My road trip through the whitest towns in America | Rich Benjamin
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- Опубликовано: 10 авг 2015
- As America becomes more and more multicultural, Rich Benjamin noticed a phenomenon: Some communities were actually getting less diverse. So he got out a map, found the whitest towns in the USA - and moved in. In this funny, honest, human talk, he shares what he learned as a black man in Whitopia.
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I’m black myself and I must say this is embarrassing. This didn’t prove anything and he basically insulted all the kind people who helped him out.
jalexander305 actually it did prove something....that he is the racist and the whitopia that he went to had no racists.
The speaker sounded like a smug little twit. Not only did he insult the people he met on his journey, but he also misrepresented them. Most of those people probably grew up in those rural areas. And they just want to live in a place that is quiet, away from the pollution and crime of the big cities.
thank you for your comment being a black person.... Pardon me for saying not being white but Mexican going through a black community frightens me I can imagine what it being white going through a white.... I am not trying to be racist and most importantly everyone has to stop using the race card..... We are all Americans we are all one that's so great about this country
He came across as being a creep. He even joined a church and was serving there? Only to insult the people that go there?
no, it proves there is such a thing as "confirmation bias". read the other comments.
So basically the people accepted you and showed kindness and you repay them by calling where they live “whitopias” and making them out to be racists.
Nope, he just picked locations with certain demographics...
Right, they won't ever like us no matter what.
Mad that all black neighborhoods are dangerous shitholes . Mad his racist ideas about big bad whites not pan out. Mad he could not lay blame on other rather on his own people.
James Coleman
Actually, the blame does belong to white people - to SOME PARTICULAR white people that is. They're commonly known as Democrats or liberals. They took advantage of a disadvantaged group vulnerable to the lure of worry-free life on welfare and they destroyed the black family and badly damaged black communities.
The black population was on an ascending curve from the beginning of the 20th Century in such crucial areas as material standard of living or education and qualifications, and slowly but consistently closing up the gap between blacks and the rest of the society. Then the welfare revolution of 1960s came along and the trend was broken.
Hopefully one day, substantial number of blacks grasps the Faustian bargain they allowed themselves to be sold on, or more precisely lured into, and start thinking for themselves. The #walkaway campaign seems to hold some promises ...
As an individual, they did. As a group, they did not. But then again, you didn't watch the whole video, did you?
I don't think he's joking as much as they are laughing...
They're uncomfortable so they laugh
Laughter depicts embarrassment.
Yeah it was odd, especially when he made serious statements.
TOTALLY TRUE. i thought the same thing. "i went fishing" (cue laughter).
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This video sounds like it has a laugh track
Its like watching an episode of Seinfeld
I don't understand why this audience is laughing.
Rahoul Zerohl the audience was probably told the talk would be a funny one as it seems to try to be briefly throughout for some reason, i agree it doesnt really fit since it didnt go all the way with humor
Cuz they think it is a stand up show with a black comedian.
+Rahoul Zerohl Because they know they are racists too. Uncomfortable laughter.
I asked myself the same question. I did not think it was funny. It was just informative.
dry humor. Very very dry humor. Shouldn't have elected more than snickers to make it not weird.
Is it me or is the laughter really off cue?
might be nervous laughter.
MrMikeyBatz No.... It's not you. They are laughing at what they perceive as 'obvious racism', which turns out not to be the case, but more nuanced matter. More and more towards the end.
MrMikeyBatz "this is not my home" HAHAHAHAHHA, "i play golf" HAHAHAHAHAHA, "i use da phone" hahahahahah .. me: ???
MrMikeyBatz it's not just you. I wonder if the audience was liquored up before the show or something?
Grigori7 maybe they pumped in laughing gas moments before the racist was supposed to talk.
the best thing about these comments is literally everybody missing the point
Yeah, wealthy white people living peacefully, playing golf and welcoming a minority into their community with no problem... Something must be done here.
I don't get your comment. What must be done? Where did you hear him state that something was wrong, or something must be done. Listen without bias.
Well Cardell if nothing was wrong here in his opinion, why is he on stage talking about it? There are plenty of undertones in this talk about "whitetopia" and its lack of multiculturalism as if it's such a horrible thing. If you missed them then I'm sorry, but it's not my job to explain them to you.
The question is... What would happen if he went to "hoodtopia"... Think he'd find such peace and hospitality? No...
And the racist undertones are there - although his actual experience is quite peaceful and joyous... even though he went straight to the "belly of the beast"... How about that.
@America TheBeautiful I don't know where you got this distorted perspective. There was no blame for anything in the TED talk video. I don't get the perspective shared by many of the people who responded. Point out to me, with time sequence, where he says he is blaming white people for anything. He didn't say anything negative about the people he met, had meals with, went fishing or played golf with. I will strongly state that those who called the presenter racist or saw racism were looking for racism. By the way, I'm from a mixed family. I also attended a majority white high school -- located in a predominately black neighborhood. I also have "mixed" nieces. In addition, I belong to a religion that strongly encourages diversity, unity, and love for all humans. All humans. Look hard in my reply and you will find racism (sarcasm).
@America TheBeautiful What are you talking about? There was no blaming in this presentation. Absolutely none. If so, where?
I think the fact he went to all these places and was openly accepted without reservation speaks volumes about the real United States and not the one portrayed in the media.
Absolutely!
Something tells me they knew he was only visiting and would leave soon. Like the guy at the Aryan Nations meeting told him (7:30), "We don't think we're better than you, we just want to be away from you." That doesn't sound very welcoming to me.
If he'd brought his family and friends and other black journalists and their families, I wonder what would happen?
Things are usually better in real life, then how they are portrayed by social media
lost lol wut
There's a large city just west of Miami called Hialeah. It is predominantly Cuban. Are the people in the Cuban city racist for grouping together to try to make Latinotopia? No. Neither are white people. People just like to group together due to race, beliefs, social customs, or common backgrounds. That's why there are neighborhoods that are mostly Italian, German, Polish, Asian, Jewish, Black, Latino...ect. I don't see a Chinatown in a large metropolitan area and see a bunch of xenophobic racists. I see a community that has a common history and customs that makes me appreciate the differences.
Douglas Thompson amen
Exactly!
You have to remember that when cultures collide tensions are highest. people get along better when with people of their own cultures.
Yes, this is just common sense. I call for a rejection of political correctness and its poisonous, divisive, victim-hood promoting ideology and a return to common sense.
Have a white guy on to tell us about his experiences roaming the neighborhoods of Chicago, St. Louis and Detroit, I'm sure they would welcome him with open arms.
They tried before, but he got shot.
White fragility alert~~~~
Yep. I used to live in Missouri and it's kind of scary to take a wrong turn down some dilapidated neighborhood. And you can't help but notice its all minorities. :(
@Dan Trebune Wrong. What on earth is black projection? Maybe you should look up what the term means and enlighten yourself. Your response is in fact a textbook example of it.
A white man walking through 85 percent black in Detroit think I seen that on fear factor years ago
wow... this guy is talking about white people like their some kind of specimen in a petri dish
That would be the way to scientifically observe. Remove emotion and try to observe without too much bias. There was a study of human babies performed in the same emotionless manner to make notes on typical advancement as they age.
@@danamoore1788 ya but he's not doing scientific research, and even anthropologist try to include some level of recognition of their humanity
he is the specimen. people pay to look at that? shows you how far class has eroded.
I am a white american and i do this all the time, its a sport called people watching..
every time i go to somewhere new like hong kong, Korea, Brazil, whatever, they have a unique way to walk, a vibe, a distinct interaction. It is fruitful to understand these things.
That's exactly what he was doing even if it was not designed as so.
There's so much laughing at things that aren't funny that I thought I was watching the Big Bang Theory
RedMage23 he was inviting the laughter you jackass and that's part of the recipe on how to get people to laugh
That's what I thought, not-a-jackass.
Now that's funny.
808123 sd : he did say some funny things, but other things I don’t think he was trying to be funny and people laughed. Why is it so funny that he go fishing? Black people do fish you know. I probably just didn’t get the jokes. If I think somebody is trying to make a joke but I don’t think it’s funny, I’m not gonna say anything... but I like to be let in on the joke so I can laugh too.
