I apologize if I trigger anyone with my hands movements. I also apologize if you are triggered by the obvious sarcasm of the previous statement. I'm triggered that you're triggered. Please apologize. Thank you.
never mind italians have you seen jewish people speak? they like invented hand gesturing. with that established liberal college movements are now Antisemitic.
I hope these kids are happy... They made their college look awful. And yes, they are kids... Children... Despite their biological age, their actions let us all know that they've failed to progress beyond the egotistical toddler stage of development. Super depressing.
As a liberal snowflake, I have to say that the behavior of these students is disgusting and disgraceful. They're hurting their argument and de-legitimizing themselves.
WeepingShadow but as a old, rich, white, male, I also approve of this message. My fellow white men must step up and end this "black suprepmist movement".
AverageWillPower iirc it's a liberal arts college...so that should make things a lot clearer. www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/20e9yf/what_is_a_liberal_arts_degree_and_why_is_it_the/ "Stereo-typically those that seek liberal arts degree are stoners, hippies or those that don't know what they want to do with their life."
Were the students really asking for a day where white kids couldn’t come to school? That’s the way it's been framed, and I wonder because if it was a day black kids took off, why would they decide to instead come to class, but ban white people? It doesn’t make sense. It's like children of the corn
Exactly. And yes, they decided this year that they would ban (through social shaming) white people from coming to campus, ergo the objection by the professor whom objected on that basis. This is an absurd scenario, but it isn't a surprise since universities are more bottom line than education.
This is the weirdest time in the history of man to be a white male. People calling us sexist, racist, white supremacist alt right radical nazis. Meanwhile I'm just a Canadian trying to eat maple syrup n shit.
Phil, your sane followers know you aren't racist. These people aren't liberals, they have this entitled complex, and as a 'liberal', I find their way of 'protesting' (if that's even what you want to call it), absolutely ridiculous.
As an African American, I don't understand why the college students are upset. The professor simply said that people should be hired based on their skills and NOT JUST for diversity. Meaning it's great to hire professionals from several different races, but it is also important to make sure that they are at the level of skill needed to be an exceptional professor. As much as I would have pride in seeing a POC professor, I also want someone who is going to have the skill level to teach me content worth $20k of a year tuition. They corner these school authorities and yell at them rather than show their intellect by debating the issue in a reasonable matter. Rather they scream slander at them. It's always best to sit down and educate individuals than backing them into a corner and yelling at them and not giving them a chance to make clarifications or engage in critical thinking and dialogue. The professor stated: "There is a huge difference between a group or coalition deciding to voluntarily absent themselves from a shared space in order to highlight their vital and under-appreciated roles…and a group or coalition encouraging another group to go away." ^^ I also don't see anything wrong with that statement. If anyone is going to stay home it should be an option. Womens Day had a similar concept but it was voluntary. Nobody was coerced or forced to take an absence.
ashante They go to a liberal arts college thing about it skills do they have any probably not. Just clarifying that I'm joking I'm sure they are all rational human beings that are up for an intelligent debate right?
Ronald Mcfondled sigh Don't be so literal, I didn't say it didn't matter in general I said in this context and situation it is irrelevant, which is why I asked " why "
Phil don't you see this is why your show is so great! Despite the name calling and fear mongering from the left and right, you continue to present the stories in a clear, objective manner and also give your own opinion without fear of the repercussions. It's no wonder so many of us love tuning in to your show!
Want another Trash person Phil? During that horrible attack here in Portland OR, a homeless man stole one of the victim's belongings while he lay dying. The family of one of the Victims discovered that their loved one's items were missing while arranging for their funeral, security videos from the MAX station caught the homeless man leaving the station with the backpack belonging to the victim. thankfully he was found and arrested for the theft.
It is astonishing how many close minded people there are in the world. People who think they are infallible in their ideas..... And are just fucked up enough to do something about them...... this hit so close to home. Why are we at this point? How do we proceed? Is violence the answer to defend the ones who need It, or is that simply an escalation of the problem? I don't know. What I do know is that These men are heros. They did all they could, and gave all they had, to defend against evil. I hope that in the same situation I would be strong enough to defend another as they did, in their memory.
To add, and I don't mean to detract from the obviously horrible murder and theft of the victims, why are people homeless in this resource rich, wealthy country, where they are driven to do such things? :( It's very sad.
I was thinking the same thing! It's just that, if they were expelled, these children would just believe their point proven! Yet I really don't see how we could get through to people that unwilling to have a conversation.
And the moment they're expelled, every faculty member will be called a racist, the situation escalates, and some people may lose their jobs for literally trying to speak out and condemn the very thing they're being accused of. A white person for some weird reason can no longer defend themselves against false racism charges, because that in itself has become racist, and because the ones accusing scream much louder than the one they accuse. As much as I wish these kids would have to face the consequences of their actions, they probably never will.
Doesn't matter. Racism, terrible as it is, is not illegal. My grandparents show their inner jackass off when they see a black person walk by, but that doesn't make them criminals. What needs to happen is a public outcry either shutting down the college, or expelling the offending students, under the supervision of police officers. I wouldn't trust them to do so without violence, and they've since proved they don't wish to learn or participate in an exchange of ideas. Kinda the entire reason schools and colleges exist. No reason for them to stick around.
These children...I can't reasonably call them adults as they don't behave as adults...act more like a little known group that apparently held power in Europe during the 1940's.... oh what was that group called again...oh that's right....The Nazis.
I think the following quote is applicable to so many things that happen now a days: "The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it." ~George Bernard Shaw
Longdick Swangin seriously, when Phil talked about it yesterday I was so confused it made no sense at all I thought I was missing something but no it still makes little sense at all to me
I'm not an American I'm Irish and when I look at these students voicing their "right" to protest it sickens me as they are not using it in the way it was intended. They are just hiding behind it to protect themselves from the real consequences. If a situation like that arose in Ireland(it wouldn't) it wouldn't be tolerated by colleges and Institutes they would simply dismiss the students for genuinely harassing staff. I do respect the right to free speech but there is a point where it turns in verbal abuse (bullying).
Great points Dan, I certainly don't see anything like that arising in Ireland (possible due to our less diverse population?- Although diverse doesn't mean we can't coexist and deal with disagreements in a rational and level headed manner) but ridiculous nonetheless. Shout out to a fellow Irish viewer!
What is so tragic is they actually think they are fighting for justice but when in reality they are just promoting racism and hatred and viciously targeting a man that has actually fought against real injustice and racism. Which sadly he is having to do again while being slandered as a racist himself. It's just insanity.
you guys remember the South Park episode where the kids figure out all you need to do to get rid of adults is say they are molesters? ... Similarities.
Someone should mention the fact that Nicaragua declined not because they don't want to, but because they felt that these terms were not strict ENOUGH and that it wouldn't lead to much difference. They're already on their way to 90% renewables. Syria on the other hand, is in the middle of a 6-year civil war.
as a teen and someone who is left leaning, I think the actions of the students at evergreen college are completely retrogressive and disrespectful. I really hope there is some kind of consequence for the way they are behaving. there were so many opportunities for a peaceful, rational conversation to be had between the two sides, but every student that screamed or interrupted shut any line of communication down. I'm disappointed and embarrassed.
These students need to grow-up and learn that if they want to accomplish anything, then they need to have a grown-up conversation like adults, instead of cursing and name calling like a bunch of children throwing temper tantrums because they are not immediately getting their way. Pathetic...
Im honestly so disturbed at what's happening at Evergreen state college. The fact that they want to take down the "stolen" videos showing how revolting they are acting only proves how wrong they're going about it. I really hope the professor they want fired/ to quit nothing happens to him. He's trying to logically talk to some of these screeching students only to be cut off and yelled at. I see the point they're trying to make but they're only making themselves and the movement look bad. Not that it matters either but this is my point of view as someone of color.
"as someone of color" can you please explain what you think the "point" they're trying to make is? Because this man said and did literally NOTHING wrong, so again please tell me where you feel these idiots have a "point"
Lexy that's the thing that I just don't get - if there's a valid point and argument for your cause / position on something and you can't express it well enough that you end up resorting to the type of behaviour these students are exhibiting, then nobody wants to hear your original point anymore; I know I don't, anyway. Let's talk or flail our arms, cry, whatever we have to do to get to that basic understanding of each other but if you want to corner and then alternate between ignoring and abusing the other person, your point is now moot and you're simply being an unrelenting, ignorant asshole.
myrandoms I feel like you didn't read my comment correctly. Just read it again and you'll see what I'm actually saying. Im not advocating for the students. Just because they are trying to show that there's racism at that school (the point they're making) doesn't mean it's accurate.
As a English university student who has Greek background, this is down right crazy! 1.lets flip it and let's say that people wanted a day where only white people could come on to the campus, there would be rioters trashing up the campus 2. I'm paying for a good education and I expect that the school/college/university would employ people who is good at the subject, regardless if they are black, white or brown. Knowing that they would turn away someone who is better at subject because they would like to have equality number of black or brown teachers would annoy me because I would want the best education because after all I'm paying for it which I don't think the students at evergreen state college understand!
Because You're Online seemingly not. Apparently as soon as they see someone mention something about race they get offended. I just.... dont understand how so many people can be this moronic. I'm around the same age as them and it's baffling seeing how stupid these people are being. Calling for the attorney general to make a full investigation of a video someone released bc it was "stolen"? Really? If I were the staff on campus I would try and find another job and resign asap, bc goddamn I would hate working in such a toxic environment.
Because You're Online That's the stupid shit about it. The way they had it originally said that black people could choose to not go to school on that day, and go to a meeting. These kids were saying to make a day where white people wont be at school, no choice, and then start screaming when people told them no that's wrong also they're paying to be here.
Best two comments I've seen ^^^ The disrespect shown by those students is unbelievable. Since when are (any) students in control, making their own decisions.
1: technically before this year that was what they were doing, but it wasn't such a hard line thing there were events off campus for them and voluntary from my gathering. 2: what use a meritocratic approach to things you must be a hard core nazi....... especially when you consider that there are laws that make it hard for it to work that way
Orc - It was also organized by POC students and lead by POC students. They would voluntarily leave campus. If this version of it were lead by white students and organized by white students, then it most likely would not have been an issue. As it was, it was the original core students who organized the first event that organized the new version, which required students >other than themselves< to leave campus. Which is what the teacher was protesting. It's one thing to volunteer and do something that will affect yourself, but it's another to demand someone else do it.
As someone who identifies as a proud liberal, I condemn the actions of these students, and disagree with everything they're doing. I do not consider them liberals, just as I do not view Westboro Baptists as Christians, nor ISIS as Muslims. To me liberalism is about giving a shit about everyone, giving a voice to everyone and giving a fair chance to everyone, and they are doing none of these things.
CaptainMcAwesomepan I had a conversation about this a few weeks ago on Facebook - the guy jokingly said "A liberal that voted Trump? I don't even know you anymore!" I've been thinking about it more & more lately, and the modern "liberals" would call me a conservative, no question. In all honesty, I am anything BUT conservative - I would call myself a moderate libertarian/classical liberal. These children clearly have no idea what "conservative" actually means. They think that means being against gay marriage, immigration in any form, and whatever other nonsense they come up with. I have ALWAYS been a fan of personal freedoms (within reason, of course) and limited government interference in people's lives. That viewpoint hasn't changed in over 10 years...and it likely never will. Going by the modern definition of the two ideologies, I suppose I could be called conservative no matter what...but, to me, that just shows how far to the left modern liberalism has gone. I know not everyone thinks that way, and I'd guess a vast majority don't...but you rarely hear about them.
