My girlfriend excitedly told me one day, "I want to show you this awesome account! It's this person, Ro Ramdin, she's absolutely adorable, she's like so cute and her content is hilarious!" We proceeded to watch a few hours of Ro and I wholeheartedly agree. I now watch on my own, very cool, very nice, don't give dogs guns
bro i literally just commented about how i get a dopamine hit every time i see the sub count climb!!! thank you for the dopamine ro, you the realest!!!!
The worst part about a lot of these types' style of argument is that they get so many things factually and conceptually incorrect in the space of a single sentence that it becomes impossible to counter all of the individual points in them in any kind of efficient way. It leaves the responder flabbergasted and overwhelmed and these skin-bags take their shock as a win.
Omg this, it's so wrong you'd think they'd know it's wrong after the sentence leaving your mouth and really couldn't begin to even pick apart their shitty argument
as a person of Irish descent, I find reactionaries' historically illiterate efforts to say that my distinct culture is the same as, say, Italian or English or Nordic culture offensive- those people, after all, have ancestors who were pretty brutal to mine. the idea of a unified "white" culture isn't just racist, it also betrays a fundamental lack of appreciation for the history of Europe as a place occupied by many distinct ethnic groups, who have only relatively recently been lumped together as "white"
I agree with you, the idea of “white culture” is straight up erasure of the cultures of the many ethnic groups that inhabit Europe and their cultures deserve the be preserved and celebrated 🎊
I’m Italian and I second your feelings. Europe had millennia of wars and only agreed to being a thing for mutual benefits. We weren’t even included in “the white people (of the USA)” less than a century ago!
@@mimosa5174 very true. there is a long record of Anglo-Saxons in this country discriminating against and stereotyping Irish people... but now they want us to join together with them so they can do the same to a new group of immigrants? Hell no!
the fact that people can not think for the single second long enough to understand that "there is no white culture" means "there is no culture inherently based on whiteness" and not "there aren't any cultures that white people are/can be a apart of" is very disheartening. Like dawg were just saying the culture is Italian, and the fact that your the same color as the Italian doesn't mean that's automatically yours now. It's just as much yours as everyone else's, just not more.
@@sudenluola2241 Except black culture, which arose from the systemic oppression & cultural erasure of enslaved Africans + their continued mistreatment in large part _because_ of their skin color.
@@guy-sl3kr African american culture surely, would you regard someone who lives in america and someone who lives in uganda as having the exact same culture?
@@sidneymoon2622 Would you place someone like Elon Musk in the same category as someone like Oprah Winfrey or Shaquille O'Neal? Also I never said black culture was homogenous, just that it's unified by the experience of being black in a racialized society. If a dark-skinned Ugandan moved to the US, they're not gonna be treated much differently than from a native-born black American.
@@sidneymoon2622 yes, 'black culture' in America is specially referring to black Americans, and people who use the term are/should be aware that it doesn't apply to every black person. The fact that it's referred to in such broad terms is most likely due to the fact Americans are so used to the dialouge being about us that people dont feel the need to put the distinction in its name, but evidently that causes confusion. However I don't know if African American culture is necessarily a better alternative bc not all black slaves were from Africa and not all African Americans are descended from slaves, and other countries with a history of slavery probably have a similar phenomenon. in the internet age terms with vauge names and specific definitions become tricky because they often have nuance which is extremely critical to its argument that isn't explicit in the name, but with the sheer amount of information we consume not everyone is going to take the time to learn the full definition. edit: spelling
It would be such a tragedy if people reported that account, definitely don't do that guys. Also definitely don't hit the thumbs up to get UA-cam to show this to more people. Absolutely don't do that y'all
I find it really funny that that first video literally showed an image of the ISS. America only got to space because of a bunch of women doing the literal math. Most of whom were Black. And most of the people on that station aren't even American and do not identify as white l o l What a weird ass account. Kinda glad I uninstalled TT when I did.
Yeah "White Culture" is really bizarre. American's have an unfortunate American-centric view of the world. England, Germany, Italy, Greece, Eastern Europe all of them have very distinct unique cultures. It's a bit like there's no "Asian Culture" cause China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Indian All Distinct Different Cultures. Like African American culture is distinct from Nigerian, or South African culture. Like America does have a culture, there's a lot of things that are distinct to North America, Canda and USA have very similar cultural touch stones. It's not a specific White culture in America, like we have lots of distinct cultures within the US too, from New York to Los Angelas. America and Canada are not homogenous units. Like it's so frustrating people act like races are the end all be all of things. Humans started in Africa, and we were really good at living everywhere so here we are today. All over the place. x.x these people are absolute clowns.
