He and I have spoke a bit through social media and he's legit in every way. I have his book, which he signed by the way. I retired from the Navy after 22 years and worked a lot with NSW. Whenever I came across a Black SEAL, EOD, SWCC or Diver, I gave them all mad props because I know that they had one extra obstacle to get over. When I became a full-time recruiter, I was part of team that worked on trying to diversify a lot of fields that were underrepresented by POC and women and he's absolutely right when it comes to access of information.
I don't know why people don't understand that in the inner city is not something that you see at all , I met my first real Navy SEAL , Army Ranger etc at the military school I graduated from , had never heard of either until I got there , I thought they were talking about park or forest rangers like i legit told one of my cadre " you mean like yogi the bear a park ranger " had no idea , they don't really allow combat arms recruiters especially USASOC , AFSOC ,NSW etc in predominantly Black schools in the inner city honestly .. we're not raised with the For God and Country mantra .. and that's where the disconnect starts
Honestly it must also have something to do with how many try, I mean, a handful of guys who are black out of 100-200+ total people who arrive Day 1 of BUD/s must be what you expect. Maybe people could try to reach out to some people from walks of life who would never consider the military otherwise but could have great passion in the calling.
It should always be about equal opportunity, guaranteeing equal outcome is a extreme danger that we should all be against. He didnt succeed because he was black, it was because of his drive, what people need to focus is on getting the idea of this line of work to more people.
@@unitedstatesofamerica9948 Why is it when when you heard this man talking about a lack of exposure in his community as well as a lack of relevant resources such as swimming pools etc... You thought you should comment that there should be no hand outs? This is one of the problems with race relations in America, you are listening and not hearing what the man said. He never mentioned anything about assuring graduation for POC. Your comment is fraught with racist ideas and you don't even see it. You think we need you to tell us it's about being driven, because obviously we are not as a people. You didn't stop and look in the comments of hundreds of people saying they never heard about different tier 1 units til later in life. You just assumed less if us are there because of drive. Even though the Navy has done the study and said that the failure rates the same regardless of race. This, the issue IS exposure. Higgins has mentioned the same, yet here you are with your racist assumptions. SMH.
Compared to the army you see more black men in army special forces compared to navy seals. I have seen more black green berets than seals and I think when you a person that looks you in that role you get more inspiration to be that.
My wife led a summer program promoting careers in medicine which is also under represented for minorities. Her and her team would go to high schools and speak to students that were interested in the medical field. Her biggest push back came from public schools with a large minority student base. The facility would do things like switch times at the last minute resulting in no kids showing up to her meeting, they would give her attitude if she pressed the issue on scheduling. One school admin even told her that quote, "no one in this school is going to be a doctor". It's an agenda! Apologies Mr Adeleke, didn't want to detract from your great story. Keep making history!!
Fresh Start them you don’t know the history of this country, you are a seriously ill informed person you don’t realize how much truth to what he’s saying.
I don't think you took away from his message. What I gather from this is actually part of his message. He is talking about the message is being cut off from our people. What your wife and her team has experienced is being cut off at the local source. As a whole we are cut off at state and federal, however his experiences are when the local structure are willing to assist us with overcoming the issue. What your wife and her team have done is identify local people who are part of the problem that need to be taken out of the school system.
It’s not always an agenda (I have no doubt that it is an agenda in places) a lot of times it’s because of incompetence and administrators/teachers literally hating their students. I experienced that hatred at the IPS system in Indianapolis. Kids would break every rule in the book and when the school tried to hold them accountable or even just teach them a lesson the parents 9 times out of 10 would come in threatening either physical harm or a lawsuit. As a result the administration grew to despise the kids and it’d last until that administration would leave. It was a vicious cycle because the same thing would inevitably happen to the next admin. The city tried pouring massive amounts of money in and even reshuffled each school’s territory and nothing worked. Finally about 10yrs ago they completely redesigned the system and made one “traditional” high school and the rest were turned into satellite schools where students could choose to go to learn a trade. So far it has worked pretty well but a lot of inner city kids are being robbed of a good education and are being churned out to do blue collar jobs with little to no chance of success. I should point out before this change the school’s were graduating about 20% of each class and now they’re graduating 3 times that.
His father was a true visionary, the Late Chief Adebayo Adeleke, a University of London trained Civil Engineer (MICE), and CEO of City Property Development Ltd was responsible for designing some of the most expensive and productive real estate across Lagos a city of 20 million inhabitants - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Banana_Island,_Lagos
He is well spoken and speaks the truth. I grew up in the Bronx i saw actually what he is talking about. The problem is black people in the country live in a lie.
What I admire most about him is his upbeat positive personality. The fact that he approaches his struggles his life with a true smile on his face and optimism.
He is totally correct the Bronx has the least amount of pools of all the boroughs in the city. As far as the ymca its only one in the whole borough, while the borough with the least amount of people in Staten Island predominantly white has about five YMCAS. The other boroughs in NYC all have about four YMCAs each to teach swimming.
