Ah, it makes sense now. Only a group of actors could be so far in the holds of self hatred and cuckery that they could indoctrinate their own children with this garbage self image.
I just turned 14. But even before I was 10, I already knew what goes on in this bitter world. I was born in the generation which technology was a priority in a everyday life. I've been exposed to the internet at such a young age, made rights and wrongs. I went through news articles, Twitter posts, Facebook photos, etc. All have discussed about racism, political, economical, sexism and much more issues then that. I find it stupid how many of you in that comment section dare to say he has no idea what goes on in this world. No, you adults should blame yourselves that. Us as children should've grown up without knowing what goes on in this world so we could grow innocent and do good things rather then what you people do. Us as children learnt to love each other until adults influenced us to hate. We look up to adults but you people destroyed us. We learnt that society considers 'fat' as a synonym to ugly. We learnt that black is not equal to white. We learnt that money is more important
+Kelly Smith Lmao, what side are you on? I've passed through some comments and you've replied appropriately. Now you're attacking a 14 year old? Telling them to paint rainbows? This is why they had to have their say. Because adults believe people under the age of 18 to stay as children. I, as a 21 year old, half african american and Chinese female living in the UK, knows that they are more mature than most of the people I know whom are older than me.
+Naomi Steven Wow, thank you for saying that! I'm a white teenage girl, and though I may not seem mature for my name and profile picture, I know that white privilege exists, and I know that if someone isn't hurting themselves or anyone else, they're is no reason to......hate them, or even worse..shoot them. I just Idk. I wish I could do something. but I'm only in 9th grade.
JungleListSoldier Stop shoving my cultural Marxism down the throats of youths????? I wonder, do you consider yourself to be a religious man.....do you believe in God.....and that Jesus Christ was his son, and the Lord and Savior? Cause if you do.....then you better go have a chat with the Reverend!!! Every religion teaches peace, love, and acceptance of your fellow man. And newsflash, babies have a negative reaction if they see a clown, or a dog, or a monkey, if it's the first time they have seen them. But over time, if not coached by someone, they form their own opinions of the dog, the clown, and the monkey, and decide whether or not they are okay. And sorry pal.....trying to say that racism is actually "just a natural and healthy preference towards one's own race", tells me all I need to know about you. But bless your heart, you gave me more evidence, by saying that all racial groups are not created equal. What exactly do you know about the Australian Aboriginals? Here's a little info for you...."anthropologists credit Aboriginals with possessing the world’s longest enduring religion as well as the longest continuing art forms-the cross-hatched and dot-patterned painting styles once inscribed in caves and rock shelters. They are one of the most durable societies the planet has ever known." And more info...."Dispersing across the Australian continent over time, the ancient people expanded and differentiated into hundreds of distinct groups, each with its own language and culture. More than 400 distinct Australian Aboriginal peoples have been identified across the continent, distinguished by unique names designating their ancestral languages, dialects, or distinctive speech patterns." Is that enough for you? We are all created equal JungleListSoldier.....but our surrounding and circumstances determine what we are able to accomplish.
thank you so much bria for actually agreeing with this young boy. I'm a white teenage girl. I know that white privilege exists, I'm not going to deny it like the many people especially in these comments. I'm shocked and I don't know how they don't see it. But I fight. I fight for equality. And I will not give up until everyone can accept people for who they are. People who are not hurting themselves or anyone else shouldn't be hated. they shouldn't be..shot. idk just...these comments man
SmallFries01 I'm not saying that being white is a bad thing, it's fucking genetics. It's just melanin! And saying white privilege is not discrimination in any way! Saying white privilege does exist is also not talking about EVERYONE. Yes, poverty is horrible, but so is racism. And by saying that it doesnt exist, you're saying tat racism doesn't exist. IT DOES. Even if it doesn't where you live, someone somewhere is always going to think that racism is ok. Someone somewhere is always going to take actions against someone of a different color, or religion, or gender, or sexuality, or wage. White privilege exists, I'm not going to deny it, and if you deny it, you're living in your own little bubble. Sorry.
@@lifeoftrumpets3802 you didn’t really explain how white privilege exists. All you said was there are people in the world who thinks racism is okay, which we all agree with. Nobody is walking around thinking that there aren’t people with racism in their hearts
I was prepared to leave a comment saying something like "this boy is just speaking the obvious here" but then I looked down at the comment section...apparently it wasn't so obvious to most people. Goddamn. I've seriously underestimated the severity of modern racism. But then again, I'm white and privileged. If you hate this boy so much, maybe you stop proving his point.
Well, I mean, I'm fully aware that i have white privilege. But I guess i shouldn't be surprised at these comments. Someone calls out privileged white people for their bullshit, and privileged white people get butthurt. What else is new.
Thank you Alexander. This comment section is just...unbelievable. I also underestimated the severity of racism in today's world. Its a shame we are even still fighting this war.... I thought it was common knowledge that we are all equal. But... I was wrong. Racism and ignorance still rule over us.
Clément Mangin you can't argue with logic and facts with people who live in basements and never been out their fish bowls .. and have a self inflated feeling of self with out any accomplishments to support it
Clément Mangin they never been to europe and obviously have no common sense of anything in genetics or history related is clear..so they just vomit comments on youtube making fools of them self as our government marks them as the people to kill when new world order comes out lol not realizing where a yes , unaware people make good slaves but when your this stupid and unaware .. its clear your not even useful as a labor slave for fuck sake
Easy. Universities are degree mills now, many employers these days will actually take a kid fresh out of highschool or someone with no university experience who are self-taught, then someone out of university because they've learned nothing out of that university. Colleges and technical colleges are moving in that direction too.
Because college instructors are made to dumb down their classes so the schools can get funding for "developmental" students who can't handle 4th grade academic subject matter. If they flunk them, the retention rate goes down, and if the instructors aren't tenured (and most are nontenured adjuncts these days), they'll be replaced with other educational hacks who are willing to lower standards if it raises enrollment.
"waste 4+ years in university learning this shit" You are right. This stuff is SHIT You are right. To spend ONE DAY learning this "shit" in university is a WASTE. And my parrot can repeat phrases without understanding it, too.
The most effective statist programming is done in the very early years of school - before high school. That's how Stalin, Hitler and Mao did it. That's how it's done today too. This kid didn't 'learn' anything, he was programmed
Ok, wow. Just wow. First of all, I know Royce, who is one of the most intelligent and well-spoken people I've met of any age. His family is not rich. They get by, but he's still on financial aid at his school because they are not rich. He has been given a lot, yes, but he's also witnessed struggle, and through this and the example of his parents, he's developed great compassion for others. He's a very good writer - I know this because he helped co-write a project I was involved with, and we bounced ideas off of each other. Many of his ideas were more well-though-out than the adults in the room. He is kind, smart and caring, and it took courage to get up and say these things - things that NEED to be said and examined. NO ONE IS SAYING THAT BEING A WHITE MALE MAKES LIFE EASY. Life isn't easy. Being a human isn't easy. In fact, sometimes having privilege causes other problems (like people trying to tear you down - like people are trying to tear him down all up & down this post). But to spend your time finding a ton of reasons to insult a kid for speaking his heart at a school poetry slam is so gross and weird. What the hell is wrong with people? Royce, you are loved and supported. You've been on a great path for a while, and now you really get to see both the light and the darkness that come with fame. May the light seep into every cell of your body and the darkness give you more strength.
Andrew MacFarlane Thank you for the advice. A few things: 1. I said Royce was ONE OF the most well-spoken people not THE most well-spoken person. 2. He uses the F-word very intentionally and therefore wasn't "throwing it around." I don't think I've ever heard him use profanity in person. 3. If you knew me, you'd know that I get out and speak to plenty of people, which makes your comment kind of hilarious, actually. Kind of sad if you have nothing better to do than sit around and make negative comments about people you don't even know. Maybe you need to get out more?
It's 2020 now and "It is embarrassing that we *still* live in a world in which we judge another person's character by the size of their paycheck the color of their skin or the type of chromosomes they have..."
That's a generalization.... Grew up in about a 50/50 mix of Black and White people.... Most of my closest friends didn't have dads at home including myself... Mine because he's an abusive controlling POS and my mom got tired of having to protect herself and her kids from him.... My Older brother's father skipped out on my mom and left her and a newborn stranded and with absolutely no money... I'm white... My mom is white... My brother was white (BTW he was killed in gun violence while he was sleeping by a friend who was drunk and that was AFTER he got out of jail for being in a car with some friends he didn't know had stolen $20 worth of Gas.... Bet you didn't know that kind of shit could happen to white people too...) My dad and my brother's dad both White... Sometimes people are just shitty people... Every race sees misfortune including white people... Pain and disappointment are Universal....
+Erin Conner sorry about that. However, this kid's poetry talks about the struggle that most non male white man. Everyone has their own struggles, but minority groups(low socioeconomic status, lgbtq, non white races, women) are suspected to be at an even bigger disadvantage compared to rich white men. We all face individual struggles, and this is not a game of who has it worse. Rich white men just have so much more resources available to them from the moment they were born.
+Erin Conner and yes, you are right, the type of neighborhood we live in predicts how much resources that will be available to that community. I apologize in advance if I do offend you.
I do the exact same thing. I went to college that I had to work 2 jobs to pay for what my academic scholarships didn't cover. I came from a 2 parent middle class home. I have never been without a job and have over 200 people who report to me. Yet..when I was pulled over by police, their first question was where was I hiding my drugs. Any other suggestions?
Funny how just the other day a black man, who went to work and didn't break the law, like, at all, was killed just for being. You think that's how your day will end today? Probably not.
Ah weird man my white privilege didn't work for me in my teen years. I broke the law and got put through the court system, some of the outcomes were pretty unjust but I guess that is what happens when you do something wrong. I even have this one white friend who died when he was 15 because he charged a cop with a bayonetted antique rifle. Man I guess white privilege doesn't work around where I live because all of what I just said never happens to white people.
Noah Lopez Yeah, I don't think he said any of those things. He did not say that _all_ black people are underprivileged, he said that our society tends to treat them as if they are different and/or lesser than white people. He didn't say that no white people ever have a tough time in life, just that in our society racism is one thing white people _don't_ really ever have to worry about. And no, at no point did he say that hurdles can not be overcome, just that it is more difficult to succeed the more obstacles you have in your way. In general, women, most minorities, people who are LGBTQ+, and the impoverished have hurdles they have to jump over that middle/upper class white males don't. This leads to a disproportionate number of straight, middle/upper class, white males succeeding in life compared to say, black lesbians who were born into poverty.
Marta, I agree, but remember, it's not "most people" - it's most youtubers who come here to troll. I'd estimate they're about .01% of the whole population but they love to act like the men they really aren't, anonymously on youtube.
This kid is goin' places, these ignorant commentators don't understand art, they just react. Ignorance reacts, intelligence seeks answers, this kid is intelligent!
Salamander Man This kid just pointed out how our society is already unequal and unjust towards those that aren't a white male. And these comments show that the majority of white Americans don't give a shit about the misogynist, racist policies that old white politicians put into place, how sad.
***** It's about access to opportunity and lack of systemic societal stereotypes and bigotry, this makes it much easier for white men to succeed in America. That's why there's so many white CEO's, Politicians and in general people of "high status". Remember, this country was founded by white Europeans whom decimated the indigenous population and brought slaves from other countries to build their own.
***** If you need a definition then go to google, do some of your own fucking research and you might see what I'm talking about. Or, continue to be an ignorant, reactive fool, stagnating society, justifying genocide and racism, a perfect brainwashed tool, ready to keep the wheels of war turning! How pathetic. Also, you should do some research on the Natives Americans of America and learn a thing or two from the way the governed, maybe you'll have more respect for them and not just think they were savages killing each-other all the time. Thanks to some people and their denial of historic events, our society is not on the same page when it comes to respect for others culture, you can perpetuate this by continuing to be uninformed and malicious, but what would really help America is more people that cared about culture and less who care about a reaction.
And then you get more hate. God forbid we support equal rights, and God forbid white men of privilege actually acknowledge that there is disparity among gender & race.
taryn harms I support equal rights, that's why i think the kid in the video, +Verity Burns and you are stupid. You only support rights for people who can claim some sort of victim status and you berate those who were born white, male, rich or "privileged" because they don't agree with you views.
Cause in the real world women are paid equally, cause in the real world white men and people of color are treated exactly the same and institutional racism has never been proven. "My parents worked hard and I never experience white privilege therefore it cannot exist" yet we live in a world where ts statically proven that a person of color is more likely to get arrested, be jobless and live in a provertized neighborhood than a white person, but no people of color can't complain because my "parents worked hard so therefore stop pretend you cant". No you need to pretending racism doesn't exist when it has been proven to exist. Oh wait, you hate feeling like a "minority"? Yea we know we've on this bus since America's existence so how about we stop hating on a 14 YEAR OLD boy for the poem and Say "he's making seem like white people have it easy when I worked hard", no hes expressing himself same way how we allow anyone to express themselves whether you feel its "racist" or not. Side note: Now social justice is bad thing.... Wow... Stop hating on a 14 year old boy expressing himself and if you believe that he's "being racist"... sure bob you think that! but picking on a 14 year old for expressing himself just makes you look dumb because if the comments you say on UA-cam were said to his face and recorded, Every media from Fox to CNN would make you look like the asshole for picking on a little kid. But you know everything is terrible when white people become the minority because you know they aren't the majority in this country and segregation did not just end like 60 years ago.
I cried when I listened to this 8th grade boy acknowledging the truth that every female, LGBTQ+, black/brown person, asian american.. has known forever. This little boy gave me hope!!!! Thank you
To all the negative commentators, hiding behind a 'username' below - write your own poem, put your real name to it and have the guts to post it on UA-cam and say it aloud like this young man does.
***** No, I am saying it is civilized to try and live in harmony with any people of good will, whatever their color, in opposition to the barbaric point of view that divides people in ethnic groups and wants us to believe they are at war. If you think your "race and bloodlines" are under attack and threatened by this little poem, then it takes very little to frighten you, and you think like a caveman. These proofs of your inability to accept difference and antagonize anybody for their color would be enough reason not to hire you.
***** Ok, I get it now. You don't even understand that judaism is a religion and that white is a skin color, and that one can very well have both characteristics at the same time. If you struggle this much with simple concepts, I wonder how you could produce any sensible thought. Then, you make skin color a fundamentally divisive criteria between humans, which, if you cared about science, has been shown to be nonsensical. Especially since it allows the simple-minded to jump to dangerous conclusions. You are a paranoid kid who fantasizes ennemies and has built an overly simplistic view of the vast and frightening world to try to get little control. I really hope you educate yourself and grow up to be an actual adult.
Speak for yourself uneducated one. I apologize for nothing. My ancestors were Irish and Polish. Had nothing to do with slavery, colonialism, segregation, etc and in fact were colonialized, oppressed, and discriminated themselves. So your divisive AND racist white guilt may work on some self loathing sheep but not me.
What.. Need a glass of water?? You can't SWALLOW the truth?? You getting chest pains from the truth?? Interesting.. I'm glad I helped you face the music.@@Jim_Bag
Just own your sh**.. At least he's honest about his white privilege .. unlike others that act like them being white, does not make their life better.. at least he's honest to admit that being white, has made his life easier.. He doesn't need to worry about police murdering him.. He can go home safe, knowing that he's white.. At least he's aware & because he's owned up, he'll probably contribute towards making the world a better place. @@Jim_Bag
This is seriously appalling. I'm disgusted by the fact that this child is screaming out to the world that HE IS IN PAIN, pain unjustly inflicted upon him by his parents, school, and country, and the response he receives is: "*applause* you are example of how all boys need to be, good job Royce, I hope someday every boy hates himself as much as you and lives in a state of eternal and constant shame and existential despair for their crime of being born. Props to Royce for being a good little boy ally, let's all hope soon every boy knows he's a worthless monster too!". All of those upon whom the welfare of this boy depended have done worse than fail him, they have actively damaged him and they are CELEBRATING the psychological abuse they have subjected him to. This is so unbelievably disturbing, some how even more disturbing is the fact that so many are so completely without empathy for his humanity that they literally don't recognize his pathological self-contempt and shame as something to be concerned about. THIS IS A CHILD WHO HATES HIMSELF FOR NO FUCKING REASON, HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG, AND YET WE CHEER AS HE FLAGELLATES HIMSELF WITH A WHIP OF SHAME CREATED BY ALL THE PEOPLE ENTRUSTED TO NURTURE AND GUIDE HIM. I can't even honestly say I'm surprised by this, boys are subject to constant dehumanization and demoralization and no one EVER stands up for them because it does NOT EVEN REGISTER to people that boys are every bit as vulnerable and worthy of protection and compassion as girls... so many watched this grotesque display of adolescent self-flagellation and can't even begin to sense their lack of empathy because a boy like Royce isn't even a human to them, how have we so wantonly disregarded the humanity of boys? Why do I feel like there is a general inability to recognize the humanity and existential value of boys? Is it because we don’t believe they possess such value? Does a boy have any human potential besides condemning himself as a disgusting monster projected onto him by charlatans and sophists who presume to know him better than he can ever possibly know himself? There just doesn't seem to be very much hope for boys then. Honestly, why shouldn't boys resent the idea of becoming men given what that has come to mean in contemporary culture? If I were a 10 year-old boy today I'd absolutely do anything to escape the fate of contemporary manhood, for there is nothing aspirational left to that fate, only worthlessness or monstrosity and infinite shame to feed a cycle of perpetual self-hatred. I wonder how many boys don't know that they could mean something important to someone someday. Here's one hypothesis: boys are taught that they are members of the oppressor sex class, so to avoid the dehumanization and nihilism of this notion they fetishize the role of those who they explicitly recognize as victimized and therefore worthy of human empathy: women and girls. Perhaps this trend, and I cannot understate how reasonable (obvious even) I find this possibility, is a simple matter sublimation. Feminism tells boys how boys are raised to dehumanize women and girls, accepting this idea implicitly they reject the notion of boyhood, manhood, and masculinity altogether by identifying with those whose humanity they are told they would otherwise be infringing upon; to escape the immense shame, guilt, and scorn of remaining “complicit” in a system of alleged male domination they fetishize having their masculinity or general maleness taken and/or reduced by feminine influence... they’d rather be made to suffer like they’ve internalized the shame and self-contempt for inflicting (imagined and non-exist) suffering upon women and girls. Despite the fact that they are guilty of nothing at all, and want for nothing more than to know how to be worthy of life, they mutilate themselves (psychology and physically) in order to feel equivalently validated as human beings worthy of compassion and relationship. If I could speak to Royce Mann I would have only these empathetic words to say: you are your own man to be, not whatever thing that stranger may have presumed you to be, you don't belong to the perceptions of others; her perceptions are not within your power to control, and beyond your power to take responsibility for, the greatest and only power in the life of a good man resides in the choice to be the man worthy of life as an end unto itself by living as the means of being through himself. YOU ARE NOT AN OBJECT KID, YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING, BE HUMAN RATHER THAN THE PROP THESE WORDS HAVE MADE YOU, YOU ARE NOT BROKEN AND YOU ARE NOT UNWORTHY OF THE LIFE YOU WERE GIVEN TO LIVE.