Yeah this is rather ridiculous. Like why you think Europe has had all the wars over its existence. I am myself Finnish. My culture has outlived the Romans and we are really as white as they come for the explicit reason that the sun doesn’t shine for 4 months each year. From this perspective, it is rather hurtful when I constantly hear American leftist lumping all European into these monsters who ruined the world. It truly is avoid of nuance and wipes perspectives of smaller nations. It is rather difficult to try to colonise anybody when you don’t even have the right to freely talk in your first language nor have enough food to feed your family.
THAT'S WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING /lh The whole point of the movie was he was the bad guy and a total loser who got zero bitches...😭 They're shooting themselves in the foot from the start there.
i hate the generalization that pitbulls are aggressive dogs. pitbulls are so sweet and i for one think it would maybe not even be that bad of an idea to give them access to firearms
14:00 the pitbull thing is a dogwhistle, since some nazis use "pitbulls" as a shorthand for black people (since they believe that both are inherently aggressive)
with the idea that only "white people" did any inventing or made advances, agreed with everything you said about colonialism, but its also very much shaped by the environment different cultures lived in. the british were into farming and cities because that's what made sense there, and helped them survive their harsh winters. people make a big deal about how zero african cultures invented the wheel but like... they knew about the wheel. they just didn't use it, because it was not a very efficient form of travel in that environment. here in australia, indigenous aussies were deemed "uncivilised" because they moved around with the seasons rather than building farms and cities - but thats what makes sense in this environment! that lifestyle had evolved to suit australia's land, australia's food and water sources, australia's weather, and indigenous aussies had been thriving for literal millenia. and then the white settlers trying to farm here complained about how inhospitable australia is, lmfao. wheels and farms and cities make sense in britain, but using them as checkpoints of "civilisation" in completely different environments was bloody silly, and also completely racist.
@@blasianking4827 no seriously, their obsession with japan is very weird to say the least. they, in some way, relate Japan's "perfection" to whiteness, ignoring that they are just as Asian as the Chinese they degrade
The concept of whiteness is also pretty new in the grand scheme of things, so it's kind of weird to group historical art from various European countries into one culture. If you went back in time and told those artists that the English, the French, the Italians and the Greeks were all part of the same culture, they'd probably be pretty mad at you. Also, I would argue that "black culture" isn't a thing either. Are we talking about African American culture? Nigerian Culture? Aboriginal Australian culture? Caribbean culture (and if so, which Caribbean country are we talking about?)? There are so many different groups that all get called "black" so there's not a monolithic black culture either.
This has more or less been my take. I get Ro's explanation of the experience that black people across the world share, but culture doesn't begin and end there.
You're correct that Black people in Nigeria for example would not have the same culture as Black people in America, but in the video I believe she was trying to make the point that in America there's a Black culture created through shared oppression and the history of slavery because slave owners deliberately erased their identities and what country they came from.
"black culture" is kind of North-America, maybe Britain specific. SSA countries wouldn't have a "black culture" because there isn't a shared experience across borders in the same way there are in say the States. It's also a much larger place and a lot of family lines are native to their country and therefore their culture is too (I hope that makes sense?). Of course, there are discrepencies and differences and nuances within black communities, experiences, and by extension black culture, but it does exist in a contemporary, Western context (ie. Fashion, similar dialect, music, stemming from black communities and shared across them until they reached the mainstream).
Essentially- a lot of Nigerians, Carribean people etc don't identify as Black UNTIL they come to Canada, the US, the UK etc. Because they're not racially othered in Black vs White. It's different ethnicities and complexities interacting. There's definitely still HELLA diversity even amongst Black Americans who are descendants of enslaved Africans but there is a commonality that we all share under Black culture through what we've forged under oppression. This is also shared with Aboriginal Australians who identify as Black, I feel with our experiences and humor.
Ro is talking about the culture that black people in the united states had to make for themselves because we didn’t know much of anything about our own african culture. So we invented a new one to still connect with one another. I hope that clears it up a bit
Don't stress about videos being "less funny," you're captivating enough as a commentary/video essay channel and I think if you fully embraced that for specific videos like this it
@@JohnSmith-kt3yy setting aside the fact that the concept of "whiteness" as it exists today didn't exist in Roman times... Rome was an empire that encompassed a wide swathe of geography and cultures, across hundreds of years of history with borders that changed often. the idea that people in the Roman empire even considered themselves "Roman" at all is a subject of debate as it is. the idea that every culture controlled by the Roman empire was white is incorrect both from a modern and historical standpoint. and for the record... yeah, the Romans colonized African territories too. they're literally the reason it's called Africa, after the province Rome established in the northern part of the continent.
@@JohnSmith-kt3yy the British empire and the Roman empire are not and were not equivalents on this one. it's not "like saying Britain is white", Britain IS white, and Britain still exists, and when we're talking about Britain today we're discussing the country, not the historical empire. and even if they were exact equivalents, you'd still be wrong if you were looking at the British empire historically and called everyone beneath it white. those colonies still don't magically become white in that context, sorry. is India white now? if you're correct that being colonized by an empire from anywhere in Europe makes you white, then they should be *especially* white, we're not even talking about a dissolved empire anymore. I think you'd benefit from more reading about Roman history. it kinda sounds like you don't understand their spread, culture, or influence very much. this "Romans were white" reduction of history is literally invented as a white supremecist talking point.