He has full interviews on Cleared Hot and on Mike Ritland’s podcast. The Brother didn’t even know how to swim when he first went to selection for the SEALS. His story is certainly worth more than an 8 min clip, especially on a so called Black platform.
My friend had me look at this video as his son is about to go into the Navy to hopefully become a SEAL.I have talk with his son on many occasions about Spec Ops and and SMU Tier 1 units. To be clear I was never a Tier 1 operator, but rather a tier 2 which is what SEALS are as well. I have to agree with all that he has said in this video in regards to POC. I had to do recruiting shortly after I go through with OCS. I was in DC which has a large urban communities. It was very hard to see how much urban city youth we at a disadvantaged both academically and resource wise. More specifically that of Black and Latino. I even faced that same type of ignorance with my own family. They had no idea what a Army Ranger was and to them the Ranger battalion and the National Guard was one in the same. It was not that their understand or knowledge was a prerequisite to my choice. Rather, I saw the difference between my family and that of white families when they would come to visit. I met a few Ranger mothers that could recite the Ranger Creed..lol So we have to do a better job making sure that we educate those in urban communities about the different paths in the military and more importantly the small community of SOF.
OMG, where do you get your information from. And an officer doesnt do recruiting duty. You are lying your ass off. And you grammar sucks. And tier 2, Navy Seal? Please, STFU!
If the script for “Coming to America 2” needs to be rewritten with some flash and shit blowing up Michael Bay style, I think his story will fit that script perfectly. The US Navy can even sponsor the movie, will definitely drive interest of inner city black youth in the US Military and Spec Ops life in general. Same way “Delta Force” of Chuck Norris did back in the 80s for lots of white kids.
He is right . when i went in back in 76 my recruiter made no mention about the seals the only thing i heard about was the joy of being in deck division all ex sailors no what deck division is.
This guy caught my attention on another video about Navy Seals (he didn’t look like the kinda guy that would be a SEAL but I don’t know if it’s because he is black or that he explains everything in a way that I could understand him more than I would if it was someone else).......he is a strong character with a diverse background especially coming from Africa and living in the Bronx! I tip my hat to him for even graduating as a SEAL and as a intelligence officer after being a Drug dealer and Hustler in his early years 👍🏾💯💯💯✌🏾
Much respect to this Man and his journey. Thank u bro Access and information is key as he said. And I find that if the black community doesnt make it cool to do or be part of, then the mass black youth wont be interested. I'm also in a 1% community that I had no idea of as a youth and I had to work my butt off and earn it to get here.
The US Military is completely voluntary as is the Navy Seals. There may be a diversity problem in there but at the end of the day you can try your best to recruit and try to get more diversity in the ranks but at the end of the day it’s pretty simple. If you don’t volunteer and can’t pass the the programs the problem will never be solved. Much respect to Remi and all other minorities service members out there that have protected this country and still are active protecting us.
I was being pressured by mentors because I am a very good swimmer. My belief system which I no longer have. Was a reason I went in the military to get out of the country ass city I was living in. I did become very patriotic towards my country and I love the brotherhood that the brothers have that I came across and we had our own little thing going on
The powers that be doesn’t want a black man who is a successful Navy SEAL to come into inner city schools and speak because that would inspire black and brown children to want to do the same‼️🤔
Remi Adeleke is not an anomaly in the SEAL Teams. He was good but he is just another teamguy, and many of those guys come from rough upbringings. Tens of thousands of warriors across the service branches deserve to have their stories told, but true warriors fight for other people, not for recognition.
@@unitedstatesofamerica9948 His life & family story as a whole is definitely an anomaly! They should make a movie about Sgt. Edward A. Carter & the 761st Tank Battalion too! African American soldiers should be glamorized more from lack of recognition in the American armed forces for centuries! I’m not saying that they shouldn’t make great movies like Lone survivor or American Sniper! I’m just saying that his story would make a great film! American/Nigerian, multi millionaire family, lost wealth, growing up in the Bronx to joining the most elite fighting force on the planet & going overseas!
Is there a way for me to correspond with this Man? I’m a musician, ex record exec., (RCA/BMG) and budding Sci-fi writer with no idea of how to connect with Black Hollywood. I grew up on Webster Ave. in the Bronx; Clairemont projects!
And also most minorities don’t see any honor in serving this country, personally as a black man i love the usa and opportunities its given me, but would i lay my life down for this country hell no! Why? Cos the country can’t give me my basic respect because of my color
Good dont bitch about respect when you yourself said you wont die for the country because we would and have it's our nation you're just guests and theres nothing wrong with that but you have to acknowledge that.
this is not only a seals diversity issue in the navy of having african - american special forces operators but its just as bad in a Army Ranger Battalion, Army Special Forces Units and SOCOM in general. They really do try to limit the amount of minorities trying to enter the Special Ops Community.
