Growing up in the 70's and 80's, and I say that with the utmost honesty, I don't remember caring about what the heritage was of any person I was interacting with.
Yeah, in the cities/suburbs we were all mixed together and didn't care about that. Rural areas .... we're still seeing the effects of isolated populations and the attitudes towards "outsiders", whether it's based on race or religion or just "thinking different ". All you have to do is look at a voting map and you will see a different color surrounding every city than the rural areas surrounding them. And it's not because rural aid is being provided by the people they are voting for.
Your commentary regarding race relations is exemplary and fully demonstrates my reason for not only subscribing but also the respect for you! I am a 70 year old Biker American and your opening my mind to the possibility of rap in my future!
It doesn't matter if you're black, blue, yellow. If you're 10 years old or 100 years old, give respect to everybody or at least fake it if you can't. Yes speak your peace of mind but remember we are in a social time where everything is sensitive meaning that people more sensitive to subject matter context. Anything you put it at this gen. Z snowflake era. You can't even say hello without them being mad or crying or whatever
But the only thing we remember is "Your name is Tobe" and that slavery happened. So really it got the salient point across to us. That slavery really happened. It is weird how people thought it was more than just a period novel .
I'm going to guess that being white I'm not his people. A huge problem Alex Haley works hard, creatively to divide ethnicities. Somehow racist seems to describe that position. But it's bad, white people who are racists since black people can't be racist. Really?
You saved me a little bit of typing thank you so much for sharing that That's exactly what I was going to say I hope he gets a chance to see Thomas sowell and his video talking about Alex Haley and how it was just a myth and a lot more most people don't understand about slavery
@@ThePelagicHermitunfortunately I think you're missing a big point that that myth cause people to think white people went over to Africa and stole people from Africa versus African people selling African people no white person ever got off of ship and went into internal Africa to hunt down slaves it's a bunch of BS and way too many people believe that is truth all because of this series roots.
Bill Burr had to have been the funniest little boy ever!!! Having said that, God Bless his parents for their attempts to stifle him out of pure fear about what he might say next !!!! Thank you for trying anyway!!!🤣😄😂😁😀😉😆😃
My two fav all time stand up comedians are Richard Pryor and Bill Burr. They are funny, comic geniuses. And in my opinion they do it better than anyone else.
Good point 😆 and the Italian have to pay my bills, because the roman empire invaded our beautiful german country. 😁 The list of people who owe me something is getting longer and longer the moment I think about it.🤣
@@bertabeton4514 - I'm Sicilian... and the Moors came over from North Africa and pillaged and enslaved my ancestors. Therefore black people owe me reparations.
@@bertabeton4514 Unfortunately, your country will then have to make good with the Israelis. btw, thanks for reminding me about how those lousy Romans attacked my even earlier Christian predecessors with lions in the Colosseum. That's gotta be worth a few bucks. 🤔
Brother Pegasus!!!!! that was awesome...to me this points out the balance that is so hard to achieve...keeping things real and honest in depictions of injustice, without making it a blatant attempt at dividing fellow Americans who happen to be of different backgrounds in the 21st century...I feel like Hollywood just tries to keep us from unity
Yes, the negative narratives that media keeps alive is part of the problem, but I think many Americans still look to the past for something to identify with. Even if they don't know if it's a part of their actual history they will still latch onto it, and even if they do accurately trace their history does that have anything to do with now... We are suppose to learn from the past, not live it and repeat it.
Completely different background, but I agree with you on the idea of not getting mad or triggered by certain things that may apply to you. Because of a particular medical condition, I found myself amongst a tight-knit group of others with the same condition. Though they offered support, tips, and understanding, they also taught me to be angered by certain words or lack of accommodations that could cast me as “less than”. These things never bothered me before, but suddenly they did. I ended up leaving that group and had to consciously (over time) retrain myself to not be bothered by these things. My strength is in my ability to adapt and survive in this world - I don’t need to demand that my world adapt for me to survive.
You really gave a beautiful input and perspective on how toxic a victimhood mentality can be. Our own beliefs are what imprison us, and it's more sinister when those thoughts are given to you by someone else.
They were expensive and at the time farming was a necessity for the economy. Not condoning it but if the African slave trade wasn't a thing there would be something similar in it's place eventually.
Definitely fiction, we should focus on modern injustices, but it embodies a greater truth, when I watched it in elementary In history class I was shook, I had no idea. Now kid's have access to the internet, black history month etc. I guess it was just easier not to expose children to the atrocities slavery entailed, war was similar we were taught it happened the dates and places, but never heard an actual account of it. Acknowledging it happened glossing over the details...since slavery happened here the details were glossed over even more. As hard as it was to watch roots enlightened me, and LeVar Burton played a great role, but yes fiction with many historical inaccuracies.
@@ericmorgan204 in the 80s when they ran that on TV, our grandfather a black guy, informed us that it was “Roots” was nothing more than a story built around some things at actually happened but no where near how the movie depicted. The terrible culture that sprang from movies like have hurt not only black people but everyone
I was born in the 80’s and in the 90’s in 6th grade they had us watch Roots one week… That was DEFINITELY an emotional movie. (I’m white, but when I watch things, read things, hear things I try to put myself in the shoes of the person or people going through whatever the situation is… like, imagine if you had to go through that) That series definitely stays with you as a human.
