IS RACISM OVER YET?
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- Опубліковано 7 тра 2015
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ANTI-RACIST ACTIVISTS TO FOLLOW
Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow
www.amazon.com/The-New-Crow-In...
Deray Mckesson, twitter activist #BlackLivesMatter
/ deray
thisisthemovement.launchrock.com/
Johnetta Elzia, twitter activist #BlackLivesMatter
/ nettaaaaaaaa
thisisthemovement.launchrock.com/
Shaun King, blogger
/ shaunking
Feminista Jones, blogger
/ feministajones
Elon James White, This Week In Blackness #TWIB
/ elonjames
thisweekinblackness.com/
Franchesca Ramsey, UA-cam activist
/ chescaleigh
Shit white girls say to black girls:
• Shit White Girls Say.....
Sometimes you're a caterpillar:
• Sometimes You're A Cat...
Akilah Hughes, UA-cam activist
/ smoothiefreak
Meet your first black girlfriend:
• Meet Your First Black ...
On intersectionality, feminism, and pizza:
• On Intersectionality i...
Tim Wise, white anti-racist activist
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REFERENCED, SOURCES, AND FURTHER READING
WEALTH & HOUSING
Housing discrimination report
www.huduser.org/portal/publica...
The racist housing policy that made your neighborhood
www.theatlantic.com/business/a...
A battle for fair housing is raging but mostly forgotten
www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2...
Race & income inequality
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/washington...
Racial disparities in lending
www.americanprogress.org/wp-c...
EDUCATION
Data snapshot: school discipline
www2.ed.gov/about/offices/lis...
Status and trends in black education
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo...
EMPLOYMENT
Racial bias in hiring
www.chicagobooth.edu/capideas/...
Whiter jobs, higher wages - EPI Report
www.epi.org/publication/whiter...
MASS INCARCERATION
Racial trends
www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/p...
Is prison the new Jim Crow?
www.uua.org/multiculturalism/g...
International prison population trends
www.prisonstudies.org/highest-...
US has largest prison population in the world
thinkprogress.org/justice/2014...
Racism in the prison industrial complex
www.colorlines.com/articles/ma...
Criminal justice fact sheet
www.naacp.org/pages/criminal-j...
RACIAL PROFILING
Race & the drug war (coke vs cocaine info)
www.drugpolicy.org/race-and-dr...
Show me your papers
www.commondreams.org/news/2012...
Blacks suffer under stop & frisk - man stopped 258 times
www.theatlantic.com/national/a...
Disproportionate minority contact - Report
sentencingproject.org/doc/publ...
Racial gaps in arrests - a staggering disparity
www.usatoday.com/story/news/na...
POLICE BRUTALITY
Police militarization
www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-...
Police brutality statistics
graphs.net/police-brutality-st...
Twice a week white officers shoot black suspects
mic.com/articles/96452/one-tro...
SUMMARY
In this video, Laci Green talks about the nature of racism in 2015. She begins by challenging commonly held ideas about what racism is. She highlights how racist attitudes have created a racist system...which have created more racist attitudes. In order to stop the cycle, she illustrates 6 common ways that racism is institutionalized. Wealth disparities and housing, education, employment, mass incarceration, racial profiling, and police brutality are all touched upon. She ends by calling white America to stop making excuses that enable the past to continue and instead acknowledge the injustice right in front of us. - Розваги
Dear white people,
Racism doesn't always look like white hoods and burning crosses, it looks like people trying to justify why a black person didn't deserve to live when killed by police. Racism doesn't always look like racial slurs and hate speech, it looks like stereotypes & broad generalizations used to refer to an entire race of people to absolve individuals accountability for their own prejudices. Racism doesn't always look like hatred, it often looks like indifference perpetuated by willful ignorance.
If you're looking to discuss whether or not racism is over in America, the last person you should be looking to answer this question is another white person.
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” -Alvin Toffler
P.S. To all the people crying "reverse racism", if you're mad at what I've said here it's because you know what I've said applies to you. Don't be mad at me for holding up the mirror, be mad at your own reflection.
P.P.S. Your white tears are delicious.
But seriously, snark aside, I'm moderating these comments and will immediately delete anyone who swears, name calls or just outright denies without engaging, respectfully. I'm more than open to discussion with those who have questions and are able to take part in thoughtful discussion.
***** ...What generalization about white people did I make?
Rebecca K. You said "white". That means that you referred to all whites, ever, across all the timelines and the perpendicular dimensions. (But not _parallel_ dimensions, because "parallels", by definitions, never meet each other).
Or: some people want you to shut up and stop talking about racism because they don't wanna think about them, and believe it's not their (first-world) fault anyway.
MrKockNoker What I think Rebecca was trying to say is that you shouldn't be asking a white person whether we still experience racism because white people DO NOT EXPERIENCE RACISM. You can be prejudiced or discriminatory towards white people, but you cannot be racist towards them as they are not an oppressed race. I think she means, and sorry if I'm wrong, that if you want to know if racism still exists, talk to someone who is not part of the privileged majority. Laci Green is trying to help and spread awareness and encouraging us to look at activists and other people who do know what's going on an do still experience racism.
Dario Carraresi This comment made me laugh so hard, thank you for this. I swear, people don't realize that if they feel attacked by comments like these it has nothing to do with me. Nothing to do with my phrasing. My comment serves as a mirror, and people want to yell at me about their reflection. Don't like your reflection? Well, that's your problem, not mine.
Eversor Fatalis While I respect you trying to reason with the unreasonable, I didn't "try" to say anything... I said it pretty clearly. Trust me, people who push back aren't asking for further clarification, they're seeking out any and every opportunity to further their own cognitive dissonance and separate themselves from their skewed perspective of what racism is and isn't.
raindrop52
Racism is not an equal opportunity offender in America. It isn't. And again, I ask, what generalizations did I make about white people?
I'll wait.
American whites, not global whites. Different countries have different histories.
Melanie MulHolland Uhh... she *was* talking about racism in America. Racism elsewhere takes different forms, like white Europeans discriminating against the Roma or African immigrants, or white Latin Americans discriminating against indigenous people, or white Australians discriminating against aboriginals and Asians. See, not all whites are the same ;)
***** Actually, most countries don't allow immigration, so they don't even have the option to be racist.
***** Yes they do, immigraiton doesn't equal racism, look at Han Chinese racism against Uyghur or other minorities, Look at Japanese racism against Indonesians and Chinese, look at Korean racism against Central Asians.
Roma9532 This actually explains something to me. I've noticed that the Japanese foreign exchange students don't get along with the Chinese foreign exchange students, guess I now know why.
Tobi Girl
It is actually more than that, you might check in the history it is very long and rough.
Also the Nanking Rape occurred in our modern era.
This woman came with facts in this video talking about a specific issue in our country right now yet so many people emotionally spew hatred towards her. Keep doing what you're doing I think your amazing!
facts my ass
facts my ass
you mean her opinion? :^)
No facts, even though you try to say other wise which is and opinion, #Owned
+L2R didnt say it was my opinion just an observation, and if you've ever watched undoomed and or listened to anyone other than your little cult leaders you might have a valid opinion.why not show me proof feminism is helping.