For me the liberals always were the last bastion of sanity to the far right's mustache tweedling Saturday morning cartoon style villainy. Like it always felt like the right was desperately trying to send us back into the sociopolitical stone age and these guys were the ones that were "right". In the past 8 years though they've turned into the hippies with the vegan lion from Futurama. They've become a preposterous caricature of everything the conservatives have ever painted them as. I don't see how they recover from this and it sucks because while now the right seems slightly more sane, it's largely by comparison only and we would still benefit from a bit more moderation. Moderation doesn't sell though. You can't get ratings from sensible answers based on facts and evidence.
Being born and raised in Nigeria, I can't understand how students can be so disrespectful. From my perspective American students seem very entitled and clueless about how things operate in general. Being loud and obnoxious does not get you very far, and believe you me, people can hold petty grudges that will backfire against you in the future. Having moved to Canada and in my final year, I am always very respectful of those in higher positions especially teachers, they have put the work in and are also very knowledgeable and they are the ones who would be willing to vouch for you in the future. *As video goes on getting more annoyed* @3:29 That guy can please close his mouth, he definitely hasn't done proper hard work in his life. When you start to have calluses on your calluses, that's when you can talk about "building these cities".
Well considering Evergreen has an acceptance rate of like 98% you're going to end up with a lot of idiots going there. Very rarely are angry idiots very respectful. You wouldn't see this happening at the Ivy's or more respectable American schools. But I mean it does happen because people are taught by their parents that this is an OK way to act when it very clearly, to those of us raised better, is NOT.
This is a problem that rises from generations of parents that refuse to chastise their kids for being complete morons and trying to make them see that they are being morons correctly or the parents also being complete morons leading to the creation of super entitled idiots that think they know what's best for the world because they read about it without trying to understand anything. and instead just wanting attention and having their way closed off in an echo chamber even though they aren't even truly sure about what they want because mentally they are stuck at the moody 12 year olds going through puberty eternally phase.
So I live very close to Evergreen college in Olympia and have for about a year. While I don't feel these student's behavior is representatives of all Olympians I do feel as if they are a sizable minority. Just the other week I was walking downtown when I was aggressively called out to and approached by two women around my age (I'm 21), and was promptly asked if I was a skinhead. And while I am indeed a white man who shaves his head I never have or ever will subscribe to any supremacist ideology and actually consider myself a progressive. I explained that to these girls and they still openly berated me on a crowded street for promoting a racist "style" simply because of my head and my shoes, I happened to be wearing my Doc Martens that day. I moved away from a conservative state because I was tired of being surrounded by bigots and closet racists but now I find myself in the midst of regressive left witch hunters who are constantly sharpening their spears even though racial tensions here are very low over all.
Honestly dude, if that happens to you, just walk away. There's no reasoning to people like that. You won't get your point across, and you wont change their mind. Just walk away. And if possible, find a nearby police officer to help discourage any violent activity.
Nathanial Taylor I sincerely apologize on behalf of those who use their situation in order to spread hate. You left close mindedness and toxicity only to be attacked with close mindedness and toxicity. I applaud you for taking the higher road and not allowing them to bring you down to their level. As a mostly liberal female minority, nothing hurts more than seeing those who choose to use the positions of the misrepresented as a voice for hate, to only further misrepresent. In a time where we should be working along side allies like you, we instead choose to go at each other's heads and for that I am truly sorry.
to be honest (as a black dude) this situation at the evergreen college just pisses me of. It pains me. I'm around the same age of those kids and I just wish I was there with them, to just tell them to shut the fuck up. They hurting themselves by acting like that. There's to much to say about this situation and I'm not feeling like writing a whole book in this comment section about it...
Sir, put your hands down! Stevenson, dispatch a group of paramedics. What do you mean "again", i had no choice! He was talking and waving his hands at the same time!
The events at Evergreen have been heavy on my mind. I took 2 hours today watching an interview with Bret Weinstein, an incredibly respectable guy, and have been reading articles where I can, and it's just amazing that something like this is being allowed to happen. Has anyone thought to tell these kids "No."?
Lorange J Was it the interview on the Rubin Report? Either way, that interview was fantastic and everyone curious about this insanity should go check it out.
That's what I don't get. Younger generations have always rebelled, and sometimes go overboard. But authorities don't usually respond with "Sure, you can have anything you demand."
Lorange J I want to drive there and just yell at them for being idiots, despite how unproductive it is. Mainly because this shit completely undermines whatever (now mangled) message they were intending
Yes it was! Such a great interview, Bret is someone I would love to have a sit down talk with about the state of society right now, so much of what he said on that topic resonated with me. He is clearly a very level headed person whose goal seems to be elevating to higher consciousness rather than encouraging anyone to choose a side. It's a shame these kids made him their target.
The children at that school are a generation of people who have lived their entire life without accountability or consequence. It is not OK to illegally detain or confine another human being. It is not OK to yell racial slurs at people, even if you are a minority. It is not OK to interfere with other students education and right to be in a place of education because they are a different race than you. All of these actions by the students are criminal, yet they will not face any prosecution, punishment, or ill affect to their life. How is the student body allowed to habitually assault these teachers in criminal fashion and still be allowed to attend that school. Cornering a teacher and not allowing him to leave? Yelling racist slurs at teachers? When will the faculty at this school protect its teachers? These teachers are exposed to criminal behaviour on a daily basis at this school and the school does nothing? These students are being let down by the faculty of this school by allowing them, and essentially educating them, that criminal behaviour is OK. If not for the teachers safety, then at least for the long term concern for the students overall development in life they need to face accountability. By letting student behave in this manor without accountability they are being educated that it is OK to be a criminal, be hypocrites, be void of compassion, self respect, empathy, responsibility... These students need to face the consequences of committing crimes and be prosecuted.
I think you're generalizing too much when you say generation. I'd like to state I'm a member of that generation of people (children in your words) and I find their actions disgusting to put it lightly.
those kids need to be put down, let's face it, the way Earth is going, we can't have kids that are that ignorant, they're only going to breed more ignorant fucks, it's inhuman, but those kids need to stop breathing our air.
《Dabs》 yeah, correct. i really hope they dont let that slip and put a foot down. if you dont teach them the right values and how to act like a decent person now, when then? im really worried where this is heading...
Dear Phil, I absolutely LOVED this video. This is exactly why I watch you. You covered the professor story so sublimely. Spot on. Then, on the sad note, you covered your back story where the police officer took his own life and then followed it up with the two years later (current) story and really covered so much of it, most of which I was ineptly uninformed about. Great job! Fantastic journalism! Awesome reporting. This, again, is why I watch you. You take news stories, bring it to my attention, and give me what I need to know in a succinct, unbiased, while sharing your own-make no mistake about it-opinion. Seriously.Wicked F'n Cool. Thank You.
The heroic actions of those 3 men should be remembered forever. I am so thankful that we have people like these men in the world, and it breaks my heart that we lost two of them in this horrible attack.
It's not just these students that are making me frustrated, it's the people that allow this sort of behaviour and just let it slide. They should seriously just grow some balls and kick these students out already.
Well Tennessee, thankfully, banned BLM and Antifa from demonstrating against invited speakers…on ALL campuses state-wide. It is now deemed a felony to do this; 'bout damn *_TAHM!!!_* 👌 Seriously, though, it really is a shame that groups like BLM have had such high percentages within their ranks thst are violent, disrespectful radicals who have no idea why free speech should made a priority at all costs. I mean systemic racism _absolutely does_ exist in this country (not to the degree that many in BLM portray) and needs to be addressed as the problem it is; however, the growing number of people in BLM that are radicalized and grossly misinformed of both the problem and the "solution" only invalidate the issues regarding racism, that they hope to illuminate, to those who aren't aware of it.
I know. It should never have been allowed to get this far. Those students need to be stopped. What's going to happen if things get really out of hand and just being rude and disrespectful turn violent? What's going to happen when these aggressive individuals come across someone who doesn't agree with them and maybe are aggressive themselves? There could be a huge brawl at this college, and the school would be partially responsible for letting this situation get out of hand. This needs to end. These people need to learn their actions are not acceptable and that they are completely in the wrong. They shouldn't wait until something violent happens. They are already cornering people and making them feel unsafe.
Just remember, the schools are trying to cultivate this countries own Kim Jong Un and the parents of these kids are just as responsible as the schools.
I had to skip past some of those videos of student "protests" because I couldn't handle the cringe. So disappointing. I'm not much older than these students, young enough to be considered a millennial, and I can't even handle how entitled these kids are acting. They're doing themselves a serious disservice.
I think the better term is: "Retarded"! I have to work my ass of to adapt to a new country, and then you get shits like this who make automatically every student on campus the bad guy!
I'm not even sure what the hell their comment was supposed to reference? Humanity coming out of Africa? That's the only thing I can think of and even then it's sheer bonkers. You're not over fifty million years old and if you are, I would hope you'd be more mature. o_O
Issa Beganović no employer will hire people who came out of that college now lmao theyll just look up that college and thatll be the first article that pops up on google
People should be hired based on skill sets though... Why is that wrong? I don't give a fuck who's teaching me as long as they know their shit. These students need to chill.
Lolatyou332 what does it being a liberal arts school have to do with anything? (I don't think that there is a direct association of liberal art schools to be liberal, it just mean how they are academically oriented) correct me if I'm wrong.
It's wrong because they don't have any skills. These kinds of people often take worthless degrees and are available at all hours of the day to perform their protests as a result. Therefore a skills based meritocracy will be terrible for them. Perhaps if they spent their valuable days in university / college actually shutting their mouths and listening and learning , they wouldn't be having the issues they perceive to face. Their problems are of their own creation , and they fight them intensely only to end up creating more. It is a sad kind of insanity.
VanillaSKillz, in his brain he is a hero for taunting liberals but in fact most of the things that makes him human in others eyes, is just being a part of being liberal. He just doesnt know this cause he is raised to be a good choirboy with priests hand down his shortshorts. There is no turning back for these people, they are lost.
at 10:32 - What you've just said Phil is both true and really sad. "Unfortunately it feels like most of the good we get in the world these days is the reaction to horror..."
Yay, not only are these students being objectively terrible, now they feel like they're entitled to jail someone for sharing a video. It's a real shame that a place known as a bastion of learning now harbors such willful and malevolent ignorance.
seems to me that these students have heard the word racism thrown around so much that they have lost sight of what racism really is. I'm sure their ancestors must be turning in their graves having encountered and stood against actual racism. These students are not being oppressed, they are simply entitled brats. I hope they are punished just as severely as anyone else would be for behaving in that manner.
As an Indian immigrant living in America, I have faced racism, but the last thing I do is BLAME anyone, especially the WHITE MAN! It's pathetic how many people use the race card to get their point across. Those college kids are nothing more than an example of disrespectful, unappreciative, spoiled brats. The fact that they are in COLLEGE makes me worried. Also, the professor DID NOT say anything wrong. Why should professors be hired for their color or race? Professors should be hired for the skill they possess and the ability they have to pass their learnings to the students. I'm not perfect by any means, but I'm also not ignorant. I would love to hear another perspective on this matter as I have provided mine.
Kuldeep Gohil Right? I would like to be hired because of my skill not because of my race! It actually would offend me more if a person hired me because I'm just "the Mexican girl". It's backwards as hell!