My mom was black and my pops was white. A lot of people think I'm Middle Eastern or some other exotic race. Nope! Just a light skinned black girl! I can't relate or connect with slavery. I mean, I know it was a horrible reality and I have studied the history. But it has no effect on my life now whatsoever
My goddaughter is black and her husband is white. Their son has cafe au lait skin and blue eyes. That will have an effect on his life as he matures. Mostly with girls, I think 😉.
As someone who is clearly a certain race, have you ever had people come up to you just speaking arabic as if you should know? I imagine it's funny the first few times but must get annoying after a while.
Thanks for resisting using the term "GOAT" like you said. Fist guy ive seen do that. It's just gotten ridiculous, "Greatest of all time". That happens like twice a century if you're lucky, nowadays it's every 2 weeks there's a new Goat. Every second ufc champ, goat..it's become an actual Bill Burr bit....it's insulting to Ali.
In many ways, we have become more polarized around race, religion and politics. Growing up I never saw color, was never taught to be precious. I still see people as people. I agree with your view of letting go, otherwise that old shit has power to stuff up your future
Never felt guilty about the topic of slavery and bigotry. When I was a teen, I watched the movie Roots, and had no guilt or remorse. Why is that? I never participated in, nor did my ancestors participate in, slavery... at least as far as I know. Even if they did, it wouldn't cause me to have guilt over it. I understand that slavery happened, and that it is an evil that should not be perpetrated upon anyone. Again, I have never enslaved anyone nor participated in that practice in any way, nor have I discriminated against someone simply because they had a different skin tone than my own, so why should I feel any sort of guilt because of the color of my skin? Do black people feel guilt about their ancestors, or people of the same skin color as themselves, enslaving and selling them to others? No? Then let it go! The world will heal if we, as a people of all colors, allow it to.
not a person on the planet would be innocent of somthing there ancestors did. histoy is brutal also roots wasnt even accurate of how it actually was but was made to think it was accurate
Have you ever thought that a RUclips comment has never made any difference in anyone's life ever The real world isn't this If you can't disassociate from people with a gender or ethnic bias consistently openly and at every level of society wherever it may be wherever it may hide you are the problem. There is no such thing as 'both sides'.
Please, do your 23andMe and do a reaction video to the results! I did mine and, no surprise, I'm 99.4% Northwestern European (mostly British/Irish). Even though that isn't "diverse" or interesting by today's standards, It makes me want to learn more about the native Britons and all the other groups that invaded, and eventually created the British Empire. Those are my ancestors. Not the Kings and Queens or Noblemen, but the average people just trying to survive.
Not all black people in America come from slaves... Some come from slave owners too, or migrated to America from other countries after slavery. 🤷 people seriously need to do some soul searching and dig into their family tree. I'm white, but about 30% Scottish (some forced from Scotland into servitude in America) and also have Romani heritage (who were subject to the Holocaust). I've not found a single person in my family tree who owned slaves, so no white guilt here. I don't owe anyone anything... And nobody owes me anything either. We're all dealt a hand in life and it's up to each of us to make the best out of life for our own children living the best country in the world. We have all the tools, some just need to learn how to use what opportunities they have available.
America defines by race African American, Chinese American, Italian American.However if you are born in America aren't you just American. Why do you have to define by race. I'm English but live in Spain. I'm not English Spanish I'm English.
Yeah, can't help but wonder what's going on behind their eyes - "Nooooo! you can't say that, you can't say John is Black! He's African American!" "Actually I think I can - his name is John, he's Black & he's Irish. Neither Africa nor America enter into it. I really think you need to relax."
Don't get me started on African American. Americans would call Idris Elba African American and Charlize Theron not. Idris Elba is English. Charlize Theron was born in South Africa and now has South African/American citizenship. She is a white African American.
His wife is black and i think at this point they have two kids and some of the podcasts where she shows up and you get to see their dynamic you know she owns the house lol and has a great sense of humor and puts em in his place when she sees it, or tries lol love em both
12:00 Opposite of his statement, I was out in a Japanese bar with an military buddy who was black and "Cupid Shuffle" came on and he taught me the dance. So not everyone's human experience is the same. Makes me think about him every time I hear this bit. He passed away in 2021 R.I.P. brother.
Dude for real on the Hollywood message movies. I always feel like I'm having my intelligence insulted whenever I see one of those things. It's like "Wow, love IS the most important thing! Wow, I SHOULD make more time for my kids! Wow, maybe racism IS bad!" Like, Jesus, if you've made it this far in life and still need to take your cues from the glorified Celexa tablets that a lot of movies are then you should have made more room in your life for introspection. These are all things we shouldn't need to be reminded of.