I love this video. It's embarrassing that an eighth grader realized the problem with society, while the people commenting are mostly over 18 are saying negative things that diss this kid.
I remember watching this when it first went viral, and it made me cry... I was just in complete awe of this kid. Today, eight years later, I watched it again. And it made me cry. And I'm still in complete awe of this kid.
There's privilege everywhere you go, all around the world, but here in America there are multiple of privileges , I'm happy that Royce here , had the insight of the injustice and the talent to show everyone that privilege does exist . I know there are going to be some people who refuse to accept that specifically "white privilege " is a thing , But it is .
White people, men in particular, can't admit their privilege. Usually focus on money, which is a very small part of white privilege. Instead of listening and learning, they get defensive and Ayam the already oppressed
The interesting thing about this is.. you have a 14 year old boy saying a passionate poem about something he believes in. That alone should be enough to applaud this young man. But it seems the subject is just enough to make otherwise normal people hate his core... a 14 year old kid.. hmm.. why does the subject bring so much hate.. I've seen people overlook crazy things 14 year olds do and say because they see them as just kids. No one in their right mind would really argue with a child. But if you are fueled by hatred it really doesn't matter who is talking or what the person is saying or how beautifully it is being said or even how old they are.. the response will be full of hate. Anyone who comments on this post with anything but admiration for a young man speaking on what he truly believes for himself is motivated by negativity. This poem moved me because of the love I can feel pouring out of his words. He has found a mature place. A place much more mature than the small people who would comment negative words to a 14 year old.
why not@Callsign if its done as creative and passionate as this was... it isn't what you say but how you say it. It's a gift to be able to get your message across and offend as little people as possible..
That's the problem, there is a risk that he actually believes this garbage. In 10 years time he'll be out of university and preaching his religion of hatred to everyone around him. There is nothing mature about being a racist bigot who hates an entire race of people based on... yeah, what exactly even?
***** The only reason there is hate is because of those inducing the hatred. The fact is that DIEversity KILLS. All races created their own nations and separated for a reason, it is natural law.
im horrified by the comments on this post, so felt obliged to post one because i fucking loved that and shared it with all my friends. I am 14 y and feel honoured youre even walking on the same earth as me. stay fucking cool man, that was beautiful. you inspired me to speak out bout things. truly truly moved !!!! ahh just thought you needed to know. sucks how the meanness outways the good x
To everyone saying they want to punch this kid: congratulations, you've stooped as low as you can. You want to physically assault a 14 year old boy for expressing his opinion. Isn't that what you all want? Free speech?
I haven't been through this WHOLE comment section yet, but how many people are actually saying they want to punch him? Lots of people disagree with him, which is THEIR free speech right. But that's not the same as threatening violence.
I'm white and grew up (lower) middle class. I've never been pulled over on the road unless I had done something obviously wrong. I've never been stopped, searched or "questioned" randomly by the police. (Which is good because I usually had a bit of weed on me when I was a teenager). No one has ever felt threatened by my presence in any situation. I've rented apartments, and got loans and jobs that I was qualified for easily. I played with toy guns when I was a kid without getting shot. People looked at me and never assumed anything other than I was "nice kid", and, when I did get in trouble, I was always given the benefit of the doubt. If all of that had not been the case, then my life would have been very different. I don't feel any guilt, but I have a great deal of empathy with people who haven't been treated in the same way as I have, and I'm not quite sure how I would react if I wasn't. I would probably fight back if I were black, and, if I had a son, I would probably leave for somewhere safer, more tolerant and less racist than America, if such a place exists.
White people get to swear, it's part of white privilege. Had he been a black kid the principle would have had to call the police and have him arrested. That's just the way white privilege works.
B.S. It doesn't matter what ethnicity you are if you like having a potty mouth. Nothing to be proud of. Shows you can't find something intelligent to say so you resort to curse words.
Jan Johnson That tired old argument? Only dumb people use words different than words you like to use? So you're the arbiter of what people can and can't say? You shouldn't judge people because they talk differently than you.
Jan Johnson Absolutely bs. Sure cursing is seen as negative no matter what the color of your skin is but black kids cursing means it's a bad child, while a white kid cursing is just seen as a bad habit.
Michael Is the best not sure what you mean. The poem was good. I guess at the time I read the comments there were negative comments and it seemed like people didn’t quite get it based on their reactions. What they didn’t get it’s clearly stated in this young man’s recital. Not like it had to be deeply analyzed to infer its meaning. Nothing about it is BS but a reality of our society.
Michael Is the best oh I see! You’re on a crusade to defend and push your political agenda. You’re one of those that drank the kool-aid and finger scooped the undissolved sugar at the bottom and then snorted and entire powder pack. I see the actions of that you call president not the media. I don’t get how anyone can justify his wrong doings. Un like you I won’t jump on a crusade to try and change the minds of the blind followers. Have at it. I’m not going to waste my time with you. You sir, have a great life.
@@certautotech Are you confused? you seem to be literally describing exactly what the marxist left is doing and telling us it's the right and so called "FAR right" (pretty much anyone right wing is slandered with this label now). THIS SHOW is propaganda and pretty much openly displays exactly what an agenda looks like. You sir, are a fucking idiot.
@@carlmorrow1600 Nah, its you people that don't get it. But there's a LOT that your ilk don't get, so it's not surprising. Keep playing the victim card fam, let me know how it works out for you.
@@carlmorrow1600 I litteraly can disprove everything this kid said with links to my evidence to prove it... his argument is strong until you reaserch it...
You know what? Thank you for trying your best, as a 14 year old, to acknowledge the problems you see in your country. You may not be 100% accurate or politically correct, but you had the courage to stand as an outside supporter looking in. I respect the fact that you are finding your own voice in this world. And for God's sake, you're only 14? Again, you are beyond your years in courage and determination
Whether or not you agree with this young man, It is impressive that he is as thoughtful as he is at age 14 and wants to contribute to the conversation. I think this kid is inspirational.
Actually, he's hollow as hell, and seems programmed to say all this. If you want actual clear thinking on race, listen to John McWhorter or Coleman Hughes.
it's obvious that thousands of butthurt white people don't understand what white privilege really is lol it isn't saying you've never experienced hardship in your life or that you don't have to work hard. It's saying that because you are part of the population with the most power in this country you get benefits, big and small, that others of different races don't get. Granted everyone's situation is different, and although thousands of people obviously disagree, that's just a small sample compared to the millions of white americans who benefit in some way shape or form just for being born with less melanin than others.
Yup. Even when an 8-grader explains it to them, they STILL don't get it. Many of these complainers are whining about their own lives. Well, hell, at least they can pay for internet, right? And let me guess… they're accessing it from their smartphones. lol
eveeyone in the comments is saying the boy does not understand, well of course he doesn't understand, that is what he's trying to tell you. this young man is one of the very few young people that try to understand the challenges of others. he may not face them head on, but he does understand that the problems are there and that he is lucky to be looking from a distance and not from then front row. this boy he knows he is privileged and has more than many other people who deserve the same and he is willing to go against the social standards to bring The issues of light for the other white privileged people that don't seem to understand the severity of others issues. this boy does not understand everything but the fact that he tries means more than anything done by most. he is young but being able to recognize the problem makes him know there can be a solution.
+Uyyuj Hgfjki Lmao has nothing to do with crying. Plus you say that on a video with a white boy talking about white privileged people. Smh the ignorance is comical. You ever notice how ONLY white people get so angry about race relations lmao. That says a lot. "If you throw a rock into a group of dogs the one that gets hit makes the most noise." Let that sink in just a little.
+Uyyuj Hgfjki Lmao has nothing to do with crying. Plus you say that on a video with a white boy talking about white privileged people. Smh the ignorance is comical. You ever notice how ONLY white people get so angry about race relations lmao. That says a lot. "If you throw a rock into a group of dogs the one that gets hit makes the most noise." Let that sink in just a little.
+mnybags07 yes European Americans get upset when were painted with a broad brush and told how privileged we are because the color of our skin butt black people burn down entire cities and kill each other and everyone around when they get angry so I think you're a little off base there you made absolutely no sense you didn't have an argument so you just threw together some nonsensical bullshit
+spongejeg you say you hate to be painted with a broad bush but then you do the same. Go read up on history of burning shit down lol. White privilege isn't a bad thing and doesn't make you a bad person or racist etc... Its just what the default settings are in this country. If you don't think STRAIGHT white males have privilege then you're probably a straight white male. Privilege also doesn't mean you'll be successful either. Its not hard to comprehend. His poem is not bashing at all its really informative. Nothing to do with "white guilt" either lol.
"I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." That's how I was raised, in the ghetto, as a poor straight white male. I am still in the same situation, but am now called privileged simply because of the way people look at me. People judge me, because my skin tone is lighter than theirs, or I have a penis instead of a vagina, and I like vagina instead of a penis. What does any of that matter, when all that should matter is what I have to say and my thoughts. I look around the world and see women in power, blacks, gays, Asians, Hispanics, foreigners, all living happily in the world. If you follow the law, if you learn to handle situations correctly and understand that nobody in America is privileged over another, then we can all get along. If you want to know what privilege really is, go to Somali, Rio de Janeiro, Pakistan, North Korea, Cuba, Russia, Indonesia, almost any country in the world outside of the "western world". Americans are privileged. Not white Americans, or American Men, or Straight Americans, just all Americans. Every single American, is privileged because even if you are broke and can't work, the government still has your back and will help you to eat, help you with shelter, and help you with a fucking cell phone. Check your privilege America, because we have it bigger and better than any other nation ever to exist and don't even realize it. (the one exception is homeless people which I usually feel bad for, and believe the government should actually be supporting them more than any other group because they are crazy and could use some help.)
To be white is to be privileged. White privilege is not an economic statement. White privilege is the fact that you can get pulled over by the police and not have to worry about being killed. White privilege is the fact that you are automatically deemed more trustworthy then.a minority, more intelligent, more capable. White privilege is the fact that you will get a better interest rate on a loan, because you're white. White people need to stop whining about being poor, growing up in a low income area etc. And how they aren't privileged because of that. I'm white, and a small business owner, I would only be lying to myself if I thought my whiteness wasn't a factor in my success. Learn about what white privilege, and male privilege is for that matter, before speaking. The result is at best ignorance, and at worst perpetuating the problem while ignoring the reality of minorities.
Yes you're right all Americans ate privileged. I have been to multiple 3rd world countries and seen true poverty. Is tragic. But you ate indeed privileged as a straight white male. It had nothing to do with money. It does however have to do with the fact that police are exponentially less likely to automatically see you as a threat. You're automatically deemed more honest and trustworthy. Your automatically deemed more competent at your job. Before you talk about the exceptions of women, minorities, and p.o.c.in positions of power, do some research. Look at how many companies are and have been run exclusively by white men. Let'stabs GM for example, are we to believe that in the history of GM there has never been a woman or minority capable and qualified to be the CEO? Nonsense. Went did it take until what, 2014 due a woman to helm GM? If you research companies run by women, they're more profitable and have higher employee satisfaction. Why? Because women make informed decisions, not irrational emotional ones like men. Their egos don't get in the way, they listen, they collaborate. I was a union electrician fur 15 years before opening my own shop. Our of 4,000 members we had a combined total of 83 women and minorities. Or want because they didn't want the jobs, or was/is because there is a giant "keep out" sign on the front door. I've witnessed hue they are treated. It's reprehensible. Please educate yourself so you don't help perpetuate the cycle
@@sableward1319 666 is in my name because it's funny. The number is meaningless, and the fact that religious people get all freaked out by it cracks me up
@@edwardfights4900 oh man… You do realize that “Nazi” is the polar opposite of left-leaning politics? 🙄And perhaps they deleted the negative comments because that ignorant toxicity has no place here. How bad your life must be to live in such a world of hate.
This is seriously appalling. I'm disgusted by the fact that this child is screaming out to the world that HE IS IN PAIN, pain unjustly inflicted upon him by his parents, school, and country, and the response he receives is: "*applause* you are example of how all boys need to be, good job Royce, I hope someday every boy hates himself as much as you and lives in a state of eternal and constant shame and existential despair for their crime of being born. Props to Royce for being a good little boy ally, let's all hope soon every boy knows he's a worthless monster too!". All of those upon whom the welfare of this boy depended have done worse than fail him, they have actively damaged him and they are CELEBRATING the psychological abuse they have subjected him to. This is so unbelievably disturbing, some how even more disturbing is the fact that so many are so completely without empathy for his humanity that they literally don't recognize his pathological self-contempt and shame as something to be concerned about. THIS IS A CHILD WHO HATES HIMSELF FOR NO FUCKING REASON, HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG, AND YET WE CHEER AS HE FLAGELLATES HIMSELF WITH A WHIP OF SHAME CREATED BY ALL THE PEOPLE ENTRUSTED TO NURTURE AND GUIDE HIM. I can't even honestly say I'm surprised by this, boys are subject to constant dehumanization and demoralization and no one EVER stands up for them because it does NOT EVEN REGISTER to people that boys are every bit as vulnerable and worthy of protection and compassion as girls... so many watched this grotesque display of adolescent self-flagellation and can't even begin to sense their lack of empathy because a boy like Royce isn't even a human to them, how have we so wantonly disregarded the humanity of boys? Why do I feel like there is a general inability to recognize the humanity and existential value of boys? Is it because we don’t believe they possess such value? Does a boy have any human potential besides condemning himself as a disgusting monster projected onto him by charlatans and sophists who presume to know him better than he can ever possibly know himself? There just doesn't seem to be very much hope for boys then. Honestly, why shouldn't boys resent the idea of becoming men given what that has come to mean in contemporary culture? If I were a 10 year-old boy today I'd absolutely do anything to escape the fate of contemporary manhood, for there is nothing aspirational left to that fate, only worthlessness or monstrosity and infinite shame to feed a cycle of perpetual self-hatred. I wonder how many boys don't know that they could mean something important to someone someday. Here's one hypothesis: boys are taught that they are members of the oppressor sex class, so to avoid the dehumanization and nihilism of this notion they fetishize the role of those who they explicitly recognize as victimized and therefore worthy of human empathy: women and girls. Perhaps this trend, and I cannot understate how reasonable (obvious even) I find this possibility, is a simple matter sublimation. Feminism tells boys how boys are raised to dehumanize women and girls, accepting this idea implicitly they reject the notion of boyhood, manhood, and masculinity altogether by identifying with those whose humanity they are told they would otherwise be infringing upon; to escape the immense shame, guilt, and scorn of remaining “complicit” in a system of alleged male domination they fetishize having their masculinity or general maleness taken and/or reduced by feminine influence... they’d rather be made to suffer like they’ve internalized the shame and self-contempt for inflicting (imagined and non-exist) suffering upon women and girls. Despite the fact that they are guilty of nothing at all, and want for nothing more than to know how to be worthy of life, they mutilate themselves (psychology and physically) in order to feel equivalently validated as human beings worthy of compassion and relationship. If I could speak to Royce Mann I would have only these empathetic words to say: you are your own man to be, not whatever thing that stranger may have presumed you to be, you don't belong to the perceptions of others; her perceptions are not within your power to control, and beyond your power to take responsibility for, the greatest and only power in the life of a good man resides in the choice to be the man worthy of life as an end unto itself by living as the means of being through himself. YOU ARE NOT AN OBJECT KID, YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING, BE HUMAN RATHER THAN THE PROP THESE WORDS HAVE MADE YOU, YOU ARE NOT BROKEN AND YOU ARE NOT UNWORTHY OF THE LIFE YOU WERE GIVEN TO LIVE.
Really?! As a Brown man, I never cared. Dont want your bridges. This boys musings insults my intelligence as a human being. He has no respect for himself.
Well, credit where credit's due, he at least was willing to say "middle and upper class white people", not "all white people". Now all we need to do is expand that out to encompass other races, realize "holy shit; the privilege associated with being wealthy absolutely dwarfs the privilege of being of the dominant ethnicity; a rich or middle class black woman is in pretty much the exact position in society as an equally well off white man.", realize that wealth is the only major privilege left in the western world, and worry about that rather than being born wrong.