This is exactly what I'm thinking. As a fellow student, and hopefully an English as a Second Language Teacher next semester, I would hope that my teachers are qualified enough to teach me. Also, that I am qualified enough to teach next semester. Now, I don't have a degree on English as a language (you don't need one to teach at a language school in Brazil), but I know for a fact that I have shown my future employer my skills in the English language. I moved from Brazil to the USA when I was 9 years old (2005), returned to Brazil at the age of 19 (2014). Did almost all of schooling there, and my English is nearly perfect. Thats is why they might hire me. Not because of my race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc. I just wish society nowadays could look past those superficial things, and focus on what is important, education and skills for their life.
Exactly. I think the only way to stop racism is to stop bringing it up, whether you are trying to reduce it or justify your actions with it. I think the more people talk about it, the worse it gets.
The idea that as many American jobs will be lost as Trump says: 2.7 million (can't remember exactly) seems laughable for a few reasons. First of all the number of jobs in manufacturing (the polluting industries mainly responsible for the carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions) outsourced to developing countries with lower wages and regulations is increasing constantly, and to keep those jobs in the U.S. the wages and regulations would have to be lowered to a level far below acceptable living standards. Even if this was done technological development in the U.S. would likely mean many of the jobs would be performed by machines. Another reason for the ridiculousness of Trump's decision is that with the increasing scarcity of fossil fuels and increasing environmental concern the future industries for creating large amounts of employment will be that of renewable energies and green manufacturing. The decision to leave the Paris Accord will only hinder the development of these industries while the environmental agenda is put on the back foot, hindering the creation of jobs subsequently. Something Phil didn't mention in the video is that the rules of the Paris Accord mean a nation can't leave the agreement until after the next election of a nation is completed. This points towards the decision possibly being more political than economically driven. The best thing the world can do for everyone in the long run is protect the environment, it will cost a lot more to neglect it.
Phil, thank you so much for your coverage of the Portland story. Thank you for not bringing any attention or glorification to this racist murderer. I have lived in the Portland area for my entire life (a place I always felt safe in) and I am tired of seeing this monster's face all over my social and news medias. Three heroes stepped up that day and they are the ones that deserve to be noticed. Thank you.
These students are going to get shock if/when they graduate and have to go into the real world and this kind of disrespectful behaviour won't get them anywhere.
I think if they miss assignments etc because of this, they shouldn't be given special treatment, they missed it because they are being drama lamas, they failed it, more on.
Hijabi Kebabi Unfortunately, those students mean dollars for the university. I wouldn't be surprised if the university gives them pardon for their actions because you know, they want their money.
+LaVonne West It can have something to do with that (it's a popular racist stereotype along with watermelon and chicken) but in this case it doesn't have that intended meaning
It doesn't make you look very good to generalize an entire population. I've known that reference for years, and yes I'm a part of the younger generation(exactly how much depends on your definition of it).
Tbh I never heard of it before either. If I didn't KNOW De Franco is absolutely not a racist, I would have been like wtf? As it was I just figured it's a reference I didn't get. Move on. And hey I was right!
The survivor of the Portland Attack stated that he didn't want money raised for him but would rather the money go towards the girls that were threatened.
I think Philly D has the most well spoken and intellectual audience. Some of these comments make me think of writing essays for my challenge lit class. Lol. 😂😂
This college thing scares me. These kids are so hateful and ignorant and sheltered, and theyre going to be the people running our world before too long. I cannot feel hope for the world they are going to be creating. I can only hope that someone starts to stand up, and this sort of attitude gets shut down.
Those people are not the ones who will be running the world. They are an extreme minority. The vast majority of people (left or right) are sensible and willing to have a calm discussion of ideology.
Richard Hall It sure doesn't seem like they are that much of a minority. Especially since they seem to be getting support from school admins. Maybe this specific group of white segregationists is in the minority but there are many others with equally regressive and discriminatory views.
mrfusspot they are going to evergreen college, this college is a joke in Washington. Easy to get into, easy classes, coddles kids. Their degree holds no weight in the real world
Chris B This isn't the first example of a no whites day at a college. This isn't the only place where dissenting opinions are received with calls for people's heads. This is not an isolated thing.
I'm glad the students at evergreen got exposed and realize how embarrassing they are. As someone who lives in Washington I am just appalled that there are students like this even in my state I thought more of people my age but I guess I'm wrong... I hope they all get served justice
Jessica Awesome Oh trust me...they will. They will once they try to get a job, and their potential employer does a background check on them (EVERYONE gets background checked before getting hired). I say they will because after this debacle, I find it very difficult for anyone to want to hire them because they apparently only know how to fight, scream and yell, and not debate like civilized human beings.
It is just TOO HILARIOUS that now they know how poorly people are viewing their nonsense, they are looking for someone other than themselves to blame for it. No, we weren't being assholes.... it was just bad editing.... LOLOL
They got exposed already ? Where did you get that information ? *Please tell me* ! Anyway, seems pretty justified if you tell the truth. Their behavior and and actions were pretty shitty. I'm also pretty sure that at least 30 % of them just jumped on the protest train because it's cool to protest against teachers, right ?
I've watched you for many years now.... You (crew) put a lot of work into every single video and it shows. You should have your own radio show, honestly. Keep hustling and briefing us on the news "DeFranco style"!
This is why I listen. I had not heard from either MSM or other sources that the US is willing to renegotiate terms in the Paris agreement and join. That's some tasty nuance that the partisan commentators are leaving out. Thanks Phil!
Speaking as someone who's been called a snowflake on more than one occasion. These kids are some special kind of snowflakes. Making demands about homework and preaching about racism when they themselves are committing acts of racism.
How are those students still able to go to school? At the very least, they should be suspended if they're going to bitch at people and then not do the schoolwork they're in school to do. Their GPAs SHOULD suffer if they're going to tank their grades for an imagined cause they need to stand up for. If they aren't going to use their ability to get an education, fine. They don't need one then.
The school and faculty supports them officially. TBH, the school can't go against them. Unfortunate that there are probably dozens of students who are just trying to get an education and are now thrust into this.
Suspending those shitheads would only make things worse. At that point is where shit would hit the fan. Riots with people screaming: "RACIST SYSTEM SUSPENDING COLORED STUDENTS". It's a shitty world right now.
The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that Trump pulled out of the Paris Agreement in order to "negotiate better terms" (ie rejoin with miniscule or no changes) and claim that he's the king of negotiating. According to him, he makes the best deals.
I've been watching this show for years now and I am from Portland. Thank you so much for coverage of what happened here and for NOT showing that abominable "persons" face. The local news was saturated with it, stories about him his life etc... I don't care. I want to know about THEM. I want to know about the people that so admirably did what Portland is supposed to be. They died trying to ensure a safe space for all. They should be the ones being talked about, not him. Thank you.
Hey Phil, I know you most likely won't see this but I'm a born and raised Portlander and I just want to thank you for the way you shared the awful news from my hometown. You are someone I can trust to give accurate and unbiased news. Much love and thank you very much ❤️
It is absolutely inexcusable what these people are doing. As a brown male raised in more impoverished areas of the country, i can say without a doubt that racism no longer exists in the same facet as it once did, seeing people so passionate about a problem they don't have to deal with is extremely frustrating. I've spent times on both ends, I've lived in suburbs of Florida and in the ghettos of New York and have only experienced racism either from people too ignorant to understand what they are saying (not even enough times for it to be an issue) and from people who are also minoritys, I've been told I'm not right and cant possibly be from New York because of how i talk, I've been told by my black father how at every turn i would experience racism and prejudice, but in reality the only times i have even come close to truly experiencing racism, is when people want to be treated differently because of their skin color they may act like they are for equality and nothing more but these people act as though they are owed something. Things like this make me think back to that oh so famous Martin Luther King quote "Judge me not by the color of my skin, but by the content of my character". Wanting to be treated differently for being of a specific race is not equality. Sorry if that made no sense this kind of stuff makes me a little ranty
DekuSkrub I don't blame you, buddy. There is this insidious ideology, mostly perpetuated by the political left nowadays, that tells all people of a minority status that white people will attempt tp sabotage them at every turn. Also known into this loop is the gender card, the religion card, lgbt card, etc. The idea is that the political left seeks to create a "majority of minorities," so they continue this race war as a political strategy while insulting and threatening any person who thinks differently - even the different thinker is also of a minority status. This tactic has effectively divided our society, and has currently also delegitimized the political left. It is up to people like us to effectively end this media-promoted race war.
Mostly Florida, but mostly from people of the same race. There have been a few times I've encountered it from my own father towards white people (my mother was white and left him so i think he's just bitter)
I'm Native American, (Cherokee) born and raised in a smaller town in Florida, and you don't see much racism at all here.. So i was just wondering because it seems most video's/news clips we see about racists, are from cities, and most are northern cities.. And i truly hate seeing it anywhere, and sorry to hear you've had personal issues with it, and it seems you're much bigger than it, and i just wish others would grow up and stop the ignorance.. Thank you for your response, and i hope you have a great weekend.. Peace!
The way this entire situation at the college is being handled is so disappointing. Where is our standard of justice? Where are our morals? This should have never been able to get this far.
Phil if it's any consolation, I 100% agree with you, and with the professor being criticized. Politically, I tend to lean on the centre-left side of the spectrum, while leaning farther left for social issues. I'm also a university student, and something that startled me was that these students were demanding to essentially not do their work due to protest. How can these students demand a pardon on their schoolwork for protesting when they are expected to be adults? Get your work done and protest on your own time, because no one cares what you do outside of school and that will be the same when you are in the working world. It is not the university's job to hold your hand, it is supposed to get you ready for the real world and open your mind.
Oh my God. When he made the Kool-Aid joke, I was like, "I pray people don't think that this is racist and don't know about Jonestown." Aaaaand it happened.
As a college student, I feel very fortunate that my college (shoutout to Illinois State) has much more safe and open exchange of ideas and viewpoints. That is the whole point of college: to teach people all the points and let them decide for themselves what is right. College students believe they know everything, and when faculty and staff let them believe that they know everything, they never actually learn anything, and they are left unprepared for the world off campus, where being offended isn't a viable solution to your problems.
These students should be expelled immediately. This is not what college is for. Go be children somewhere else, and let the real adults go to college to have dialogues with those willing to debate.
LMAOOO i made a joke to myself about how you might've messed up when you mentioned drinking the Koolaid. I got it of course but i didnt think people would take it to heart like that lol
Since when can a student body just say, "we're not turning in assignments on time because we are doing these protests and you need to tell your teachers." !!??? Is the administration going to let them do this? So much more I want to say about funding and such, but I can't get my words to work write. You see I didn't go to college, because there wasn't any funding for middle class white kids in the 70s.
Kathryn Blodgett Just let them not turn in assignments. Professors will do their jobs because they're grown adults with common sense. They've already been through enough harassment, so might as well alleviate the burden of grading papers. Let the students refuse to turn in work; let them see how that turns out on their transcripts and reports.
they need to bring back the good ole ruler punishment. This is what happens when parents cant spank their damn kids anymore without being labeled as abusive
They're not children they're adults lol, and thus should be treated as such. Meaning they should face accountability for their extraordinarily stupid actions.
"I'm tired of white people telling black and brown people what we need" I am tired of black people telling white people what to do.. This will end well, I'm sure.
I myself am brown and agree with you. More and more we see stories like this one where it's African American kids being entitled enough to do this shit. sure there are other races but this one Lead the charge in this video. It's as if they channeled their ancestors spirits and spoke through them. They're the exact problem right now. Yes there are a lot of racist people. But there are also those unwilling to let the past go. it happened. What now? do we continue to make everything about race when we don't get our way? Or do we move past it and learn from it?