You are absolutely correct when you say it's a nuanced topic. I often am lumped in with "white" people even though I'm of French Canadian ancestry, my ancestors never had slaves, and many of my ancestors were forcibly removed by the British from their homeland in the St. John Valley and forced to live in Louisiana - where, by the way, they integrated with the black population. Just goes to show that, even though I look as white as a white person can be, I'm not descended from any of that slave stuff.
I know a lot of people that are 20% Italian, 40% Franch, 10% Latino, and 30% black. And they rather prefer them be called mixed or sometimes whatever their dominant bloodline is. If it's Italian, German or black, and whatever it is Asian, that's your dominant bloodline You would for yourself to.
What's crazy is that I got to see Alex Haley speak at my high school here in Alabama. Then he finds out his relatives were from a plantation here called the Forks of Cypress, here in the very northwest corner of Alabama. He then comes out with a made for TV series called Queen that was based on his great grandmother that was born here. It aired on CBS in the 1990's and had some very well known actors that starred in the series, like Haley Berry (As Queen), Jasmine St Claire, Martin Sheen, the list goes on. The world is small if you just take the time to open your eyes to it.
If you would like to watch a great comedic storyteller, please react to Bill Engvall. He's been at it for about 40 yrs. & doesn't need curse words to tell his stories. He has great facial expressions! Start with "Bill Flies with the Air Force Thunderbirds" (parts 1&2); then "Dancing with the Stars"(parts 1,2&3); "Replacing the Ol' Knee"; "Living in the Hospital"; "I've Got a Small What?"; Bill & Gail Remove a Stent"; then "Bill Tries Marijuana (parts 1&2). Bill Engvall IS a legend!
@@thomaswilson5966 It’s simple. Academia is overwhelmingly liberal/progressive. Facts take a back seat to their slanted world view. The latter is shoved down students’ throats.
Brother, speaking of “movie” and “racial” stand up routines, have you seen Ralphie May do “Cuba diving at a black theater”? Holy shite is it funny!! Next one please?!🙏🏼
What is truly sad is that most people still think that the mini-series: "Roots" was based on a true story. The only true part of that TV show was slavery and how bad it could be.
Funny thing: Having been around while my daughter was a My Little Pony fan, the only evil My Little Pony I have seen is a black Pegasus pony. I joke with her today that MLP was racist because only the black pony was evil. Black Pegasus, with all humor, you are the only evil pony.
Forgot where it was, but during the summer, a black family was ordered to stay away from the pool at an apartment complex and that black family lives there.
Every modern human has some Black genes in them. We all started out in the same place. We did move a lot and environments and nutrition's that were available that changed our evolution. However, we were together at the beginning.
The biggest problem in my mind is how black kids today who grew up in a good neighborhood, have/had access to a good education, have or will have access to employment, and have never gone hungry a day in their life will act like they know what it means to be oppressed because their ancestors may have been slaves. Then they will hate on white kids who dont have a racist bone in their body, as if they were the slave owners. Yes, it is absolutely important to know your history, but it is also important to keep it in perspective. Racism will never go away as long as there are people keeping it alive, and that goes for victims as well as victimizers.
Bill Burr's wife Nia Hill. She is an actress, writer, and producer. She has appeared in shows like Netflix's Santa Clarita Diet and HBO's Crashing. Hill also voiced characters Georgia Roosevelt and Nia Roosevelt on the animated series F Is For Family, which was created by her husband, Bill Burr.
It's kinda fascinating to compare the difference between how black people in US think about slavery several hundred years ago and how that pertains to currently alive white people, and the jewish people and how they think about current day Germans, even though the holocause was way more recent. I think one of these groups have a more healthy long term way of thinking about it, but that's just me.
Side noteblacks in america are from east Africa mostly. But also have a certain %sof white mixed in here and there. Plus native American. Plus Spanish....
Awesome. Doug Stanhope. You need to check him out. You will hate and love him. Please do "Doug Stanhope about his mother and the of an afterlife SUB ITA" . He is the comedian's comedian. He is the best comedian ever.
That movie should be banned in school. It's not a historically correct movie. It only creates turmoil in impressionable minds. Kids start resenting each other because of the way it's taught in school.
@ just like reading to kill a mocking bird and other books. It wasn’t about being historically correct. It was to promote thought in humans minds. And if you think it did anything to me you’re crazy. Going threw holocaust class taught me a lot. But apparently the holocaust that happened deals with Jews and Germans.🤦🏻♂️💀😂
In 1972 when I was 6 and given away by my dad and basically became the state of Ct.s property they put me into a foster home in Roxbury,Mass with a black family. The Grandmother Claudia was a former slave and whenever I complained about how bad my day was she would sit me on the porch and educate me about what a really bad day was. Shucking peas and green beans on the porch with her I learned more about history then I ever could from some book or school.
@@flatblack39 She was 92 in 72. If were being honest about history slavery was abolished in 1865 but that doesn't mean it was over. Some historians have found evidence that slavery really didn't end until 1963. Its a part of American history that we just don't think about or even acknowledge sadly.
Well this is eye opening for many people. You should watch this #Pegasus - Thomas Sowell: Facts About Slavery Never Mentioned In School you will be surprised as many others were as he is not scared to tell the truth.
