How OJ Simpson created the "n-word"

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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
  • OJ Simpson's trial was one of the most watched and culturally impactful events in American history. But what do OJ, Joe Rogan, Chris Rock, Paula Deen, Hulk Hogan and Jay-Z all have in common?? The N-word.
    Saying the "n-word", regardless of context, is widely considered the cardinal sin of racism for non-Black people - but this wasn't always the case. Before celebrities were getting cancelled for tapes of them saying this word, people were blurting it out left and right.
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  • @ethanfishell1930
    @ethanfishell1930 5 місяців тому +4713

    Clicked on this video without realizing that I worked at summer camp with this guy in the early 2010s. Howdy, Garrison!

  • @chrismcgarrity463
    @chrismcgarrity463 5 місяців тому +7815

    I just got the message from Apple News that he died from cancer while watching the video

    • @naank6177
      @naank6177 5 місяців тому +137

      Literally saw this in my recommended today 💀

    • @JailBo-id7ko
      @JailBo-id7ko 5 місяців тому +12

      This video?

    • @catt3911
      @catt3911 5 місяців тому +22

      Now that's crazy.

    • @richardgullick1867
      @richardgullick1867 5 місяців тому +5

      Spooky 🎃

    • @notvenom1152
      @notvenom1152 5 місяців тому +59

      OJ was watching this video? That's crazy

  • @Fagan422
    @Fagan422 5 місяців тому +3288

    That old guy who hit the A ending instead of the ER really got me 🤣

    • @ryanchatterjee
      @ryanchatterjee 5 місяців тому +327

      Classic meme. The Boondocks turned it into a whole episode. Worth checking out

    • @awesomesnorlax5290
      @awesomesnorlax5290 5 місяців тому +107

      crazy how white peoples saying the n word isn’t even upsetting it’s just funny

    • @time2132
      @time2132 5 місяців тому

      @@awesomesnorlax5290 Crazy how black people allow hispanic and arabs to say it when they commited much worse things than white slave owners. Just reminding you...

    • @Trenz0
      @Trenz0 4 місяці тому +16

      He was waiting all day for that

    • @dizo-jp2td
      @dizo-jp2td 4 місяці тому +4

      God loves you all

  • @backstein972
    @backstein972 5 місяців тому +1910

    Bro you jumpscared me with that first sentence

    • @cantinadudes
      @cantinadudes 5 місяців тому +30

      Same, and i think i'm not gonna keep watching cause he apparently thinks its ok for him to say it, but not for others based on skin color, and thats racist

    • @trimilo6204
      @trimilo6204 5 місяців тому +316

      @@cantinadudes if thats your opinion then you should definitely keep watching

    • @cantinadudes
      @cantinadudes 5 місяців тому +8

      @@trimilo6204 probably

    • @RestitutorEuropa
      @RestitutorEuropa 4 місяці тому +67

      For some reason he jumpscared me harder than Bill Clinton saying the same word only like half a minute later.

    • @dizo-jp2td
      @dizo-jp2td 4 місяці тому +2

      God loves you all

  • @JoeDavisMusic
    @JoeDavisMusic 5 місяців тому +1811

    0:24 this literally caught me absolutely SOOOO off guard

    • @EhtanHawke
      @EhtanHawke 5 місяців тому +53

      Fr I rushed to the comments

    • @lakeofire77
      @lakeofire77 5 місяців тому +10

      @@EhtanHawke same 💀💀

    • @LaMelon
      @LaMelon 5 місяців тому +120

      i wasnt looking at my screen and thought it was a white guy saying that 💀💀

    • @luckas221a
      @luckas221a 5 місяців тому

      @@LaMelon SAME. i was like “did he just hard-r me?”

    • @poolmop
      @poolmop 5 місяців тому +2

      lmfaooo

  • @christopherjohnston1471
    @christopherjohnston1471 2 роки тому +1233

    This is as high quality a piece as any featured on Comedy Central or HBO. They should hire you to consult or write.

    • @GarrisonHayes
      @GarrisonHayes  2 роки тому +195

      This is a high compliment! I'd be open to that. Thank you 🙏🏾

    • @ro2670
      @ro2670 5 місяців тому +2

      @@GarrisonHayeshas it happened yet? I just started watching about a week ago and I couldn’t agree more with this comment two years later.

    • @sugansweet2645
      @sugansweet2645 4 місяці тому +2

      it feels like an insider or vice video!!

    • @dizo-jp2td
      @dizo-jp2td 4 місяці тому +1

      God loves you all

    • @johnindigo5477
      @johnindigo5477 4 місяці тому

      Pbs

  • @natedetailscars
    @natedetailscars 4 місяці тому +22

    Wow I didnt realize how recent that term is. And how shocking it was to see the sitting president say that word, uncensored, on live television to no audible response.

  • @tuomio5043
    @tuomio5043 5 місяців тому +1111

    This development didn't hurt racists. It supersharged them. Gave them a word so powerful that it could only be used for their purposes, no one else's.

    • @strahlungsopfer
      @strahlungsopfer 5 місяців тому +78

      seems to me like it has been just that beforehand. Now not so much

    • @dominusantonius
      @dominusantonius 5 місяців тому

      ​@@strahlungsopfer No, you're wrong. Before it was a common word. Now people are terrified and blacks go apeshit​ if they hear you say it, meaning that you essentially developed a word into just an insult that will ALWAYS get the blacks into malding and crying like a bunch of babies. The only ones here winning are the supremacists, of both races.