I'm not racist, my shadow is black.
joe momma Racist!
+joe momma No...that's racism..
+I am Serious yep, there asexual, cis gender, and all those other B.S. Genders :)
+KATRINA HAUER that's so bullshit, there's only two sexually orentation male and female.
Sorry, but I disagree. Just so you know I go to a school full of people who identify as those things, but I disagree with them. I think there's only two gender male and felmale, and sexually orentation are straight and gay. That's it, I think that all that other stuff, is made up shit (sexually orentation I'm a little bit more lenient towards. Meaning I don't get so hot headed), especially gender. Oh my fucking god does it piss me off when people Identify as a made up gender. I mean your not some new fucking human species that has a half a penis and half of a vagina. You either have a dick or a vagina, so in corrolation with that. You're either a man or a woman.
As a white girl from Europe, this made me understand things in America a lot better than unsourced tumblr posts. Thanks Lacy! You're awesome.
She probably gets her sources from tumblr anyway
Maddox Check the downbar, all the sources are there
Maddox When You Want *LIKES* So Bad..
***** Sorry to say, but this video is just as biased as most of the "racism isn't as big of a problem in America as it's made out to be" videos you'll see. Both sides are pushing their agenda. The fact is, it's not such a black and white (no pun intended) issue. There are undeniably laws in place which help minorities. Things such as Affirmative Action, for example.
Another example of Lacie's clear bias pushing is her "schools" point. (Mind you, this isn't her only point I could easily have disproven)
In America, public schools have racial diversity quotas. Meaning a school in a very rich neighborhood will need to bus in lower-income people from the inner city, and from the country. These lower-income people (OF ALL RACES) will be attending the same school as the rich kids. And some rich kids will be sent to the schools in the ghetto. It's not as cut and dry as "Rich white kids live in this neighborhood, so we'll build a nice school, and only rich white kids can go to it". I grew up in a shithole part of Nashville, TN. Poor as fuck. My school was in one of the richest neighborhoods in the city. It had people like me, and people literally from the ghetto.
Most things she pointed out weren't a means to keep black people in poverty. They were a means of keeping poor people in poverty. I like Lac and agree with a lot of what she says, but this video is nothing but "whites are privileged" tumblr bullshit. And quite frankly, as a half-middle eastern person who grew up in one of the most racist areas of the country, IN POST 9/11 AMERICA, I don't particularly appreciate some white girl trying to act like she understands the reality of people like me, or the other people she seems to think she's doing a service to by making this video, just because she can link to a few studies and shit. "SEE? I RECOGNIZE MY WHITE PRIVILEGE". It's fucking condescending.
Maddox U mad? Just cuz Laci is white?
I just want to shove all of Laci's videos on racism, sexuality, gender-identity and equality in my grandparents' faces. It's terrible how they're too stubborn to take on a different point of view and face the facts. I've tried to call them out on what they say but they seem to think their reasoning is sound when it's obviously bullshit.
Same here, but I want to do this with my entire family
fay gardner You don't need their permission to date black people.
I face the same with my grandparents. They just don't recognize the existence of sexism and racism. They think that only their conservative opinions are right. They're stuck back in the olden time. They grew up with conservative ideas, so they're not very likely to adapt to present revolutionary ideas. I tried a lot to make them understand until I gave up. :(
Same!!
fay gardner Keep doing it, share the videos, continue to educate yourself, and through that educate those around you. That's a great way to do your part.
I appreciate your spirit, manner and your heart...you do get it and i wish you peace
your won of the people the democratic party loves because you have been brainwashed by our liberal media and schools
dm me through my channel i would like to talk to you
+ChrisZombies Gamer Delusional brainwashed conservative who has been brainwashed by the conservative media.
I was redirected to this video as part of my Psych studies. This video literally gave me chills, the amount of sociological disadvantages the African American communities is just unimaginable to me. Of course I've always felt this way, but these facts are just chilling! Thank you for this factual video. I am thoroughly enlightened.
Laci, I like your argument for African American racism in the U.S., but you're unintentionally implying that only white on black racism exists and it's a problem that is only 400 years old. I think you've failed to see the bigger picture that racism and racial prejudice play in our society. I'm Arab-American, that comes with its own form of racism and racial prejudice. Just because I'm not black doesn't mean I don't experience racism. I don't believe it was your intention to exclude people of other races, but using racism as a term to specifically describe one form of negativity is harmful to many other groups out there. I'm very pale; when I tell people of my descent behavior towards me changes depending on whom I am talking to. I go to an all girls, mostly white, high school. Very often, and very easily, do issues like race get thrown out of hand or ignored. I think it's important to realize that not only one form of racism exists, people of all races can be racially prejudice and racist. I do see where you intended to make a good point, but implying racism is only 400 years old is dangerous and harmful for many people who do experience racism out there.
lol Stole ur rare pepe actually no. I went to a co-ed school before which was just as bad. The all girls school is just less obvious about their ignorance towards race because it's mostly upper middle class white girls who don't know better
Sandra Starr Well, she is focusing on black & white racism in this video. THat doesnt mean she is completely ignorant of all other races. She just didnt talk about it in this video, cuz she didnt feel like it. & Im brown too, but never really cared about racism. White girls are sexy tho.
Sandra Starr Different minorities experience different sorts of discrimination. You have the advantage of being able to hide your heritage (as I have the advantage of hiding my sexual orientation), black people don't. On the other hand, you and I feel the pressure of feeling like we have to hide, black people don't.
Sandra Starr I completely agree with you .. I'm am Puerto Rican and went to a mostly all white school in Georgia .. I was raised around them so unconsciously I acted like them and dressed like them.. I thought it was normal.. When I moved I went to a mostly all black and latino school and I was bullied because I "didn't act like my race" :/ the white kids would get bullied so most of them started dressing "black" and listening to rap music ... This is something that confused me so much as a kid.. Racism is REAL .. No matter what race Black, White, Latino, Asian.. All races face some type of racism :/ I see her point in the video tho ..
Sandra Starr She said herself that she only hit the tip of the iceberg. I'm sure she wanted to acknowledge other races but didn't have enough time. I hope anyone who is swayed by this video doesn't come away thinking that racism only effects black people, because they probably would have missed the point entirely.
I hate how people stereotype black people into one small group. Why is it so difficult to realise people shouldn't be defined by their race, gender or sexuality? It really disgusts me how racism still takes place on a regular basis in such a casual way as if it should be expected. I hope every UKip voter watches this video.
Yes! I think the key to eliminating (or at least reducing) racism is to make people see individuals instead of instances or representatives of a racial group. This requires _less_ focus on groups and _more_ focus on how to treat individuals in a fair way.
***** America does a great job of reminding you what group you are in every job application, college application, etc.
Miss Shy Because UKIP voters don't like black people? Your point is very confused.