It's a laugh track. Not the audience.
"I also went fishing"...crowd erupts in laughter....."I also played poker..." crowd erupts in laughter. Did they just borrow the canned audience from Will and Grace?
It seems this is an audience comprised primarily of Liberal White Women. That laughter is the result of "white guilt". The very idea of a black man being invited to play golf or go fishing is outside of their frame of reference. I guess they didn't notice President Obama out on the links.
Lord Edward What?
one thing you need to realize about the Anglo Christian Westerner, we are kind and caring people. Until were not.
100 percent correct! I think that’s going to be proven very soon if the lefty woke animals don’t back down
My road trip through the blackest towns in America. I somehow believe we wont be seeing that talk on Ted anytime soon.
Because it's debatable whether or not you'd live to tell about it.
@@ApartmentKing66 Underrated
@@ApartmentKing66 like black wall street...you're showing how uneducated you are.
Cuz blacks don't just want blacks to live there you weirdo
"This one white person invited me to his golf club, so I immediately complained about the lack of black people"
John Savage : Just bear with me for a moment : "Turn back the clock be fore 1865... We can just give it a try.! Who knows.?..
John Savage / That was a mearly "over the top com" for the soul purpous as counterweight against the overly fragile minded whiners, were're bombarded with in this PC time.! I also HATE the fact that a lot of people are using the past to act like assholes today.!... In stead of being appologethic, I love poking them extra hard, yet forget that sarcasm is hard to translate with just the written word...
I did the same thing but in reverse. I was robbed and beaten on the first day.
He actually made no real judgments or accusations or assumptions. Your reaction to it is a reflection of what you brought to it. Deftly done. This comment section is the results of this litmus test for US race relations, and it is not an encouraging result.
Interesting to see so many interpretations of this talk.
So, white people in these communities act a certain way and have good lives. It sounds to me that "acting white" might not be all that bad a strategy to improve non-white communities.
I know! Those damn white people are attracted things like "freedom", and "merit" and "safety" and "low taxes". Racist bastards.
It's not "acting white". It's American culture. Black people should try it. We all know black culture isn't doing anything good for them.
Yikes. This section is so misguided it hurts.
Mike Miller Possibly one of the best comments I've ever seen on RUclips. You nailed it, Mike. Nailed it. Right on.
@Sharrard it does it's in Africa and it does not sound idellic lol
TED has really dived off a cliff hasn't it?
The problem is your watching it with your sound and monitor on. Quick fix, dude.
Alex R-T and at the end of the day what was his point? Why is it seen as wrong when white live together, most other type of people live together but the finger is only pointing out white, also what the fk was so funny?
+Fazerphil 100% right!! Blacks like to live together. They picket and complain , if someone tries to put n a Whole Foods store, for example.
yeah..for several years now. sad.
This TED talk is hilarious. He describes open fairy tale communities that reject his beliefs. It is like he is making a parody of himself.
You missed the point, Mr. Benjamin. As an "Aryan" as you term people of my particular complexion (very racist of you), I was astonished that you could rent houses in gated communities. Most of the Aryans I have known could never afford to do that, not in their wildest dreams. But you're a New York journalist who can go on two-year journeys of self- discovery and do TedTalks while most of us white folks slave away at Winky's flipping burgers and the like along with our under-privileged black brothers. You supposed that you would shock Whitey by daring to move amongst him, but most white people live and work alongside your people every day of their lives. As I've said, you've missed the point entirely. The conflict isn't between your people and mine; it's between the haves and the have-nots. Those people in the gated communities, and sportsmen paradises and mega-churches accepted you because they know true working class people could not even afford to drive to such places. They understood that you belonged.
I am missing him calling anyone Aryan accept the White folks you call themselves that In the context of 19th-century physical anthropology and scientific racism, the term "Aryan race" has been misapplied to all people descended from the Proto-Indo-Europeans - a subgroup of the Europidor "Caucasian" race,[15][16] in addition to the Indo-Iranians (who are the only people known to have used Arya as an endonym in ancient times). This usage was considered to include most modern inhabitants of Australasia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Siberia, South Asia, Southern Africa, and West Asia.[17] Such claims became increasingly common during the early 19th century, when it was commonly believed that the Aryans originated in the south-west Eurasian steppes (present-day Russia and Ukraine)." Clearly you do not know what racism or being a racist is...which just may be what you are. This is not one of those even playing field realities, so while you are trying to feign offense and equality with what people of color contend with daily and historically in this country, there is a real decision that does not and did not happen because you were being called to actually look and see the reality of truth you societally don't have to look at.
If you're flipping burgers at "Winky's" at an age you think you should not be, it is probably your own fault. Have and have not is, in most cases, a choice. I personally know folks that did not speak English, came to this country with NOTHING and now own Winky's and the like. They did not squander the opportunity this country afforded them by merely coming to its shore. Poor life decisions is a hard line. If you were born here, you have opportunities abound. "If it is to be, it is up to me".
Kanye, is that you?
No, just someone who has worked hard and built a good life for myself. Have fun flipping, burger boy...
Congratulations, but that doesn't work for everyone. It is myth that just hard work is all you need to succeed. British journalist George Monbiot said: "If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.”
You got admire this guy. He was very curious. And he went ahead and did something that was incredibly informationseeking. Sometimes you've just got to get out there and find out what's going on.
Sort of like the first explorers to the New World. They didn't know what they were going to find they just had to go and see what was out there. Thank you for opening up my mind on this topic. I know there's a lot of places were black people and other minorities do not live but this is the first time I've seen someone give information on this. You've got guts Mr. Benjamin.
I never comment on the internet. Wtf was this even supposed to be about? There was no conclusion. He had all positive experiences yet satires these 3 cities. Extremely confused.
I agree, this talk had no real point. He never even clearly explains why he made this journey or what he hoped to accomplish.
I was going to listen so as to know where to move ... couldn't take more than the first 10 seconds.
He even went to a white supremacist compound and THEY were nice to him.
I have no idea either
He was talking about his personal experience. Why does there need to be a 'conclusion'?
Why is it that whites are the ONLY group that are seen as having something wrong if they just want to be?? Why can't you just let them be?? Why must YOU be part of THEIR group??? They don't want to be part of your group. Just leave them alone.
Do Asians also like to live in peaceful neighborhoods ... YES!!
Peter
I wasn't arguing that Asians (or hispanics etc) don't like peaceful neighborhoods - I'm stating that its ONLY whites who aren't allowed to want to live around other whites without criticism. Other groups congregate with the full blessing of the left, and yet if a neighborhood is safe and white - the only thing the left wants to do is 'diversify' it - usually with blacks, hispanics and muslims. No one ever says 'damn, look at Japan and china, its just jam packed with Asians - they need a few million Africans to make them better!' Though to Asias credit, they don't have white guilt so they won't tolerate their countries being ruined. (though i've heard from some asians that PC culture is infiltrating asian cultures)
I feel that we asians, specially Japanese and Koreans have a super easy time integrating to these "whitopias". We have the same priorities and we also deal with problems by STAYING AWAY from it.
Kenim
Without a doubt Whites and Asians live very well together. We have a similar disposition. Though, I STILL want to live in a Western country and while I really admire and respect Asian countries and people I don't want Western areas to become predominately Asian (even though i freakin LOVE Japanese culture) I think having some people from other groups is very cool but it should only be a small minority. I think the same way about Asia though, Its ok that some Western people live there but I wouldn't want to visit Japan and it be full of French people! haha I like cultures and I like going to visit or live in other peoples cultures - i just don't want ALL the cultures to blend together so its the same in every country.
White people are the only culture who seem to have this collective guilt. And there's always money to be made in exploiting guilt. Ask a Mongolian how they feel about Genghis Khan for more information.
As a white man I now have a deep desire to travel to all the only black communities in this country. I will spend two years living among my black brothers. I know I will be taken in and treated with as much respect as he was. maybe one of them will teach me to golf!
John Tanner you are literally proving his point... subconscious bias
There was a lot of un called for laughing
they're laughing because this is fucking retarded.