Just feel that we are thinkng to much in general of things like this. I just don't see them as black /: insted I see brown. They are not black as the night if you get what i'm trying to say... I hope.. Don't wanna sound like a jackass. Iike example I don't see myself as having white skin. I see it as beige.
It's racist to hire people based off of their skin colour, the whole 'diversifying' thing is completely wrong if you ask me, it should be about giving everyone equal opportunity to be a teacher(which you don't have in the us, which isn't the fault of the hypocritical racists in the first story), if then more asians become teachers than caucasians, well then thats how the demand is among asian and caucasians. Edit: Some grammar errors, and this below. Better put: *"I feel like affirmative action is needed in areas that PROMOTE skill building (i.e. applying for university as a student) but not in areas that require you to already HAVE SKILLS (then it only makes sense to hire the best candidate regardless based on skills)"* - _Thanks George Berry, could not have said it better myself._
There's contention to be had there. While I don't agree we should address things based on colour and sex or other arbitrary reasoning. This doesn't however protect society from systemic racism that could lead to people discriminated by having their resumes discarded by racist HR staff, or Employers, or any number of otherwise unapparent racism. Canada is testing an interesting concept for at least government jobs where names are removed from applications. As such only the qualifications will be considered, and not any inklings on what sex or nationality they could be. I'd be in favor of that being used extensively throughout the workforce.
Tia Dickerson, Notice how no-one asked for your response either, yet you still made it. It's almost like you had an opinion which you wanted to express just like SgtAlex, and now myself, did. No-one needs to ask for someones opinion to get it on social media. In short; welcome to the internet, you must be new here.
An egalitarian approach only works when everyone has the same opportunity. Unfortunately, most of the time non-white people are more numerous in the least wealthy parts of the population. This is why affirmative action helps people of colour with the right skill-set. It's not all about skin colour, it's also being an adequate fit for the position. Saying that everyone should be treated equally for job opportunities is just wishful thinking because many people are still suffering from discrimination and therefore not treated equally. Affirmative action helps rebalance the scale so that it's not just "white and qualified" but also "non-white and qualified" in a professional field.
I would have loved to write further on my original comment, but I was taking a shit just before my English exam(which I got 12/12 on, btw), so allow me to elaborate further. The point about people being discriminated is definitely a fair one, but I don't think that will be fixed by having rules that says a certain number of employees have to have a certain skin colour, gender or sexuality, which in it of itself is discrimination, mind you, discrimination goes all ways, everyone can be discriminated against, and unfortunately many people are. And I think taking the names off of applications is a neat idea, but if the discrimination happens with the employer, then we should focus on the employer, not the availability of jobs for people, when they don't control their skin colour, gender or sexuality. Like Bravourways said, it's an egalitarian approach, which only works when everyone has equal opportunity to get educated for the job, some people will be better, some will be worse, but the first step, at least for the US, is actually allowing for equal opportunities. PirateDoin just one question though, when you say systematic racism, are you referring to employers discrimination based on the names of the people looking for a job, or are you talking about something else entirely? I have yet to have someone actually explain what it is, since I suspect it isn't as prevalent here in Europe, and therefor isn't really of much importance to me.
Phil, keep doing what you do. I'm a Black Veteran and am ashamed these specific students will be the poster children of liberal socialist trouble makers and representative of black society. I know not every black college student sees the world the way some of these students do but I hope they survive long enough to know how to live in today's and the future world. I hope and pray my children will be much wiser than the bubble these kids are in!
Can't get over the bunch from the college. I have never seen more people in one room, being so wrong and so vocal about their misdirected anger in a situation where it really doesn't merit it. I think Phil is a much better man, since I am just listening to this story being told, thinking they basically forfeited their futures by being... quite stupid. He's just annoyed, as he said, but I feel genuine spite for their lack of intelligence. I mean it in a sense of pride they will most likely have when this simmers down, saying "we fought the oppression! We gave them hell!". Well, no, you're a bunch of idiots in a room, screaming with your righteous anger, getting high on power, stuck in an echo chamber of an opinion. There's so many things worth challenging, so many more paths to take, and you go THERE? To me, ultimately, this is something regrettable and does not make you or your case look cleverly stuck together. Also, technically speaking, aren't they at the level where they should be held accountable for harassing and holding up the teachers? I am not quite sure at what the US does in those cases, so I won't assume too much.
I think this thing got a lot more traction than it probably needed. University students are notorious for poor judgement as a species. If it had stayed at the level of school kids acting stupid and giving their teachers a bad week, it would have blown over before long. But these days stuff like this goes viral and suddenly the whole world is watching. 10 or 15 years from now these kids are going to be hoping this stuff doesn't show up in a background check.
Man these kids are going get a real tough wake up call when they graduate and realize jobs don't care about their rediculous political views and don't understand how the real world looks like. They don't even know what's going on around them because they don't let anyone talk real to them
Love how if this happened in the UK these students would just be kicked out of university/college and all their power would be taken away, these people are still their teachers and elders you still need to respect them, however much you disagree with them you should still treat them right. Love how people always end up doing what they are fighting against.
Kicked out? I wouldn't be so quick to assume that these days, I fear we may be following (at least to some degree) America in the way these things are happening, early days yet, but I can see it at my son's university.
I'm currently a Brit in College, and I can confirm this. Colleges come down like a ton of bricks on bad behavior or not doing work. Unlike schools there isn't a punishment system, you literally just get kicked out of the college if you piss around or dont turn up.
hahahahaha you're joking right? My uni banned an Israeli economist from speaking to business students simply because he was Israeli and this would've created a "dangerous environment"
Having gone through uni in the UK and being a bit of a dick during that period, I can also confirm that they don't take shit from the students. Security galore with fines for misdemeanours that obviously amounted to enough to fund a fleet of new patrol vans (no joke). Any hint of a large gathering, let alone a protest, would have resulted in immediate shutdown and god help you if you happened to be having a bbq.
Don't ever stop talking about these topics. I know they won't stop you. But please don't stop talking. At least you bring these topics to the surface. Love ya.
I apologize if I trigger anyone with my hands movements. I also apologize if you are triggered by the obvious sarcasm of the previous statement. I'm triggered that you're triggered. Please apologize. Thank you.
Philip DeFranco lol
Philip DeFranco I'm sorry, but I think I deserve an apology for you triggering me by being triggered by triggering.
So very triggered right now!! :D
Philip DeFranco I am professionally offended that you are triggered by others triggering of hand movements.
This comment is legendary
We're screwed, Phil. As an Italian American we are being silenced. If we cannot talk with our hands, we simply cannot talk.
Sgt Savage best comment here
Sgt Savage I've never noticed his move his hands as much as he does lol
Siamo tutti avvitati!! *waves hands furiously*
never mind italians have you seen jewish people speak? they like invented hand gesturing. with that established liberal college movements are now Antisemitic.
we need more people like you
I hope these kids are happy... They made their college look awful. And yes, they are kids... Children... Despite their biological age, their actions let us all know that they've failed to progress beyond the egotistical toddler stage of development. Super depressing.
Ms. Daynie agreed!
Ms. Daynie agreed...and side note, you're absurdly beautiful.
Brandon Westfall horny virgin
I'm 24 and still feel like a child.
Evil Empire *ellipsis
We could make enough renewable energy from using MLK spinning in his grave to power the world forever.
Spelgrym this would generate too much power and cause the world to catch fire
Spelgrym 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂so funny and original you didn't take that from someone on twitter😂😂😂😂😂👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
oh my fuhking god I cant breathe ahahhahaha
There'dbe so much energy we wouldn't of needed to leave the Paris Accord
As a liberal snowflake, I have to say that the behavior of these students is disgusting and disgraceful. They're hurting their argument and de-legitimizing themselves.
WeepingShadow but as a old, rich, white, male, I also approve of this message. My fellow white men must step up and end this "black suprepmist movement".
What argument?
Ethan Cousin and fellow Black men and women :)
*Artaios Greybark* Exactly. Your point is spot on.
To those college kids at Evergreen, just because you're the loudest person in the room, doesn't mean you're the most correct in the room.
Usually the loudest is the most wrong
AverageWillPower iirc it's a liberal arts college...so that should make things a lot clearer.
www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/20e9yf/what_is_a_liberal_arts_degree_and_why_is_it_the/
"Stereo-typically those that seek liberal arts degree are stoners, hippies or those that don't know what they want to do with their life."
BOSK you do know that Harvard college is a liberal arts college, right?
Were the students really asking for a day where white kids couldn’t come to school? That’s the way it's been framed, and I wonder because if it was a day black kids took off, why would they decide to instead come to class, but ban white people? It doesn’t make sense.
It's like children of the corn
Exactly.
And yes, they decided this year that they would ban (through social shaming) white people from coming to campus, ergo the objection by the professor whom objected on that basis. This is an absurd scenario, but it isn't a surprise since universities are more bottom line than education.
This is the weirdest time in the history of man to be a white male. People calling us sexist, racist, white supremacist alt right radical nazis. Meanwhile I'm just a Canadian trying to eat maple syrup n shit.
Ecap
Don't eat shit. Even with maple syrup.
Sounds like an odd pairing to eat but whatever floats your canoe.
Phil, your sane followers know you aren't racist. These people aren't liberals, they have this entitled complex, and as a 'liberal', I find their way of 'protesting' (if that's even what you want to call it), absolutely ridiculous.
Except no one sane would call themselves a "follower" of this weak minded little wretched scumbag.
Ponyponypony Pony not sure why you feel the need to spread hate, if you don't like Phil then why watch his videos?
not sure if this is satire or not lol
+ Haley Nettles, Pony is trolling, obvious trolling. Note the throwaway account and the intentionally inflammatory writing. Definitely a troll.
As an African American, I don't understand why the college students are upset. The professor simply said that people should be hired based on their skills and NOT JUST for diversity. Meaning it's great to hire professionals from several different races, but it is also important to make sure that they are at the level of skill needed to be an exceptional professor. As much as I would have pride in seeing a POC professor, I also want someone who is going to have the skill level to teach me content worth $20k of a year tuition. They corner these school authorities and yell at them rather than show their intellect by debating the issue in a reasonable matter. Rather they scream slander at them. It's always best to sit down and educate individuals than backing them into a corner and yelling at them and not giving them a chance to make clarifications or engage in critical thinking and dialogue.
The professor stated: "There is a huge difference between a group or coalition deciding to voluntarily absent themselves from a shared space in order to highlight their vital and under-appreciated roles…and a group or coalition encouraging another group to go away." ^^ I also don't see anything wrong with that statement. If anyone is going to stay home it should be an option. Womens Day had a similar concept but it was voluntary. Nobody was coerced or forced to take an absence.
ashante They go to a liberal arts college thing about it skills do they have any probably not. Just clarifying that I'm joking I'm sure they are all rational human beings that are up for an intelligent debate right?
ashante why not just voice your opinion ? Why even mention your race like it matters ?
Apollo DA if it doesn't matter why do you care
Ronald Mcfondled sigh
Don't be so literal, I didn't say it didn't matter in general I said in this context and situation it is irrelevant, which is why I asked " why "
Apollo DA, So that other black people wont call the poster a white
Phil don't you see this is why your show is so great! Despite the name calling and fear mongering from the left and right, you continue to present the stories in a clear, objective manner and also give your own opinion without fear of the repercussions. It's no wonder so many of us love tuning in to your show!