Thank you for letting us keep the fighter jet. I thought we were gonna have to let that one go, but I'm glad you were so aware of the deep loss this would be for us. Bless you.
ro i dont mean to sound intense but i think your videos are genuinely some of the most incredible pieces of content on this site. youre amazing. thank you for sharing your thoughts, your time, and your art with us. and ur humor that makes me feel like im literally going insane but like, in a good way.
i grew up in a Brazil and i still relate to black Americans, like the concept of cookouts and everybody hates chris is just something we all accept, but a white american would absolutely not relate to a white brazilian person
Ro, you have legitimately become one of my favorite youtubers within a week. Your balance of comedy and serious issues is fantastic-you are so eloquent and funny. I can’t wait to see how successful you become, you deserve so many more followers
just came back from a mental breakdown and saw this vid got uploaded. i think the stars aligned bc ur videos give me mental breakdowns but in a more like, funny way. thank u bestie xoxo
while I agree with all points made in this video, I must say "what happened to the other one?" truly made me laugh out loud, and made me wish I could subscribe more than once. Thank you for sharing your talent!
But also, as an Irish person with Norman and English blood, Ireland has hella culture and also a history of some pretty bad, long-term oppression, also, the stereotyping especially in America, is absolutely crazy
it’s so comforting to hear and see another person shit on these nightmare accounts, i get so much internal rage when i see content like that and indoctrinated morons talking out of their taints and have no one to directly commiserate with lmao
i really like the way you structured this video so far!! usually i love the longer inbetweens and more monologue type video style but i really enjoyed how you put it together this time. I still got a perfect mix of the amazing commentary and enough of your really good humor!! This feels just as satisfying and just as funny and i can only imagine it’s more effective for you to be able to make videos with this type of format. You mentioned something in a video about feeling anxious about not having enough jokes or commentary, but this is still amazing imo.
My favourite thing in the world is watching people try to describe what white culture is. They attribute the wildest shit to white culture, It’s like a speedrun to expose how little somebody understands about history and culture it’s great
you're just so well spoken and good at explaining things (I am not well spoken or good with words at all so I'm sorry if that's like weird😀) I am 16 and very passionate about the BLM movement as a black person myself. I educate people and have formed my own opinion by doing my own research. but I still feel as though I'm being gaslit by white supremacists. the way they'll defend their bullshit opinions so hard is just so confusing that I have caught myself second guessing! so I just appreciate people who can debunk?? all their reasoning if that makes sense. love you sm Ro :)
Ok so this video showed up in my feed out of nowhere, I had never heard of you at all, and less than a minute in I hit that subscribe button quicker than is physically safe, both for my fingers and my mouse.
American: " white culture exists!" Proceeds to show images of nearly only european art development and countries. I'll be generalizing here a bit and I'm sorry in advance but the race-divide is so pronounced in a country who claims to be so progressive and free and "the biggest nation"...yeah by size, not intelligence. I live in a small country in Europe, am white and never once thought to be proud of it. I'm ashamed of what my ancestors have done in their goal to colonize the world and many others are too. Which isn't to say that racism doesn't exist because unfortunately it does but we're progressing into a more understanding people and more accepting. Baby steps i guess. But in America they seem to want to perpetuate this division between races just for the fun of it. You cannot fuck over someone and then expect them to smile and say thank you! Of course other races are sometimes more reactive, you don't give them a chance to show you how wonderful they can be! This got way too long, sorry. Edit: I think Ro is doing a great job, highlighting these dangerous people!
Your voice soothes my constant headache ♡ I always get genuinely excited when I see you post ♡ please never stop with the amazing content (unless you are tired then don't over work yourself) ♡ I hope you have a wonderful day
I CACKLED at your invitation for "political togetherness" lmao Also I really like the way you are up front about the barrier of saying "I love you" as a public figure. Feels organic the way you do it
the funny thing with the first tiktok literally every single person has culture. this is something very basic you learn in an anthropology class. culture is is like how you get married, relationships and dynamics in families, art, how you do funerals you name it culture is not always this broad extravagant thing it can be the small little things
No so cultural is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. With Europeans it is especially beautiful I don't see anything wrong with wanting to continue something that is good and beautiful
I really appreciate you dissecting and answering the content of the tik toks, I feel like sometimes it's presented with such rhetoric that it's bit hard to find the counter-arguments, and I really appreciate you doing that, it's super useful and well put. Thank you ! xx
Ro is the ONLY channel i actually have the bell on for. I have notifications pretty much turned off for most everything because If i want to See Interactions With Me it will be On My Terms. But Ro? Wake me up please
every time i watch your videos and see that sub count climbing i get a dopamine hit 💝 thank you angel!! you are so talented and hilarious and honestly informative and you deserve so much success!!