Stats ain't racist, so... nope. Totally legit to say that. In fact, I think it's a valid point to say that the black community has some soul-searching to do, rather than the common (and quite frankly paternalistic) social justice stance of "Everything is white people's fault because slavery; black people have no agency and are always victims in every situation"
You are wrong. Upper class blacks face the same insults as the poorest blacks. Example 1. I have seen that with my own eyes. An elevator with 4 black Federal judges in it. The door opens. A white person's eyes widen, he steps back, the door closes. Example 2. A black woman in a nice new car is stopped by police. "What is wrong?" she asks. The officer barks out "where did you get that car?" Example 3. Living in a nice neighborhood, every time my sons leave their home they are stopped by police demanding identification. Example 4 ..... well, that's enough. Do you get the message?
@@romastewart338 I totally do. The idea that how much money you make determines how protected you are from racism is a prime example of the kind blind ignorance that keeps our society from evolving. Jamie Foxx, Michael B Jordan, Shaq, Teraji P.H. - there is an endless list of Black celebrities who get pulled over because they are a Black person in a nice car. I remember reading an article a few yrs ago years ago where a white man and a black man took turns driving a Mercedes around Los Angeles. Number of times they were stopped when the black guy was driving: 10 in a 24 hour period. The white man? 0. The black man lived in Beverly Hills and was stopped more often in that neighborhood than in other areas of Los Angeles. He was stopped in Compton too. The white guy lived in North Hollywood. Most enlightened people would be able to guess the outcome of that kind of experiment. Your ZIP Code and your paycheck do not trump your skin color in today’s America. Thinking otherwise is willful ignorance.
But then he would have to give up his welfare and he's not willing to do that. That would be something tangible that would make his life more uncomfortable
Someone else posted this earlier: From 1641 to 1652, over 500,000 Irish were killed by the English and another 300,000 were sold as slaves. Ireland’s population fell from about 1,500,000 to 600,000 in one single decade. Families were ripped apart as the British did not allow Irish dads to take their wives and children with them across the Atlantic. This led to a helpless population of homeless women and children. Britain’s solution was to auction them off as well. During the 1650s, over 100,000 Irish children between the ages of 10 and 14 were taken from their parents and sold as slaves in the West Indies, Virginia and New England. In this decade, 52,000 Irish (mostly women and children) were sold to Barbados and Virginia. Another 30,000 Irish men and women were also transported and sold to the highest bidder. In 1656, Cromwell ordered that 2000 Irish children be taken to Jamaica and sold as slaves to English settlers. Many people today will avoid calling the Irish slaves what they truly were: Slaves. They’ll come up with terms like “Indentured Servants” to describe what occurred to the Irish. However, in most cases from the 17th and 18th centuries, Irish slaves were nothing more than human cattle. "White Cargo"
Irish were also harder to keep as slaves since they were rebellious. This is why most slaves were from Africa, even though they were 10 times more expensive. I wonder if this is the origin of the phrase "fighting Irish."
To my understanding, I've heard that the Irish indentured servants were actually treated worse than the black slaves. Simply because of the fact that they weren't owned for an indefinite amount of time like a black slave. Therefore, they were burnt out in the short time they were owned.
Irish were not considered "white" for a long time and were discriminated by the "white race". It is interesting to see people bring this fact up now as if to say "white people were discriminated for their race too, look at Irish people". Let's all just calm down and study the world history all over again
I'm blown away by your amazing understanding of concepts I never even thought of at your age. I'm blow away that you speak up so strongly and boldy without fear. I'm blown away by the empathy you possess and the willingness to speak on it. No fight can be won without one side giving up or dying out and you understand that you don't want this fight to continue and I'm thankful you will be speaking out and making change.
The number of dislikes on this video is absolutely sad and pathetic to say the least. This eighth grader spoke on his ability to enjoy his privileges but is not turning a blind eye to those disenfranchised. It is so sad how you grown folks just want to see women and people of color continue to stay at the bottom and not want to help lift them up. You don't want to show them the ropes to success, you are not doing anything to help their troubled situations of violence, abuse, and poverty. Royce Mann does not hate himself at all, he hates injustice and loves others and wants to see them win too. Keep it up Royce Mann. 👏
For one allowing your child to even do this is abusive and he isn't even white. He's Jewish. It literally says it online. He lied about his race to try to push some political argument.
@@tylersheppard9601 nope they didn’t. I know his mother; he does this all on his own. He did it for a class. He has written tons of other enlightened poems. Just because his father is Jewish doesn’t mean he hasn’t experienced white privilege. (Antisemitism much?) Why does the idea of a 14-year-old capable of such wisdom scare you so much? So you’re jealous because an eighth grader is more intelligent and brave than you are? Good.
This is seriously appalling. I'm disgusted by the fact that this child is screaming out to the world that HE IS IN PAIN, pain unjustly inflicted upon him by his parents, school, and country, and the response he receives is: "*applause* you are example of how all boys need to be, good job Royce, I hope someday every boy hates himself as much as you and lives in a state of eternal and constant shame and existential despair for their crime of being born. Props to Royce for being a good little boy ally, let's all hope soon every boy knows he's a worthless monster too!". All of those upon whom the welfare of this boy depended have done worse than fail him, they have actively damaged him and they are CELEBRATING the psychological abuse they have subjected him to. This is so unbelievably disturbing, some how even more disturbing is the fact that so many are so completely without empathy for his humanity that they literally don't recognize his pathological self-contempt and shame as something to be concerned about. THIS IS A CHILD WHO HATES HIMSELF FOR NO FUCKING REASON, HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG, AND YET WE CHEER AS HE FLAGELLATES HIMSELF WITH A WHIP OF SHAME CREATED BY ALL THE PEOPLE ENTRUSTED TO NURTURE AND GUIDE HIM. I can't even honestly say I'm surprised by this, boys are subject to constant dehumanization and demoralization and no one EVER stands up for them because it does NOT EVEN REGISTER to people that boys are every bit as vulnerable and worthy of protection and compassion as girls... so many watched this grotesque display of adolescent self-flagellation and can't even begin to sense their lack of empathy because a boy like Royce isn't even a human to them, how have we so wantonly disregarded the humanity of boys? Why do I feel like there is a general inability to recognize the humanity and existential value of boys? Is it because we don’t believe they possess such value? Does a boy have any human potential besides condemning himself as a disgusting monster projected onto him by charlatans and sophists who presume to know him better than he can ever possibly know himself? There just doesn't seem to be very much hope for boys then. Honestly, why shouldn't boys resent the idea of becoming men given what that has come to mean in contemporary culture? If I were a 10 year-old boy today I'd absolutely do anything to escape the fate of contemporary manhood, for there is nothing aspirational left to that fate, only worthlessness or monstrosity and infinite shame to feed a cycle of perpetual self-hatred. I wonder how many boys don't know that they could mean something important to someone someday. Here's one hypothesis: boys are taught that they are members of the oppressor sex class, so to avoid the dehumanization and nihilism of this notion they fetishize the role of those who they explicitly recognize as victimized and therefore worthy of human empathy: women and girls. Perhaps this trend, and I cannot understate how reasonable (obvious even) I find this possibility, is a simple matter sublimation. Feminism tells boys how boys are raised to dehumanize women and girls, accepting this idea implicitly they reject the notion of boyhood, manhood, and masculinity altogether by identifying with those whose humanity they are told they would otherwise be infringing upon; to escape the immense shame, guilt, and scorn of remaining “complicit” in a system of alleged male domination they fetishize having their masculinity or general maleness taken and/or reduced by feminine influence... they’d rather be made to suffer like they’ve internalized the shame and self-contempt for inflicting (imagined and non-exist) suffering upon women and girls. Despite the fact that they are guilty of nothing at all, and want for nothing more than to know how to be worthy of life, they mutilate themselves (psychology and physically) in order to feel equivalently validated as human beings worthy of compassion and relationship. If I could speak to Royce Mann I would have only these empathetic words to say: you are your own man to be, not whatever thing that stranger may have presumed you to be, you don't belong to the perceptions of others; her perceptions are not within your power to control, and beyond your power to take responsibility for, the greatest and only power in the life of a good man resides in the choice to be the man worthy of life as an end unto itself by living as the means of being through himself. YOU ARE NOT AN OBJECT KID, YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING, BE HUMAN RATHER THAN THE PROP THESE WORDS HAVE MADE YOU, YOU ARE NOT BROKEN AND YOU ARE NOT UNWORTHY OF THE LIFE YOU WERE GIVEN TO LIVE.
The poem should be called "Jewish Boy Privilege." Or maybe their is such a thing as white boy privilege and I haven't noticed it yet? It must be my imagination all the racism I go against daily. This is a perfect example of giving someone a foot and they take a mile.
Who else here is watching this in 2020 and noticing that not a damn thing has changed and in fact is now worse than it was 4 years ago. Why can't people open their eyes and see the world in front of them and, instead of seeing people for the color of their skin, see people for the size of their heart?
I'm really sad to see that this has attracted so much hate. Privilege comes in all forms and recognising ours is an act of empathy for others, not criticism of ourselves. It's awesome to see someone as young as Royce exploring big, complicated issues and having the guts to share his ideas with his peers (the same goes for all the other kids who performed.) That deserves credit even if you don't agree with him. Let's not go round tearing down 14 year old kids for engaging in the world - let's encourage it. We've already got enough disengaged people, thank you! x x x
I cannot believe the comments section here. Everyone hating on this young boy for standing up and owning to a divided society, and all the comments scrutinizing him and berating him for doing so. The name calling, the anti-Semitism, the homophobia - all you are doing by attacking this boy is proving he is right.
Royce, you give me hope that my children will not grow up in an America full of hate. All of you people commenting disgusting hate filled responses are what is wrong with America!
I get the feeling that people aren't really listening to the whole video. He says that while he is thankful for his privileges he BELIEVES that everyone should enjoy the same privileges. Not just one group but all people. Personally as a woman I am glad that he understands that I am expected to get up every day and make myself into what a man says is beautiful and more often than not hear that I am imperfect and unbeautiful just as I am. God forbid I not wear makeup. I am sick to death of having men tell me I have to do what they want me to do just so that I can be considered as a human being because if I don't live up to their standards of beauty I'm dirty. At 22 years old I weighed in at 88 pounds and while I felt like an ugly stick I was considered just the right weight to be considered passable. now two kids later I feel so disgusted with myself that I haven't been out on a date with the man who "loves" me in over a year. He pats my stomach and says it's just his way of letting me know in a "nice" way that after to kids and now weighing 140 that I am fat. I feel ugly about my body because a man feels that giving him two beautiful daughters has made her father. I urge you to listen to whole message and be proud that someone just may understand more than just his own personal privileges.
why are people saying this young man is brainwashed, his words were deep and obviously he sees the truth at his age. most of you on here degrading this young man and his parents, is filled with hate and misunderstanding, because if you had the opportunity and wealth to send your child to a school that would improve his/her quality of life for the future you would and if you wouldnt same on you and you are just apart of the fall of America. Grow up, Stand up, and persevere to a better America.
This comment section is the most disgusting, toxic thing I've ever seen and it makes me sad that so many of you feel so angry and hateful when someone suggests that other people deserve equal rights. I just wanted to try and add a positive comment to the fray - Royce, that was amazingly well said. Couldn't be happier to see the kinds of people in the generation who will be running the world not too long from now. All people deserve equal opportunity, and women and minorities do not get to enjoy that right now. Yes, we're closer than ever before in history, but we're still not there yet. Of course not ALL white men are born with a silver spoon in their mouth, but it's still hard to argue that they don't dominate the world we live in. They star in all our movies, they run all of our companies, they have run the government of nearly every world power until some recent breakthroughs which will hopefull pave the path for more female and minority politicians. White men are not evil, but they should be able to recognize that they don't know what it's actually like not to be white or to be a woman or even worse, transgender. These people do face real problems, they're not just making this stuff up. I myself am a white man, but that doesn't mean I feel guilty about it. It's just that my life is pretty great, and it saddens me that other people don't always have the opportunities I have to live a good life, to be successful and happy. This comment section is proof that there's work to be done, but I know that someday, hopefully soon, issues like these will be a thing of the past.
Hello Ryan, I hope you're having a wonderful Friday. I left a pretty detailed post as to why I disagree with the message of this poem. I definitely don't disagree with equal rights, everyone deserves them. I don't know any rational human that would say people don't deserve equal rights. But equal rights does not equate to equal outcomes. Some people see a disproportionate outcome, and all the sudden scream institutional racism, it's the patriarch, etc. That is the laziest approach to any potential problems, because it will never fix anything. Identify a problem, identify why it's unfair based on race, gender, whatever, and then fix it. White men star in all our movies, run all our companies, and run all our countries. Movies The entertainment industry exists to make money. If it was more profitable to have women star in lead action roles, they'd do that. Companies This is a capitalist country, where a women or minority has every opportunity to make something of themselves. I dated a minority for years - her mom and dad each owned their own businesses. Her dad's lawfirm was one of the top 100 most profitable in the US. Is it because institutional racism is now allowing him to do that? No. Run All Our Countries Pretty sure we can vote for who we want to be in power. If you want a woman or minority in power just to have a woman or minority in power, you should not have a vote. If you want the best person to be in power because they are the best person and they happen to be a minority or woman, then by all means go right ahead. Black men dominate professional sports. Should we say, "Sports are biased giving black men an unfair advantage?" Of course not, that would be ridiculous. There is a disproportionate outcome, but it doesn't mean I wasn't given the same chance as everyone else to make the 76ers.
This is seriously appalling. I'm disgusted by the fact that this child is screaming out to the world that HE IS IN PAIN, pain unjustly inflicted upon him by his parents, school, and country, and the response he receives is: "*applause* you are example of how all boys need to be, good job Royce, I hope someday every boy hates himself as much as you and lives in a state of eternal and constant shame and existential despair for their crime of being born. Props to Royce for being a good little boy ally, let's all hope soon every boy knows he's a worthless monster too!". All of those upon whom the welfare of this boy depended have done worse than fail him, they have actively damaged him and they are CELEBRATING the psychological abuse they have subjected him to. This is so unbelievably disturbing, some how even more disturbing is the fact that so many are so completely without empathy for his humanity that they literally don't recognize his pathological self-contempt and shame as something to be concerned about. THIS IS A CHILD WHO HATES HIMSELF FOR NO FUCKING REASON, HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG, AND YET WE CHEER AS HE FLAGELLATES HIMSELF WITH A WHIP OF SHAME CREATED BY ALL THE PEOPLE ENTRUSTED TO NURTURE AND GUIDE HIM. I can't even honestly say I'm surprised by this, boys are subject to constant dehumanization and demoralization and no one EVER stands up for them because it does NOT EVEN REGISTER to people that boys are every bit as vulnerable and worthy of protection and compassion as girls... so many watched this grotesque display of adolescent self-flagellation and can't even begin to sense their lack of empathy because a boy like Royce isn't even a human to them, how have we so wantonly disregarded the humanity of boys? Why do I feel like there is a general inability to recognize the humanity and existential value of boys? Is it because we don’t believe they possess such value? Does a boy have any human potential besides condemning himself as a disgusting monster projected onto him by charlatans and sophists who presume to know him better than he can ever possibly know himself? There just doesn't seem to be very much hope for boys then. Honestly, why shouldn't boys resent the idea of becoming men given what that has come to mean in contemporary culture? If I were a 10 year-old boy today I'd absolutely do anything to escape the fate of contemporary manhood, for there is nothing aspirational left to that fate, only worthlessness or monstrosity and infinite shame to feed a cycle of perpetual self-hatred. I wonder how many boys don't know that they could mean something important to someone someday. Here's one hypothesis: boys are taught that they are members of the oppressor sex class, so to avoid the dehumanization and nihilism of this notion they fetishize the role of those who they explicitly recognize as victimized and therefore worthy of human empathy: women and girls. Perhaps this trend, and I cannot understate how reasonable (obvious even) I find this possibility, is a simple matter sublimation. Feminism tells boys how boys are raised to dehumanize women and girls, accepting this idea implicitly they reject the notion of boyhood, manhood, and masculinity altogether by identifying with those whose humanity they are told they would otherwise be infringing upon; to escape the immense shame, guilt, and scorn of remaining “complicit” in a system of alleged male domination they fetishize having their masculinity or general maleness taken and/or reduced by feminine influence... they’d rather be made to suffer like they’ve internalized the shame and self-contempt for inflicting (imagined and non-exist) suffering upon women and girls. Despite the fact that they are guilty of nothing at all, and want for nothing more than to know how to be worthy of life, they mutilate themselves (psychology and physically) in order to feel equivalently validated as human beings worthy of compassion and relationship. If I could speak to Royce Mann I would have only these empathetic words to say: you are your own man to be, not whatever thing that stranger may have presumed you to be, you don't belong to the perceptions of others; her perceptions are not within your power to control, and beyond your power to take responsibility for, the greatest and only power in the life of a good man resides in the choice to be the man worthy of life as an end unto itself by living as the means of being through himself. YOU ARE NOT AN OBJECT KID, YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING, BE HUMAN RATHER THAN THE PROP THESE WORDS HAVE MADE YOU, YOU ARE NOT BROKEN AND YOU ARE NOT UNWORTHY OF THE LIFE YOU WERE GIVEN TO LIVE.
Depending on how you look and your body weight you have the most privilege out of all of them. And I'm just saying that's the way the world is. Not saying it's right or wrong I say that because every man will uphold you on the pedestal.
@@travelingjohn69 Yeah, right. I can totally just solve all my problems by standing there having a body type at them. I'm not even that thin, but western culture insists I MUST be anorexic, because I'm not 400 lbs...
