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God, that last part was so true it hurt. My grandmother came illegally to the US. And her children, first generation americans, have complained about "illegals". I was like "you guys KNOW Grandma wasn't legal. We all know she bought a birth certificate in NYC." "Yeah, but she just wanted a better life here and to escape the violence." And I just stare at them for a while, hoping it will sink in, then finally say, "yeah, like the immigrants coming today. They are exactly like Grandma, except a different color." It's infuriating.
I'm always surprised by the people who are so proud their parents or grandparents came with "10 dollars in their pockets and worked hard". Like, that literally means they came illegally. So you are proud of that but don't want that chance for other people??
There is an Irish comedian joking 😃 about that time in history. He joked that the Irish shagged their way into society. That's a good strategy 😂 It's easier to blend in ❤ Found him, its Dave Nihil 🎉
As a white guy, I warned a Latina friend about this all the time. Living in a white neighborhood, going to the same stores and businesses as your white neighbors do, and trying to have the same socio-political views as your white neighbors is eventually going to bring you to the realization you're not white, and they know all too well you're not, and when you need them to understand you and be on your side, you're going to have a very hard time finding yourself in them.
@cobaltpterodactyl I think a lot of indian-americans don't realize that a lot of this has to do simply with literal skin color. And their brown skin will always keep them out. Definitely will be elevated as useful idiots to keep the racism going. And Ann Coulter said to a Republican candidate for president (forgetting his name at the moment), your skin is too dark, I won't vote for you. Me and a white woman one time sat down and said we were going to have a really frank talk about how we see each other and other races... And she told me flat out that Indian people confuse white people. She said, you know they have straight hair, but they've got that dark skin and in some cases they're even darker than black folks and white people just find that really confusing, cuz they're like, well, what are you? Meaning, I'm assuming, that they instantly put you in different categories based entirely on the color of your skin and Indians are just confusing, brown like black people, but not black people or Hispanics.
"The way you talk about people is so important" My childhood minister told us that anyone using their power and position to tell you to hate another person or groups of people, they're lying to you. I was 9, and it stuck.
Wow; that is such a beautiful thing to have infused in your DNA at 9!! It clears *so* many things up when figuring out who and what to believe in from that point forward.
This man is so ridiculously thoughtful it hurts. I'm an Italian teacher in a high school and I've been telling my kids this exact thing. Historically italians were treated like scum in parts of this country and the only reason they were was because of some "perceived threat". In reality they were scapegoats used to create an "other". Today it's quite different because we have new "others". But don't think for one second you too can't become that "other" because it's convenient for someone in power. When we see a group being outcast we should stand up because 1.its the decent human thing to do and 2. You could be next.
As an Italian born to an immigrant I can tell you my family was treated horribly in the 70’s and 80’s in a very small white town . It annoys me when I see Italians supporting this fear of immigrants.
@@thieupham493 Did you know that regular Italians were under a dictator called Mussolini and they had no voice about who the country supported ? In fact that is why my grandparents on my dad’s side came to the US after the war .
@@jillianhallmark3679 Right, they fought on the side of evil twice because of an elected official. If they could pick up a weapon and fight, they could have fought against the dictator. The truth is, Italians thought they could invade and pick up some cheap real estate.
My father is the child of Irish immigrants. He does not see that everything that Trump is saying about South and Central American immigrants is the exact same things that were said about his parents. He says "We should only let in the best and brightest". Oh, yeah, that means his late 20's, single, 5th grade educated father who got kicked out of Scotland because he has a seizure disorder and couldn't work in the mines would have never been allowed in this country. My dad is actively arguing that he should have never been born. How do I get that, one generation removed but he doesn't?
Irish and Italians got promoted to white when votes were needed to try to keep black/white segregation because you needed votes to try to keep Jim Crow and redlining in effect. Now, some people are still happy to be part of the team.
People seem to think they are better because they were born here or are legal. Just what do you think the indigenous people think of us? Not only did we steal their land but we changed the areas that they were from. Treated the worse in the USA are the indigenous!
My mother is an immigrant from Thailand. The legal way. Every person needs to be checked. We want diversity in America, not criminals and that’s why we’re in a migrant crisis with open border policies. Vote Trump in November
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me. -Martin Niemöller
I'm not you. I'm not black. I'm not young. I didnt come from where you came from. But I would let you speak for me any day. Everything you say is what I would say from the heart. I want to thank you so much for giving voice to these thoughts. And I also want to thank you for entertaining me so often. Much love.
same here Josh and Tim!, I look like a stereotypical devil(big, shaven head Irish dude) but I have been evangelizing about Josh for s year or more now, so funny, so smart, so on the pulse about the moment(the crazy moment) we are all in. I genuinely tried to give Mark Robinson a chance "maybe the guy was hacked?" etc, but looking into it further he's...not a great guy. Josh hit the nail on the head about the past, we Irish were last on the sign, under dogs, literal underdogs *"No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish"*
@@schiz0phren1c Thats why I, as a Black women, will always love and cherish Irish and Italians etc. I appreciate any white person that can empathize and understand struggle. I know there’s some ignorant things said sometimes but at the end of the day, I really appreciate people like you
Josh I gotta say, I'm a white male former MAGA cult inductee and I honest to god think you're one of the top comedians doing it right now. I look forward to your new posts every week and they're consistently hilarious. And I love that you not only have jokes, but also you speak the truth on a lot of issues going on right now. I feel like if I would've heard you two years ago I would've easily dismissed you as "another woke liberal" so I'm incredibly thankful I found you now. Keep it up man!
Good on you for getting out of the MAGA cult. I know it's hard and I know it's probably something you're embarrassed about, but you got out and now you're a better person. I'm glad you got out of that toxic environment, man.
Congrats on having the ability to recover from the cult of Maga. It's not just politics, its a belief system and a religion now. Josh is a brilliant and relatable comedian that reminds me a lot of Trevor Noah. I look forward to seeing his growth as his career continues.
Josh is officially my favorite comedian at this point. The humanitarian in him calm's my social worker heart during these times of division. Thanks Josh!
@@OhNoSweetie...Yes, he does the same for me, he’s a very good storyteller. Sometimes l rewatch older videos when I’m really anxious. Amber Ruffin does the same, just differently. :)
Stein will handily win the governor’s mansion, I am all but convinced. Lost endorsements from the governors of Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, and South Carolina, yet TFG, Tillis, and the NC GOP interestingly enough haven’t pulled theirs. (This despite Robinson quietly being told he is persona non grata at rallies.) On top of this, I’ve read statements from registered NC Republicans openly admitting they will cast their ballots for Stein. My focus is on who enters the White House and those tremendous implications for our nation and democracy. From one agnostic to another, please just stay strong a little longer. Goodness knows I have to, especially with what I do for a living
I strongly believe Stein will handily win the governor’s mansion. Robinson has lost endorsements from the governors of Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, and my home state of Virginia, yet despite telling him behind closed doors that he is persona non grata at rallies, TFG, Tillis, and the NC GOP still haven’t pulled their endorsements of him. Our real focus should be on the next entrant of the White House and the according implications for our nation and democracy IMO…which I believe Robinson has already had more of an impact on than many currently think. In fact, I’ve even read a few statements from registered NC Republicans openly admitting they will vote for Stein. From one agnostic to another, please stay strong a little while longer. I know I have to
This man got caught. Like Josh says. Make a fake account. Realise that most people r not wholesome. They just know how to hide it better. And we will never know their true thoughts. So be worried and wary about that because it does show in their policies.
My family is mostly Irish famine people. I know what that sign says. Thing is, Springfield OH was dying, desperate for workers, and small business owners, and population. The town welcomed the Haitian immigrants, who saved Springfield. Now outsiders encouraged by Vance of all people, are creating mayhem and danger for all of Springfield. I really enjoy the thought that goes into each of your performances. You are a true talent.
@@kathyheavner3585Thank you for your incredible insight, Kathy. You laid out your argument so succinctly. I wish I could debate like you. I'll keep the line "you really don't get it" in my back pocket to make sure they know I'm a smarter, better citizen than they are.
I love this young generation. They are our hope. Don't let greed change who you are young people. This is such an honest generation. As long as they aren't blinded by greed then they will help America to fulfill her promise of Liberty and justice for all.
@@kathyheavner3585 Explain what it is they supposedly don't get. It is true that Haitians were brought to Springfield to work. And even if that wasn't the case, they don't deserve to be lied on, demonized, and threatened. If you're going to defend that hateful bs, you need to present something more than "you really don't get it."
“It’s very hard to love a Black man who hates being a Black man.” Ok Josh just paraphrased everyone from Toni Morrison to Mary J. Blige in one sentence.
It is fine to be self critical and calmly and productively points out the short coming of one's own social group. However, one should do it with compassion and actually aim to help people, instead of insulting others to derive pleasure.
It is fine to be self critical and calmly and productively points out the short coming of one's own social group. However, one should do it with compassion and actually aim to help people, instead of insulting others to derive pleasure.
@@bohanxu6125um...maybe I'm misunderstanding your comment. Josh is a comedian. He's not on that stage to kiss your boo boo. He's not up there to be compassionate. When the world gives us crazy things to deal with, laughing at it helps a lot. A lot of doctors & nurses have a very dark sense of humor. Otherwise they'd have a total mental breakdown. I speak on that bcuz I was a nurse with experience in everything from pediatrics to criminally insane patients.
