How OJ Simpson created the "n-word"
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- OJ Simpson's trial was one of the most watched and culturally impactful events in American history. But what do OJ, Joe Rogan, Chris Rock, Paula Deen, Hulk Hogan and Jay-Z all have in common?? The N-word.
Saying the "n-word", regardless of context, is widely considered the cardinal sin of racism for non-Black people - but this wasn't always the case. Before celebrities were getting cancelled for tapes of them saying this word, people were blurting it out left and right.
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I just got the message from Apple News that he died from cancer while watching the video
Literally saw this in my recommended today 💀
This video?
Now that's crazy.
Spooky 🎃
OJ was watching this video? That's crazy
Clicked on this video without realizing that I worked at summer camp with this guy in the early 2010s. Howdy, Garrison!
Are you white?
Wait juice or the guy making the video?
@@Faygo2215 I used to work at summer camp with the guy who made the video.
That's so trippy lol
Was he a good guy
So OJ had to die for me to know that channel.. thank you RUclips 🤦🏽♂️
OJ, even in death is an angel.
@@SconnerStudios don’t know bout that one sir
@@SconnerStudiosjust...
just don't man.
RIGHT!! this is one of the best informative vids I’ve seen on RUclips, ever and I hate that I’m seeing it now 😭
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That old guy who hit the A ending instead of the ER really got me 🤣
Classic meme. The Boondocks turned it into a whole episode. Worth checking out
crazy how white peoples saying the n word isn’t even upsetting it’s just funny
@@awesomesnorlax5290 Crazy how black people allow hispanic and arabs to say it when they commited much worse things than white slave owners. Just reminding you...
He was waiting all day for that
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"Ever heard of call of duty?" was so real lmao
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@@dizo-jp2tdgod only loves you if you prestige up
What’s the reference?
Good ol' midnight lobby 😂
Lots of people use the word non-chalantly in the game. @@AlyoshaKm
I really don't understand how the algorithm didn't direct me here sooner, but I really love your videos. I've been binge watching for a couple of days now.
Yep
His voice is the type I couldn't listen to anything from including red pill crap. Even if it's bad, I'd watch till the end, then trash him in the comments 😂😂
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This is as high quality a piece as any featured on Comedy Central or HBO. They should hire you to consult or write.
This is a high compliment! I'd be open to that. Thank you 🙏🏾
@@GarrisonHayeshas it happened yet? I just started watching about a week ago and I couldn’t agree more with this comment two years later.
it feels like an insider or vice video!!
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10:50 😂 I'm sorry, this is the funniest shit I've seen all year
The pencil part genuinely had me laughing due to the jump cut straight afterwards. Funny shit
😆You beat me too it... I just deleted my comment after I seen your comment.
Whenever I need a good laugh I’m going to watch this. This is hilarious!
It reminds me of Boondocks. That was funny as hell 😂
Lol it's just as good how The Boondocks parodied this, too 😂
Bro you jumpscared me with that first sentence
Same, and i think i'm not gonna keep watching cause he apparently thinks its ok for him to say it, but not for others based on skin color, and thats racist
@@cantinadudes if thats your opinion then you should definitely keep watching
@@trimilo6204 probably
For some reason he jumpscared me harder than Bill Clinton saying the same word only like half a minute later.
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0:24 this literally caught me absolutely SOOOO off guard
Fr I rushed to the comments
@@EhtanHawke same 💀💀
i wasnt looking at my screen and thought it was a white guy saying that 💀💀
@@LaMelon SAME. i was like “did he just hard-r me?”
lmfaooo
Glad the algorithm picked this one up, great video essay.
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"I is what I is." Maximum cringe.
That caught me off guard 😂
I be what I be.
sounds like ebonics. yall stole form us. afro
I said what I said … lol
afro moment
Speaking of O.J
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@@dizo-jp2td he don't love OJ tho that's for sure
I hate how a horrific murderer got off because of race relations.
I feel like it set back the black community 30 years. The birth of the race card.
Was moreso him being a rich/famous football player than anything else tbh
@stefdelev both tbh, he only had a chance in the first place because he was rich and famous and could hire the best legal team and get some level of public support. But a lot of the reason he got off was because of Rodney king and the racial tension at the time(according to some of the jurors).