    • @bendank9762
      @bendank9762 5 місяців тому +211

      Yurp. We gave the word more power, and they feel powerful saying it. The LGBT community had the right idea reclaiming queer,

    • @seansmith6255
      @seansmith6255 5 місяців тому +1

      Yup

    • @IIIISai
      @IIIISai 5 місяців тому +19

      @@bendank9762 yuck

  • @lizmclemore739
    @lizmclemore739 5 місяців тому +1614

    "I is what I is." Maximum cringe.

    • @quincyquincy4764
      @quincyquincy4764 5 місяців тому +71

      That caught me off guard 😂

    • @gqfiend
      @gqfiend 5 місяців тому +87

      I be what I be.

    • @G-G._
      @G-G._ 5 місяців тому

      sounds like ebonics. yall stole form us. afro

    • @DiceB
      @DiceB 5 місяців тому +30

      I said what I said … lol

    • @G-G._
      @G-G._ 5 місяців тому +14

      afro moment

  • @joshd108
    @joshd108 5 місяців тому +783

    Around the year 2008, an English teacher asked the black members of our class if they would like to share any opinion they had of the N word, since it was used in an old book we were assigned to read.
    I distinctly remember to of my classmates having very differing opinions, but were both left with some food for thought.
    One said “saying nigga with my friends (who are black) makes me feel connected”
    Another classmate said “it makes me feel like we are dividing ourselves”

    • @szlomobronsztajn3115
      @szlomobronsztajn3115 4 місяці тому +136

      And I feel like they are both right, it may connect (some) Blacks among themselves but it separates them from the rest of society.

    • @dizo-jp2td
      @dizo-jp2td 4 місяці тому +6

      God loves you all

    • @Soapss
      @Soapss 4 місяці тому +34

      All connection is based on an exclusion and selectivity of some kind

    • @jeremiahfyan
      @jeremiahfyan 4 місяці тому +11

      ​@@szlomobronsztajn3115 even seperates among those its trying to connect. I know people that wouldnt want to be called that by anyone. Just cuz your black doesnt mean they wont square up with you if you use the word towards them. Then theres also some people I know who are fine with everyone saying it as they view it as colloquial language of a region, like NY. (This is NOT a uniform opinion in NY, simply an example I have found used before)

    • @joblo2671
      @joblo2671 4 місяці тому +1

      God forbid they taught you grammar or how to (two? too?) spell. Ya know....the thing you ACTUALLY need to communicate with people? (ALL people!?)

  • @fangal12
    @fangal12 5 місяців тому +314

    I really don't understand how the algorithm didn't direct me here sooner, but I really love your videos. I've been binge watching for a couple of days now.

    • @sageex3931
      @sageex3931 5 місяців тому +3

      Yep

    • @tamiausten873
      @tamiausten873 5 місяців тому +2

      His voice is the type I couldn't listen to anything from including red pill crap. Even if it's bad, I'd watch till the end, then trash him in the comments 😂😂

    • @dizo-jp2td
      @dizo-jp2td 4 місяці тому +1

      God loves you all

  • @Minifigure17
    @Minifigure17 5 місяців тому +161

    I wish this video was 5x longer, i was actually surprised that it ended so quickly

    • @dizo-jp2td
      @dizo-jp2td 4 місяці тому +2

      God loves you all

  • @kreuz7sieben
    @kreuz7sieben 5 місяців тому +609

    10:50 😂 I'm sorry, this is the funniest shit I've seen all year

    • @shayZero
      @shayZero 5 місяців тому +151

      The pencil part genuinely had me laughing due to the jump cut straight afterwards. Funny shit

    • @blackberrycobbler4me
      @blackberrycobbler4me 5 місяців тому +8

      😆You beat me too it... I just deleted my comment after I seen your comment.

    • @justmyopinion9883
      @justmyopinion9883 5 місяців тому +3

      Whenever I need a good laugh I’m going to watch this. This is hilarious!

    • @rr.studios
      @rr.studios 5 місяців тому +32

      It reminds me of Boondocks. That was funny as hell 😂

    • @CMStrawbridge
      @CMStrawbridge 5 місяців тому +16

      Lol it's just as good how The Boondocks parodied this, too 😂

  • @Katfish1216
    @Katfish1216 5 місяців тому +213

    Speaking of O.J

    • @dizo-jp2td
      @dizo-jp2td 4 місяці тому +2

      God loves you all

    • @huskofapuppet
      @huskofapuppet 2 місяці тому +1

      @@dizo-jp2td he don't love OJ tho that's for sure

  • @OmarLT89
    @OmarLT89 2 роки тому +176

    Incredibly in-depth analysis and history on how we got to using the “n-word” in our national dialogue!

  • @haileybalmer9722
    @haileybalmer9722 5 місяців тому +217

    I’m white, and I can’t help but think that people like James Lipton know exactly why it’s ok for Black people to use the word, but not ok for white people. Look, if I’m struggling with my finances and I laugh and say “I’m so broke”, that’s me making light of my own situation. If you laugh at me and say “you’re so broke”, that’s different. It seems kind of malicious, or at least super tone deaf. That’s something we can all agree on, it’s pretty basic social skills. Now, add 400 years of chattel slavery and 100 years of Jim Crow to the context of that mockery. I’m sorry, I’m having a hard time seeing how that’s difficult for anyone to wrap their head around.