@@johnnieboy66 this is the most elite training a person can get. it could be some underlying behind the scenes intentional reason to keep certain ethnic groups out. Navy seals, green berets, army rangers, delta, devgru and so forth will not stay military forever. No real reason today versus a very racist america in the 50s and 60s. eventho the military was desegrated in the 40s, there were always racist leadership that limited minorities from certain jobs. Infantry. diver, special forces operators. artillery. and most combat jobs were consider prestiges in those days. there were not as many jobs and technical skills like there are today. Minoroties were only cooks, mechanics, supply, and so forth then. this grew less and less over the 50s 60s and 70s but very minorities still till this days in those elite units. most minorities do not even apply to elite unis and the ones that do have a 80 percent failure rate. Not to make this a complete racial diversity issue but think of it like a major corporation with CEOS and high ranking positions, if a company has 2000 employees, you might have 10 to 20 minorities in very few key select positions but most will be an low token employee or the janitor.
Limit minorities? bullshit and you don’t know what you’re talking about. They spend millions on trying to recruit minorities, we have minority recruiters that go around specifically to recruit minorities. There’s a lot of reasons why blacks are underrepresented. One reason according to the NSW recruiters is that the sickle cell trait is much higher in African Americans than in other races. Why is this a big deal, because you automatically fail your physical because you cant dive ( go under pressure) or go to altitude to conduct free fall operations. That’s a big one. Another one, most brothers can’t swim! Look at Remi he couldn’t swim but manned up and made it. It was a pleasure being in the same platoon with him.
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It’s bc of the world we live in now, the American Dream doesn’t as much matter. Put in to perspective, teachers say your life is only to grow up get out of school and go to college and get a job and make money, that is the American dream they say. They tell you, you can’t accomplish that bc how you going make money, how you going start. Your dreams are your power. If you walk into an inner city school and ask which students are going to be a doctor, a navy seal, and successfull millionaire in their 40’s you will get an answer of none. the truth is the teachers don’t really care and if kids were always following their dreams the big corporations wouldn’t have as much if kids were following their goals in life and starting small businesses and going the extra mile and making a difference, keep the communities from that information, and make promises to give them better jobs and better life and healthcare but yet keep them poor and break their promises. America in its mind is broke, and information is key to making people’s lives better. Remi is a good man, his story is one of the great ones where he’s worked hard and now all the hard work is giving him a better life. It’s not weeks or months or even a year, it takes 10, 20, maybe 30 years for everything to fall into place but it will. That’s where are school systems stink they don’t teach us the life lessons. Remi keep doing what your doing abd get your message out there.
“We need more brothers on the teams, but you guys can’t swim “ was the slogan yet Chief Rich Evans and Chief Gelinas begged me to run the chit because they said I was ready. Hell, I could swim but just had issues with the side stroke and I could shoot and run. I was slated to go after SERE but my mom said I’d be killed and she would die soon after. Being I was her only son I said I could be killed now but she said no she saw it in a vision. I spent six years in one of Atlantas worst projects after my mom lost her corporate job. It transformed me and desensitized me to death so mentally I was hard. Those early years after 911 was hard on the guys with helo crashes and compromised missions so I have survivors guilt because I knew many of those guys who were killed. These days I have no regrets that I didn’t go thru BUDs just based off of how I’ve seen black men and women get treated in the Navy. From biased evals to going to Captains Mast over the littlest shit. I figure why give this country 110% of my effort and my life just to get profiled by the police ? This guy has to basically walk around with a trident 🔱 on his chest everywhere just to get his proper respect and it shouldn’t have to be like that .its like being a black police officer. Except for proving how badass u are to yourself how does it benefit a black man when it takes an element of patriotism just to deal with NSW community. Truth be told Hollywood makes SEALs these warriors , but how do you take a snotty nose kid from Dakota and in less than a year turn him into a killer? U can’t. It all seems fake in hindsight and young black men see that. Ask a gang member from Chicago if he wants to be a SEAL? Black folks have their own war.
These days everyone has access to endless information in their pocket so lack of information can’t be an excuse anymore. If these inner city kids would just pause the rap music videos and love & hip hop and search for ways to better themselves maybe they will get there!
This is beyond the most stereotypical, misleading & misinformed comment I've read. If school systems can't provide books, how can a starving, teenage child in the inner city have access to an expensive phone or laptop ?? Oh wait...you're only speaking from your privileged point of view, i digress.
Your comment sounds as ignorant as stopping schooling and letting students educate themselves? What are educators paid to do? Where were you educated? Mexico or some damned joke of a place?
You did hear the part where he said he listens to hip hop/rap right? A person choice in music is not a prerequisite for being able to make the selection into any Spec Ops or SMU units. Better yet, I know plenty of guys in the Spec OP community ( my self included) that listen to Rap. You are just as uninformed as the people he spoke of. The only difference is you are wilfully stupid.
@@onlytruth254 hard work cures all unfortunately black people dont want to work in a warehouse they want to be rappers or nothing that's why reparations are all you talk about hoping that's a easy way to get out of work.
On his comments about pools. It’s the same problem everywhere. Public School union ( which make no sense ) divert all tax dollars into their sham super expensive insurance and early guaranteed retirements . The purpose of tax dollars Is social service for the payer. Not life guarantees for gov employees. That’s where all music programs , parks, pools etc have gone. Unions prioritize their demands first. Which is totally backwards.