Now you also don’t have freedom of speech because of your race because some murderer said so basically
@@stefdelev yes and no. His money and fame got him his lawyers, and his lawyers were the ones who made it about race. Given that said the decision was 100% based off of race relations. Yes it was his lawyers and the fact that the case was so public that made it about race. That doesn’t change the fact that it was race relations that freed him in the end.
This development didn't hurt racists. It supersharged them. Gave them a word so powerful that it could only be used for their purposes, no one else's.
seems to me like it has been just that beforehand. Now not so much
@@strahlungsopfer No, you're wrong. Before it was a common word. Now people are terrified and blacks go apeshit if they hear you say it, meaning that you essentially developed a word into just an insult that will ALWAYS get the blacks into malding and crying like a bunch of babies. The only ones here winning are the supremacists, of both races.
Yurp. We gave the word more power, and they feel powerful saying it. The LGBT community had the right idea reclaiming queer,
Yup
@@bendank9762 yuck
Around the year 2008, an English teacher asked the black members of our class if they would like to share any opinion they had of the N word, since it was used in an old book we were assigned to read.
I distinctly remember to of my classmates having very differing opinions, but were both left with some food for thought.
One said “saying nigga with my friends (who are black) makes me feel connected”
Another classmate said “it makes me feel like we are dividing ourselves”
And I feel like they are both right, it may connect (some) Blacks among themselves but it separates them from the rest of society.
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All connection is based on an exclusion and selectivity of some kind
@@szlomobronsztajn3115 even seperates among those its trying to connect. I know people that wouldnt want to be called that by anyone. Just cuz your black doesnt mean they wont square up with you if you use the word towards them. Then theres also some people I know who are fine with everyone saying it as they view it as colloquial language of a region, like NY. (This is NOT a uniform opinion in NY, simply an example I have found used before)
God forbid they taught you grammar or how to (two? too?) spell. Ya know....the thing you ACTUALLY need to communicate with people? (ALL people!?)
We just learned about your channel thru Jesse Dollemore, and are looking forward to all of your videos. Thank you!
This channel is amazing Mr Hayes your content is a great conversation piece for JD watchers. Keep TTP your channel is truly TTP✊🏾
Same here. Thanks Jesse for the info on this gem of a channel.
I had been following you on Instagram for a while, but never thought to check to see if you had a RUclips page. As soon as Jesse mentioned you, though, I rushed over to subscribe! As always, great content!!
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I’m new to this channel and came across your comment. If you don’t mind sharing with me please, what is TD AND TTP
Who is dollar more?!
A truly thought provoking commentary on an important pivot moment in US history, but also a shining light on how the “n-word” is subtly introduced in other facets of our society. Very well done!
Thanks, Charles!
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Wow I didnt realize how recent that term is. And how shocking it was to see the sitting president say that word, uncensored, on live television to no audible response.
Excellent video! So good I had to watch it twice! I never thought about the effect the OJ trial had on the public use of the n-word. You’re right about how absolutely effective OJ’s lawyers(especially Cochran) were at turning the trial into an expose of the L.A. police department , and they’re racist history, including the use of the n-word. Between the Fuhrman taps, and the tight gloves(If they don’t fit, you must acquit), that trial was over before it got started. You’ve gained a new follower!
Yeah that's what happens when people use emotion over logic for decision-making 🤦🏻... Look no further than the world we're living in today and the consequences of emotion over logic
@@rcdune7132?
Well in reality that was a staple of Johnny Cochrane's career. He was a defense lawyer - and he had to overcome the reasonable doubt and the conduct of the LAPD did a lot to help him create a reasonable doubt.
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@@dizo-jp2tdplease finish in me
Incredibly in-depth analysis and history on how we got to using the “n-word” in our national dialogue!
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It's Da Whyte mayn's fault.
the whole world*
Man it's inspiring to see how far you've come over the years. You're an incredible human being, please continue to be you ✊🏿💯
Thank you! 🙌🏾🙏🏾
It's amazing to see!
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Thank you for making this high quality video essay. Makes it a lot easier to digest the information. 👍📝
So glad you enjoyed it, Matthew. More on the way!