Holy shit. The lunatics are running the asylum.
Want another Trash person Phil? During that horrible attack here in Portland OR, a homeless man stole one of the victim's belongings while he lay dying. The family of one of the Victims discovered that their loved one's items were missing while arranging for their funeral, security videos from the MAX station caught the homeless man leaving the station with the backpack belonging to the victim. thankfully he was found and arrested for the theft.
Random Fandom Dude what the fuck is wrong with people?
It is astonishing how many close minded people there are in the world. People who think they are infallible in their ideas..... And are just fucked up enough to do something about them...... this hit so close to home. Why are we at this point? How do we proceed? Is violence the answer to defend the ones who need It, or is that simply an escalation of the problem? I don't know. What I do know is that
These men are heros. They did all they could, and gave all they had, to defend against evil. I hope that in the same situation I would be strong enough to defend another as they did, in their memory.
To add, and I don't mean to detract from the obviously horrible murder and theft of the victims, why are people homeless in this resource rich, wealthy country, where they are driven to do such things? :( It's very sad.
@Brendan The answer to which is far from simple and will never ever be simple.
Expel these entitled *children*.
foh
I was thinking the same thing! It's just that, if they were expelled, these children would just believe their point proven! Yet I really don't see how we could get through to people that unwilling to have a conversation.
Seriously, HOW have the cops not been called and those assholes been fucking expelled?
And the moment they're expelled, every faculty member will be called a racist, the situation escalates, and some people may lose their jobs for literally trying to speak out and condemn the very thing they're being accused of.
A white person for some weird reason can no longer defend themselves against false racism charges, because that in itself has become racist, and because the ones accusing scream much louder than the one they accuse.
As much as I wish these kids would have to face the consequences of their actions, they probably never will.
Doesn't matter. Racism, terrible as it is, is not illegal. My grandparents show their inner jackass off when they see a black person walk by, but that doesn't make them criminals.
What needs to happen is a public outcry either shutting down the college, or expelling the offending students, under the supervision of police officers. I wouldn't trust them to do so without violence, and they've since proved they don't wish to learn or participate in an exchange of ideas.
Kinda the entire reason schools and colleges exist. No reason for them to stick around.
All of this just goes to prove. No matter your race, political stance, religious beliefs, or whatever, you can still choose to be an ass hole or not.
I agree 100%
Ethnine Preach!
Exactly!
These children...I can't reasonably call them adults as they don't behave as adults...act more like a little known group that apparently held power in Europe during the 1940's.... oh what was that group called again...oh that's right....The Nazis.
I think the following quote is applicable to so many things that happen now a days:
"The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it." ~George Bernard Shaw
If I yelled 'fuck you!" to a faculty member at any school I've been to, I don't think I'd still be welcome there.
I really don't get why they're so upset over Brett's opinion. I didn't see anything racist about it at all.
Longdick Swangin seriously, when Phil talked about it yesterday I was so confused it made no sense at all I thought I was missing something but no it still makes little sense at all to me
Longdick Swangin agreed. I'm trying to understand what he said or did that was racist.
Tyler Cherry as a black man I wholly agree they should be removed from the campus they are making it impossible for people to teach and learn
it's because they're racist and bigots themsevles
Longdick Swangin these students make us all look retarded
I'm not an American I'm Irish and when I look at these students voicing their "right" to protest it sickens me as they are not using it in the way it was intended. They are just hiding behind it to protect themselves from the real consequences. If a situation like that arose in Ireland(it wouldn't) it wouldn't be tolerated by colleges and Institutes they would simply dismiss the students for genuinely harassing staff. I do respect the right to free speech but there is a point where it turns in verbal abuse (bullying).
Dan Mir And that's exactly why I'm going to study abroad in Ireland rather than attend our "American" Marxist indoctrination centers
KidWithIT is best I rather go to a trade school then college
Mup Ireland we are too lazy to protest shit like this
Great points Dan, I certainly don't see anything like that arising in Ireland (possible due to our less diverse population?- Although diverse doesn't mean we can't coexist and deal with disagreements in a rational and level headed manner) but ridiculous nonetheless. Shout out to a fellow Irish viewer!
What is so tragic is they actually think they are fighting for justice but when in reality they are just promoting racism and hatred and viciously targeting a man that has actually fought against real injustice and racism.
Which sadly he is having to do again while being slandered as a racist himself. It's just insanity.
This students come across as plain old brats, I really don't get it.
you guys remember the South Park episode where the kids figure out all you need to do to get rid of adults is say they are molesters? ... Similarities.
Someone should mention the fact that Nicaragua declined not because they don't want to, but because they felt that these terms were not strict ENOUGH and that it wouldn't lead to much difference. They're already on their way to 90% renewables. Syria on the other hand, is in the middle of a 6-year civil war.
allo didn't know that. Good to know!!
What this person said. Needs to be heard
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we should follow in their lead
as a teen and someone who is left leaning, I think the actions of the students at evergreen college are completely retrogressive and disrespectful. I really hope there is some kind of consequence for the way they are behaving. there were so many opportunities for a peaceful, rational conversation to be had between the two sides, but every student that screamed or interrupted shut any line of communication down. I'm disappointed and embarrassed.
Amanda L as a liberal, I kind of want to slap them until they realize they're idiots.
Amanda L I totally agree, they're making compete fools of themselves.
These students need to grow-up and learn that if they want to accomplish anything, then they need to have a grown-up conversation like adults, instead of cursing and name calling like a bunch of children throwing temper tantrums because they are not immediately getting their way. Pathetic...
Did you see that? Phil used his *HANDS*
I think we should flag his vid and take his channel down for using his GOD DAMN HANDS
Im honestly so disturbed at what's happening at Evergreen state college. The fact that they want to take down the "stolen" videos showing how revolting they are acting only proves how wrong they're going about it. I really hope the professor they want fired/ to quit nothing happens to him. He's trying to logically talk to some of these screeching students only to be cut off and yelled at. I see the point they're trying to make but they're only making themselves and the movement look bad. Not that it matters either but this is my point of view as someone of color.
Lexy The whole thing smacks of trying to replicate 'Dear White People'
Alana Robertson what, throwing fuel onto the already heavily stoked fire of racism across the country?
"as someone of color" can you please explain what you think the "point" they're trying to make is? Because this man said and did literally NOTHING wrong, so again please tell me where you feel these idiots have a "point"
Lexy that's the thing that I just don't get - if there's a valid point and argument for your cause / position on something and you can't express it well enough that you end up resorting to the type of behaviour these students are exhibiting, then nobody wants to hear your original point anymore; I know I don't, anyway. Let's talk or flail our arms, cry, whatever we have to do to get to that basic understanding of each other but if you want to corner and then alternate between ignoring and abusing the other person, your point is now moot and you're simply being an unrelenting, ignorant asshole.
myrandoms I feel like you didn't read my comment correctly. Just read it again and you'll see what I'm actually saying. Im not advocating for the students. Just because they are trying to show that there's racism at that school (the point they're making) doesn't mean it's accurate.
As a English university student who has Greek background, this is down right crazy!
1.lets flip it and let's say that people wanted a day where only white people could come on to the campus, there would be rioters trashing up the campus
2. I'm paying for a good education and I expect that the school/college/university would employ people who is good at the subject, regardless if they are black, white or brown. Knowing that they would turn away someone who is better at subject because they would like to have equality number of black or brown teachers would annoy me because I would want the best education because after all I'm paying for it which I don't think the students at evergreen state college understand!
Because You're Online seemingly not. Apparently as soon as they see someone mention something about race they get offended. I just.... dont understand how so many people can be this moronic. I'm around the same age as them and it's baffling seeing how stupid these people are being. Calling for the attorney general to make a full investigation of a video someone released bc it was "stolen"? Really? If I were the staff on campus I would try and find another job and resign asap, bc goddamn I would hate working in such a toxic environment.
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That's the stupid shit about it. The way they had it originally said that black people could choose to not go to school on that day, and go to a meeting.
These kids were saying to make a day where white people wont be at school, no choice, and then start screaming when people told them no that's wrong also they're paying to be here.
Best two comments I've seen ^^^
The disrespect shown by those students is unbelievable. Since when are (any) students in control, making their own decisions.
1: technically before this year that was what they were doing, but it wasn't such a hard line thing there were events off campus for them and voluntary from my gathering.
2: what use a meritocratic approach to things you must be a hard core nazi....... especially when you consider that there are laws that make it hard for it to work that way
Orc - It was also organized by POC students and lead by POC students. They would voluntarily leave campus. If this version of it were lead by white students and organized by white students, then it most likely would not have been an issue. As it was, it was the original core students who organized the first event that organized the new version, which required students >other than themselves< to leave campus. Which is what the teacher was protesting. It's one thing to volunteer and do something that will affect yourself, but it's another to demand someone else do it.
As someone who identifies as a proud liberal, I condemn the actions of these students, and disagree with everything they're doing. I do not consider them liberals, just as I do not view Westboro Baptists as Christians, nor ISIS as Muslims. To me liberalism is about giving a shit about everyone, giving a voice to everyone and giving a fair chance to everyone, and they are doing none of these things.
CaptainMcAwesomepan I had a conversation about this a few weeks ago on Facebook - the guy jokingly said "A liberal that voted Trump? I don't even know you anymore!" I've been thinking about it more & more lately, and the modern "liberals" would call me a conservative, no question.
In all honesty, I am anything BUT conservative - I would call myself a moderate libertarian/classical liberal. These children clearly have no idea what "conservative" actually means. They think that means being against gay marriage, immigration in any form, and whatever other nonsense they come up with. I have ALWAYS been a fan of personal freedoms (within reason, of course) and limited government interference in people's lives. That viewpoint hasn't changed in over 10 years...and it likely never will.
Going by the modern definition of the two ideologies, I suppose I could be called conservative no matter what...but, to me, that just shows how far to the left modern liberalism has gone. I know not everyone thinks that way, and I'd guess a vast majority don't...but you rarely hear about them.
For me the liberals always were the last bastion of sanity to the far right's mustache tweedling Saturday morning cartoon style villainy. Like it always felt like the right was desperately trying to send us back into the sociopolitical stone age and these guys were the ones that were "right". In the past 8 years though they've turned into the hippies with the vegan lion from Futurama. They've become a preposterous caricature of everything the conservatives have ever painted them as.
I don't see how they recover from this and it sucks because while now the right seems slightly more sane, it's largely by comparison only and we would still benefit from a bit more moderation. Moderation doesn't sell though. You can't get ratings from sensible answers based on facts and evidence.
that level of anger and disrespect is unjustified
Being born and raised in Nigeria, I can't understand how students can be so disrespectful. From my perspective American students seem very entitled and clueless about how things operate in general. Being loud and obnoxious does not get you very far, and believe you me, people can hold petty grudges that will backfire against you in the future.
Having moved to Canada and in my final year, I am always very respectful of those in higher positions especially teachers, they have put the work in and are also very knowledgeable and they are the ones who would be willing to vouch for you in the future.
*As video goes on getting more annoyed*
@3:29 That guy can please close his mouth, he definitely hasn't done proper hard work in his life. When you start to have calluses on your calluses, that's when you can talk about "building these cities".
MrBlvdman I think it's also partly because how their parents raised them :/
The past seems to be more important to this type of person rather than the present, or the future.
evergreen is a cesspool for entitled hippies. the worst kind of hippies.
source: cousin go there, is an entitled hippy.