If you use washcloths to shower then you need 4 cloths per shower. Face and neck. Upper body. Lower bodie and private parts. Hand can be washed between body parts.
While there could possibly be slaves in your ancestry… there is ALSO the possibility that there are black slave OWNERS in your ancestry. While not that common overall the fact remains that there were black slave owners in early America. I call it an inconvenient truth.
True, but let's not also forget that the people pressed in to fight on both sides were barely above slaves themselves. None of the rich fought in either side... they pressed the lower classes to fight for them. Most of the men that fought in the south were basically given a choice of fight or die. So, yeah. I get what you're saying, but let's keep it 100. And, on top of that... the Civil War was more than just the ending of slavery. it was glommed on politically by the North to push an agenda. Northerners also had slaves, and when they heard of the conditions the southern slaves, and slaves in general were having to go through... they worked to abolish slavery. The war kicked off because they Southern states already felt they weren't being represented equally, and now their main form of labor was being taken from them... so yeah, they went to war. Please don't over simplify the worst war on American soil. Almost a million Americans died on both sides, and most of them really had no idea what they were fighting for.
Check out Bill Burr broke another stereotype about Music and how Elvis stole? the black music - Why Bill Burr and His Wife Argue About Elvis | Netflix Is A Joke, This is a must see, with your wife!
It's always super amusing to me that some folks think it's so much more hygienic to be rubbing themselves with a damp rag that has already absorbed grime from their body, than to just massage the soap into their skin with their hands and rinse it off.
I hate TikTokers who go to poor countries and buy out a street market for clicks and likes! To me, that is not altruism, it is capitalism. And they never show their own faces in the videos, but everyone knows who they are.
As a white girl whose American ancestors all lived in the North and even intermarried with Native Americans, I was raised believing we were always on the right side. So "Roots" didn't get me in a guilty way. I was like, "These are the people we fought against and won. Yay!". Then I found out 1000 ways Ohioans also mistreated non-whites. So there are levels even there. You can have one forebear who was a stop on the Underground Railroad, another who married into a Native American tribe and genuinely believed he was helping by "Americanizing" them, and another who employed black people at lower wages just because he could. And because white unions wouldn't let them in. Categorization of people is hard, and if we all just worked to help *everyone* around us, life would be better for us all.
Ricky Gervais and Bill Burr! Both tell it like it is with no apology...gotta love these guys for speaking out what everyone is thinking.
Growing up in the 70's and 80's, and I say that with the utmost honesty, I don't remember caring about what the heritage was of any person I was interacting with.
Yeah, in the cities/suburbs we were all mixed together and didn't care about that. Rural areas .... we're still seeing the effects of isolated populations and the attitudes towards "outsiders", whether it's based on race or religion or just "thinking different ". All you have to do is look at a voting map and you will see a different color surrounding every city than the rural areas surrounding them. And it's not because rural aid is being provided by the people they are voting for.
Your commentary regarding race relations is exemplary and fully demonstrates my reason for not only subscribing but also the respect for you! I am a 70 year old Biker American and your opening my mind to the possibility of rap in my future!
Why? This is a comedy reaction.
It doesn't matter if you're black, blue, yellow. If you're 10 years old or 100 years old, give respect to everybody or at least fake it if you can't. Yes speak your peace of mind but remember we are in a social time where everything is sensitive meaning that people more sensitive to subject matter context. Anything you put it at this gen. Z snowflake era. You can't even say hello without them being mad or crying or whatever
Alex Haley said of Roots.
"I tried to give my people a myth to live by".
But the only thing we remember is "Your name is Tobe" and that slavery happened. So really it got the salient point across to us. That slavery really happened.
It is weird how people thought it was more than just a period novel .
I'm going to guess that being white I'm not his people. A huge problem Alex Haley works hard, creatively to divide ethnicities. Somehow racist seems to describe that position. But it's bad, white people who are racists since black people can't be racist. Really?
You saved me a little bit of typing thank you so much for sharing that That's exactly what I was going to say I hope he gets a chance to see Thomas sowell and his video talking about Alex Haley and how it was just a myth and a lot more most people don't understand about slavery
@@ThePelagicHermitunfortunately I think you're missing a big point that that myth cause people to think white people went over to Africa and stole people from Africa versus African people selling African people no white person ever got off of ship and went into internal Africa to hunt down slaves it's a bunch of BS and way too many people believe that is truth all because of this series roots.
Bill always tells it like it is, and his delivery is both nuanced and spot-on. Love him!!
I like bill burr he says it like it is. And he's not wrong.
Bill Burr had to have been the funniest little boy ever!!! Having said that, God Bless his parents for their attempts to stifle him out of pure fear about what he might say next !!!! Thank you for trying anyway!!!🤣😄😂😁😀😉😆😃
My two fav all time
stand up comedians are Richard Pryor and Bill Burr. They are funny, comic geniuses. And in my opinion they do it better than anyone else.
