What Beyonce Taught Me About Race | Brittany Barron | TEDxPasadenaWomen

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  • @suzeystapleton7797
    @suzeystapleton7797 6 років тому +560

    I prefer political Beyoncè. Hearing Formation helped me appreciate her music, and appreciate her as an artist.

    • @GoogleUser-wy2vv
      @GoogleUser-wy2vv 6 років тому +3

      Suzey Stapleton so did i

    • @nicolesright4800
      @nicolesright4800 5 років тому +1

      @@GoogleUser-wy2vv
      Love your picture

    • @GoogleUser-wy2vv
      @GoogleUser-wy2vv 5 років тому +1

      @@nicolesright4800 Thank you!

    • @EmmyV2002
      @EmmyV2002 5 років тому +8

      Beyonce being woke is like seeing your dad trying to be cool.

    • @hillmiss1736
      @hillmiss1736 5 років тому +6

      @@EmmyV2002 Saying something like that while not being of worth to society proves how thick your face is. Go away.

  • @cookie22100
    @cookie22100 5 років тому +716

    You can't have our rythem, if you don't want our blues.

    • @ezekielsprophecy3203
      @ezekielsprophecy3203 5 років тому +20

      cookie22100 rhythm*

    • @jarrelelston7484
      @jarrelelston7484 5 років тому +5

      Powerful

    • @shantemoore6265
      @shantemoore6265 5 років тому +26

      @cultureis abirthright
      If you only enjoy music by Mozart and Chopin why did you bother watching this video?
      Your comment is so unfounded and uneducated which probably why no one bothered to answer before me.
      Now in an attempt to help your ignorance: go research the real inventors of some of the items you mentioned.

    • @angelacarter8812
      @angelacarter8812 5 років тому +1

      Ur comment is tuff May I use it???I could not have said it better😉

    • @AntiqueRose1205
      @AntiqueRose1205 5 років тому +3

      @Fanta Graham the most inventions came from germany and germany never had slaves.

  • @sharroon7574
    @sharroon7574 6 років тому +119

    No wonder we are still sorting this out. Over 300 years is a long time.

    • @ertfgghhhh
      @ertfgghhhh 5 років тому +4

      Not a long time in the history of the world. 300yrs is a breath

    • @TNDCBaby
      @TNDCBaby 5 років тому +13

      @@ertfgghhhh It's long enough that trying to reverse the damage isn't going to happen in a small fraction of that time.

    • @TheJoelef
      @TheJoelef 5 років тому

      and yet asians are doing well

    • @TNDCBaby
      @TNDCBaby 5 років тому +9

      @@TheJoelef Which group of Asians? They're not all doing as well and it depends on which wave you're talking about and during which time period.
      Imagine how much worse they'd be if they were coming from the place of not just being indentured servants and then illegal immigrants or of being foreign born and immigrating here but also being actual property to be bought and sold and having future generations bought and sold and then dropped into the same systematic racial issues plus government funded drug issues, court system targeting, etc. Oh man.

    • @apriljoe444
      @apriljoe444 4 роки тому +4

      @@TheJoelef the same Asians that still struggle with colorism, anti-blackness, self hate, etc.......and now the violence being perpetuated against Asian Americans as a result of covid-19 starting in China......white Americans become anti-anything very quickly......just 7 months ago you a white American posted about how Asians have gracefully handled racism and yet so easily they are being victimized and protesting it

  • @ladyt280
    @ladyt280 5 років тому +63

    Beyoncé needs to hear this she would be proud... wow I love the breakdown

  • @lilidiaz3158
    @lilidiaz3158 5 років тому +20

    that´s a good question. how can we forget about our races when we are reminded of who and what we are almost every day.

  • @marlabaldwin7685
    @marlabaldwin7685 5 років тому +97

    Great Job Brittany Barron Great Quote: We should not fall into the Lie that we don't see color.

  • @poetessaamiinah8273
    @poetessaamiinah8273 5 років тому +31

    I am so proud of you young lady for this Ted's Talk

  • @aldenezeno3003
    @aldenezeno3003 7 років тому +88

    Love this! Wish it could've gone on for another 30 mins! Proud of you chica :)

  • @victoriajessie3794
    @victoriajessie3794 6 років тому +47

    Powerful! I’m sharing this enlightening speech. Thank you.

  • @wambuiw.4032
    @wambuiw.4032 7 років тому +282

    On fleek ending...."we can no longer be bootylicious if we don't understand our formation "...:-)

  • @eddierocksteady5740
    @eddierocksteady5740 6 років тому +63

    Great speech and your presence made it Bigger.