There's no Affirmative Action Program to get in any Elite Units, like the Navy SEALs, Army Special Forces, Marine Force Recon and Raiders, Air Force Para Rescue, and Army Rangers! Their standards are high and they don't lower them for anyone! That ensures that only the very best will make it through the training! If someone is not willing to step out of their comfort zone and meet those standards, there's plenty of other jobs in the military!
Not being able to access your own school in the hood, yeah, it makes sense why the faculty there denied this man access, its because in the inner city, the schools and everything else is run by liberals, and giving a talk to children in liberal territory" when your a SEAL, is a bolsheviks worst nightmare, I mean they don't want to see black, poor kids getting inspired by a Navy Vet who happens to be black. These same schools don't mind having a transvestite who was born a man, but has his whole body looking like a woman coming in and indoctrinating our children.
The only reason why there is a Diversity Problem with the seals is because most black people can't swim. I don't know many black people that can swim let alone do a 2-3 mile ocean swim. Which is standard practice in BUDS.
Corey Bruce That title, “SEAL diversity.” In a combat-oriented unit, diversity shouldn’t be the focus, what should be the focus is anyone who can handle the workload in that environment no matter their gender or race
@@Justin_GFM Hes talking about bringing these opportunities to others minds, people who probably didn't know or could imagine themselves in the military.
Good Guy, but I have some news for you. It isn't about "withholding information" or lack of "billboards". I grew up in an all white town, and was just as in the dark about opportunities as you were. We didn't decide to be in a all white town, the Roosevelt Administration made that call. We've got to stop seeing everything through the prism of race. And god bless you for overcoming everything you did. No need to make excuses for anyone else.
but he isn't wrong that there aren't as many recruiters, for example, going to the poorer area. I don't think he was talking about racism on that font. It just so happens to be that black people are in the majority in urban areas which is a fact. Maybe then we can argue why is that but that goes into speculation which is why I like how he explained. for once it wasn't a racial attack.
BS, Seals don't advertise. Other then movies or being in the Navy, that community doesn't advertise. The swimming is the biggest reason. Also in African American communities the military isn't cool and being raised without a father and legacy, military legacy is why men want to be a sailor. I'm a US Navy Corpsman, I experienced the military and none of the black guys I knew in the Navy thought danger was dumb, didn't want the high danger job. It was education they were getting by joining.
Most "Africans" I have met are hard working and generally grateful for the freedoms they have here. Most also hate the lazy entitlement/victim entitlement of native born blacks.
Africans should be thankful to BLACK AMERICANS because without the "lazy" black Americans who BUILT this country and fought to get them here, they wouldn't be able to come here and enjoy it.
He didn't touch on one of the major factors so few black recruits pass selection (white dudes to sometimes but far less), being negative buoyant! Major water qualifications and combat diving + negative buoyant = it is what it is, you will sink like a rock! It can be done (obviously) but its one hell of an obstacle that is genetic. "I blame the education system" is a bit simplified and forgetting the most important factor, the home! You know the place where parents parent, guide, inform, and educate their kids yet instead we have fatherless homes and mothers/grandparents looking to the state to educate their kids. How's that working out? Don't worry, I'll wait...... It's a topic that can never be covered in a 9m RUclips video so it is what it is.
Thank you. I served with many great black Marines. But they all sank right to the bottom when we would train in water. And it wasnt from the lack of trying, but they all just sank. I floated...
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He and I have spoke a bit through social media and he's legit in every way. I have his book, which he signed by the way. I retired from the Navy after 22 years and worked a lot with NSW. Whenever I came across a Black SEAL, EOD, SWCC or Diver, I gave them all mad props because I know that they had one extra obstacle to get over. When I became a full-time recruiter, I was part of team that worked on trying to diversify a lot of fields that were underrepresented by POC and women and he's absolutely right when it comes to access of information.
I don't know why people don't understand that in the inner city is not something that you see at all , I met my first real Navy SEAL , Army Ranger etc at the military school I graduated from , had never heard of either until I got there , I thought they were talking about park or forest rangers like i legit told one of my cadre " you mean like yogi the bear a park ranger " had no idea , they don't really allow combat arms recruiters especially USASOC , AFSOC ,NSW etc in predominantly Black schools in the inner city honestly .. we're not raised with the For God and Country mantra .. and that's where the disconnect starts
Honestly it must also have something to do with how many try, I mean, a handful of guys who are black out of 100-200+ total people who arrive Day 1 of BUD/s must be what you expect. Maybe people could try to reach out to some people from walks of life who would never consider the military otherwise but could have great passion in the calling.
It should always be about equal opportunity, guaranteeing equal outcome is a extreme danger that we should all be against. He didnt succeed because he was black, it was because of his drive, what people need to focus is on getting the idea of this line of work to more people.