@@sp3nds I guess I didn't make myself clear enough. I was arguing {a Black man who hates being a Black man} can be good, in the sense of capable of being self-critical. The problem of is that he is doing it without compassion. He is not trying to be self-critical to make positive changing (otherwise he would have done it politely in a way so his criticism can be better received). He is deriving pleasure by insulting others, and appealing to other people's negative desire of deriving pleasure by insulting others. Now to your point about comedian can be as nasty and uncompassionate as he wants. I disagrees. Most complicated things in life are about tradeoff. Nasty/offensive but funny joke is a tradeoff between the bad of pushing culture to be more nasty/uncompassionate and the good of making people laugh. Dave Chapel of anti-trans jokes would statistically make his audience hold more anti-trans opinion statistically while also creating joys to people. 4chan neo-nazi making nazi jokes would make the subculture more racist while also creating joys to people. It is fundamentally a tradeoff. You can argue that in most cases in comedy, the pros of bring joy significantly outweight the minor increase of bad culture. That's fine. However, it is fundamentally a tradeoff of pros and cons, not a naive "nastiness in comedy can never be bad"
"The rhetoric you use around people is important." That statement should be a given and not a plea and a prayer. When Vance and Trump speak about immigrants, they specifically choose words that deny the inherent humanity, dignity, and worth of human beings. Thank you for saying it Josh and calling attention to it. Whenever people are referred to rhetorically as anything less than human beings, history shows scary things happen. Trump referred to these people as "vermin". Please vote in the upcoming election! Use your voice to promote dignity, humanity, and peace.
Social Media enabled to say the quiet thing out loud. If you think that voting Blue wil fixx that then i have Bridge to sell you. Trump uses his Rhetoric on purpose to deny his opponents their Humanity, it has been his goto Move since forever, sadly millions of Americans have the same move. Beeing raised in an Environment that villifies others on the principle that their are not of your own is hard place to escape from. Vote in order to prevent a Hellscape, do not expect the Diversion to go away that will take Decades since Millions are entrenched in that Mindset. Be healthy.
very old white man here, an old hippie, one of "The Stonewall Gays" that Chapelle talked about - you are the future I have been waiting for, hoping for, and it gives me great hope that you and your peers will organize and vote and help us move past this dumpster fire trainwreck shitshow of these last years to a vastly better place - something ALL people can live and flourish in. Keep up the great work, I am so impressed by your delivery, heart, wisdom - well done!
Yes , I agree the attitude we need in the world . We must have faith in our youth. I do hope we turn the page soon on Trump . We are ready for him to fade away and leave us alone . We need healing in our families too.
What he said, Josh. Keep talking truth. Among other astonishing things, Mark Robinson does not know that his head will be among the first to roll. “Yeah, boss, but I’m YOUR black man.” It astounds me.
Mannnn Josh started preaching at some point and what he was saying was straight facts. He was funny as usual but this was clearly something he feels strongly about. The whole "black man who hates being black" part was so real
😂😂no please… everytime I hear someone go Who ? Who? I think about the Wolf of Wall Street when Margot Robbie says”What are you,a fucking owl?”Now if I have Josh mixed with that… 🦉
The way we talk about people who are different is so important. As a queer, disabled, child of immigrants, I've heard so many people talk shit about me and my family by talking shit about others. We can't do that shit, man.
What's real crazy is when you are something like Italian or Greek, the second everyone darker than you is out of the room you find out real quick which ones still don't think you're part of the club.
If you close your eyes and pretend that you didn't know this was about A REAL PERSON IN POWER, Josh would be describing the perfect depiction of Uncle Rukus to people who never seen The Boondocks 😂😂😂😂
Are we sure it isn't just One of the many parody accounts just using his name. I've seen my fair share of comments on phub from Jesus Christ, while I can't verify I don't think it's actually Jesus.
@@Verchiel_ Apparently Uncle Rukus uses the exact same handles for his parody account on pornsites, and for his official announcements on Twitter/X as lieutenant governor. Setting all of that up after the fact is almost impossible, and at the time those accounts were created it wouldn't have made any sense.
I genuinely weighed the options, and decided this was the better choice. 😂 The debate won’t change my mind and there’ll be highlights everywhere. Supporting Josh and having a nice evening laughing at his jokes sounds infinitely better.
Honestly Josh, I don’t know any other comedian, past or present, who words things and gives as much thought to how they are going to be interpreted as you. That’s not to take away from other intellectual comics, but you really do hit people on a deeply human level, and whilst you do discuss politics, it’s so important that people understand that other people are as worthy of being as them. You’re such a good guy, it comes across in everything you say, and how you say it. Thank you! You give me a glimmer of hope for humanity. Xxxxx
To talk about complicated political issues with a big, open heart, an eye towards humanitarianism, and make it all funny? that's special. love you man. keep it up.
Josh with the History lesson! As someone with a History degree in a box somewhere, please continue the lecture, my friend - this has got to be the most historical illiterate culture on Earth, so they need all the help that we can give them. We collectively don't know our history, so here we are, repeating it over and over - please, please stop. If you're against Change, then you're against the tide of History and that is, to paraphrase Josh, untenable.
45 years ago that would have made you illegal because a wife took on her husband identity through the law of coverture. Even though American born you would no longer be able to vote in America.
I am always confused when people don’t understand what history means for them. “I’m a black man who thinks I’d get to be a slave OWNER. A black man who thinks Hitler would be good for me.” It makes no SENSE. ETA: beat Josh by what? 30-45 seconds? I didn’t have to stop for laughs…
There were technically black slave owners as disgusting as it sounds. This waste of oxygen would have NO problems owning a human being obviously so there have always been awful people and there always will be.
Idk why black ppl think if they think and try hard enough, they can un-black themselves and be spared if slavery comes back lol They think for some strange reason they'd be exempt from being enslaved. 😂 Foh
OMG that’s exactly what I’ve been saying!!! My grandmother came from Ireland with her family as a child and help those prejudices her whole life because of the way she was treated. Stop treating people like less. No soul is less.
@@karenbarnlund7464 Karen, you know you can go back and edit your original comment, right? It'll save you from having to leave another just to make a correction. Find the comment you want to revisit, hover over it until the 3 vertical dots appear to the right of the text, click on those dots, and the options DELETE and EDIT will appear. Click "edit", make your changes, and click save. Done!
Thanks for talking about this. My grandmother was Irish and my grandfather was Italian. And you are right about all of that, and the way they were treated. I stayed up all night after I found you on RUclips. Listening to you and laughing. I couldn't stop watching. I needed to laugh or I was gonna lose my mind, so thank you, thank you, thank you for helping me make through this horrific time.
"Look I think that one of the reasons we get pitted against each other really really hard is because America...makes a promise to everybody that they will have it better tomorrow and a better tomorrow isn't coming for everybody because of systems in place to keep tomorrow like today." 💯
No dogs, no blacks, no Irish : on accommodation in England when I was a girl . My grandparents were Italian and Irish in England 100 years ago . Now their descendants complain about people in boats . We all have such short memories Please be careful, Josh, bad people seek good people out when they speak the truth that questions their worldview 🙏
Yeah but they don't care about any other groups hardships!and moving to a country doesn't mean everyone should pay for you if you can't provide for yourself!they say irish slaves never existed!
As a person who is a mixing bowl of Italian Irish and Latin American, you hit home sir. Dead on the fear and worry I have when people say that about immigrants. When I AM an American by birth through my dad's side, but it's this crazy feeling of: I'm American just like you, why are you turning against me? Thank you for talking about these issues in your shows ❤
It’s why a lot of Irish families don’t use the name “Nina” It used to stand for “No Irish Need Apply” When my mother found out my best friend’s name was Nina, she said that she couldn’t be a true Irish person. But she is and still my best friend
Irish and Central American here. I always find it so ironic when people of Irish descent looks down on immigrants. Like, remember when our ancestors were call white n-words?
unapologetically creole. the folks who like conservative stuff around here always ask my last name name (very Irish) then IMMEDIATELY try to ask 20 questions to figure out my race. then they infer I am exaggerating when I object to the line of questioning….. YEA I’m the problem……….
I think about the internment camps we had for OUR OWN CITIZENS just because of who their parents or grandparents were and I listen to the political discussions happening publicly and I'm frightened what people may be willing to do in our lifetimes.
On the Vance thing, I hope folks understand that all he did was say the quiet part out loud. The law _never_ mattered. At all. That's why folks were primarily concerned if somebody _looked brown_ when declaring them an illegal immigrant.
Yes. Trump has someone on staff who has literally said his immigration goals are to remove EVERY immigrant, including those with green cards and those who are naturalized citizens. It doesn’t matter what color your skin is to him, it only matters where you were born. …Miller was in charge of Trump’s immigration policies and has promised to “do more faster” if they’re elected again. 🤢🤮
I’m not republican but you completely misunderstood what he said, he’s saying the unconstitutional mass importation of immigrants by Biden and Kamala WAS illegal, therefore the immigrants they brought in illegally are STILL illegal immigrants.
@@MrMeowTheSecond- You may not be a Republican, but you are repeating a Republican lie backed by “Trust me bro” University. They also claim that those Haitians are “coming for your pets!”
the last part about the rhetoric around immigrants is so important. whenever someone talks about their ancestors immigrating and then in the same breath berating people coming here now is mind-blowing to me. Everyone except the indigenous peoples were immigrants to the US!! Why do you think your family is different???
@@donnadearlove2094 oh yeah definitely, indigenous people migrated from somewhere. only reason why I didn't count them as immigrants is bc they migrated so long ago that the majority of their history that we know about is of them after they've settled & how their established group was culturally district from others in the region
A friend of mine is part of the Blackfoot tribe. She adores cutting off people's rants about immigrants with, "I agree - get off my land!" and watching them scramble to explain how they're different, somehow. Because they're not, really.
