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When we went to visit my Grandma Susie, my Daddy's Mom in Mississippi in the early 70's. There was a sign "Whites Only" for a Swimming Pool, so give it 50-60yrs but I feel you. As far as the little kid is concerned that is something he'll grow out of. Something about the way he said made me think it was more like "ugh he gotta booger in his nose", I'm hoping. But my Blackness has been questioned all of my life, especially when I said I hadn't seen "The Wiz" and "Harlem Nights". So its a lot✌✌✌✌✌
It just illustrates how stupid and unhelpful the idea of 'race' really is. You look the way you do because you inherited traits from your parents. Thats it, end of story. There is no 'race' that you are a member of. You're a human being and your skin tone is like that because some of your parents etc had similar skin tones. Your nose looks like that because some of your parents etc had that nose. Your hair is like that because it came from your parents. You are not 'black', you are not 'african american' you are a human being. Don't let racists divide us. They invented racism to turn people against each other.
Had some friends take a trip for a fighting game tournament, went back and forth with a women who didn't stop talking about black issues. Everyone in the car was black and familiar with the topics, but when they got back, one of the guys stated how she made being black being lame. The fact thats all she spoke about while they went for FUN to a gaming tournament just saddens me...
I am a black woman who recently cut off my black friend because she said something very racist about a white friend of mine. I had only known this black friend for about 2 months but she thought it was okay to trash my friend of 5 years based on her race. She was so shocked and offended when I confronted her about it. In her head she thinks she did nothing wrong. And she also thought I was automatically gonna take her side. NOPE. Sorry sis, I actually use my brain and think for myself.
Bro thank you. Frl. I’m getting so confused cause if a black person insult me for my skin color which is surprisingly often, I can’t say shit. If I get insulted on my skin and I can’t retaliate, who’s oppressed now? I’m pushing it too far I know but I’m so done with my opinion being laughed at cause I’m a “young white woman” as if I’ve never felt any hardships. We need more black peps like you who speak up against this “hate white people” trend. Sorry I’m just starting to feel like I can’t have a space in my own country because I’m white. I would lose my job if I said the same shit some people say about white people.
@@sophiacalon3463 White people never was and never will be victims of white supremacy. You are not oppressed because someone called you a snow bunny☠️🤦🏾♀️
@@sophiacalon3463 I’m so sorry about your experience. Unfortunately it has become a norm and even though not all black people agree with this new form of bullying a lot of others think they are justified and when we try to say something about it we are vilified and called raccoons and all kinds of things. You know how it is with mob mentality. For example the first person who responded to my comment thinks that I couldn’t possibly be black. It’s just ridiculous. And again, sorry you have to go through that. But I do find that people who insult others for their skin color are just projecting their internal issues. It has nothing to do with you. They are just hurting and feeling inferior. Misery absolutely loves company.
I hate it when the black kids at my school can call me (I'm Hispanic) a wall Hopper, taco eater, you get the idea but the moment I say something back. It's racist. I'm so grateful you made this video. Racism is Racism. Doesn't matter who you are
I went to very diverse schools. Never saw anyone be racist to a black person in school. Saw a black person being racist to myself or others on a regular basis, though.
I was the only white kid in my class (live very close to the border) pretty much all of elementary and middle school and most of high school, I was called a nazi because I'm also blonde. I never did anything about it because I knew how it would go for me in the end until my sophomore year. A kid wrote a swastika and the word nazi super big on my backpack while I went to the bathroom. I used that same backpack to blindside him in the back of head when I got back. Best week long vacation in my life
Me and my husband are both white and his best friend is black. When my husbands best friend got engaged, we were both so exicted for him and couldnt wait to attend the wedding. About a month before the wedding, he told us we shouldnt go. My husband was heartbroken... and after grilling his best friend a bit why not, he finally confessed it was because his family didnt feel comfortable having white ppl at the wedding. Its so sad that we are still at a place where race is priority over all else.
I'm a white women whose best friend is black. I've been to many functions where its just her all-black family and me. They have always welcomed me with open arms and said I'm part of the family. It's sad that this isn't the experience for everybody.
There is a difference between bias, bigotry, and racism. Racism is a caste system construct used to allocate resources and power. Black people can be biased, and bigoted but we cannot institutionally enforce that bias against any other group. There is only one group who can enforce or exert their authority over other groups based on race
That isn't true racism isn't abt just saying something prejudiced or discriminatory it's abt an institutionalized form of power over others blacks have nothing over whites so this is nonsense
God doesn’t hate you and neither do I. This world needs love it is so bedeviled and blinded by satan it has been since Jesus’ time. This world needs to change the devil is literally taking out two birds with one stone and that stone is the skin color crisis than we all can’t drop and see the beauty in all cultures and treat each other better. We always one up each other and it’s not good to continue doing this slavery was not right and hating people for another’s mistakes isn’t right either.
7:53 racism is towards every race. That’s why it’s called racism. It’s not called whitism or blackism cause it could be towards white people, black people, red people, etc..
Nah, white people go through prejudice not racism. Edit: White people created racism to make themselves hold the power, be the superior & "better" race then to the race that is inferior. White people can indeed face stereotypical insults based on their skin color and hence enco-unter racial prejudice. But this cannot be called racism. Because of the inherent systemic imbalance of power between those with lighter skin color and of people with color (POC) White people are basically immune to the term racism since it empowered them. They had the hope,they were the ones that created two N slurs, C slurs, B slurs, etc…. They used racism for their own power & it still happens today but they’re less opened about their racism because the internet exists and people can ruin their lives easily, obviously. Also what slurs or stereotypes would damage white peoples lives so much? White people will always have that privilege and power Yea, there were white slaves, but the thing is, they have no slurs based on their color, they haven't been killed for 100 of years, they don't have- stereotypes against them, y'all haven't been discriminated and killed for years like how POC did. Any stereotypes of a white person is just racial prejudice. Also there are many good reasons why POC hates white people, it’s not because of them … it’s because of the things they do and say. I will always have a problem with (rich) white people personally 🤷🏽♀️ www.aclrc.com/myth-of-reverse-racism
I love that it constantly goes to “because who was enslaved?!” the entire world has been enslaved, I am Slavic. Literally the ethnicity that gave slavery it’s name. How is it even necessary that this needs to be said, YOU. DO. NOT. OWN. SLAVERY.
And when it’s black people outside of America bringing up slavery/oppression too… You have as much right to speak on black Americans experiences as any white person (inside or outside of America). You are different. Different. You have waaaaaaaay less in common with black slaves, and black elders in the US, than their own grandkids/ancestors do. You have as much in common with them, than any white person, you speak down to about it.
This! I am Finnish and my ancestors have been slaved for centuries in past. Our ancestors skulls were also transported to Sweden to study how our skulls were different from theirs so we must have been so much of a lesser race. We are just now getting them back and this was not even that far ago. And so much more. But what can I say about racism and enslavement because my skin is pale white 🙄😂
I'm Dutch with Roma (gypsy) ancestry. As a kid at school, I looked at history books to see people with my skin color being transported to a literal genocide when slavery was already abolished, yet most of my heritage is white and I identify as such. These idiots seriously need to step outside of their afrocentrist echochambers.
This is what happens when schools teach ideology rather than history. They don't know the entire world was enslaved, don't know every race has been enslaved, don't know it was other Africans that sold their ancestors. Instead they believe only black people were enslaved and that it was the fault of white people alone. No wonder they feel such hatred.
It is really sad, if Martin Luther King Jr were alive today, he would be so ashamed of the people that think that way. His dream was for society to only judge someone not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. He never wanted people of color to turn around and judge all white people, not by their own actions or character but only for the sins of the past that we didn't have a thing to do with. Black people weren't the only people in history that were enslaved, so that argument is ridiculous as to why people of color can't be racist towards white people. I wish I could take a time machine back to a time before society totally lost their minds.