Hi everyone in the comments TW on this video for discussions of anti-semitism and racism! Sorry that I didn't put it in the video that was a dumb move
Did you take a break? Are you breaking? Take a break!
also eight dislikes rn i hate that u guys can't see this
@@roramdin If we could see it, there would be a lot more than 8 dislikes.
@@roramdin I can take 8 people probably. does UA-cam stats tell you how tall they are, though, cause that would be helpful???
love your work, i did the thing on tiktok cause its the right thing to do, love the way you end your videos! ❤
Conservatives be like “facts over feelings” then say something that’s not true
Conservatives be like “facts over feelings” then state an opinion
Conservatives be like "Facts over Feelings" then believe in God.
"Fact over feelings" then cry when they see anyone not white
And then get their feelings hurt when it gets called untrue
Conservatives be like “I tell it like it is” then state a conspiracy theory
My girlfriend excitedly told me one day, "I want to show you this awesome account! It's this person, Ro Ramdin, she's absolutely adorable, she's like so cute and her content is hilarious!" We proceeded to watch a few hours of Ro and I wholeheartedly agree. I now watch on my own, very cool, very nice, don't give dogs guns
this is so sweet i will cry
@@roramdin Not if I cry first!!
your girlfriend has good taste in youtubers.
I think dogs should be allowed to vote and have the right to bear arms.
@@Kyran1996 bear arms? why not dog arms?
the rush of dopamine that hits when i see the ro ramdin upload is unmatched
i know right, i like the video before i even start to watch it.
@@silassativa5332 as one should, it's what she deserves
bro i literally just commented about how i get a dopamine hit every time i see the sub count climb!!! thank you for the dopamine ro, you the realest!!!!
literally this
i’m toric too!! yeahhhh
The worst part about a lot of these types' style of argument is that they get so many things factually and conceptually incorrect in the space of a single sentence that it becomes impossible to counter all of the individual points in them in any kind of efficient way. It leaves the responder flabbergasted and overwhelmed and these skin-bags take their shock as a win.
The term for this is a "Gish Gallop".
@@OyVeey That’s amazing and I’m using it forever
it's basically just an argument tsunami. except it's a tsunami made out of sewage water.
Omg this, it's so wrong you'd think they'd know it's wrong after the sentence leaving your mouth and really couldn't begin to even pick apart their shitty argument
The best reaction is just to laugh. Laugh in their face.
as a person of Irish descent, I find reactionaries' historically illiterate efforts to say that my distinct culture is the same as, say, Italian or English or Nordic culture offensive- those people, after all, have ancestors who were pretty brutal to mine. the idea of a unified "white" culture isn't just racist, it also betrays a fundamental lack of appreciation for the history of Europe as a place occupied by many distinct ethnic groups, who have only relatively recently been lumped together as "white"
I agree with you, the idea of “white culture” is straight up erasure of the cultures of the many ethnic groups that inhabit Europe and their cultures deserve the be preserved and celebrated 🎊
I’m Italian and I second your feelings. Europe had millennia of wars and only agreed to being a thing for mutual benefits. We weren’t even included in “the white people (of the USA)” less than a century ago!
@@mimosa5174 very true. there is a long record of Anglo-Saxons in this country discriminating against and stereotyping Irish people... but now they want us to join together with them so they can do the same to a new group of immigrants? Hell no!
French guy here just to third this comment
karelian here to fourth this comment, a unified “white” culture is a bunch of bs
the fact that people can not think for the single second long enough to understand that "there is no white culture" means "there is no culture inherently based on whiteness" and not "there aren't any cultures that white people are/can be a apart of" is very disheartening. Like dawg were just saying the culture is Italian, and the fact that your the same color as the Italian doesn't mean that's automatically yours now. It's just as much yours as everyone else's, just not more.
There's no culture inherently based on any skin colour.
@@sudenluola2241 Except black culture, which arose from the systemic oppression & cultural erasure of enslaved Africans + their continued mistreatment in large part _because_ of their skin color.
@@guy-sl3kr African american culture surely, would you regard someone who lives in america and someone who lives in uganda as having the exact same culture?
@@sidneymoon2622 Would you place someone like Elon Musk in the same category as someone like Oprah Winfrey or Shaquille O'Neal?
Also I never said black culture was homogenous, just that it's unified by the experience of being black in a racialized society. If a dark-skinned Ugandan moved to the US, they're not gonna be treated much differently than from a native-born black American.
@@sidneymoon2622 yes, 'black culture' in America is specially referring to black Americans, and people who use the term are/should be aware that it doesn't apply to every black person.