666or999 All UKIP wants to do is stop immigration, all the other parties said they were going to do it, but UKIP is the only one that seems serious about it. There's nothing racist about it but it's enough to set off the "racism" alarms in people like "Miss Shy."
Rusty Shackleford Ok that is actual racism.
As a black parent teach your children not to rely on the "system" an create opportunities for your self don't become a steroytype show some personal responsibility. Stay off the streets,take up a hobby,do something productive learn a different language,go to the library an read some great books. Those kinds of things will help your children to become successful in there lives
+LEX LOGAN Well said! That's some wisdom there.
exactly
+LEX LOGAN Stop! You're making too much sense for these left-wing idiots!!!!
+Dallas Yu preach !!!:)
Lol, but not everyone has those opportunities or family support like that.
I am half African-American. I was born to a white mother and a black father, went into fostercare and had only white foster parents, and got adopted by a nice middle class white family. But based solely on the fact that I got the skin tone of my black father the world seems to think that I don't have any abilities of my own. White teachers try and "help" me more on my homework and class assignments, are surprised when I do well on tests and we're 100% shocked when I got into a university. I grew up in white families with white friends, but I've always been the black kid. I go to a small school that, for the first time in all 9 years of its existence, has more than 6 black kids now; there's 11 or 12 of us. No matter how hard we try we're always the "black friend." It's awesome.
+Vanessa Cosner Not sure if you are complaining or happy about it. What's wrong with being the "black friend"? Many blacks do not do well so I would not take that personal that "White Teachers" as you say are trying to better you. What are the black teachers doing?
AL eng what black teachers? We have one teacher of color and she's from Mexico and teaches Spanish, a class I've never taken. And the problem with being the "black friend" is that people only use the term when implying that I bring nothing else to the friend group other than a little diversity. And the white teachers aren't trying to better me, they're belittling me and behaving as if I can't possibly achieve anything on my own.
+Vanessa Cosner I think you are looking at things the wrong way. Look up the definition of Teacher and Student. Obviously you have some problems how big I don't know about being black. The statements you make are more revealing than you realize. I appreciate the openness but you are taking things the wrong way. Whites are not out to get you.
+Vanessa Cosner He will never understand nor even attempt to. No point in debating with him.
+BrownSkin Beauty You will never understand nor even attempt to. No point in discussing anything with you. Nice straightened hair.
Simple answer: No. We still have a long way, which is disappointing.
***** Of all the people I excepted to see in the comments..
TeeDubable ya at first I thought he was just another white male American who couldn't see past his privilege and some of his videos do come off as such, however I think he isn't really against social issues (such as feminism, homophobia, racism, etc) just some of the more ardent extremist
Wade Schipprack sorry hit the wrong button will continue (can't edit on mobile). That you see on Tumblr and youtube. The sort of people that say tampons are a form of male institutionanlizing rape of women on mass (which is ridiculous if you know the history of tampons) and other such extreme claims. Is he familiar with all social issues? No, but who is? Is he the most sensitive no, but he's not as bad as I originally thought and how I have heard and read others say. I think he is fairly open minded and a decent guy tbh.
And it never will, why? This due to the ignorant nature of human beings.
^u is ignant
Finally somone gets it! I am african american and i tried to explain to my class how this is happening. Everyone screamed and yelled how the system was ' totally fair ' and someone said " well maybe black people should stop commiting crimes " like it was our fault. I went home and cried knowing that my life was worthless.
Abra Cadabra stop being racist against non-black people. Stop accepting all the blacks-only benefits you're getting, all the money you're getting just because you're black. Stop refusing any job offered by a company practicing "affirmative action".
THAT will show you're not racist and don't try to use race to your advantage.
If whtes doubt whether a black has earned what he has, it's because a lot of them haven't. They got it solely because they're black.
Not all of them, but enough that it gives all of them a bad rep.
Abra Cadabra Your feelings are genuine and real. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Juuso Peltoniemi excuse me, but biggest and stupidest wars in the world were done by white (because had more opportunities). people do horrible things, all people!
Juuso Peltoniemi or claiming that they're passed over for jobs because of their name or skin colour when in fact they're getting preferential treatment...
All too many companies and especially government agencies will hire blacks in favour of whites even if they're less suitable for the position in question, based solely on the colour of their skin,
jwenting source?
My best friend is Mexican American, meanwhile I'm Puerto Rican but since I look white people assume I'm white. One day we were going to take the train after school and a police officer asks my friend "Let me see your bookbag" she handed him her bookbag while I was getting ready to take mine off and he said "No you're okay we just want to see hers." And I was just thinking to myself like how racist can they be.
ReeceTheBest1 Maybe not
ReeceTheBest1 in school. No they do random backpack checks
I like how you didnt give the statistic of police brutalilty on white people.
....Because it doesn't exist. LMAOO
back it up with actual facts not your opinion
then ill believe you
k, i could bring up facts, but theres no point its like trying to feed a mentally disabled person calculus.
Zoë Grande He's not worth replying to, sis.
This is now my go-to video whenever the subject of race is brought up. And there have been an awful lot of discussions as of late. Thank you, Laci. I'm not proud of the fact that I was once one of those white people who was a closet racist. I bought into all the subtle racism, having absolutely no idea that I was actually being racist. I know better now, and plan to do what I can to make other closet racists see it for what it truly is.
English3Muffin Your problems are your problems. Other people's problems are theirs. Mind your own business.
AL eng Just like you had the right to respond to my opinion, I have the right to respond to other people's. And if I see racist bullshit I'm going to call people out on it. I find it telling that you respond to me wanting to speak out against racism with 'mind your own business.' Sorry buddy, not gonna happen.
English3Muffin Ok so you are nosey. We have established that.
AL eng Spoke the user who went to someone stating their own opinion and told them "Mind your own business".
Dario Carraresi What another nosy person?
HOLY SHIT FINALLY SOMEONE WHO CORRECTLY TEACHES ABOUT RACISM ON THE INTERNET
Julius Buckner Holy shit! How many lies did she tell?
4 Truth Yes Rushton did get refuted. Not just by research done by blacks but by other whites too. Racist white dumbasses, are the ones who are in denial and wish that Rushton was right.
4 Truth And about your Eminem comment, he sold more records than any blk rapper(including the majority who didn't get themselves killed) because he is white. That caused racially bias white "people" to pay more attention to him, because he looked like them. Eminem even admitted that on the song "White America". Listen to the song lol...
+4 Truth Yeah there's plenty of facts those racist videos are skipping too. And J.P FUCKton, was already disproven. So you might as well just delete that one from your page.
jaidin spruill Umm... actually Eminem has committed many crimes including assault but Eminem has NEVER been in jail.
#whiteprivilege
Trying to get SOME white folks to acknowledge racism in this country is pretty much the same as trying to get SOME men to realize that women are not totally treated equally within American society and I say that in all regards of equality - not just the ones women benefit from. How can you adequately explain something to someone who hasn't lived what you have live your whole life?