That always trips me up too......black people weren't and aren't the only race that has been enslaved. Everyone probably has both, the enslaved and those who benefited from slavery somewhere in their bloodline, at some point and history and the narrative just pretty much skips over this and tries to brush it under the rug......which to me makes it clear that there's more to this, there's a narrative that they want us to believe......I believe this all comes from the top down purposely to keep the people divided and to stop us from uniting against the true monsters.....the 1% that causes the whole world to suffer, who are also the same ones promoting racial division as well as many other "narratives" and campaigns against us, the people.......
@@manderly109 because it's not better than saying colored people, and it lumps together every single non white person based solely on skin color. Its high key liberal racism.
I absolutely love how you say, “I am their dream.” I don’t know why but that phrase alone makes me tear up. I just find it so beautiful. You are a “beautiful dream.”
"white people don't experience poverty".... tell that to my childhood self. right to my face. The only time I really got to experience living nicely was when I went over to friends houses and a family friends house, they were all black! One of them even had a big home movie theater, it was great. They were lovely people and living wonderfully, they didn't let their skin color rule their life.
You know what I don't like about the black community? It's the Victim/abuser mentality. That's what I can't stand. Black community will be the abuser and then when someone non black retaliated then they snap into Victim mode. I can't stand that for the life of me. I hate their hypocrisy too. That whole Disney Mermaid fiasco showed me the sheer hypocrisy. Same with the Cleopatrah Netflix. They scream about racism and whitewashing but in the same breath praise blackwashing. It's mind boggling. I too was bullied and called terrible nanes just for marrying a Ukrainian man. Being caked a bed wench and a traitor. Just cause I'm a black woman. I've been called and coon and not acting black. Ive been getting really sick and tired. That's why sometimes I need to see black people like you and amala ekpunobi to keep me fully grounded and not be fully over and done with the Black community. It's refreshing to know im not the only one that think these things. So thank you.
Can we go back to the 90’s where most of us didn’t even pay attention to race at all. When we all just flocked towards people who shared a common interest and didn’t care what race they are. Sheesh this whole racism era is getting really old really fast.
@@RiseundertheheatIt definitely was. Was there instances of hate? Of course, but as always, exception not the rule, and only grifters blow them out of proportion
@@Riseundertheheathow old were you in the 90s and what kind of people were you around? Maybe it wasn't evident to you but I bet most people would agree it was much, much better then. Worse for women in a lot of ways but 🤷
The sheer amount of hatred for my skin color is the exact reason I don't go out much. I dunno about you, but I sure as hell don't want to be judged for daring to be born as a male with pale skin. Of course they stop it once I let them know I'm part Cherokee or that I'm Bi. Funny how once you let people know you're part of a group that isn't the one they hate they just kind of stop... It's sad really.
Something needs to happen. At least youre aware of it. Its amazing how many white men feel like they have to scream harder then anyone that they are not being discriminated against, when its obvious they are.
I hardly ever leave my home either now .. their hate, anger and aggression is everywhere... At 57 I I'm now a prisoner in my home just to stay away from them... Even staying at home is dangerous, I have to park my car in front of my home and black kids play ball out in the street and use my car to bounce their ball off of and when I say something they cuss me out.. fortunately I have protection from them from my Savior Jesus Christ...
I saw an autistic, white cashier get arrested at the dollar store basically because a black guy said he threatened him and I'm certain he's not capable of that. They didn't ask for his side of the story, they wouldn't talk to other people there for their view on it, they put him in cuffs and threw him to the ground. He lost his glasses. He told them, "I'm autistic! I'm having a sensory overload! Why can't we talk about this?" "We're not here to talk." When he came back to work, I asked him how he was. They said multiple times they'd give him his glasses back and they never did. HE COULDN'T SEE FOR HOURS. They told him to sign something, he tries to read it WITHOUT HIS GLASSES, and they took it from him. According to him, he parked his car the other guy basically gave him Hell for it and he kept saying things like, "I don't know what you think you're doing but you're messing with the wrong guy..." and would walk towards him to the point he had to defend himself. This guy is one of the nicest people at that store and I don't think he'll ever get over the trauma they inflicted on him. My heart breaks for that guy, he didn't deserve any of that.
It was worse than that too. I recently asked him if I could share things so long as I didn't mention where he worked or his name and he was ok with that. He broke down crying. But the worst part was when a cop said to him, "we're not your mother and we aren't a babysitting service..." "YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT?!?!" I'm not (and as far as I'm aware neither is he) against the police, but that was just sick and humiliating. How they let people like that be officers is beyond me. They took his shoes and he was in his socks the entire time he was in a cell. According to his mom (as he couldn't see himself), when she picked him up, he was shaking in a way she's never seen him before. I think he's about to quit that job. It doesn't seem like that they've tried to help him combat this and he isn't getting the hours he used to. Sad really, he's worked there a good 6 years I think.
@@White_Tiger-777 unfortunately the police unions are strong here. If he were black, there probably would have been an investigation into this. I've seen him get threatened by other people there a few times (and those are just the ones I know), and when the store calls the police, they'll say, "that's not an emergency," "what do you want us to do?" etc. Unfortunately this liberal $h!th0£3 known as CA isn't safe anymore. The cops can't (or won't) do anything for fear of being called a racist.
@@kuramayoko23 Darn, if he lived where I do, which I highly doubt, I'd say apply at my workplace. They hire a lot of people like him and they often stick around for a long time. Hope he found a good place to work.
As a mother, I'm petrified of this. I'm worried for my son's. This is creating unhealthy separation. Can't we love one another no matter our origin? So sad
@@JohnDiceAcademymost are not racist? Lmfao denile isn't just a river in egypt.. blk ppl are the most racist humans on our planet, hell our galaxy. The whole world knows it and can see it. You need to speak for yourself and not the KLU KLUX KLAN with a tan.
Yes, Black folk can be racist. I got to experience it a lot as a black women myself (mainly because I’m light skinned) . Ugh so awful, we have to start address colorism more too.. because we are extremely colorist within the black community towards our own. It has to stop.
It really is. This is why calling whites the enemy is a problem because mixed race folk (any mixed race person) are going to be affected by this anti-white thinking. I think Colorism in the black community has gotten worse since the rise of BLM, in my experience. I had family/friends come out and say my opinion doesn’t matter because I have not had the “fully black” experience.
Same here. I’m brown, woman. And most of d bullying I suffered were almost all black, women specifically. There were a few that were very nice to me as well. My first supervisor was a black woman. Super intelligent/confident/beautiful woman. I’ve loved two of my supervisors, both black women. String charwchter and very brave/knowledgeable/experienced women with strong faiths. One is a choir singer 😅. As an immigrant, it took me by surprise when I was faced with racism from black women as a young woman. Broke my heart every time.
@@RojaJaneman I've seen many non-white immigrants to America say it's not white people who give them the most grief but black people. Black Africans who move here after hearing so much about how racist the US find that a particularly jarring expereince.
@@BiggieTrismegistus I can c that. But d main stream elements don’t allow such facts to come forth. If I said these things openly I’d b cancelled even.
In college I had black women mostly be racist towards me. I remember being told because I’m white I am not allowed to have opinions or even speak on certain topics unless I’m black. I very calmly asked this person to name a single time someone had been racist towards them or they ever experienced oppression. I explained I wasn’t being mean I was simply genuinely curious. They went dead silent and couldn’t name a single time or occasion at all. I remember the teacher was also a black woman and she took me aside to talk about it and I bluntly told her if I was the one who told her she isn’t allowed to do that there’d be a damn riot immediately but because she’s black it’s fine?? She was on my side but was tried to deescalate it but I remember being completely beside myself being told that. I was also told I’m a racist, fascist, nazi who should go die because I was white and also a conservative who didn’t agree with their beliefs. It made college life actual hell and I ended up failing out..
I'm Polish so from the country that got totally destroyed by the German Nazis, millions of Poles killed, young Polish children taken to Germany to germanize them (many were never returned). My great grandfather was killed in Majdanek concentration camp (he wasn't a Jew). If some ignorant person called me a Nazi just because I'm white like Germans I think I would get violent.
@@PrettyPennyTV Maybe, I remember also being told I’m a traitor to my own gender because I wasn’t a feminist and said I was pro men’s rights. I hate college.