    • @gtothereal
      @gtothereal 5 місяців тому +30

      That makes zero sense.

    • @Laz7481
      @Laz7481 5 місяців тому +59

      ​@gtothereal than you need to look inward and see what you can't understand, because that made plenty of sense to me.

    • @prkp7248
      @prkp7248 5 місяців тому +12

      The thing is, being broke is not normal and it is level of wealth, not something which you have been born like being black.

    • @Sprachitektur
      @Sprachitektur 5 місяців тому

      Where is this 400 years shit even from slavery got outlawed in 1865 the US was founded in 1777 (where import of slaves was banned shortly after although the south broke the laws) And the first slave ship here arrived in 1619 so that would be at most 246 years no?

    • @gtothereal
      @gtothereal 5 місяців тому

      @@Laz7481 no it didn’t. Two entirely different concepts. Saying a word isn’t calling someone something. Moron

  • @MIent1313
    @MIent1313 5 місяців тому +156

    14:38 "I is, what I is" Paula please😂

    • @dizo-jp2td
      @dizo-jp2td 4 місяці тому +2

      God loves you all

    • @jasonhorn901
      @jasonhorn901 4 місяці тому +5

      That news reports has me in stitches every time. And when the pan out and he's being interviewed by a Black reporter and she's just letting him dig that hole.

  • @yewknight
    @yewknight 5 місяців тому +320

    Like all slurs, the n word should not be used. But it is laughable that we have ended up in a place where we can’t say the word to discuss history or language. If you hear a word spoken with no malice and interpret as a hate crime, you need therapy.

    • @checkfear
      @checkfear 5 місяців тому

      Well... why do you people keep heeing and hawing AGAINST reparations for the blacks? Therapy/counseling is included in their reparative justice. Just because words on paper say "blacks aren't considered three fifths human anymore" doesn't mean people don't STILL view them as animals

    • @12monkey57
      @12monkey57 5 місяців тому +45

      You should be able to say any word.

    • @vau_st
      @vau_st 5 місяців тому

      @Homo_sAPEien Enward

    • @dizo-jp2td
      @dizo-jp2td 4 місяці тому +1

      God loves you all

    • @terdragontra8900
      @terdragontra8900 4 місяці тому

      @Homo_sAPEien You are correct that’s its best not to say it, but the fact that it is best not to say it is bad.

  • @UnforsakenAssassin
    @UnforsakenAssassin 2 роки тому +83

    Man it's inspiring to see how far you've come over the years. You're an incredible human being, please continue to be you ✊🏿💯

  • @ph03beuwu
    @ph03beuwu 4 місяці тому +47

    you say we wouldnt have had the kardashians without OJ like we should be happy that the kardashians exist. lmao.

    • @youraverageperson5831
      @youraverageperson5831 3 місяці тому +1

      Why are the kardashians even famous, like what are they famous for

    • @VEE0034
      @VEE0034 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@youraverageperson5831 fashion

    • @youraverageperson5831
      @youraverageperson5831 3 місяці тому +1

      @@VEE0034 so they just look good…

    • @vOID-fh1qt
      @vOID-fh1qt 3 місяці тому +1

      @@youraverageperson5831yep, Kris Kardashion grinded as hard as she could to make her daughters the face of "no press is bad press" when it came to their fame

    • @youraverageperson5831
      @youraverageperson5831 3 місяці тому +2

      @@vOID-fh1qt is that code that they became plastic?

  • @Megaritz
    @Megaritz 5 місяців тому +34

    "Not much of the courtroom footage of that day is on the internet." Are you sure? There is a playlist of 493 videos of the trial on UA-cam. Maybe it's in there somewhere, not that I'm willing to do the digging myself. Or is the playlist incomplete?

    • @LucyLouuuuu
      @LucyLouuuuu 4 місяці тому +6

      maybe its a more recent uploading? this video IS more than a couple years long

  • @jamessmith4172
    @jamessmith4172 5 місяців тому +207

    It’s even better than S tier slur. When a word is so egregious to the public that mere rumours you said it to a friend can ruin your career, it becomes the most powerful and tantalising word in the English language. Sometimes people ask “why would you even want to say it?” And it betrays such a lack of understanding about human nature. The fact people’s careers are ruined by the word just makes you want to say it more- in part because forbidden fruit tastes twice as sweet, and in part because then the act of merely saying it feels like a challenge to the absurd idea that a word could be intrinsically evil. Saying it, especially when you’re not saying it to convey racism, is asking the question “What now? What are you going to do? Are you going to try to present arguments as to why I shouldn’t have done that, or are you just going to admit you can’t and instead try to destroy me over 6 letters?”

    • @roguexxrenegade
      @roguexxrenegade 4 місяці тому +16

      Absolutely accurate

    • @romanveloz7488
      @romanveloz7488 4 місяці тому +7

      Good point

    • @dominikhader920
      @dominikhader920 4 місяці тому +28

      I´m from Europe, grew up with Hip Hop, English is not my first language. It is probably one of the most common words I heard all my life in English, just by being into a lot lof typical American black culture things like music, movies, books, Basketball etc. I don´t use it at all and don´t feel any need to do so, but from an outside perspective it seems super insane and bigoted how it is on one side total taboo to say, but no problem if listen to a track that contains the word 50 times as long as I don´t say it while rapping along. Or how it is accepted that I buy certain albums, songs, etc. where it would be problematic if I would say the album title.