As an Irishman, the Brit's owe me and my people for making my great-great-grand -dad and -mum real hungry. 😀
Good point 😆 and the Italian have to pay my bills, because the roman empire invaded our beautiful german country. 😁 The list of people who owe me something is getting longer and longer the moment I think about it.🤣
@@bertabeton4514 - I'm Sicilian... and the Moors came over from North Africa and pillaged and enslaved my ancestors. Therefore black people owe me reparations.
@@bertabeton4514 Unfortunately, your country will then have to make good with the Israelis.
btw, thanks for reminding me about how those lousy Romans attacked my even earlier Christian predecessors with lions in the Colosseum. That's gotta be worth a few bucks. 🤔
Brother Pegasus!!!!! that was awesome...to me this points out the balance that is so hard to achieve...keeping things real and honest in depictions of injustice, without making it a blatant attempt at dividing fellow Americans who happen to be of different backgrounds in the 21st century...I feel like Hollywood just tries to keep us from unity
Yes, the negative narratives that media keeps alive is part of the problem, but I think many Americans still look to the past for something to identify with. Even if they don't know if it's a part of their actual history they will still latch onto it, and even if they do accurately trace their history does that have anything to do with now...
We are suppose to learn from the past, not live it and repeat it.
The best comedy is a balance between offensive and relatable
Completely different background, but I agree with you on the idea of not getting mad or triggered by certain things that may apply to you. Because of a particular medical condition, I found myself amongst a tight-knit group of others with the same condition. Though they offered support, tips, and understanding, they also taught me to be angered by certain words or lack of accommodations that could cast me as “less than”. These things never bothered me before, but suddenly they did. I ended up leaving that group and had to consciously (over time) retrain myself to not be bothered by these things. My strength is in my ability to adapt and survive in this world - I don’t need to demand that my world adapt for me to survive.
You really gave a beautiful input and perspective on how toxic a victimhood mentality can be. Our own beliefs are what imprison us, and it's more sinister when those thoughts are given to you by someone else.
The guy who wrote roots even said it was a fantasy story to inspire his people and it wasn't that brutal normally
They were expensive and at the time farming was a necessity for the economy. Not condoning it but if the African slave trade wasn't a thing there would be something similar in it's place eventually.
There was the Irish, Chinese "slave" workers etc
According to Thomas Soul, Roots was referred to by its author, as a Myth for our people to live by.
Definitely fiction, we should focus on modern injustices, but it embodies a greater truth, when I watched it in elementary In history class I was shook, I had no idea. Now kid's have access to the internet, black history month etc. I guess it was just easier not to expose children to the atrocities slavery entailed, war was similar we were taught it happened the dates and places, but never heard an actual account of it. Acknowledging it happened glossing over the details...since slavery happened here the details were glossed over even more. As hard as it was to watch roots enlightened me, and LeVar Burton played a great role, but yes fiction with many historical inaccuracies.
@@ericmorgan204 in the 80s when they ran that on TV, our grandfather a black guy, informed us that it was “Roots” was nothing more than a story built around some things at actually happened but no where near how the movie depicted. The terrible culture that sprang from movies like have hurt not only black people but everyone
Your Polo jacket fire! 🔥
I was born in the 80’s and in the 90’s in 6th grade they had us watch Roots one week… That was DEFINITELY an emotional movie. (I’m white, but when I watch things, read things, hear things I try to put myself in the shoes of the person or people going through whatever the situation is… like, imagine if you had to go through that) That series definitely stays with you as a human.
My mom was black and my pops was white. A lot of people think I'm Middle Eastern or some other exotic race. Nope! Just a light skinned black girl! I can't relate or connect with slavery. I mean, I know it was a horrible reality and I have studied the history. But it has no effect on my life now whatsoever
Good on you👍
My goddaughter is black and her husband is white. Their son has cafe au lait skin and blue eyes. That will have an effect on his life as he matures.
Mostly with girls, I think 😉.
As someone who is clearly a certain race, have you ever had people come up to you just speaking arabic as if you should know? I imagine it's funny the first few times but must get annoying after a while.
Who would qualify as a dark skinned white girl? I mean you share 50% of your DNA with both of your progenitors. I'm genuinely curious how this works.
Damn BP
Not many people can out Ralph Lauren me but you are becoming a serious rival!! 😂
Roots is fictional. Even the author admitted it was a myth.
Still based on very real subject matter.
@Mike_For_Sure the subject was the only thing real.
@@slyfox1971 and that’s what matters, no one ever said it was a live documentary lol 🤙
Dramatized the subject matter to "get his people to believe a myth" was damaging
Oh a novel was fictional 😁
How many people picked up on the troll of LMBAO in the title for this. So well done!!!
Thanks for resisting using the term "GOAT" like you said. Fist guy ive seen do that. It's just gotten ridiculous, "Greatest of all time". That happens like twice a century if you're lucky, nowadays it's every 2 weeks there's a new Goat. Every second ufc champ, goat..it's become an actual Bill Burr bit....it's insulting to Ali.