The fact that it's referred to in such broad terms is most likely due to the fact Americans are so used to the dialouge being about us that people dont feel the need to put the distinction in its name, but evidently that causes confusion. However I don't know if African American culture is necessarily a better alternative bc not all black slaves were from Africa and not all African Americans are descended from slaves, and other countries with a history of slavery probably have a similar phenomenon.
in the internet age terms with vauge names and specific definitions become tricky because they often have nuance which is extremely critical to its argument that isn't explicit in the name, but with the sheer amount of information we consume not everyone is going to take the time to learn the full definition.
edit: spelling
It would be such a tragedy if people reported that account, definitely don't do that guys. Also definitely don't hit the thumbs up to get UA-cam to show this to more people. Absolutely don't do that y'all
it rly would be awful if ppl reported :/
Chomsky lookin' more like a Gnome with every passing decade.
banger alert
Gnome Gnomesky?
Baaaaahsed
there are mushrooms growing on his head
genuinely thought he was dead
I find it really funny that that first video literally showed an image of the ISS. America only got to space because of a bunch of women doing the literal math. Most of whom were Black. And most of the people on that station aren't even American and do not identify as white l o l
What a weird ass account. Kinda glad I uninstalled TT when I did.
Mostly black women, doing the maths BY HAND
Yeah "White Culture" is really bizarre. American's have an unfortunate American-centric view of the world. England, Germany, Italy, Greece, Eastern Europe all of them have very distinct unique cultures. It's a bit like there's no "Asian Culture" cause China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Indian All Distinct Different Cultures. Like African American culture is distinct from Nigerian, or South African culture. Like America does have a culture, there's a lot of things that are distinct to North America, Canda and USA have very similar cultural touch stones. It's not a specific White culture in America, like we have lots of distinct cultures within the US too, from New York to Los Angelas. America and Canada are not homogenous units. Like it's so frustrating people act like races are the end all be all of things. Humans started in Africa, and we were really good at living everywhere so here we are today. All over the place. x.x these people are absolute clowns.
yeah it’s less “white people have no culture” and more “white americans have no culture” at least not in the same sense
This is why I don't buy into racial cultures in general. No race is a monolith.
@@whatthehellisthis Yeah, many of us are pretty far removed from our ethnic cultures.
@@whatthehellisthis They do have a culture! Its just
One of racism, bigotry and uh guns
Yeah this is rather ridiculous. Like why you think Europe has had all the wars over its existence.
I am myself Finnish. My culture has outlived the Romans and we are really as white as they come for the explicit reason that the sun doesn’t shine for 4 months each year. From this perspective, it is rather hurtful when I constantly hear American leftist lumping all European into these monsters who ruined the world. It truly is avoid of nuance and wipes perspectives of smaller nations. It is rather difficult to try to colonise anybody when you don’t even have the right to freely talk in your first language nor have enough food to feed your family.
wait wait wait wait a minute, that was Hal from Megamind. The one character that's a violent incel. as their authoritarian right Chad.... Oh my god.
"oh yeah, it's all coming together"
dang that movie really was ahead of its time wasn’t it
THAT'S WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING /lh
The whole point of the movie was he was the bad guy and a total loser who got zero bitches...😭
They're shooting themselves in the foot from the start there.
Imagine idolizing Tighten...
i hate the generalization that pitbulls are aggressive dogs. pitbulls are so sweet and i for one think it would maybe not even be that bad of an idea to give them access to firearms
14:00 the pitbull thing is a dogwhistle, since some nazis use "pitbulls" as a shorthand for black people (since they believe that both are inherently aggressive)
with the idea that only "white people" did any inventing or made advances, agreed with everything you said about colonialism, but its also very much shaped by the environment different cultures lived in. the british were into farming and cities because that's what made sense there, and helped them survive their harsh winters. people make a big deal about how zero african cultures invented the wheel but like... they knew about the wheel. they just didn't use it, because it was not a very efficient form of travel in that environment. here in australia, indigenous aussies were deemed "uncivilised" because they moved around with the seasons rather than building farms and cities - but thats what makes sense in this environment! that lifestyle had evolved to suit australia's land, australia's food and water sources, australia's weather, and indigenous aussies had been thriving for literal millenia. and then the white settlers trying to farm here complained about how inhospitable australia is, lmfao. wheels and farms and cities make sense in britain, but using them as checkpoints of "civilisation" in completely different environments was bloody silly, and also completely racist.
the fact that he had the audacity use Pedro pascal for the “white population going down” “meme”
ah yes, the INTERNATIONAL space station, the perfect example of white culture. not like one of those nations that worked on it was japan or anything
Those idiots think japanese are white no joke, hitler tought they were "honorary aryans".