    • @dizo-jp2td
      @dizo-jp2td 4 місяці тому +3

      God loves you all

    • @blarghblargh
      @blarghblargh 4 місяці тому +20

      "makes you want to say it even more". Nope. That's a you thing.

  • @joeaddison7120
    @joeaddison7120 5 місяців тому +22

    I’m SO glad you pointed out Lee Atwater!!

    • @andrewhooper7603
      @andrewhooper7603 5 місяців тому +3

      Dude was such an odd guy. Absolute ghoul, but would then clock out of the office and go play a blues bar with BB King.
      He claimed to have had a change of heart at the end, but idk.

    • @andreabrown4541
      @andreabrown4541 5 місяців тому +1

      ​​@@andrewhooper7603he apologized to Dukhakis, I believe. Google Willie Horton. He was Catholic and wanted to confess before dying. It was a Catholic thing. He never apologized to the black community. So he needed to rethink this crisis of conscious.

    • @pjpredhomme7699
      @pjpredhomme7699 5 місяців тому +1

      @@andreabrown4541 so what did that do? he also created Karl Rove, Stuart Stevens and a whole bunch of right wing zealots. Maybe it was something about Mississippi that i will never understand but I doubt apologizing to Dukhakis made the temperature drop a few thousand degrees

  • @floorticket
    @floorticket 5 місяців тому +24

    I've never played CoD, but after a cursory search I'm guessing he's referring to the online community and not the content of the game itself. Correct me if I'm mistaken.

    • @spearement9903
      @spearement9903 5 місяців тому +1

      For sure, although idk if the player character has ever been black I’m not sure but there have been black figures and key characters in their games

    • @spearement9903
      @spearement9903 5 місяців тому

      And playable african/African American w/e characters in multiplayer I was talking mostly about campaign

    • @brenthunter7965
      @brenthunter7965 5 місяців тому +1

      @@spearement9903 Two campaign player characters I'm aware of are;
      Paul Jackson (Original Modern Warfare), the marine you play as until the mission where you die in a helicopter crash.
      And Gaz, the British SAS soldier in the Modern Warfare reboot.

    • @spearement9903
      @spearement9903 5 місяців тому

      @@brenthunter7965 thanks for the info! Forgot about them!!

    • @sleepyzeph
      @sleepyzeph 4 місяці тому

      regarding the word itself i think he's referring to the player base, but CoD has a whole other issue with politics. jacob geller has a nice video about it

  • @firewoodfrog
    @firewoodfrog 2 роки тому +36

    Thank you for making this high quality video essay. Makes it a lot easier to digest the information. 👍📝

    • @GarrisonHayes
      @GarrisonHayes  2 роки тому +6

      So glad you enjoyed it, Matthew. More on the way!

    • @dizo-jp2td
      @dizo-jp2td 4 місяці тому

      God loves you all

  • @willodgers1035
    @willodgers1035 5 місяців тому +9

    The production quality on this video felt so high and so familiar. Fr shocked that you didn’t have like 2 mil + sub!! i love these deep dive explainers so for sure subscribing

  • @bru1sed_v1oletSunny
    @bru1sed_v1oletSunny 2 місяці тому +1

    Seeing my former teacher in this video was the craziest jumpscare a chicagoan could ever get.

  • @eazysznproductions
    @eazysznproductions 2 роки тому +48

    Great content brother, we enjoy all of this work that you do.

  • @Islandswamp
    @Islandswamp 5 місяців тому +134

    In sixth grade I was taking my turn reading the book we were all reading and I came upon this word and I stopped reading. I looked at my teacher and he said “oh it’s okay, you can say it.”
    I’m white and from one of the whitest states plus it was a long time ago so it was even less diverse. There were two black people in my graduating class, for example.
    My parents raised me with the belief that racism is wrong, but I never had to examine the issue at a deeper level.
    Regardless, because I’m kind and don’t want to offend anyone, I have no desire to use any racial slurs.
    Growing up there were occasionally white people I’d meet who would say some really fucked up stuff behind closed doors. Obama being elected showed me a lot too because it gives racists an opportunity to reveal themselves every day when the president isn’t white.
    I really enjoy your channel and I’ve subscribed. Thank you for the great content 😊

    • @jacobk1160
      @jacobk1160 5 місяців тому +26

      Good thing you didn’t say it. You could have bursted into flames

    • @SoulforSale
      @SoulforSale 5 місяців тому

      Living in a predominantly white state is 500 times safer than living near black people

    • @deprime9521
      @deprime9521 5 місяців тому +20

      Are we supposed to congratulate you or…

    • @SoulforSale
      @SoulforSale 5 місяців тому

      Predominantly white states are very safe. The lowest crime rates in the world.

    • @JCKmusicandmore
      @JCKmusicandmore 5 місяців тому

      TKAMB?
      6th grade brings back memories and I know that one lmao

  • @andrewdraper6586
    @andrewdraper6586 5 місяців тому +14

    I was young during the OJ trial and i know the lexicon was different in those years, but I have never considered that the trial may have been the turning point. You have a very interesting and well supported hypothesis that I think is important to explaining an essential corner of American English and isn't heard often. Thank you for sharing.