@@ScarletAngleGaaraYou can be a feminist AND be pro men's rights. To me, those things kind of go together, actually. It's BECAUSE I'm a feminist that I don't think mothers should automatically get custody, for example. Because I as a feminist don't put women on pedestals and I'm aware tits don't automatically make a person a good parent. It's because I'm a feminist that I question gender roles for men as well as for women, and why I see men as human beings first, and as men second, which obviously affects my views on military service, alimony, male rape, etc. If I weren't a feminist, I'd probably expect way too much of men, and be mean about any guy who didn't live up to the traditional male ideal. Like I see traditionally minded women do all the time. Sorry about the tangent, you triggered me, heh.
Learn a trade. Join a union. Become good at a service, open a freelancer account and promote it in social media. This is the perfect time to be resilient and by default become stronger. Find a social group of conservatives on meet up or online. Network there and find supportive friends and new job referrals. You'll do great. Congrats on quitting your toxic environment. Things will get better now. God bless!
As a white person, THANK YOU! The amount of times in middle school I was called racist because I didn’t like a black person is too high. I have a distinct memory of someone calling me racist because I knew when Iron Man came out. I’m not kidding. The person also said “That’s why you’re white. That’s why you invented slavery.” I was just flabbergasted and insulted that someone thought that because I’m white, I’m a bad person. Edit: Tysm for the likes
Damn they don’t even know history, slavery was first seen in Mesopotamia and many slaves where people from land conquered. The American slave trade was even better in history (sarcasm) as slaves where bought by white men from black men for things such as mirrors. White people where also enslaved all the time in history and in the US white Europeans such as Italians where treated far worse then black people with a major linching having been done to Italians. We’ve all experienced racism and have all been enslaved at some point in history, Americans(even me) should just be greatful we don’t have slavery anymore like many African countries still do today
They are holding those sentiments from their parents who got it from their parents... It's absolutely messed up that they acted that way. Unfortunately, these people's parents/grandparents haven't left their bubbles from the 60s/70s. It's so weird that people think like this because some of my best friends in HS were actually white guys.
Slavery has been everywhere by every culture. Women in Lebanon are still taken as slaves. What are these people on and want why do they want to be victims? My oldest was treated horribly by other natives because she is mixed, they called her half breed. She is extremely successful and doesn’t carry hate around for how the Cherokee and Loyal Shawnee were treated or a victim mentality. People need to get over themselves!
@user-br1nl6qr2p Knowing ones identity is important. But, without White Positivity in Westernkind with the Go Free practice of love, hope, and wellbeing it will always circle back to hatred of other races rather than love for your own.
Its true, but holds no validity. This is a country where blacks specifically were slaves, and it wasnt long ago either. Your comment is just stupid as shit.
Yep look at the Roman Empire. They didn’t give a fk what your race was and would enslave people for all sorts of reasons. Also, a lot of blacks like to forget that their ancestors were sold to white Europeans by Africans. And not for much either. They would trade like ten people from their tribe for some goats.
My Irish ancestors were first to be enslaved to the new world! But I'm not a victim and I don't blame anyone else, it's my history and I embrace it knowing how far we've come. But then again I am educated lol so there's that.
Ok but why do I read yt not as white, but as RUclips? Now I can’t help but think, how many things I’ve seen that would have made much more sense if I knew how to read it correctly?? Revardless, love what you’re doing Amir!
THANK YOUUUU. Remember, two wrongs don't make a right. Saying "WHITE PEOPLE STARTED IT" doesn't make you justified in continuing the cycle of something you supposedly hate.
And let's face it white people did not start slavery the word slavery or slave came from the Muslim who imprisoned the Slavic people and guess what the Middle Eastern people the Muslims want white the unit who was their slaves who were the Slavs😂 people need to stop using history as a crutch the Whine & bitching about their life😂 interracial and guess what they've all succeeded I have an engineer I have a medical scientist I have a business owner and my youngest hasn't graduated from high school yet and the reason they have prospered and died well is because I don't care with no bulshit there is no excuse you do the best you can and in my Jesus I know that is excellent I know my 1760s because they have been raised from the time they were babies to be winners they have been raised 20-somethings hard you push through it you do it my youngest used to run 5 case when she was five and six years old and people would be amazed that she would be okay my older boy the star football player and also a track star in high school and he has severe asthma but he did not let that keep him down because I said there's no excuses she takes his inhaler and pushes through I don't allow my children to use crutches it makes them not only physically strong and makes immensely strong I know that when I die in my phone I'll be okay because they are Fighters they know how to work his they know how to succeed that is our job as parents
Slave is literally named after white people in chains ( the Slavs ), which began over 800 years before blacks left Africa to the Americas. The N words are literally the words for black in Spanish. The man who fought in court to get slavery legalized in US history was a black man, Anthony Johnson 1655. History as you know it has been corrupted. The "White" people who owned/ran the trans-Atlantic slave trade, owned all of the auction houses, banks, and made up 67% of slave masters in US history were NOT European.
And the thing is, white people didn't even started it. Africans themselves started the slave trade and sold them to Europeans. Heck even ancient Egypt had slaves in them
As a namibian ( from Africa), this is why I do not relate with or claim to be the same as African Americans because honestly they are tryna claim struggles that they don't face and it's actually sad.
Yeah I've been to SA and y'all are amazing I laughed when I asked our guide that out of curiosity, and they gave almost the exact same answer. I was in Hluhluwe and along the Cape for two weeks, your country is Gorgeous ♥️
My African friends and I used to joke about how so many Black Americans toss around the words Eurocentric and Afrocentric yet cannot name 5 countries on either continent let alone know the history. They literally treat Europe and Africa like a country where everyone speaks the same language, eats the same food, and their history is white American. It would be funny if it was not so embarrassingly stupid.
@@baz3575 I agree lol, even the word eurocentric. I understand that some features and what not are native to Europe but some cultures in some countries have those types of features. Like a culture in my country have prodominatly thin noses and sometimes thin lips, or blue eyes and lighter skin or some cultures with monolids. It's really pathetic. I've been to the states before for a vacation and it was cool and all, but I did not feel a part of,nor did I relate to any black Americans
8:45 This woman is wrong actually. Im in Canada, Im a straight white person who absolutely faces discrimination in my field of social services. They want to hire people who are lgbtq, Indigenous or a "minority." In the part of the city I live in, I am a minority as a white person. I am over-qualified with work experienced, educated, have great references that have backed my conduct, bahviour and work ethic, Im good at interviews (Ive had so many now) but could never get hired.. Maybe its a coincidence but I dont think so. I got into this field because Im empathic, kind, and sensitive. I dont judge people. I wanted to make a difference but I never got hired. Im now choosing a (completely 180 change) field to get into. A field where I will be accepted and its about skills, showing up and working hard and not about identity/heritage.
My husband used to work in a select field of social services (in the U.S.), and was in the position to hire workers (as part of a hiring committee). A woman once filed an official complaint specifically on him (not the rest of the hiring committee members) saying that he didn't hire her because she is a Latino woman. Welllllll...not much came of it because, no, he didn't hire her...but the person that WAS hired was another Latino woman. But I guess since he was the only white male on the committee, he HAD to be discriminating against her somehow.
@@MochiFamI know, and Canadians have the audacity to day they're more "progressive" and "tolerate" than Americans when they actively discriminate more to their own citizens? Especially towards the White population.
I am white and my grandfather was enslaved by Russian during WW2. He was 14, captured and moved to Russia with his 4 year old brother and my great grandma (my great granpa was killed on the spot). They were moved to Gulag in Siberia, where my grandpa and my great gandma were working morning till evening on the fileds or in the forests cutting trees, even during winters. If you opposed you simply got shot, no questions asked. When the war finished he was luckily able to move back to Poland with his brother. He spend there the total of 6.years. I know this because he told me the whole experience. Poland was left in ruins after WW2 and had to be rebuilt, as you can imagine it lasted years. I never blamed anyone in my life for my situation and my living standards.
As a Russian I'm so sorry for what your ancestors have come through. Those monsters were locking in gulag people from any nations they could get, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh and many others
@@mightye2142 6 years. What about slave labour camps? Because this is what it was. People were captured in their own country, transported to gulags and worked there to death. Apart from this, WW2 is quite recent history. People who witnessed it are still alive.