@@BleedForTheDancer White nationalists stop idolizing Japan for being ethno-nationalist and xenophobic challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
@@blasianking4827 no seriously, their obsession with japan is very weird to say the least. they, in some way, relate Japan's "perfection" to whiteness, ignoring that they are just as Asian as the Chinese they degrade
The concept of whiteness is also pretty new in the grand scheme of things, so it's kind of weird to group historical art from various European countries into one culture. If you went back in time and told those artists that the English, the French, the Italians and the Greeks were all part of the same culture, they'd probably be pretty mad at you. Also, I would argue that "black culture" isn't a thing either. Are we talking about African American culture? Nigerian Culture? Aboriginal Australian culture? Caribbean culture (and if so, which Caribbean country are we talking about?)? There are so many different groups that all get called "black" so there's not a monolithic black culture either.
This has more or less been my take.
I get Ro's explanation of the experience that black people across the world share, but culture doesn't begin and end there.
You're correct that Black people in Nigeria for example would not have the same culture as Black people in America, but in the video I believe she was trying to make the point that in America there's a Black culture created through shared oppression and the history of slavery because slave owners deliberately erased their identities and what country they came from.
"black culture" is kind of North-America, maybe Britain specific. SSA countries wouldn't have a "black culture" because there isn't a shared experience across borders in the same way there are in say the States. It's also a much larger place and a lot of family lines are native to their country and therefore their culture is too (I hope that makes sense?). Of course, there are discrepencies and differences and nuances within black communities, experiences, and by extension black culture, but it does exist in a contemporary, Western context (ie. Fashion, similar dialect, music, stemming from black communities and shared across them until they reached the mainstream).
Essentially- a lot of Nigerians, Carribean people etc don't identify as Black UNTIL they come to Canada, the US, the UK etc. Because they're not racially othered in Black vs White. It's different ethnicities and complexities interacting.
There's definitely still HELLA diversity even amongst Black Americans who are descendants of enslaved Africans but there is a commonality that we all share under Black culture through what we've forged under oppression. This is also shared with Aboriginal Australians who identify as Black, I feel with our experiences and humor.
Ro is talking about the culture that black people in the united states had to make for themselves because we didn’t know much of anything about our own african culture. So we invented a new one to still connect with one another.
I hope that clears it up a bit
Don't stress about videos being "less funny," you're captivating enough as a commentary/video essay channel and I think if you fully embraced that for specific videos like this it
And even a "less" funny Ro Ramdin video contains more funniness than some professional comedians on their best night.
"the police flopped! yeah, community oriented crime solutions outsold fr" made me laugh so hard in the middle of this serious video 😭 love you sm Ro
Rome wasn't white and it's weird how they left out chattel slavery.
Applying racial categories to early civilizations is anachronistic.
"Rome wasn't white" No? What was it then? African lol?
@@JohnSmith-kt3yy setting aside the fact that the concept of "whiteness" as it exists today didn't exist in Roman times... Rome was an empire that encompassed a wide swathe of geography and cultures, across hundreds of years of history with borders that changed often. the idea that people in the Roman empire even considered themselves "Roman" at all is a subject of debate as it is. the idea that every culture controlled by the Roman empire was white is incorrect both from a modern and historical standpoint.
and for the record... yeah, the Romans colonized African territories too. they're literally the reason it's called Africa, after the province Rome established in the northern part of the continent.
@@mirrepoix Yeah they had an empire, but that is like saying the british aint white.
@@JohnSmith-kt3yy the British empire and the Roman empire are not and were not equivalents on this one. it's not "like saying Britain is white", Britain IS white, and Britain still exists, and when we're talking about Britain today we're discussing the country, not the historical empire.
and even if they were exact equivalents, you'd still be wrong if you were looking at the British empire historically and called everyone beneath it white. those colonies still don't magically become white in that context, sorry. is India white now? if you're correct that being colonized by an empire from anywhere in Europe makes you white, then they should be *especially* white, we're not even talking about a dissolved empire anymore.
I think you'd benefit from more reading about Roman history. it kinda sounds like you don't understand their spread, culture, or influence very much. this "Romans were white" reduction of history is literally invented as a white supremecist talking point.
Thank you for letting us keep the fighter jet. I thought we were gonna have to let that one go, but I'm glad you were so aware of the deep loss this would be for us. Bless you.
How else can we win the culture war, Nolan?
@@emperor_morpho3226 By fighting on every plane of existence possible
@@hipsternolan as well as with every plane.
Since fighter jets are ours now ig.
ro i dont mean to sound intense but i think your videos are genuinely some of the most incredible pieces of content on this site. youre amazing. thank you for sharing your thoughts, your time, and your art with us. and ur humor that makes me feel like im literally going insane but like, in a good way.
Wholeheartedly agree to this
14:00 i think the pitbull part probably has something to do with the "inherent brutality" of the breed being a common white supremacist dogwhistle
Ro, you're the funniest person on this platform. Thank you so much for all the content so far, it's really brightens up my day.