Max K No, it's supposed to be "knowing laughter." They're signaling that they're aware how superior they are to the dumb racists who live in these "whitopias." All white people are racist whether they realize it or not, as I'm sure you've heard, and all white people are privileged, regardless of how impoverished they are (white privilege is especially rampant here in southern Appalachia). It's "Racism without racists," dude, like the effete nitwit said. Millions of people of every color depend on racism - it must go on and on and on and on....
Whoooosh!
Before he says "I rented this place by phone" which was supposed to be the joke and these women are laughing at the set up.
"I rented a home and lived as a resident, not a visitor"
Women: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA A
"I went fishing"
Women:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"I played poker"
Women:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Here's a picture of a gate.
Women:HAHAHAHAHAHA
Really weird
So Idaho has way more guns and no murder, hmm
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
Just a coincidence I'm sure, everyone is the same, it's just skin color, my jewish professor and the media told me so!
Wyoming too.
Derp...
Hosoi Archives And makes their head want to explode !!!!
The inappropriate laughter from the audience was telling of their preconceptions
Why is the audience laughing so much???
Either they're elitists who have real contempt for small town white people, or they feel obligated to laugh when he pauses or something.
It's all women and women have a weird fucking sense of humor.
man they just let anybody speak at these damn things dont they.
you just pay like 10k. one guy posed as a hacker elite and talked about myspace and getting all these girls to friend him automatically.. that was brutal
No they don't because you haven't ever spoken on TED talks.
I wonder if this creepy looking black guy complaining because he isn't granted privileged access to white girls? Sick of black men who complain about racism but insist on living with whites and dating white women.
Trump speaks there is ur answer
Yes they do TRUMP IZ A PRIME EXAMPLE
I like Whitopia!
The only racist I see here is Benjamin constantly using the term 'whitopia' in a derogatory manner
Specialist in Failure z
He also didn't mention what a vast wasteland the place these people ran from was and has become.
that's not the definition of racism
Poor little snowflake, go melt somewhere
Where is the white guy studying the blackest towns? Yeah there isn't one because he would be run out of town as a racist. I don't think it's possible for some to just see one human race. I always have to question the motives of people who obsess about race and constantly divide us up into different groups. Are you trying to keep racism for political or activist reasons? Does it help you feel better if you can find others to blame for your own failures and problems? Are you just really insecure?
I guess its kind of like after your main course,you go visit white areas for dessert, because you have "arrived" but didn't bring the whole family.
Where is the white guy studying the blackest towns? That would be me. I lived and worked on the black side of town for 29 years. Got along fine there. Loved it, was respected, had no problems related to race. Black neighborhoods-- even the very low-income ones-- are mostly just normal places. People tend to be more friendly... unlike white neighborhoods where most people don't even know their neighbors.
How old are you?
They don't run you out of town. They take your wallet, phone, keys, car and force you to give them your debit card pin. Then they shoot you because they know if they leave you alive, you would report the crime and the stolen car to the police and cancel your cards.
paleologue: Start a go fund me so you can buy a house in the middle of Compton. Then buy an exotic dog and walk it everyday through the city. Use a selfie stick with a cell phone and vlog while doing it.
I know it'll never happen, you wouldn't make it even for a month.
At 13;00 he stated a lie. At first it was about illegal immigration and transitioned right into saying anti immigrant. This guy was welcomed into communities that did not care what race he was, and in my opinion, he is the racist. shame on him
I caught that one too.
yeah, because of a few rich white guys that imported slaves, some if them even sold to the whites by black pirates(documented) now they get paid to visit white neighborhoods at will and classify their every action while getting treated better than their own people would treat them
also around 4:30
apparantly having and doing nice things is "white"
thats allwhite with me lmao
unfortunately it is. I haven't seen one single nice black neighborhood. they're always trashed.
That's mighty white of you.
I live in a failing multicultural society, the Netherlands. If you don’t share the same values, it just doesn’t work. It’s not about skin color, proven by his experiences in the places he visited. I can’ t help but get the feeling he wants to fit in these societies, but feels he can’t, even though his trip proofs otherwise. He can’t seem to stop ridiculing their values, but seeing successful societies. He’s either got a serious inferiority complex or is very racist (and wanted them to be racist, so he can point them out). Please speak what is really on your mind
A lot of people seem to be missing the point. He is concerned about the not too subtle unconscious racism that inevitably results from self-segregation (or causes it). He was making a contrast between how people aren't racist, but their community fears invasion by the "other". Anyone would feel uncomfortable if their community suddenly changed in it's culture or ethnicity, not because we are consciously racist but because our home gives us a comfort zone and unfamiliar things are scary. That's how segregation leads to racism. And the fact that segregation in our communities and schools (in the usa) is still a thing after 50 years and the question of why is the really really big point of this story, and if you didn't think much of it then think again.
I don't think people fear legal immigration. Don't even know that they fear illegal immigration. They just don't like illegal immigration. No one should want, or like, illegal immigration.
Every group that comes to America from other places look for other people from their original country/culture to live with - that's how we've had Chinatowns, Little Italies, you name it.
I don't think there's anything wrong with people who share culture to live together in an area. An area of NJ I moved from had a large Orthadox Jew population in a couple towns, living near each other and their temple to walk to on the Sabbath; another town had a large Portuguese population, and new immigrants sought out that area of shared culture.
I met a woman a year of so ago that is black and moving to an upscale black specific community - high end but excluding all but black people (note that the places this man went to may have been predominently white, but no one was excluded). I wanted to ask her if she'd mind if white people did the same, but didn't go there. She was actually embarrassed to tell me that it was an exclusive black community.
Seems to me more problems are made when the government gets involved and tries to force integration, busing school kids, etc. Trust that over time all places change, and increased integration happens - naturally, unforced and PEACEFULLY.
Eric Mollison
NOBODY asked Americans if we wanted to change our immigration policies or
massively increase our immigration numbers. Shouldn't we have had a say just
like Mexico, Japan, China and every NON white country has a right to do?
Blacks did better under segregation, they had strong families, their children did better in schools, and most businesses in their communities were owned or run by blacks.
Whites CAN'T stop blacks (or anyone else) from moving into our neighborhoods. So why
can blacks stop whites from moving into their neighborhoods? Segregation in American schools is caused by blacks and others staying in the same area. Look at the states with the lowest percentage of blacks... it is because most blacks DIDN'T want to live there, not that they weren't allowed. How many so called segregated (inner city) blacks are prepared to move to rural America to work on a farm, a ranch, cutting wood, mining... in N Dakota, S Dakota, Montana, Utah and Alaska for example? I didn't think so. But in most white communities a man without a job is told to MOVE to where the work is or is considered a bum.
HBCU, colleges that are for BLACKS. They don't want more than a handful of blacks going to THEIR colleges and universities. You won't find any scholarships for white men only but you will
for every other race and group. Should we FORCE blacks to allow whites to live in their communities too?
A little history you were NEVER TAUGHT. It's not a secret GOOGLE it.
The Moors invaded Southern Europe and occupied Spain from the year 711 for almost 800 years. They sent millions of S. Europeans to Africa as slaves. Pro-blacks are PROUD of the Moors and what they did in Spain. After 800 years of oppression the Spanish shook it off and created an empire, while African Americans say they can't stand on their own feet 150 years after Slavery ended.
When forced out of Spain many Moors joined the Barbary Pirates and from the early 1500's (long before America had slaves) until 1805 they raided the coasts of Europe taking millions to sell as slaves, and because we didn't sell or trade our neighbors they had to kill millions more to take them.
They only stopped in 1805 because America and Europe won the 1st Barbary War in 1805 that forced them to stop taking NEW European slaves. *WOULD AMERICA HAVE NEEDED TO BUY LESS THE 400,000 (probably less than 300,000) AFRICAN SLAVES IF THEY JUST LEFT US ALONE?* Couldn't those millions taken, millions killed and their decedents have provided all the labor America needed? To prove the two are tied together soon after we won the 1st Barbary War both America and England stopped buying slaves from Africa. Hard to justify buying slaves from Africa when we stopped them from taking Europe to be slaves. We can't be taught this in Western societies because Liberals fear it justified African slavery... because it does. *Why not teach that Africans started taking Europeans as slaves FIRST when we teach young children about the trans Atlantic slave trade?*
You also aren't taught that after European white men ended slavery in our own countries we
FORCED most of the world to end slavery too. You don't think after thousands of years of slavery that the world just decided to END IT do you? Ending slavery in most of the world is a good thing and should be taught but it might make European white men look good.