@@taurus8263 Casualty of war. Enslaved Africans NEVER saw a white man before. Not at war with anybody. Next thing they know they were being loaded a ship to be raped, enslaved and killed with no end in sight. This, my friend, was a terrible existence.
Thanks man, I appreciate the compassion out of u. I hate to see what’s going on I been seeing it for years now, since I was a teenager. Glad to see some ppl are actually acknowledging what’s going on
Amir, thank you. I’m a black man in ga and just how blatantly racist our people can be is embarrassing, not to mention the victimhood mentality. I feel super alone like I can’t express my disdain for how black people act n move. Not to mention the back card 🙄🙄🙄
Yeah I'm a white female from Seattle, racism is not a huge thing there, moved to Texas for work 3 years back and the racism is a bit alarming, I've never been so concerned to walk at night til I moved to Texas 😔 shame cause I know plenty of good people of all colors but the crazy zealots definitely enjoy playing crazy no matter the color
I can't stand racism no matter who is coming from but i can't stand racial hypocrisy even more and what I've noticed lately is that as a white woman I cant even agree with a comment like yours without being called a racist for it or having my comment deleted. Or see a video of a black person behaving in the stereotypical way and read comments from other black people condemning the behavior in the video and cant weigh in by saying the exact same things as those commenters without risking being deleted or told I can't make comments at all for certain amount of time.
You brought me to tears… when you spoke of your grandparents. You are so young, yet so wise. You’re gentle, smart and kind. My father was a first generation American from Eastern Europe. He grew up in Minneapolis and recalled seeing signs at restaurants saying “no Niggers, Jews or dogs”. This was the 1950’s. It was deplorable. But I agree with you. It’s 2023. Keep doing what you’re doing and hopefully you’ll make a change. I have so much faith and admiration in you!❤
Hell yeah dude, it’s hard to find people on the center-right spectrum of politics cuz they’re either really right or really left. This channel is a breath of fresh air. You earned a sub brother!
I really really want a person with Slavic heritage to do an interview about racism with the black chick who pulled out the enslavement card. She'd ask "who was enslaved?", and a Slavic person coud very honestly and proudly answer "my people". Actually, in Russian Empire most peasants were enslaved up until 1861, it's only 4 years prior to the abolition in the USA. I'd like to see her make another argument after that.
This past weekend at work this woman on her phone was implying to her friend that I was racist cuz I quickly looked over the $20 bill she handed me. It’s just a part of my job, and I’ve been doing it with every bill over $5 I receive because I’ve gotten counterfeits as small as $10. It upset me to be accused of such a horrible thing, but also it just really saddened me that this young woman goes through life thinking like that.
I used to work at a restaurant. A woman came in and before placing her order, looked around, and goes “Yall need some more diversity on this team.” Not that she bothered to consider we had a completely diverse kitchen staff that she couldn’t see (including someone from Albania). After trying to appease her with our useless conversation, she decides she wants to make this known to our manager. He comes up and hears the same thing I did. His response, “Well, we can’t hire them if they don’t apply.” Me: 😲
It’s also stupid to assume that you should hire someone just because they’re a minority. You hire people based on their skills and if they’re a good fit for the job regardless of race, not because you need diversity
I feel this way about ballet. Created in Italy, flourished in France, Russia, eventually America. No black ballerinas in history because, well…Europe! American dancers began changing that. But Misty Copeland rails against the lack of diversity (as if a huge number of black dancers are seeking to be professional ballerinas) & like she’s just fighting racism to be a world famous ballerina 🙄 she’s insufferable. But enjoyable to watch as a dancer. But me, as a white hip hop dancer my whole life & choreographer and teacher, I’m culturally appropriating. Even though it’s been a huge part of who i am since the early 80s.
@@even8653"she" isn't transphobic she lives in reality and not delusion like the majority of human transformers, if most trans people had thought process like her then the majority of people wouldn't have an issue with trans people.
This entire video felt like a hug with a blanket straight out the dryer. Every single point articulate and insightful. I haven’t agreed with someone so much. Definitely gained a subscriber!
I saw this fascinating documentary on PBS 20+ years ago where they had 20 black ppl volunteer to do a DNA ancestry test (Chris Rock was one of them) and it turned out all of them had 15% or more Northern European ancestry. They all thought they were 100% African and they were all shocked.
Having ancestry from how ever many centuries ago doesn't make you white if your parents and grandparents were all black. 15%, not that that's even how DNA works, matters not at all.
When I see TikToks like these I get angry, not because I’m offended or anything, but because of how widespread it’s become and how it’s accepted by so many people. It has already started infiltrating institutions, including education and universities, and now it’s becoming more common in _Europe_ ! I’m just waiting for the pendulum to swing back the other way, but who knows how much damage will be done before then.
No, we don't need the pendulum to be swinging the other way. We need it to be swinging in the middle, always. It needs to swing calm and steady and balanced. There are no different human races. Our species is simply just a species. There are different ethnicitys, yes. But there's only one "race". And that's the human "race". Even though we're all individuals and are different in character and maybe in believes. We are still the same in most ways. I just want that Utopia where everybody works together and we just see everyone as "family". Not family by blood of course but by all the things that connect us with each other. I just want love around the world, okay?!😄😊 Just let me dream.😌
Realistically academia is where it started. Academics have pushed this narrative that "minorities" can't be racist because they lack political power. What you are seeing with these social media posts is the narrative reaching the broader public. This is especially evident with the woman being interviewed on the street. She is so confident that she doesn't even know how uneducated she is. She is simply parroting a narrative.
The pendulum already has started swinging back. The pattern in history is that it'll swing as hard to the other side as it was pushed to the opposite... All that gaslighting and misleading people was only ever going to work for a generation or two, the following generations will and have already spotted the flaws and falseness in the narrative they're told. They're not stupid, just young. It gives me hope. As happy as I am to see the swing reverse, we aught to stop this swinging nonsense as soon as we can. Halt or slow the pendulum as it passes the center. May the center hold and may we end the repeating cycle of discrimination, may we focus on real progress again some day.
Thank you so much ! I’m praising you so much for standing up against racism! My hubby and I were in line at a gas station yesterday and this black woman and her brother were going off on how nasty white people are. I was getting so angry because I would never say anything like that about any skin color. The hatred needs to stop. Period.
Some are just so angry on what happened way before many of us it makes them feel bad to be ugly towards non blacks. I am fortunate I have been around many all my life that have been very beautiful, living, kind hearted souls. I have yet to experience this but if I did any age I know it is a reflection on the person and not me.
white women are terrible though and depending on what ethnicity you are your kind has a history of being horrible. It's weird how the most hateful evil group of people in the west are now being victimised by pro white conservatives just ridiculous. And theirs many videos of white females saying the same about black people and other races.
A black female frito lay deliverer was dropping her load at a dollar general and ooof she went off on how all white people are disgusting rude & drumroll please RaCiSt because some sort of protocol had to happen or something before she could bring the chips in. I was sitting in my vehicle laughing my a$$ off so loud she turned on me next 😂😂😂
Hello Amir. I am glad u r uploading. I am a mixed person. I am white, black, and a little bit of native American. I have afro hair. I didn't make that choice to be born like that. But I am grateful to live, breathe, make choices, and get along with everyone. During 2020. I was extremely far left. I wasn't happy, but then I avoided politics altogether. Now I am on neither side of the political spectrum. I am not liberal, nor am I conservative. Black people on tiktok are showing their true colors. I have friends who are white. They didn't make that choice. Nor did I made the choice to be biracial. We are only one race, the human race. None of us made the choice to be born the skin color or the hair texture we were born with. We should all respect one another, treat others the way you want to be treated, we are the United States. Not the Divided States of American. Thank u for making a video and addressing the hate the people on tiktok are spewing. All this woke stuff, and also the hate towards anybody.
You really seem like great kid and bless you for making this video this issue needs to be addressed it's so depressing for a 60yr old white with a 24yr old (today) daughter I do trust things will continue to get better for all.