Why don't you try statistical analysis of available data? Nobody's going to be convinced by your experience, or any number of experiences, because they are anecdotal, cherry-picked (As in, a black man who has never been discriminated against would not claim he is being oppressed), subject to your own personal bias, and have no control (As in, you've never been white, therefore you can't isolate the variable of race). Go take a statistics class, analyse the data, and provide a compelling argument for racial discrimination; You'll find that this is much more effective.
I'm Asian and I think your points are idiotic.
plupap
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I'm biracial, my partner is white. He didn't believe me that people treat me differently than him (most likely because he doesn't see my race and of course hadn't/couldn't have experienced it himself), he'd become dismayed when I was upset coming home after a long day of facing yet more racism, he didn't want to think it was because of that, just that I had bad luck with people. So I decided to try a little experiment. We were out shopping one day, I told him I would enter into a store alone and that he should follow shortly after but was to keep enough distance that he could overhear the clerk and myself. I was approached by an employee who said in a tone that was both rude and dismissive "what do you want?!" I told her I could sort myself out and then she left, she spotted my partner slapped a smile on her face and asked him nicely if there was something she could help him with. He was shocked but I could tell not entirely convinced so we repeated this process in other stores. 4 out of 5 times it happened and that was enough for him, he finally understood. I think it is possible to teach people on a more personal scale but reaching the masses is quite a task.
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That's an amazing story. I've never had it happen to me on that scale, however, I have experienced white cashiers spark warm, gentle conversations with white consumers and then when I come up in the line, they don't say a word or even look at me. I never understood this as a kid, until I got older and realized that they were racist people. There is no other way to explain this behavior, because I have noticed this ALL of my life. There have also been accounts of white fast food workers skipping over me and serving the white folks behind me. What made me sad was the fact the fact that I didn't speak up. What made me sadder was the fact that those being served also did not speak up, rather they just saw it as an opportunity to be served first. It's disheartening when people try to tell me this is all in my head or it doesn't happen. Also, many try to deflect by saying "blacks are racist too", despite never said they weren't. Speaking on my experiences somehow makes me a racist, even though I don't judge all white people based on the actions of some. So backwards.
6 years later and this stuff is still going on, anyways I first saw this video when I was a kid and uneducated, I’m more educated now and remembered this video and wanted to see how accurate everything was and wow you are on point with everything, you truly did your research you did not skip a beat or say any misinformation, I’m so glad I watched so many of your videos as a kid I’m even more confident now knowing everything you taught me
Same, so sad they cancelled her and I believed them
@@tosca9127 wait what happened?
Laci, as young African-American male and recent college graduate I would like to thank you for this
As a young black male, I appreciate this video. Thank you, Laci.
Thank you so very much for understanding, even if denial and an automatic response to deflect and deny is still rampant, everyone who comes to this awareness makes a difference!
Lacy is conflating race with culture. There are tons and tons of black people who don't follow the "street"culture. There's a growing black middle class in America right now. There's also white people who play into the "street" culture. Anybody can be a part of a culture and or switch to different ones. Saying that one culture has more negative outcomes than another is not racist. It's a critiscm of ideaology and values that anyone can be a part of.
Guillermo Marcelo De Santa Garcia and all they do is play the victim card and whine about the police body itself, and not the individuals. Then they whine if they lose a case and go to the media and whine about it some more.
Guillermo Marcelo De Santa Garcia but that doesn’t account for the systemic targeting of black peoples by police. So culture has no bearing on a racist prick doing racist things. MLK wasn’t a representative of thug culture but he still got assassinated by a white racist.
MLK? That was 50 years ago! The "systemic targeting" is a myth and it's easily proven. 1) Did you know that there are large subsets of blacks that hardly _ever_ get in trouble with the police? Blasians are one subsection. Half black, half Asian, they appear much like regular blacks, yet they are LESS LIKELY than *whites* to be imprisoned. That's only one subset, there are a number of others. 2) Did you know that Asians are over 3x less likely than *whites* to get killed by the cops? It's true you know. Now do you actually think that this army of supposedly racist police that love to kill black folks, somehow favor Asians over whites? OR, is it that Asians hardly ever resist arrest and fight with the cops, while blacks do so much oftener. In case you were wondering, it's the latter answer, FBI statistics prove it, year after year after year.
You have been told a long series of half-truths, purposefully designed so that you form the opinion you currently hold. I once believed as you do as well, until I started doing the research and crunching the numbers. The facts tell a very different story than the one presented by professors and media pundits.
I return the same thing to you
«You have been told a long series of half-truths, purposefully designed so that you form the opinion you currently hold. I once believed as you do as well, until I started doing the research and crunching the numbers. The facts tell a very different story than the one presented by professors and media pundits.»
Jerry Ntwari < LOL, the difference between us is that I actually _have_ done the research and crunched the numbers. Go on then, let's see some of the statistics you've developed.
I have a huge distrust for the Police for many reasons both seen, and more than a handful experience.
The last time I was stopped, I was walking down the street w/ sunglasses on going to a family bbq with headphones on. No hoodie. No discreet colors, no alternate motive. Two cops flashed their lights, stopped me and frisked me immediately. Their reasoning? They thought I had a weapon on me...
He found my Nintendo 3DS in my pocket, along with my cell phone, keys and wallet.
I'm so sorry u had to go through that. I am caucasian (yes I say caucasian because I don't like is using "black" or "white" to describe our race we r not colors so wtf) and I literally HATE how cops do this. (Not all cuz I actually know good cops who hate when other cops do this as it gives cops a bad name and ik somebody is gonna be like "well my dads a cop and bleh bleh bleh bleh so ha") cops want to feel powerful and like they have tons of authority when really.... They don't, they have a badge. Cops were originally, made I guess u could say, to help get cats out of trees, help u when ur locked out of ur car, but no they want to feel superior so they had to start pulling people over. I mean whatever happened to "protect and serve"? U can't protect or serve us if u r the one harming people. Sry if I disrespected somebody in the comments that was not my intention I simply wanted to speak my mind and tell this person how I felt bad for them so u may disagree with me but do not disrespect me. Have a nice day. Peace out. Ps what's up with everybody saying the N word?
You didn't deserve that shit. Police in the UK aren't nearly as bad as the ones in America
***** Sorry you had to go through that PK. Just because you are a certain skin colour doesn't mean police can pull you over. You didn't deserve it.
Yet people say the "don't like the police?, then don't break the law" bullshit ...smh
Ashley Crystal This is somewhat true and you didn't say they were blameless but racial prejudice is very much real in the UK as well. Look at Mark Duggan's shooting as one example. Still the limited use of firearms does make the number of deaths much lower and I feel as though class and race aren't quite so directly related across the pond. Anyways I'm sure you know this stuff already but a lot of Americans don't so I just wanted to share some background.