WORSE YET there are many millions of slaves in Africa TODAY, Africans captured, sold and
worked to death by other Africans. WHY don't we hear about this EVERY DAY? Why haven't African Americans (or Africans descendants worldwide) gone to African countries who don't agree with slavery and forced an end to slavery in African today?
European whites, have been branded as racist because of slavery. *We don't have the moral authority to stop African countries from practicing slavery.* Have I missed the news coverage of the BRAVE African Americans and other Africans fighting and DYING to end slavery in Africa?
@@libertychick3522 You can't exclude anybody if they want there; that would be housing discrimination. I doubt a white person would move to an upscale all Black community when they can afford to live in an upscale all White community. You are obviously a Russian bot.
I found it interesting that the audience would chuckle at ordinary things that were, apparently, made humorous by nothing other than the presence of a black person in the otherwise white mix.
+Jacksfavorite I think people think that it _should_ look humorous. I remember many years ago when Steve Martin was guest hosting the Tonight Show when Carson was off. At the time Martin was the hottest comedian going. On the Tonight Show he did an ordinary interview of a guest and the audience would laugh for no apparent reason as he asked routine questions. Finally Martin looked out into the audience and said, "There is nothing actually funny going on. I don't know why there is laughter."
I too found that interesting. Of course the manner in which he presented the information I think tells us that he meant for it to be somewhat funny. I have actually wondered about this sort of thing before (now I'm going to get a bit off subject). I've taken several different sociology classes, & in those classes the professors would show several RUclips videos of lectures & whatnot from different sources. I noticed one thing they all had in common. Every single time the lecturers from the videos would say the F-word, most everyone in my class would laugh out loud. The speaker didn't even have to say anything funny. It was like the F-word itself was funny; & every time my class would laugh, I would find myself becoming more & more irritated not because of the vulgar word, but because these people were acting so juvenile; acting like my 4yr old when he'd hear his Daddy say a naughty word. Something similar that is very annoying is something I've noticed about every single singing competition/reality tv show such as The Voice, American Idol, & X Factor. Every time a contestant hits a high note, the crowd goes wild. It doesn't matter what the contestants sing, the minute they hit the high note the crowd erupts in applause. Quiet, quiet, quiet, high note, thunderous applause. The contestant doesn't even have to be all that good, but if they hit a high note, applause applause. It never fails, it's every single time......and I catch myself yelling at the tv, "Why the applause? Of course he/she sang that note! It's not like you weren't expecting it! You act like you've never heard a Beyonce or Whitney Houston song before! Or Who's Loving You by the Jackson 5! Most of these contestants on the singing shows sing the same songs over and over. I especially get irritated when someone sings Who's Loving You because the very first note of the song is a high note and so the audience immediately starts cheering and clapping. I don't know why those things bother me so much. My apologies. I got completely off the topic this TED Talk LOL.
it was honestly disgusting. I came here to say this.
Yes, very. Karen Wood said it seemed like it was meant to be funny, but I don't get that impression. Not for every one comment thought. I feel the audience laughed at a good number of other comments that weren't meant to be funny. It made me feel uneasy. It seemed a bit rude to the speaker and condescending to the subject of his talk.
@Jacksfavorite : Not everyone has grown up as isolated as you.
As a Hispanic German person (a Coconut - brown skin but with white cultured insides), I grew up in mostly white, middle-class suburbs. In my youth, I understood I was a minority & "less worthy" for racial reasons. As an adult, I experienced living in various mixed-race communities. Some were middle-class and some were lower, poverty level areas. Over time, much of the areas from my youth also became better-integrated with races and cultures. In each of these mixed-race communities, I was labeled average, too white, or too Mexican - depending on individual or family type bias. A few decades had to pass before I gained an appreciation and pride for my own mixed culture. Mr. Rich Benjamin, I want you to know the truth that I personally learned. There are racists and separatists in every culture and race. You are wrong to accuse any particular race or culture in such blanketed, assuming judgments. This mentality of generalized judgments is where racists and separatists err. A major contributing factor is, just as previous commenters already explained, the mentality of the "haves and have nots". Sadly, this mentality is most prevalent in both the poorest and richest communities, for the poor typically can't afford to improve their surroundings and the some of the rich typically forget that money is not so easily obtained for everyone. Assumptions form, envy develops, resentment trickles in and then hate grows. Some of your words displayed this error of thinking. Your jokes regarding fishing, poker games, gun shooting, and golf are offensive to minorities in how you label and assume minorities don't do those activities. Your jokes are only amusing if an assumption was made that ALL black people can't or don't do these activities. Again, this is just your point of view, not a fact. Golf is a middle-class & rich people hobby, not a white hobby. Fishing is for anyone who can buy/make a cheap pole, purchase a $5 permit, and drive or get a ride to a pond or lake. Poker games can be done with improvisation at a whim, using peanuts and pretzels as currency. A great majority of the white people I've known in my life don't own or shoot guns. Hobbies are for people who have time for hobbies, not just for one particular race. For argument's sake, I am just sharing my limited-experience opinion as a minority person. Thank you for listening.
TheCuddlebun Nobody cares. Just don’t be stabbing people who befriend you in the back. That is the only point to be made here
"I went golfing three times a week" audience laughs...
I've never been golfing. Golfing three times a week sounds like a lot.
Some of the most notable black professional golfers are Tiger Woods, Charlie Sifford, John Shippen, Robert Hawkins, Ted Rhodes, and Lee Elder. i don't fish. there is more of a lack of black folk in racing.
whats the problem of community being less diverse ? Black peoples prefers to stay with black peoples ,it's a fact
No they don't. Income and race are closely tied because of the history of race in this country
Tatiana Joseph yes they do .. source :personnal experience
Try looking up some actual statistics, Bluebird RedRobin. Blacks in colonial Africa did better under colonialism-- one only needs to look at Zimbabwe today, after kicking out the white farmers, to verify this. Why are there so many blacks in the US? The Middle East imported more.... why aren't there blacks there in large numbers? How much did white farmers make in the US when black slavery was around? Who brought the black slaves? Who sold the black slaves in Africa and to people in the US? Were there black slave owners? Who was the first slave owner-- I'll save you suspense on this one: He was black and went back on his indentured servant's agreement and took it to court. People have the right to self-segregate. you see it all over the world. Why? Because people want to belong to a group. A tribe. A herd. They congregate with those they feel most akin to. Is it okay when blacks do it? Is it okay when Hispanics do it? Is it okay when Asians do it? Why isn't it okay when white people do it? The answer is, IT IS. It absolutely is natural, normal, and nothing wrong with it. Slavery ended nearly 200 years ago. Who got rid of it? WHITE PEOPLE. If you want to see some real race problems-- go to Libya. Go to the Middle East. Go to China. Go to South Africa. If you're a black in the US, you have it fucking EASY. Reparations and reparations and reparations have been paid. Over and over and over and over by white people-- when it was the Jews who brought the blacks over.
Sea_ Nettles well... i do generally agree with that, but I did watch a lady by the name of Charlotte thompson Iserbyt (she may be dead now, not too sure but all her info is completely free) but she used to work for the education system under regan, and she said that america began implementing communism in schools, and they tried it first on inner city black kids to test it. and when it began breaking families apart they began doing it in everyother school, bit by bit. she has all the papers, all the research free online, well it was years ago, might not be anymore, Deliberate dumbing down of america, look for that.
Well... That was massively racist...
Mostly the idiot liberals in the audience laughing at inappropriate moments
@@ChrisInKe it really annoys me how the cure to racism according to the intersectional feminist movement (that has infected liberals) is basically more racism.
The Confederate flags on the cars
@@mrs8713 Story embellishment. Besides which - does racism cancel out? If you are racist towards me and I'm racist back to you - is that like no racism? Either you are against racism or you aren't.