I am so happy that finally people talk about it! I remember like 15 years ago I used to do cheerleading and there were a lot of black girls who would harass me for not having a butt like them or not having curls, telling me I was ugly. I never would have said or even thought something like this the other way round?! They were definitely not only racist against white people but with that kind of attitude separating themselves from the rest of the team and society for sure.
You are so refreshing! This video came up in my suggested and I am so glad it did. It's my fist time seeing you, but it won't be the last. *Subscribed*
Wow, Amir. Thank you so much. I am so tired of what is happening in the world today. I grew up in America before 9/11 when we didn’t see color ( some people did- some people will always be that way).
A friend of mine told me to check you out because you are intelligent and a voice of reason. He is right and I'm so glad I did. I grew up in Greenwich Village, NYC which was very bohemian and mixed in the 60s & 70s. Things were way cooler back in the day. In the last couple of years I've had random acts of hate aimed at me for absolutely no reason. One black gal rammed into me while I was looking at some makeup in Sephora and yelled "Cracker!" in my face. Another time I was in line at the market and a black woman behind me was loudly talking about "stupid white people". Uhm, she could have just said "stupid people". If I was to start running my mouth loudly in front of black people saying "stupid black people" we all know what would happen. All hell would break loose, I'd be fired from my job, ostracized in my community, and quite possibly be put in jail. The black girl that rammed into me and called me "cracker" and the black woman on line calling white people stupid -- nada -- it's allowed. WHAT? I'm white, not a racist, for Christ's sake -- my family is mixed, and yet some black folk just hate me because I'm white.😪
This happens far too often and yet you are not allowed to speak ONE word! if you say anything even quietly and reasonable then YOU are in trouble and yes can lose your job, or be verbally attacked etc.
You are one of the clear minded people speaking the truth and shedding light on the disgusting hate speech that is still running rampant in this country. Seems the hate has just changed hands. So many people are so set on continuing the cycle of hate.
You're an incredibly intelligent, considerate person. I hope you're having a good life. Please keep the level head you have and please keep calling out the BS we see in the media and social media.
There's nothing controversial with these videos. Those people are uncontroversially nuts and very dangerous the moment they get some power to their hands.
I am so damn happy to have came across your RUclips channel. All what you are saying makes my brain smile. So glad you are speaking out! It’s truly frustrating at times but people like you bring me hope. You definitely got my support and a new subscriber. Love, from Berlin 🥰 great week everyone!
Thank you for speaking up on this issue. You seem extremely educated and chill. It crazy people don’t now about the white slavery issues in the past as well oddly enough by black people . Some people just need a lil Thomas sowell in their lives.
I haven't seen all of your videos but what I like about them is that you don't talk about politics. You just speak facts. People on both sides of the political spectrum can agree with you. I like that about your channel.
I've played Basketball 🏀 my whole life and been Bullied by Black Guys because of my skin caller. They always assume I can't play well because I'm White. I've never said or done anything to deserve this treatment. In fact I grew up in a multi culture working class community where we were taught not to judge a book by its cover. So it was difficult to deal with that when i grew up and moved to another area.
I like all your videos so far many great points but the one random thing is you're the best I've seen in integrating promos into your content. I've never skipped over your Ads. Someone get this man more sponsorships!
I was in a long time relationship with an African American woman, and NONE of my southern Louisiana White family members had problems, and they were nothing but supportive of both of us, my grandma for instance loved her, and she still tells me that I should have married her lol (we just weren't made for each other, no hard feelings). Whereas she had some family that had issues with it and told me to my face that she could do better by dating within her race. Of course 99% of her friends and family were great and supportive but that 1% was VERY NOT OKAY with it.
Covid 1984 really slapped me into an alternate reality. My job in 2021 told me not to turn my camera on for our Zoom meetings cause folks from other orgs attending “didn't want to see [my] white face”. I just ended up not going to those meetings and leaving the org shortly after/as soon as I could. Race relations are worse now than I ever experienced. We are not “making progress” as some say. Medical abuse is off the charts too. Brought to you by BigHarma
You hit the nail on the head. It’s not race, it’s cultural. If a black acts educated they call them names and say they wanna be white. It’s cultural preference
exactly! growing up down south as a gay asian dude, i had bullies of all races - white, black, other asian kids, and hispanic kids. it was rough! there wasn't a moment of hesitation for any of them to call me "dog-eater" or a slew of other anti-asian slurs. this whole mentality does nothing but keep us divided :/
You're a sensible young man, and what you're doing on your channel is absolutely amazing. You're EDUCATING many in the black community who who have been brainwashed into believing that white people are out to get them.
As a foreigner living here, I am baffled by how obsessed this country is with race and how little they know about it at the same time. They confuse nationality with race, they made up a whole new race, "Latino" (it's not even a culture unless you use it in a very broad sense, like you would with the word "European",) and they seem to be blinded to the fact that MOST black Americans are actually not black, but mixed and in MANY cases evidently more white than anything else. They also seem to think that Spanish people are not white, because they speak Spanish... WTH? Love your content, it's logical and real, and I believe it's the kind of content minority communities should be paying attention to, not that soul-crushing, disempowering, divisive BS rhetoric they are getting from the media.
Spanish are “not white” because of Hispanic lobbying in the U.S. Of course Hispanics are Caucasians. It’s a flippin joke. During the era of quota jobs (1972ish) my Hispanic friend was able to get a quota job but I couldn’t even get them to give me the job application!
"Love your content, it's logical and real, and I believe it's the kind of content minority communities should be paying attention to, not that soul-crushing, disempowering, divisive BS rhetoric they are getting from the media." 💯💯💯💯💯
I'm Mexican myself , and I think the term Latino is more often used as a cultural thing and not race or nationality. Since we share a lot of our roots, language and other cultural aspects . I do know is actually incorrect since is used to describe only people from the American continent and not other fellow Latin -derived speaking people.
The whole white savior thing really annoys me. That’s something the left does that is actually just as/more racist than blatant racism. It’s so insidious. Acting like black people constantly need help, like they can’t think for themselves, the “soft bigotry of low expectations”. Amir and a couple others have really opened my eyes to it 👀
These folks are entitled to their opinion and freedom of expression. But everyone else should also be entitled to their opinions and freedom of expression. It seems that it’s unacceptable to say things about certain demographics while it’s open season on others. Why is this okay but using the wrong pronouns is a terrible hate crime?
If the opinion they’re entitled to that you’re referring to is hating white people for no other reason other than what our ancestors did or purely cause we’re white then no, I don’t think that’s an opinion you should be entitled to.
Amir, great video, bro. I'm a cashier in a dominantly black city in SE Louisiana. Our store is janky and old. In the last month, I've been called racist because our card reader went out, because I had to reboot my register, because our policy states that $5 must be spent for cash back, and because the person had 20 items and tried coming through the 10 items or less. A co-worker's grandma told her not to call her older co-worker "ma'am" because she was white. I and my boss were told it was racist for our black employees to work on Juneteenth and for any of our white employees to be off because they saw me shopping before work. This wasn't the case when I was growing up. This white hate has changed even MY little city and it's sad.
It was never important to me what ethnicity my partners or friends were. But now I notice how I'm becoming more and more intolerant because of all the patronizing and the constant accusations of racism. I tend to avoid other cultures now because I just don't have the strength to deal with all these rules ! :( That makes me sad.
I also wanted to give Amir praise on his channel for having such a relaxed delivery while giving his thoughts and opinions. It makes for such easy and digestible viewing.
I don't live in the USA, I was born in a different country on a different continent. I've visited the USA a couple of time by now and I love this country. It's a shame that people (especially younger generations) are so divided just by race. To me that is mind boggling and just sad really..
Im Irish/English and was told the Irish are white so by default they are also to blame .. not realising the Irish here in England took years to be seen as white. I hate this stupid hateful divisive lying society we are living in.
@eliavi3251 The trans-atlantic slave trade was only possible because the western africans already enslaved each other anyways and wanted to participate in the european wealth. A few hundred or maybe thousand europeans could never enslaved millions of africans on their own.
