Peanut Gallery - I should not have used this phrase
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Because the phrase "Peanut Gallery" has racist origins, I should not have used the phrase in my video:
"Introduction to Uniformly Accelerated Motion"
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I am sorry.
- mr.p
This was not necessary at all. There is absolutely no need to apologize for using the words "Peanut Gallery". Almost no rational person associates that with racism. You are not making the world a better place, but it is in fact creating a world where people can't say anything. There is literally nothing that can be said that doesn't offend someone out there. Rational people understand the place you are coming from. People with axes to grind are always going to be finding someone else to target and tear down because their own lives have inadequacies. You're videos have helped 1000s of kids of all races be better at Physics. That fact alone makes you a good person and not the fact that people online are try to turn everything into something to be offended. You cannot EVER please these people.
Very well said!
No don’t do this. Peanut gallery refers to not wanting advice from poor people, not just from black people. It’s a class term not a race term. Just because there is a correlation between class and race, doesn’t mean all class words are race words.
Poor white people and poor black people had to sit together in the peanut gallery. I find the term to be quite a unifying class conscious term that reminds us that the financial-military-corporate-lobbyist industrial complex still doesn’t want to know what poor people of any color thinks. Our government oligarchy (DNC, RNC) still thinks of poor people as the peanut gallery. I’m going to use the term with pride to solidify my common cause with poor Americans of all colors. We’re all the peanut gallery now.
who even got mad at this
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Mr. P is all good. Your integrity is always on point. Thank you very much for your videos.
The phrase does go back to post-Civil War vaudeville and does refer to the cheap seats which were likely to heckle the performers. But any connection to racism is pretty tenuous.
Giving in to the speech police is not being sensitive, it is allowing people who want to take phrases that are innocuous and seek to find offense with them for control. This is a counterproductive trend and serves to divide rather than unite.
Don't you know it's cool to "apologize" and say "I will do better" about anything on the internet now?
@@eltigre6446 yes, even when there is nothing for which to apologized.
Imagine criticizing somebody for deciding to err on the side of sensitivity.
@@b3llydrum I'm criticizing someone decided to embrace a pathological world view that demonizes innocent speech with, at best, a tenuous connection to the alleged offense.
@@b3llydrum I apologize for my insensitive comment. I will do better....
Imagine making physics videos to educate people online then having to apologize 8 years later over an innocuous non-epithet phrase because some naughty people said the same words somewhere else in the world well over a 100 years ago. Yikes.
I fear that now you've capitulated, this will be used against you in the future. Best of luck to you, Mr. P.
There is no mention of this in wikipedia. The phrase simply means cheap and rude. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
I agree. Mr. P is an incredible human being, but he did himself no favors with this video. Instead of worrying about offending people, he should reflect and appreciate the fact that his videos have helped 10000s of kids of all races all over the globe.
So...you’re saying that Wikipedia is your benchmark and you evaluate behavior based on what’s mentioned or not? I’m so sorry for you...
@@rand39830 no a cigar is a cigar. If I had wanted to spend more time then I might have found more. You have a right to think what you want to think.
Like people say I can't go to bed someone is wrong on the internet.
@@rand39830 Just FYI, when you ask questions in bad faith, nobody will take you seriously. It's clearly a fact that he never said any of that anywhere. YOU made that up. Don't be a dishonest prick.
This has been "fixed" since your comment. An anonymous wiki editor made the "connection" in an edit on 15:14, 13 July 2021. And of course, Stuart Berg Flexner couldn't have been wrong. The wiki page was created in 2005. It took 16 years for a snowflake to "fix" it.
I have been using your videos recently and am about to post a link to the uniform acceleration video. I saw the link to this one and am happy I checked it out! I am also very happy that you chose to go this route rather than simply remove the other video. It is absolutely exactly the case you mentioned in this video! Not only will my students learn about UAM, but they will also learn about the racist origins of the phrase. Something I think they could definitely use as high school students in a very small and sheltered rural community! Thank you!!
It's a difficult line to ride, if one wants to promote an open playing field for every kind of person, but avoid to enable the language control games that some people solely use to attain a power position.
I had no idea either!! I will make sure not to use this term. The fact that you corrected yourself and apologized even after 8 years really says a lot about your character. Love your videos, best physics teacher👌
You should keep using it
As a fellow science teacher who also makes videos, I appreciate you having the courage to point out the unintentional racist undertones of a common phase of speech (especially one you've innocently used in a past video). You could've just quietly self-corrected, but you chose to put it out there as a teachable moment for everyone. I also had no idea and I bet most people don't, so this video will help. Top shelf move.