The answer is the elephant in the room which is racism, their family is white so that's why they feel superior to these brown immigrants in boats today. I bet they'll happily welcome ukrainian refugees tho
I am just a white guy from middle america, and about as conservative as you can get on most social issues. I genuinely cannot wrap my head around the idea that anyone (let alone a black man) could think hitler being in office would be better than this administration. Or any other American administration that has ever existed.
You're not as conservative as you think you are if you can say that. Either that, or think conservative means something different to what it means in reality.
@@justinking3558 A lot of conservatives will agree with, retweet, reblog, platform and support Neo Nazis. It's actually very rare that I see one who is unabashedly anti-Nazi. A lot of conservatives will, if they don't platform Neo Nazis, simply never say a word against them, because "they're my fellow conservative, so I must stand in solidarity with them". An alarming number of conservatives treat being conservative like a team sport in which they will root for and stand by their team even when that means standing by actual self-proclaimed Nazis.
@@morganqorishchi8181 I've never met in person a conservative that thinks that way. Twitter is not real life, friend. I can assure you, I am about as conservative as it gets on many key issues, and that is partially why I hate nazism and neo nazism. The other reason I hate that ideology is my Catholic background, but conservatism and Catholicism tend to go hand in hand
@@justinking3558 I can appreciate your position. But I think it's important to note that, as long as the user is not a bot or a foreign agent, they can vote. And their vote counts just as much as yours. So while I agree that sometimes the internet can be separated from reality - often quite easily - these political views aren't as uncommon as you think. The country is very large. It's hard to wrap your head around 333 million as a number, let alone a population. If even 1% of the population agrees with Nazism, that's still millions of people. And they absolutely make a difference in elections.
I’m a 78 year old white lady. I have memories of my grandfather having ‘names’ for all the immigrants who came here (Canada) as a very young child, i actually thought that ‘Wop’ was a real name. I soon learned better! I love the diversity of both Canada and the USA. You want to see the way the world should work? Sit in a room with a bunch of four or five year olds of different races and cultures. It’s absolutely amazing how they interact!
I have the same thinking about immigration. America is a nation of immigrants. It’s wild how many people want to shut the door on an opportunity they themselves were given.
shes drunk. the loudest laugh at a comedy show is always the drunkest. always. not the person closest to the mike. not the person who likes the jokes the most. the drunkest
As someone of Irish & Italian descent, that last part was spot f'ing on. My great grandparents on my mom's side were Italian immigrants who came over around the beginning of the 20th century, and my dad's family were Irish immigrants who came over in the 19th century, after the Great Potato Famine. The families have pass down stories of being the discriminated against dirty immigrants. It blows my mind how quickly people, including some in my own family, forget that history once a couple generations have passed.
I'm beginning to wonder if you're real, or if you're AI... this is perfect... the perfect blend of entertaining raconteur, shades of stand up, bundles of charisma... holds our attention every second... you love the audience, you aren't talking down to them, you're with them... and what you're saying is so insightful and emotionally and morally aware... I keep watching these and what you're doing right now is the very best any of us can hope for from the comedy realm... I said it before... it transcends comedy. I genuinely feel that entertaining us is not your only goal... and you're nailing both.
Josh, you're one of the only people with any sort of influence who talks about the importance of how we say things. Even in your jokes, you're seeking a sort of accuracy that it feels has largely been discarded by politicians, the media, and people in general. I really appreciate that.
I really appreciate how conversational Josh's sets are. It makes it easier to absorb the information. This one in particular felt like a fireside chat or town hall meeting. We need more elected officials like Josh.
Bravo. You give this 72 yo Southern white woman hope for America. Our intelligent, smart, precious youth are our only hope for a better nation and stronger democracy. ❤
Wow, I subscribed like a week ago and there were about 640k subscribers! Pretty sure 1mill will be in a couple of days, very happy for Josh and the team, great work!
You are so smart. My co workers and I just had the conversation about the very thing about immigration you just discussed. I'm of Irish and german decent..so...ya.. its like everyone has forgotten about it all. I used to work for an Italian family that Americanized their name to basically hide their heritage and they are super hateful like Trump hateful and it blows my mind. Thank you so much for putting all this out into the world the way you do. I hope maybe 1 person will hear you and it will change the way they think. I watch every video you put up. ❤
My dad's side of the family immigrated from Germany pre-WW1. Even though we are 6th/7th generation German-Americans, my family still has EXTREME deep rooted trauma from immigrating. They still have German recipes around the holidays, but if you even mention them being German they will deny it. "Don't be ridiculous. We aren't German, we're American." It's like they're afraid of the interment camps coming back any day now.
Americanization used to be pushed more culturally -- all the "[Proud to be XYZ]" parades and celebrations were active push-backs against the cultural message that without complete assimilation all immigrants were trash and would never be "true" Americans. It's interesting to me that food culture seems to be the longest lingering ethnic memory across many different otherwise completely assimilated ethnic groups.
i remember reading that german used to be the 2nd most spoken language in the u.s. before ww1. everything from german language schools, churches, newspapers, community centers, social clubs, and more, all basically ceased to exist bc they were afraid of being seen as the enemy. texas german dialects are endangered today bc of that persistent fear of not being seen as "really american", so parents (elderly today) never taught it to their kids. i really empathize with that bc i'm half louisiana creole. the acadiana region of louisiana used to be largely french speaking (cajun english uses So many french words and sentence structures) and the french influence is still there in the accent and in people's surnames and all the catholicism. my granddad on that side spoke louisiana french as his first language and had to learn english in school, as he was punished for speaking his native louisiana french in class. my grandmother grew up understanding louisiana french, but was discouraged from speaking it bc french was seen as "uneducated" or something that would bar you from jobs and other opportunities (ironic bc bilingualism is sought after today smh). and my grandparents are black americans, descended from slaves (and acadians, but we don't have like. the records on that lol), so it's not like they have an oral history of immigration, like "great-great something granddad came to america for a better life" or whatever. they've Been here since before the louisiana purchase, most likely. american for centuries, just french-speaking. but even they were pressured to let go of the language (that was just as american as english at this point) bc it wasn't american Enough. so w/ your family, having immigrated so long ago, pre-ww1 even!, it sucks that they felt forced to deny that aspect of their heritage bc people back then didn't think german immigrants were american Enough. iirc, one of the biggest ancestry groups of white americans is german. like y'all gave us hamburgers! there's nothing more quintessentially american than the hamburger. if we had a national dish, it'd be that and it's bc of german-americans! that should be something to celebrate, and it's really unfair imo that it's not.
Generational trauma is understudied in the United States when it comes to European Americans because a lot of the scientists doing the studies are European American and they deny that there could be anything to study there. I say this as a Central Asian American: this modern construct of "whiteness" in the US that requires white people to give up identifying with a specific culture (German, Italian, Irish, etc.) and all the traditions associated with it is hurting white people as well as non-white people. White privilege at the cost of giving up a part of yourselves is not a privilege worth having. The idea that being "American" means not having a specific background, language, foods, etc. is toxic. Anyone who's a citizen is American. You, me, your dad, Haitian immigrants, we're all American and that shouldn't be contingent on us giving anything up. This is supposed to be the land of the free.
Same with my family and being Polish. My grandpa's sisters married as fast as they could to get rid of their name. My mom to this day is like, "I'm not a f'n Polack, I'm German." and most people don't even know the "dumb Polack" jokes.
@@HalfFey Yeah, and what's wild is that I'm not sure if the region my family lived was even considered Germany at the time that they immigrated. Germany (as we know it today) is a pretty young country. They probably wouldn't have said they were Germany, they would have said they were from Westphalia (North Rhine Westphalia is now a region in Germany and is where they town they're from is located + they founded the town Westphalia, Missouri. It's kind of crazy that even when (at the time) you aren't technically part of the group someone is intending to discriminate against, you still get caught in the crosshairs. It sucks how SO many people are stripped of their cultures to be "real Americans." Even though our families went through different things I'm so glad that we can have solidarity. I really think that things like solidarity are priceless these days. I watched "How Food Racism Ruined the World" by Foreign Man in a Foreign Land as well as "As Needed Discussion about Indian Street Food" by Saji Sharma, which were both really great resources regarding food racism and immigration if you're interested. :) I definitely think a balance can be had with remembering the atrocities of WW2, the discrimination against German-Americans, as well as celebrating German and German-American culture. I think that there's been a shift lately towards being a bit more open about traditions and not being as judgemental towards different cultures, especially SEA and Middle Eastern/African cultures, which could potentially be credited towards the rise of the internet, better racial equality, and/or immigration. Of course more work needs to be done, even in regards to the American census which still categorizes Middle Eastern and some African people as white even though they clearly face discrimination/discrimination in a much different way. Thanks for sharing your story! Have a great day :)
Same. I need Josh to pop up after every stressful event in my life. I have a meeting tomorrow that will be kind of stressful. I’d love it if he met me in the parking lot afterward. If I walk home, it’s 21 minutes. Just enough time to do a quick set and disappear to the next city.
You're so right, Josh! People don't understand that at any time, the people they've surrounded themselves with can turn on them. They go yelling and spewing nonsense against their own people without realizing how quickly they can be in the same position and hated just as much by the people they think so highly of and keep trying to be up under!