    • @hottuna2006
      @hottuna2006 4 місяці тому

      It's not a hypothesis. It's just a rehash of an article by a doctor of linguist named Dr. McWhorter who wrote an article about it back in 2021 for the NY Times. It talks about how the word nigger turned from being a slur to a profanity to a taboo word and he points to Darden cementing the transition.

  • @melodyhittle4149
    @melodyhittle4149 5 місяців тому +4

    This popped up for me after OJ's death, and it honestly provides a perspective on the OJ case that I hadn't even known cause I don't think about it much. Awesome retelling in a wonderfully formatted package.

    • @TylerWardhaha
      @TylerWardhaha 5 місяців тому

      ESPN has a great documentary on the trial and the impact of racism had on the trail.

  • @andyb1653
    @andyb1653 5 місяців тому +6

    Every culture and sub-culture has a version of this, although the n-word is probably the most well-known (and packs the most emotional weight/political significance).

  • @aaronekstrand758
    @aaronekstrand758 5 місяців тому +9

    Darden was ultimately proven correct because now everyone's afraid to say it.

  • @Fungamerplays
    @Fungamerplays 4 місяці тому +2

    1:04 that one caught me absolutely off guard

    • @kizitokatende412
      @kizitokatende412 Місяць тому

      Dawg me too cuz wtf why did he do that 😭😭😭😭

  • @bitmelody2616
    @bitmelody2616 3 місяці тому +4

    What I find interesting is that "whites" and "blacks", used to be perfectly acceptable ways of categorising people, whereas now it sounds vaguely racist to say either. Weird how such a small shift in grammar makes such a difference

    • @TychoKingdom
      @TychoKingdom 3 місяці тому

      People still say blacks all the time.

    • @bitmelody2616
      @bitmelody2616 3 місяці тому +1

      @@TychoKingdom it really depends where you live tbh

    • @kingMT514
      @kingMT514 Місяць тому +1

      @@TychoKingdom True but some of those who say “blacks” don’t say it smoothly where it just rolls off the tongue. They tend to say _blAcks_ ; that extra inflection on the “A” makes it seem derogatory and makes you look a second time at the person.

  • @michaelherron4306
    @michaelherron4306 5 місяців тому +27

    I wouldn’t use it casually but context is everything, for example if you’re talking about the word itself.

    • @dizo-jp2td
      @dizo-jp2td 4 місяці тому +1

      God loves you all

    • @timhughes3684
      @timhughes3684 4 місяці тому +11

      Ok but still don’t use it in front of black folks because it has a lot of trauma tied to it.
      I get that it doesn’t for you but your experience isn’t the only one that’s relevant.
      We’re supposed to be adults.

    • @kayk6330
      @kayk6330 4 місяці тому +6

      i don't think there's any need to say it. it feels like an excuse to say it, personally.

    • @I.Am.Terrible.At.Usernames
      @I.Am.Terrible.At.Usernames 3 місяці тому

      Let go, move on. Stop letting the past ruin your present. Words have the power we (the listener) give them. People aren't gonna stop using hateful language, so it's a choice whether or not we learn to stop letting it bother us and grow thicker skin

    • @timhughes3684
      @timhughes3684 3 місяці тому

      @@I.Am.Terrible.At.Usernames I see what you’re saying but don’t normalize that behaviour that’s how things stay the same.
      I’m getting house ninja vibes tbh

  • @henkdespermatank2753
    @henkdespermatank2753 5 місяців тому +43

    As an outsider to US politics its so stange seeing a murder trial with good proof suddenly turning political and about race of all things. Your society is so devided its hilarious

    • @prkp7248
      @prkp7248 5 місяців тому

      Yup, they (Americans) no matter if they are white or black are rotten at the core. Worst thing is that their culture is hegemonic and it's force itself onto other cultures, with it wicked way of thinking about language and race in society.

    • @dizo-jp2td
      @dizo-jp2td 4 місяці тому

      God loves you all

    • @michaelsurratt1864
      @michaelsurratt1864 4 місяці тому

      Well, you’re lucky enough to live in a society that probably is 90+ the same race. That’s why you guys have. Nice welfare programs in universal healthcare. In the fear of losing that is why the UK isn’t part of the EU anymore. they literally screwed themselves over because of the fear of a different race just like the USA baby

    • @BabyKnxckz
      @BabyKnxckz 4 місяці тому

      @@michaelsurratt1864 what are u on about america is just centuries behind any other country.

    • @kiwigardnersonn
      @kiwigardnersonn 4 місяці тому

      The context matters a lot. Rodney King got the shit beat out of him by a group of LAPD officers who were all found not guilty several years prior to the OJ verdict. The OJ verdict was payback to the LAPD for getting away with violating the human rights of black people. If the LAPD was just a normal run of the mill racist PD, OJ would have likely been convicted. If black people were treated fairly by our judicial system, we wouldn't be so divided. But alas, that day has yet to come.

  • @jordanbarnett7247
    @jordanbarnett7247 4 місяці тому +4

    lol UA-cam is like a rated R movie I guess. You get one N word before being demonetized 😂😂

  • @FTrovatten
    @FTrovatten 4 місяці тому +1

    This was a great video Garrison! 40K subs - felt like a “bigger” channel. Well done mate!