  • @SupermaninJapan
    @SupermaninJapan 7 років тому +251

    Wow...I expected more hate in the comment section. Big improvement:)

    • @fumikoadullaha449
      @fumikoadullaha449 7 років тому +1

      Tiger in Japan 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💯Yes

    • @Roonasaur
      @Roonasaur 7 років тому +7

      HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE

    • @skinhitters
      @skinhitters 6 років тому +5

      😂😂😂😂😂😂 wow, that’s pretty bad when you expected it, but i know what ya mean.

    • @TL-kt2ye
      @TL-kt2ye 5 років тому +2

      @@Roonasaur CRYINGGGGG. IM DEAD.☠🤣😂

    • @Potencylogic
      @Potencylogic 4 роки тому

      Whats the love about? 😆..people worship their idols over ancestry worship

  • @kingdomwatchmanministries2230
    @kingdomwatchmanministries2230 5 років тому +11

    Very smart woman! True leader with powerful communication skills!

  • @diamondsr4marie
    @diamondsr4marie 5 років тому +37

    Well said!!! Thank you for articulating racism and the need to deliberately unlearn it. I hope something is done with this piece of information...

  • @riiraa881
    @riiraa881 2 роки тому +3

    I love how she says 'Africans were brought' and not 'slaves were brought.' A lot of people forget that Africans were people living in Africa before they were brought to the west.

  • @janiceriley2444
    @janiceriley2444 2 роки тому +7

    I didn’t really care for Beyoncé’s catalog until she did formation lemonade I am in the captive audience love her!!!!!

    • @janiceriley2444
      @janiceriley2444 2 роки тому +2

      Formation & Lemonade Especially the clip where she picks that baseball bat up look up look out

  • @MrJeaton07
    @MrJeaton07 7 років тому +160

    Such a great message!!!! I love this!!!!

  • @MaxMafikengBoy
    @MaxMafikengBoy 5 років тому +10

    They were exactly like that with Obama, "he should be president and NOT talk about racial injustice"

  • @valdiviakibunja4572
    @valdiviakibunja4572 5 років тому +7

    Wow...this is the smartest conversation on race I have ever heard

  • @eugenebrewster8227
    @eugenebrewster8227 5 років тому +27

    Notice you've NEVER, EVER heard an Brotha or Sista( African American) say they " don't see color"

    • @ajoaayebo6752
      @ajoaayebo6752 4 роки тому +2

      We dont say that here in Ghana either.

  • @detectivefiction3701
    @detectivefiction3701 4 роки тому +2

    I'm white and a classical music/Broadway/classic pop and Motown fan (so I don't know much about Beyoncé), but this was a very interesting and enjoyable talk. Yes, we should always try to look beyond stereotypes and not put others into boxes based on race. I always like it when social issues are discussed by way of the arts.

  • @steadyb3557
    @steadyb3557 4 роки тому +9

    She nailed it in less than 10 mins. Wow!!!

  • @melaninspeakzout3639
    @melaninspeakzout3639 4 роки тому +5

    This is an awesome video that NEEDS to go viral!!! “You can no longer have our Bootylicious, if you can’t respect our Formation” (Brittany Barron)!!!

  • @deborahfelicien1977
    @deborahfelicien1977 5 років тому +15

    Powerful! This is the best explanation I have ever heard, I am 3 years late but I will look for more from you.

  • @p.w.7493
    @p.w.7493 5 років тому +3

    Very informative, yet troubling. You've reawakened our conciousness to things that we've 'burried' in an effort to forget.

  • @BD401K
    @BD401K 5 років тому +5

    Very well said and excellent points made. This should be one of the templates for how to move forward. Great job Britt!

  • @whitedress8747
    @whitedress8747 4 роки тому +11

    Girl, your eyes are so beautiful!

  • @ayishagisel1252
    @ayishagisel1252 5 років тому +7

    Awesome job correlating the timeframe to develop expertise

  • @CheezInspector
    @CheezInspector 6 років тому +71

    Brilliant insight. We're an extention of our segregated past, and we've rehearsed our inherited roles to the point of knowing no alternative.

    • @bart7001
      @bart7001 6 років тому +3

      Generalisations don't show the diversity.
      The lie is that al blacks or al whites are the same.
      Blaming and shaming a race and even maybe ancestors ?
      Every body can find out how"their" people " are behaving nowadays. crime statistics for example but there is no collective guild otherwise you should compensate the known victims of these crimes should you not ?
      You are free and onley responsible for you own behaviour.
      A baby has no social concept. This concept changes with aging and the circumstances and is individuel.