I so appreciate this comment. I HATE the goat thing
@StephenMcDowell-nd5jg I appreciate you my man✌️
In many ways, we have become more polarized around race, religion and politics. Growing up I never saw color, was never taught to be precious. I still see people as people. I agree with your view of letting go, otherwise that old shit has power to stuff up your future
Never felt guilty about the topic of slavery and bigotry. When I was a teen, I watched the movie Roots, and had no guilt or remorse. Why is that? I never participated in, nor did my ancestors participate in, slavery... at least as far as I know. Even if they did, it wouldn't cause me to have guilt over it. I understand that slavery happened, and that it is an evil that should not be perpetrated upon anyone. Again, I have never enslaved anyone nor participated in that practice in any way, nor have I discriminated against someone simply because they had a different skin tone than my own, so why should I feel any sort of guilt because of the color of my skin? Do black people feel guilt about their ancestors, or people of the same skin color as themselves, enslaving and selling them to others? No? Then let it go! The world will heal if we, as a people of all colors, allow it to.
not a person on the planet would be innocent of somthing there ancestors did. histoy is brutal also roots wasnt even accurate of how it actually was but was made to think it was accurate
Have you ever thought that a RUclips comment has never made any difference in anyone's life ever
The real world isn't this
If you can't disassociate from people with a gender or ethnic bias consistently openly and at every level of society wherever it may be wherever it may hide you are the problem. There is no such thing as 'both sides'.
The Mind of Mencia omg you have to ❤❤❤❤
I read that book every few years. Bathtub reading through the winter.
Let’s visit the Slavs😂😂
Bill makes me laugh out loud a lot. Not a lot of comedians do. Katt Williams and Dave Chapelle are in that laugh out loud level for me as well 😊
Hes always been an Icon, Legemd, Homies
I was just going to comment about the “myth to live by” quote and I saw that many others had the same thought
Please, do your 23andMe and do a reaction video to the results!
I did mine and, no surprise, I'm 99.4% Northwestern European (mostly British/Irish). Even though that isn't "diverse" or interesting by today's standards, It makes me want to learn more about the native Britons and all the other groups that invaded, and eventually created the British Empire. Those are my ancestors.
Not the Kings and Queens or Noblemen, but the average people just trying to survive.
Not all black people in America come from slaves... Some come from slave owners too, or migrated to America from other countries after slavery. 🤷 people seriously need to do some soul searching and dig into their family tree. I'm white, but about 30% Scottish (some forced from Scotland into servitude in America) and also have Romani heritage (who were subject to the Holocaust). I've not found a single person in my family tree who owned slaves, so no white guilt here. I don't owe anyone anything... And nobody owes me anything either.
We're all dealt a hand in life and it's up to each of us to make the best out of life for our own children living the best country in the world. We have all the tools, some just need to learn how to use what opportunities they have available.
America defines by race African American, Chinese American, Italian American.However if you are born in America aren't you just American. Why do you have to define by race. I'm English but live in Spain. I'm not English Spanish I'm English.
Yeah, can't help but wonder what's going on behind their eyes -
"Nooooo! you can't say that, you can't say John is Black! He's African American!"
"Actually I think I can - his name is John, he's Black & he's Irish. Neither Africa nor America enter into it. I really think you need to relax."
Don't get me started on African American. Americans would call Idris Elba African American and Charlize Theron not. Idris Elba is English. Charlize Theron was born in South Africa and now has South African/American citizenship. She is a white African American.
Don't ask black people, they didn't invent the race theory.
You need to check out Bill doing OLD MAN FACE - it is one of my favorites! Thanks
He does Simpson characters too.
His wife is black and i think at this point they have two kids and some of the podcasts where she shows up and you get to see their dynamic you know she owns the house lol and has a great sense of humor and puts em in his place when she sees it, or tries lol love em both
You gotta watch Bill Burr - Old Man Face.
Yeah one of my favourites
Old man face is probably one of his best.
12:00 Opposite of his statement, I was out in a Japanese bar with an military buddy who was black and "Cupid Shuffle" came on and he taught me the dance. So not everyone's human experience is the same. Makes me think about him every time I hear this bit. He passed away in 2021 R.I.P. brother.
He is such a mess but so funny and all video's I have seen of him is right on !
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Dude for real on the Hollywood message movies. I always feel like I'm having my intelligence insulted whenever I see one of those things. It's like "Wow, love IS the most important thing! Wow, I SHOULD make more time for my kids! Wow, maybe racism IS bad!" Like, Jesus, if you've made it this far in life and still need to take your cues from the glorified Celexa tablets that a lot of movies are then you should have made more room in your life for introspection. These are all things we shouldn't need to be reminded of.
You are absolutely correct when you say it's a nuanced topic. I often am lumped in with "white" people even though I'm of French Canadian ancestry, my ancestors never had slaves, and many of my ancestors were forcibly removed by the British from their homeland in the St. John Valley and forced to live in Louisiana - where, by the way, they integrated with the black population. Just goes to show that, even though I look as white as a white person can be, I'm not descended from any of that slave stuff.
What got me to subscribe, was you saying you know someone who saves ghettos. Damn. You can relate so off the level.