"Why are we assigning so much control to a word?" HOLY COW eyes opened to so many things, things not even in this video. Amir for real, wise beyond your years (and mine XD).
i had spiraled into believing that everyone around me is racist after a few months of continuous police abuse. eventually i got out but it took another few months to clear my name and get my innocence and he is still roaming free. i havent gotten to my "victim complex" from the online ppl, but i had quit social media to focus on myself to limit the spiral. i really needed to hear this today. because i dont want to be like this. on pills. crying everyday. i dont want to be a victim
Because the morons who taught them convinced the kids they used to be kings and are superior to all. it’s all just nonsensical bs and another form of black washing history.
As a former white supremacist, I can say without a doubt you’re 100% correct. Racism is taught not inherent. I now have a healthier mindset and a wife who is not white with two beautiful children who will never be told they can’t achieve something because of the color of their skin. Getting out of that mindset was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I encourage ALL people to let racism die. I love the Contant, keep bringing facts and logic.
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Why would anyone want a private company to have their DNA? Race is a social construct and there is no biological basis to any race.
When we went to visit my Grandma Susie, my Daddy's Mom in Mississippi in the early 70's. There was a sign "Whites Only" for a Swimming Pool, so give it 50-60yrs but I feel you. As far as the little kid is concerned that is something he'll grow out of. Something about the way he said made me think it was more like "ugh he gotta booger in his nose", I'm hoping. But my Blackness has been questioned all of my life, especially when I said I hadn't seen "The Wiz" and "Harlem Nights". So its a lot✌✌✌✌✌
I would like to correct you on 2 points 1 the USA is not the biggest country in the world 2 the US is not a country it's a federation of states
preach it
It just illustrates how stupid and unhelpful the idea of 'race' really is. You look the way you do because you inherited traits from your parents. Thats it, end of story. There is no 'race' that you are a member of. You're a human being and your skin tone is like that because some of your parents etc had similar skin tones. Your nose looks like that because some of your parents etc had that nose. Your hair is like that because it came from your parents. You are not 'black', you are not 'african american' you are a human being. Don't let racists divide us. They invented racism to turn people against each other.
Man, I will never understand how anyone can live every day of their life like someone is always out to get them. That sounds so exhausting.
I mean it's what's happening in my country. White people have completely taken over its awful
Lifelong brainwashing
It is…
Had some friends take a trip for a fighting game tournament, went back and forth with a women who didn't stop talking about black issues. Everyone in the car was black and familiar with the topics, but when they got back, one of the guys stated how she made being black being lame. The fact thats all she spoke about while they went for FUN to a gaming tournament just saddens me...
It’s clearly some sort of mental illness.
I am a black woman who recently cut off my black friend because she said something very racist about a white friend of mine. I had only known this black friend for about 2 months but she thought it was okay to trash my friend of 5 years based on her race. She was so shocked and offended when I confronted her about it. In her head she thinks she did nothing wrong. And she also thought I was automatically gonna take her side. NOPE. Sorry sis, I actually use my brain and think for myself.
"I am a black woman"-👩🏼💻
@@userp67qjsbanwi … Am I supposed to convince you that I’m black or be sad that you think I’m not? I don’t know what the purpose of this comment is.
Bro thank you. Frl. I’m getting so confused cause if a black person insult me for my skin color which is surprisingly often, I can’t say shit. If I get insulted on my skin and I can’t retaliate, who’s oppressed now? I’m pushing it too far I know but I’m so done with my opinion being laughed at cause I’m a “young white woman” as if I’ve never felt any hardships. We need more black peps like you who speak up against this “hate white people” trend. Sorry I’m just starting to feel like I can’t have a space in my own country because I’m white. I would lose my job if I said the same shit some people say about white people.
@@sophiacalon3463 White people never was and never will be victims of white supremacy. You are not oppressed because someone called you a snow bunny☠️🤦🏾♀️
@@sophiacalon3463 I’m so sorry about your experience. Unfortunately it has become a norm and even though not all black people agree with this new form of bullying a lot of others think they are justified and when we try to say something about it we are vilified and called raccoons and all kinds of things. You know how it is with mob mentality. For example the first person who responded to my comment thinks that I couldn’t possibly be black. It’s just ridiculous. And again, sorry you have to go through that. But I do find that people who insult others for their skin color are just projecting their internal issues. It has nothing to do with you. They are just hurting and feeling inferior. Misery absolutely loves company.
I hate it when the black kids at my school can call me (I'm Hispanic) a wall Hopper, taco eater, you get the idea but the moment I say something back. It's racist. I'm so grateful you made this video. Racism is Racism. Doesn't matter who you are
experienced this as a kid
I went to very diverse schools. Never saw anyone be racist to a black person in school. Saw a black person being racist to myself or others on a regular basis, though.
I went through this as a kid also and I am very sorry you have to experience it also. I would’ve thought it would improve 30 years later.😢
I was the only white kid in my class (live very close to the border) pretty much all of elementary and middle school and most of high school, I was called a nazi because I'm also blonde. I never did anything about it because I knew how it would go for me in the end until my sophomore year. A kid wrote a swastika and the word nazi super big on my backpack while I went to the bathroom. I used that same backpack to blindside him in the back of head when I got back. Best week long vacation in my life
Sadly they're taught this either at home or by their fav rappers, influencers etc
Me and my husband are both white and his best friend is black.
When my husbands best friend got engaged, we were both so exicted for him and couldnt wait to attend the wedding.
About a month before the wedding, he told us we shouldnt go.
My husband was heartbroken... and after grilling his best friend a bit why not, he finally confessed it was because his family didnt feel comfortable having white ppl at the wedding.
Its so sad that we are still at a place where race is priority over all else.
That’s so sad. Wow. 😑
I'm a white women whose best friend is black. I've been to many functions where its just her all-black family and me. They have always welcomed me with open arms and said I'm part of the family. It's sad that this isn't the experience for everybody.
Your husbands best friend is a POS. You should be angry. I would ditch that friend completely. Thats repulsive.
Wow, that s beyond fked up
Ex friend i hope because that is not right.
You are a breath of fresh air. Racism is racism. It doesn't matter what colour you are.
There is a difference between bias, bigotry, and racism.
Racism is a caste system construct used to allocate resources and power.
Black people can be biased, and bigoted but we cannot institutionally enforce that bias against any other group.
There is only one group who can enforce or exert their authority over other groups based on race
@@ManifestDestiny-m4c
uh-huh
Racism isn't real 🗿
That isn't true racism isn't abt just saying something prejudiced or discriminatory it's abt an institutionalized form of power over others blacks have nothing over whites so this is nonsense
Yeah Amir always does well at being reasonable with his takes. I'm glad people like him don't subscribe to the bs, even from his own "communities"
as a white person, i don’t think i’ve ever said anything negative or racist about black people, but yet i’m hated for my skin color
Wow that’s so sad 😞 black people need to forgive.
@@pressiahnya2394you’re black tho
@@pop.star101 tbf it sounds like she already has🤷♀️
@@clxudia777 oh..
God doesn’t hate you and neither do I. This world needs love it is so bedeviled and blinded by satan it has been since Jesus’ time. This world needs to change the devil is literally taking out two birds with one stone and that stone is the skin color crisis than we all can’t drop and see the beauty in all cultures and treat each other better. We always one up each other and it’s not good to continue doing this slavery was not right and hating people for another’s mistakes isn’t right either.
7:53 racism is towards every race. That’s why it’s called racism. It’s not called whitism or blackism cause it could be towards white people, black people, red people, etc..
Exactly!
i am very racist to blue people.
Nah, white people go through prejudice not racism.
Edit:
White people created racism to make themselves hold the power, be the superior & "better" race then to the race that is inferior. White people can indeed face stereotypical insults based on their skin color and hence enco-unter racial prejudice. But this cannot be called racism. Because of the inherent systemic imbalance of power between those with lighter skin color and of people with color (POC)
White people are basically immune to the term racism since it empowered them. They had the hope,they were the ones that created two N slurs, C slurs, B slurs, etc…. They used racism for their own power & it still happens today but they’re less opened about their racism because the internet exists and people can ruin their lives easily, obviously. Also what slurs or stereotypes would damage white peoples lives so much? White people will always have that privilege and power
Yea, there were white slaves, but the thing is, they have no slurs based on their color, they haven't been killed for 100 of years, they don't have- stereotypes against them, y'all haven't been discriminated and killed for years like how POC did.