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bro uncensored the first one then went full on the beeps 😭 dude u already said it, whyyy
He was proving a point….you missed it I guess
RUclips has a quota afaik? You can only swear so many times
@@ContinuedOak if ur right them it was a dumb point proved in a stupid way, but ik ur bullshitting to cover his ass for a weird decision
@@isaacs8783 ehhh, if he was worried about that then he wouldve been worried about the fact that swearing at the beginning of a video is way worse
The beeps were hilariously inconsistent, but I feel like the were purposefully so. Makes you stop to think about the context in which some were beeped and some were, in the same way we should consider the contexts in which the word is used.
I wish this video was 5x longer, i was actually surprised that it ended so quickly
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I don’t think there will be any solution to this except to be mindful of other people’s feelings and never use dehumanising language. I think the elites are happy when everyone else is embroiled in wars over language, gender, sexuality, culture etc. Change is only going to come when we all get together to take back the wealth.
Using any racial slur is wrong.
@@JanicePritchett-vf3fx but not a significant issue, society today is far too focused on unimportant things like this, rather than solving the many problems we have
I’m not saying that what happened, leading up to this point was unimportant, because that would be disingenuous, and it would result in what I could only imagine, as a terrible life for anyone who wasn’t white
Exactly. We shouldn’t be worried about this garbage at all, there are FAR more important things than this petty drama the government wants us to be so involved in.
@@JanicePritchett-vf3fx I take it you don't listen to much old school rap or hip-hop?
Great content brother, we enjoy all of this work that you do.
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@@dizo-jp2tdhas to be a bot, I wish you could block people on here
The Coates conversation is so great, thanks for adding that in.
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14:38 "I is, what I is" Paula please😂
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That news reports has me in stitches every time. And when the pan out and he's being interviewed by a Black reporter and she's just letting him dig that hole.
I’m white, and I can’t help but think that people like James Lipton know exactly why it’s ok for Black people to use the word, but not ok for white people. Look, if I’m struggling with my finances and I laugh and say “I’m so broke”, that’s me making light of my own situation. If you laugh at me and say “you’re so broke”, that’s different. It seems kind of malicious, or at least super tone deaf. That’s something we can all agree on, it’s pretty basic social skills. Now, add 400 years of chattel slavery and 100 years of Jim Crow to the context of that mockery. I’m sorry, I’m having a hard time seeing how that’s difficult for anyone to wrap their head around.
That makes zero sense.
@gtothereal than you need to look inward and see what you can't understand, because that made plenty of sense to me.
The thing is, being broke is not normal and it is level of wealth, not something which you have been born like being black.
Where is this 400 years shit even from slavery got outlawed in 1865 the US was founded in 1777 (where import of slaves was banned shortly after although the south broke the laws) And the first slave ship here arrived in 1619 so that would be at most 246 years no?
@@Laz7481 no it didn’t. Two entirely different concepts. Saying a word isn’t calling someone something. Moron
#RUclips stop shadow hiding this awesome channel's work. Great stuff my brother
He’s not shadow banned in any way
@@9roselove9 It's 2024 and people still don't understand how algorithms work.
I literally was recommended this video without ever having watched anything about the OJ trial on RUclips. They are not “shadow hiding” anything here.
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@@andrewhooper7603 lol
I’m SO glad you pointed out Lee Atwater!!
Dude was such an odd guy. Absolute ghoul, but would then clock out of the office and go play a blues bar with BB King.
He claimed to have had a change of heart at the end, but idk.
@@andrewhooper7603he apologized to Dukhakis, I believe. Google Willie Horton. He was Catholic and wanted to confess before dying. It was a Catholic thing. He never apologized to the black community. So he needed to rethink this crisis of conscious.
@@andreabrown4541 so what did that do? he also created Karl Rove, Stuart Stevens and a whole bunch of right wing zealots. Maybe it was something about Mississippi that i will never understand but I doubt apologizing to Dukhakis made the temperature drop a few thousand degrees
Like all slurs, the n word should not be used. But it is laughable that we have ended up in a place where we can’t say the word to discuss history or language. If you hear a word spoken with no malice and interpret as a hate crime, you need therapy.
Well... why do you people keep heeing and hawing AGAINST reparations for the blacks? Therapy/counseling is included in their reparative justice. Just because words on paper say "blacks aren't considered three fifths human anymore" doesn't mean people don't STILL view them as animals
You should be able to say any word.