  • @BluSpykz
    @BluSpykz 5 місяців тому +4

    8:45 makes me cringe, hurt, recoil every time. Horrible, gross, vitriolic woman. Poor kids.

  • @thatjasonhassett
    @thatjasonhassett 5 місяців тому +4

    How have i just found this channel. These videos are so well edited!

  • @VVguy1
    @VVguy1 2 місяці тому +3

    0:25 , 1:11 , 1:28 , 1:40, 3:26 , 4:35 , 4:43 , 4:50 , 4:52 , 5:05 , 5:41 , 6:23 , 6:33 , 7:03 , 7:28 , 8:28 , 9:59 , 10:20 , 10:32 , 10:50 , 10:53 , 10:58 , 11:14 funny, i laughed.
    8:45 nvm.

  • @JimCutler
    @JimCutler 5 місяців тому +4

    Glad I watched. Nice to meet you Garrison. Well written and time well spent.

  • @anotherwarren7994
    @anotherwarren7994 3 місяці тому +1

    You did a really good job with this! Impressive work.

  • @tmzz3609
    @tmzz3609 5 місяців тому +5

    I'll never understand how 9 of the 12 jurors were black. Los Angeles county is under 10% black.

    • @Erucus
      @Erucus 5 місяців тому +1

      It’s no secret the defense picked that demographic because they had the most likely chance to acquit OJ. They’ve said so themselves just google it

    • @benjaminharrisiv650
      @benjaminharrisiv650 5 місяців тому

      @@Erucuswhich they were allowed to do

  • @chrizzz
    @chrizzz 2 роки тому +10

    Extremely well put together video. I can't wait to see more like this.

  • @1flower161
    @1flower161 2 роки тому +16

    Great video Garrison I loved it! As a suggestion, maybe you can do a video on our current Black beauty standards and how its closely tied to colorism and racism. just a thought :)

    • @GarrisonHayes
      @GarrisonHayes  2 роки тому +7

      Thanks, Chrissy! Great idea ✍🏾

    • @glareicebutts1423
      @glareicebutts1423 5 місяців тому

      The ones primarily influenced by Black people? Interesting.

  • @know_how_games
    @know_how_games 4 місяці тому +3

    1:38 why censor it here but not at the start?

    • @Assmagnus
      @Assmagnus 4 місяці тому

      It's called the hard "R". *Iggah is ok, but *iGGER is Bad. The first one is a term of endearment, the second is a racial slur.

    • @tellemstevedave5559
      @tellemstevedave5559 4 місяці тому

      ​@Tonysopranoyafinook he goes back and forth though and still says it throughout lol

  • @PatrickHogan
    @PatrickHogan 5 місяців тому

    I had an old, white lady teaching english when I was in college in about 2014 and the second half of our semester focused entirely on Huck Finn. The way she was so comfortable saying it was wild.

  • @gillianomotoso328
    @gillianomotoso328 5 місяців тому +65

    I mean, you just exonerated Paula Deen, who said that word in 1990

    • @gibbyjibby0
      @gibbyjibby0 5 місяців тому +22

      That’s not the point of the video. Also, no he didn’t?

    • @AdmiralAsBlast
      @AdmiralAsBlast 5 місяців тому

      ​@@gibbyjibby0 doesn't matter, she knows all she needs to do is throw out a red herring

  • @paul_eau
    @paul_eau 3 місяці тому +2

    I was not expecting you to drop the hard r in the beginning

  • @JaceDanielFilms
    @JaceDanielFilms 4 місяці тому +1

    I have turrets and for whatever reason I say the n-word sometimes. I do everything I can to to suppress it, but it comes out sometimes, specially stressful situation. The worst time was during a court hearing, but thankfully nobody seemed to notice it.

  • @Liam22278
    @Liam22278 5 місяців тому +2

    I hate racism in all forms, but I thought exactly like you about Mark Furhman, until I read the investigative book “a murder in Brentwood” and realized the only record of him ever saying the word was on that recording. That recording was for a screenplay he was paid to do. Really changed the whole perspective. So basically OJ got off due to Johnny pulling the race card from the very bottom of the deck.

  • @robertr9165
    @robertr9165 Рік тому +5

    Glad that I found this channel

  • @KettiexD
    @KettiexD 2 роки тому +8

    This was so well done, thank you for this 👍🏾

  • @ShamazMusic
    @ShamazMusic Місяць тому

    Garrison, Thanks for making this video! I had a conversation just yesterday about this exact topic and I realized that I had no clue when the switch from "A" to "ER" happened. Thanks for the thoughtfull reasearch.

  • @ratrepellent4940
    @ratrepellent4940 4 місяці тому +1

    I appreciate the quality of this video. The video clips were not only chosen well but integrated well too

  • @rhondalight70
    @rhondalight70 5 місяців тому +6

    Jesse Dollemore sent me here, and I'm glad he did, your content is amazing.

  • @reginaldhalstead6186
    @reginaldhalstead6186 5 місяців тому +10

    Great job Garrison. I've subscribed and looking forward to more videos from you.

  • @Kcrash5
    @Kcrash5 5 місяців тому +3

    Wow this was really interesting! I am so glad I found your channel. Keep up the great work!!

  • @boodle4960
    @boodle4960 4 місяці тому +1

    We “can’t” say it because virtue signalers will cancel us if we do. It’s that simple. Ps I was around way before the OJ trial, and we got in trouble for saying it before that.