Bold choice addressing those topics given the chances of not bringing the crowd along. I love that you did and the way you did it. Some things need to be said, and I wish more folk would use as much mind and as much heart as you do. Also, I'm just in awe of how you managed the set with your call-n-response constant companion chirping from the floor. 🎉🎉🎉
Josh you are George Carlin level in my book- and I have always considered him the top… now there’s another equally hilarious intelligent thought provoking prescient savage comedian, and I know George wouldn’t care about me saying this, you seem like the nicer guy too! 😂
I've been saying this exact thing to all my friends! "Check out this awesome comic. He's the new George Carlin" and every person that has listened completely agrees! 👏 👏 👏
One of the smartest and most articulate people I’m hearing today. Telling truth, cloak and humor is a very wise thing. Thank you for speaking truth to anybody who wants to hear it and in a funny way.
"One of the reasons we get pitted against each other really hard is because America makes a promise. and it makes a promise to everybody that they will have it better tomorrow and a better tomorrow isn't coming for everybody because of systems in place to keep tomorrow like today." 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 love it.
We are Bronx Italians. My brother was born in the fifties. He told me he would get beat up all the time by Irish guys. The Irish had emigrated before the Italians. When I grew up it was already different and my friends were who ever it didn’t matter to me or them.
Hell, there was even a time when German immigrants to the USA were the target of racism. Read the letter Benjamin Franklin wrote about the "Palatine Boors." It just proves that "whiteness" is completely made up and endlessly malleable to include or exclude whoever the people in power want.
Your people supported the wrong side in both world war and only switched when they realized they couldn't win. Neither war was particularly good for Ireland.
@@thieupham493 Who’s my people? Americans? I was born here and really don’t know anything about what you’re implying. My parents were first generation. My grandparents on both sides migrated in the late 1800’s to give their children a better life. My father’s mom was a single parent raising 3 boys because my grandfather died. My dad had to shine shoes when he was in grammar school to help support her because his 2 brothers were in the military fighting for this country. My mother’s parents had 11 children and worked hard to raise them. Sooooo ya….
The views on this video went up by 15,000 AS I WAS WATCHING, and that is just the wildest, most beautiful thing! So happy for Josh and everyone involved in the channel production.
I appreciate how Josh, alongside almost painfully funny, well-timed jokes, is also speaking from a place of truth and sincerity. Incisive social commentary, alongside what feels like genuine hope for a better future. This set, as well as last week's set, were incredibly polished, especially for handling breaking news.
I have family who, when you point out how people talk about immigrants now is how they talked about our Irish family, they say "Well we came here legally." There's this disconnect between "Nuh-uh" and just acknowledging that we are talking about actual people.
@@singingrazors remind them that then, coming here legally basically just meant signing their name at the door. We had open borders then, which is what created this great nation
These sets are my new favorite thing to have in my earbuds at work. Been laughing like a crazy person while sweeping these hallways. Thanks for making my job a blast
Same! I was digging a trench today and started CACKLING at the lousiana avengers episode of his podcast.. I’m sure the homeowner thought I was on them good drugs
In ancient ireland, the top Poet was like the Prime Minister. This was because the power of this person's words could bring the king low if he wasn't on the poet's side. This dude has that power, and he'll use it. Respect.
In modern Ireland, that's basically the same for the President (who has little political power but does act as sort of the conscience of the nation). Michael D. Higgins fills that role perfectly.
I wasn’t expecting the sobering reminder of history when I clicked on this, but I’m glad you chose to include it. In case some watching have forgotten. All the best, Josh. You deserve it.
Hi Friends thanks for watching. This whole month will be two vids a week. Tuesdays at 9 eastern and Saturdays at noon eastern. See you at the live premieres
See ya in Orlando FL-traveling 4 hours to see you!!
Absolute unit. Love your material!
Thanx Josh! Setting my alarm 4 Sat rt now! 😁
Have a good wk! 😉👍💪✌️
**in the voice of Josh Johnson**
COOL!
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God, that last part was so true it hurt. My grandmother came illegally to the US. And her children, first generation americans, have complained about "illegals". I was like "you guys KNOW Grandma wasn't legal. We all know she bought a birth certificate in NYC." "Yeah, but she just wanted a better life here and to escape the violence." And I just stare at them for a while, hoping it will sink in, then finally say, "yeah, like the immigrants coming today. They are exactly like Grandma, except a different color." It's infuriating.
I'm always surprised by the people who are so proud their parents or grandparents came with "10 dollars in their pockets and worked hard". Like, that literally means they came illegally. So you are proud of that but don't want that chance for other people??
America doesn't away anybody anything. I'm black American we still haven't got our share I could care less. Illegal is illegal
There is an Irish comedian joking 😃 about that time in history. He joked that the Irish shagged their way into society. That's a good strategy 😂 It's easier to blend in ❤ Found him, its Dave Nihil 🎉
Benefits for me but not for thee..
WOOOOOW
“Your proximity to whiteness won’t save you” is the best comment!
As a white guy, I warned a Latina friend about this all the time. Living in a white neighborhood, going to the same stores and businesses as your white neighbors do, and trying to have the same socio-political views as your white neighbors is eventually going to bring you to the realization you're not white, and they know all too well you're not, and when you need them to understand you and be on your side, you're going to have a very hard time finding yourself in them.
Yeah, surely the leopards won't eat HIS face lol
So many comments were also great.
There's a RUclipsr I like called Karra Means Spicy who made a video about this with Indian American GOP politicians.
@cobaltpterodactyl I think a lot of indian-americans don't realize that a lot of this has to do simply with literal skin color. And their brown skin will always keep them out. Definitely will be elevated as useful idiots to keep the racism going. And Ann Coulter said to a Republican candidate for president (forgetting his name at the moment), your skin is too dark, I won't vote for you.
Me and a white woman one time sat down and said we were going to have a really frank talk about how we see each other and other races... And she told me flat out that Indian people confuse white people. She said, you know they have straight hair, but they've got that dark skin and in some cases they're even darker than black folks and white people just find that really confusing, cuz they're like, well, what are you?
Meaning, I'm assuming, that they instantly put you in different categories based entirely on the color of your skin and Indians are just confusing, brown like black people, but not black people or Hispanics.
"The way you talk about people is so important" My childhood minister told us that anyone using their power and position to tell you to hate another person or groups of people, they're lying to you. I was 9, and it stuck.
Damn, that's a powerful lesson. Thanks for sharing, I'm also going to take that with me.
We need more pastors like that
Wow; that is such a beautiful thing to have infused in your DNA at 9!! It clears *so* many things up when figuring out who and what to believe in from that point forward.
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@@TQMand I!!
This man is so ridiculously thoughtful it hurts. I'm an Italian teacher in a high school and I've been telling my kids this exact thing. Historically italians were treated like scum in parts of this country and the only reason they were was because of some "perceived threat". In reality they were scapegoats used to create an "other". Today it's quite different because we have new "others". But don't think for one second you too can't become that "other" because it's convenient for someone in power. When we see a group being outcast we should stand up because 1.its the decent human thing to do and 2. You could be next.
As an Italian born to an immigrant I can tell you my family was treated horribly in the 70’s and 80’s in a very small white town .
It annoys me when I see Italians supporting this fear of immigrants.
Did you teach those kids about how Italy supported Hitler?
@@jillianhallmark3679 What surprises you? These are the same people who supported Hitler.
@@thieupham493 Did you know that regular Italians were under a dictator called Mussolini and they had no voice about who the country supported ? In fact that is why my grandparents on my dad’s side came to the US after the war .
@@jillianhallmark3679 Right, they fought on the side of evil twice because of an elected official. If they could pick up a weapon and fight, they could have fought against the dictator. The truth is, Italians thought they could invade and pick up some cheap real estate.
🔥 💣 “A better tomorrow isn’t coming for everybody because of systems in place to keep tomorrow like today” 💣 🔥
@JasmineLaura yes!!!, SO WELL SAID!
Brilliant!
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Does he write these incredible lines before doing his shows
A million thumbs up 👍
My father is the child of Irish immigrants. He does not see that everything that Trump is saying about South and Central American immigrants is the exact same things that were said about his parents. He says "We should only let in the best and brightest". Oh, yeah, that means his late 20's, single, 5th grade educated father who got kicked out of Scotland because he has a seizure disorder and couldn't work in the mines would have never been allowed in this country. My dad is actively arguing that he should have never been born. How do I get that, one generation removed but he doesn't?
Irish and Italians got promoted to white when votes were needed to try to keep black/white segregation because you needed votes to try to keep Jim Crow and redlining in effect. Now, some people are still happy to be part of the team.
People seem to think they are better because they were born here or are legal. Just what do you think the indigenous people think of us? Not only did we steal their land but we changed the areas that they were from. Treated the worse in the USA are the indigenous!
@@mickeyruts #facts
The Irish are so ashamed of what their American descendants have become.
My mother is an immigrant from Thailand. The legal way. Every person needs to be checked. We want diversity in America, not criminals and that’s why we’re in a migrant crisis with open border policies. Vote Trump in November
I did a drinking game with how many times Vance said “illegal immigrant” At the debate. The doctor says the blindness should fade eventually.
And he’s married to an immigrant! Really?
He was wearing it out like a tired old rag that you give to your dog
It be wise I think to convince the right to pu Trump and put forward Vance
He was straight saying illegal aliens.
Glad you didn't drink overtime he lied
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me.
-Martin Niemöller
Mark Robinson will be there to speak for you as long as you're transgender.
Ohh Jesus.. your beautifully written words .. I’m an old woman, I read these every morning.. I wish I was young (er) again. Liz Davies from Australia
Thank you ❤
Thank you. It is important to be reminded of these words --always. 💙🇺🇸
Fake news.
Is what trumpers will say.