I know a lot of people that are 20% Italian, 40% Franch, 10% Latino, and 30% black. And they rather prefer them be called mixed or sometimes whatever their dominant bloodline is. If it's Italian, German or black, and whatever it is Asian, that's your dominant bloodline You would for yourself to.
What's crazy is that I got to see Alex Haley speak at my high school here in Alabama. Then he finds out his relatives were from a plantation here called the Forks of Cypress, here in the very northwest corner of Alabama. He then comes out with a made for TV series called Queen that was based on his great grandmother that was born here. It aired on CBS in the 1990's and had some very well known actors that starred in the series, like Haley Berry (As Queen), Jasmine St Claire, Martin Sheen, the list goes on. The world is small if you just take the time to open your eyes to it.
If you would like to watch a great comedic storyteller, please react to Bill Engvall. He's been at it for about 40 yrs. & doesn't need curse words to tell his stories. He has great facial expressions! Start with "Bill Flies with the Air Force Thunderbirds" (parts 1&2); then "Dancing with the Stars"(parts 1,2&3); "Replacing the Ol' Knee"; "Living in the Hospital"; "I've Got a Small What?"; Bill & Gail Remove a Stent"; then "Bill Tries Marijuana (parts 1&2). Bill Engvall IS a legend!
Yep... Roots was an eyes opener then we find out it was fiction.
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The problem with history is our schools teach a distorted view.
Interesting 🤨 maybe 🤔 but please elaborate, further inquiring minds would like to know ?
@@thomaswilson5966 It’s simple. Academia is overwhelmingly liberal/progressive. Facts take a back seat to their slanted world view. The latter is shoved down students’ throats.
Trust me. I don't know people of any race with "generational wealth". Except my boss.
I think Cromwell's ancestors owe me. 😄
Shout out Scott good man
Brother, speaking of “movie” and “racial” stand up routines, have you seen Ralphie May do “Cuba diving at a black theater”? Holy shite is it funny!! Next one please?!🙏🏼
He's hilarious. An equal opportunity offender. Gotta love him.
What is truly sad is that most people still think that the mini-series: "Roots" was based on a true story. The only true part of that TV show was slavery and how bad it could be.
Great reaction dude.
Funny thing: Having been around while my daughter was a My Little Pony fan, the only evil My Little Pony I have seen is a black Pegasus pony. I joke with her today that MLP was racist because only the black pony was evil. Black Pegasus, with all humor, you are the only evil pony.
Forgot where it was, but during the summer, a black family was ordered to stay away from the pool at an apartment complex and that black family lives there.
Great explination hahahha
Every modern human has some Black genes in them. We all started out in the same place. We did move a lot and environments and nutrition's that were available that changed our evolution. However, we were together at the beginning.
The biggest problem in my mind is how black kids today who grew up in a good neighborhood, have/had access to a good education, have or will have access to employment, and have never gone hungry a day in their life will act like they know what it means to be oppressed because their ancestors may have been slaves. Then they will hate on white kids who dont have a racist bone in their body, as if they were the slave owners. Yes, it is absolutely important to know your history, but it is also important to keep it in perspective. Racism will never go away as long as there are people keeping it alive, and that goes for victims as well as victimizers.
I love Bill Burr!
Bill Burr's wife Nia Hill. She is an actress, writer, and producer. She has appeared in shows like Netflix's Santa Clarita Diet and HBO's Crashing. Hill also voiced characters Georgia Roosevelt and Nia Roosevelt on the animated series F Is For Family, which was created by her husband, Bill Burr.
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You should watch Thomas Sowell on the history of slavery, it will open your eyes
"... a movie where it doesn't work out..." Done! 1987 movie called "The Principal" with Jim Belushi and Louis Gossett, Jr.
You evolved, share that with others in real life.
VS is an abbreviation for versus not verse 😊
Everyone at some point was a slave a servant. Not all of us were kings and queens.
It's kinda fascinating to compare the difference between how black people in US think about slavery several hundred years ago and how that pertains to currently alive white people, and the jewish people and how they think about current day Germans, even though the holocause was way more recent. I think one of these groups have a more healthy long term way of thinking about it, but that's just me.
Side noteblacks in america are from east Africa mostly. But also have a certain %sof white mixed in here and there. Plus native American. Plus Spanish....
Awesome. Doug Stanhope. You need to check him out. You will hate and love him. Please do "Doug Stanhope about his mother and the of an afterlife SUB ITA" . He is the comedian's comedian. He is the best comedian ever.
Roots is fiction btw, too many people think it is historically accurate. I was pissed when I, myself learned the truth.
shout out to Scott fo real. 100
I watched Roots in my 6th grade history class. It was brutal.
That movie should be banned in school. It's not a historically correct movie. It only creates turmoil in impressionable minds. Kids start resenting each other because of the way it's taught in school.