@@unitedstatesofamerica9948 Why is it when when you heard this man talking about a lack of exposure in his community as well as a lack of relevant resources such as swimming pools etc... You thought you should comment that there should be no hand outs? This is one of the problems with race relations in America, you are listening and not hearing what the man said. He never mentioned anything about assuring graduation for POC. Your comment is fraught with racist ideas and you don't even see it. You think we need you to tell us it's about being driven, because obviously we are not as a people. You didn't stop and look in the comments of hundreds of people saying they never heard about different tier 1 units til later in life. You just assumed less if us are there because of drive. Even though the Navy has done the study and said that the failure rates the same regardless of race. This, the issue IS exposure. Higgins has mentioned the same, yet here you are with your racist assumptions. SMH.
@@kevinzhang3313 How can one try something when one does not know that something exists?
The important part of his talk was access to information
Compared to the army you see more black men in army special forces compared to navy seals. I have seen more black green berets than seals and I think when you a person that looks you in that role you get more inspiration to be that.
Depends on the AOR ( Area of Responsibility)
There's also thousands more green berets than seals.
The army has more black men period
@@duaneacarterii Both of my first line ncos were black and both of the platoons sergeants were black
Not joking. Black man myself -> Don't need to be an excellent swimmer to join the Army. We black people are negative buoyant, so yeah.
My wife led a summer program promoting careers in medicine which is also under represented for minorities. Her and her team would go to high schools and speak to students that were interested in the medical field. Her biggest push back came from public schools with a large minority student base. The facility would do things like switch times at the last minute resulting in no kids showing up to her meeting, they would give her attitude if she pressed the issue on scheduling. One school admin even told her that quote, "no one in this school is going to be a doctor". It's an agenda!
Apologies Mr Adeleke, didn't want to detract from your great story. Keep making history!!
Fresh Start them you don’t know the history of this country, you are a seriously ill informed person you don’t realize how much truth to what he’s saying.
I don't think you took away from his message. What I gather from this is actually part of his message. He is talking about the message is being cut off from our people. What your wife and her team has experienced is being cut off at the local source. As a whole we are cut off at state and federal, however his experiences are when the local structure are willing to assist us with overcoming the issue. What your wife and her team have done is identify local people who are part of the problem that need to be taken out of the school system.
It’s not always an agenda (I have no doubt that it is an agenda in places) a lot of times it’s because of incompetence and administrators/teachers literally hating their students. I experienced that hatred at the IPS system in Indianapolis. Kids would break every rule in the book and when the school tried to hold them accountable or even just teach them a lesson the parents 9 times out of 10 would come in threatening either physical harm or a lawsuit. As a result the administration grew to despise the kids and it’d last until that administration would leave. It was a vicious cycle because the same thing would inevitably happen to the next admin. The city tried pouring massive amounts of money in and even reshuffled each school’s territory and nothing worked. Finally about 10yrs ago they completely redesigned the system and made one “traditional” high school and the rest were turned into satellite schools where students could choose to go to learn a trade. So far it has worked pretty well but a lot of inner city kids are being robbed of a good education and are being churned out to do blue collar jobs with little to no chance of success. I should point out before this change the school’s were graduating about 20% of each class and now they’re graduating 3 times that.
His father was a true visionary, the Late Chief Adebayo Adeleke, a University of London trained Civil Engineer (MICE), and CEO of City Property Development Ltd was responsible for designing some of the most expensive and productive real estate across Lagos a city of 20 million inhabitants - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Banana_Island,_Lagos
He came.from a royal family right?
@@manopu2113 He's pretty much like a real-life T'Challa/Black Panther(from Marvel's Black Panther) and Prince Akeem(from Coming To America)!
@@manopu2113 Yes
He is well spoken and speaks the truth. I grew up in the Bronx i saw actually what he is talking about. The problem is black people in the country live in a lie.
What I admire most about him is his upbeat positive personality. The fact that he approaches his struggles his life with a true smile on his face and optimism.
He is totally correct the Bronx has the least amount of pools of all the boroughs in the city. As far as the ymca its only one in the whole borough, while the borough with the least amount of people in Staten Island predominantly white has about five YMCAS. The other boroughs in NYC all have about four YMCAs each to teach swimming.
I just started his memoir last night. He has an amazing story.
He has full interviews on Cleared Hot and on Mike Ritland’s podcast. The Brother didn’t even know how to swim when he first went to selection for the SEALS. His story is certainly worth more than an 8 min clip, especially on a so called Black platform.
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My friend had me look at this video as his son is about to go into the Navy to hopefully become a SEAL.I have talk with his son on many occasions about Spec Ops and and SMU Tier 1 units. To be clear I was never a Tier 1 operator, but rather a tier 2 which is what SEALS are as well.
I have to agree with all that he has said in this video in regards to POC. I had to do recruiting shortly after I go through with OCS. I was in DC which has a large urban communities. It was very hard to see how much urban city youth we at a disadvantaged both academically and resource wise. More specifically that of Black and Latino.
I even faced that same type of ignorance with my own family. They had no idea what a Army Ranger was and to them the Ranger battalion and the National Guard was one in the same. It was not that their understand or knowledge was a prerequisite to my choice. Rather, I saw the difference between my family and that of white families when they would come to visit. I met a few Ranger mothers that could recite the Ranger Creed..lol
So we have to do a better job making sure that we educate those in urban communities about the different paths in the military and more importantly the small community of SOF.