Those looked like some pretty nice people he met on his journey. I wonder if they knew he was going to use them for comedic effect in his TED talk.
Imagine if a white guy was talking about a 'balcktopia'
never happen.. that's why avoid public interactions with most black folks.. if something goes wrong then it becomes a "race" issue.
If there was a point, it would be fine ... grow a brain, idiot.
I do declare, it doesn't fa'low off the tongue
They just call that "Ghettos" 😂 and he'd be called racist!
There are such places are called Detroit,Watts, East Saint Louis and South Chicago
He assumed they wouldn't have rented a house to him because he's black. He had to point out that he rented these houses via phone and not in person. So he prejudged the owners as being racist.
Had he gone there in person he may have been rejected.
I thought the joke was they were surprised when they saw him
As a long hair working hippie, I too had to rent by phone or deception.
i guess the part where he recounted THEIR saying "ONE black man is a delightful dinner GUEST; FIFTY black men is a GHETTO" was lost on you.
he was smart ......... very smart.
People welcome him with open arms and teach him how to golf, fish, play poker, and throw a good pool party. Then he mocks them. Wouldn't that make him racist as well? BTW, when these people took him out golfing at their country clubs does he not know that it costs a couple hundred dollars to get guests on the course.
Big Country No no no! Shhhh! This is a logic-free zone. Black people cannot, under any circumstance, be racist towards white people because that's what my unqualified social justice studies teacher said!
No sir. All he is capable of seeing is racism. Because he knows it's got to be out there somewhere.
He speculates about what "Whitopia" would have been like 40 years ago. I grew up in such a town 40 years ago. I promise, 40 years ago it would have been about the same.
good job at demonstrating... I have no idea what you were trying to demonstrate. there are a lot of white people in some communities. amazing.
+Jesse Compton They are segregating themselves willingly. Keeping all the good land to themselves.
Aristocles, son of Ariston The ONLY good land left. Seriously it is almost heaven there.
+Nutty151 "Good land" being land not tainted by overgrown bushes, hoodlums, crime, and just about any other feature that can be attributed to the ghetto? Get real, this "good land" isn't the last remaining fertile land. White people are not hoarding land so they don't have to face famine. What you would consider "bad land" could be turned into "good land" if the inhabitants of that land had a single, collective ounce of decency.
Matthew Beck That's a good point.
He's saying that if you're white and you have money and you buy a house where other whites with money happened to buy houses, well then you are racist, because whites with money and houses are racist.
What part of ILLEGAL does this Nimrod NOT UNDERSTAND?
Thanks for helping me add to my list of places I might move to.
I think a "Blacktopia" not existing has less to do with people of African descent somehow being unable to be civilized and more to do with the higher proportion of African Americans being near or below the poverty line. The mindset of those in considerable poverty, especially within inner city environments does not foster a sense of community but more a sense of desperation, aggression, and turning to crime in order to acquire wealth beyond what is possible from an impoverished and uneducated work force. Many African Americans are born into such environments with limited contact to contrasting environments and lifestyles other than what the Internet and occasional forays to surrounding areas may provide. When they do manage to venture beyond their familiar neighborhoods they are met with contempt, fear, and distrust. This tends to reinforce ideologies that encourage desperation, aggression, and anomie not dispel them. I've seen the radical effects that improvements in upward mobility, health care, education, and improved security can have on a community. These communities have their collective sense of hope restored and people become kinder to one another. It's easy to see when you compare desperately poor white communities, especially in urban areas to white communities with greater access to higher paying jobs, better education, and affordable healthcare. Whitopia tends to be affluent individuals moving away from impoverished areas which just so happen to be populated more so by minorities and inadvertently these "Whitopias" form racial biases against minorities by equating poverty with a given race. More specifically, the negative mindset that poverty can foster and confusing that with a given race's racial identity.
Btw, this told a story of how nice white people are. That's it..PERIOD.
*can be
This is pure garbage.
"I went golfing..."
*CROWD ERUPTS INTO LAUGHTER*
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88CrazyLegs88 *THREE TIMES A WEEK!*
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
88CrazyLegs88 Yes, the crowd felt awkward, but this is the group of people that needed to hear this speech. Hopefully, some of what he said will sink in with them later.
88CrazyLegs88 The presentation itself wasn't bad, but yeah, what are those idiots in the audience laughing about?
mac195000
The presentation itself was *worse.*
Did you listen to this racist speak?
88CrazyLegs88 he is more confused than racist
I'd of been strapped the whole trip and had "always strapped" by Lil Wayne blasting on my speakers
At the end of the day we are people who simply want to enjoy living our lives and our truths in an environment we feel that is safe, comfortable, and inviting. The color of my neighbor is an added bonus of getting to experience other cultures and customs. Over the years I’ve lived in all kinds of neighborhoods and now looking for a place to raise our children we seek a place that makes for a fun childhood. If your fuel is negative you will not go far in any place. ✌🏽❤️
Three great places to live! Not because of a lack of immigrants but because of the consistency of culture. Sounds like everyone treated this black man with dignity and respect. They saw him as a man, not a black man. He was welcomed into their homes and into their social gatherings. I’m not sure what there is to make fun of there but the audience seemed eager to dislike the places he was highlighting.
Yes the audience did seem ready to dislike the places he went. Tells us much more about the audience than anything the speaker had to say!
Domino Broc Effect I have no idea what you are trying to say. Is English your second, or possibly third language?
His experiment might have taught him more if he had shown up to rent a property. He is a respectful young man who doesn't seem to be a trouble maker. As a past landlord I would have rented to him immediately . I would have put him through the same background check and credit check that any prospective renter would go through. Then I would have offered to introduce him to the community. There are racists in most environments and from my experience many of them are black I am from a mixed family and I believe most people of all races are not racists.I voted for Obama the first time because his opponent was a terrible candidate and I thought like many americans that his election would prove that America had come a long way to heal. I am sad to say that I was totally shocked when he proceeded right away to tear what had been accomplishe in America down and to devide the people.
The only racism I have personally witnessed in my life in person was from blacks and I am over 40. I grew up in a poor household in a suburb of on the biggest cities in the country, all of the racial conflict I saw was started by the black kids
I'm a white European and I live in a black neighbourhood for 15 years. With pleasure. I feel sad to learn how white Americans are so afraid and completely retreated in a white fantasyland.
It doesn't have to be that way. Just talk _with_ each other, not _about_ each other. You might learn that there are more similarities then differences. You may also experience that a different culture can enrich your life, in a sense that you will taste different food, listen to other music, hear more stories, etc
Basic sociological concepts - diverse groups need contact with one another in order to learn about and acclimate to each other. He is right, it is not as innocent or idealistic as it seems for racial groups to segregate themselves from the rest of the general population. This may not produce racists, who are individuals who stereotype and hate other races, but it does produce racial ignorance, which can produce harmful stereotypes even though there is no hatred toward other races. Sadly, human beings will always have tribalism, and the only way to counter that is to ensure there is enough racial diversity to where tribalism doesn't take root in racial differences.
The most thoughtful comment on this thread.
Honestly, the only racism I'm hearing is coming from the presenter.
In what way? I thought he did a good job of presenting his findings and adding some humor to a potentially difficult topic.
The audience did react too much, but that's about it.
So white separatist groups are not racist, what he said was? Intresting
I didn't think it was coming from him, more like from his audience based on when they laughed.
@rober howard What on earth are you talking about? Where were black separatists featured in this video? Your comment makes no sense. He is being attacked for being racist. Very low standards for racism. If anything can be argued to be racist, its racial separatism, at least much more so that what he said. So again, there is ironic bias all over the comment section.
@robert howard You are such an intellectually dishonest tool. No one other than family is really 'your own'. You are "stupid" is anyone.
1.Where was it featured in this video anything about black separatist groups? You are deflecting. It's like pointing to chrisianity when someone criticises Islam. One doesn't change the conclusion on the other. It wasn' t a video about black separatists vs white separatists.
2. On his trip, he very clearly pointed to people who did say they are practicing racial segregation. A place being dominated by white people was not the issue by default.