*It's not racism, it's a fault of the capitalist system. People/families in America who are poor, stay poor. People/families who are rich, stay rich. Because of historical events, all black people started off poor and that's why it's been very hard for them to recover. This theory is also backed up by the fact that Asians and Indians don't seem to have these troubles, but Mexicans do. Why? Because Asians and Indians come to America with money and a plan (and yes, perhaps cultures which are slightly more conducive to success) and Mexicans usually don't come with anything. In America the poor stay poor and the rich stay rich. It's an economic/class problem, it's not racism (though the poor initial conditions were the result of racism).*
Ryan Couture I have 3 uncles who are brothers. They grew up fatherless, and very poor. One of them has moved from poor to middle class. One of them has moved from poor to borderline rich. He works now 4 days per week, has several properties, a very nice home, and will retire in his mid fifties. The third uncle retired at 40 as a multimillionaire after selling the business he started. He's almost 60 now.
None of them grew up with a father, got a college education of any kind, no IT certificates, nothing. One works hard, and two started their own businesses and were successful. Because capitalism allowed them to move from very poor to the 1%.
For the record, I'm not advocating for socialism or communism, I just think our current system needs to be adjusted a bit.
Ryan Couture Nope. The defects of capitalism and racism can't be separated as neatly as that. The "historical events" you refer to were the decisions of a white power structure to keep people of color down. Those decisions continue to be made today. One way of keeping people of color down is to keep them poor. And not all poor people are treated equally -- though certainly it's true that all poor people are treated like shit. One method used by the white power structure to maintain its power is to turn poor whites against poor blacks. That's not merely capitalism, it's racism. Racism is a real, systemic, structural thing. It hurts real people.
I noticed that the ratings are turned off, I wonder why that is............
Because pointing out the simple fact that racism exists really triggers racist people.
lol IKR
oh, just reread it. Yeah that doesn't really make sense...
Manfred von Coolstuff cause the video is complete bullshit
I think that we can all agree that those videos you put up to support your stance are extremely offensive lol. My issue with this though is your enabling of the theory of "White Privilege". You are entitled to your opinion and your exercising your right under our Constitution to free speech, which is good and what makes this country great. Here is my question, or counter if you would. The theory of "White Privilege" is board in it self and is a generalization of people based on skin color. It is nonsense to assume that "Privilege" is exclusively for only white people. Affirmative action, Organizations such as NAACP, United Negro Schoolars, NCNW is geared towards minorities. There is nothing inherently wrong with these programs, and they do good things for the community. My question is acknowledging all those organizations ( BTW there are many more) that cater to individuals based off of skin color would it be ( In your opinion ) rational to suggest that maybe we all have certain privileges regardless of skin color?
+Stephen Hartley Sir I suggest you look at the video again. You clearly missed the the whole message of the video and don't know what Racism means yet. Re watch the video with an open mind
Wesley Jones Agreed
+Wesley Jones well, than I have to ask what was the point that I missed. Also, with the term "Racist" so leisurely being thrown around ( mainly on the left ) to re enforce a position that panders to a people based on skin color and think gives like minded folks the the notion that its justifiable to burn down towns and hurting people is nonsense. Are you saying I don't understand what racist is because I argued that White Privilege is a term used to try to intellectually control and judge an entire people based on race? By that logic, a majority of people that adopt this philosophy are racist by their own definition lol. Look man, thier right to protest, thats fine. You not agreeing with me, that fine. But to imply that I am a racist because I don't believe in White Privilege is just silly. This notion has gotten people hurt, it's has pushed a divide between people, and still has yet to evan be proven it even exist. If you're gonna make a extreme statement that implies all white people have privilege you better be able to back it up. I have yet to see any evidence that doesn't conclude that Blacks have different privilege than whites but just about equal all the same.
+E J Darly Yes I saw that article lol. Very interesting stance. I'll have to look into it. thanks for the comment.
+Wesley Jones you were right about me not watching it in it's entirety and I should have before making my first comment, so thank you for pointing that out. There is a rational explanation for all her points though and a counter point to "balance the scale" so to speak. I will go into them if I must, but thats a lot of typing lol.
the most racist policies in the US right now:
1. affirmative action
2. welfare
Xavier Jones Racism is when you put a race _down_ because of prejudice. It's not when you put it from an objectively _worse_ situation up to _the same level_ as the dominant one.
Dario Carraresi
"Racism is when you put a race down because of prejudice."
you've got your head so far up your ass you don't even realize affirmative action and welfare do exactly that eh??
Xavier Jones Read the second phrase.
Dario Carraresi
....... the second phrase is NOT what those policies do, I thought that would be clear..... seriously think about it, without reflexively vomiting up the race card defense
Xavier Jones No, the second phrase is EXACTLY what those policies do. They include, for example, retirement. Or police. Or affirmative actions for the disabled and women.
Thank you for this video!!!!!
yea this is a good one.
love with Bless It is! She points out the facts that everyone needs to see. Especially them fat racist pigs.
Kai Bennett oh yes i would love all the racist PIG SKIN to watch this.
Kai Bennett you should share this with Abby i would but don't know how youtube fully work yet thanks kai..
love with Bless Lol me either, but I will try to share this with her.
Well done. You're right it's just the tip of the iceberg, but what was touched on was well articulated..broken down enough for those who don't get it to begin to get it.
I swear racism has completely lost its definition. What use to be Offensive discrimination against a race is now anything that isn't being super nice to a race.
1000 subs no videos challenge you are completely right
Discrimination is still going on, and stronger than ever. Black people are more likely to be harassed by the police, get longer sentences than others for the same crimes, are less likely to be hired, and so on.
Mitzi Paap That's bullshit even when we do comply we still get shot at look up the Charles Kinsey shooting video
One incident doesn't mean you're being targeted. Even if you go by just the shooting videos it shows a different story. Many of the police shooting videos were of people who were not complying or had a weapon. Even the ones that were mostly unjustified, it's clear the officers panicked rather than targeting them for their race. There are plenty of things wrong with Police that we need to address and reform, but "racism" is only a very small issue of many that is being blown out of proportion and being treated as the main issue.
TheLastCoolGuyOnEarth Are you sure about that because there is a lot of members of the KKK that have joined the police force and they have been infiltrating it for more than 7 yrs there is an FBI report on it too
look up Black Wall Street. It's legacy and fall put me into deppression.
Lynn Saint Someone in my class did a project on it, it was insanely depressing.
Lynn Saint Assuming you are referring to Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma, I remember discussing that in class while at OU one day. It was amazing/depressing that this community did everything they were "supposed" to do to make it in America, i.e. assimilate, accumulate wealth through hard work and investment, invest in their community, etc., and still was destroyed simply because they were black and the "good, white, Christian" people of Oklahoma did not like these successful black people.
Lynn Saint And then recall that race riots of this sort occurred numerous times in the Jim Crow era.
Totally recognized her references to 'The New Jim Crow' then saw it down in her sources. Props for cutting it down to a shorter explanation for the general public.
I posted this on Facebook and they said it goes against their community standards. RACISM.
Wanna hear a joke? . . . . . . Woman's rights
.....that's not a joke
Haha you want to hear another joke? A black majority country that's politically stable
Terra cooper it's a joke to me...
DragonTamer31K 😂😂😂
Terra cooper I'm a woman and I find it funny
I AM SO ANGRY WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE RACIST CLIPS!!!! - breathes slowly to get through the rest of the video -
Okay....that didn't work too well. Damn good video.