@@jessicametaneira7861 Nah, just don't be fat. It's not hard. There is an entire movement for thicc chicks. Literally, just walk like a mile once a week and no one will complain.
@@HATEROVERLORD Haha I couldn't be fat if I tried. Been very self-indulgent and lazy over the early winter. I eat half a pack of butter a day mixed into hot chocolate. Still pretty lean. I'm not the hyper-ripped weightlifter I used to be at 21, but I still have a six pack haha
I think some of the commenters here are confused. This boy isn't saying that if you're white your life can't be hard, but rather that it's not the fact that you're white that makes it hard.
The highest income racial/ethnic group rank as follows: East Indians, Jews, Filipino, Taiwanese, Japanese and then Caucasians. East Indians have darker skin than many African-Americans - how can they become the highest income earners if we have such a racist, white privileged society? Shouldn't we be talking about East Indian privilege? “WASHINGTON, DC: The median income of India Americans - the richest community in the U.S. - was $100,547, according to new figures released by the US Census Bureau.” www.americanbazaaronline.com/2015/05/01/indian-americans-are-the-richest-community-in-the-us-with-median-income-of-100547/
What she's saying is true. There are a lot of white men that don't understand the reality of white male privilege. She never said that no white men understand what this kid is saying.
what is up with all these comments? your poem was amazing. honestly I'm SO impressed you said all that in front of so many people so confidently. I'm 14 too & I love poetry, but I could only dream about doing something like this. I'm also white, and I relate to a lot of what you mentioned. I'm still trying to wrap my head around how people think this is wrong ? great job :)
This is seriously appalling. I'm disgusted by the fact that this child is screaming out to the world that HE IS IN PAIN, pain unjustly inflicted upon him by his parents, school, and country, and the response he receives is: "*applause* you are example of how all boys need to be, good job Royce, I hope someday every boy hates himself as much as you and lives in a state of eternal and constant shame and existential despair for their crime of being born. Props to Royce for being a good little boy ally, let's all hope soon every boy knows he's a worthless monster too!". All of those upon whom the welfare of this boy depended have done worse than fail him, they have actively damaged him and they are CELEBRATING the psychological abuse they have subjected him to. This is so unbelievably disturbing, some how even more disturbing is the fact that so many are so completely without empathy for his humanity that they literally don't recognize his pathological self-contempt and shame as something to be concerned about. THIS IS A CHILD WHO HATES HIMSELF FOR NO FUCKING REASON, HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG, AND YET WE CHEER AS HE FLAGELLATES HIMSELF WITH A WHIP OF SHAME CREATED BY ALL THE PEOPLE ENTRUSTED TO NURTURE AND GUIDE HIM. I can't even honestly say I'm surprised by this, boys are subject to constant dehumanization and demoralization and no one EVER stands up for them because it does NOT EVEN REGISTER to people that boys are every bit as vulnerable and worthy of protection and compassion as girls... so many watched this grotesque display of adolescent self-flagellation and can't even begin to sense their lack of empathy because a boy like Royce isn't even a human to them, how have we so wantonly disregarded the humanity of boys? Why do I feel like there is a general inability to recognize the humanity and existential value of boys? Is it because we don’t believe they possess such value? Does a boy have any human potential besides condemning himself as a disgusting monster projected onto him by charlatans and sophists who presume to know him better than he can ever possibly know himself? There just doesn't seem to be very much hope for boys then. Honestly, why shouldn't boys resent the idea of becoming men given what that has come to mean in contemporary culture? If I were a 10 year-old boy today I'd absolutely do anything to escape the fate of contemporary manhood, for there is nothing aspirational left to that fate, only worthlessness or monstrosity and infinite shame to feed a cycle of perpetual self-hatred. I wonder how many boys don't know that they could mean something important to someone someday. Here's one hypothesis: boys are taught that they are members of the oppressor sex class, so to avoid the dehumanization and nihilism of this notion they fetishize the role of those who they explicitly recognize as victimized and therefore worthy of human empathy: women and girls. Perhaps this trend, and I cannot understate how reasonable (obvious even) I find this possibility, is a simple matter sublimation. Feminism tells boys how boys are raised to dehumanize women and girls, accepting this idea implicitly they reject the notion of boyhood, manhood, and masculinity altogether by identifying with those whose humanity they are told they would otherwise be infringing upon; to escape the immense shame, guilt, and scorn of remaining “complicit” in a system of alleged male domination they fetishize having their masculinity or general maleness taken and/or reduced by feminine influence... they’d rather be made to suffer like they’ve internalized the shame and self-contempt for inflicting (imagined and non-exist) suffering upon women and girls. Despite the fact that they are guilty of nothing at all, and want for nothing more than to know how to be worthy of life, they mutilate themselves (psychology and physically) in order to feel equivalently validated as human beings worthy of compassion and relationship. If I could speak to Royce Mann I would have only these empathetic words to say: you are your own man to be, not whatever thing that stranger may have presumed you to be, you don't belong to the perceptions of others; her perceptions are not within your power to control, and beyond your power to take responsibility for, the greatest and only power in the life of a good man resides in the choice to be the man worthy of life as an end unto itself by living as the means of being through himself. YOU ARE NOT AN OBJECT KID, YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING, BE HUMAN RATHER THAN THE PROP THESE WORDS HAVE MADE YOU, YOU ARE NOT BROKEN AND YOU ARE NOT UNWORTHY OF THE LIFE YOU WERE GIVEN TO LIVE.
This is amazing! I'm looking forward to hearing more like this from Royce and I can only hope to one day have a child that thinks this way and actually ACTS on it.
I cannot believe a young man would write this and believe it? Privilege? Speak for yourself. Im white and Im male and I grew up in a home where my parents would call the cops on us quite a bit. Then they threw me out on the road when I was an 8th grader and I spent nights walking the streets sleeping on benches. Is that the privilege you speak of? You have a lot of growing up to do to judge me and my race. I now dont work and havent for 8 years because I cant leave my home because of PTSD. 6 suicides in my family? You tell me where my privilege is at that you so say I have? Unbelievable. Dont judge me and dont judge others. Because of YOUR privilege im now judged to be like you? Hell no. Live my life one day knowing that the only thing to look forward to is death and being forgotten? That is my privilege.
No. He knows that. He’s using that privilege to spread awareness
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Kid is a fucking douchebag brainwashed putz. I have "privilege" because I worked through college, earned a degree that allowed me to find a job and career (not some bullshit thing like women's studies) and go to work each day. The ones crying and whining should try it.
a 14 year old at a prep school who's parents are upper middle class has priveledge. He states that at the very beginning of his poem. Anyone who has to work their way through college isn't in the same realm he's describing.
Indeed. This is what happens when indoctrination is introduced before a child has either the context or the prefrontal cortex to properly parse the incoming proselytism.
everyone that is commenting shit about this is fucking ridiculous. White Privilege is real. We're not saying that you don't face hardships. I'm just saying that whats hard for me is harder for people that aren't white. To the men saying that feminism is stupid and then telling a woman to "go make a sandwich". The whole system is fucked, this kid is smarter than half of the people commenting below. Royce, you have touched hearts and opened minds, don't let these people tell you other wise.
I think that a lot of people misinterpret this poem by Royce. I think he is very educated and very bold to talk about a topic that people are either too scared to talk about, or are too arrogant, immature or narrow-minded to bother understanding. I believe that racism is an epidemic that has been prevalent in our society for a long time and still is today. Mind you that I am not saying that the situation has not gotten any better from the past, but Royce has a point. We need to acknowledge this and stop criticizing people who do. Good job Royce!
Just read his poem in a CNN article. The sentiment of his message brought tears to my eyes. Maybe we can make it after all, we just need more like this excellent human being.
This is seriously appalling. I'm disgusted by the fact that this child is screaming out to the world that HE IS IN PAIN, pain unjustly inflicted upon him by his parents, school, and country, and the response he receives is: "*applause* you are example of how all boys need to be, good job Royce, I hope someday every boy hates himself as much as you and lives in a state of eternal and constant shame and existential despair for their crime of being born. Props to Royce for being a good little boy ally, let's all hope soon every boy knows he's a worthless monster too!". All of those upon whom the welfare of this boy depended have done worse than fail him, they have actively damaged him and they are CELEBRATING the psychological abuse they have subjected him to. This is so unbelievably disturbing, some how even more disturbing is the fact that so many are so completely without empathy for his humanity that they literally don't recognize his pathological self-contempt and shame as something to be concerned about. THIS IS A CHILD WHO HATES HIMSELF FOR NO FUCKING REASON, HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG, AND YET WE CHEER AS HE FLAGELLATES HIMSELF WITH A WHIP OF SHAME CREATED BY ALL THE PEOPLE ENTRUSTED TO NURTURE AND GUIDE HIM. I can't even honestly say I'm surprised by this, boys are subject to constant dehumanization and demoralization and no one EVER stands up for them because it does NOT EVEN REGISTER to people that boys are every bit as vulnerable and worthy of protection and compassion as girls... so many watched this grotesque display of adolescent self-flagellation and can't even begin to sense their lack of empathy because a boy like Royce isn't even a human to them, how have we so wantonly disregarded the humanity of boys? Why do I feel like there is a general inability to recognize the humanity and existential value of boys? Is it because we don’t believe they possess such value? Does a boy have any human potential besides condemning himself as a disgusting monster projected onto him by charlatans and sophists who presume to know him better than he can ever possibly know himself? There just doesn't seem to be very much hope for boys then. Honestly, why shouldn't boys resent the idea of becoming men given what that has come to mean in contemporary culture? If I were a 10 year-old boy today I'd absolutely do anything to escape the fate of contemporary manhood, for there is nothing aspirational left to that fate, only worthlessness or monstrosity and infinite shame to feed a cycle of perpetual self-hatred. I wonder how many boys don't know that they could mean something important to someone someday. Here's one hypothesis: boys are taught that they are members of the oppressor sex class, so to avoid the dehumanization and nihilism of this notion they fetishize the role of those who they explicitly recognize as victimized and therefore worthy of human empathy: women and girls. Perhaps this trend, and I cannot understate how reasonable (obvious even) I find this possibility, is a simple matter sublimation. Feminism tells boys how boys are raised to dehumanize women and girls, accepting this idea implicitly they reject the notion of boyhood, manhood, and masculinity altogether by identifying with those whose humanity they are told they would otherwise be infringing upon; to escape the immense shame, guilt, and scorn of remaining “complicit” in a system of alleged male domination they fetishize having their masculinity or general maleness taken and/or reduced by feminine influence... they’d rather be made to suffer like they’ve internalized the shame and self-contempt for inflicting (imagined and non-exist) suffering upon women and girls. Despite the fact that they are guilty of nothing at all, and want for nothing more than to know how to be worthy of life, they mutilate themselves (psychology and physically) in order to feel equivalently validated as human beings worthy of compassion and relationship. If I could speak to Royce Mann I would have only these empathetic words to say: you are your own man to be, not whatever thing that stranger may have presumed you to be, you don't belong to the perceptions of others; her perceptions are not within your power to control, and beyond your power to take responsibility for, the greatest and only power in the life of a good man resides in the choice to be the man worthy of life as an end unto itself by living as the means of being through himself. YOU ARE NOT AN OBJECT KID, YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING, BE HUMAN RATHER THAN THE PROP THESE WORDS HAVE MADE YOU, YOU ARE NOT BROKEN AND YOU ARE NOT UNWORTHY OF THE LIFE YOU WERE GIVEN TO LIVE.
There is no such thing as white privilege. A decent hard working black person can make it just as far as anyone. I know plenty of black people far richer than my ass.
why dont you talk about your female privilege? like how you arent left to die when you cant afford healthcare? or how you're assured to have housing if you fall homeless? or how you'll never be arrested for being the victim of domestic violence? if he wants men to start acting like women, does that mean i get to stay at home when the next war breaks out?
Haha... So much hate in the comments section, especially towards an eighth grader... knowing that I'm not so full of hate tells me i'm on the right side of this issue...
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There is nothing quite like a 13 year old trying to educate people on the way the world works.
Ah that makes sense. Thank you for the additional info!
Ah, it makes sense now. Only a group of actors could be so far in the holds of self hatred and cuckery that they could indoctrinate their own children with this garbage self image.
Watch SNL's "High School Theatre Show" back-to-back with this, and try to guess which is the parody.
Hey, some of do Shakespeare and musicals, not this sanctimonious crud.
The remark on theatre was aimed at Serviceinstaller.
I just turned 14. But even before I was 10, I already knew what goes on in this bitter world. I was born in the generation which technology was a priority in a everyday life. I've been exposed to the internet at such a young age, made rights and wrongs. I went through news articles, Twitter posts, Facebook photos, etc. All have discussed about racism, political, economical, sexism and much more issues then that. I find it stupid how many of you in that comment section dare to say he has no idea what goes on in this world. No, you adults should blame yourselves that. Us as children should've grown up without knowing what goes on in this world so we could grow innocent and do good things rather then what you people do. Us as children learnt to love each other until adults influenced us to hate. We look up to adults but you people destroyed us. We learnt that society considers 'fat' as a synonym to ugly. We learnt that black is not equal to white. We learnt that money is more important
+Kelly Smith Lmao, what side are you on? I've passed through some comments and you've replied appropriately. Now you're attacking a 14 year old? Telling them to paint rainbows? This is why they had to have their say. Because adults believe people under the age of 18 to stay as children. I, as a 21 year old, half african american and Chinese female living in the UK, knows that they are more mature than most of the people I know whom are older than me.
+Naomi Steven Wow, thank you for saying that! I'm a white teenage girl, and though I may not seem mature for my name and profile picture, I know that white privilege exists, and I know that if someone isn't hurting themselves or anyone else, they're is no reason to......hate them, or even worse..shoot them. I just Idk. I wish I could do something. but I'm only in 9th grade.
JungleListSoldier
Stop shoving my cultural Marxism down the throats of youths????? I wonder, do you consider yourself to be a religious man.....do you believe in God.....and that Jesus Christ was his son, and the Lord and Savior? Cause if you do.....then you better go have a chat with the Reverend!!! Every religion teaches peace, love, and acceptance of your fellow man. And newsflash, babies have a negative reaction if they see a clown, or a dog, or a monkey, if it's the first time they have seen them. But over time, if not coached by someone, they form their own opinions of the dog, the clown, and the monkey, and decide whether or not they are okay. And sorry pal.....trying to say that racism is actually "just a natural and healthy preference towards one's own race", tells me all I need to know about you. But bless your heart, you gave me more evidence, by saying that all racial groups are not created equal. What exactly do you know about the Australian Aboriginals? Here's a little info for you...."anthropologists credit Aboriginals with possessing the world’s longest enduring religion as well as the longest continuing art forms-the cross-hatched and dot-patterned painting styles once inscribed in caves and rock shelters. They are one of the most durable societies the planet has ever known." And more info...."Dispersing across the Australian continent over time, the ancient people expanded and differentiated into hundreds of distinct groups, each with its own language and culture. More than 400 distinct Australian Aboriginal peoples have been identified across the continent, distinguished by unique names designating their ancestral languages, dialects, or distinctive speech patterns." Is that enough for you? We are all created equal JungleListSoldier.....but our surrounding and circumstances determine what we are able to accomplish.
gaaaaayyyyyy
Well said @milkbun2027 !!!!! You're around 22 now, but wise words from such a young person. Hope you're doing well. 🙏
It just amazes how much he is able to express himself at such a young age and able to articulate his emotions with no hiccups. Great work....
thank you so much bria for actually agreeing with this young boy. I'm a white teenage girl. I know that white privilege exists, I'm not going to deny it like the many people especially in these comments. I'm shocked and I don't know how they don't see it. But I fight. I fight for equality. And I will not give up until everyone can accept people for who they are. People who are not hurting themselves or anyone else shouldn't be hated. they shouldn't be..shot. idk just...these comments man
SmallFries01 I'm not saying that being white is a bad thing, it's fucking genetics. It's just melanin! And saying white privilege is not discrimination in any way! Saying white privilege does exist is also not talking about EVERYONE. Yes, poverty is horrible, but so is racism. And by saying that it doesnt exist, you're saying tat racism doesn't exist. IT DOES. Even if it doesn't where you live, someone somewhere is always going to think that racism is ok. Someone somewhere is always going to take actions against someone of a different color, or religion, or gender, or sexuality, or wage. White privilege exists, I'm not going to deny it, and if you deny it, you're living in your own little bubble. Sorry.
@@lifeoftrumpets3802 You are fighting to reward hate and segregation.
Thank you for making life shit for everyone, proud 14 year old teenage girl.
@@lifeoftrumpets3802 you didn’t really explain how white privilege exists. All you said was there are people in the world who thinks racism is okay, which we all agree with. Nobody is walking around thinking that there aren’t people with racism in their hearts
@@lifeoftrumpets3802 so far, there has not been a single video that's proven that white privilege is real, racists... yes, but white privilege... no
I was prepared to leave a comment saying something like "this boy is just speaking the obvious here" but then I looked down at the comment section...apparently it wasn't so obvious to most people. Goddamn. I've seriously underestimated the severity of modern racism. But then again, I'm white and privileged.
If you hate this boy so much, maybe you stop proving his point.
Well, I mean, I'm fully aware that i have white privilege. But I guess i shouldn't be surprised at these comments. Someone calls out privileged white people for their bullshit, and privileged white people get butthurt. What else is new.
Thank you Alexander.
This comment section is just...unbelievable.
I also underestimated the severity of racism in today's world.
Its a shame we are even still fighting this war....
I thought it was common knowledge that we are all equal.
But... I was wrong. Racism and ignorance still rule over us.
His skin looks white to me. Do you have another definition of the white color?