OMG, where do you get your information from. And an officer doesnt do recruiting duty. You are lying your ass off. And you grammar sucks. And tier 2, Navy Seal? Please, STFU!
If the script for “Coming to America 2” needs to be rewritten with some flash and shit blowing up Michael Bay style, I think his story will fit that script perfectly.
The US Navy can even sponsor the movie, will definitely drive interest of inner city black youth in the US Military and Spec Ops life in general. Same way “Delta Force” of Chuck Norris did back in the 80s for lots of white kids.
He is right . when i went in back in 76 my recruiter made no mention about the seals the only thing i heard about was the joy of being in deck division all ex sailors no what deck division is.
This guy caught my attention on another video about Navy Seals (he didn’t look like the kinda guy that would be a SEAL but I don’t know if it’s because he is black or that he explains everything in a way that I could understand him more than I would if it was someone else).......he is a strong character with a diverse background especially coming from Africa and living in the Bronx! I tip my hat to him for even graduating as a SEAL and as a intelligence officer after being a Drug dealer and Hustler in his early years 👍🏾💯💯💯✌🏾
Do you believe that all Black people are not articulate in their speech, rich in history???-
Much respect to this Man and his journey. Thank u bro
Access and information is key as he said. And I find that if the black community doesnt make it cool to do or be part of, then the mass black youth wont be interested.
I'm also in a 1% community that I had no idea of as a youth and I had to work my butt off and earn it to get here.
The US Military is completely voluntary as is the Navy Seals. There may be a diversity problem in there but at the end of the day you can try your best to recruit and try to get more diversity in the ranks but at the end of the day it’s pretty simple. If you don’t volunteer and can’t pass the the programs the problem will never be solved. Much respect to Remi and all other minorities service members out there that have protected this country and still are active protecting us.
I was being pressured by mentors because I am a very good swimmer. My belief system which I no longer have. Was a reason I went in the military to get out of the country ass city I was living in. I did become very patriotic towards my country and I love the brotherhood that the brothers have that I came across and we had our own little thing going on
The powers that be doesn’t want a black man who is a successful Navy SEAL to come into inner city schools and speak because that would inspire black and brown children to want to do the same‼️🤔
The Black Batman!🦹🏿♂️why isn't there a movie about this man's life?
Remi Adeleke is not an anomaly in the SEAL Teams. He was good but he is just another teamguy, and many of those guys come from rough upbringings. Tens of thousands of warriors across the service branches deserve to have their stories told, but true warriors fight for other people, not for recognition.
@@unitedstatesofamerica9948 His life & family story as a whole is definitely an anomaly! They should make a movie about Sgt. Edward A. Carter & the 761st Tank Battalion too! African American soldiers should be glamorized more from lack of recognition in the American armed forces for centuries!
I’m not saying that they shouldn’t make great movies like Lone survivor or American Sniper! I’m just saying that his story would make a great film! American/Nigerian, multi millionaire family, lost wealth, growing up in the Bronx to joining the most elite fighting force on the planet & going overseas!
Amazing book. I’m reading it now. I’m at the part with SEALS He’ll week. Wow. This guy is legit.
TRUE AMERICAN HERO🇺🇸
Is there a way for me to correspond with this Man? I’m a musician, ex record exec., (RCA/BMG) and budding Sci-fi writer with no idea of how to connect with Black Hollywood. I grew up on Webster Ave. in the Bronx; Clairemont projects!
Great message! 👍
And also most minorities don’t see any honor in serving this country, personally as a black man i love the usa and opportunities its given me, but would i lay my life down for this country hell no! Why? Cos the country can’t give me my basic respect because of my color
People get mad when you point that out.
@@kevingomez-johnson140 The ones who get mad are the ones who led this great country to be divided.
Good dont bitch about respect when you yourself said you wont die for the country because we would and have it's our nation you're just guests and theres nothing wrong with that but you have to acknowledge that.
@@ronaldgunthrop7449 the ones who divide it are the liberal left and any idiot who believes their lies
@@bruderschweigen6889 your nation? You and who? Lol you funny boy you don’t own shit just like everybody else on this land(natives exempt)
this is not only a seals diversity issue in the navy of having african - american special forces operators but its just as bad in a Army Ranger Battalion, Army Special Forces Units and SOCOM in general. They really do try to limit the amount of minorities trying to enter the Special Ops Community.
That's interesting to know. Why do you think they try to limit it?
@@johnnieboy66 this is the most elite training a person can get. it could be some underlying behind the scenes intentional reason to keep certain ethnic groups out. Navy seals, green berets, army rangers, delta, devgru and so forth will not stay military forever. No real reason today versus a very racist america in the 50s and 60s. eventho the military was desegrated in the 40s, there were always racist leadership that limited minorities from certain jobs. Infantry. diver, special forces operators. artillery. and most combat jobs were consider prestiges in those days. there were not as many jobs and technical skills like there are today. Minoroties were only cooks, mechanics, supply, and so forth then. this grew less and less over the 50s 60s and 70s but very minorities still till this days in those elite units. most minorities do not even apply to elite unis and the ones that do have a 80 percent failure rate. Not to make this a complete racial diversity issue but think of it like a major corporation with CEOS and high ranking positions, if a company has 2000 employees, you might have 10 to 20 minorities in very few key select positions but most will be an low token employee or the janitor.