Ignore him. ^ don't be such a jerk to people. You obviously gave a fuck because you commented.
This has got to be the first video giving facts about racism that I have been able to actually read the first 10 comments and not see a bunch of racist stuff...congrats Laci! your subbies are pretty cool! Also great vid :)
Kelly D Only thing I'd add is that black women are also very likely to be victims of violence by police. People have a tendancy to say black men but really black women experience it just as much, and also experience sexual abuse, etc.
Thank you, Laci, for "keeping it real" and educated those who think they have all the answers, yet don't even know what the questions are. You are wiser than your years. Kudos!!!
Pretty good video Laci, this is one of the best ways I've seen racism explained.
+Smoke Yeah but it's all BS!
AL eng
Ok then AL, I hear you. What part of what she said was BS and why?
+Smoke The whole part! LOL. Nothing she said was true. Ist statement out of her mouth, I didn't know I was white. Her next stupid point was Hey racism is over after civil rights. Racism has been on earth since man and will be on earth forever so the statement is a twisted lie. Next she denies black people have a character flaw. That's patronizing to blacks and does not help their plight. 80% of children have no dad in the black community. I would say that's a character flaw if I ever heard one. I could go on but her statements are steeped in ignorance and patronizing.
@@wanaraz
That's because you're white and disingenuous !
I don't know Btw she didn’t say racism was over after the civil rights movement she said people think that.
Thank you so much for this Laci! Whenever people come up with the statistics that "prove" that black people aren't as worthy, I always find it really difficult to articulate myself why they're wrong. Now I'll just send them this video! :)
***** I'm not going to respond to the content of your comment because I don't want to get into a nonsensical internet argument, but just fyi, when you're trying to persuade/inform someone to your own opinion, it helps not to insult them :)
Izzy Inkpen One question dear
Why do you talk to people about that?
Bix Nood you must live in the south lol,
WhiteNationalist Portugal Bison yeah, you could also look at Tulsa Oklahoma before “whites” bombed it.
No Filter lmao
I read the title and was like HELL NO
A beautifully clear explanation of the domino effect of structural racism. Thank you, Laci! And 5 years later, we still have A LOTTA work to do.
Thanks Democrats
yeah I am much safer in a white neighborhood and I lived in a black one. the black neighborhood I lived in was so dangerous and drug filled. I had to leave
+steve smith If a black neighborhood was fucked over like what lacigreen showed in the video how this country *SYSTEMICALLY* did to black people, while making white suburban neighborhoods all nice and cuddly, then what would you expect?
+nthnpark0 "Yes the government did this. They couldn't leave, white couldn't live with them. It was all the government". Use your brain for once.
+plupap 100% correct, governments have zero effects on the general public and racism in america had NO repercussions at all!!! great logic!!!!!!
How do you think those drugs got there.
Eren Jaeger crime why?
I believe that everyone is a little bit racist just like that old song goes. people often dislike change and also are suspicious of those who are different. also many things can affect how others view other races. when I was in middle school I was one of only a few white kids in a mainly black school. I was beat up nearly every day there so even to this day I am a bit wary of being near black people, half the time when I first see a black person I think to myself that they could be dangerous. i know that there are plenty of good people of color out there i know a few great people who are black and i enjoy being around, but due to bad experiences i have a bit of prejudice, and we must not forget that its not just blacks being discriminated against, whites, Hispanics, Asians and everything in between is too.
First off why were you beat up? Then consider how ignorant and naive kids (keyword is kids) can be. Not everyone is racist even if a little bit. The word you're looking for is stereotype. We all stereotype but that's typically based on the way you dress, behave, and speak. Judging someone based on color alone or at all is racist and that's an extreme of stereotyping. Just like you have super Christians or feminist that hate men. I'm glad at least you can look at yourself and see what society would consider a flaw in yourself. You have awareness and that's important but don't justify to any amount that racism is OK. Use that awareness and your past experiences to judge others individually or not at all but don't let the amount of melanin dictate anything.
Laci, you have much better content than any beauty guru! Love YOUU
Saffron S. I love Laci's content too, but beauty gurus have a time and place! it's possible to appreciate both and not put one down to praise another :)
being black is hard
+Young “Quan” Truble Stop whimpering. It's not adult like.
I agree with you being black is really hard and no other race will understand
What about Muslims and Mexicans
+Young “Quan” Truble quit whining.
You have the internet
you're life isn't that hard
💯✔😫 Stay strong ✊
4k dislikes... why...
Because "systemic racism" by it's definition cannot be broken down into a single thing that is racist. It is the epitome of the meaning of the phrase "smoke and mirrors." She wants you to accept something that cannot be proven one way or the other, by its very definition.
Jay Gwaka
You've been owned. (not in a slave way)
Almost 5k. Come on guys, we can do it!
Its extremely expensive being a black female in america.
HeirOfGlee maybe stop having kids and buying weaves
Laci I want to start by telling you that you are such an amazing young woman! I'm not going to say that my opinions have changed because of you, but I will agree that my view towards woman has definitely been cemented. As for race, I would be the first to tell you that I fell in to the pressure of stereotypes. White America has forced both me and my father to grow up in a "Murican" society. Even though I'm Japanese I'm not put on this earth to help you with your math homework! I have academic struggles like the rest of you. To this day my biggest regret is not understanding the diversity and culture around my life. But I was told since birth that "the white way is the right way". That's where racism is still present. I will never be able to let my kids understand the Japanese culture.
Coach Jack It might be hard but I hope you do teach your kids about Japanese culture! Especially if they grow up bilingual, that would be beneficial in many more ways than one. Much luck. :)
"White way is not the right way" it the unfair way. Please teach your kids about their cultural.
why is it so hard for people to not be racist? like srsly most of this hate and war will go away if we just all not care about the past and not care about someone's skin color. yes I'm white, yes your black. and? does it matter? no. idc what skin color you are, as long as your a good person then I like you. that's how we all should be
racist are idiots though... so what can you do :(
I agree with what you say here. And it's cool to see you growing in your perspective and sharing that growth with us.
My favorite thing about your videos is how you bring your personal feelings and experience to bear on important topics that are generally left to talking heads who lecture their audience about things they have no personal knowledge of.
I love your explanations and the pictures and lists you use to describe them!
I hope this video is shown in every single school in Americuuuh.
+Jonte Ded Learn how to spell America before you make stupid comments.
AL eng 'Murica?
+Jonte Ded No such place and the video was full of so many lies . Just like you.
+AL eng and youre not a racist right? lol
+Ron Donson mobyca
100% on point.
You could've added more arguments but we don't have 6 hours.
THANKS FOR HAVING THE COMMON SENSE TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM, I HOPE THE UA-cam LISTENERS LEARNED A THING OR TWO.
Amazing job, Laci. Keep up the fantastic work.
Thanks Laci. Good vid.
Glad to see you speak out on this! I love all the activist you listed and adored Michelle Alexander's book.