I'm not you. I'm not black. I'm not young. I didnt come from where you came from. But I would let you speak for me any day. Everything you say is what I would say from the heart. I want to thank you so much for giving voice to these thoughts. And I also want to thank you for entertaining me so often. Much love.
same demographic here, and i completely agree. i could listen to this guy talk all day. it's so refreshing to see young people with this much sense.
same here Josh and Tim!, I look like a stereotypical devil(big, shaven head Irish dude) but I have been evangelizing about Josh for s year or more now, so funny, so smart, so on the pulse about the moment(the crazy moment) we are all in.
I genuinely tried to give Mark Robinson a chance "maybe the guy was hacked?" etc, but looking into it further he's...not a great guy.
Josh hit the nail on the head about the past, we Irish were last on the sign, under dogs, literal underdogs *"No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish"*
Um…. WHAT!
@@schiz0phren1c Thats why I, as a Black women, will always love and cherish Irish and Italians etc. I appreciate any white person that can empathize and understand struggle. I know there’s some ignorant things said sometimes but at the end of the day, I really appreciate people like you
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Josh I gotta say, I'm a white male former MAGA cult inductee and I honest to god think you're one of the top comedians doing it right now. I look forward to your new posts every week and they're consistently hilarious. And I love that you not only have jokes, but also you speak the truth on a lot of issues going on right now. I feel like if I would've heard you two years ago I would've easily dismissed you as "another woke liberal" so I'm incredibly thankful I found you now. Keep it up man!
Good on you for getting out of the MAGA cult. I know it's hard and I know it's probably something you're embarrassed about, but you got out and now you're a better person. I'm glad you got out of that toxic environment, man.
Congrats on your freedom buddy
Congrats on having the ability to recover from the cult of Maga. It's not just politics, its a belief system and a religion now. Josh is a brilliant and relatable comedian that reminds me a lot of Trevor Noah. I look forward to seeing his growth as his career continues.
This is so refreshingly transparent. I think all the extremists need to be called out on both sides.
It actually gives me hope for humanity to see comments like yours. thanks.
Josh is officially my favorite comedian at this point. The humanitarian in him calm's my social worker heart during these times of division.
Thanks Josh!
Josh slays. Also check out Sammy Obeid
I agree. When I watch him I feel calmer, have a laugh and can tune into the common sense I was born with even through the nonsense
@@OhNoSweetie...Yes, he does the same for me, he’s a very good storyteller. Sometimes l rewatch older videos when I’m really anxious. Amber Ruffin does the same, just differently. :)
AMEN and same here...we must LOVE one another, help where we can, when we can...simple❤❤❤
He doesn't spend most of his time crying about trans people or being cancelled so that puts him ahead of most comedians currently working.
As a North Carolinian, knowing how extremely gerrymandered my state is, I am terrified of Mark Robinson. I'm agnostic but seriously pray for us
Also a North Carolinian...and same.
Stein will handily win the governor’s mansion, I am all but convinced. Lost endorsements from the governors of Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, and South Carolina, yet TFG, Tillis, and the NC GOP interestingly enough haven’t pulled theirs. (This despite Robinson quietly being told he is persona non grata at rallies.) On top of this, I’ve read statements from registered NC Republicans openly admitting they will cast their ballots for Stein. My focus is on who enters the White House and those tremendous implications for our nation and democracy. From one agnostic to another, please just stay strong a little longer. Goodness knows I have to, especially with what I do for a living
I strongly believe Stein will handily win the governor’s mansion. Robinson has lost endorsements from the governors of Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, and my home state of Virginia, yet despite telling him behind closed doors that he is persona non grata at rallies, TFG, Tillis, and the NC GOP still haven’t pulled their endorsements of him. Our real focus should be on the next entrant of the White House and the according implications for our nation and democracy IMO…which I believe Robinson has already had more of an impact on than many currently think. In fact, I’ve even read a few statements from registered NC Republicans openly admitting they will vote for Stein. From one agnostic to another, please stay strong a little while longer. I know I have to
Gerrymandering doesnt affect the governors race
This man got caught. Like Josh says. Make a fake account. Realise that most people r not wholesome. They just know how to hide it better. And we will never know their true thoughts. So be worried and wary about that because it does show in their policies.
My family is mostly Irish famine people. I know what that sign says. Thing is, Springfield OH was dying, desperate for workers, and small business owners, and population. The town welcomed the Haitian immigrants, who saved Springfield. Now outsiders encouraged by Vance of all people, are creating mayhem and danger for all of Springfield. I really enjoy the thought that goes into each of your performances. You are a true talent.
You really don't get it
@@kathyheavner3585Thank you for your incredible insight, Kathy. You laid out your argument so succinctly. I wish I could debate like you.
I'll keep the line "you really don't get it" in my back pocket to make sure they know I'm a smarter, better citizen than they are.
@@JohnnySnappleseed God bless, Jonny
I love this young generation. They are our hope. Don't let greed change who you are young people. This is such an honest generation. As long as they aren't blinded by greed then they will help America to fulfill her promise of Liberty and justice for all.
@@kathyheavner3585 Explain what it is they supposedly don't get. It is true that Haitians were brought to Springfield to work. And even if that wasn't the case, they don't deserve to be lied on, demonized, and threatened. If you're going to defend that hateful bs, you need to present something more than "you really don't get it."
“It’s very hard to love a Black man who hates being a Black man.”
Ok Josh just paraphrased everyone from Toni Morrison to Mary J. Blige in one sentence.
Chills literal chills. 😢 it's a sobering reminder
It is fine to be self critical and calmly and productively points out the short coming of one's own social group. However, one should do it with compassion and actually aim to help people, instead of insulting others to derive pleasure.
It is fine to be self critical and calmly and productively points out the short coming of one's own social group. However, one should do it with compassion and actually aim to help people, instead of insulting others to derive pleasure.
@@bohanxu6125um...maybe I'm misunderstanding your comment. Josh is a comedian. He's not on that stage to kiss your boo boo. He's not up there to be compassionate. When the world gives us crazy things to deal with, laughing at it helps a lot. A lot of doctors & nurses have a very dark sense of humor. Otherwise they'd have a total mental breakdown. I speak on that bcuz I was a nurse with experience in everything from pediatrics to criminally insane patients.
@@sp3nds
I guess I didn't make myself clear enough. I was arguing {a Black man who hates being a Black man} can be good, in the sense of capable of being self-critical. The problem of is that he is doing it without compassion. He is not trying to be self-critical to make positive changing (otherwise he would have done it politely in a way so his criticism can be better received). He is deriving pleasure by insulting others, and appealing to other people's negative desire of deriving pleasure by insulting others.
Now to your point about comedian can be as nasty and uncompassionate as he wants. I disagrees. Most complicated things in life are about tradeoff. Nasty/offensive but funny joke is a tradeoff between the bad of pushing culture to be more nasty/uncompassionate and the good of making people laugh. Dave Chapel of anti-trans jokes would statistically make his audience hold more anti-trans opinion statistically while also creating joys to people. 4chan neo-nazi making nazi jokes would make the subculture more racist while also creating joys to people. It is fundamentally a tradeoff. You can argue that in most cases in comedy, the pros of bring joy significantly outweight the minor increase of bad culture. That's fine. However, it is fundamentally a tradeoff of pros and cons, not a naive "nastiness in comedy can never be bad"
"The rhetoric you use around people is important." That statement should be a given and not a plea and a prayer. When Vance and Trump speak about immigrants, they specifically choose words that deny the inherent humanity, dignity, and worth of human beings. Thank you for saying it Josh and calling attention to it. Whenever people are referred to rhetorically as anything less than human beings, history shows scary things happen. Trump referred to these people as "vermin". Please vote in the upcoming election! Use your voice to promote dignity, humanity, and peace.
I'm voting blue down ballot here in Texas.
As Granny Weatherwax once replied to the question 'What is evil?' -
'It's when you start seeing people as things.'
Social Media enabled to say the quiet thing out loud. If you think that voting Blue wil fixx that then i have Bridge to sell you.
Trump uses his Rhetoric on purpose to deny his opponents their Humanity, it has been his goto Move since forever, sadly millions of Americans have the same move.
Beeing raised in an Environment that villifies others on the principle that their are not of your own is hard place to escape from.
Vote in order to prevent a Hellscape, do not expect the Diversion to go away that will take Decades since Millions are entrenched in that Mindset.
Be healthy.
@@normaowens7569me too in Boston MA vote blue across the board💙💙💙💙💙💙
Too bad it's an accurate description to those who it applies to. I'm open arming my law abiding fellow countrymen first.
very old white man here, an old hippie, one of "The Stonewall Gays" that Chapelle talked about - you are the future I have been waiting for, hoping for, and it gives me great hope that you and your peers will organize and vote and help us move past this dumpster fire trainwreck shitshow of these last years to a vastly better place - something ALL people can live and flourish in. Keep up the great work, I am so impressed by your delivery, heart, wisdom - well done!
Yes , I agree the attitude we need in the world . We must have faith in our youth. I do hope we turn the page soon on Trump . We are ready for him to fade away and leave us alone . We need healing in our families too.
What he said, Josh. Keep talking truth. Among other astonishing things, Mark Robinson does not know that his head will be among the first to roll.
“Yeah, boss, but I’m YOUR black man.”
It astounds me.
Amen!✌️🖖🤞
Cosign
Mannnn Josh started preaching at some point and what he was saying was straight facts. He was funny as usual but this was clearly something he feels strongly about. The whole "black man who hates being black" part was so real
My mind went straight to Uncle Rufus in Boondocks.....and the similarities are uncanny!!!!!