"Against Immigration" No against Millions of Illegal Aliens.
Interesting, informative, and thought-provoking. Great job!
Every color is represented here which was carefully overlooked. What were the prevalent factors? Every white, black or brown came from a home where Daddy went to work every and and came home every night. Every white black or brown finished high school. Every black, white or brown was married before the first child was born. Every black, white or brown moved here knowing there was no section 8 housing or food banks. Every black, white or brown bought or built his own house. I can relate to this man, it was like visiting Mars, entirely out of his universe and he tried to put it in terms he understood.
FORCED Diversity ONLY causes tension and problems. some diversity is a great thing, no arguments there, but it needs to happen NATURALLY. Forcing people to live next to each-other unnaturally just sets them on edge, because they never had a choice in the matter. how would you react if someone stepped in and told you "you're family isn't diverse enough, so we're going to make you rent out a room to this couple from another ethnic background" the problem isnt with the ethnicity, it's with you being FORCED to have these people live with you, and because their ethnicity is the REASON you were forced to live with them, it becomes the target of the hatred.
As a black woman who moved from an Elite neighborhood in Africa and had to move to America after I got married to an American man who was ofcourse black as well..I was mortified when I moved from a quiet peaceful beautiful picturesque neighborhood in Africa to a noisy dirty neighborhood flooded with Hispanic occupants
(No dissrespect to Hispanics though)
who were noisy to a fault. My first week in America was nothing like i had imagined it to be. I would day dream of my beautiful Neighborhood in Africa....I missed seeing my neighbor's going for their early morning walks with their dogs and the peace and quiet I felt each and every day that brought me joy.I stayed with my spouse regardless ..and stayed in that same dirty neighborhood for years till he was done with medical school..When I think Of white neighborhoods today i think of my neighborhood in Africa..Beautiful quiet,clean and respectful neighbors
@@ultravioletk
I'm hipanic and I'm not like that. I hear that many Hispanics are like that in California. I'm from Texas. I live right on the border with Mexico. I think it's how you're raised. My parents taught me manners.
I'm also a Christian and I believe it's my revernce for GOD that helps me to be considerate for others.
No race is perfect.
@@ultravioletk never said I preferred where I came from.Do I miss it yes I do. And I said no disrespect to Hispanics because I dont want to disrespect anyone am only speaking my truth . Sorry about what's happening in California have never been there but I hear it's nothing to write home about ...Dont get me wrong I love America.I married an American and trust me no amount of money would make me leave my home except for love ..And every word I wrote I meant.If u had to leave a really great neighborhood to be planged into one that didnt meet your expectations you would definitely feel the same way.And no am not going back because Marriage is forever in my books.Remain blessed ..POSITIVE VIBES ONLY..peace
@@cheesecakeonice excellent retort💖 grace and respect are part of the culture I suspect!!😉
@Drk RE if u read my post from the beginning u would have realized that I mentioned that we lived in neighborhood that didnt meet my expectations because my spouse was in medschool at the time.Why would I ask him to follow me to Africa when we are building a family here .We are more than comfortable now thank you.. Peace and blessings😘
Sounds more like a BLACK Hood you Lived in. The Hispanics I know Live in Very well keep Homes. And Yards..
Americans are so touchy about race. Goodness.
I just feel like I have a completely different view and concern than pretty much everyone on the general topic of racism.
First, I find interesting that the areas with what seem to have the biggest racial problems and suppression by police (for example), such as the stop and frisk thing that was or is still going on in NYC area, are happening in areas where there is a high concentration of liberal democrats, from what I understand... and where the areas seem to be chiefly democratic in terms of voting, at least during presidential election reports... my question is what the heck are the liberal dems actually doing to help black people and minorities? What have they done about stop and frisk? They are the party that is often stereotyped as the party that is "for" the minority aren't they? What are they doing to help the suppression of the minorities? And black people in particular ARE definitely targeted by police... I have seen it in action, personally.
Please forgive this guy for his brand of racism, and yes it is racism... but, I think this was overall a good experience for him and regardless of how he comes off as applying racism himself, just keep in mind he is conditioned to think that way because of society, in very much the same way society conditioned white people to marginalize black people from the time they were freed from slavery until very recently.... also he may have had experienced racial suppression or insults or something more often than most whites do.... a lot of white people just don't experience the kind of racism they do. Reminding people of how it's not as bad as it used to be, only goes so far.
On the other hand, white people resent being blamed for the problems of the black people (mostly due to the government, the police and the press) and especially those who are not racist, but who truly just judge people by their characters, work ethic and things like that. I know, I'm a white person, and I resent being blamed for what white society was doing long before I arrived and for what is going on now. And any effort to discuss racism is like walking on eggshells, if you are white. Even if you defend or admit there is a problem, somehow you as a white person are not allowed to say a damn thing. I feel like saying, if you dont want white people to be part of the conversation, then don't bring it up.... because it IS white people you are complaining about.... but, yet we are not allowed to do or say anything about it, unless we have a democrat card in our wallet, and even then...
I wish more people on the conservative side would at least acknowledge that there is, some level of racism, especially against black people and that suppression by people in power still happens.... and then point out WHY conservatism might actually be a better choice for them, rather than dismiss them. Isn't that why conservatives prefer conservatism, LESS power by the government to screw us over, alienate our rights and squander our tax dollars? I am glad he acknowledged that 40 years ago, his experience would have been much more uncomfortable for him, to put it nicely. Society IS a much better place for minorities and black people.... but, we are still in an adjustment period.... and the other thing a lot of people don't realize is that the government, via FBI operations, particularly the cointel program and other un-sanctioned, deep state, illegal activities were PURPOSEFULLY feeding drugs into predominantly black communities and the social problems and crimes that arise from people who are surrounded by drug use, will proliferate for generations to come. If you do not believe that the government used YOUR tax money to do this to CHILDREN for the purposses of suppression, look into the admission of a Los Angeles newspaper that helped suppress the reports of an investigative reporter who uncovered this activity in the LA area in the 80's... it happened.
FYI, I am ultra conservative and I believe conservatism (not necessarily Rebublican) in general is better for minorities.... yes, they may face some discrimination, but they will face this for quite some time regardless of whether the world is dominated by liberal democrats or not, but most people who are conservative minded are more interested in character and results (as far as holding a job position) versus someones gene pool.
The government IS the problem which is why I am conservative and think we should give them as little amount of money as possible and will NEVER buy into any idea that a politician or the government will ever be able to fix any social problems as long as THEY are the biggest suppressors of EVERYONE, not JUST black people. Black people were target practice for them... if the government will do it black people, they will do it to white people too.
Against "Illegal" migration, not against immigration.
They do have a point though, let's be dead honest with this: how many of us would protest all of Iceland and Denmark illegally pouring here? It's the kind of people coming, low IQ violent people who leech the government. We all know this deep down. Immigration even lowers wages too. It's time to stop the massive influx of the third world.
@@seekerseraphimtherecluse4314 I would protest all of Denmark illegally coming. I guess I'm an equal opportunity bigot that way.
@@michaelsorensen7567 I somewhat doubt that,but in case you're sincere you're naive and in the minority. Your subconscious would also protest less whether you like it or not.
@@seekerseraphimtherecluse4314 glad you know so much about me and my subconscious and principles and thought patterns from one comment. I'm sure you're right...
@@michaelsorensen7567 wow, thank you for the compliment! I honestly didn't expect that, friend. God bless you, you're a good person. I'm sorry if these things I bring up aren't too positive but it is just a matter of mindset. Humans are tribalist and that's just the way we were made in this fallen world. I recommend reading the book the bell curve and watching the channel the blackpill by the way, both opened my eyes on many subjects you may find interesting. Anyway, I dearly appreciate your kind words though I don't deserve them whatsoever. You have my prayers and love.
What was so special about this man and his journey ? To be non biased he needed to go to black topias for comparison. Then go to poor white communities and poor black communities. I guess he went to the nice clean white areas because he didn't want to get his delicate emotions dirty.
Imagine a White putting on a show about Blacks like that
All I have to say is that a golf course is a waste of perfectly good rifle range.