As a kid I thought racism ended long before I was born and wouldn't be an issue as an adult. Of course I was wrong
I'm going to tell a story. Kids really don't understand what racism is.
When I was in grade 5, we were in health class. I don't know how, but we started talking about Nicki Minaj. I don't like her, and I didn't then either. What I said: "I don't like her, she just looks like a black Barbie!" I meant that because she looked fake, she looked like a Barbie, except black, because Barbies aren't really black. Their reaction was to gasp and yell "That's racist!" Is that racist? NO! I was not discrimination even a little bit! I don't like Nicki Minaj because I think her music is terrible and she looks so fake and is a terrible role model. NOT BECAUSE SHE'S BLACK.
amyrozz3 then why mention she's black? lol
You idiot! if you didn't know what racism was then why did you have to say any color at all? Keep telling yourself you not a racist all you want but the truth is that you are.
Great video lacigreen. Thanks for being an ally!
2 Stories
1. My cousin's husband, white, was in the car with his step-dad, black and the police pulled them over and asked my cousin's husband if he was okay because they thought he had been kidnapped or something
2. There is a couple that went to my church he's black she's white. The police pulled them over one day and asked him to get out of the car, another police then questioned her to make sure she was okay and said that he could get her help if she needed it.He thought that she was being held against her will
Laci taught me plenty, but the most important thing I remember is her saying, "Would you recognize if you were living in a 2nd Civil Rights movement? How do you think you would react?" Give her a Nobel Prize immediately please. Thank you.
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Thank you Laci!!! Same shit I've been screaming for years!
Honestly Laci you are so fantastic
As a black person i will strive above the rest and make sure those around me do the same .. and eventually racism will go away because people will look stupid saying inaccurate things about a race when they prevail positively and maybe better then those who say racist & bigotry things.
+Tatyanna Scott
Did you look at the Asian community?
They are better represented on average in college despite the need of scoring higher than white counterparts. However, they are still being sidelined in ways that are not explicitly/obviously seen.
Like for example, the fable bamboo ceiling where Asian are almost non-existent in upper management positions in a company. Or in the media, you will see never see Asian male lead as main character whereas the female asian are seen as dragon lady but tame-able by white guys.
The bottom line the white in influential positions currently and looks to be so, thus the future will not change. That's how sad it is for minorities in Western countries. If they can do it, they will. That's how little faith I have with the white people at the top.
Okay wow! and I've to say that L. green, you are marvellous. Really hope that you'd visit India sometime.
As an Indian I know that system like racism (we've casteism) are becoming stronger, more because people don't even acknowledge them. it's good of you to talk about it.
+megha singh Are you comparing India with America? Are you an Indian in America? If so we have jet rides to India daily.
+AL eng okay... yes and no. I was comparing two different discriminations in two countries. And to your second question, nope I am from India. Sad hunh. ..you can't do anything about that? Plus if your problem is that why I'm commented, seriously it doesn't matter, because green certainly doesn't
otherwise she would had blocked her channel in India.
Also even if I'd been in US, I don't know why I should've listened to you. Most possibly you are white, in that case lemme remind you your history, white people aren't originally from America, they were immigrants; and there was quite a bloodbath.
+AL eng Wow... so that's why you were butthurt? A racist yourself.
Cool, you're not the only one.
*PREACH GUURL*
Very well said ...
Somebody hit the racism definition right on the nail
thank you Laci, for all the links to data and other activists
There is only one race, the human race....
The first humans were black. The first humans originated in Africa. On some level we're all "black" whether people want to realize this or not.
So?
AL eng People are ignorant and don't want to admit we're all the same "race". Being white, "Spanish", "Asian", all those are genetic mutations.
+il100374 So?
+il100374 so what you're saying is that blacks have been around for far longer than any other race yet are still the least advanced...congrats you must be so proud :)
+Hugh Richardson Blacks help build America. I don't see the sense in trying to bring a people down just like I don't see a sense to make some race better.
You have to be a panda! They're black, they're white, they're Asian!
'A huge benifit I didn't even know that I had.' - It can't have been that big a benefit if you didn't even notice it.
You have one brain cell
I hope its gotten bigger in 5 years
Girl you are Phenomenally blunt-Truth to History for/of to date.......You deserve a Noble if its of any value.You just didn't break it down, you compiled it in eloquence.
laci you are amazing , and you are completely right
Maybe the 73% fatherless homes in the black community has something to do with it.
I go to jail for committing a crime. Muh oppression.
Lace, how in god's name did you get nearly 1.5 million subscribers? - SMDH against the wall.
Do your glasses have windshield wipers, and if so, what kind do you use and do you use RAINX ? - Thank You
interesting fact: Laci's half Iranian
Sensei Gurl Does she speak Farsi?
Obsidian SeventyOne how am I supposed to know? I'm just a janitor.
Sensei Gurl You're not "just" anything Sensei you are an amazing human.
I am a half demon
Obsidian SeventyOne thanks Mr. Sarcastic. I feel better about my self now.
you guys just don't understand! like I wish you could just try it for a day!
+Albert Western you'll still have the same outlook at the end of the days. What's the point? so we can go back in forth in argument?
+Albert Wesker I'm from the south . people are treated more equal in the north rather than down here
+Quavo Platinum I live in louisiana and I do we are th3 3rd most racist state . Mississippi is the worst
+Albert Wesker blacks are incarcerated much higher than whites. there is a man doing 60 years for driving with a suspended license.
+Albert Wesker blacks do NOT want to immigrate here. we were brought he by slavery what are you talking about?
I think it's funny that five years ago when this was made, I was a new-atheist anti-SJW edgelord dipshit in middle school who hated feminism, and now I'm basically a social justice warrior myself. Every point from what I can tell in this video checks out empirically, but back then, I would have just reflexively dismissed it as bullshit. Crazy how people can change, for the worst or for the better, in such a short period of time.
Extremism is not good in any measure and I know what you mean. I used to be full on skin head until I realised this supremacy things doesn't make any sense , but SJWs also divide by swinging too far and creating racism and tribalism where there was none.
@@DAEDRICDUKE1 I'm glad you found your way out of that shit. It's to be congratulated. It is true that some on the online left seem to value the aesthetics of leftism rather than actually changing society for the better and improving people's lives. I agree they are a huge optics liability, and I do wish leftists would push them out. Fundamentally, the goal of leftism is giving people more economic and social freedom, regardless of race, class, gender or gender identity, or sexual orientation. Leftism shouldn't be treated as an "identity" itself though, it's just a set of policy prescriptions meant to improve everyone's lives, and I think some leftists, often teenage leftists, either have missed or aren't old enough to get the point. I'm still glad you found your way out though. I'd rather you be a moderate than a super-far right white supremacist, even if you and I aren't necessarily in agreement of everything.