I absolutely adore how they used a video of titan from megamind to show how alpha they were while completely missing the point of the movie
The "I'm With Her" tattoo should be on your left cheek. Which cheek? You decide.
Her giggle is so CUTE!!! I'm sorry but it's true!
i grew up in a Brazil and i still relate to black Americans, like the concept of cookouts and everybody hates chris is just something we all accept, but a white american would absolutely not relate to a white brazilian person
Everybody hates Chris unites all brazillians, regardless of gender, age or political afilliation
@@Malu1303 that is so true that show had such a hold on my family every Sunday morning
Do white Brazilians really not have cookouts?
Alguém podia traduzir o que é cookout para mim? Não achei online o que é
@@akhirajordao3399 Creio que seja churrasco
Ro, you have legitimately become one of my favorite youtubers within a week. Your balance of comedy and serious issues is fantastic-you are so eloquent and funny. I can’t wait to see how successful you become, you deserve so many more followers
just came back from a mental breakdown and saw this vid got uploaded. i think the stars aligned bc ur videos give me mental breakdowns but in a more like, funny way. thank u bestie xoxo
omg same
super agree with you, far right is far worse than going far left. hate having to explain that to my friends
I love white people culture memes so much lmao my favorite was about the Chick-fil-A day where you dress up as a cow for free chicken
Lmao and its funny because they can have the restaurant infamous for its anti lgbtq and racist ways it fits alot of them perfectly
Please did they really use the main antagonist of MEGAMIND?? The levels of stupidity behind that single choice 💀
Ro is probably the most important UA-camr right now for me.
Made me evaluate some of my prejudices.
Thank you Ro.
while I agree with all points made in this video, I must say "what happened to the other one?" truly made me laugh out loud, and made me wish I could subscribe more than once. Thank you for sharing your talent!
Ro's deadass giggles during the "white culture" tiktok give me life
But also, as an Irish person with Norman and English blood, Ireland has hella culture and also a history of some pretty bad, long-term oppression, also, the stereotyping especially in America, is absolutely crazy
i can't tell if that's a shirt or a jacket but i enjoy it very much regardless
just realised that the eyeshadow matches omg
and i enjoy your pfp. it's awesome
I like that you like a shirt and eyeshadow that's the same colour as your profile!
Your self comparisons and one liners have me laughing so hard i woke the dog.
Ro you’re killing it with the matching eyeshadow and top
A wise soul once said to me "Half of youtube is Titles & Thumbnails" and you've got that DOWN ( content is always fire neverless.)
it’s so comforting to hear and see another person shit on these nightmare accounts, i get so much internal rage when i see content like that and indoctrinated morons talking out of their taints and have no one to directly commiserate with lmao
i really like the way you structured this video so far!! usually i love the longer inbetweens and more monologue type video style but i really enjoyed how you put it together this time. I still got a perfect mix of the amazing commentary and enough of your really good humor!! This feels just as satisfying and just as funny and i can only imagine it’s more effective for you to be able to make videos with this type of format. You mentioned something in a video about feeling anxious about not having enough jokes or commentary, but this is still amazing imo.
your profile pic is so good!! i love vewn
Reactionaries need to understand the difference between heritage/lineage and culture. They can be intertwined but they are not the same
i’m alternative, right? i love the less i know the better by tame impala
of course
At 3:38 after “we’re white we don’t have a culture” I got an ad for Starbucks lmao
My favourite thing in the world is watching people try to describe what white culture is. They attribute the wildest shit to white culture, It’s like a speedrun to expose how little somebody understands about history and culture it’s great
Right wingers aren't known for being intellectual powerhouses.
you're just so well spoken and good at explaining things (I am not well spoken or good with words at all so I'm sorry if that's like weird😀) I am 16 and very passionate about the BLM movement as a black person myself. I educate people and have formed my own opinion by doing my own research. but I still feel as though I'm being gaslit by white supremacists. the way they'll defend their bullshit opinions so hard is just so confusing that I have caught myself second guessing! so I just appreciate people who can debunk?? all their reasoning if that makes sense. love you sm Ro :)
7 days without you was pure PAIN
Thank you so much for uploading Rose. Made my week!
Was gonna kms. Not today, Ro posted, this is way more important.
Ok so this video showed up in my feed out of nowhere, I had never heard of you at all, and less than a minute in I hit that subscribe button quicker than is physically safe, both for my fingers and my mouse.
ro you are the reason i make pasta at 10 at night and await for your glorious video deliveries
Ro is the best commentary utuber and u CANNOT change my mind on that
chomsky looks like hes slowly turning into a tree.
You’re my favorite UA-camr there’s no competition.
That giggle at 5:34 is all I needed to survive, thank you
I needed this distraction even if it wasn’t a super happy one. Thanks Ro! I ‘ppreciate the work you do to draw attention to this stuff. 🥺
When you stare into the void (tiktok) and something looks back at you
the British white supremacy guy looked like either the most flavorless kind of freshly made beef jerky or a rather fashionable snake skin handbag
American: " white culture exists!"