This was very interesting and being a TedTalk. I knew it wasn't going to go where people unfamiliar with Ted Talks might imagine it would go, though the speaker obviously has his own set of bias from which he operated. I do not recall at all (though i may have missed it) how he felt in these communities, these "whitopeas." Did he feel welcomed? Did he feel safe? Did he make friends? Was he shunned? these are important aspects i think he glossed over in order to match his bias. However, The speaker states he tackled his journey as an anthropologist. I thought he did a really good job for what he did look at but i think he missed some great opportunities to actually conduct a thourough examination. I know he mentioned it in passing what these "whitopieas" had as alluring characteristics. I would like to know in these whittopieas why black Americans do not live there. I would like to see his study on communities that used to be whitopeas that are no longer whitopeas and why? what differences are there in current whitopeas and communities that were but are no longer whitopeas, are there differences in the allures? I would like to examine blacktopieas (or black communities) and ask the same questions. why do no white people live in the blacktopeas. What are the reasons white people tend not to live in black communities. I think if the speaker did these additional studies, he would have an excellent study to provide that would answer a long list of questions. To be upfront, i am a white male, with a wife and two kids in the upper middle class (though that has only been achieved after living nearly 35 years in the lower class-I grew up on powered milk and potatoes in a single mother home in a trailer in a high crime area). Currently I move frequently every 3-5 years so i am always looking for new locations to plant my family. Some of the things i look at are good schools, good property value and resale ability, low crime, proximity to shops and stores selling products i use, distance from my office, etc. Not one time have i ever approached the question of where to plant my family based on the racial demographics of a community. That said, i always find myself planting my family in predominately-white communities. Though in my current neighborhood, there are many African American, Asian American, Hispanic American and Mideast American families, but all these families are at the same or similar economic level with the same, if not higher, levels of education that i have. The only thing i am to take from this is that the same reasons i moved to these communities are the same reasons my minority neighbors also moved there and none of those reasons had anything to do with racism. It had to do with safety and security, protection of my family, providing for the future for my children, and a few other things. Now, I have the economic means to plant my family in the best place possible but for most of my life, I did not and so in those times I had to broaden acceptable levels. I had to be ok with higher levels of crime or schools with lower test scores and things like that. I do not think I, As a white family man, make choices any differently than anyone would if they too had the means I do so. So i really enjoyed this Ted Talk because it raises very interesting questions about human sociology, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and how you make choices based on economic achievement. I would liked to have see some answers to these questions: Why are white communities white and black communities black. What (if any) are the differences between white communities, black communities and communities with a mixture of ethnicities. I think the speaker only got about 1/3rd of the story
I wish there were more people with your level of intellect
Can I visit "Blacktopia?"
coffeefish An Upper class Black neighborhood? Sure. I'd recommend View Park - Windsor Hills in L.A. It's pretty nice this time of year.
Wormwood Unbound There is not a single predominantly black city in the United States that is absent of abject poverty and violence. Even smaller communities (note, not 'cities'), like the one you named, do not measure up to the wealthiest white communities in statistics.
Wormwood Unbound these Whitopia's didn't look that upper class
Wormwood Unbound
I'm sure it is nice.
coffeefish You could have, a few decades ago before white people burned them down.
These all white counties sound awesome! I'm surprised he doesn't remark on how low the crime rate is.
Because he wants to conveniently dismiss REALITY & the TRUTH!!!
I could recommend Carroll County Illinois. The most serious things the police have to do is investigate auto accidents. Or look for cars illegally parked and give them a ticket. An occasional murder but when it happens it's front page news.
They probably all get away with it- like Kavanaugh 😊
No, that would be racist.
@@angiejordan6454 Kavanaugh didn't do anything. There's no proof he did otherwise stop being a bully.
By ‘Whitopia’ he meant low crime rate, high median income. Just say it
no he ment 90% of european americans
You maga loser
Dave G You need me to be MAGA so you can assume I ascribed to a narrative before looking at the facts
@@jalo7289 in that case I don't think St. George counts. There's a large percentage of Hispanic and Latin population
go to Detroit man
wtf is wrong with the audience?
fake audience. They're all hand picked
Simulacrum it's TEDWomen
Simulacrum It's meant to be funny
*Speaker:* "I also went fishing."
*Audience:* "LOL"
What's so funny about that?
Seriously, this audience is BIZARRE. Is it nervous laughter?
firecloud77 It’s the subtleties of humor.
These people welcomed him and he decides to swipe at them once he’s gone. Really sad.
They welcomed him because he was only ONE Black man, therefore not a threat. Had there been a GROUP of them, they would have called in the National Guard. Just saying.
Depends what kind of black group it was. Wrong group of blacks or whites or Asians or anyone and yes the national guard might be called in.
@@AlethiaHines What you are saying is complete NONSENSE. If a pleasant, non violent, courteous family, or even large group of blacks went into these areas, they would be treated with respect. These communities do not want criminals, thugs, gang members, and anyone else who would be a threat. They are mostly Christian religious people, who desire to live around other Christians, and those that respect Christian values, regardless of color. Only a tiny percentage would react negatively.
Wisco Norge - Whitopias are racist because they exclude minorities and minority culture. They welcomed the journalist because they knew he was just visiting. And while he tried to understand them, they did not try to understand him. He was welcomed as he was “non-threatening”, spoke white, and was basically taken as entertainment. I doubt he would have been welcomed if he had just moved there, maybe only if he acted as they did. If he wanted to live his life, with the means he had, as he saw fit, in any of the places he visited, I don’t foresee him being embraced by the community.
What negative comments did he make. Please give timeline. There was absolutely nothing negative stated about the people or their lifestyle. Nothing!
How about this guy spend time living in a predominantly white trailer park, or in “the sticks”. He made something about race, which is actually about wealth and wealth disparity. Poor communities have more violence, drugs, and hate - white, black, or mixed doesn’t matter. I know because I grew up in one. He seems to think all white people live behind gold plated gates, and play golf all day. I’m guessing he’s pretty wealthy himself if he could afford to live in three of those places, and he clearly has a pretty distorted sense of reality because of it.
Why are those people laughing in the first 5 mins ?? The speaker is NOT trying to make jokes ?
He is a good speaker and I believe him.
Lastly, I do not understand how thumbs up and thumbs down are nearly equal, to what did people object ?
Im waiting for the ted talk about driving through the blackest towns in america.
You gotta love how insecure RUclips is. "A joke against a White man anywhere is injustice to White men everywhere."
Nervous laughter?
Broreale Reverse SJWs?
Broreale How are we insecure for noticing that racism against white people is totally fine, and the _exact_ same level of racism against anyone else will get you punished severely in one way or another? Do you honestly think that a video called "blacktopia" where a white dude visits black ghettos would fly? You think the black audience would laugh and giggle at the non-jokes such a person would deliver? No.
I'm not offended. I just have a dislike for hypocrisy.
Don't project whatever insecurity you have on the people noticing this hypocrisy.
***** "There is no such thing as racism against white people. There is racism ... that's it."
That's what you said. There clearly _is_ such a thing as racism against white people. There's such a thing as racism against black people. This doesn't mean it's a special form of racism. It's still racism, it's just aimed at different groups of people.
Do I really have to explain to you what you yourself just fucking said?
AsifIcarebear3 wow, a bit touchy there.
Do you think the communities presented in this video are bring presented as dystopias or as utopias?
I was waiting for something epically profound; it never came.
He makes A LOT of racist assumptions in this presentation.
Any time anyone says "unconscious bias" unironically, I know they've been deeply misinformed about very basic things. He seems like a nice guy though.
Name one.
This talk is about how communities are segregated and racist without the individuals necessarily being racist. It's not about a black guy discovering that white guys can be friendly like so many confused people here think. It was a pretty weak presentation though that wasn't clear on a point, which I'm sure contributed to the confusion.
@@muphart I believe the speaker made almost 0 assumptions while the audience there, and here on this forum made/ are making many!!
Isis Smith give us the definition, the original definition.