Limit minorities? bullshit and you don’t know what you’re talking about. They spend millions on trying to recruit minorities, we have minority recruiters that go around specifically to recruit minorities.
There’s a lot of reasons why blacks are underrepresented. One reason according to the NSW recruiters is that the sickle cell trait is much higher in African Americans than in other races. Why is this a big deal, because you automatically fail your physical because you cant dive ( go under pressure) or go to altitude to conduct free fall operations. That’s a big one. Another one, most brothers can’t swim! Look at Remi he couldn’t swim but manned up and made it.
It was a pleasure being in the same platoon with him.
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u sure?
Nigeria always wants to claim but won't support you on the come up totally shameful mentality
It’s bc of the world we live in now, the American Dream doesn’t as much matter. Put in to perspective, teachers say your life is only to grow up get out of school and go to college and get a job and make money, that is the American dream they say. They tell you, you can’t accomplish that bc how you going make money, how you going start. Your dreams are your power. If you walk into an inner city school and ask which students are going to be a doctor, a navy seal, and successfull millionaire in their 40’s you will get an answer of none. the truth is the teachers don’t really care and if kids were always following their dreams the big corporations wouldn’t have as much if kids were following their goals in life and starting small businesses and going the extra mile and making a difference, keep the communities from that information, and make promises to give them better jobs and better life and healthcare but yet keep them poor and break their promises. America in its mind is broke, and information is key to making people’s lives better. Remi is a good man, his story is one of the great ones where he’s worked hard and now all the hard work is giving him a better life. It’s not weeks or months or even a year, it takes 10, 20, maybe 30 years for everything to fall into place but it will. That’s where are school systems stink they don’t teach us the life lessons. Remi keep doing what your doing abd get your message out there.
“We need more brothers on the teams, but you guys can’t swim “ was the slogan yet Chief Rich Evans and Chief Gelinas begged me to run the chit because they said I was ready. Hell, I could swim but just had issues with the side stroke and I could shoot and run. I was slated to go after SERE but my mom said I’d be killed and she would die soon after. Being I was her only son I said I could be killed now but she said no she saw it in a vision. I spent six years in one of Atlantas worst projects after my mom lost her corporate job. It transformed me and desensitized me to death so mentally I was hard. Those early years after 911 was hard on the guys with helo crashes and compromised missions so I have survivors guilt because I knew many of those guys who were killed. These days I have no regrets that I didn’t go thru BUDs just based off of how I’ve seen black men and women get treated in the Navy. From biased evals to going to Captains Mast over the littlest shit. I figure why give this country 110% of my effort and my life just to get profiled by the police ? This guy has to basically walk around with a trident 🔱 on his chest everywhere just to get his proper respect and it shouldn’t have to be like that .its like being a black police officer. Except for proving how badass u are to yourself how does it benefit a black man when it takes an element of patriotism just to deal with NSW community. Truth be told Hollywood makes SEALs these warriors , but how do you take a snotty nose kid from Dakota and in less than a year turn him into a killer? U can’t. It all seems fake in hindsight and young black men see that. Ask a gang member from Chicago if he wants to be a SEAL? Black folks have their own war.
Yea a war mostly with theirselves.
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Good mOvie to make for black people
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Could definitely use some more diversity in the SF community. It seems like it would be really good when working and training with peer nations
Nigerian government and the mess they have created
They really dont want blacks with that level of training
So, you should just stay away? Wow. Give up before trying.
These days everyone has access to endless information in their pocket so lack of information can’t be an excuse anymore. If these inner city kids would just pause the rap music videos and love & hip hop and search for ways to better themselves maybe they will get there!
This is beyond the most stereotypical, misleading & misinformed comment I've read. If school systems can't provide books, how can a starving, teenage child in the inner city have access to an expensive phone or laptop ?? Oh wait...you're only speaking from your privileged point of view, i digress.
Your comment sounds as ignorant as stopping schooling and letting students educate themselves? What are educators paid to do? Where were you educated? Mexico or some damned joke of a place?
You did hear the part where he said he listens to hip hop/rap right? A person choice in music is not a prerequisite for being able to make the selection into any Spec Ops or SMU units. Better yet, I know plenty of guys in the Spec OP community ( my self included) that listen to Rap.
You are just as uninformed as the people he spoke of. The only difference is you are wilfully stupid.
@@onlytruth254 dude phones cost about 30 dollars at walmart that's a one day shift at McDonald's lol
@@onlytruth254 hard work cures all unfortunately black people dont want to work in a warehouse they want to be rappers or nothing that's why reparations are all you talk about hoping that's a easy way to get out of work.
On his comments about pools. It’s the same problem everywhere. Public
School union ( which make no sense ) divert all tax dollars into their sham super expensive insurance and early guaranteed retirements . The purpose of tax dollars Is social service for the payer. Not life guarantees for gov employees. That’s where all music programs , parks, pools etc have gone. Unions prioritize their demands first. Which is totally backwards.