Clément Mangin you can't argue with logic and facts with people who live in basements and never been out their fish bowls .. and have a self inflated feeling of self with out any accomplishments to support it
Clément Mangin they never been to europe and obviously have no common sense of anything in genetics or history related is clear..so they just vomit comments on youtube making fools of them self as our government marks them as the people to kill when new world order comes out lol not realizing where a yes , unaware people make good slaves but when your this stupid and unaware ..
its clear your not even useful as a labor slave for fuck sake
So why do people waste 4+ years in university learning this shit when even a middle schooler can repeat it?
Easy. Universities are degree mills now, many employers these days will actually take a kid fresh out of highschool or someone with no university experience who are self-taught, then someone out of university because they've learned nothing out of that university. Colleges and technical colleges are moving in that direction too.
Because college instructors are made to dumb down their classes so the schools can get funding for "developmental" students who can't handle 4th grade academic subject matter. If they flunk them, the retention rate goes down, and if the instructors aren't tenured (and most are nontenured adjuncts these days), they'll be replaced with other educational hacks who are willing to lower standards if it raises enrollment.
"waste 4+ years in university learning this shit"
You are right. This stuff is SHIT
You are right. To spend ONE DAY learning this "shit" in university is a WASTE.
And my parrot can repeat phrases without understanding it, too.
Because America-hating, white guilt-ridden, Leftist professors need jobs, too.
The most effective statist programming is done in the very early years of school - before high school. That's how Stalin, Hitler and Mao did it. That's how it's done today too. This kid didn't 'learn' anything, he was programmed
Ok, wow. Just wow. First of all, I know Royce, who is one of the most intelligent and well-spoken people I've met of any age. His family is not rich. They get by, but he's still on financial aid at his school because they are not rich. He has been given a lot, yes, but he's also witnessed struggle, and through this and the example of his parents, he's developed great compassion for others. He's a very good writer - I know this because he helped co-write a project I was involved with, and we bounced ideas off of each other. Many of his ideas were more well-though-out than the adults in the room. He is kind, smart and caring, and it took courage to get up and say these things - things that NEED to be said and examined.
NO ONE IS SAYING THAT BEING A WHITE MALE MAKES LIFE EASY. Life isn't easy. Being a human isn't easy. In fact, sometimes having privilege causes other problems (like people trying to tear you down - like people are trying to tear him down all up & down this post). But to spend your time finding a ton of reasons to insult a kid for speaking his heart at a school poetry slam is so gross and weird. What the hell is wrong with people?
Royce, you are loved and supported. You've been on a great path for a while, and now you really get to see both the light and the darkness that come with fame. May the light seep into every cell of your body and the darkness give you more strength.
Kind of sad if the most well-spoken person you know is quite proud of throwing around the F-word. Maybe you need to get out and speak to more people.
The language is used to get people's attention and convey emotion. Kind of how when you touch a hot surface you say "FUCK!" instead of "FIDDLESTICKS!"
Andrew MacFarlane Thank you for the advice. A few things:
1. I said Royce was ONE OF the most well-spoken people not THE most well-spoken person.
2. He uses the F-word very intentionally and therefore wasn't "throwing it around." I don't think I've ever heard him use profanity in person.
3. If you knew me, you'd know that I get out and speak to plenty of people, which makes your comment kind of hilarious, actually.
Kind of sad if you have nothing better to do than sit around and make negative comments about people you don't even know. Maybe you need to get out more?
He's not white he's a jew
+Tenaya Cleveland This is the most autistic shit I have ever seen in my life. Why defend this kid and his stupid decisions?
It's 2020 now and "It is embarrassing that we *still* live in a world in which we judge another person's character by the size of their paycheck the color of their skin or the type of chromosomes they have..."
Yeah... but the thi g that I disagree with is that this still happens to white people to...
The only people getting judged for their skin colour in 2020 are white people.
@@MrBen51309 That's just not true
@@MrBen51309 imagine wanting to be oppressed this bad
@@MrBen51309 You need to check out Jane Elliot - Blue eye, Brown eye... Maybe it'll open up your eyes..
they cry out in pain as they strike you
White Privilege is being able to go home and say, "Hi, Dad".
That's a generalization....
Grew up in about a 50/50 mix of Black and White people.... Most of my closest friends didn't have dads at home including myself... Mine because he's an abusive controlling POS and my mom got tired of having to protect herself and her kids from him.... My Older brother's father skipped out on my mom and left her and a newborn stranded and with absolutely no money...
I'm white... My mom is white... My brother was white (BTW he was killed in gun violence while he was sleeping by a friend who was drunk and that was AFTER he got out of jail for being in a car with some friends he didn't know had stolen $20 worth of Gas.... Bet you didn't know that kind of shit could happen to white people too...)
My dad and my brother's dad both White...
Sometimes people are just shitty people... Every race sees misfortune including white people... Pain and disappointment are Universal....
Kek, you are taking a joke way too seriously. Anyway, it does not change the fact that over 70% of blacks are born in unwed households.
+Erin Conner sorry about that. However, this kid's poetry talks about the struggle that most non male white man. Everyone has their own struggles, but minority groups(low socioeconomic status, lgbtq, non white races, women) are suspected to be at an even bigger disadvantage compared to rich white men. We all face individual struggles, and this is not a game of who has it worse. Rich white men just have so much more resources available to them from the moment they were born.
+Erin Conner and yes, you are right, the type of neighborhood we live in predicts how much resources that will be available to that community.
I apologize in advance if I do offend you.
Lmaoo.Thats foul.Funny af but foul
i have white privilege. it's called going to work and not breaking the law. amazing how that works.
I do the exact same thing. I went to college that I had to work 2 jobs to pay for what my academic scholarships didn't cover. I came from a 2 parent middle class home. I have never been without a job and have over 200 people who report to me.
Yet..when I was pulled over by police, their first question was where was I hiding my drugs.
Any other suggestions?
+scoonman Are you implying this is because of your color or ? I am white and have been told the same thing when I was younger.
Funny how just the other day a black man, who went to work and didn't break the law, like, at all, was killed just for being.
You think that's how your day will end today?
Probably not.
+Jessica Justice Funny, more white men are killed by police the same way, its not a race thing with police, please wake up.
Ah weird man my white privilege didn't work for me in my teen years. I broke the law and got put through the court system, some of the outcomes were pretty unjust but I guess that is what happens when you do something wrong. I even have this one white friend who died when he was 15 because he charged a cop with a bayonetted antique rifle. Man I guess white privilege doesn't work around where I live because all of what I just said never happens to white people.
I don't care about what most people say, I love this poem and this kid, it sends a great message
You are correct, Marta. Don't let these idiots tell you otherwise.
Noah Lopez Yeah, I don't think he said any of those things.
He did not say that _all_ black people are underprivileged, he said that our society tends to treat them as if they are different and/or lesser than white people.
He didn't say that no white people ever have a tough time in life, just that in our society racism is one thing white people _don't_ really ever have to worry about.
And no, at no point did he say that hurdles can not be overcome, just that it is more difficult to succeed the more obstacles you have in your way. In general, women, most minorities, people who are LGBTQ+, and the impoverished have hurdles they have to jump over that middle/upper class white males don't. This leads to a disproportionate number of straight, middle/upper class, white males succeeding in life compared to say, black lesbians who were born into poverty.
Damn so it's true what they say about the US being very racist😐
Marta, I agree, but remember, it's not "most people" - it's most youtubers who come here to troll. I'd estimate they're about .01% of the whole population but they love to act like the men they really aren't, anonymously on youtube.
Treebard Thank god that's the case, but it's still worrisome that there are still so many who even secretly think this kind of shit.
This kid is goin' places, these ignorant commentators don't understand art, they just react. Ignorance reacts, intelligence seeks answers, this kid is intelligent!
Salamander Man
This kid just pointed out how our society is already unequal and unjust towards those that aren't a white male.
And these comments show that the majority of white Americans don't give a shit about the misogynist, racist policies that old white politicians put into place, how sad.
*****
It's about access to opportunity and lack of systemic societal stereotypes and bigotry, this makes it much easier for white men to succeed in America. That's why there's so many white CEO's, Politicians and in general people of "high status".
Remember, this country was founded by white Europeans whom decimated the indigenous population and brought slaves from other countries to build their own.
Please tell me about how no other cultures used slavery.
Women have more privilege and opportunities in the west than men
*****
If you need a definition then go to google, do some of your own fucking research and you might see what I'm talking about. Or, continue to be an ignorant, reactive fool, stagnating society, justifying genocide and racism, a perfect brainwashed tool, ready to keep the wheels of war turning! How pathetic.
Also, you should do some research on the Natives Americans of America and learn a thing or two from the way the governed, maybe you'll have more respect for them and not just think they were savages killing each-other all the time.
Thanks to some people and their denial of historic events, our society is not on the same page when it comes to respect for others culture, you can perpetuate this by continuing to be uninformed and malicious, but what would really help America is more people that cared about culture and less who care about a reaction.
Absolutely incredible.
"Men of quality don't fear equality." And that's exactly what this poem promotes. Wonderful job!
Dear Royce Mann I'm sorry this comment section has turned into a troll-filled battleground.
Scrolled down to the comments expecting to see nothing but praise for this kid... and then I remembered this is UA-cam :|
And then you get more hate. God forbid we support equal rights, and God forbid white men of privilege actually acknowledge that there is disparity among gender & race.
taryn harms I support equal rights, that's why i think the kid in the video, +Verity Burns and you are stupid. You only support rights for people who can claim some sort of victim status and you berate those who were born white, male, rich or "privileged" because they don't agree with you views.
Cause in the real world women are paid equally, cause in the real world white men and people of color are treated exactly the same and institutional racism has never been proven. "My parents worked hard and I never experience white privilege therefore it cannot exist" yet we live in a world where ts statically proven that a person of color is more likely to get arrested, be jobless and live in a provertized neighborhood than a white person, but no people of color can't complain because my "parents worked hard so therefore stop pretend you cant". No you need to pretending racism doesn't exist when it has been proven to exist. Oh wait, you hate feeling like a "minority"? Yea we know we've on this bus since America's existence so how about we stop hating on a 14 YEAR OLD boy for the poem and Say "he's making seem like white people have it easy when I worked hard", no hes expressing himself same way how we allow anyone to express themselves whether you feel its "racist" or not. Side note: Now social justice is bad thing.... Wow... Stop hating on a 14 year old boy expressing himself and if you believe that he's "being racist"... sure bob you think that! but picking on a 14 year old for expressing himself just makes you look dumb because if the comments you say on UA-cam were said to his face and recorded, Every media from Fox to CNN would make you look like the asshole for picking on a little kid. But you know everything is terrible when white people become the minority because you know they aren't the majority in this country and segregation did not just end like 60 years ago.
Welcome to outside your bubble
+Canadian Owl Pahaha, your comment tells me all I need to know about your "thinking brain" 😴
I cried when I listened to this 8th grade boy acknowledging the truth that every female, LGBTQ+, black/brown person, asian american.. has known forever. This little boy gave me hope!!!! Thank you
😂😂😂😂😂
To all the negative commentators, hiding behind a 'username' below - write your own poem, put your real name to it and have the guts to post it on UA-cam and say it aloud like this young man does.
Still hiding behind a username, I see.
That's what makes us civilized, in opposition to your cavemen way of thinking.
***** And? Please go on.
***** No, I am saying it is civilized to try and live in harmony with any people of good will, whatever their color, in opposition to the barbaric point of view that divides people in ethnic groups and wants us to believe they are at war.
If you think your "race and bloodlines" are under attack and threatened by this little poem, then it takes very little to frighten you, and you think like a caveman. These proofs of your inability to accept difference and antagonize anybody for their color would be enough reason not to hire you.
***** Ok, I get it now.
You don't even understand that judaism is a religion and that white is a skin color, and that one can very well have both characteristics at the same time. If you struggle this much with simple concepts, I wonder how you could produce any sensible thought.
Then, you make skin color a fundamentally divisive criteria between humans, which, if you cared about science, has been shown to be nonsensical. Especially since it allows the simple-minded to jump to dangerous conclusions.
You are a paranoid kid who fantasizes ennemies and has built an overly simplistic view of the vast and frightening world to try to get little control.
I really hope you educate yourself and grow up to be an actual adult.
Notice how only the white poeple have an issue with this poem......smh
Yup. I apologize for the idiocy of the other white folks here.
Exactly. Not this white person, though.
Glad too see people actually do have eyes and see.
Speak for yourself uneducated one. I apologize for nothing. My ancestors were Irish and Polish. Had nothing to do with slavery, colonialism, segregation, etc and in fact were colonialized, oppressed, and discriminated themselves. So your divisive AND racist white guilt may work on some self loathing sheep but not me.
+Woodycoat including you. Lol thank you for providing the perfect illustration.
THE MOST HONEST TRUTH I'VE EVER HEARD... COMING OUT OF UA-cam ...
lol
This was the most racist thing I’ve heard. I’ve never assumed just because someone’s black they would steal the silverware lol
What.. Need a glass of water?? You can't SWALLOW the truth?? You getting chest pains from the truth?? Interesting.. I'm glad I helped you face the music.@@Jim_Bag
Just own your sh**.. At least he's honest about his white privilege .. unlike others that act like them being white, does not make their life better.. at least he's honest to admit that being white, has made his life easier.. He doesn't need to worry about police murdering him.. He can go home safe, knowing that he's white.. At least he's aware & because he's owned up, he'll probably contribute towards making the world a better place.
@@Jim_Bag
This is seriously appalling. I'm disgusted by the fact that this child is screaming out to the world that HE IS IN PAIN, pain unjustly inflicted upon him by his parents, school, and country, and the response he receives is: "*applause* you are example of how all boys need to be, good job Royce, I hope someday every boy hates himself as much as you and lives in a state of eternal and constant shame and existential despair for their crime of being born. Props to Royce for being a good little boy ally, let's all hope soon every boy knows he's a worthless monster too!". All of those upon whom the welfare of this boy depended have done worse than fail him, they have actively damaged him and they are CELEBRATING the psychological abuse they have subjected him to. This is so unbelievably disturbing, some how even more disturbing is the fact that so many are so completely without empathy for his humanity that they literally don't recognize his pathological self-contempt and shame as something to be concerned about. THIS IS A CHILD WHO HATES HIMSELF FOR NO FUCKING REASON, HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG, AND YET WE CHEER AS HE FLAGELLATES HIMSELF WITH A WHIP OF SHAME CREATED BY ALL THE PEOPLE ENTRUSTED TO NURTURE AND GUIDE HIM. I can't even honestly say I'm surprised by this, boys are subject to constant dehumanization and demoralization and no one EVER stands up for them because it does NOT EVEN REGISTER to people that boys are every bit as vulnerable and worthy of protection and compassion as girls... so many watched this grotesque display of adolescent self-flagellation and can't even begin to sense their lack of empathy because a boy like Royce isn't even a human to them, how have we so wantonly disregarded the humanity of boys?
Why do I feel like there is a general inability to recognize the humanity and existential value of boys? Is it because we don’t believe they possess such value? Does a boy have any human potential besides condemning himself as a disgusting monster projected onto him by charlatans and sophists who presume to know him better than he can ever possibly know himself? There just doesn't seem to be very much hope for boys then. Honestly, why shouldn't boys resent the idea of becoming men given what that has come to mean in contemporary culture? If I were a 10 year-old boy today I'd absolutely do anything to escape the fate of contemporary manhood, for there is nothing aspirational left to that fate, only worthlessness or monstrosity and infinite shame to feed a cycle of perpetual self-hatred. I wonder how many boys don't know that they could mean something important to someone someday. Here's one hypothesis: boys are taught that they are members of the oppressor sex class, so to avoid the dehumanization and nihilism of this notion they fetishize the role of those who they explicitly recognize as victimized and therefore worthy of human empathy: women and girls. Perhaps this trend, and I cannot understate how reasonable (obvious even) I find this possibility, is a simple matter sublimation. Feminism tells boys how boys are raised to dehumanize women and girls, accepting this idea implicitly they reject the notion of boyhood, manhood, and masculinity altogether by identifying with those whose humanity they are told they would otherwise be infringing upon; to escape the immense shame, guilt, and scorn of remaining “complicit” in a system of alleged male domination they fetishize having their masculinity or general maleness taken and/or reduced by feminine influence... they’d rather be made to suffer like they’ve internalized the shame and self-contempt for inflicting (imagined and non-exist) suffering upon women and girls. Despite the fact that they are guilty of nothing at all, and want for nothing more than to know how to be worthy of life, they mutilate themselves (psychology and physically) in order to feel equivalently validated as human beings worthy of compassion and relationship.
If I could speak to Royce Mann I would have only these empathetic words to say: you are your own man to be, not whatever thing that stranger may have presumed you to be, you don't belong to the perceptions of others; her perceptions are not within your power to control, and beyond your power to take responsibility for, the greatest and only power in the life of a good man resides in the choice to be the man worthy of life as an end unto itself by living as the means of being through himself. YOU ARE NOT AN OBJECT KID, YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING, BE HUMAN RATHER THAN THE PROP THESE WORDS HAVE MADE YOU, YOU ARE NOT BROKEN AND YOU ARE NOT UNWORTHY OF THE LIFE YOU WERE GIVEN TO LIVE.
I love this video. It's embarrassing that an eighth grader realized the problem with society, while the people commenting are mostly over 18 are saying negative things that diss this kid.
THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY!!! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲💪💪💪
It’s indoctrination of the youth and the elites plan you idiot.
Not dissing the kid, it was well delivered just a pointless message with some problematic phrases.
I remember watching this when it first went viral, and it made me cry... I was just in complete awe of this kid.