@Homo_sAPEien Enward
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@Homo_sAPEien You are correct that’s its best not to say it, but the fact that it is best not to say it is bad.
you say we wouldnt have had the kardashians without OJ like we should be happy that the kardashians exist. lmao.
Why are the kardashians even famous, like what are they famous for
@@youraverageperson5831 fashion
@@VEE0034 so they just look good…
@@youraverageperson5831yep, Kris Kardashion grinded as hard as she could to make her daughters the face of "no press is bad press" when it came to their fame
@@vOID-fh1qt is that code that they became plastic?
10:57 that caught me so off guard💀
Paul Dawson was an absolute legend. ✊🏿
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Boondocks for the W, because that's the only reason I knew about this lol
This video just reminds me of what an absolutely LEGENDARY performance Courtney B. Vance gave as Johnie Cochran. It's pure spectacle watching him in the courtroom on that show.
Just of that one clip.. I was sold
In sixth grade I was taking my turn reading the book we were all reading and I came upon this word and I stopped reading. I looked at my teacher and he said “oh it’s okay, you can say it.”
I’m white and from one of the whitest states plus it was a long time ago so it was even less diverse. There were two black people in my graduating class, for example.
My parents raised me with the belief that racism is wrong, but I never had to examine the issue at a deeper level.
Regardless, because I’m kind and don’t want to offend anyone, I have no desire to use any racial slurs.
Growing up there were occasionally white people I’d meet who would say some really fucked up stuff behind closed doors. Obama being elected showed me a lot too because it gives racists an opportunity to reveal themselves every day when the president isn’t white.
I really enjoy your channel and I’ve subscribed. Thank you for the great content 😊
Good thing you didn’t say it. You could have bursted into flames
Living in a predominantly white state is 500 times safer than living near black people
Are we supposed to congratulate you or…
Predominantly white states are very safe. The lowest crime rates in the world.
TKAMB?
6th grade brings back memories and I know that one lmao
Damn, the algorithm did not like this one lol great video, definitely going to check out your channel. I’ve never heard this information (regarding the oj trial) I’m not big on sensational crime. Thank you
This is still such a weird situation to me. Im not from america, but not daring to say a word, while just talking about it, is hard to comprehend.
That’s because you guys out there have nation states America has a lot of different races and one of them has been put down hard for 400 years
@@michaelsurratt1864 yeah i get that. We are getting more immigrants since ww2 and the spike in 2015, but when we speak about words, people usually differenciate between someone using a word or talking about it. Like it would be bad to say sieg heil ernestly, but explaining to someone, "this is what the nazis said", there would be no thought about a taboo, as you are just explaining it.
Feels like preschooler trying to report that one of his colleagues used a profanity without being able to say it himself
what country are you from....i think this is very easy to comprehend, no?
Its a slur whats so hard to comprehend. Yall act like its the only slur in the fucking world and you have no idea how to handle that like be so fucking for real.
It’s even better than S tier slur. When a word is so egregious to the public that mere rumours you said it to a friend can ruin your career, it becomes the most powerful and tantalising word in the English language. Sometimes people ask “why would you even want to say it?” And it betrays such a lack of understanding about human nature. The fact people’s careers are ruined by the word just makes you want to say it more- in part because forbidden fruit tastes twice as sweet, and in part because then the act of merely saying it feels like a challenge to the absurd idea that a word could be intrinsically evil. Saying it, especially when you’re not saying it to convey racism, is asking the question “What now? What are you going to do? Are you going to try to present arguments as to why I shouldn’t have done that, or are you just going to admit you can’t and instead try to destroy me over 6 letters?”
Absolutely accurate
Good point
I´m from Europe, grew up with Hip Hop, English is not my first language. It is probably one of the most common words I heard all my life in English, just by being into a lot lof typical American black culture things like music, movies, books, Basketball etc. I don´t use it at all and don´t feel any need to do so, but from an outside perspective it seems super insane and bigoted how it is on one side total taboo to say, but no problem if listen to a track that contains the word 50 times as long as I don´t say it while rapping along. Or how it is accepted that I buy certain albums, songs, etc. where it would be problematic if I would say the album title.
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"makes you want to say it even more". Nope. That's a you thing.