Well considering Evergreen has an acceptance rate of like 98% you're going to end up with a lot of idiots going there. Very rarely are angry idiots very respectful. You wouldn't see this happening at the Ivy's or more respectable American schools. But I mean it does happen because people are taught by their parents that this is an OK way to act when it very clearly, to those of us raised better, is NOT.
This is a problem that rises from generations of parents that refuse to chastise their kids for being complete morons and trying to make them see that they are being morons correctly or the parents also being complete morons leading to the creation of super entitled idiots that think they know what's best for the world because they read about it without trying to understand anything. and instead just wanting attention and having their way closed off in an echo chamber even though they aren't even truly sure about what they want because mentally they are stuck at the moody 12 year olds going through puberty eternally phase.
So I live very close to Evergreen college in Olympia and have for about a year. While I don't feel these student's behavior is representatives of all Olympians I do feel as if they are a sizable minority. Just the other week I was walking downtown when I was aggressively called out to and approached by two women around my age (I'm 21), and was promptly asked if I was a skinhead. And while I am indeed a white man who shaves his head I never have or ever will subscribe to any supremacist ideology and actually consider myself a progressive. I explained that to these girls and they still openly berated me on a crowded street for promoting a racist "style" simply because of my head and my shoes, I happened to be wearing my Doc Martens that day. I moved away from a conservative state because I was tired of being surrounded by bigots and closet racists but now I find myself in the midst of regressive left witch hunters who are constantly sharpening their spears even though racial tensions here are very low over all.
Nathanial Taylor You tried to escape bigotry only to find more of it.
Honestly dude, if that happens to you, just walk away. There's no reasoning to people like that. You won't get your point across, and you wont change their mind. Just walk away. And if possible, find a nearby police officer to help discourage any violent activity.
Nathanial Taylor I sincerely apologize on behalf of those who use their situation in order to spread hate. You left close mindedness and toxicity only to be attacked with close mindedness and toxicity. I applaud you for taking the higher road and not allowing them to bring you down to their level. As a mostly liberal female minority, nothing hurts more than seeing those who choose to use the positions of the misrepresented as a voice for hate, to only further misrepresent. In a time where we should be working along side allies like you, we instead choose to go at each other's heads and for that I am truly sorry.
thats odd i would have thought military due to how close FT lewis-mccord is. shows how quick people are to think the worse
Ask them whether they're okay with black men shaving their heads.
to be honest (as a black dude) this situation at the evergreen college just pisses me of. It pains me. I'm around the same age of those kids and I just wish I was there with them, to just tell them to shut the fuck up. They hurting themselves by acting like that. There's to much to say about this situation and I'm not feeling like writing a whole book in this comment section about it...
Sir, put your hands down! Stevenson, dispatch a group of paramedics. What do you mean "again", i had no choice! He was talking and waving his hands at the same time!
The events at Evergreen have been heavy on my mind. I took 2 hours today watching an interview with Bret Weinstein, an incredibly respectable guy, and have been reading articles where I can, and it's just amazing that something like this is being allowed to happen. Has anyone thought to tell these kids "No."?
Lorange J Was it the interview on the Rubin Report? Either way, that interview was fantastic and everyone curious about this insanity should go check it out.
That's what I don't get. Younger generations have always rebelled, and sometimes go overboard. But authorities don't usually respond with "Sure, you can have anything you demand."
Lorange J I want to drive there and just yell at them for being idiots, despite how unproductive it is. Mainly because this shit completely undermines whatever (now mangled) message they were intending
Yes it was! Such a great interview, Bret is someone I would love to have a sit down talk with about the state of society right now, so much of what he said on that topic resonated with me. He is clearly a very level headed person whose goal seems to be elevating to higher consciousness rather than encouraging anyone to choose a side. It's a shame these kids made him their target.
Do you really wanna hurt their feelings like that?? That's just mean.
The children at that school are a generation of people who have lived their entire life without accountability or consequence. It is not OK to illegally detain or confine another human being. It is not OK to yell racial slurs at people, even if you are a minority. It is not OK to interfere with other students education and right to be in a place of education because they are a different race than you. All of these actions by the students are criminal, yet they will not face any prosecution, punishment, or ill affect to their life. How is the student body allowed to habitually assault these teachers in criminal fashion and still be allowed to attend that school. Cornering a teacher and not allowing him to leave? Yelling racist slurs at teachers? When will the faculty at this school protect its teachers? These teachers are exposed to criminal behaviour on a daily basis at this school and the school does nothing? These students are being let down by the faculty of this school by allowing them, and essentially educating them, that criminal behaviour is OK. If not for the teachers safety, then at least for the long term concern for the students overall development in life they need to face accountability. By letting student behave in this manor without accountability they are being educated that it is OK to be a criminal, be hypocrites, be void of compassion, self respect, empathy, responsibility...
These students need to face the consequences of committing crimes and be prosecuted.
I think you're generalizing too much when you say generation. I'd like to state I'm a member of that generation of people (children in your words) and I find their actions disgusting to put it lightly.
those kids need to be put down, let's face it, the way Earth is going, we can't have kids that are that ignorant, they're only going to breed more ignorant fucks, it's inhuman, but those kids need to stop breathing our air.
Shinomaru25 most of this generation just dont have any respect for anyone, thats pretty sad.
Lady Bucket half of those kids couldn't spell respect, even if they were using a smartphone that autocorrected.
《Dabs》 yeah, correct. i really hope they dont let that slip and put a foot down. if you dont teach them the right values and how to act like a decent person now, when then? im really worried where this is heading...
3 hero's defended 2 teenage girls, ideologies are irrelevant...
And? It was the right thing to do, regardless of their beliefs individually.
Virtuoso That's why I called them hero's... Duh!
Dear Phil,
I absolutely LOVED this video. This is exactly why I watch you. You covered the professor story so sublimely. Spot on. Then, on the sad note, you covered your back story where the police officer took his own life and then followed it up with the two years later (current) story and really covered so much of it, most of which I was ineptly uninformed about. Great job! Fantastic journalism! Awesome reporting.
This, again, is why I watch you. You take news stories, bring it to my attention, and give me what I need to know in a succinct, unbiased, while sharing your own-make no mistake about it-opinion. Seriously.Wicked F'n Cool. Thank You.
The heroic actions of those 3 men should be remembered forever. I am so thankful that we have people like these men in the world, and it breaks my heart that we lost two of them in this horrible attack.
It's not just these students that are making me frustrated, it's the people that allow this sort of behaviour and just let it slide. They should seriously just grow some balls and kick these students out already.
Panacea they would have no income of they kicked then all out
Panacea and that could get them killed with no support from the authorities.
Well Tennessee, thankfully, banned BLM and Antifa from demonstrating against invited speakers…on ALL campuses state-wide. It is now deemed a felony to do this; 'bout damn *_TAHM!!!_* 👌
Seriously, though, it really is a shame that groups like BLM have had such high percentages within their ranks thst are violent, disrespectful radicals who have no idea why free speech should made a priority at all costs. I mean systemic racism _absolutely does_ exist in this country (not to the degree that many in BLM portray) and needs to be addressed as the problem it is; however, the growing number of people in BLM that are radicalized and grossly misinformed of both the problem and the "solution" only invalidate the issues regarding racism, that they hope to illuminate, to those who aren't aware of it.
I know. It should never have been allowed to get this far. Those students need to be stopped. What's going to happen if things get really out of hand and just being rude and disrespectful turn violent? What's going to happen when these aggressive individuals come across someone who doesn't agree with them and maybe are aggressive themselves? There could be a huge brawl at this college, and the school would be partially responsible for letting this situation get out of hand. This needs to end. These people need to learn their actions are not acceptable and that they are completely in the wrong. They shouldn't wait until something violent happens. They are already cornering people and making them feel unsafe.
Just remember, the schools are trying to cultivate this countries own Kim Jong Un and the parents of these kids are just as responsible as the schools.
Wow, those are some large preschoolers.
When are police EVER held accountable in this country?
I had to skip past some of those videos of student "protests" because I couldn't handle the cringe. So disappointing. I'm not much older than these students, young enough to be considered a millennial, and I can't even handle how entitled these kids are acting. They're doing themselves a serious disservice.
Not all millennials are as moronic as these ones. All age groups and its people, have its idiots we can collectively be disappointed in.
"You're speaking to your ancestor" "we built these cities"
These damn kids are delusional
I think the better term is: "Retarded"!
I have to work my ass of to adapt to a new country, and then you get shits like this who make automatically every student on campus the bad guy!
I'm not even sure what the hell their comment was supposed to reference? Humanity coming out of Africa? That's the only thing I can think of and even then it's sheer bonkers. You're not over fifty million years old and if you are, I would hope you'd be more mature. o_O
The latest archaeological findings found in European Balkans kinda contradict the theory that we came from Africa.
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Issa Beganović no employer will hire people who came out of that college now lmao theyll just look up that college and thatll be the first article that pops up on google
hoteps
"Liberal arts college" well there's your problem.
Thank you so much for addressing what happened here in Portland, Ore.
People should be hired based on skill sets though... Why is that wrong? I don't give a fuck who's teaching me as long as they know their shit. These students need to chill.
Darren Tse look up Evergreen college lmao.....
The school has extremely low standards, they have a 98.1% acceptance rate. It is a liberal Arts school
Lolatyou332 what does it being a liberal arts school have to do with anything? (I don't think that there is a direct association of liberal art schools to be liberal, it just mean how they are academically oriented) correct me if I'm wrong.
It's wrong because they don't have any skills. These kinds of people often take worthless degrees and are available at all hours of the day to perform their protests as a result. Therefore a skills based meritocracy will be terrible for them. Perhaps if they spent their valuable days in university / college actually shutting their mouths and listening and learning , they wouldn't be having the issues they perceive to face. Their problems are of their own creation , and they fight them intensely only to end up creating more. It is a sad kind of insanity.
VanillaSKillz, in his brain he is a hero for taunting liberals but in fact most of the things that makes him human in others eyes, is just being a part of being liberal. He just doesnt know this cause he is raised to be a good choirboy with priests hand down his shortshorts. There is no turning back for these people, they are lost.
at 10:32 - What you've just said Phil is both true and really sad. "Unfortunately it feels like most of the good we get in the world these days is the reaction to horror..."
That's reality, and it's so unfortunate. :(
Well, good has to be in place to at least balance with evil if not to overcome it
Creative North well said! And I like your channel. :)
r foster Actually Creative North just quoted Phil. Though I would have missed that if he didn't mention it in his comment
Creative North Really unfortunate but I wouldn't want to have it the other way.
These college kids are cringy as all hell.
Yay, not only are these students being objectively terrible, now they feel like they're entitled to jail someone for sharing a video. It's a real shame that a place known as a bastion of learning now harbors such willful and malevolent ignorance.
seems to me that these students have heard the word racism thrown around so much that they have lost sight of what racism really is. I'm sure their ancestors must be turning in their graves having encountered and stood against actual racism. These students are not being oppressed, they are simply entitled brats. I hope they are punished just as severely as anyone else would be for behaving in that manner.
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Crissi83 they won't. It's pretty sad actually.
As an Indian immigrant living in America, I have faced racism, but the last thing I do is BLAME anyone, especially the WHITE MAN! It's pathetic how many people use the race card to get their point across. Those college kids are nothing more than an example of disrespectful, unappreciative, spoiled brats. The fact that they are in COLLEGE makes me worried. Also, the professor DID NOT say anything wrong. Why should professors be hired for their color or race? Professors should be hired for the skill they possess and the ability they have to pass their learnings to the students. I'm not perfect by any means, but I'm also not ignorant. I would love to hear another perspective on this matter as I have provided mine.