  • @Bothanspiesdied
    @Bothanspiesdied 4 місяці тому +1

    Took me until he said OJ has over a million twitter followers to realize this was an old video lol.

  • @MarioCharles
    @MarioCharles 2 роки тому +10

    Very well put together! Keep up the good work.

  • @masatosway4558
    @masatosway4558 5 місяців тому +4

    Love your videos! I'm learning so much from you.

  • @rcdune7132
    @rcdune7132 5 місяців тому +2

    Words only have as much meaning and power as you give them 💯
    ...We unfortunately live in a world where everything and everyone is either a racist or a phobe of some kind...
    It's a sad reality when people fail to comprehend what actual racism truly is

  • @flashback7273
    @flashback7273 4 місяці тому +2

    I have my card stamped multiple times but it's only redeemable by those who stamped it. However I feel no guilt in private. Because it's not racist it's just language. Context is everything. However it's respectful to not throw that around in public

  • @jtszabo1691
    @jtszabo1691 5 місяців тому +7

    I came across this Channel due to the algorithm and I subscribed. I’m white, but I like learning about black topics and listening to black perspectives

  • @flexluthor1
    @flexluthor1 3 місяці тому +1

    Matt Lauer “Paula Deen are you a racist?”
    Paula Deen: “No”
    Matt Lauer: “Are you sure?”
    Paula Deen “I is what I is, and I’m not changing”
    So definitely a thoroughbred racist, got it.

  • @anubisplays1421
    @anubisplays1421 3 місяці тому

    Explicitly about a miscarriage of justice and how a jury can be bought and the law corrupted.

  • @michaelalberts3615
    @michaelalberts3615 5 місяців тому +21

    I’m 52 years old and t no point in my life was it ok for a white an to say that word. Did some people say it? Sure. But, they didn’t speak it in most circles without being attacked. Rightfully so.

    • @L3monsta
      @L3monsta 5 місяців тому +8

      That's not true at all. It was absolutely different when used in quotations to how it is today and it's revisionist to pretend otherwise

    • @brandon_crow1291
      @brandon_crow1291 4 місяці тому +6

      ​@@L3monstaorrr maybe it's just his personal anecdote of his time growing up where he was or is at? Saying its "revisionist" or "not true" when someone is speaking on their personal experiences is just as idiotic as someone actually trying to pretend like the word wasn't said or accepted for a long time (and unfortunately still is in some areas). Their personal anecdote doesn't indicate that they're making a broader statment about general society, simply the circles they ran in or around.

    • @TheHaddonfieldRegistry
      @TheHaddonfieldRegistry 4 місяці тому +1

      Grew up in a white trash area of NC, it was said regularly and there were almost no black people around. Was very upsetting for me, since I have lots of black family members

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 4 місяці тому

      It's funny that you make your very language racist. What sounds you're allowed to utter is based on the colour of your skin.

    • @dizo-jp2td
      @dizo-jp2td 4 місяці тому

      God loves you all

  • @Cirni-therealone
    @Cirni-therealone 4 місяці тому +3

    he even killed the free use of a word?

  • @BoniMayne
    @BoniMayne 3 місяці тому +2

    So a guy killed his wife then made it about race so he could get away

  • @felix56p
    @felix56p 4 місяці тому +1

    absolutely love this video. the callback with the butterfly and avalance was a great touch!

  • @nerdcorner2680
    @nerdcorner2680 4 місяці тому +1

    As a rule of thumb, you ask people to stop being mean -> you distance yourself from those who don’t listen -> those who go out of their way you deserve to defend yourself in one way or another. There can be no expectation that every single white person will agree with you and stop. Not everyone is nice/respectful/agrees with you on this point. That is why the next layers of defense need to take place, and it is the victims responsibility to stand up for themself, no one else’s. This same ruleset works for all types of offense, being called a nerd/bitch/short/weak/gay/anything offensive.

  • @sfullernj
    @sfullernj 5 місяців тому +1

    The rules are simple. That Jury has blood on their hands. I hope they are utterly disgusted with themselves

  • @JohnSmith-op7ls
    @JohnSmith-op7ls 4 місяці тому +6

    Meaning is what matters. Replacing this term with another doesn’t change anything. It only creates the illusion of change for virtue signalers and people who have no control over their emotions.

  • @scharliescheen3109
    @scharliescheen3109 2 роки тому +7

    looking forward to more content! 😊❤️👍🏻

  • @jesushchrist3789
    @jesushchrist3789 2 місяці тому

    “The defense led by Johnny Cockring…” 💀💀💀 6:06

  • @seosamh.forbes
    @seosamh.forbes 3 місяці тому

    I love how Darton's fiery words in his diatribe on the word itself further vilified his own witness.

  • @PyroSnail25
    @PyroSnail25 4 місяці тому +1

    “Have you heard of Call of Duty?” ☠️

  • @ethanemmerich9698
    @ethanemmerich9698 4 місяці тому +1

    Sick video!! I love these types of analysis and interspections on small parts of history, just like you said .

  • @iRasmus4
    @iRasmus4 5 місяців тому +4

    Brooooo, that was an amazing video! Insta-subbed!
    Thanks for your efforts and for sharing!