OJ would be best remembered as the best running back of the mid 1970s and his comedic roles in the Naked Gun series. You know, if not for all the crime.
By the time I saw the first movie I knew already he was a killer. His scene with the baby is so weird.
Extremely well put together video. I can't wait to see more like this.
Chris! That means a lot, bro!
I wouldn’t use it casually but context is everything, for example if you’re talking about the word itself.
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Ok but still don’t use it in front of black folks because it has a lot of trauma tied to it.
I get that it doesn’t for you but your experience isn’t the only one that’s relevant.
We’re supposed to be adults.
i don't think there's any need to say it. it feels like an excuse to say it, personally.
Let go, move on. Stop letting the past ruin your present. Words have the power we (the listener) give them. People aren't gonna stop using hateful language, so it's a choice whether or not we learn to stop letting it bother us and grow thicker skin
@@I.Am.Terrible.At.Usernames I see what you’re saying but don’t normalize that behaviour that’s how things stay the same.
I’m getting house ninja vibes tbh
0:24 Man straight up jumpscared me with that.
The production quality on this video felt so high and so familiar. Fr shocked that you didn’t have like 2 mil + sub!! i love these deep dive explainers so for sure subscribing
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I've never played CoD, but after a cursory search I'm guessing he's referring to the online community and not the content of the game itself. Correct me if I'm mistaken.
For sure, although idk if the player character has ever been black I’m not sure but there have been black figures and key characters in their games
And playable african/African American w/e characters in multiplayer I was talking mostly about campaign
@@spearement9903 Two campaign player characters I'm aware of are;
Paul Jackson (Original Modern Warfare), the marine you play as until the mission where you die in a helicopter crash.
And Gaz, the British SAS soldier in the Modern Warfare reboot.
@@brenthunter7965 thanks for the info! Forgot about them!!
regarding the word itself i think he's referring to the player base, but CoD has a whole other issue with politics. jacob geller has a nice video about it
This was so well done, thank you for this 👍🏾
Every culture and sub-culture has a version of this, although the n-word is probably the most well-known (and packs the most emotional weight/political significance).
This was a great video Garrison! 40K subs - felt like a “bigger” channel. Well done mate!
1:04 that one caught me absolutely off guard
Dawg me too cuz wtf why did he do that 😭😭😭😭
Darden was ultimately proven correct because now everyone's afraid to say it.
lol RUclips is like a rated R movie I guess. You get one N word before being demonetized 😂😂
What I find interesting is that "whites" and "blacks", used to be perfectly acceptable ways of categorising people, whereas now it sounds vaguely racist to say either. Weird how such a small shift in grammar makes such a difference
People still say blacks all the time.
@@TychoKingdom it really depends where you live tbh
@@TychoKingdom True but some of those who say “blacks” don’t say it smoothly where it just rolls off the tongue. They tend to say _blAcks_ ; that extra inflection on the “A” makes it seem derogatory and makes you look a second time at the person.
Garrison, Thanks for making this video! I had a conversation just yesterday about this exact topic and I realized that I had no clue when the switch from "A" to "ER" happened. Thanks for the thoughtfull reasearch.
Seeing my former teacher in this video was the craziest jumpscare a chicagoan could ever get.
Jesse Dollemore sent me here, and I'm glad he did, your content is amazing.
The opening compilation made me think of the Boondocks skit about the teacher, hilarious bit
That news clip was pretty much copied by boondocks
as a gay man, i have been called "f*g" "f*ggot* "queer" - yeah that used to be a slur, but the gay community took it back and now it's been morphed into something completely different (but in a positive way) - etc. I don't think any of those words carry the weight of *that* word, but like the black community, the gay community has attempted to take back those words and use them within their circles. Personally, I'm not one of those people as I don't care for those words, but I get it. I'd rather nobody used these words, but it just feels like if we're going to keep voting people like Drumpf/Taylor-Green/Bobert/etc into office, we're probably not going to stop using these words. Great video. Thank you.
Don’t worry, I haven’t stoped using those words either… I’m not gay
@@Garl_Vinlandvery edgy
As a gay man… how do you type out Drumpf and actually feel like you did something. It’s giving Facebook cringe.
what's *that* word? can you elaborate further?