Sorry ...Rukus....and I see someone said exactly the same thing later in the comments
Mark Robinson turned Josh into an owl for a second. WHO?! 🦉
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😂😂no please… everytime I hear someone go Who ? Who? I think about the Wolf of Wall Street when Margot Robbie says”What are you,a fucking owl?”Now if I have Josh mixed with that… 🦉
@@elisa_lilyME TOOOOO! I got so excited to read I’m not the only person who has this thought!! 😂
“They’re poisoning the blood… and then we became the most powerful country.” That was a great line Josh.
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The way we talk about people who are different is so important. As a queer, disabled, child of immigrants, I've heard so many people talk shit about me and my family by talking shit about others. We can't do that shit, man.
Showed up for comedy, stayed for enlightenment
PREACH!
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PREACH
The Josh Johnson special
What's real crazy is when you are something like Italian or Greek, the second everyone darker than you is out of the room you find out real quick which ones still don't think you're part of the club.
Did you ever see Fawlty Towers? You know the word 'dago'?
Try telling this to Latinos too.
When Italians were first coming into the US, they were not considered to be "white."
this. (and look at me, I already know, this county I live now…. SHARP exhale)
Facts.
Broooooo I thought I had missed one and it was gonna play right away. I thought I was a patient man, sir. I am not.
My god, nor am I.
Same 😂
Yeah, I was excited to listen on the way home. Lame
breathe. in. out.
only 92 minutes more❤
We are all the same when it comes to brother Johnson I see 🤣👌🏿
Sicilians were lynched and were expected to follow Jim Crow laws. You are so on point with everything 💙💙💙💙💙
"Sicilians" are from PREHISTORIC BANTU AFRICAN ORIGINS. Over 10'000yra...
Sicilian Pottery of c300BC shows their AFRICAN ROYALTY...
So...
Italians supported Hitler.
If you close your eyes and pretend that you didn't know this was about A REAL PERSON IN POWER, Josh would be describing the perfect depiction of Uncle Rukus to people who never seen The Boondocks 😂😂😂😂
But even Uncle Ruckus wouldn't mess with him!
He's definitely Uncle Rukus
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Are we sure it isn't just
One of the many parody accounts just using his name.
I've seen my fair share of comments on phub from Jesus Christ, while I can't verify I don't think it's actually Jesus.
@@Verchiel_ Apparently Uncle Rukus uses the exact same handles for his parody account on pornsites, and for his official announcements on Twitter/X as lieutenant governor. Setting all of that up after the fact is almost impossible, and at the time those accounts were created it wouldn't have made any sense.
The only guy who can compete with a historic vice presidential debate, my man josh
hey, we have our priorities!
I genuinely weighed the options, and decided this was the better choice. 😂 The debate won’t change my mind and there’ll be highlights everywhere. Supporting Josh and having a nice evening laughing at his jokes sounds infinitely better.
that’s what’s up 😎
I already know who to vote for. I don't need to hear more lies. I would rather hear this brilliant young man.
Indeed! I'm watching both at the same time😂
Poor NC honestly- having to deal with Robinson *and* a fucking hurricane
F them. They voted for Robinson. Shame about the hurricane though.
@@fathertimegaming17you know theres people there who didnt vote for him, its never unanimous
@fathertimegaming17 his opponent voted against giving teachers raises...
@@fathertimegaming17 He won 51.6% of the popular vote. No they absolutely did not.
@fathertimegaming17 not everyone, but thanks for your insight.
Honestly Josh, I don’t know any other comedian, past or present, who words things and gives as much thought to how they are going to be interpreted as you. That’s not to take away from other intellectual comics, but you really do hit people on a deeply human level, and whilst you do discuss politics, it’s so important that people understand that other people are as worthy of being as them. You’re such a good guy, it comes across in everything you say, and how you say it. Thank you! You give me a glimmer of hope for humanity. Xxxxx
To talk about complicated political issues with a big, open heart, an eye towards humanitarianism, and make it all funny? that's special. love you man. keep it up.
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North Carolina guy here, thanks for being a port in the storm man
Fellow NC guy here in Winston. I have my mail in ballot in hand and I can’t wait to get it filled out and dropped off.
@@dontgivetwothwips3615Vote blue.💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
And here! NC making the comedy rounds again 🤦🏼♀️
Especially when the biggest city in our state is literally called the Queen city... like course we gonna have a bit of pride 😂😂😂
Josh with the History lesson! As someone with a History degree in a box somewhere, please continue the lecture, my friend - this has got to be the most historical illiterate culture on Earth, so they need all the help that we can give them. We collectively don't know our history, so here we are, repeating it over and over - please, please stop. If you're against Change, then you're against the tide of History and that is, to paraphrase Josh, untenable.
This was better than anything I’ve heard from any politician running for office. Josh for President.
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As the daughter of a mexican immigrant and the wife of another, I just want to say thank you. 💙
45 years ago that would have made you illegal because a wife took on her husband identity through the law of coverture. Even though American born you would no longer be able to vote in America.
I am always confused when people don’t understand what history means for them. “I’m a black man who thinks I’d get to be a slave OWNER. A black man who thinks Hitler would be good for me.” It makes no SENSE.
ETA: beat Josh by what? 30-45 seconds? I didn’t have to stop for laughs…
There were technically black slave owners as disgusting as it sounds. This waste of oxygen would have NO problems owning a human being obviously so there have always been awful people and there always will be.
@@julieallison8635👈🏼nazi
I was in actual surprise hearing this I literally yelled “Sir I don’t know if YOU know this but…. You will NOT be the one checking teeth.” 💀
Idk why black ppl think if they think and try hard enough, they can un-black themselves and be spared if slavery comes back lol
They think for some strange reason they'd be exempt from being enslaved. 😂 Foh
@@julieallison8635Hitler co opted and corrupted the message of peace and tranquility the swastika is supposed to represent
OMG that’s exactly what I’ve been saying!!! My grandmother came from Ireland with her family as a child and help those prejudices her whole life because of the way she was treated. Stop treating people like less. No soul is less.
Held
@@karenbarnlund7464 Karen, you know you can go back and edit your original comment, right? It'll save you from having to leave another just to make a correction. Find the comment you want to revisit, hover over it until the 3 vertical dots appear to the right of the text, click on those dots, and the options DELETE and EDIT will appear. Click "edit", make your changes, and click save. Done!
Thanks for talking about this. My grandmother was Irish and my grandfather was Italian. And you are right about all of that, and the way they were treated.
I stayed up all night after I found you on RUclips. Listening to you and laughing. I couldn't stop watching. I needed to laugh or I was gonna lose my mind, so thank you, thank you, thank you for helping me make through this horrific time.
"Look I think that one of the reasons we get pitted against each other really really hard is because America...makes a promise to everybody that they will have it better tomorrow and a better tomorrow isn't coming for everybody because of systems in place to keep tomorrow like today." 💯
This will be my post-debate decompression. Josh is here for us at just the right time. 🎉
Me too..looking forward to both!
watching Josh first..sort of prep for having to hear Vance‘s voice.
Here right after watching the vice-presidential debate, great minds think alike 😆
Fr! I saw this video pop up under the debate and was so relieved I had something to look forward to
My daughter and I will never get to see you live. All shows sold out! Your were my first real laugh after my husband passed. your a life savior!
No dogs, no blacks, no Irish : on accommodation in England when I was a girl .
My grandparents were Italian and Irish in England 100 years ago . Now their descendants complain about people in boats . We all have such short memories
Please be careful, Josh, bad people seek good people out when they speak the truth that questions their worldview 🙏
"Irish" come from "Cheddar Man Migrations", from WESTERN AFRICA; c10'000yra...
So...
Yeah but they don't care about any other groups hardships!and moving to a country doesn't mean everyone should pay for you if you can't provide for yourself!they say irish slaves never existed!
As a person who is a mixing bowl of Italian Irish and Latin American, you hit home sir. Dead on the fear and worry I have when people say that about immigrants. When I AM an American by birth through my dad's side, but it's this crazy feeling of: I'm American just like you, why are you turning against me?
Thank you for talking about these issues in your shows ❤
It’s why a lot of Irish families don’t use the name “Nina” It used to stand for “No Irish Need Apply” When my mother found out my best friend’s name was Nina, she said that she couldn’t be a true Irish person. But she is and still my best friend
Irish and Central American here. I always find it so ironic when people of Irish descent looks down on immigrants. Like, remember when our ancestors were call white n-words?
unapologetically creole. the folks who like conservative stuff around here always ask my last name name (very Irish) then IMMEDIATELY try to ask 20 questions to figure out my race. then they infer I am exaggerating when I object to the line of questioning….. YEA I’m the problem……….
I tell my therapist I'm part Irish English and Scottish. That's why I hate myself.
I think about the internment camps we had for OUR OWN CITIZENS just because of who their parents or grandparents were and I listen to the political discussions happening publicly and I'm frightened what people may be willing to do in our lifetimes.
Congratulations on 800,000 subs!!! Well deserved!! Think of all that laughter!!!😂😂
Fire! 🔥
That's honestly so much lower than I would've suspected. We need to get this man to 8 million!
I've been loving seeing his audience grow. I check often, and it just makes me smile. He's very talented.
This is beyond comedy. Your points are more cohesive than most politicians'.
On the Vance thing, I hope folks understand that all he did was say the quiet part out loud. The law _never_ mattered. At all. That's why folks were primarily concerned if somebody _looked brown_ when declaring them an illegal immigrant.
Yes. Trump has someone on staff who has literally said his immigration goals are to remove EVERY immigrant, including those with green cards and those who are naturalized citizens. It doesn’t matter what color your skin is to him, it only matters where you were born. …Miller was in charge of Trump’s immigration policies and has promised to “do more faster” if they’re elected again. 🤢🤮
Yup
I’m not republican but you completely misunderstood what he said, he’s saying the unconstitutional mass importation of immigrants by Biden and Kamala WAS illegal, therefore the immigrants they brought in illegally are STILL illegal immigrants.
