Religion has shaped our current world and social climate so deeply that it comes as no surprise to me that most of the major moral panics I can think of in North America and Europe (I'm looking at you, witch trials) were seen as opposing "traditional", "family", and/or "American" values (read: Christian). I'm using Christianity as an example here because it is the largest world religion and certainly the most common religious affiliation in Canada and the United States, but it's certainly not the only one to pit one side against another. Long story short, the society we in North America currently live in is one that reinforces black in white views of morality from day one, so it makes sense that we, on the whole, find it really difficult to consider seemingly mutually exclusive concepts in any sort of productive manner.
TL;DR side effects of practicing an Abrahamic religion may include: black-and-white thinking, existential crisis, moral panic, and more...
French and native here, in love with you speaking French.
All this outrage benefits me cause you made a new video to watch! 💟
I like your perspective, fellow chum!
God I love you 😭 thanks for the vidya auntie
What a great video this week! You made me realize that my blanket approval of CRT, though coming from a good place, can be just as harmful as a blanket dismissal. I’ve gotten lazy about critical thinking over the past year. I let my emotional response (“Yes! Let the truth be finally known!”), interfere with my rationality. I’m going to go back and actually dive deep into CRT. I want to be wise and not just loud. So, thank you for reminding me to value nuance, complexities, and paradoxes.
Oh, and may I say, you’re rockin’ the whole “Parisian Dark Academia” look 😁😁👩🏿🎨👩🏿🦱. Tres belle.
Let the emotion still guide you! Just pair it with your rational, that’s what I’m working on all the time 💕
That voice helps me unpack the thoughts brought up in the video. So glad to have a deep thinker to help me navigate these topics.
Related to people staring at you in public: I thought people were staring at me for my dress hiking up but it was because I wore the blue mask inside out (this far into the pandemic) and no one told me
Its so important to discuss and educate people on indigenous Americans and Canadians (and as an Australian, we always appreciate the ability to be educated on these things through platforms like this), it is rare to see people talk about indigenous Australians, it would be amazing to see a video educating people on wide scale about indigenous Australians.
i know this channel is mostly American politics but i think you'll find through research we share the same awfully heartbreaking, horror, blood soaked history that both our governments have tired hard to cover up and deny education on for years!
There is something about your eyes... They're mesmerizing 😍
I was very fortunate in my history teachers, and it blew my mind when I realized that people didn't know about the residential schools, or that Canada had concentrations camps. Like, that was shit we did, we have to own that. So shout out to Mr. Smith and Mr. Fraser for teaching us stuff you weren't supposed because it was the right thing to do.
lol my 8th grade history teacher skipped WW2 b/c it made her sad, our english teacher ended up teaching us the barebones while reading animal farm ...
I think that the people who benefit from this division are the superrich - the more we are divided morally or whatnot, the less we are able to organize together against worker exploitation and the fucked up wealth disparities in our country...
october 15!!
I’ve been binging your videos here lately! I live in Alabama and your thoughts on how to engage with people with vastly different beliefs and opinions from my own really gave me a lot to think about. I’ve probably been more than a little pretentious when dealing with certain individuals and moving forward I am going to challenge myself to do better. Thank you!
you're amazing!! This is the first video I've seen that has presented the debate so appropriately. Not too dramatic and not too glib, perfectly balanced
This video perfectly describes why I think everyone would benefit from some DBT (dialectical behavioural therapy). The core concept of the therapy is that 2 conflicting things can be true at the same time. For example, "I love my dad" and "I am angry at my dad for the hurt he inflicted on me in my childhood" can both be true. It's a skill that is so so important when having conversations on topics like cancel culture or social inequities. Nuance!
Hey Khadijah.🖤 Still watching this. Happy I caught your upload so soon. I really love your in-depth thought process of ideas and discussions to talk about. Really wish and hope I could have these types of discussions on a platform like this without my brain going blank and into brain fog, lol. Would really hope you make a video in the future of creating your content BTS. (Maybe even the technical side if that’s not too much, lol). It’ll be very inspirational for anyone wanting to create content on UA-cam. Alright, going back to the video.
Khadija teaching the people some sociological terms. I love to see it
I remember back in the 90's when the pedagogical argument du jour was about the wisdom of including "ebonics" (more frequently known as AAVE these days) in teaching english; it's hard for me not to see some similarities in the way people approached that question and this, and the reasons why.