Proceeds to show images of nearly only european art development and countries.
I'll be generalizing here a bit and I'm sorry in advance but the race-divide is so pronounced in a country who claims to be so progressive and free and "the biggest nation"...yeah by size, not intelligence. I live in a small country in Europe, am white and never once thought to be proud of it. I'm ashamed of what my ancestors have done in their goal to colonize the world and many others are too. Which isn't to say that racism doesn't exist because unfortunately it does but we're progressing into a more understanding people and more accepting. Baby steps i guess.
But in America they seem to want to perpetuate this division between races just for the fun of it. You cannot fuck over someone and then expect them to smile and say thank you! Of course other races are sometimes more reactive, you don't give them a chance to show you how wonderful they can be!
This got way too long, sorry.
Edit: I think Ro is doing a great job, highlighting these dangerous people!
ro i cannot stress how hard your videos and niche jokes/references/roasts make me laugh. youre doin great dw. take ur break!!
evry roast of the crusty white supremist guy had me in fcuking hysterics
Literally just went to see if you uploaded. Saw you didn’t. Then the notification. Welcome back!
seeing ro upload sends crazy chemicals to my brain
its so funny to use the VILLAIN from megamind as 'the authoritarian right'. like, yeah... i agree.
everything you say scratches the absolute center of my brain
thank you queen you're very funny and this video calmed me down
Your voice soothes my constant headache ♡ I always get genuinely excited when I see you post ♡ please never stop with the amazing content (unless you are tired then don't over work yourself) ♡ I hope you have a wonderful day
also this guy proved that as white people we do have a shared culture and it's claiming credit for shit we did not do or make
🤣🤣someone gets it its sad but true
making anti-work art while watching your video has made my night wonderful. I hope you have a good night :0)
I just started watching your videos and I'm scared I'm going to watch them all by the end of the week and have none left.
I CACKLED at your invitation for "political togetherness" lmao
Also I really like the way you are up front about the barrier of saying "I love you" as a public figure. Feels organic the way you do it
babe wake up new ro vid just dropped
the funny thing with the first tiktok literally every single person has culture. this is something very basic you learn in an anthropology class. culture is is like how you get married, relationships and dynamics in families, art, how you do funerals you name it
culture is not always this broad extravagant thing it can be the small little things
No so cultural is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. With Europeans it is especially beautiful I don't see anything wrong with wanting to continue something that is good and beautiful
That name just screams "Hello fellow kids... Can I interest you in some racism?"
I don't even know why it took me so long to find this channel, love your work Rose!
woke up to new Ro video, day secured
QUEEN BLESSED US WITH CONTENT
I'm just here to say hi to Naomi from the hinge notification in 13:28. Hi Naomi
NOOO I MEANT TO CUT THAT OUT LMAO
i've been dating her for nine months now and u were the only person to notice her in this video hehe congrats
"what happen to the other one?" Made me spit on my pc screen. Thanks Ro
wonderful video as always! so happy that you took time for yourself but also super happy that your break is over! 🥰
I really appreciate you dissecting and answering the content of the tik toks, I feel like sometimes it's presented with such rhetoric that it's bit hard to find the counter-arguments, and I really appreciate you doing that, it's super useful and well put. Thank you ! xx
Ro, thanks for being you. Your kindness and clever delivery make every upload a treat. Keep up making these awesome videos!
You're like early-pandemic Tiger King. I'm addicted and I can't look away.
I'm so happy you're back
Ro is the ONLY channel i actually have the bell on for. I have notifications pretty much turned off for most everything because If i want to See Interactions With Me it will be On My Terms. But Ro? Wake me up please
currently in the throes of antidepressant withdrawal and I’m running on ro ramdin vids and the two remaining serotonin molecules in my brain
I have dyslexia and kept reading his name as younggroomerv5...
That color brings out your warm tones, very pretty 🧡
Glad you made a community post about this video, it didn’t show up in my subscriptions for some reason.
every time i watch your videos and see that sub count climbing i get a dopamine hit 💝 thank you angel!! you are so talented and hilarious and honestly informative and you deserve so much success!!
thank you kindly for my ro-uploadly dose of sanity and serotonin
ro please don't insult the slothes by comparing him to them, they don't deserve this
No worries about youtube on this one, The algorithm put this on my front page! subbed in less than 30 seconds, glad to be here.
I really love your videos, Ro! Thank you for your wonderful content. It’s refreshing
Loved this video! Found you through Nick but I’ve loved everything I’ve seen from you since!
Is it bad that you’re my favorite UA-camr? Genuinely funny and insightful. Anytime I see your videos pop up I have to watch!
Every time I’m early to an upload I twirl my hair and giggle like a little girl