    • @CheezInspector
      @CheezInspector 6 років тому +4

      bart Generalizations reflect very real cultural/ethnic patterns of behavior, based on historical indoctrination left unexamined.

    • @bart7001
      @bart7001 6 років тому

      Generalizations never shows the differences in a group. The variation can be very extreem. If the idea is that al people are equal so comparing groups of people should show this a problem arrises . The outcome isn't. Trying to explane this isn't easy or simple .
      (the pan-africane doctrini is simpel)
      Unexamined historical indoctrination ( also part of the pan-african doctrine ) has the problem of to many variables and we don't know the outcome because it is unexamined. ( If you believe in witches you will find them and burn them the same with appeaing idea's.)
      You can try to see what choices the "winners" made don't think that this will be ; party , addiction, crime, fXXk around. The outcome of this behaviour you can predict

    • @bart7001
      @bart7001 6 років тому

      Generalizations never shows the variation of behaviour in a cultural/ethnic group.
      Historical and regional circumstances ,constantly changing ,will have great infuence on those patterns.
      Doctrini's can change fast because of the opportunistic nature of mankind.

    • @bart7001
      @bart7001 6 років тому +1

      Those people onley able to think in generalisations and stereotypes used in movies, fairy-tales, books, advertisments, television. They have to life in an imaginairy world not able to see reality for what it is.
      The activist are inspired by Marxisme; dividing the world in oppressors and the oppressed . They think that they are moral superior because they want liberation/equality (especially for their own people), by eliminating the "oppressor" .If neccesary with violence.

  • @kofi3720
    @kofi3720 5 років тому +58

    Brilliant explanation of the subconscious racism of society !

    • @Dirty_Squirrell
      @Dirty_Squirrell 3 роки тому +2

      Your victimization mentality is not serving you well.

  • @elizahurst1327
    @elizahurst1327 3 роки тому +2

    Morgan Freeman says that to move beyond race is to stop talking about it! Energy flows where our attention goes. If we continue to focus on slavery, we are keeping alive the suffering, pain and injustice it caused!! Lets move beyond! Lets band together! Generations have passed, and we cannot rewrite history. Lets write it now by uniting in mutual and unconditional love!! Human to human.

    • @user-mw4qq5ko7y
      @user-mw4qq5ko7y 3 роки тому

      No one asked

    • @francisindinibotwey840
      @francisindinibotwey840 3 роки тому +3

      Honestly I love Morgan but I don’t agree with him on this . Why don’t we talk about apartheid?because they talked about it and was done with it

  • @gearsmore4762
    @gearsmore4762 6 років тому +18

    very powerful speach!!

  • @soneil
    @soneil 5 років тому +3

    This is such an insightful speech. Explains why we are where we are.....

  • @melissavilla-nicholas61
    @melissavilla-nicholas61 7 років тому +31

    I love this video! I'm excited to incorporate it into my courses around race and racism in the US.

  • @victorycounselingcenters323
    @victorycounselingcenters323 2 роки тому +2

    This is amazing! What a powerful way to explain this horrific dynamic in our lives.

  • @iamdelequa
    @iamdelequa 7 років тому +44

    Amazing! This video MUST go viral!!

  • @lilly4386
    @lilly4386 5 років тому +13

    Beautiful explanation.

  • @freespirit7878
    @freespirit7878 6 років тому +20

    Very smart woman I love this

  • @nittamimi8842
    @nittamimi8842 5 років тому +6

    They're NOT READY FOR THAT 🐝! Boy I WAS PROUD TO SEE IT! 🖤

  • @wendibaldwin6564
    @wendibaldwin6564 5 років тому +1

    WOW! Any compliment I give this video is an understatement. Thank you!!!!! ❤️

  • @rogeriomaria2496
    @rogeriomaria2496 4 роки тому +17

    Damn! Sis ✊🏾😝power to the ppl.

  • @peaceamadi9090
    @peaceamadi9090 7 років тому +55

    Wow. So good.

  • @carlatoppins8567
    @carlatoppins8567 5 років тому +15

    Madd Deep & and very Well Spoken. 👍:)

  • @keyanawinston1318
    @keyanawinston1318 2 роки тому +1

    Yaaas!! Don't ever get it twisted, she's one of us!!

  • @Tonay1999
    @Tonay1999 5 років тому +14

    Excellent! Beyonce was the attention getter and clincher. The message was made.

  • @KevinJohnson-sd3vv
    @KevinJohnson-sd3vv 4 роки тому +2

    GREAT practical and intelligent truthful breakdown of racism! Well done Brittany !!