Dude this is so funny I used to be a total sjw and watching this video "woke me up" now idk what i am but definitely not sjw anymore
@@tosca9127 As long as you aren't a fascist, you're OK in my book. I'd rather you be moderate than fascist, even if maybe you've shifted a little further to the center. Rn, so many people are falling to the far right, which is arguably much more dangerous than the far left. I'd rather have communists fighting for social democracy, egalitarianism, and unions than fascists calling for ethnostates, bigotry, and genocide. And if you're even moderate, like if you care about everyone, regardless of race, gender identity, gender orientation, even if you support capitalism, you're fine imo, and I hope more leftists online recognize this tactical unity, because we're all at threat from fascism. As long as you aren't far right, you're OK in my book. Just keep this in mind: what matters is people. Not "nations", or "states", or "aesthetics". People suffer, governments don't. So keep that in mind. I could probably give a better response, but I'm very drunk rn, so I gave it my all. Hope you got something from it.
I will have to say we could meet up in the middle. I’m a Latino male, grew up in the Bronx nyc and Miami. I worked for must of my life in night club as bartender. And it wasn’t until I came to California was that I experienced some for of discrimination for being Latino.
I could’ve easily gone the route of selling drugs to support myself but I know better than that. The easy thing would be to play the victim card. But I know better than that.
Great video! I feel it is very important to educate white America about the challenges, and racism in America. I believe many know, but choose to deny, and blame victimized individuals. It's a shame how many traps the government has put before the black race, and how cunning the people are who created them. I believe America will always be haunted with guilt, and enemies until it changes its wicked ways. Peace, and Tranquility.
A black man.
AL eng Great comment but your denial is irrelevant. Its irrelevant because its coming from a person who isn't affected by racism, and systematic oppression. You've never walked in a African Americans shoe's. And because of that its hard for you to empathize, or see things from our perspective.
"How can a person have guilt and did nothing wrong?" I said America will always be haunted with guilt because it refuses to acknowledge, and change the mistakes of the past that it benefits from. Not only that but it continues the oppression in a psychological, systematic way.
"Do you have guilt for so many blacks committing so many crimes?" No, because I'm educated. I know and understand how we're disproportionately incarcerated. I'm aware of the stereotypes, targeting, planting, and illegal incarceration of many African Americans. The media's constant negative imagery of African Americans is not only fraudulently inaccurate but is actually being done to engender a shift of victimization that changes the root problem of racism in America to be due to Black’s behavior rather than White’s proclivity for racism. That lessens pressure for social change on their behalf and makes any serious criticism of White racism almost impossible today. It also creates a false justification for the legal system’s mistreatment of African Americans.
+AL eng the reason why you can't see out frustration is because you haven't endured it, you haven't been stopped on the road purely because of the color of your skin, you haven't been denied opportunities, and that's what racism is, it's having a certain Power and using it to control others, whilst benefiting from this. And in this case all the racist acts WE all see is purely because they are not ready to give up their Power yet and they're not gonna stop at all costs
+Nick Harley haha, don't make me laugh. Racism is actually a very rare thing in America. Also, even though media doesn't like telling people this because it's corrupted by SJW scum, most of the blacks who were killed by police officers had history with illegal drugs.
Feminazi Police Lol yeah. I knew I would receive comments like yours when I initially made my statement. I trust my statement was received to those who actually possess awareness, or deal with racism. The fact that you think people are just making things up is incredibly ridiculous. I can spend time pointing out things, or explaining to you the system's. But you've already been enlightened. Future generations will shame you and many like you, for being so oblivious to the significance of these issues. Good day.
jreed136 There's no doubt they will be aware of perception. Not just the perception, but how it is was indoctrinated in America.
Centuries of propaganda, biblical dominionism, racial science, imperialism, and literature, is imbedded into the culture and psyche of most white people in modern America. But this is where the problem begins.
If I'm on the wrong side of history, America has extremely dark days ahead..
My thing is why are you only talking about White on black racism? When there is so much more then that. What about Black on white racism. or white on asian, asian on black, black on asian or every race on Indian? are these not as important ?
Kurtis Bailey Racism is a problem. But to deny that the vast majority of racism in the USA is whites-toward-blacks would be stupid.
Dario Carraresi I don't think its a problem with denying anything, I think its that we're leaving out some of the evidence.
Matthew Romine Such as?
But to also deny that there is alot of black on white racism is also stupid. But happens all the time people think white on black racism is more important.
Kurtis Bailey That's because white-on-black racism is a _lot_ worse than black-on-white racial hatred, given:
1) The sheer disparity of the two phenomenons;
2) The fact that the whites are the dominant race and the one with the resources to oppress the other. I don't see police brutality disproportionately affecting whites rather than males. Or employment disparity.
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Thank you!!
I really loved your upheld talk about this all ppl need to wake up thank you for this my white sista
When will reason win?
"Just the tip"
.thank u so much for this. when black people try to explain r struggles we're told we're complaining, want a hand out, dont even sit quietly &LISTEN they argue. when a white person speaks on it all of a sudden theres an immediate calm discussion & they understand wtf we been trying to say...thanks boo muah xoxo
If the US of A is such a terrible hell hole for Black People, why don't they pack up and leave? Geoff Who notes the flow goes the other way, unfortunately.
GCJT1949 Why leave something you help build, and on what ships were all the Black people going to get onto to go back to Africa after emancipation? How were they going to navigate, or feed the masses?
GCJT1949 Imagine you felt you had to leave your country and move to a new one. Where would you go, would it be easy?
GCJT1949 For the record, not everyone has the ability to leave if a place doesn't work out for them. Besides, where would they go? How would they build a new life in a country that may or may not want them?
By leaving the USA, they would be leaving the country but not the problem. Black people all over the world get the short end of the stick. Also, why should they leave? America belongs to black people just as much as it belongs to white people.
Why don't you learn how to stop racist people instead of asking people to leave who probably can't afford to leave.
Young lady, excellent video and use of your privilege to educate!
absolutely loved this video educational and very well put together you have a new subscriber, and your funny saw the video you did with soundlyawake
Virtue!!!! Virtue???? Where are you??? Virtue? Virtue?!?!
Please run for the 2016 Presidential election.
sorry becase my english. I'm brasilian, i just want to say i like very very much this video end i want to learn more soo tanks end i will wait for the next video :)))
not at all have bad and god white people and its just the same whith the black people, the color of the skin don't show the caracter of the person
***** so why are you here watching this??? afraid people will stop being racist and learn more about racism...?
You're trash and that's a pure FACT lol. Racist American whites can't comprehend this knowledge this young girl just displayed
The Mack hey man just calm down you can't fix the racism with more racism against the white people just remember have bad and god white people and its just the same whith the black people, the color of the skin don't show the caracter of the person
100% accurate! Thank for sharing Laci, first step is acknowledging the precedents of injustice and the racial inequalities that are ever present in our world today.
+Kelley Morrison 100% inaccurate! First step is acknowledging injustice and racial inequalities will be on earth as long as man is here. It's what you do today that makes a difference.
+ConservativeElite What made you think I would disagree with you?
hey, I've been noticing tons of hate videos from MEN saying "she doesn't understand feminism" or "she doesn't understand sexism" I'd love to see you break a few down and disprove them