Kuldeep Gohil Right? I would like to be hired because of my skill not because of my race! It actually would offend me more if a person hired me because I'm just "the Mexican girl". It's backwards as hell!
Kuldeep Gohil sir that is a damn good post and have nothing but respect for you
This is exactly what I'm thinking. As a fellow student, and hopefully an English as a Second Language Teacher next semester, I would hope that my teachers are qualified enough to teach me. Also, that I am qualified enough to teach next semester. Now, I don't have a degree on English as a language (you don't need one to teach at a language school in Brazil), but I know for a fact that I have shown my future employer my skills in the English language. I moved from Brazil to the USA when I was 9 years old (2005), returned to Brazil at the age of 19 (2014). Did almost all of schooling there, and my English is nearly perfect. Thats is why they might hire me. Not because of my race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc. I just wish society nowadays could look past those superficial things, and focus on what is important, education and skills for their life.
It feels just like the reservation system which we have in India
Exactly. I think the only way to stop racism is to stop bringing it up, whether you are trying to reduce it or justify your actions with it. I think the more people talk about it, the worse it gets.
The idea that as many American jobs will be lost as Trump says: 2.7 million (can't remember exactly) seems laughable for a few reasons.
First of all the number of jobs in manufacturing (the polluting industries mainly responsible for the carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions) outsourced to developing countries with lower wages and regulations is increasing constantly, and to keep those jobs in the U.S. the wages and regulations would have to be lowered to a level far below acceptable living standards. Even if this was done technological development in the U.S. would likely mean many of the jobs would be performed by machines.
Another reason for the ridiculousness of Trump's decision is that with the increasing scarcity of fossil fuels and increasing environmental concern the future industries for creating large amounts of employment will be that of renewable energies and green manufacturing. The decision to leave the Paris Accord will only hinder the development of these industries while the environmental agenda is put on the back foot, hindering the creation of jobs subsequently.
Something Phil didn't mention in the video is that the rules of the Paris Accord mean a nation can't leave the agreement until after the next election of a nation is completed. This points towards the decision possibly being more political than economically driven.
The best thing the world can do for everyone in the long run is protect the environment, it will cost a lot more to neglect it.
Phil, thank you so much for your coverage of the Portland story. Thank you for not bringing any attention or glorification to this racist murderer. I have lived in the Portland area for my entire life (a place I always felt safe in) and I am tired of seeing this monster's face all over my social and news medias. Three heroes stepped up that day and they are the ones that deserve to be noticed. Thank you.
These students are going to get shock if/when they graduate and have to go into the real world and this kind of disrespectful behaviour won't get them anywhere.
I think if they miss assignments etc because of this, they shouldn't be given special treatment, they missed it because they are being drama lamas, they failed it, more on.
Hijabi Kebabi Unfortunately, those students mean dollars for the university. I wouldn't be surprised if the university gives them pardon for their actions because you know, they want their money.
+Christopher Alford This is 100% what is going to happen
Hijabi Kebabi I was just thinking this, so fucking true.
Hijabi Kebabi exactly
Kids don't know "drink the kool-aid"???!?!?
They know how to get butthurt by everything though.
gqfiend I was baffled by how many people think it's some racist/ stereotyping term. It has nothing to do with that
+LaVonne West It can have something to do with that (it's a popular racist stereotype along with watermelon and chicken) but in this case it doesn't have that intended meaning
It doesn't make you look very good to generalize an entire population. I've known that reference for years, and yes I'm a part of the younger generation(exactly how much depends on your definition of it).
Tbh I never heard of it before either. If I didn't KNOW De Franco is absolutely not a racist, I would have been like wtf? As it was I just figured it's a reference I didn't get. Move on. And hey I was right!
Martin Arvidson I've heard the expression
The survivor of the Portland Attack stated that he didn't want money raised for him but would rather the money go towards the girls that were threatened.
I think Philly D has the most well spoken and intellectual audience. Some of these comments make me think of writing essays for my challenge lit class. Lol. 😂😂
This college thing scares me. These kids are so hateful and ignorant and sheltered, and theyre going to be the people running our world before too long. I cannot feel hope for the world they are going to be creating. I can only hope that someone starts to stand up, and this sort of attitude gets shut down.
Those people are not the ones who will be running the world. They are an extreme minority. The vast majority of people (left or right) are sensible and willing to have a calm discussion of ideology.
Richard Hall It sure doesn't seem like they are that much of a minority. Especially since they seem to be getting support from school admins. Maybe this specific group of white segregationists is in the minority but there are many others with equally regressive and discriminatory views.
mrfusspot they are going to evergreen college, this college is a joke in Washington. Easy to get into, easy classes, coddles kids. Their degree holds no weight in the real world
Chris B This isn't the first example of a no whites day at a college. This isn't the only place where dissenting opinions are received with calls for people's heads. This is not an isolated thing.
ManBearPig BuzzFeed or HuffPo wouldn't be too upset to hire them, I bet
I'm glad the students at evergreen got exposed and realize how embarrassing they are. As someone who lives in Washington I am just appalled that there are students like this even in my state I thought more of people my age but I guess I'm wrong... I hope they all get served justice
Jessica Awesome Oh trust me...they will. They will once they try to get a job, and their potential employer does a background check on them (EVERYONE gets background checked before getting hired). I say they will because after this debacle, I find it very difficult for anyone to want to hire them because they apparently only know how to fight, scream and yell, and not debate like civilized human beings.
It is just TOO HILARIOUS that now they know how poorly people are viewing their nonsense, they are looking for someone other than themselves to blame for it. No, we weren't being assholes.... it was just bad editing.... LOLOL
They got exposed already ? Where did you get that information ? *Please tell me* !
Anyway, seems pretty justified if you tell the truth. Their behavior and and actions were pretty shitty. I'm also pretty sure that at least 30 % of them just jumped on the protest train because it's cool to protest against teachers, right ?
odds are they were failing the classes so they tried to get the teachers fired so they would be passed
I've watched you for many years now.... You (crew) put a lot of work into every single video and it shows. You should have your own radio show, honestly. Keep hustling and briefing us on the news "DeFranco style"!
This is why I listen. I had not heard from either MSM or other sources that the US is willing to renegotiate terms in the Paris agreement and join. That's some tasty nuance that the partisan commentators are leaving out. Thanks Phil!
Speaking as someone who's been called a snowflake on more than one occasion. These kids are some special kind of snowflakes. Making demands about homework and preaching about racism when they themselves are committing acts of racism.
Racism is believing that your race is better than others races. They are not racist, however, they may be discriminating.
EMT Sheep the homework part is where I see this as more of a lazy students' demands than a 'opressed minorities's demands
How are those students still able to go to school? At the very least, they should be suspended if they're going to bitch at people and then not do the schoolwork they're in school to do. Their GPAs SHOULD suffer if they're going to tank their grades for an imagined cause they need to stand up for. If they aren't going to use their ability to get an education, fine. They don't need one then.
The school and faculty supports them officially. TBH, the school can't go against them.
Unfortunate that there are probably dozens of students who are just trying to get an education and are now thrust into this.
Miranda I wouldve called the cops on them for abusive language and mob like mentality
you're talking about emotional people at a liberal school who think only colored people work in threatening environments. lol. welcome....welcome....
Suspending those shitheads would only make things worse. At that point is where shit would hit the fan. Riots with people screaming: "RACIST SYSTEM SUSPENDING COLORED STUDENTS". It's a shitty world right now.
I'm from Washington... Evergreen College is a joke. lol. I lean pretty left politically, but this whole campus argument shit is fucking ridiculous.
The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that Trump pulled out of the Paris Agreement in order to "negotiate better terms" (ie rejoin with miniscule or no changes) and claim that he's the king of negotiating. According to him, he makes the best deals.
wow I'm black and I understand what he was referencing when he said "they been drinking the Kool-Aid way to much"
Great, now I read this in Old Man Herbert's voice.
Want A Popsicle? don't worry. A lot of those crybabies just cannot think past racist terms.
Want A Popsicle? That's what I said lol
I just wish people would stop complaining over little shit.
Is that where that cult murder a shit ton of people?
Students send a list of demands to school president?!
They literally sound like kidnappers now.
J Grandmaster kidnappers of free speech
Right? They're holding him and the university hostage!
lol heard the koolaid comment and i was thinking "Racist..? Nah probably just a reference i didn't get. Phil's not like that."
I've been watching this show for years now and I am from Portland. Thank you so much for coverage of what happened here and for NOT showing that abominable "persons" face. The local news was saturated with it, stories about him his life etc... I don't care. I want to know about THEM. I want to know about the people that so admirably did what Portland is supposed to be. They died trying to ensure a safe space for all. They should be the ones being talked about, not him. Thank you.
Hey Phil,
I know you most likely won't see this but I'm a born and raised Portlander and I just want to thank you for the way you shared the awful news from my hometown.
You are someone I can trust to give accurate and unbiased news.
Much love and thank you very much ❤️
A V As a fellow Portlander, I second that sentiment.
It is absolutely inexcusable what these people are doing. As a brown male raised in more impoverished areas of the country, i can say without a doubt that racism no longer exists in the same facet as it once did, seeing people so passionate about a problem they don't have to deal with is extremely frustrating. I've spent times on both ends, I've lived in suburbs of Florida and in the ghettos of New York and have only experienced racism either from people too ignorant to understand what they are saying (not even enough times for it to be an issue) and from people who are also minoritys, I've been told I'm not right and cant possibly be from New York because of how i talk, I've been told by my black father how at every turn i would experience racism and prejudice, but in reality the only times i have even come close to truly experiencing racism, is when people want to be treated differently because of their skin color they may act like they are for equality and nothing more but these people act as though they are owed something. Things like this make me think back to that oh so famous Martin Luther King quote "Judge me not by the color of my skin, but by the content of my character". Wanting to be treated differently for being of a specific race is not equality.
Sorry if that made no sense this kind of stuff makes me a little ranty
Far too reasoned and logical for those type of people.
DekuSkrub I don't blame you, buddy. There is this insidious ideology, mostly perpetuated by the political left nowadays, that tells all people of a minority status that white people will attempt tp sabotage them at every turn. Also known into this loop is the gender card, the religion card, lgbt card, etc.
The idea is that the political left seeks to create a "majority of minorities," so they continue this race war as a political strategy while insulting and threatening any person who thinks differently - even the different thinker is also of a minority status.
This tactic has effectively divided our society, and has currently also delegitimized the political left. It is up to people like us to effectively end this media-promoted race war.
DekuSkrub, You made perfect sense.. And may i ask you where you found the most racist people, Was it in the south, in Florida, or in the north?
Mostly Florida, but mostly from people of the same race. There have been a few times I've encountered it from my own father towards white people (my mother was white and left him so i think he's just bitter)
I'm Native American, (Cherokee) born and raised in a smaller town in Florida, and you don't see much racism at all here..
So i was just wondering because it seems most video's/news clips we see about racists, are from cities, and most are northern cities.. And i truly hate seeing it anywhere, and sorry to hear you've had personal issues with it, and it seems you're much bigger than it, and i just wish others would grow up and stop the ignorance..
Thank you for your response, and i hope you have a great weekend.. Peace!
The way this entire situation at the college is being handled is so disappointing. Where is our standard of justice? Where are our morals? This should have never been able to get this far.