  • @fegrace_1
    @fegrace_1 4 роки тому +2

    I hate hate! I hate when people try to say that you are being sensitive or pulling the race card just because they don’t realize that their micro aggressions are just a problematic and systematic as blatant racism!
    I’m going to continue to put in my 10,000 hrs towards my personal healing and the healing or others... And even thought new wounds may feel like I’m starting all over again, I know I’m not because the stings don’t last as long anymore!
    What I learned from Beyonce: Don’t apologize for other people’s ignorance!

  • @08CARIB
    @08CARIB 7 років тому +36

    Great perspective, Beyonce brought me here :)

  • @balelxzavian5202
    @balelxzavian5202 5 років тому +12

    That was a superb perspective on racism. What an excellent presentation. Most impressive.

  • @erinadams2298
    @erinadams2298 4 роки тому +2

    She did that excellently, can’t believe I’m just now seeing this lol. That’s so true, we need to spend thousands of hours fixing what we got our brains to become experts in for so long. But people don’t realize that at all.

  • @BrianTerada
    @BrianTerada 4 роки тому +1

    Brit Barron you ANGEL, wisdom giving ANGEL

  • @wokemanishboi5003
    @wokemanishboi5003 6 років тому +14

    Great job!!

  • @Sarina1212
    @Sarina1212 5 років тому +2

    powerful message. thank you for speaking up

  • @ivorycelt
    @ivorycelt 6 років тому +5

    Brittany, very very good, i like your 70% and yes yes intentional re programming of subconscious very much required - which also means that the Beyonce 'flip' did a whole bunch more than the little you suggested.
    Ps - Respect and congratulations for doing whatever you have done to have obviously arrived at a place free from anger. Bless you!

  • @alminaaksucu379
    @alminaaksucu379 7 років тому +35

    LOVE IT!

  • @mosellafelder2171
    @mosellafelder2171 4 роки тому +3

    This was awesome, great job! I was enlightened!

  • @bobbyjowilliams5884
    @bobbyjowilliams5884 4 роки тому +3

    God loves everyone on earth

  • @AshleyManning1
    @AshleyManning1 6 років тому +11

    This is brilliant

  • @katferguson
    @katferguson 4 роки тому +1

    Totally agree. People want to put you in a box. I tell people if you try to figure me out you'll get tired really fast.

  • @learninggeekspeak384
    @learninggeekspeak384 4 роки тому +2

    That was very well said!! Thank you for this!

  • @Tinfoiledhat
    @Tinfoiledhat 4 роки тому +3

    Someone needs to Talk to Ted...

  • @thanosmisanthropy9374
    @thanosmisanthropy9374 5 років тому +1

    YES!! THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT, I HAVE FELT THIS WAY FOR A LONG TIME.

  • @tijeraslack3
    @tijeraslack3 3 роки тому +1

    Writings on the Wall was so dope! I remember that album. I was still in high school.

  • @eraserace6165
    @eraserace6165 5 років тому +2

    I enjoyed your answer that we must be intentional, but there are many assumptions to the 335 years of expertise that we have acquired in America. To say that we have done that for 335 years ignores that there have been people during that entire time within the system, working to change laws and ideas that were antithetical to the American proposition. We didn't just win in 1954 or 1965 or when Beyonce did something to rouse the conscience of some. We have been winning and continue to win as we work towards perfecting the union and the foundation upon which this country was built. Dr King understood that the documents articulating who we were supposed to be were good, so our aim is to choose leaders who believe in the documents and will live that way. The intentionality is that we must come together and mentally integrate rather than physically segregating much as we do now. That's my view and I thank you for the talk even in disagreement.

    • @TNDCBaby
      @TNDCBaby 5 років тому

      I am sure that he also understood that they created these documents all while intentionally leaving out a large swath of people (women, non whites, etc). Having some chip away while the founders and others in big power built mountains century after century is a big job and it's not an assumption to state that the majority were not working against racism during that time.

  • @bryantksteward6312
    @bryantksteward6312 5 років тому +3

    wow.. that was amazing.. beautiful and poetic..

  • @marlishamarsh1573
    @marlishamarsh1573 5 років тому +2

    Excellent quality of speech!

  • @Bri-go7mc
    @Bri-go7mc Рік тому +1

    That break down! Wow!

  • @cathylewis3967
    @cathylewis3967 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent presentation.

  • @enidclarke6258
    @enidclarke6258 5 років тому +5

    If everyone apply what the bible says to love each other, to look out for not just our own interests, but look out for others too. We will be better off.