I read about this in Word on the Street by John McWhorter (which I highly recommend to people with an interest in linguistics/grammar.) To me, who wasn’t alive when this debate was happening, it seems like the issue was hot for a minute and then suddenly got buried. Nowadays the “is AAVE a language” (*I am oversimplifying!) debate is like a polyp on the massive moral panic thing discussed. I say that because it seems to be less of its own debate and more a talking point, where one side refuses to consider AAVE as a language, and the other side acknowledges AAVE as a language but doesn’t have any action to add (such as influencing school curricula)… and that’s IF the matter of AAVE comes up at all.
It seems like a lot of specialized/targeted debate points are shifting away from matters of action, and now we are seeing more overarching actions falling into this state of moral panic. So, from teaching AAVE as a language, to more broadly structuring historical learning and analysis through the lens of CRT. Like, it feels as though the issues are becoming more overarching and perhaps more muddled-or, less specialized. Like we’re zooming out, or showing a larger picture at a blurrier resolution. I don’t think I know nearly enough to say whether that is good or bad, it’s just a possible observation. Thanks for reminding me about this and it’s a very interesting connection.
24:25 I like that you have to emphasize "these are thug tears okay?" 😂
I think a lot of the time, a person that spends a lot of time questioning their own opinions, having mental debates with themselves to get to the bottom of an issue, trying to take nuance into consideration etc. is a lot less likely to loudly make statements on social media, precisely because of all the questioning. They're probably people who know what it's like to change your mind on issues, so posting opinions/statements etc. on twitter/insta/tik tok or whatever that will be out there forever and could come back to haunt them would make absolutely no sense, it's a losing strategy.
On the other hand, people who don't question their stances the majority of the time and don't put a lot of value on nuance will often feel a lot more certainty in their position, whether rightly or wrongly, and because of it they will be much more ready to "go to bat" for it. If you are 100% sure that you are right, you aren't worried about the ridicule or embarrassment you would have to put up with if you were proven wrong (because you can't possibly be wrong), and yeah, you're more likely to state your opinions loudly and leave little room for debate. The entire issue could be summarised as "echo chambers make people so certain that they are right, that they see no point in re-hashing the debate". And as you said, in some cases it makes sense, e.g. there's no point re-hashing the "flat earth" debate in 2021. In other cases, there are issues that we still haven't reached a consensus on, but people are so tired of debating them that they'd rather pretend that we have and are ready to just dismiss anyone who doesn't get on board as a "lost cause" not worth debating with.
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You've really warmed up my cold heart.. sending you all the love from australia Khadija xx ❤️❤️
that last part... I literally paused the video bc I've been thinking this for months lmaooo. this "outrage" is just funding big social media sites and companies. going back and forth with people will keep us on these sites for so long because we try so hard to defend something or someone. I love saying we can agree to disagree with people because at that point what can you really say anymore. If we all did this tho the system wouldn't be a system, does this make sense? It's been hard to articulate these thoughts lately :') I'm trying to see the other side, but I wouldn't know where to start because everything I see is aligned with my values, maybe that's what college is for. I really enjoyed this one.
Your sing at the end was beautiful!!! I was trying to read the comments and kept on getting distracted.
Moral panic is a very interesting concept. It makes me wonder what is being used against me, and how best I can combat my lack of knowledge. It is sometimes hard to identify what causes should outage us, and which causes have been overblown or politicized by the media to prevent us considering the complexity of the mater.
i be like 3 seconds into any of Khadija's videos & hit that like button cause i know i'm about to get fascinated by what she says and might forget to do that later 🤌
I love how Khadija phrases these arguments- it gets me thinking about such big topics in a way that is very palatable and accessible
thank you so much for saying this! i really hope people begin to see nuance more and both listen and not be afraid to say their perspectives (so they can be informed if they're wrong, or inform others. either way, it keeps them from blindly believing one perspective and allows for a more informative discussion). then we could actually have a conversation and be willing to see different perspectives, while uniformly making change in our racist system.
edit: then those people can stop profiting off of our outrage too, so we can actually use those profits to help people in need
I love this. I work in mental health and the integration of opposites is referred to as "dialectics" (from dialectical behavioral therapy). People really struggle with doing this, and I can't help but think that the issue is reinforced by the more puritanical, black/white fundamentalist Christian thinking that undergirds our society (and has for such a long time). Societally, we've never had nuance built into our morality codes.