Today, eight years later, I watched it again. And it made me cry. And I'm still in complete awe of this kid.
There's privilege everywhere you go, all around the world, but here in America there are multiple of privileges , I'm happy that Royce here , had the insight of the injustice and the talent to show everyone that privilege does exist . I know there are going to be some people who refuse to accept that specifically "white privilege " is a thing , But it is .
White people, men in particular, can't admit their privilege. Usually focus on money, which is a very small part of white privilege. Instead of listening and learning, they get defensive and Ayam the already oppressed
The interesting thing about this is.. you have a 14 year old boy saying a passionate poem about something he believes in. That alone should be enough to applaud this young man. But it seems the subject is just enough to make otherwise normal people hate his core... a 14 year old kid.. hmm.. why does the subject bring so much hate.. I've seen people overlook crazy things 14 year olds do and say because they see them as just kids. No one in their right mind would really argue with a child. But if you are fueled by hatred it really doesn't matter who is talking or what the person is saying or how beautifully it is being said or even how old they are.. the response will be full of hate. Anyone who comments on this post with anything but admiration for a young man speaking on what he truly believes for himself is motivated by negativity. This poem moved me because of the love I can feel pouring out of his words. He has found a mature place. A place much more mature than the small people who would comment negative words to a 14 year old.
why not@Callsign if its done as creative and passionate as this was... it isn't what you say but how you say it. It's a gift to be able to get your message across and offend as little people as possible..
@watershed44 thats racist
That's the problem, there is a risk that he actually believes this garbage. In 10 years time he'll be out of university and preaching his religion of hatred to everyone around him.
There is nothing mature about being a racist bigot who hates an entire race of people based on... yeah, what exactly even?
***** The only reason there is hate is because of those inducing the hatred. The fact is that DIEversity KILLS. All races created their own nations and separated for a reason, it is natural law.
He's wrong, he's saying bullshit, he's being racist. That's enough to hate what he's saying.
I feel really sad for the people who are afraid of this child's message and lash out with their hate.
I’ve NEVER been more motivated by a speech. Thank you from a Gen X mum
im horrified by the comments on this post, so felt obliged to post one because i fucking loved that and shared it with all my friends. I am 14 y and feel honoured youre even walking on the same earth as me. stay fucking cool man, that was beautiful. you inspired me to speak out bout things. truly truly moved !!!! ahh just thought you needed to know. sucks how the meanness outways the good x
To everyone saying they want to punch this kid: congratulations, you've stooped as low as you can. You want to physically assault a 14 year old boy for expressing his opinion.
Isn't that what you all want? Free speech?
I haven't been through this WHOLE comment section yet, but how many people are actually saying they want to punch him? Lots of people disagree with him, which is THEIR free speech right. But that's not the same as threatening violence.
Says the person who resorts to a strawman
I'm white and grew up (lower) middle class. I've never been pulled over on the road unless I had done something obviously wrong. I've never been stopped, searched or "questioned" randomly by the police. (Which is good because I usually had a bit of weed on me when I was a teenager). No one has ever felt threatened by my presence in any situation. I've rented apartments, and got loans and jobs that I was qualified for easily. I played with toy guns when I was a kid without getting shot. People looked at me and never assumed anything other than I was "nice kid", and, when I did get in trouble, I was always given the benefit of the doubt. If all of that had not been the case, then my life would have been very different. I don't feel any guilt, but I have a great deal of empathy with people who haven't been treated in the same way as I have, and I'm not quite sure how I would react if I wasn't. I would probably fight back if I were black, and, if I had a son, I would probably leave for somewhere safer, more tolerant and less racist than America, if such a place exists.
Hope in four years you became less of an idiot
It's time to stand together and proclaim that THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY!!!
hearing him swear I was like "hold up did he jus....." then I remembered I started swearing when I was 4/5 years old
White people get to swear, it's part of white privilege. Had he been a black kid the principle would have had to call the police and have him arrested. That's just the way white privilege works.
B.S. It doesn't matter what ethnicity you are if you like having a potty mouth. Nothing to be proud of. Shows you can't find something intelligent to say so you resort to curse words.
This is the stoopedest thing I've ever read. Please.
Jan Johnson That tired old argument? Only dumb people use words different than words you like to use? So you're the arbiter of what people can and can't say? You shouldn't judge people because they talk differently than you.
Jan Johnson Absolutely bs. Sure cursing is seen as negative no matter what the color of your skin is but black kids cursing means it's a bad child, while a white kid cursing is just seen as a bad habit.
Great poem! In reading the comments, I can't believe how many people just didn't get it and missed the mark.
Didn’t get what. This one is a bunch of bs
Michael Is the best not sure what you mean. The poem was good. I guess at the time I read the comments there were negative comments and it seemed like people didn’t quite get it based on their reactions. What they didn’t get it’s clearly stated in this young man’s recital. Not like it had to be deeply analyzed to infer its meaning. Nothing about it is BS but a reality of our society.
autotekx yeah no your just brainwashed by the media
Michael Is the best oh I see! You’re on a crusade to defend and push your political agenda. You’re one of those that drank the kool-aid and finger scooped the undissolved sugar at the bottom and then snorted and entire powder pack. I see the actions of that you call president not the media. I don’t get how anyone can justify his wrong doings. Un like you I won’t jump on a crusade to try and change the minds of the blind followers. Have at it. I’m not going to waste my time with you. You sir, have a great life.
@@certautotech Are you confused? you seem to be literally describing exactly what the marxist left is doing and telling us it's the right and so called "FAR right" (pretty much anyone right wing is slandered with this label now). THIS SHOW is propaganda and pretty much openly displays exactly what an agenda looks like. You sir, are a fucking idiot.
I'll try to remember my white privilege the next time I can't pay one of my bills on time.
@@Noheliaponce21 I don’t think you get it
@@carlmorrow1600 Nah, its you people that don't get it. But there's a LOT that your ilk don't get, so it's not surprising. Keep playing the victim card fam, let me know how it works out for you.
@@carlmorrow1600 I litteraly can disprove everything this kid said with links to my evidence to prove it... his argument is strong until you reaserch it...
Fuck it, this video made me wanna vote for Trump.
Don't say it! Just do it!
+Fotis Paraskevopoulos yesterday you said tomorrow
I don't get you
Just the video?
MOO
You know what?
Thank you for trying your best, as a 14 year old, to acknowledge the problems you see in your country. You may not be 100% accurate or politically correct, but you had the courage to stand as an outside supporter looking in. I respect the fact that you are finding your own voice in this world.
And for God's sake, you're only 14? Again, you are beyond your years in courage and determination
I just noticed how bitter the comment section is
Yes some people resent being attacked. This kid is Jewish - he should be lecturing on Jewish privilege
Whether or not you agree with this young man, It is impressive that he is as thoughtful as he is at age 14 and wants to contribute to the conversation. I think this kid is inspirational.
Actually, he's hollow as hell, and seems programmed to say all this. If you want actual clear thinking on race, listen to John McWhorter or Coleman Hughes.
Social justice is a religion.
Truth
Social justice is not a religion. If it were more white people would be involved
it's obvious that thousands of butthurt white people don't understand what white privilege really is lol it isn't saying you've never experienced hardship in your life or that you don't have to work hard. It's saying that because you are part of the population with the most power in this country you get benefits, big and small, that others of different races don't get. Granted everyone's situation is different, and although thousands of people obviously disagree, that's just a small sample compared to the millions of white americans who benefit in some way shape or form just for being born with less melanin than others.
Yup. Even when an 8-grader explains it to them, they STILL don't get it. Many of these complainers are whining about their own lives. Well, hell, at least they can pay for internet, right? And let me guess… they're accessing it from their smartphones. lol
+TheGreaterGood80 Yet he still has a better understanding than most.
The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.'
- Thomas Sowell
TS -- the most brilliant political mind in America.
@@absurdturk You missed the whole point.
eveeyone in the comments is saying the boy does not understand, well of course he doesn't understand, that is what he's trying to tell you. this young man is one of the very few young people that try to understand the challenges of others. he may not face them head on, but he does understand that the problems are there and that he is lucky to be looking from a distance and not from then front row. this boy he knows he is privileged and has more than many other people who deserve the same and he is willing to go against the social standards to bring The issues of light for the other white privileged people that don't seem to understand the severity of others issues. this boy does not understand everything but the fact that he tries means more than anything done by most. he is young but being able to recognize the problem makes him know there can be a solution.
Speak Truth to power, Royce. Brilliant, perceptive, and honest. Saving your poem, and sharing it.
How does a 14-year old come to these conclusions?
Certainly life experiences has not taught him this, certainly not at 14-years of age...
You must have been raised in a bubble.
USA is doomed, luckily I wasn't born into that sinking ship of a country.
+Uyyuj Hgfjki Lmao has nothing to do with crying. Plus you say that on a video with a white boy talking about white privileged people. Smh the ignorance is comical. You ever notice how ONLY white people get so angry about race relations lmao. That says a lot. "If you throw a rock into a group of dogs the one that gets hit makes the most noise." Let that sink in just a little.
+Uyyuj Hgfjki Lmao has nothing to do with crying. Plus you say that on a video with a white boy talking about white privileged people. Smh the ignorance is comical. You ever notice how ONLY white people get so angry about race relations lmao. That says a lot. "If you throw a rock into a group of dogs the one that gets hit makes the most noise." Let that sink in just a little.
+mnybags07 yes European Americans get upset when were painted with a broad brush and told how privileged we are because the color of our skin butt black people burn down entire cities and kill each other and everyone around when they get angry so I think you're a little off base there you made absolutely no sense you didn't have an argument so you just threw together some nonsensical bullshit
+spongejeg you say you hate to be painted with a broad bush but then you do the same. Go read up on history of burning shit down lol. White privilege isn't a bad thing and doesn't make you a bad person or racist etc... Its just what the default settings are in this country. If you don't think STRAIGHT white males have privilege then you're probably a straight white male. Privilege also doesn't mean you'll be successful either. Its not hard to comprehend. His poem is not bashing at all its really informative. Nothing to do with "white guilt" either lol.
+Gore M lol ok
I'm proud of him
"I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." That's how I was raised, in the ghetto, as a poor straight white male. I am still in the same situation, but am now called privileged simply because of the way people look at me. People judge me, because my skin tone is lighter than theirs, or I have a penis instead of a vagina, and I like vagina instead of a penis. What does any of that matter, when all that should matter is what I have to say and my thoughts. I look around the world and see women in power, blacks, gays, Asians, Hispanics, foreigners, all living happily in the world. If you follow the law, if you learn to handle situations correctly and understand that nobody in America is privileged over another, then we can all get along. If you want to know what privilege really is, go to Somali, Rio de Janeiro, Pakistan, North Korea, Cuba, Russia, Indonesia, almost any country in the world outside of the "western world". Americans are privileged. Not white Americans, or American Men, or Straight Americans, just all Americans. Every single American, is privileged because even if you are broke and can't work, the government still has your back and will help you to eat, help you with shelter, and help you with a fucking cell phone. Check your privilege America, because we have it bigger and better than any other nation ever to exist and don't even realize it. (the one exception is homeless people which I usually feel bad for, and believe the government should actually be supporting them more than any other group because they are crazy and could use some help.)
To be white is to be privileged. White privilege is not an economic statement. White privilege is the fact that you can get pulled over by the police and not have to worry about being killed. White privilege is the fact that you are automatically deemed more trustworthy then.a minority, more intelligent, more capable. White privilege is the fact that you will get a better interest rate on a loan, because you're white. White people need to stop whining about being poor, growing up in a low income area etc. And how they aren't privileged because of that. I'm white, and a small business owner, I would only be lying to myself if I thought my whiteness wasn't a factor in my success. Learn about what white privilege, and male privilege is for that matter, before speaking. The result is at best ignorance, and at worst perpetuating the problem while ignoring the reality of minorities.
Yes you're right all Americans ate privileged. I have been to multiple 3rd world countries and seen true poverty. Is tragic. But you ate indeed privileged as a straight white male. It had nothing to do with money. It does however have to do with the fact that police are exponentially less likely to automatically see you as a threat. You're automatically deemed more honest and trustworthy. Your automatically deemed more competent at your job. Before you talk about the exceptions of women, minorities, and p.o.c.in positions of power, do some research. Look at how many companies are and have been run exclusively by white men. Let'stabs GM for example, are we to believe that in the history of GM there has never been a woman or minority capable and qualified to be the CEO? Nonsense. Went did it take until what, 2014 due a woman to helm GM? If you research companies run by women, they're more profitable and have higher employee satisfaction. Why? Because women make informed decisions, not irrational emotional ones like men. Their egos don't get in the way, they listen, they collaborate. I was a union electrician fur 15 years before opening my own shop. Our of 4,000 members we had a combined total of 83 women and minorities. Or want because they didn't want the jobs, or was/is because there is a giant "keep out" sign on the front door. I've witnessed hue they are treated. It's reprehensible. Please educate yourself so you don't help perpetuate the cycle
Mr. Leeee, 🤔 Why is “666” in your name?
Of course a response isn’t NEEDED, but I would like one; I’m nosey. 😁👃
@@sableward1319 666 is in my name because it's funny. The number is meaningless, and the fact that religious people get all freaked out by it cracks me up
@@sableward1319 oh dude, thought that was to me! There's a 666 in my email address! 😂😂😂😂😂
if you have a problem with what this kid is saying - then you need to hear it the most.
bruh they deleting all the negative comments
That's how Nazi lefties behave
@@edwardfights4900 oh man… You do realize that “Nazi” is the polar opposite of left-leaning politics? 🙄And perhaps they deleted the negative comments because that ignorant toxicity has no place here. How bad your life must be to live in such a world of hate.
Bruh…good. Maybe go absorb some of that toxic negativity somewhere else.. Geez. Good luck.
@@doobles2197 American libs are useless 🗑
Bravo young man for speaking out on a topic you are passionate about.
This is seriously appalling. I'm disgusted by the fact that this child is screaming out to the world that HE IS IN PAIN, pain unjustly inflicted upon him by his parents, school, and country, and the response he receives is: "*applause* you are example of how all boys need to be, good job Royce, I hope someday every boy hates himself as much as you and lives in a state of eternal and constant shame and existential despair for their crime of being born. Props to Royce for being a good little boy ally, let's all hope soon every boy knows he's a worthless monster too!". All of those upon whom the welfare of this boy depended have done worse than fail him, they have actively damaged him and they are CELEBRATING the psychological abuse they have subjected him to. This is so unbelievably disturbing, some how even more disturbing is the fact that so many are so completely without empathy for his humanity that they literally don't recognize his pathological self-contempt and shame as something to be concerned about. THIS IS A CHILD WHO HATES HIMSELF FOR NO FUCKING REASON, HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG, AND YET WE CHEER AS HE FLAGELLATES HIMSELF WITH A WHIP OF SHAME CREATED BY ALL THE PEOPLE ENTRUSTED TO NURTURE AND GUIDE HIM. I can't even honestly say I'm surprised by this, boys are subject to constant dehumanization and demoralization and no one EVER stands up for them because it does NOT EVEN REGISTER to people that boys are every bit as vulnerable and worthy of protection and compassion as girls... so many watched this grotesque display of adolescent self-flagellation and can't even begin to sense their lack of empathy because a boy like Royce isn't even a human to them, how have we so wantonly disregarded the humanity of boys?
Why do I feel like there is a general inability to recognize the humanity and existential value of boys? Is it because we don’t believe they possess such value? Does a boy have any human potential besides condemning himself as a disgusting monster projected onto him by charlatans and sophists who presume to know him better than he can ever possibly know himself? There just doesn't seem to be very much hope for boys then. Honestly, why shouldn't boys resent the idea of becoming men given what that has come to mean in contemporary culture? If I were a 10 year-old boy today I'd absolutely do anything to escape the fate of contemporary manhood, for there is nothing aspirational left to that fate, only worthlessness or monstrosity and infinite shame to feed a cycle of perpetual self-hatred. I wonder how many boys don't know that they could mean something important to someone someday. Here's one hypothesis: boys are taught that they are members of the oppressor sex class, so to avoid the dehumanization and nihilism of this notion they fetishize the role of those who they explicitly recognize as victimized and therefore worthy of human empathy: women and girls. Perhaps this trend, and I cannot understate how reasonable (obvious even) I find this possibility, is a simple matter sublimation. Feminism tells boys how boys are raised to dehumanize women and girls, accepting this idea implicitly they reject the notion of boyhood, manhood, and masculinity altogether by identifying with those whose humanity they are told they would otherwise be infringing upon; to escape the immense shame, guilt, and scorn of remaining “complicit” in a system of alleged male domination they fetishize having their masculinity or general maleness taken and/or reduced by feminine influence... they’d rather be made to suffer like they’ve internalized the shame and self-contempt for inflicting (imagined and non-exist) suffering upon women and girls. Despite the fact that they are guilty of nothing at all, and want for nothing more than to know how to be worthy of life, they mutilate themselves (psychology and physically) in order to feel equivalently validated as human beings worthy of compassion and relationship.
If I could speak to Royce Mann I would have only these empathetic words to say: you are your own man to be, not whatever thing that stranger may have presumed you to be, you don't belong to the perceptions of others; her perceptions are not within your power to control, and beyond your power to take responsibility for, the greatest and only power in the life of a good man resides in the choice to be the man worthy of life as an end unto itself by living as the means of being through himself. YOU ARE NOT AN OBJECT KID, YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING, BE HUMAN RATHER THAN THE PROP THESE WORDS HAVE MADE YOU, YOU ARE NOT BROKEN AND YOU ARE NOT UNWORTHY OF THE LIFE YOU WERE GIVEN TO LIVE.