  • @heywardsanders1680
    @heywardsanders1680 4 роки тому +1

    Wow, you put it into the best terms, anyone can understand. Thanks

  • @clarlaabmayr
    @clarlaabmayr 4 роки тому +1

    O love her deep explanation. Thank you

  • @svc6550
    @svc6550 2 роки тому

    This is excellent analysis. It’s so hard to explain to someone who doesn’t want to understand and this finds logic for something so sensitive.

  • @Naruto-gu8ug
    @Naruto-gu8ug 5 років тому +3

    LOVED THIS!!!!!

  • @anthonyile6840
    @anthonyile6840 4 роки тому

    Your a good speaker- the contrast from the period 1619-1954, the presentation, sources and relationship, simple but perfect.

  • @honeypunch8927
    @honeypunch8927 5 років тому +2

    Incredible, thank you

  • @combatveteran240
    @combatveteran240 4 роки тому +2

    Awesome analogy with the 10000 hrs

  • @jessica2575
    @jessica2575 5 років тому +3

    Yes! Brittany nailed it!! 🤗

  • @sashanoel8766
    @sashanoel8766 5 років тому +4

    I loved this!!!! 🖤🖤🖤

  • @Insightful_Locs
    @Insightful_Locs 6 років тому +9

    She really makes some good points

  • @malindadowns6690
    @malindadowns6690 4 роки тому +2

    I just had to watch the video over again ✊🏿

  • @nicoleyorkey3460
    @nicoleyorkey3460 5 років тому +1

    Isaac well done! You definitely have a gift! Bravo!

  • @briannajohnson8995
    @briannajohnson8995 7 років тому +30

    YAS girl!!!!!!!

  • @spiritualistabeautique
    @spiritualistabeautique 5 років тому +2

    Yaaaaaaaasssss to this!! Beautiful!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @shulzmlobela3784
    @shulzmlobela3784 5 років тому +3

    Im so happy she gave the timeline that proved the point I've been trying to reiterate to the people around me

  • @conniegrant939
    @conniegrant939 4 роки тому

    This is very well spoken young lady, may you continue to speak of the history and the subjugation of our people; be continually blessed.

  • @gaetanomaximus8650
    @gaetanomaximus8650 Рік тому

    This country's expertise is in the practice and expansion of liberty - to a vastly greater extent than any country before in history.

  • @wildonez3076
    @wildonez3076 4 роки тому +1

    That was great!! Good job!!!

  • @shaniewestllc
    @shaniewestllc 5 років тому +1

    Wow she really broke that down.

  • @anniastewart991
    @anniastewart991 4 роки тому

    Key is to be intentional in being something different!!!

  • @Mona-ue5uk
    @Mona-ue5uk 5 років тому +2

    Excellent speech!

  • @bertramdavis7120
    @bertramdavis7120 5 років тому +2

    Thank you beautiful lady!

  • @jenniferharris219
    @jenniferharris219 5 років тому +2

    Absolutely perfect....

  • @theresajohnson2016
    @theresajohnson2016 4 роки тому +1

    Good stuff..the thought processes from both sides need to change. The mentality will only change through dialogue. Ignorance is NOT bliss.

  • @serenarobak3640
    @serenarobak3640 5 років тому +1

    Very insightful

  • @lindajackson653
    @lindajackson653 5 років тому +7

    Paying homage to a brilliant conscious great entertainer, author of LEMONADE and other brave emergence, Beyonce. Hotep.

  • @luciavilla2375
    @luciavilla2375 6 років тому +2

    Incredible speech!! Sooo wisely said! This should be used in schools across America

  • @jamesj2912
    @jamesj2912 5 років тому +2

    Bravo! Well said 👏🏾 ✊🏽

  • @vanessashimoni6548
    @vanessashimoni6548 5 років тому +5

    I think this woman is obsessed with Beyonce and her brain has taken a hit. I can't imagine being so mentally challenged that I need to look to an entertainer (no matter how successful) to give me social, racial, ethical and political guidance. Beyonce is a great entertainer, the same way Muhamad Ali was a great boxer and Magic Johnson was a great player. They are not gurus and they cannot solve national issues.

    • @heatherweber952
      @heatherweber952 4 роки тому +3

      Vanessa Shimoni Yes I agree. A good role model is someone with good moral values who can inspire with a positive vision of how to overcome adversity, live a good life and be kind to people regardless of race. Not Bey.

  • @shanaylewis255
    @shanaylewis255 2 роки тому

    If you really have followed her you’d know that she’s been on this level of awareness it’s just how she’s allowed to show it...

  • @Dragonrdh
    @Dragonrdh 5 років тому +4

    Interesting extrapolations!