  • @Robzrx
    @Robzrx 5 місяців тому +6

    Not being able to use a word in any context depending on who you are is one of the most idiotic things I’ve ever witnessed. It’s so bad that if you go to Apple Music and listen to any song with THE word in it, you can listen to the word in the song but the actual word will be censored in the lyrics. Even when other 4 letter words will be printed ad nauseam the “n-word” can’t be printed. 🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @General_Maximus
      @General_Maximus 5 місяців тому +1

      That's hilarious, I didn't know that Apple does that.

    • @Robzrx
      @Robzrx 5 місяців тому

      @@General_Maximus go check it out 👀

  • @juowy
    @juowy 4 місяці тому +1

    1:40 Why are you censoring the word now when it wasn't censored earlier in the video????

  • @iamajb123
    @iamajb123 4 місяці тому

    It's extra work but it would be nice if you put sources in the description for the video, for those of us who might like to read / watch further.

  • @thamarpericles6453
    @thamarpericles6453 2 роки тому +5

    Awesome work!

  • @I.Am.Terrible.At.Usernames
    @I.Am.Terrible.At.Usernames 3 місяці тому

    It's crazy people still give so much power to a word, it's sad how much we struggle to let go of the past sometimes, and it's even more sad that people are out there making it hard to forget the past

  • @GabeOwzer
    @GabeOwzer 4 місяці тому

    In the early 2000s I remember we had a speaker come into our Elementary school class to tell us about “ending the word”

  • @schaapgaming
    @schaapgaming 5 місяців тому +6

    Oj simpson just died and this gets recommended to me

  • @phiyuh
    @phiyuh 5 місяців тому +2

    video: exists
    UA-cam: *DEMONETIZED BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*

  • @B-Nice
    @B-Nice 4 місяці тому +1

    oh the irony of spending your carreer as a detective beating and framing black men, only to have nobody listen when you may actually be dealing with a man that is guilty 🤷🏽‍♀

  • @riyoung31
    @riyoung31 2 роки тому +4

    Excellent video. Learned a lot. You have a talent for this.

  • @dopesick4474
    @dopesick4474 5 місяців тому +6

    Idk bro being black but not Americanit sounds like a very exaggerated discourse...like racism is wrong, a slur is a slur but whites not being "allowed" to sing rap songs it's pretty laughable outside the usa

    • @General_Maximus
      @General_Maximus 5 місяців тому +2

      It's laughable inside the USA, too. Everybody says nigga. It's very small but very vocal groups that actually get upset over it.

  • @davidcomito505
    @davidcomito505 5 місяців тому +5

    It's hard for white people to be reminded of our shame. We just need to accept that societal forgiveness might take 100s of years. The best you can do is try to be worthy of forgiveness and don't shame black community for using a word that was hateful to them in a way that disarms its original meaning.

    • @nategalvan3907
      @nategalvan3907 5 місяців тому +8

      You can have all the shame. I never did shit.

    • @davidcomito505
      @davidcomito505 5 місяців тому

      @@nategalvan3907 Are you sure about that? It seems like white people like to feel pride in the accomplishments of the western world but tend to not want to feel the shame of its failures. Not to mention that there are systems still in place that were built on the foundation of past racism that white people born today inherit and benefit form. As long as remnants from our past racism are still benefiting for some and detracting to others, that past racism remains a current racism and the sad thing is in order to maintain racism, you don't have to do shit.

    • @nategalvan3907
      @nategalvan3907 5 місяців тому

      @@davidcomito505 yep. As sure as the sun rises and as sure as you are pathetic.

    • @jaydeatts
      @jaydeatts 5 місяців тому

      I should not feel shame for things done years ago by people I am in no way related to. My family came to America in the 1950's. But being white I am somehow responsible for the brutal treatment of Black people in America? I mourn with them and I sympathize, but I cannot apologize for actions taken by others, regardless of how despicable they were and how we share a similar tone of skin.
      Furthermore, the concept of "white guilt" in general is absolutely bonkers. By that standard, 100% of Germans and Japanese people should be disgusted with themselves. They're not, and they shouldn't be. Almost all of them at this point were born after WWII or were to young to have any recollection of that time. They did not commit the atrocities done by their countries, and cannot take responsibility. The only thing white people in America can do is recognize certain advantages they may have and take action regarding that.
      White people should not use racial slurs against any other races, and should absolutely stand with those pushing for improvements to the treatment of minorities and minority communities. But forgiveness? Only for those who need it.

  • @michaelcrawford2909
    @michaelcrawford2909 Місяць тому

    Haha Ta Nehisi Coates disproves his own argument by saying "b**ch" OUT LOUD and, of course, not causing any kind of reaction or getting in any trouble. Specifically because it's very clear from the context that he is discussing the word, not using it derogatorily.

  • @thehomiedutch
    @thehomiedutch 4 місяці тому

    Dude take off my mom's fleece 😂

  • @miskee11
    @miskee11 4 місяці тому +3

    Let's just start using it again. Who's with me?!

  • @CarDietrich
    @CarDietrich 5 місяців тому +2

    I appreciate you making this video.

  • @jaycharade9808
    @jaycharade9808 4 місяці тому +1

    The Kardashians alone are a cesspool of negative consequences by oj.

  • @besewaxe4985
    @besewaxe4985 4 місяці тому

    I really hope my roomate doesn't get the wrong idea hearing this through a wall lol