Any stereotypes of a white person
is just racial prejudice. Also there are many good reasons why POC hates white people, it’s not because of them … it’s because of the things they do and say. I will always have a problem with (rich) white people personally 🤷🏽♀️
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@@imajorinyapponese I'm blue
Da ba dee da ba di
honestly though. white vs white is hilarious though, they really think theyre doing something
I love that it constantly goes to “because who was enslaved?!” the entire world has been enslaved, I am Slavic. Literally the ethnicity that gave slavery it’s name. How is it even necessary that this needs to be said, YOU. DO. NOT. OWN. SLAVERY.
And when it’s black people outside of America bringing up slavery/oppression too… You have as much right to speak on black Americans experiences as any white person (inside or outside of America). You are different. Different. You have waaaaaaaay less in common with black slaves, and black elders in the US, than their own grandkids/ancestors do. You have as much in common with them, than any white person, you speak down to about it.
👏 yes!!!! I dare them to say that to anyone in Ireland 😂 a literal famine.
This! I am Finnish and my ancestors have been slaved for centuries in past. Our ancestors skulls were also transported to Sweden to study how our skulls were different from theirs so we must have been so much of a lesser race. We are just now getting them back and this was not even that far ago. And so much more. But what can I say about racism and enslavement because my skin is pale white 🙄😂
I'm Dutch with Roma (gypsy) ancestry. As a kid at school, I looked at history books to see people with my skin color being transported to a literal genocide when slavery was already abolished, yet most of my heritage is white and I identify as such. These idiots seriously need to step outside of their afrocentrist echochambers.
This is what happens when schools teach ideology rather than history. They don't know the entire world was enslaved, don't know every race has been enslaved, don't know it was other Africans that sold their ancestors. Instead they believe only black people were enslaved and that it was the fault of white people alone. No wonder they feel such hatred.
Bro , if everybody in this world had ur attitude and outlook wouldn't be any problems regardless of race or color. Well said and much respect.
Hmmm
People acting like racism at the interspersonal level by black people isnt racism. Gaslighting at its finest
At the systemic level there's anti-white racism too. It's called affirmative-action and it systematically removes opportunity from whites and asians.
I'm blanking really hard on understanding the statement, can you provide an example?
@@zombieknifefight2831Watch the video...?
Satan uses them to take out humanity.
@@vrijevoeten that clarified nothing, can you give a non religious example please?
It is really sad, if Martin Luther King Jr were alive today, he would be so ashamed of the people that think that way. His dream was for society to only judge someone not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. He never wanted people of color to turn around and judge all white people, not by their own actions or character but only for the sins of the past that we didn't have a thing to do with. Black people weren't the only people in history that were enslaved, so that argument is ridiculous as to why people of color can't be racist towards white people. I wish I could take a time machine back to a time before society totally lost their minds.
Please stop using the term people of color.
@@Not_Always why do you say that?
That always trips me up too......black people weren't and aren't the only race that has been enslaved. Everyone probably has both, the enslaved and those who benefited from slavery somewhere in their bloodline, at some point and history and the narrative just pretty much skips over this and tries to brush it under the rug......which to me makes it clear that there's more to this, there's a narrative that they want us to believe......I believe this all comes from the top down purposely to keep the people divided and to stop us from uniting against the true monsters.....the 1% that causes the whole world to suffer, who are also the same ones promoting racial division as well as many other "narratives" and campaigns against us, the people.......
@@manderly109 because it's not better than saying colored people, and it lumps together every single non white person based solely on skin color. Its high key liberal racism.
@@Not_Always why do you say that?
I absolutely love how you say, “I am their dream.” I don’t know why but that phrase alone makes me tear up. I just find it so beautiful. You are a “beautiful dream.”
I cried at that too, what a beautiful fact. I hope he carries that with pride ❤
"white people don't experience poverty".... tell that to my childhood self. right to my face. The only time I really got to experience living nicely was when I went over to friends houses and a family friends house, they were all black! One of them even had a big home movie theater, it was great. They were lovely people and living wonderfully, they didn't let their skin color rule their life.
Tell that to me right now!
Also Moldova, and many other countries in eastern europe who did experience poverty and some still do
Asking a leftist to be in touch with reality and the issues of real people is like teaching a fish to ride a bicycle
"white people don't experience poverty" this is someone who has obviously never been to Appalachia. Go to West Virginia and say that.
You know what I don't like about the black community? It's the Victim/abuser mentality. That's what I can't stand. Black community will be the abuser and then when someone non black retaliated then they snap into Victim mode. I can't stand that for the life of me. I hate their hypocrisy too. That whole Disney Mermaid fiasco showed me the sheer hypocrisy. Same with the Cleopatrah Netflix. They scream about racism and whitewashing but in the same breath praise blackwashing. It's mind boggling. I too was bullied and called terrible nanes just for marrying a Ukrainian man. Being caked a bed wench and a traitor. Just cause I'm a black woman. I've been called and coon and not acting black. Ive been getting really sick and tired. That's why sometimes I need to see black people like you and amala ekpunobi to keep me fully grounded and not be fully over and done with the Black community. It's refreshing to know im not the only one that think these things. So thank you.
Can we go back to the 90’s where most of us didn’t even pay attention to race at all. When we all just flocked towards people who shared a common interest and didn’t care what race they are. Sheesh this whole racism era is getting really old really fast.
The 90's were worse with racism... y'all are just romanticizing a past era.
Pretty sure the 90’s wasn’t giving that 😂
@@Riseundertheheatit was. You weren’t there.
@@RiseundertheheatIt definitely was. Was there instances of hate? Of course, but as always, exception not the rule, and only grifters blow them out of proportion
@@Riseundertheheathow old were you in the 90s and what kind of people were you around? Maybe it wasn't evident to you but I bet most people would agree it was much, much better then. Worse for women in a lot of ways but 🤷
The sheer amount of hatred for my skin color is the exact reason I don't go out much. I dunno about you, but I sure as hell don't want to be judged for daring to be born as a male with pale skin. Of course they stop it once I let them know I'm part Cherokee or that I'm Bi. Funny how once you let people know you're part of a group that isn't the one they hate they just kind of stop... It's sad really.
Good grief. I'd consider moving if I were you. It's not like that everywhere.
You need to MOVE. I moved for far less. The US is a mobile society and that means you can have distance given some planning.
Something needs to happen. At least youre aware of it. Its amazing how many white men feel like they have to scream harder then anyone that they are not being discriminated against, when its obvious they are.
I hardly ever leave my home either now .. their hate, anger and aggression is everywhere... At 57 I I'm now a prisoner in my home just to stay away from them... Even staying at home is dangerous, I have to park my car in front of my home and black kids play ball out in the street and use my car to bounce their ball off of and when I say something they cuss me out.. fortunately I have protection from them from my Savior Jesus Christ...
I feel sorry for people that wake up each day with skin color as their main focus. It’s got to be the most miserable existence.
Hmmm
I saw an autistic, white cashier get arrested at the dollar store basically because a black guy said he threatened him and I'm certain he's not capable of that. They didn't ask for his side of the story, they wouldn't talk to other people there for their view on it, they put him in cuffs and threw him to the ground. He lost his glasses. He told them, "I'm autistic! I'm having a sensory overload! Why can't we talk about this?" "We're not here to talk." When he came back to work, I asked him how he was. They said multiple times they'd give him his glasses back and they never did. HE COULDN'T SEE FOR HOURS. They told him to sign something, he tries to read it WITHOUT HIS GLASSES, and they took it from him. According to him, he parked his car the other guy basically gave him Hell for it and he kept saying things like, "I don't know what you think you're doing but you're messing with the wrong guy..." and would walk towards him to the point he had to defend himself. This guy is one of the nicest people at that store and I don't think he'll ever get over the trauma they inflicted on him. My heart breaks for that guy, he didn't deserve any of that.