Dude sound like MC Eiht!
Who cares what race the Seals are. As long as they go through the training and are the best.
There's no Affirmative Action Program to get in any Elite Units, like the Navy SEALs, Army Special Forces, Marine Force Recon and Raiders, Air Force Para Rescue, and Army Rangers! Their standards are high and they don't lower them for anyone! That ensures that only the very best will make it through the training! If someone is not willing to step out of their comfort zone and meet those standards, there's plenty of other jobs in the military!
I am not understanding what you are trying to say with your comments. What does affirmative action have to do with what he is talking about?
He was throwing shade
He was the one mentioning AA
Next thing you gonna tell me he gon take up skiing 😂
Not being able to access your own school in the hood, yeah, it makes sense why the faculty there denied this man access, its because in the inner city, the schools and everything else is run by liberals, and giving a talk to children in liberal territory" when your a SEAL, is a bolsheviks worst nightmare, I mean they don't want to see black, poor kids getting inspired by a Navy Vet who happens to be black. These same schools don't mind having a transvestite who was born a man, but has his whole body looking like a woman coming in and indoctrinating our children.
The only reason why there is a Diversity Problem with the seals is because most black people can't swim. I don't know many black people that can swim let alone do a 2-3 mile ocean swim. Which is standard practice in BUDS.
LOL...SEAL diversity problem...Good Lord what a joke...
What's the joke?
Corey Bruce That title, “SEAL diversity.” In a combat-oriented unit, diversity shouldn’t be the focus, what should be the focus is anyone who can handle the workload in that environment no matter their gender or race
@@Justin_GFM no matter their race, women are not allowed in the navy seals
@@Justin_GFM Hes talking about bringing these opportunities to others minds, people who probably didn't know or could imagine themselves in the military.
@@theawesomeduo54 Exactly.I think that the person missed the point Remi was making.
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Good Guy, but I have some news for you. It isn't about "withholding information" or lack of "billboards". I grew up in an all white town, and was just as in the dark about opportunities as you were. We didn't decide to be in a all white town, the Roosevelt Administration made that call. We've got to stop seeing everything through the prism of race. And god bless you for overcoming everything you did. No need to make excuses for anyone else.
but he isn't wrong that there aren't as many recruiters, for example, going to the poorer area. I don't think he was talking about racism on that font. It just so happens to be that black people are in the majority in urban areas which is a fact. Maybe then we can argue why is that but that goes into speculation which is why I like how he explained. for once it wasn't a racial attack.
@@lydiawapshaka3010 WRONG! Recruiters are all over poor areas. Where the hell did you hear this?
@@TheQuietTusky Join 95% of the country.
4 Generations African "American" warriors
It's all volunteer has nothing to do with diversity, if you want to do it you will.
BS, Seals don't advertise. Other then movies or being in the Navy, that community doesn't advertise. The swimming is the biggest reason. Also in African American communities the military isn't cool and being raised without a father and legacy, military legacy is why men want to be a sailor. I'm a US Navy Corpsman, I experienced the military and none of the black guys I knew in the Navy thought danger was dumb, didn't want the high danger job. It was education they were getting by joining.
They were smart, focused on a future. Seals do speak on their skill a lot. Green berets are the humble ones.
Most "Africans" I have met are hard working and generally grateful for the freedoms they have here. Most also hate the lazy entitlement/victim entitlement of native born blacks.
Africans should be thankful to BLACK AMERICANS because without the "lazy" black Americans who BUILT this country and fought to get them here, they wouldn't be able to come here and enjoy it.
@@lamartruth6601 Lol, keep telling yourself that.
@@bthorn5035 LOL, you do the same.
@@lamartruth6601 Speak for yourself, please. Care to list your service to the country and for humanity?
@@kevinzhang3313 My Black Americans BLOOD is the only credentials I need.
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He didn't touch on one of the major factors so few black recruits pass selection (white dudes to sometimes but far less), being negative buoyant! Major water qualifications and combat diving + negative buoyant = it is what it is, you will sink like a rock! It can be done (obviously) but its one hell of an obstacle that is genetic. "I blame the education system" is a bit simplified and forgetting the most important factor, the home! You know the place where parents parent, guide, inform, and educate their kids yet instead we have fatherless homes and mothers/grandparents looking to the state to educate their kids. How's that working out? Don't worry, I'll wait......
It's a topic that can never be covered in a 9m RUclips video so it is what it is.
Thank you. I served with many great black Marines. But they all sank right to the bottom when we would train in water. And it wasnt from the lack of trying, but they all just sank. I floated...
Thank God he didn't go the Racist route on the diversity question.
"Forced" diversity is NOT a strength; I hope to god they don't try it in the teams. Selection should be based on qualifications not identity politics.
Lost me at “diversity”. If your afraid of the water you cant play, nothing to do with race
SEALS dont have a problem, african culture and mentality has the problem
They can't swim though 🤣🤣🤣
It's black american