@@MrMeowTheSecondyou misunderstood. Deliberately, I’d bet.
@@MrMeowTheSecond- You may not be a Republican, but you are repeating a Republican lie backed by “Trust me bro” University. They also claim that those Haitians are “coming for your pets!”
So much for watching the VP debate. I’ll watch JJ over JD a million times out of a million!
Watching Josh's recap when he does it counts, right? 😂😂😂
Yup he makes more sense than what's his name@wildcard2ohsix
Tried the debate. I would rather watch pimple poppers at this time than Vance or Trump
Exactly what I am doing right now.
Tried it. Had to leave. I'll wait for Josh's report 😅
the last part about the rhetoric around immigrants is so important. whenever someone talks about their ancestors immigrating and then in the same breath berating people coming here now is mind-blowing to me. Everyone except the indigenous peoples were immigrants to the US!! Why do you think your family is different???
True Facts, but trust me, the indigenous also came from somewhere too, as they kept moving from place to place, but they were Indeed here first.
@@donnadearlove2094 oh yeah definitely, indigenous people migrated from somewhere. only reason why I didn't count them as immigrants is bc they migrated so long ago that the majority of their history that we know about is of them after they've settled & how their established group was culturally district from others in the region
@@kino9643 They are in my Ancestral DNA
A friend of mine is part of the Blackfoot tribe. She adores cutting off people's rants about immigrants with, "I agree - get off my land!" and watching them scramble to explain how they're different, somehow. Because they're not, really.
The answer is the elephant in the room which is racism, their family is white so that's why they feel superior to these brown immigrants in boats today. I bet they'll happily welcome ukrainian refugees tho
You speak the truth. Here in Finland, the current government uses the rhetoric of fear and exclusion too. But we will win, I believe it.
0:57 To be more accurate, you get in, get off, THEN get out.
Severely underrated 😂
Preach!
I SAID THAT IN MY HEAD, but I didn't want to critique the man's delivery. But since you said it... THIS. 😂
Nah man... Come Nov it's edge-town. Get in and get out without getting off.
Preferably in that order.
Happy Joshday everyone!
Literally. It's the gift that keeps on giving. 🎁
Holy fuck this hit different. The perspective of this king is a light in this darkness. Thank you for putting in the work 🙏🏼
'you need..... A friend'.
This is absolutely true. Most people commenting online in unasked for places are lonely, alone, have no real friends..
Hi Friends. Planning my next tour and I need your help. Comment your city below.
Dallas, the city of high stakes losers (cowboys fan)😂
san antonio, or at least austin, its worth the drive
Suffolk, VA (VA Beach or Richmond, VA would be amazing)
East Lansing, Kalamazoo, or Grand Rapids. Michigan will show up.
Seattle, Washington 🏞️🏔️🌲🌧️🏙️🥰🌄 or Bellingham, WA 🌊☔
Let's go algorithm! Spread the word about what all of us in NC have known for AWHILE now!
That you voted for the Biggest Trans supporter in North Carolina?
I am just a white guy from middle america, and about as conservative as you can get on most social issues. I genuinely cannot wrap my head around the idea that anyone (let alone a black man) could think hitler being in office would be better than this administration. Or any other American administration that has ever existed.
You're not as conservative as you think you are if you can say that. Either that, or think conservative means something different to what it means in reality.
@@SonicMegaKing I think you're wrong but I am interested in you explaining yourself if you don't mind
@@justinking3558 A lot of conservatives will agree with, retweet, reblog, platform and support Neo Nazis. It's actually very rare that I see one who is unabashedly anti-Nazi. A lot of conservatives will, if they don't platform Neo Nazis, simply never say a word against them, because "they're my fellow conservative, so I must stand in solidarity with them". An alarming number of conservatives treat being conservative like a team sport in which they will root for and stand by their team even when that means standing by actual self-proclaimed Nazis.
@@morganqorishchi8181 I've never met in person a conservative that thinks that way. Twitter is not real life, friend. I can assure you, I am about as conservative as it gets on many key issues, and that is partially why I hate nazism and neo nazism. The other reason I hate that ideology is my Catholic background, but conservatism and Catholicism tend to go hand in hand
@@justinking3558 I can appreciate your position. But I think it's important to note that, as long as the user is not a bot or a foreign agent, they can vote. And their vote counts just as much as yours. So while I agree that sometimes the internet can be separated from reality - often quite easily - these political views aren't as uncommon as you think. The country is very large. It's hard to wrap your head around 333 million as a number, let alone a population. If even 1% of the population agrees with Nazism, that's still millions of people. And they absolutely make a difference in elections.
I’m a 78 year old white lady. I have memories of my grandfather having ‘names’ for all the immigrants who came here (Canada) as a very young child, i actually thought that ‘Wop’ was a real name. I soon learned better! I love the diversity of both Canada and the USA. You want to see the way the world should work? Sit in a room with a bunch of four or five year olds of different races and cultures. It’s absolutely amazing how they interact!
Josh has the insight of an 80 yr old and the heart of a 6 yr old
Man I love how much new material you're constantly doing. Ty :)
Thank you friend
"A political process based on NUH-UH is untenable."
I am descended from Irish immigrants. You are brilliant, honest, and appreciated. America needs you.
"The way you talk about people is important." 💗
I'm definitely commenting to help the algo bc you deserve all the good things, JJ!🎉
New video title "nuh-uh"😂
To those of us outside the US, over the last 8 years US politics seems to consist of "Nuh-uh!" "Yuh-huh!" Like recess on the schoolyard.
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I'd watch it!
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I have the same thinking about immigration. America is a nation of immigrants. It’s wild how many people want to shut the door on an opportunity they themselves were given.
I love the use of historical references in this set...people need to wake up. Awesome set as always!
ENAMORED by that woman’s loud ass laugh 😭
I noticed that too. Starts around the 1:00 mark
shes drunk. the loudest laugh at a comedy show is always the drunkest. always. not the person closest to the mike. not the person who likes the jokes the most. the drunkest
Shes knows the type of people commenting on porn lmao
She had me chuckling a few times. Her laugh was kinda infectious to me. And loud as hell lol
I love the volume and frequency of women loudly laughing in his videos
As someone of Irish & Italian descent, that last part was spot f'ing on. My great grandparents on my mom's side were Italian immigrants who came over around the beginning of the 20th century, and my dad's family were Irish immigrants who came over in the 19th century, after the Great Potato Famine. The families have pass down stories of being the discriminated against dirty immigrants. It blows my mind how quickly people, including some in my own family, forget that history once a couple generations have passed.
I'm beginning to wonder if you're real, or if you're AI... this is perfect... the perfect blend of entertaining raconteur, shades of stand up, bundles of charisma... holds our attention every second... you love the audience, you aren't talking down to them, you're with them... and what you're saying is so insightful and emotionally and morally aware... I keep watching these and what you're doing right now is the very best any of us can hope for from the comedy realm... I said it before... it transcends comedy. I genuinely feel that entertaining us is not your only goal... and you're nailing both.
Josh, you're one of the only people with any sort of influence who talks about the importance of how we say things. Even in your jokes, you're seeking a sort of accuracy that it feels has largely been discarded by politicians, the media, and people in general. I really appreciate that.
I'm in North Carolina; thanks for shedding the light on this issue & this hateful individual.
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I love your comedy!
Same!!! I’m here in NC too and it’s sickening
Y'ever notice how it's _always_ the _"we need to protect the children"_ folks who turn out to be really creepy?
@@turtlemom2022I know right.. Durham, this Lt. Governor is a whole clown
God is punishing North Carolina for electing Mark Robinson.
I really appreciate how conversational Josh's sets are. It makes it easier to absorb the information. This one in particular felt like a fireside chat or town hall meeting. We need more elected officials like Josh.
Bravo. You give this 72 yo Southern white woman hope for America. Our intelligent, smart, precious youth are our only hope for a better nation and stronger democracy. ❤
This North Carolinian is happy to boost the algo for you!
Same.
Absolute same 😂
What is algo?😮
@stephanielittlejohn7773 short for "algorithm"
@@stephanielittlejohn7773 Algorithm
I love how you can talk about difficult subjects with nuance and humor - thank you!
We don’t deserve you Josh 😢 that was deep!! Thank you for speaking up and pointing out the hypocrisy.
I am Haitian and the disrespect is crazy. All we want is peace. Literally. We be minding our business but we be mentioned for political gain.
Wow, I subscribed like a week ago and there were about 640k subscribers!
Pretty sure 1mill will be in a couple of days, very happy for Josh and the team, great work!
@@Lisa.K.O he got so many subs from his Diddy video.
Josh is growing fast
Thank you for existing and being you 🙏🏻
I need to stop being surprised at your set uploads that are immediately on the pulse of the news.
You are incredible.
You are so smart. My co workers and I just had the conversation about the very thing about immigration you just discussed. I'm of Irish and german decent..so...ya.. its like everyone has forgotten about it all. I used to work for an Italian family that Americanized their name to basically hide their heritage and they are super hateful like Trump hateful and it blows my mind. Thank you so much for putting all this out into the world the way you do. I hope maybe 1 person will hear you and it will change the way they think. I watch every video you put up. ❤
My dad's side of the family immigrated from Germany pre-WW1. Even though we are 6th/7th generation German-Americans, my family still has EXTREME deep rooted trauma from immigrating. They still have German recipes around the holidays, but if you even mention them being German they will deny it. "Don't be ridiculous. We aren't German, we're American." It's like they're afraid of the interment camps coming back any day now.