You did a really good job with this! Impressive work.
I appreciate the quality of this video. The video clips were not only chosen well but integrated well too
So glad I stumbled across this channel! Such awesome content!!!
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Love your videos! I'm learning so much from you.
This popped up for me after OJ's death, and it honestly provides a perspective on the OJ case that I hadn't even known cause I don't think about it much. Awesome retelling in a wonderfully formatted package.
ESPN has a great documentary on the trial and the impact of racism had on the trail.
I remember packaging those Patagonia fleeces this dude is wearing at my job and thinking “I’m definitely getting one of these”.
Thank you for reminding me I’m still getting one of those. 😂
Great video Garrison I loved it! As a suggestion, maybe you can do a video on our current Black beauty standards and how its closely tied to colorism and racism. just a thought :)
Thanks, Chrissy! Great idea ✍🏾
The ones primarily influenced by Black people? Interesting.
looking forward to more content! 😊❤️👍🏻
As an outsider to US politics its so stange seeing a murder trial with good proof suddenly turning political and about race of all things. Your society is so devided its hilarious
Yup, they (Americans) no matter if they are white or black are rotten at the core. Worst thing is that their culture is hegemonic and it's force itself onto other cultures, with it wicked way of thinking about language and race in society.
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Well, you’re lucky enough to live in a society that probably is 90+ the same race. That’s why you guys have. Nice welfare programs in universal healthcare. In the fear of losing that is why the UK isn’t part of the EU anymore. they literally screwed themselves over because of the fear of a different race just like the USA baby
@@michaelsurratt1864 what are u on about america is just centuries behind any other country.
The context matters a lot. Rodney King got the shit beat out of him by a group of LAPD officers who were all found not guilty several years prior to the OJ verdict. The OJ verdict was payback to the LAPD for getting away with violating the human rights of black people. If the LAPD was just a normal run of the mill racist PD, OJ would have likely been convicted. If black people were treated fairly by our judicial system, we wouldn't be so divided. But alas, that day has yet to come.
absolutely love this video. the callback with the butterfly and avalance was a great touch!
"Not much of the courtroom footage of that day is on the internet." Are you sure? There is a playlist of 493 videos of the trial on RUclips. Maybe it's in there somewhere, not that I'm willing to do the digging myself. Or is the playlist incomplete?
maybe its a more recent uploading? this video IS more than a couple years long
Very well put together! Keep up the good work.
Thanks, Mario!
Glad that I found this channel
Glad you’re here!
How have i just found this channel. These videos are so well edited!
Oh Simpson died lmao
Damn it just sank in..no more “what’s up Twitter world?” 😭
I was young during the OJ trial and i know the lexicon was different in those years, but I have never considered that the trial may have been the turning point. You have a very interesting and well supported hypothesis that I think is important to explaining an essential corner of American English and isn't heard often. Thank you for sharing.
It's not a hypothesis. It's just a rehash of an article by a doctor of linguist named Dr. McWhorter who wrote an article about it back in 2021 for the NY Times. It talks about how the word nigger turned from being a slur to a profanity to a taboo word and he points to Darden cementing the transition.
Brooooo, that was an amazing video! Insta-subbed!
Thanks for your efforts and for sharing!
I like that idiom !
Glad I watched. Nice to meet you Garrison. Well written and time well spent.
If hearing *a word* out of context genuinely makes you cringe, you need to grow a pair or experience some real adversity.
To be fair, there's a lot behind it. It's got some bite. And we've all (mostly) been raised to hear it as a particularly bad word. That kind of thing definitely has an unconscious effect, so it's always surprising to hear, to some degree. That said, I don't think there's anything wrong with saying it in the context of talking about it as a word.
@@Tsugimoto1 That's a fair take. There are words that are capable of being used in a bad taste, and then there are words that are mainly only used in bad taste.
While I do personally agree that the "n-word" is part of the latter category, I also think people going out of their way to accost people for the fair use of it to the degree that we have to jump through hoops like a trained seal to keep them happy is stupid.
Having to describe it as "the n-word" to avoid being told off when there is clear context there showing that we are not trying to use it to be racist/toxic is tedious at best.