Phil if it's any consolation, I 100% agree with you, and with the professor being criticized. Politically, I tend to lean on the centre-left side of the spectrum, while leaning farther left for social issues. I'm also a university student, and something that startled me was that these students were demanding to essentially not do their work due to protest. How can these students demand a pardon on their schoolwork for protesting when they are expected to be adults? Get your work done and protest on your own time, because no one cares what you do outside of school and that will be the same when you are in the working world. It is not the university's job to hold your hand, it is supposed to get you ready for the real world and open your mind.
Here's an idea. If you don't like what's being taught at a college don't go to THAT college.
Except a liberal arts college is probably the only college they were able to get into.
"When you scrape the bottom of the barrel you get scum, that's how it works"
I can't even watch those clips of students... So disrespectful it makes me sad to be on the same planet as them.
DCDeAKz i know it makes my blood boil
i want to lynch them
They're bullies!!!!
how dare you Phil!!?? ''the world's end'' was awesome!! jajaja!!
Oh my God. When he made the Kool-Aid joke, I was like, "I pray people don't think that this is racist and don't know about Jonestown." Aaaaand it happened.
Those students are just ridiculous. They won't get anywhere shutting down a conversation before it even starts. Horrible.
PHIL I NEVER NOTICED HOW MUCH YOU MOVED YOUR HANDS UNTIL YOU POINTED IT OUT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME 😭😂
B C lmao same here XD
B C It's his Italian blood. I do it too! Hahaha
ferrypanda. Very true. I have a few Italian friends, and if they are talking their hands are moving.
That professor is literally my hero.
I live in Texas. I'm safe from that kind of nonsense. :)
Eneyda Cruz ............
Not in Austin you aren't. If you live in a town with fewer than 100k residents, you're probably safe though.
As a college student, I feel very fortunate that my college (shoutout to Illinois State) has much more safe and open exchange of ideas and viewpoints. That is the whole point of college: to teach people all the points and let them decide for themselves what is right. College students believe they know everything, and when faculty and staff let them believe that they know everything, they never actually learn anything, and they are left unprepared for the world off campus, where being offended isn't a viable solution to your problems.
Makes me wonder if Bradley's the same... I also live in Illinois by the way
These students should be expelled immediately. This is not what college is for. Go be children somewhere else, and let the real adults go to college to have dialogues with those willing to debate.
It is definitely incredibly sad that the people actually doing the right thing got killed and injured. It's just so unfair.
LMAOOO i made a joke to myself about how you might've messed up when you mentioned drinking the Koolaid. I got it of course but i didnt think people would take it to heart like that lol
Since when can a student body just say, "we're not turning in assignments on time because we are doing these protests and you need to tell your teachers." !!??? Is the administration going to let them do this? So much more I want to say about funding and such, but I can't get my words to work write. You see I didn't go to college, because there wasn't any funding for middle class white kids in the 70s.
Kathryn Blodgett Just let them not turn in assignments. Professors will do their jobs because they're grown adults with common sense. They've already been through enough harassment, so might as well alleviate the burden of grading papers. Let the students refuse to turn in work; let them see how that turns out on their transcripts and reports.
Kathryn Blodgett who do they think they are?
Turtle Derp Thank you, I was afraid the world really had changed beyond all recognition.
Did a child just tell an adult how to speak? ...AND HE DIDN'T GET A TREE BRANCH ACROSS THE FACE?!
they need to bring back the good ole ruler punishment. This is what happens when parents cant spank their damn kids anymore without being labeled as abusive
They're not children they're adults lol, and thus should be treated as such. Meaning they should face accountability for their extraordinarily stupid actions.
nothing wrong with a good spanking
rofl no tv...get out of here...belt did me fine
Thanks for clarifying the Kool-Aid remark! I try not to be ignorant but some things can just go over our heads so always nice to get 'Philled in' :)
Hey Phill! you're a positive energy in this world. Thank you!
"I'm tired of white people telling black and brown people what we need" I am tired of black people telling white people what to do.. This will end well, I'm sure.
and what does she mean black AND brown? They are all brown
Louchu brown is usually associated with Chicanx
louchu Brown is typically used for Hispanic, middle eastern, basically any colored person who's tan.
I myself am brown and agree with you. More and more we see stories like this one where it's African American kids being entitled enough to do this shit. sure there are other races but this one Lead the charge in this video. It's as if they channeled their ancestors spirits and spoke through them. They're the exact problem right now. Yes there are a lot of racist people. But there are also those unwilling to let the past go. it happened. What now? do we continue to make everything about race when we don't get our way? Or do we move past it and learn from it?
Just feel that we are thinkng to much in general of things like this. I just don't see them as black /: insted I see brown. They are not black as the night if you get what i'm trying to say... I hope.. Don't wanna sound like a jackass. Iike example I don't see myself as having white skin. I see it as beige.
It's racist to hire people based off of their skin colour, the whole 'diversifying' thing is completely wrong if you ask me, it should be about giving everyone equal opportunity to be a teacher(which you don't have in the us, which isn't the fault of the hypocritical racists in the first story), if then more asians become teachers than caucasians, well then thats how the demand is among asian and caucasians.
Edit: Some grammar errors, and this below.
Better put:
*"I feel like affirmative action is needed in areas that PROMOTE skill building (i.e. applying for university as a student) but not in areas that require you to already HAVE SKILLS (then it only makes sense to hire the best candidate regardless based on skills)"*
- _Thanks George Berry, could not have said it better myself._
SgtAlex Green no one asked you.
There's contention to be had there. While I don't agree we should address things based on colour and sex or other arbitrary reasoning. This doesn't however protect society from systemic racism that could lead to people discriminated by having their resumes discarded by racist HR staff, or Employers, or any number of otherwise unapparent racism.
Canada is testing an interesting concept for at least government jobs where names are removed from applications. As such only the qualifications will be considered, and not any inklings on what sex or nationality they could be.
I'd be in favor of that being used extensively throughout the workforce.
Tia Dickerson, Notice how no-one asked for your response either, yet you still made it. It's almost like you had an opinion which you wanted to express just like SgtAlex, and now myself, did. No-one needs to ask for someones opinion to get it on social media. In short; welcome to the internet, you must be new here.
An egalitarian approach only works when everyone has the same opportunity. Unfortunately, most of the time non-white people are more numerous in the least wealthy parts of the population. This is why affirmative action helps people of colour with the right skill-set. It's not all about skin colour, it's also being an adequate fit for the position.
Saying that everyone should be treated equally for job opportunities is just wishful thinking because many people are still suffering from discrimination and therefore not treated equally. Affirmative action helps rebalance the scale so that it's not just "white and qualified" but also "non-white and qualified" in a professional field.
I would have loved to write further on my original comment, but I was taking a shit just before my English exam(which I got 12/12 on, btw), so allow me to elaborate further.
The point about people being discriminated is definitely a fair one, but I don't think that will be fixed by having rules that says a certain number of employees have to have a certain skin colour, gender or sexuality, which in it of itself is discrimination, mind you, discrimination goes all ways, everyone can be discriminated against, and unfortunately many people are.
And I think taking the names off of applications is a neat idea, but if the discrimination happens with the employer, then we should focus on the employer, not the availability of jobs for people, when they don't control their skin colour, gender or sexuality.
Like Bravourways said, it's an egalitarian approach, which only works when everyone has equal opportunity to get educated for the job, some people will be better, some will be worse, but the first step, at least for the US, is actually allowing for equal opportunities.
PirateDoin just one question though, when you say systematic racism, are you referring to employers discrimination based on the names of the people looking for a job, or are you talking about something else entirely?
I have yet to have someone actually explain what it is, since I suspect it isn't as prevalent here in Europe, and therefor isn't really of much importance to me.
Phil, keep doing what you do. I'm a Black Veteran and am ashamed these specific students will be the poster children of liberal socialist trouble makers and representative of black society.
I know not every black college student sees the world the way some of these students do but I hope they survive long enough to know how to live in today's and the future world. I hope and pray my children will be much wiser than the bubble these kids are in!
Teacher: do you read or watch news?
Me: I watch Philip Defranco
Teacher: good he's better than the news.
Can't get over the bunch from the college. I have never seen more people in one room, being so wrong and so vocal about their misdirected anger in a situation where it really doesn't merit it.
I think Phil is a much better man, since I am just listening to this story being told, thinking they basically forfeited their futures by being... quite stupid.
He's just annoyed, as he said, but I feel genuine spite for their lack of intelligence.
I mean it in a sense of pride they will most likely have when this simmers down, saying "we fought the oppression! We gave them hell!".
Well, no, you're a bunch of idiots in a room, screaming with your righteous anger, getting high on power, stuck in an echo chamber of an opinion. There's so many things worth challenging, so many more paths to take, and you go THERE?
To me, ultimately, this is something regrettable and does not make you or your case look cleverly stuck together.
Also, technically speaking, aren't they at the level where they should be held accountable for harassing and holding up the teachers? I am not quite sure at what the US does in those cases, so I won't assume too much.
I think this thing got a lot more traction than it probably needed. University students are notorious for poor judgement as a species. If it had stayed at the level of school kids acting stupid and giving their teachers a bad week, it would have blown over before long. But these days stuff like this goes viral and suddenly the whole world is watching.
10 or 15 years from now these kids are going to be hoping this stuff doesn't show up in a background check.
Man these kids are going get a real tough wake up call when they graduate and realize jobs don't care about their rediculous political views and don't understand how the real world looks like. They don't even know what's going on around them because they don't let anyone talk real to them
Unless they work for CNN or the The View then they'll be fine
blusbody they'll try but that's not how corporations work
I care. Won't find me hiring anyone from Evergreen or Berkeley.
Those students are infuriating. It's pure stupidity that the college is letting them get away with this. This is disgusting.
people feel like there opinions are worth more than they actually are. we are all equal.
Phil, you must quit with the aggressive hand movements! I feel attacked and belittled. I await your apology.
I like when papa Phil abuses me with his hand movements.
Dillon Green me too. ....I will only be satisfied unless I am given a dozen glazed and a date with Amanda!
FatalFortuneCookie I hope you're joking
FatalFortuneCookie so all Italians are white supremacist?! Omg tell CNN
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Love how if this happened in the UK these students would just be kicked out of university/college and all their power would be taken away, these people are still their teachers and elders you still need to respect them, however much you disagree with them you should still treat them right. Love how people always end up doing what they are fighting against.
Hopefully U.S authority gains some balls soon.
Kicked out? I wouldn't be so quick to assume that these days, I fear we may be following (at least to some degree) America in the way these things are happening, early days yet, but I can see it at my son's university.
I'm currently a Brit in College, and I can confirm this. Colleges come down like a ton of bricks on bad behavior or not doing work. Unlike schools there isn't a punishment system, you literally just get kicked out of the college if you piss around or dont turn up.
hahahahaha you're joking right? My uni banned an Israeli economist from speaking to business students simply because he was Israeli and this would've created a "dangerous environment"
Having gone through uni in the UK and being a bit of a dick during that period, I can also confirm that they don't take shit from the students. Security galore with fines for misdemeanours that obviously amounted to enough to fund a fleet of new patrol vans (no joke). Any hint of a large gathering, let alone a protest, would have resulted in immediate shutdown and god help you if you happened to be having a bbq.
Don't ever stop talking about these topics. I know they won't stop you. But please don't stop talking. At least you bring these topics to the surface. Love ya.
I agree with you Phillip DeFranco.