Americanization used to be pushed more culturally -- all the "[Proud to be XYZ]" parades and celebrations were active push-backs against the cultural message that without complete assimilation all immigrants were trash and would never be "true" Americans.
It's interesting to me that food culture seems to be the longest lingering ethnic memory across many different otherwise completely assimilated ethnic groups.
i remember reading that german used to be the 2nd most spoken language in the u.s. before ww1. everything from german language schools, churches, newspapers, community centers, social clubs, and more, all basically ceased to exist bc they were afraid of being seen as the enemy. texas german dialects are endangered today bc of that persistent fear of not being seen as "really american", so parents (elderly today) never taught it to their kids.
i really empathize with that bc i'm half louisiana creole. the acadiana region of louisiana used to be largely french speaking (cajun english uses So many french words and sentence structures) and the french influence is still there in the accent and in people's surnames and all the catholicism. my granddad on that side spoke louisiana french as his first language and had to learn english in school, as he was punished for speaking his native louisiana french in class. my grandmother grew up understanding louisiana french, but was discouraged from speaking it bc french was seen as "uneducated" or something that would bar you from jobs and other opportunities (ironic bc bilingualism is sought after today smh). and my grandparents are black americans, descended from slaves (and acadians, but we don't have like. the records on that lol), so it's not like they have an oral history of immigration, like "great-great something granddad came to america for a better life" or whatever. they've Been here since before the louisiana purchase, most likely. american for centuries, just french-speaking. but even they were pressured to let go of the language (that was just as american as english at this point) bc it wasn't american Enough.
so w/ your family, having immigrated so long ago, pre-ww1 even!, it sucks that they felt forced to deny that aspect of their heritage bc people back then didn't think german immigrants were american Enough. iirc, one of the biggest ancestry groups of white americans is german. like y'all gave us hamburgers! there's nothing more quintessentially american than the hamburger. if we had a national dish, it'd be that and it's bc of german-americans! that should be something to celebrate, and it's really unfair imo that it's not.
Generational trauma is understudied in the United States when it comes to European Americans because a lot of the scientists doing the studies are European American and they deny that there could be anything to study there. I say this as a Central Asian American: this modern construct of "whiteness" in the US that requires white people to give up identifying with a specific culture (German, Italian, Irish, etc.) and all the traditions associated with it is hurting white people as well as non-white people. White privilege at the cost of giving up a part of yourselves is not a privilege worth having. The idea that being "American" means not having a specific background, language, foods, etc. is toxic. Anyone who's a citizen is American. You, me, your dad, Haitian immigrants, we're all American and that shouldn't be contingent on us giving anything up. This is supposed to be the land of the free.
Same with my family and being Polish. My grandpa's sisters married as fast as they could to get rid of their name. My mom to this day is like, "I'm not a f'n Polack, I'm German." and most people don't even know the "dumb Polack" jokes.
@@HalfFey Yeah, and what's wild is that I'm not sure if the region my family lived was even considered Germany at the time that they immigrated. Germany (as we know it today) is a pretty young country. They probably wouldn't have said they were Germany, they would have said they were from Westphalia (North Rhine Westphalia is now a region in Germany and is where they town they're from is located + they founded the town Westphalia, Missouri. It's kind of crazy that even when (at the time) you aren't technically part of the group someone is intending to discriminate against, you still get caught in the crosshairs.
It sucks how SO many people are stripped of their cultures to be "real Americans." Even though our families went through different things I'm so glad that we can have solidarity. I really think that things like solidarity are priceless these days.
I watched "How Food Racism Ruined the World" by Foreign Man in a Foreign Land as well as "As Needed Discussion about Indian Street Food" by Saji Sharma, which were both really great resources regarding food racism and immigration if you're interested. :)
I definitely think a balance can be had with remembering the atrocities of WW2, the discrimination against German-Americans, as well as celebrating German and German-American culture. I think that there's been a shift lately towards being a bit more open about traditions and not being as judgemental towards different cultures, especially SEA and Middle Eastern/African cultures, which could potentially be credited towards the rise of the internet, better racial equality, and/or immigration. Of course more work needs to be done, even in regards to the American census which still categorizes Middle Eastern and some African people as white even though they clearly face discrimination/discrimination in a much different way.
Thanks for sharing your story! Have a great day :)
I didn't know how much I needed this for post debate recovery.
Same here
Same. I need Josh to pop up after every stressful event in my life.
I have a meeting tomorrow that will be kind of stressful. I’d love it if he met me in the parking lot afterward. If I walk home, it’s 21 minutes. Just enough time to do a quick set and disappear to the next city.
@@robincox4199Good luck with your meeting!
This was the light at the end of the tunnel
You're so right, Josh! People don't understand that at any time, the people they've surrounded themselves with can turn on them. They go yelling and spewing nonsense against their own people without realizing how quickly they can be in the same position and hated just as much by the people they think so highly of and keep trying to be up under!
Members of the Leopards Eating Faces party confused when leopards eat their faces.
Yes the left it's their own on a regular basis.
Bold choice addressing those topics given the chances of not bringing the crowd along.
I love that you did and the way you did it. Some things need to be said, and I wish more folk would use as much mind and as much heart as you do.
Also, I'm just in awe of how you managed the set with your call-n-response constant companion chirping from the floor.
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Josh you are George Carlin level in my book- and I have always considered him the top… now there’s another equally hilarious intelligent thought provoking prescient savage comedian, and I know George wouldn’t care about me saying this, you seem like the nicer guy too! 😂
oh my god yesss you said it - i was literally about to say he’s like george but nice 😭 lmao
I've been saying this exact thing to all my friends! "Check out this awesome comic. He's the new George Carlin" and every person that has listened completely agrees! 👏 👏 👏
I just said the same.
I love Carlin and like some of Josh's stuff, but I must disagree with you. He's nothing like Carlin, and that's okay.
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In Britain it's 2am, but I think your sets are definitely worth it. Thank you for the sanity.
3:40 am in South Africa, have a cold and working today😅 should probably be sleeping 😂 but Thanks JJ
4.11 am in UK . I got time for this man. Thanks JJ .
One of the smartest and most articulate people I’m hearing today. Telling truth, cloak and humor is a very wise thing. Thank you for speaking truth to anybody who wants to hear it and in a funny way.
"One of the reasons we get pitted against each other really hard is because America makes a promise. and it makes a promise to everybody that they will have it better tomorrow and a better tomorrow isn't coming for everybody because of systems in place to keep tomorrow like today."
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 love it.
We are Bronx Italians. My brother was born in the fifties. He told me he would get beat up all the time by Irish guys. The Irish had emigrated before the Italians. When I grew up it was already different and my friends were who ever it didn’t matter to me or them.
Hell, there was even a time when German immigrants to the USA were the target of racism. Read the letter Benjamin Franklin wrote about the "Palatine Boors."
It just proves that "whiteness" is completely made up and endlessly malleable to include or exclude whoever the people in power want.
Your people supported the wrong side in both world war and only switched when they realized they couldn't win. Neither war was particularly good for Ireland.
@@thieupham493 Who’s my people? Americans? I was born here and really don’t know anything about what you’re implying. My parents were first generation. My grandparents on both sides migrated in the late 1800’s to give their children a better life. My father’s mom was a single parent raising 3 boys because my grandfather died. My dad had to shine shoes when he was in grammar school to help support her because his 2 brothers were in the military fighting for this country. My mother’s parents had 11 children and worked hard to raise them. Sooooo ya….
@@_IK3LZ3Y_ I believe they were called Eyetalians
@@thieupham493 My family is Americans who fought for America.
The views on this video went up by 15,000 AS I WAS WATCHING, and that is just the wildest, most beautiful thing! So happy for Josh and everyone involved in the channel production.
I appreciate how Josh, alongside almost painfully funny, well-timed jokes, is also speaking from a place of truth and sincerity. Incisive social commentary, alongside what feels like genuine hope for a better future. This set, as well as last week's set, were incredibly polished, especially for handling breaking news.
I have family who, when you point out how people talk about immigrants now is how they talked about our Irish family, they say "Well we came here legally." There's this disconnect between "Nuh-uh" and just acknowledging that we are talking about actual people.
@@singingrazors remind them that then, coming here legally basically just meant signing their name at the door. We had open borders then, which is what created this great nation
The way you weave politics and truths into absolutely hilarious comedy is amazing.
These sets are my new favorite thing to have in my earbuds at work. Been laughing like a crazy person while sweeping these hallways. Thanks for making my job a blast
Same! I was digging a trench today and started CACKLING at the lousiana avengers episode of his podcast.. I’m sure the homeowner thought I was on them good drugs
Thanks!
JJ gets better and better. More comfortable, delivery is on fire. And editor, keep up the great work!
In ancient ireland, the top Poet was like the Prime Minister. This was because the power of this person's words could bring the king low if he wasn't on the poet's side. This dude has that power, and he'll use it. Respect.
In modern Ireland, that's basically the same for the President (who has little political power but does act as sort of the conscience of the nation). Michael D. Higgins fills that role perfectly.
Heard him on Blindboy's podcast. It was surreal to hear a president speak and actually agree with them! I appreciate the connection 🤯
Josh's videos are part of what gets me through these wild times. He'll get me through the next 4 years, too.
I wasn’t expecting the sobering reminder of history when I clicked on this, but I’m glad you chose to include it. In case some watching have forgotten. All the best, Josh. You deserve it.
I'm from NC and I can't take Mark Robinson. 😫😫😫
How did this lunatic get into office?
Same