What I've never understood personally about the prohibition of the word is; why would you want to silence racist people from saying the "n-word" or any other other racial epithets/otherwise expressing their racist beliefs? Wouldn't you rather know a person is racist so that you know you aren't ideologically in tune with them as opposed to forcing them to hide their beliefs? I sure know what I prefer.
Lucky for me people aren't so scared of being racist towards white people anymore lmao
Nah I love seeing people lose their jobs and oppurtunities after saying a slur. You all know you shouldnt say it but decide to anyways, so enjoy the consequences, i dont care about context
@@samm3639 so if you looked through a history book that described the history and etymology of the word, what are you going to do, rip out the page and then sue the people who printed the book?
Can't believe RUclips didn't surface this to me for two years! This is an absolutely incredible video. I had no idea that this came out of the OJ trial. I was a kid at the time and remember it going on, but I was too little to even understand more about it than it being a murder trial with gloves involved at that time. I have since learned more about the case, but I had no idea that this was what introduced "the n word" into our lexicon. I guess I would have thought this started in the 70's. Time is funny.
Thank you so much for the education, and the high production quality.
Sick video!! I love these types of analysis and interspections on small parts of history, just like you said .
8:45 makes me cringe, hurt, recoil every time. Horrible, gross, vitriolic woman. Poor kids.
I rarely get on RUclips unless I need to know how to do something. But I will for your videos.
Really appreciate that, Kaleb!
I can't help but wonder how the OJ Simpson trial would've turned out if that policeman had not lied (under oath!) about using the n-word.🤔
Loving your videos, very informative.
It was a very pivotal moment. I think the evidence against OJ was overwhelming but both law enforcement and the prosecution dropped the ball too many times. Bailey let that detective dig his grave deep before revealing the tapes. With a mostly Black jury Darden and Clark knew the case was slipping away. Darden insisting on letting OJ put on the glove was yet another bad mistake.
there's no way this guy's first video is this good holy shit
7:07
Holy shit. He actually just fucking said it.
I was not expecting you to drop the hard r in the beginning
I mean, you just exonerated Paula Deen, who said that word in 1990
That’s not the point of the video. Also, no he didn’t?
@@gibbyjibby0 doesn't matter, she knows all she needs to do is throw out a red herring
I'll never understand how 9 of the 12 jurors were black. Los Angeles county is under 10% black.
It’s no secret the defense picked that demographic because they had the most likely chance to acquit OJ. They’ve said so themselves just google it
@@Erucuswhich they were allowed to do
This is one of the best informative videos I've seen on this platform. Bravo!!
When I saw the teacher with the que cards, I started cracking up and now all I can see is The Boondocks episode
Bro hit the hard r right off the bat
Patagonia sweater and collar shirt? Are you SURE you're allowed to say that word?
Great job Garrison. I've subscribed and looking forward to more videos from you.
this is a really great vid thanks, it avoids much of the bloatedness of some more recent youtube video essays in really clever ways. i think maybe adding a comprehensive bilbiography in the description as well as being more clear about certain references in the video would be beneficial. i think the 'racism without racists' quote may have been misattributed (i'm not sure but I think Eduardo Bonilla-Silva's book started the use of the term, I would be happy to be enlightened about where you found it attributed to Richard Delgado tho). anyway sorry for the blah blah
brilliantly done, can't wait to see this channel blow up
Wow this was really interesting! I am so glad I found your channel. Keep up the great work!!
The justification of using the word amongst Black ppl being acceptable has to stop. No one should say the word. This issue is far bigger than OJ or rap music. It's used in anger and as an insult by all groups. It should die in every context.
Even better if people stopped giving it power by treating it like some magic incantation.
I still think that school teacher who was fluent in blackspeak after working in schools with such a large Black student body for so long still gets a pass from me. He ain’t using the n word, he’s usin it exactly as his students do
Took me until he said OJ has over a million twitter followers to realize this was an old video lol.
“Have you heard of Call of Duty?” ☠️
0:25 , 1:11 , 1:28 , 1:40, 3:26 , 4:35 , 4:43 , 4:50 , 4:52 , 5:05 , 5:41 , 6:23 , 6:33 , 7:03 , 7:28 , 8:28 , 9:59 , 10:20 , 10:32 , 10:50 , 10:53 , 10:58 , 11:14 funny, i laughed.
8:45 nvm.