Royce, like you said at the end of your poem "it's time to take that ladder and turn it into a bridge," I agree; that's what it should be all about!
Really?! As a Brown man, I never cared. Dont want your bridges. This boys musings insults my intelligence as a human being. He has no respect for himself.
@@albertogutierrez9734 agreed
@@albertogutierrez9734 oy vey, don't be so antisemitic.
Well, credit where credit's due, he at least was willing to say "middle and upper class white people", not "all white people". Now all we need to do is expand that out to encompass other races, realize "holy shit; the privilege associated with being wealthy absolutely dwarfs the privilege of being of the dominant ethnicity; a rich or middle class black woman is in pretty much the exact position in society as an equally well off white man.", realize that wealth is the only major privilege left in the western world, and worry about that rather than being born wrong.
Stats ain't racist, so... nope. Totally legit to say that. In fact, I think it's a valid point to say that the black community has some soul-searching to do, rather than the common (and quite frankly paternalistic) social justice stance of "Everything is white people's fault because slavery; black people have no agency and are always victims in every situation"
+John R very few middle..lots of lower and upper..the gp is spreading and quick
You are wrong. Upper class blacks face the same insults as the poorest blacks. Example 1. I have seen that with my own eyes. An elevator with 4 black Federal judges in it. The door opens. A white person's eyes widen, he steps back, the door closes. Example 2. A black woman in a nice new car is stopped by police. "What is wrong?" she asks. The officer barks out "where did you get that car?" Example 3. Living in a nice neighborhood, every time my sons leave their home they are stopped by police demanding identification. Example 4 ..... well, that's enough. Do you get the message?
@@romastewart338 I totally do. The idea that how much money you make determines how protected you are from racism is a prime example of the kind blind ignorance that keeps our society from evolving. Jamie Foxx, Michael B Jordan, Shaq, Teraji P.H. - there is an endless list of Black celebrities who get pulled over because they are a Black person in a nice car. I remember reading an article a few yrs ago years ago where a white man and a black man took turns driving a Mercedes around Los Angeles. Number of times they were stopped when the black guy was driving: 10 in a 24 hour period. The white man? 0. The black man lived in Beverly Hills and was stopped more often in that neighborhood than in other areas of Los Angeles. He was stopped in Compton too. The white guy lived in North Hollywood. Most enlightened people would be able to guess the outcome of that kind of experiment. Your ZIP Code and your paycheck do not trump your skin color in today’s America. Thinking otherwise is willful ignorance.
But then he would have to give up his welfare and he's not willing to do that. That would be something tangible that would make his life more uncomfortable
Damn, the kid gave me goosebumps. Well done.
Those who stand around doing nothing are as much of the problem as those who created it.
Guys why so much hate? It's amazing how many negative comments refer to the poet as "kid" or "this boy", too...
Someone else posted this earlier: From 1641 to 1652, over 500,000 Irish were killed by the English and another 300,000 were sold as slaves. Ireland’s population fell from about 1,500,000 to 600,000 in one single decade. Families were ripped apart as the British did not allow Irish dads to take their wives and children with them across the Atlantic. This led to a helpless population of homeless women and children. Britain’s solution was to auction them off as well.
During the 1650s, over 100,000 Irish children between the ages of 10 and 14 were taken from their parents and sold as slaves in the West Indies, Virginia and New England. In this decade, 52,000 Irish (mostly women and children) were sold to Barbados and Virginia. Another 30,000 Irish men and women were also transported and sold to the highest bidder. In 1656, Cromwell ordered that 2000 Irish children be taken to Jamaica and sold as slaves to English settlers.
Many people today will avoid calling the Irish slaves what they truly were: Slaves. They’ll come up with terms like “Indentured Servants” to describe what occurred to the Irish. However, in most cases from the 17th and 18th centuries, Irish slaves were nothing more than human cattle. "White Cargo"
Irish were also harder to keep as slaves since they were rebellious. This is why most slaves were from Africa, even though they were 10 times more expensive. I wonder if this is the origin of the phrase "fighting Irish."
To my understanding, I've heard that the Irish indentured servants were actually treated worse than the black slaves. Simply because of the fact that they weren't owned for an indefinite amount of time like a black slave. Therefore, they were burnt out in the short time they were owned.
Very interesting. I think I am entitled to reparations.
Irish were not considered "white" for a long time and were discriminated by the "white race". It is interesting to see people bring this fact up now as if to say "white people were discriminated for their race too, look at Irish people". Let's all just calm down and study the world history all over again
DivStudio But that's anything political. You can use the most hardened facts but someone will still find a way to twist it to fit their narrative.
I'm blown away by your amazing understanding of concepts I never even thought of at your age. I'm blow away that you speak up so strongly and boldy without fear. I'm blown away by the empathy you possess and the willingness to speak on it. No fight can be won without one side giving up or dying out and you understand that you don't want this fight to continue and I'm thankful you will be speaking out and making change.
Wow. Great job!! you understand something that most white ppl who are adults don't understand.
You first scumbag.
Do you believe in gun control as well
LikeSubscribeDerp awww, look at the trained doggie who is protecting the racist system. America has trained you well... you so cute!!
stfu
+Any Rebel get some help for that anger...
Truth. Whether it's his parents teaching him this or his school, I'm so glad that someone is teaching him the truth.
The number of dislikes on this video is absolutely sad and pathetic to say the least. This eighth grader spoke on his ability to enjoy his privileges but is not turning a blind eye to those disenfranchised. It is so sad how you grown folks just want to see women and people of color continue to stay at the bottom and not want to help lift them up. You don't want to show them the ropes to success, you are not doing anything to help their troubled situations of violence, abuse, and poverty. Royce Mann does not hate himself at all, he hates injustice and loves others and wants to see them win too. Keep it up Royce Mann. 👏
exactly!!
For one allowing your child to even do this is abusive and he isn't even white. He's Jewish. It literally says it online. He lied about his race to try to push some political argument.
Dude isn't even fuckin white is tiny hat wearing dad and feminist mom put him up to this racist rant for their Zionist agenda
@@tylersheppard9601 nope they didn’t. I know his mother; he does this all on his own. He did it for a class. He has written tons of other enlightened poems. Just because his father is Jewish doesn’t mean he hasn’t experienced white privilege. (Antisemitism much?)
Why does the idea of a 14-year-old capable of such wisdom scare you so much? So you’re jealous because an eighth grader is more intelligent and brave than you are?
Good.
This is seriously appalling. I'm disgusted by the fact that this child is screaming out to the world that HE IS IN PAIN, pain unjustly inflicted upon him by his parents, school, and country, and the response he receives is: "*applause* you are example of how all boys need to be, good job Royce, I hope someday every boy hates himself as much as you and lives in a state of eternal and constant shame and existential despair for their crime of being born. Props to Royce for being a good little boy ally, let's all hope soon every boy knows he's a worthless monster too!". All of those upon whom the welfare of this boy depended have done worse than fail him, they have actively damaged him and they are CELEBRATING the psychological abuse they have subjected him to. This is so unbelievably disturbing, some how even more disturbing is the fact that so many are so completely without empathy for his humanity that they literally don't recognize his pathological self-contempt and shame as something to be concerned about. THIS IS A CHILD WHO HATES HIMSELF FOR NO FUCKING REASON, HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG, AND YET WE CHEER AS HE FLAGELLATES HIMSELF WITH A WHIP OF SHAME CREATED BY ALL THE PEOPLE ENTRUSTED TO NURTURE AND GUIDE HIM. I can't even honestly say I'm surprised by this, boys are subject to constant dehumanization and demoralization and no one EVER stands up for them because it does NOT EVEN REGISTER to people that boys are every bit as vulnerable and worthy of protection and compassion as girls... so many watched this grotesque display of adolescent self-flagellation and can't even begin to sense their lack of empathy because a boy like Royce isn't even a human to them, how have we so wantonly disregarded the humanity of boys?
Why do I feel like there is a general inability to recognize the humanity and existential value of boys? Is it because we don’t believe they possess such value? Does a boy have any human potential besides condemning himself as a disgusting monster projected onto him by charlatans and sophists who presume to know him better than he can ever possibly know himself? There just doesn't seem to be very much hope for boys then. Honestly, why shouldn't boys resent the idea of becoming men given what that has come to mean in contemporary culture? If I were a 10 year-old boy today I'd absolutely do anything to escape the fate of contemporary manhood, for there is nothing aspirational left to that fate, only worthlessness or monstrosity and infinite shame to feed a cycle of perpetual self-hatred. I wonder how many boys don't know that they could mean something important to someone someday. Here's one hypothesis: boys are taught that they are members of the oppressor sex class, so to avoid the dehumanization and nihilism of this notion they fetishize the role of those who they explicitly recognize as victimized and therefore worthy of human empathy: women and girls. Perhaps this trend, and I cannot understate how reasonable (obvious even) I find this possibility, is a simple matter sublimation. Feminism tells boys how boys are raised to dehumanize women and girls, accepting this idea implicitly they reject the notion of boyhood, manhood, and masculinity altogether by identifying with those whose humanity they are told they would otherwise be infringing upon; to escape the immense shame, guilt, and scorn of remaining “complicit” in a system of alleged male domination they fetishize having their masculinity or general maleness taken and/or reduced by feminine influence... they’d rather be made to suffer like they’ve internalized the shame and self-contempt for inflicting (imagined and non-exist) suffering upon women and girls. Despite the fact that they are guilty of nothing at all, and want for nothing more than to know how to be worthy of life, they mutilate themselves (psychology and physically) in order to feel equivalently validated as human beings worthy of compassion and relationship.
If I could speak to Royce Mann I would have only these empathetic words to say: you are your own man to be, not whatever thing that stranger may have presumed you to be, you don't belong to the perceptions of others; her perceptions are not within your power to control, and beyond your power to take responsibility for, the greatest and only power in the life of a good man resides in the choice to be the man worthy of life as an end unto itself by living as the means of being through himself. YOU ARE NOT AN OBJECT KID, YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING, BE HUMAN RATHER THAN THE PROP THESE WORDS HAVE MADE YOU, YOU ARE NOT BROKEN AND YOU ARE NOT UNWORTHY OF THE LIFE YOU WERE GIVEN TO LIVE.
Damn, Im glad Im old enough not to be in college anymore.
He’s in 8th grade. Maybe you should be in college
Here we have the whole comment section to prove his points, passionately.
The poem should be called "Jewish Boy Privilege." Or maybe their is such a thing as white boy privilege and I haven't noticed it yet? It must be my imagination all the racism I go against daily. This is a perfect example of giving someone a foot and they take a mile.
...It’s more of “White Christian Boy Privilege”
...they are the true top of the ladder
I will NEVER apologize for the color of my skin.
No one asked you to.
It’s deeper than that dummy
@@jubilantsleep as you cry “white privilege” because you can’t get into a college with your 1.0 GPA.
Where did anyone ask you to?
@@eileenfrey2155 it’s called all the seething libcucks demanding white people pay reparations.
It's pathetic when a 14 year old boy makes more sense than the adults. We all should listen .
Who else here is watching this in 2020 and noticing that not a damn thing has changed and in fact is now worse than it was 4 years ago. Why can't people open their eyes and see the world in front of them and, instead of seeing people for the color of their skin, see people for the size of their heart?
I'm really sad to see that this has attracted so much hate. Privilege comes in all forms and recognising ours is an act of empathy for others, not criticism of ourselves. It's awesome to see someone as young as Royce exploring big, complicated issues and having the guts to share his ideas with his peers (the same goes for all the other kids who performed.) That deserves credit even if you don't agree with him. Let's not go round tearing down 14 year old kids for engaging in the world - let's encourage it. We've already got enough disengaged people, thank you!
x x x
will he do one on Asian privilege , or is that racist?
That's racist
he can't speak on that because that's not his experience
Telive Qwenton yes they do
@@AlyssaADUB1D He is not black either.
@@AlyssaADUB1Dby that token, he’s not white, he’s Jewish. Kid should stay in his lane.
I cannot believe the comments section here. Everyone hating on this young boy for standing up and owning to a divided society, and all the comments scrutinizing him and berating him for doing so. The name calling, the anti-Semitism, the homophobia - all you are doing by attacking this boy is proving he is right.
+Kiss whats with all the stars????
Royce, you give me hope that my children will not grow up in an America full of hate. All of you people commenting disgusting hate filled responses are what is wrong with America!
this kid is going places and i'm amazed that a 8th grade boy thinks about things that actually matter
I get the feeling that people aren't really listening to the whole video. He says that while he is thankful for his privileges he BELIEVES that everyone should enjoy the same privileges. Not just one group but all people. Personally as a woman I am glad that he understands that I am expected to get up every day and make myself into what a man says is beautiful and more often than not hear that I am imperfect and unbeautiful just as I am. God forbid I not wear makeup. I am sick to death of having men tell me I have to do what they want me to do just so that I can be considered as a human being because if I don't live up to their standards of beauty I'm dirty. At 22 years old I weighed in at 88 pounds and while I felt like an ugly stick I was considered just the right weight to be considered passable. now two kids later I feel so disgusted with myself that I haven't been out on a date with the man who "loves" me in over a year. He pats my stomach and says it's just his way of letting me know in a "nice" way that after to kids and now weighing 140 that I am fat. I feel ugly about my body because a man feels that giving him two beautiful daughters has made her father. I urge you to listen to whole message and be proud that someone just may understand more than just his own personal privileges.
why are people saying this young man is brainwashed, his words were deep and obviously he sees the truth at his age. most of you on here degrading this young man and his parents, is filled with hate and misunderstanding, because if you had the opportunity and wealth to send your child to a school that would improve his/her quality of life for the future you would and if you wouldnt same on you and you are just apart of the fall of America. Grow up, Stand up, and persevere to a better America.
Loved this. Great job.
Do you mean BESIDES the fact that he's a very talented 8th grader? And, that he has made some very good points?
+dscottsw1 Don't answer the troll. He just wants to harass anyone who disagrees with him.
This poem is 100% true. Why are you guys hating on a 14 year old who just wrote a poem. Get a life.
Because he's a moron
Sounds about as smart as a college SJW, a PSA for stunted intellectual growth.
This comment section is the most disgusting, toxic thing I've ever seen and it makes me sad that so many of you feel so angry and hateful when someone suggests that other people deserve equal rights. I just wanted to try and add a positive comment to the fray - Royce, that was amazingly well said. Couldn't be happier to see the kinds of people in the generation who will be running the world not too long from now. All people deserve equal opportunity, and women and minorities do not get to enjoy that right now. Yes, we're closer than ever before in history, but we're still not there yet. Of course not ALL white men are born with a silver spoon in their mouth, but it's still hard to argue that they don't dominate the world we live in. They star in all our movies, they run all of our companies, they have run the government of nearly every world power until some recent breakthroughs which will hopefull pave the path for more female and minority politicians. White men are not evil, but they should be able to recognize that they don't know what it's actually like not to be white or to be a woman or even worse, transgender. These people do face real problems, they're not just making this stuff up. I myself am a white man, but that doesn't mean I feel guilty about it. It's just that my life is pretty great, and it saddens me that other people don't always have the opportunities I have to live a good life, to be successful and happy. This comment section is proof that there's work to be done, but I know that someday, hopefully soon, issues like these will be a thing of the past.
Hello Ryan, I hope you're having a wonderful Friday.
I left a pretty detailed post as to why I disagree with the message of this poem. I definitely don't disagree with equal rights, everyone deserves them. I don't know any rational human that would say people don't deserve equal rights.
But equal rights does not equate to equal outcomes. Some people see a disproportionate outcome, and all the sudden scream institutional racism, it's the patriarch, etc. That is the laziest approach to any potential problems, because it will never fix anything. Identify a problem, identify why it's unfair based on race, gender, whatever, and then fix it.
White men star in all our movies, run all our companies, and run all our countries.
Movies
The entertainment industry exists to make money. If it was more profitable to have women star in lead action roles, they'd do that.
Companies
This is a capitalist country, where a women or minority has every opportunity to make something of themselves. I dated a minority for years - her mom and dad each owned their own businesses. Her dad's lawfirm was one of the top 100 most profitable in the US. Is it because institutional racism is now allowing him to do that? No.
Run All Our Countries
Pretty sure we can vote for who we want to be in power. If you want a woman or minority in power just to have a woman or minority in power, you should not have a vote. If you want the best person to be in power because they are the best person and they happen to be a minority or woman, then by all means go right ahead.
Black men dominate professional sports. Should we say, "Sports are biased giving black men an unfair advantage?" Of course not, that would be ridiculous. There is a disproportionate outcome, but it doesn't mean I wasn't given the same chance as everyone else to make the 76ers.
This is seriously appalling. I'm disgusted by the fact that this child is screaming out to the world that HE IS IN PAIN, pain unjustly inflicted upon him by his parents, school, and country, and the response he receives is: "*applause* you are example of how all boys need to be, good job Royce, I hope someday every boy hates himself as much as you and lives in a state of eternal and constant shame and existential despair for their crime of being born. Props to Royce for being a good little boy ally, let's all hope soon every boy knows he's a worthless monster too!". All of those upon whom the welfare of this boy depended have done worse than fail him, they have actively damaged him and they are CELEBRATING the psychological abuse they have subjected him to. This is so unbelievably disturbing, some how even more disturbing is the fact that so many are so completely without empathy for his humanity that they literally don't recognize his pathological self-contempt and shame as something to be concerned about. THIS IS A CHILD WHO HATES HIMSELF FOR NO FUCKING REASON, HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG, AND YET WE CHEER AS HE FLAGELLATES HIMSELF WITH A WHIP OF SHAME CREATED BY ALL THE PEOPLE ENTRUSTED TO NURTURE AND GUIDE HIM. I can't even honestly say I'm surprised by this, boys are subject to constant dehumanization and demoralization and no one EVER stands up for them because it does NOT EVEN REGISTER to people that boys are every bit as vulnerable and worthy of protection and compassion as girls... so many watched this grotesque display of adolescent self-flagellation and can't even begin to sense their lack of empathy because a boy like Royce isn't even a human to them, how have we so wantonly disregarded the humanity of boys?