I did a BLACKTOPIA comment, since he won't so thumbs up ! And get those SJW rich people to move to the black areas and improve them and bring businesses and money. I'm so tired of having security guards and BARS , and thick glass at every store like we are going to rob them or something !
the crap published on TED is becoming a serious competition to the crap published on TedX
And he didn't get jacked, robbed, raped, or even shot at. Although the gun stores are more common than gas stations, hehe. What's the crime rate in these last bastions of modern civility?
Near the end of his speech he mentioned Blacktopia. I would like to know where this might be. In the Whitopia neighborhoods he visited, he was shown nothing but respect, good manners, and even some affection. As a white man, I very much doubt I would be given the same regard in an area with a high concentration of blacks.
Guess we ALL suffer from the mistakes of white supremacy after all then don't we?
You can put your sailboat on Lake Michigan any in 20 minutes anytime you visit Detroit or any town in Florida, and there are plenty of black towns in both places.
Yet another treatise on their disdain of the people of "fly-over country". Oh how I love these elitists. They are soooo morally superior of us. I find it amusing that he is treated with respect but complains that it is somewhat racist (or unconscious racism). I guess If they had treated him badly, that would've been a good thing? If your political philosophy Is left of center, you cannot fathom that there are really genuinely decent people out there who don't care about skin color. A great American, Martin Luther King had a vision of judging people by their character rather than the color of their skin. I guess this concept Is too complex for the 'progressive' left to comprehend.
I think he was just trying to be funny. He failed. Still I think he pointed out great reasons of defense of white communities. He will not take their guns LOL! Or the religion, but the game of sport. Maybe he is too artistic to make a real point.
I went to St. George, UT I totally wanted to live there. I'm a Muslim. I felt that it was a family friendly town.
I think we need to just all get to know one another and stop segregating ourselves. We are one America. Our culture is that of the constitution and working towards the common good regardless of race or religion. We need to help each other and heal the divide.
There seem to be a lot of people who don't understand the controversy around this video, in this comment I will attempt to explain:
As far as I can see noone has any problems with the first part of the talk (besides the laughter that is, which seems to get a lot of hate).
The second part, his analysis, is what people are getting upset about. This is because of a few statements he makes:
>At 9:33 the speaker states "It is possible to be in Whitopia not for racist reasons, although it has racist outcomes".
>At 10:06 the speaker states "And I learned in Whitopia how a country can have racism without racists".
>At 12:02 the speaker states "The danger of Whitopia is..."
These statements could be taken to mean the following: "The existance of a white-majority community is inherently racist". This is what I believe these commenters are referring to.
If I am wrong about this, please feel free to correct me.
thank you for pointing these specific quotes out . .. I can better see there is nothing wrong with them
I think you got it right. The speaker appears to have gone out looking for racism. When he didn't find it, he invented it. From the very beginning he showed his bias and, I daresay, animus, towards whites and their communities. He rented his lodging "by phone," implying that had one seen he was black, the speaker wouldn't have been able to rent the accommodations. Next, it was in his none too careful remarks about the citizens protesting illegal immigration. He made sure he left the "illegal" part out, again implying that the citizens were racists. Finally, in his closing he talked about implicit rather than explicit racism, saying that simply because those folks lived in majority white communities they must be racists. It doesn't matter that he was treated with respect and even friendship everywhere he went. The speaker projected his own bias and prejudice onto those he was investigating.
Who was this crowd? Their laughter, I believe, at certain times was very telling about thier thoughts.
Blacktopia, a fictional place most notably highlighted in the Marvel film “Black Panther”. It’s a wonderful place where Africans are independent, and rely on themselves for survival.
Even a white man created that place though...
being segregated based on income is not racism, but the free market. Living and being able to afford a good neighborhood is not racist
Please look up gentrification
***** you forgot the part where they simultaniously kick out minorities who have been living in the area for decades because they can. And yes it is racially motivated. Why do whites have to move in for things to improve?
realnarutoboy spoken like someone who lives through rose colored glasses. The government often works with large corporations to rebrand areas to sell to whites. Just look and Brooklyn and Harlem. These places have had historically large black populations and with it have created a culture in these areas which in now being destroyed. Telling people to just "adapt" and they should just "fix their crime" without an actual understanding of how these communities are formed and continue to exist in the first place is pretty ignorant
Peco Read a Ta-Nehisi Coastes book and realize the ignorance of your statement. You have obviously had lots of opportunities in your life that our country is unwilling to realize that many of its citizens do not have. Just curious, are you a Donald Trump fan? This was very much a Trump like comment.
realnarutoboy YOure so dumb, youre the one being ethnocentric? please read a book not by bill o reilly please. Naruto wouldnt act like this, you are giving him a bad name.
I am Indian American on road trip from last 4 months and visiting all over US. Not even a single experience of racism. People were curious sometimes but very friendly once started talking. I often got help whenever needed. I too learned fishing from a white senior citizen. Never thought of ethnicity to begin with. Proud of America and it's people
The reason for the laughing for example @ 2:47 and somewhat throughout is that he rented "by phone" due to the fact that it would be indistinguishable to tell his race and thus deny him permission to rent for any reason based on race alone.What the speaker is doing here and what the audience is picking up on well is how 'out of the ordinary' his experience is to illustrate that a typical person of a black race (not all but on average) doesn't have such occurrences in a typical day and thus turning his journey into a satirical piece to highlight the stark contrast giving a reaction of laughter in response to this. Furthermore this story should serve more as a social commentary and as a bonus just google airbnb and add a minority race after that to your existing search and you will see countless stories of someone being denied entry to stay at a property because of their race.
Society is like a machine with many intermingling and moving gears. When you first enter it you are either a newborn baby citizen or a legal immigrant trying to start a new life. As the gears rotate we ride the direction they travel. The center gears are larger but have plenty of room for all of us. If we choose not to try or our behavior becomes criminal, we are moved to the outlying, smaller gears which are also moving faster. Sometimes with a little luck and lots of hard work we move towards the center where the money and life goals are located.The worse your behavior, the further out you go. Once there the trip back is even more difficult and frustrating The intersections of the gears contain choices and directions for us to follow. If we learn and educate ourselves, we make good choices and follow good roads. Bad choices move us outward.... and if you make enough bad choices you can eventually wide up on the fringes of the machine's gears, spinning out of control and contributing nothing to the running or maintenance of the machine and unable to get back into mainstream society. When this happens we have to realize that the choices and directions we follow in life are made by each of us voluntarily and that there is no one else to blame but ourselves. America is a rich and diverse country. A person simply has to learn to make good choices, nothing more, nothing less. We all have the same chance. You're just being brainwashed to believe you don't.
So what you are saying is that you betrayed the trust of the people who opened themselves up to you...
I am one of the few White people living in a small city in China. I get a lot of weird looks and many people are kind. That being said, I do however find them very curious about me and I get plenty of questions, such as "Where are you from?" "How old are you?" "Are you married?" "Where do you work?" "Are you a teacher?" "How much money do you make?" "Where do you live?" "Where is your wife?" "Do you live here with your family?" "When do you go back to America?" "Do you like Chinese food?" "Do you like China?" Yeah, thank God I can speak a fair amount of Mandarin or I would baffled by the barrage of questions I get whenever I step outside the university gate. All in all, it has been a great experience and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Donald Thomas huh?
I think I see your point. It seems to me that you are tactfully implying that rather than lampoon the people who so graciously welcomed him, perhaps Mr. Benjamin is being less than fair or grateful to those who treated him well.
You are a far better person than Mr. Benjamin, and wiser.
What a bunch of racists! jk
SJW extremism hasn't reached China or outside the West. So they freely ask natural questions to ask when they see a foreigner. Whites in most of China are still a rare sight.
I would love to see the SNL-styled TEDx about "Blacktopia", featuring the worst neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Chicago, boasting sales of crack cocaine, and fentanyl; and the constant drive-by shootings, etc.
Great talk man! Great to see how race plays a role in the community out west. Its something you know is there but you're overwhelmed with when you are in small towns in the mountains west. Fear is the key driving factor. Even in the comments people are showing their hate. Its a sad and petty reality that will be like you said phased out after generations have past. Time is the true factor and we are but a speed bump in the history of this planet...