Thank you. I very much appreciate your words.
@@FlippingPhysics I've been thinking of this video and the range of comments you got all week. While I certainly understand the meaning of words change (my science teacher brain thinks of decimate for instance), you have the choice of using it or not. You haven't asked anyone else to stop using it; you just made a personal judgement based on what you learned about its origins. You should have the freedom to choose that... There are plenty of words out there.
Anyone who disagrees on this particular word would surely agree there are SOME words that if used could be offensive and hurtful because of the historical backstory. If I'm going to offend someone I'd at least like to know I'm doing it. 😆
It's been good food for thought. Thanks again.
Dude. Take it easy on yourself. You are a great human. The phrase is more classist and bigoted than racist. I never really knew the origin either. My parents used to say "cotton picken hands" because it is what they heard back in the 30's and 40's . I had no clue about its origins. Racist???? Maybe. Ignorant? Yes. Btw I am an Honors/AP 1 Physics teacher (in my 30th year) and I love your approach to teaching. Keep up the good work. But thanks for the apology, though I am not sure it was necessary. Philosophical question. Where do we draw the line between free speech, censorship, ignorance, accountability and real racism?
Well said - I love it! Thanks for making this video (and for making it a built-in suggestion in the UAM video).
Glad you appreciate it!
Are you flipping serious?! I am pretty sure that everyone that subscribes to, an watches, this channel clearly understood your intent. I wonder when the language of mathematics will be scrutinized...
Give me a break. Don't be such a snowflake.
Someone is salty they sat in the peanut gallery
Please don’t cancel Mr. P
Sadly this apology makes it easier for that to happen.
I once thought sushi was a Japanese dish, but it appears that many things eat raw fish.
May God bless you.
yeah, I think we must refer to them as George Washington Carver seats now
Interesting. I have used this in EdPuzzle with an explanation of my understanding of the phrase, one I heard from relatives that always referred to the kids who tried to work themselves into the conversation the adults were having. Now I will include this additional info and the link to your explanation. The learning continues.
which is the best books which i can get that give me both thoretical and pratical knowledge
Deuteronomy, Acts, Ezekiel
Legend this video was unnecessary
Someone is overly sensitive if they are oh-so-offended by a term whose meaning has morphed from how some people in a particular geographic region used it 150 years ago.
dont cancelt flipping physics!!!!!!! what will billy and bob abd bo thignk
I'm black and I don't care
Who?
@@dorjeboleskine4115 ? what kind of question is that? u can clearly see his username, my friend
@@z_.v Shut up!
@@dorjeboleskine4115 I'm still curious, man. Do you know who posted original comment? because it says their name right there. if u need any help reading, let me know
@@z_.v OK, please elaborate.
Completely unnecessary video Mr. P smh
Oh wow, I had no idea this had racist origins, I've been using this phrase all this time without knowing]! Shit, I'm sorry too then, I'll have to remember not to use it in the future. Damn though, what's a good alternative phrase? Something not racist but that basically means "I didn't ask for your opinion" that can be used in either a serious or teasing kind of way? I mean, besides "I didn't ask for your opinion" obviously.
I think this was very kind ❤️💕
You are so thoughtful...
I hope god bless you
Thanks! I do my best.
Peanut gallery is not racist lmfao
Wow.
thank you so much for being human 💕 you’re my inspiration
thanks. made me smile.
Oh, FFS give me strength
lol
You're a good person
Ignore the people in the comments Mr. P. You did the right thing.
Well done, mate. Another one to be aware of is the phrase 'nitty-gritty'. You're good! 👍
Nutty gritty originated in the black community. The “connection” to racism is even more tenuous than peanut gallery. www.jstor.org/stable/3087921?seq=1 (just read the page that is public, there is enough background there).
Personally I don't think the origin matters that much. It's what you use the word for, what it means and what most people will interpret it as.
No one cares if two black friends call eachother nigger or nigga. Because it has a different meaning in that context.
If you were not saying something racist in your use of that word. Then you were not being racist and you shouldn't have to apologise.
This is a bunch of nonsense. If someone wanted to buy cheap seats and sit in the Peanut Gallery, they did. Race had nothing to do with it.
Boy what the hell boy
Thank you for acknowledging and accepting a mistake. We all learn and grow from this :))
There was no mistake.
@@rickgear2579 Are you white? Answer: Yes
Is anyone surprised by your comment? No because you are ignorant.
Ridiculous!
fakest apology in the world