Why do I feel like there is a general inability to recognize the humanity and existential value of boys? Is it because we don’t believe they possess such value? Does a boy have any human potential besides condemning himself as a disgusting monster projected onto him by charlatans and sophists who presume to know him better than he can ever possibly know himself? There just doesn't seem to be very much hope for boys then. Honestly, why shouldn't boys resent the idea of becoming men given what that has come to mean in contemporary culture? If I were a 10 year-old boy today I'd absolutely do anything to escape the fate of contemporary manhood, for there is nothing aspirational left to that fate, only worthlessness or monstrosity and infinite shame to feed a cycle of perpetual self-hatred. I wonder how many boys don't know that they could mean something important to someone someday. Here's one hypothesis: boys are taught that they are members of the oppressor sex class, so to avoid the dehumanization and nihilism of this notion they fetishize the role of those who they explicitly recognize as victimized and therefore worthy of human empathy: women and girls. Perhaps this trend, and I cannot understate how reasonable (obvious even) I find this possibility, is a simple matter sublimation. Feminism tells boys how boys are raised to dehumanize women and girls, accepting this idea implicitly they reject the notion of boyhood, manhood, and masculinity altogether by identifying with those whose humanity they are told they would otherwise be infringing upon; to escape the immense shame, guilt, and scorn of remaining “complicit” in a system of alleged male domination they fetishize having their masculinity or general maleness taken and/or reduced by feminine influence... they’d rather be made to suffer like they’ve internalized the shame and self-contempt for inflicting (imagined and non-exist) suffering upon women and girls. Despite the fact that they are guilty of nothing at all, and want for nothing more than to know how to be worthy of life, they mutilate themselves (psychology and physically) in order to feel equivalently validated as human beings worthy of compassion and relationship.
If I could speak to Royce Mann I would have only these empathetic words to say: you are your own man to be, not whatever thing that stranger may have presumed you to be, you don't belong to the perceptions of others; her perceptions are not within your power to control, and beyond your power to take responsibility for, the greatest and only power in the life of a good man resides in the choice to be the man worthy of life as an end unto itself by living as the means of being through himself. YOU ARE NOT AN OBJECT KID, YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING, BE HUMAN RATHER THAN THE PROP THESE WORDS HAVE MADE YOU, YOU ARE NOT BROKEN AND YOU ARE NOT UNWORTHY OF THE LIFE YOU WERE GIVEN TO LIVE.
No, no, no. Stop apologizing.
I'm a white woman. I don't want you to apologize to me. You didn't do anything wrong.
Don't worry he's jewish, not white.
Depending on how you look and your body weight you have the most privilege out of all of them. And I'm just saying that's the way the world is. Not saying it's right or wrong I say that because every man will uphold you on the pedestal.
@@travelingjohn69 Yeah, right. I can totally just solve all my problems by standing there having a body type at them.
I'm not even that thin, but western culture insists I MUST be anorexic, because I'm not 400 lbs...
@@jessicametaneira7861 Nah, just don't be fat. It's not hard. There is an entire movement for thicc chicks. Literally, just walk like a mile once a week and no one will complain.
@@HATEROVERLORD Haha I couldn't be fat if I tried.
Been very self-indulgent and lazy over the early winter. I eat half a pack of butter a day mixed into hot chocolate. Still pretty lean. I'm not the hyper-ripped weightlifter I used to be at 21, but I still have a six pack haha
I think some of the commenters here are confused. This boy isn't saying that if you're white your life can't be hard, but rather that it's not the fact that you're white that makes it hard.
It's amazing how this single poem managed to be racist and bigotted toward every single human being simultaneously. It's quite amazing really.
YES YES YES.
If only ALL white men could understand the simple words this kid sharing.
The highest income racial/ethnic group rank as follows: East Indians, Jews, Filipino, Taiwanese, Japanese and then Caucasians. East Indians have darker skin than many African-Americans - how can they become the highest income earners if we have such a racist, white privileged society? Shouldn't we be talking about East Indian privilege?
“WASHINGTON, DC: The median income of India Americans - the richest community in the U.S. - was $100,547, according to new figures released by the US Census Bureau.”
www.americanbazaaronline.com/2015/05/01/indian-americans-are-the-richest-community-in-the-us-with-median-income-of-100547/
LMAO at a white man calling a black woman racist.
I'm white. She isn't being racist. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. If you don't like it ignore it.
What she's saying is true. There are a lot of white men that don't understand the reality of white male privilege. She never said that no white men understand what this kid is saying.
Facts are lost on these people...
what is up with all these comments? your poem was amazing. honestly I'm SO impressed you said all that in front of so many people so confidently. I'm 14 too & I love poetry, but I could only dream about doing something like this. I'm also white, and I relate to a lot of what you mentioned. I'm still trying to wrap my head around how people think this is wrong ? great job :)
I find it funny how mostly white men are hating on this kid
That's right. Be a good little white boy and conform to what the system wants you to be.
He's Jewish pretending
I don’t know how I feel about this 🤔
This is seriously appalling. I'm disgusted by the fact that this child is screaming out to the world that HE IS IN PAIN, pain unjustly inflicted upon him by his parents, school, and country, and the response he receives is: "*applause* you are example of how all boys need to be, good job Royce, I hope someday every boy hates himself as much as you and lives in a state of eternal and constant shame and existential despair for their crime of being born. Props to Royce for being a good little boy ally, let's all hope soon every boy knows he's a worthless monster too!". All of those upon whom the welfare of this boy depended have done worse than fail him, they have actively damaged him and they are CELEBRATING the psychological abuse they have subjected him to. This is so unbelievably disturbing, some how even more disturbing is the fact that so many are so completely without empathy for his humanity that they literally don't recognize his pathological self-contempt and shame as something to be concerned about. THIS IS A CHILD WHO HATES HIMSELF FOR NO FUCKING REASON, HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG, AND YET WE CHEER AS HE FLAGELLATES HIMSELF WITH A WHIP OF SHAME CREATED BY ALL THE PEOPLE ENTRUSTED TO NURTURE AND GUIDE HIM. I can't even honestly say I'm surprised by this, boys are subject to constant dehumanization and demoralization and no one EVER stands up for them because it does NOT EVEN REGISTER to people that boys are every bit as vulnerable and worthy of protection and compassion as girls... so many watched this grotesque display of adolescent self-flagellation and can't even begin to sense their lack of empathy because a boy like Royce isn't even a human to them, how have we so wantonly disregarded the humanity of boys?
Why do I feel like there is a general inability to recognize the humanity and existential value of boys? Is it because we don’t believe they possess such value? Does a boy have any human potential besides condemning himself as a disgusting monster projected onto him by charlatans and sophists who presume to know him better than he can ever possibly know himself? There just doesn't seem to be very much hope for boys then. Honestly, why shouldn't boys resent the idea of becoming men given what that has come to mean in contemporary culture? If I were a 10 year-old boy today I'd absolutely do anything to escape the fate of contemporary manhood, for there is nothing aspirational left to that fate, only worthlessness or monstrosity and infinite shame to feed a cycle of perpetual self-hatred. I wonder how many boys don't know that they could mean something important to someone someday. Here's one hypothesis: boys are taught that they are members of the oppressor sex class, so to avoid the dehumanization and nihilism of this notion they fetishize the role of those who they explicitly recognize as victimized and therefore worthy of human empathy: women and girls. Perhaps this trend, and I cannot understate how reasonable (obvious even) I find this possibility, is a simple matter sublimation. Feminism tells boys how boys are raised to dehumanize women and girls, accepting this idea implicitly they reject the notion of boyhood, manhood, and masculinity altogether by identifying with those whose humanity they are told they would otherwise be infringing upon; to escape the immense shame, guilt, and scorn of remaining “complicit” in a system of alleged male domination they fetishize having their masculinity or general maleness taken and/or reduced by feminine influence... they’d rather be made to suffer like they’ve internalized the shame and self-contempt for inflicting (imagined and non-exist) suffering upon women and girls. Despite the fact that they are guilty of nothing at all, and want for nothing more than to know how to be worthy of life, they mutilate themselves (psychology and physically) in order to feel equivalently validated as human beings worthy of compassion and relationship.
If I could speak to Royce Mann I would have only these empathetic words to say: you are your own man to be, not whatever thing that stranger may have presumed you to be, you don't belong to the perceptions of others; her perceptions are not within your power to control, and beyond your power to take responsibility for, the greatest and only power in the life of a good man resides in the choice to be the man worthy of life as an end unto itself by living as the means of being through himself. YOU ARE NOT AN OBJECT KID, YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING, BE HUMAN RATHER THAN THE PROP THESE WORDS HAVE MADE YOU, YOU ARE NOT BROKEN AND YOU ARE NOT UNWORTHY OF THE LIFE YOU WERE GIVEN TO LIVE.
This is amazing! I'm looking forward to hearing more like this from Royce and I can only hope to one day have a child that thinks this way and actually ACTS on it.
Kindly tell all men of your woke religious fervor on the first date so they don't waste even a second moment of their time.
Well spoken. The haters here are lacking some brain cells that enable understanding of your poem. I hope your classmates and teachers got it!
this kid is talking about stereotypical races and I'm pretty sure it's all hypothetical...don't get offended bros smh.... he's just a kid :/
It's because he's a kid that I'm concerned
@@glibbergloop It concerns you that our next generation wants the world to be a better place? How sad.
This is why we need bullies.
It's so funny you say that because I wanted to give him a swirly halfway through
@@ajbush9889 shut up, you're 50.
In the year 2002 i was like get rid of all the bullies, but its 2016+ and now i want bullies back !
I cannot believe a young man would write this and believe it? Privilege? Speak for yourself. Im white and Im male and I grew up in a home where my parents would call the cops on us quite a bit. Then they threw me out on the road when I was an 8th grader and I spent nights walking the streets sleeping on benches. Is that the privilege you speak of? You have a lot of growing up to do to judge me and my race. I now dont work and havent for 8 years because I cant leave my home because of PTSD. 6 suicides in my family? You tell me where my privilege is at that you so say I have? Unbelievable. Dont judge me and dont judge others. Because of YOUR privilege im now judged to be like you? Hell no. Live my life one day knowing that the only thing to look forward to is death and being forgotten? That is my privilege.
Oh and by the way I dont live on welfare I tough it out. So I have no privilege. Judge someone else.
Every. Single. Time
more white people need to be like this
Why white people? Isn't that racist? I'm actually a ginger. We don't count because ginger has the same letters as the n word lol.
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Jael Rampersad
so sad u were born
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More white people.need to be self hating pussies?
Yeah,no thanks.
The rich son of an actor and actress, who has his own IMDB page yet is being passed off as your average white kid.
No. He knows that. He’s using that privilege to spread awareness
Kid is a fucking douchebag brainwashed putz. I have "privilege" because I worked through college, earned a degree that allowed me to find a job and career (not some bullshit thing like women's studies) and go to work each day. The ones crying and whining should try it.
How about you "earn" yourself some empathy or sympathy for others you Jackoff.
+John R agree 100%
+John R amen
a 14 year old at a prep school who's parents are upper middle class has priveledge. He states that at the very beginning of his poem. Anyone who has to work their way through college isn't in the same realm he's describing.
Dope Job Young Man...
"White"
This is some scary shit.
Indeed. This is what happens when indoctrination is introduced before a child has either the context or the prefrontal cortex to properly parse the incoming proselytism.
What?
@@BB-wb5nw if you have to ask, you're still part of the problem
Thanks for the poem. I love this young man honesty. He has more heart than a lot of grown folks.
THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY!!! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲💪💪💪
everyone that is commenting shit about this is fucking ridiculous. White Privilege is real. We're not saying that you don't face hardships. I'm just saying that whats hard for me is harder for people that aren't white. To the men saying that feminism is stupid and then telling a woman to "go make a sandwich". The whole system is fucked, this kid is smarter than half of the people commenting below. Royce, you have touched hearts and opened minds, don't let these people tell you other wise.
I think that a lot of people misinterpret this poem by Royce. I think he is very educated and very bold to talk about a topic that people are either too scared to talk about, or are too arrogant, immature or narrow-minded to bother understanding. I believe that racism is an epidemic that has been prevalent in our society for a long time and still is today. Mind you that I am not saying that the situation has not gotten any better from the past, but Royce has a point. We need to acknowledge this and stop criticizing people who do. Good job Royce!
Just read his poem in a CNN article. The sentiment of his message brought tears to my eyes. Maybe we can make it after all, we just need more like this excellent human being.
This is seriously appalling. I'm disgusted by the fact that this child is screaming out to the world that HE IS IN PAIN, pain unjustly inflicted upon him by his parents, school, and country, and the response he receives is: "*applause* you are example of how all boys need to be, good job Royce, I hope someday every boy hates himself as much as you and lives in a state of eternal and constant shame and existential despair for their crime of being born. Props to Royce for being a good little boy ally, let's all hope soon every boy knows he's a worthless monster too!". All of those upon whom the welfare of this boy depended have done worse than fail him, they have actively damaged him and they are CELEBRATING the psychological abuse they have subjected him to. This is so unbelievably disturbing, some how even more disturbing is the fact that so many are so completely without empathy for his humanity that they literally don't recognize his pathological self-contempt and shame as something to be concerned about. THIS IS A CHILD WHO HATES HIMSELF FOR NO FUCKING REASON, HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG, AND YET WE CHEER AS HE FLAGELLATES HIMSELF WITH A WHIP OF SHAME CREATED BY ALL THE PEOPLE ENTRUSTED TO NURTURE AND GUIDE HIM. I can't even honestly say I'm surprised by this, boys are subject to constant dehumanization and demoralization and no one EVER stands up for them because it does NOT EVEN REGISTER to people that boys are every bit as vulnerable and worthy of protection and compassion as girls... so many watched this grotesque display of adolescent self-flagellation and can't even begin to sense their lack of empathy because a boy like Royce isn't even a human to them, how have we so wantonly disregarded the humanity of boys?
Why do I feel like there is a general inability to recognize the humanity and existential value of boys? Is it because we don’t believe they possess such value? Does a boy have any human potential besides condemning himself as a disgusting monster projected onto him by charlatans and sophists who presume to know him better than he can ever possibly know himself? There just doesn't seem to be very much hope for boys then. Honestly, why shouldn't boys resent the idea of becoming men given what that has come to mean in contemporary culture? If I were a 10 year-old boy today I'd absolutely do anything to escape the fate of contemporary manhood, for there is nothing aspirational left to that fate, only worthlessness or monstrosity and infinite shame to feed a cycle of perpetual self-hatred. I wonder how many boys don't know that they could mean something important to someone someday. Here's one hypothesis: boys are taught that they are members of the oppressor sex class, so to avoid the dehumanization and nihilism of this notion they fetishize the role of those who they explicitly recognize as victimized and therefore worthy of human empathy: women and girls. Perhaps this trend, and I cannot understate how reasonable (obvious even) I find this possibility, is a simple matter sublimation. Feminism tells boys how boys are raised to dehumanize women and girls, accepting this idea implicitly they reject the notion of boyhood, manhood, and masculinity altogether by identifying with those whose humanity they are told they would otherwise be infringing upon; to escape the immense shame, guilt, and scorn of remaining “complicit” in a system of alleged male domination they fetishize having their masculinity or general maleness taken and/or reduced by feminine influence... they’d rather be made to suffer like they’ve internalized the shame and self-contempt for inflicting (imagined and non-exist) suffering upon women and girls. Despite the fact that they are guilty of nothing at all, and want for nothing more than to know how to be worthy of life, they mutilate themselves (psychology and physically) in order to feel equivalently validated as human beings worthy of compassion and relationship.
If I could speak to Royce Mann I would have only these empathetic words to say: you are your own man to be, not whatever thing that stranger may have presumed you to be, you don't belong to the perceptions of others; her perceptions are not within your power to control, and beyond your power to take responsibility for, the greatest and only power in the life of a good man resides in the choice to be the man worthy of life as an end unto itself by living as the means of being through himself. YOU ARE NOT AN OBJECT KID, YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING, BE HUMAN RATHER THAN THE PROP THESE WORDS HAVE MADE YOU, YOU ARE NOT BROKEN AND YOU ARE NOT UNWORTHY OF THE LIFE YOU WERE GIVEN TO LIVE.
am i the only one who is proud of white people finally speaking up and trying to make a difference even when it 'apparently' doesn't concern them?
How much more free stuff do you want?
Vega, did you even LISTEN UNTIL THE END? He AGREES that white privilege is BAD!
There is no such thing as white privilege. A decent hard working black person can make it just as far as anyone. I know plenty of black people far richer than my ass.
why dont you talk about your female privilege? like how you arent left to die when you cant afford healthcare? or how you're assured to have housing if you fall homeless? or how you'll never be arrested for being the victim of domestic violence? if he wants men to start acting like women, does that mean i get to stay at home when the next war breaks out?
It's easy to make a difference. Just shoot up a police department.
Haha... So much hate in the comments section, especially towards an eighth grader... knowing that I'm not so full of hate tells me i'm on the right side of this issue...
Those who are behind this racial hate towards our children will be held accountable.
You are incorrect....those who are white will be held accountable for the sins of the past. Everyone else gets a "free ride".