@ just like reading to kill a mocking bird and other books. It wasn’t about being historically correct. It was to promote thought in humans minds. And if you think it did anything to me you’re crazy. Going threw holocaust class taught me a lot. But apparently the holocaust that happened deals with Jews and Germans.🤦🏻♂️💀😂
Because that line about *(Roots)* you NEED to check out *Thomas Sowell (Facts about slavery never mentioned in school)*
You need to watch eddie murphy skit saturday night live white woman, black man, white man white woman
Roots is a fiction, even the author Alex Haley of the book admits it . Just like Django unchained. Go look up what Thomas Sowell has to say about it.
Thomas Sowell is just a conservative Morgan Feeman...magic black man says stuff I agree with? Me white and confused?!?
In 1972 when I was 6 and given away by my dad and basically became the state of Ct.s property they put me into a foster home
in Roxbury,Mass with a black family. The Grandmother Claudia was a former slave and whenever I complained about how bad
my day was she would sit me on the porch and educate me about what a really bad day was. Shucking peas and green beans
on the porch with her I learned more about history then I ever could from some book or school.
What an honor for you to have actually talked to and learned from a former slave. That's mind blowing!
That granny must have been really old considering that slavery had been abolished for 107 years in 1972.
Slavey was abolished in 1865...your foster parent was 107 years old?
Wait, that would mean she was more like 117 years old, or older! Was this in the US?
@@flatblack39 She was 92 in 72. If were being honest about history slavery was abolished in 1865 but that doesn't
mean it was over. Some historians have found evidence that slavery really didn't end until 1963. Its a part of American
history that we just don't think about or even acknowledge sadly.
This is what wrong we are all human black white male female no one has thee right to deny your free will to choose
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Racism is alive today it's just not discussed
Well this is eye opening for many people. You should watch this #Pegasus - Thomas Sowell: Facts About Slavery Never Mentioned In School you will be surprised as many others were as he is not scared to tell the truth.
You have to remember that there was slavery all over the world, not just the United States.
If you use washcloths to shower then you need 4 cloths per shower. Face and neck. Upper body. Lower bodie and private parts. Hand can be washed between body parts.
I think it's only tribal people who go by amount of blood.
I would totally watch if you get your genealogy done.
Let's watch it shall we. Comments at the end.
Alex Haley has as much credibility as Wikipedia when it comes to facts.
Wiki is credible. For something serious follow the citations, which are vetted, peer reviewed etc.
While there could possibly be slaves in your ancestry… there is ALSO the possibility that there are black slave OWNERS in your ancestry. While not that common overall the fact remains that there were black slave owners in early America. I call it an inconvenient truth.
You need to check out Doug Stanhope's stuff.
I missed the word hate after what's wrong
BTW Alex Haley who wrote that book ADMITTED he made that story up!!!! never here this
The thing that people need to remember as well is that half the white people fought a war and died to end slavery in this country.
True, but let's not also forget that the people pressed in to fight on both sides were barely above slaves themselves. None of the rich fought in either side... they pressed the lower classes to fight for them. Most of the men that fought in the south were basically given a choice of fight or die. So, yeah. I get what you're saying, but let's keep it 100. And, on top of that... the Civil War was more than just the ending of slavery. it was glommed on politically by the North to push an agenda. Northerners also had slaves, and when they heard of the conditions the southern slaves, and slaves in general were having to go through... they worked to abolish slavery. The war kicked off because they Southern states already felt they weren't being represented equally, and now their main form of labor was being taken from them... so yeah, they went to war. Please don't over simplify the worst war on American soil. Almost a million Americans died on both sides, and most of them really had no idea what they were fighting for.
@ I think you need to consult not only Lincoln on this but the Quakers who were key to the Underground Railroad.
Bill is married to a black woman. He is hilarious. I don't like all of his comedy but it is just comedy. It's meant to entertain and get a laugh.
Check out Bill Burr broke another stereotype about Music and how Elvis stole? the black music - Why Bill Burr and His Wife Argue About Elvis | Netflix Is A Joke, This is a must see, with your wife!
It's always super amusing to me that some folks think it's so much more hygienic to be rubbing themselves with a damp rag that has already absorbed grime from their body, than to just massage the soap into their skin with their hands and rinse it off.
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I hate TikTokers who go to poor countries and buy out a street market for clicks and likes! To me, that is not altruism, it is capitalism. And they never show their own faces in the videos, but everyone knows who they are.
As a white girl whose American ancestors all lived in the North and even intermarried with Native Americans, I was raised believing we were always on the right side. So "Roots" didn't get me in a guilty way. I was like, "These are the people we fought against and won. Yay!". Then I found out 1000 ways Ohioans also mistreated non-whites. So there are levels even there. You can have one forebear who was a stop on the Underground Railroad, another who married into a Native American tribe and genuinely believed he was helping by "Americanizing" them, and another who employed black people at lower wages just because he could. And because white unions wouldn't let them in. Categorization of people is hard, and if we all just worked to help *everyone* around us, life would be better for us all.
Back before Burr became a LA sellout
You do know that a lot of the stuff in roots was not true right?
Roots was highly exaggerated and often made up, per the movie maker. Caused a lot of unnecessary hard feelings.
@@barbarabisson2551 You're clueless