Carlos Andrés Gómez - What's Genocide
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Def Poetry's Carlos A. Gomez breaks down what genocide is in the United States.
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Yeahh, I completely agree. Most people who hear someone perform poetry are amazed at the talent and are like "wow that's deep" but they don't take the message and actually think and care about it.
I get chills every time i listen.
This is is talented and super attractive.
I just saw him last night at my school. He is incredible!
Gives me goosebumps every time.
Damn, I wish I could meet Mr. Gomez in Person. He could do a lot to help me with my MA Thesis. I am actually dissecting his poem for my work.
I got to see this guy live. I cried so many times . . . made me stronger, yo'.
I cry everytime I hear this poem cuz it makes me angry and sad at the same time to know that everything he says it true.....gives me the chills
Sometimes speaking the truth is hard, but for him speaking the truth is beautiful. Wonderful!
This is so amazing, it never fails to give me chills..
This is so heartbreaking. But what a powerful poem!
The words and the delivery are beautiful and passionate- gave me chills
Carlos is a beautiful and bad ass writer. I am in awe and have such deep respect for him.
I love every poem he has.
I love this guy! He's amazing!
one of my favorite poems. clearly genius.
I had chills watching him live performing this
and I had chills watching him in this video
Omg that was beautiful!!!
he speaks with mind, body, word and soul. brilliant
Saw Him Live Tni ... He Is Unreal!
An Beautiful I Have 2 Say!!
always has me shivering when he performs.
I saw him at the International Slam Poetry competition in Toronto...
he is unlike ANY other...
the Creator has given him a beautiful gift.
I had to read this somewhere in college... i was like Damn, when i read it
He is so amazing.
Tear-jerking. This is fantastic.
so, so amazing
He came to my school today, this guy is an inspiration.
this is beautiful
Absolutely stunning.
chills. I just got chills.
This gave me chills.
he's amazing
amazing !
that was really good
im gonna watch def jam poetry more often
that was beautiful
wow i jus got teary eyed. That was real
damn, the version on his myspace page is even more powerful. far more powerful.
wow...
Im crying :'(
so intensee
amazing
OH THE WORLD THE WORLD.
It HURTS A LOT.
-K
Wow! Poweful. Engaging. Eye opening. Watch it.
I am not so sure that the definition of genocide above fits per se, but I think its more importantly that we recognize that those are all issues that he describe and we need to act tother to try to solve them- act together as in united with the purpose of helping, not arguing like so many are doing below me in comments.
wonderful
powerful stuff...
time to get into poetry, my friend
I love this video more than is healthy.
this guy from my school did this poem it was greeezy
look at those classic spoken word dance moves and gasps. classic.
@Illuminatiii Right on! He has more great poetry at exelanopoet youtube channel.
"My students thought Che Guevara was a rapper from east Harlem"
He uses the meaning of the word Genocide in a way to illustrate that people all over the world are a part of a genocide. I think he means that society creates people of all sorts that play the part as victims in a genocide.
You guys need to interpret and read between the lines.
This is poetry.
@SingMeAnElla i think he was talking bout che geuvara as immortal technique
@end3r25 "how old was your mother when she died?" and "she was so beautiful".
@saintdenis11 it starts somewhere. and it starts here..like this
The truth is in his words
Chills
that"s DEEP
wow....
holy shit...thats deep...
Fucking Amazing!!!
@Peanutter91
Yes it does. Because in the western world you still have a choice.
But I still like what he´s saying.
Fucking Beautiful man!
True
Powerful vocal inflection, but i still don't how anything of what he said constitutes as genocide. What he points out is the problems within the lower class communities, mostly black and Hispanic, but there isn't a systematic execution of an expressed group or social class. Perhaps genocide in a light, metaphorical sense, but certainly not a literal one.
The legacy of the the value-free society, brought to you by the 60's. Thanks Baby Boomers!
Genocide: the deliberate killing of a large group of people, esp. those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
Kill: put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of (something)
He's talking about the institutionalized standards of beauty and self hate covertly taught to minorities. So yes this is genocide and no one's saying its as bad as what's happening in Sudan, but that doesn't make it any less evil.
yo he came to my college and he said that same poem.
I agree 100% Carlos. Let me add my 2 cents to this Censorship BS
good message but
did anyone else read this on stumble and see the link at the bottom and go FUCK i should have just watched the video
WOAH
@hensd002 this new generation with underage sex? Seriously now this is just a taboo in this country known as the US of A throughout time age has not mattered between a man and a woman yeah they were married but then again 15 year old girls marrying old men things aren't any worse today then they have been, yes i realize that STD's are running rampant BUT the difference is that people today tell all their business to the entire world so lets just realize that the past does effect the present
@9revolta make that into a poem.
This was just okay. His overall effect of his poem would have been better if he just slowed down a little
@MrDeltaMaster I see what you mean, and i wasn't implying that. I ment it as a whole covering kids and teens who are forced in to prostitution, but surley you dont think it is right that a 14 year old girl having sexual realtion with a man in his twentys is right, when the child has a mind that can be influence easly without a full experiance of the world.
@InvalidFactor I would say that it is callmetricia who is trolling. romanghost22 is right. As white people, if we don't like one single African American for their personality, we are called racist for not liking them. I had an African guy stalking me. Knew my number when I didn't even know it, called me for an hour before I pulled the cord. Came to my door three times in one night, and I didn't open it. I was afraid because of his behaviour, and he cornered me the next day to call me racist.
Damn. . . he's smart and hot . . . too much.
And he's not white but so what if he was? Does that mean that what he's saying isn't true or any less valid? Andrea Gibson speaks out on racism and she's white
Maybe. XD
damn, i didn't know Reese from Malcolm in the Middle was so poetic! hahaha
sexy!
That's genocide? I bet some black Christian in Sudan might think differently.
uh...the text version is much better.
he kind of creeps me out... :/
WTF
UofP
he seems very full of himself though.
this poem reads really well but i dont dig his recitation at all :C
Well no shit. Idiot is spelled with one d. I was makint the point that what he is calling genocide is not genocide at all. And that people who have actually been targets of genocide, black Christians in Sudan, would laugh at this.
well, let me tell you, he speaks terrible spanish!!
but he could be white disregarding his name... u know.
Ok, sorry if i struck a nerve.....
crap
they have a name for people like carlos, he is a "white man of color"
He's colombian.....
You're revolting.
He is white. A white Puerto Rican.