This started off well but I got turned off when Gabor and his interviewer started talking about intergenerational trauma with specific reference to black Americans and Palestinians, as if other peoples'ancestors had no trauma. I suggest both of you take a history lesson and read about all the wars and famines that have affected (and continue to affect - when one thinks of the war in Ukraine) Europe and other parts of the world before resorting to this sort of highly political, ideological identity politics. I'm Irish and my ancestors went through a famine back in the mid-19th century. Not only do I genuinely not believe that this has any impact on Irish people nowadays, it's interesting how slavery of Blacks in the US ended around the same time, and yet American Blacks continue to use this as an excuse for their high crime rate and relatively low economic success (compared to Whites and Asians) in the US. As for poor health among black Americans, maybe this is down to lifestyle? Diet and so on? To suggest that black children in the US are in poorer health than others because of racism is absurd. Racism from where exactly? Don't most black Americans live in neighbourhoods where they make up the majority of the population? Like I said, this video started off well but I got turned off very quickly!
This talk between the two of you both, touched my heart. Deeply.
Super grateful for this!
This started off well but I got turned off when Gabor and his interviewer started talking about intergenerational trauma with specific reference to black Americans and Palestinians, as if other peoples'ancestors had no trauma. I suggest both of you take a history lesson and read about all the wars and famines that have affected (and continue to affect - when one thinks of the war in Ukraine) Europe and other parts of the world before resorting to this sort of highly political, ideological identity politics. I'm Irish and my ancestors went through a famine back in the mid-19th century. Not only do I genuinely not believe that this has any impact on Irish people nowadays, it's interesting how slavery of Blacks in the US ended around the same time, and yet American Blacks continue to use this as an excuse for their high crime rate and relatively low economic success (compared to Whites and Asians) in the US. As for poor health among black Americans, maybe this is down to lifestyle? Diet and so on? To suggest that black children in the US are in poorer health than others because of racism is absurd. Racism from where exactly? Don't most black Americans live in neighbourhoods where they make up the majority of the population? Like I said, this video started off well but I got turned off very quickly!
If you fail to see how racism still has an effect on black Americans, particularly... then you are part of the problem.