My goodness, to think that people can be so cruel. That cashier will be in my prayers.
It was worse than that too. I recently asked him if I could share things so long as I didn't mention where he worked or his name and he was ok with that. He broke down crying. But the worst part was when a cop said to him, "we're not your mother and we aren't a babysitting service..." "YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT?!?!" I'm not (and as far as I'm aware neither is he) against the police, but that was just sick and humiliating. How they let people like that be officers is beyond me. They took his shoes and he was in his socks the entire time he was in a cell. According to his mom (as he couldn't see himself), when she picked him up, he was shaking in a way she's never seen him before. I think he's about to quit that job. It doesn't seem like that they've tried to help him combat this and he isn't getting the hours he used to. Sad really, he's worked there a good 6 years I think.
There is a lot of scum in this word. Those cops should be fired ASAP
@@White_Tiger-777 unfortunately the police unions are strong here. If he were black, there probably would have been an investigation into this. I've seen him get threatened by other people there a few times (and those are just the ones I know), and when the store calls the police, they'll say, "that's not an emergency," "what do you want us to do?" etc. Unfortunately this liberal $h!th0£3 known as CA isn't safe anymore. The cops can't (or won't) do anything for fear of being called a racist.
@@kuramayoko23 Darn, if he lived where I do, which I highly doubt, I'd say apply at my workplace. They hire a lot of people like him and they often stick around for a long time. Hope he found a good place to work.
As a mother, I'm petrified of this. I'm worried for my son's. This is creating unhealthy separation. Can't we love one another no matter our origin? So sad
Your sons ?!?!what are your sons??...biracial?.
If you sleep with a black man . That’s your problem 🤷🏾♀️. Society can’t be responsible for the choices you make /made.
@@happypeople3746 Oh good. The typo police is here. You haven't been defined yet.
@marissashantez6051 um ok??
Nope. That's the society we inherited from your white ancestors. They had ALL the opportunity to leave us with something better.
Not only is racism taught.. it's a place of pride for Black Americans as you can tell by any street interview ever and excited to upload it.
Not all black Americans
@@JohnDiceAcademymost, and the irony is in being racist towards whites they make more racists.
@@gamingforever9121 Not most either, how many black americans do you talk to? most of us dont give a shit about race
@@gamingforever9121 the black Americans that keep getting spotlighted on the internet don’t represent the majority of black Americans
@@JohnDiceAcademymost are not racist? Lmfao denile isn't just a river in egypt.. blk ppl are the most racist humans on our planet, hell our galaxy. The whole world knows it and can see it. You need to speak for yourself and not the KLU KLUX KLAN with a tan.
Yes,
Black folk can be racist. I got to experience it a lot as a black women myself (mainly because I’m light skinned) . Ugh so awful, we have to start address colorism more too.. because we are extremely colorist within the black community towards our own. It has to stop.
It really is. This is why calling whites the enemy is a problem because mixed race folk (any mixed race person) are going to be affected by this anti-white thinking. I think Colorism in the black community has gotten worse since the rise of BLM, in my experience. I had family/friends come out and say my opinion doesn’t matter because I have not had the “fully black” experience.
This is an interesting comment to read because I thought it was darker skinned black women who are on the receiving end of colorism.
Same here. I’m brown, woman. And most of d bullying I suffered were almost all black, women specifically. There were a few that were very nice to me as well. My first supervisor was a black woman. Super intelligent/confident/beautiful woman. I’ve loved two of my supervisors, both black women. String charwchter and very brave/knowledgeable/experienced women with strong faiths. One is a choir singer 😅.
As an immigrant, it took me by surprise when I was faced with racism from black women as a young woman. Broke my heart every time.
@@RojaJaneman I've seen many non-white immigrants to America say it's not white people who give them the most grief but black people. Black Africans who move here after hearing so much about how racist the US find that a particularly jarring expereince.
@@BiggieTrismegistus I can c that. But d main stream elements don’t allow such facts to come forth. If I said these things openly I’d b cancelled even.
In college I had black women mostly be racist towards me. I remember being told because I’m white I am not allowed to have opinions or even speak on certain topics unless I’m black. I very calmly asked this person to name a single time someone had been racist towards them or they ever experienced oppression. I explained I wasn’t being mean I was simply genuinely curious. They went dead silent and couldn’t name a single time or occasion at all. I remember the teacher was also a black woman and she took me aside to talk about it and I bluntly told her if I was the one who told her she isn’t allowed to do that there’d be a damn riot immediately but because she’s black it’s fine?? She was on my side but was tried to deescalate it but I remember being completely beside myself being told that. I was also told I’m a racist, fascist, nazi who should go die because I was white and also a conservative who didn’t agree with their beliefs. It made college life actual hell and I ended up failing out..
I'm Polish so from the country that got totally destroyed by the German Nazis, millions of Poles killed, young Polish children taken to Germany to germanize them (many were never returned). My great grandfather was killed in Majdanek concentration camp (he wasn't a Jew). If some ignorant person called me a Nazi just because I'm white like Germans I think I would get violent.
And unfortunately, you probably dodged a huge bullet there.
@@PrettyPennyTV Maybe, I remember also being told I’m a traitor to my own gender because I wasn’t a feminist and said I was pro men’s rights. I hate college.
@@ScarletAngleGaaraYou can be a feminist AND be pro men's rights. To me, those things kind of go together, actually. It's BECAUSE I'm a feminist that I don't think mothers should automatically get custody, for example. Because I as a feminist don't put women on pedestals and I'm aware tits don't automatically make a person a good parent. It's because I'm a feminist that I question gender roles for men as well as for women, and why I see men as human beings first, and as men second, which obviously affects my views on military service, alimony, male rape, etc. If I weren't a feminist, I'd probably expect way too much of men, and be mean about any guy who didn't live up to the traditional male ideal. Like I see traditionally minded women do all the time.
Sorry about the tangent, you triggered me, heh.
Learn a trade. Join a union. Become good at a service, open a freelancer account and promote it in social media. This is the perfect time to be resilient and by default become stronger. Find a social group of conservatives on meet up or online. Network there and find supportive friends and new job referrals. You'll do great. Congrats on quitting your toxic environment. Things will get better now. God bless!
As a white person, THANK YOU! The amount of times in middle school I was called racist because I didn’t like a black person is too high. I have a distinct memory of someone calling me racist because I knew when Iron Man came out. I’m not kidding. The person also said “That’s why you’re white. That’s why you invented slavery.” I was just flabbergasted and insulted that someone thought that because I’m white, I’m a bad person.
Edit: Tysm for the likes
Damn they don’t even know history, slavery was first seen in Mesopotamia and many slaves where people from land conquered. The American slave trade was even better in history (sarcasm) as slaves where bought by white men from black men for things such as mirrors. White people where also enslaved all the time in history and in the US white Europeans such as Italians where treated far worse then black people with a major linching having been done to Italians. We’ve all experienced racism and have all been enslaved at some point in history, Americans(even me) should just be greatful we don’t have slavery anymore like many African countries still do today
They are holding those sentiments from their parents who got it from their parents... It's absolutely messed up that they acted that way. Unfortunately, these people's parents/grandparents haven't left their bubbles from the 60s/70s. It's so weird that people think like this because some of my best friends in HS were actually white guys.
You should have replied, "I invented slavery? Are you sure? Why haven't you called the police?"
Oh i got jumped by black girls in school when roots came out even though I had ancestors that were also slaves
What is wrong with people? That's why I can't stand humans.
Slavery has been everywhere by every culture. Women in Lebanon are still taken as slaves. What are these people on and want why do they want to be victims? My oldest was treated horribly by other natives because she is mixed, they called her half breed. She is extremely successful and doesn’t carry hate around for how the Cherokee and Loyal Shawnee were treated or a victim mentality. People need to get over themselves!
wait what? Lebanese women are taken as slaves?
They called her a half breed? What a joke. You know if they did a DNA test plenty of European DNA would pop up.
My truth speaking brother, I love you bro! Keep on shedding light on all these lies! You rock my friend!
It hurts my heart to see all of these anti white videos. When is all this hate going to end? Love you, Amir. ♥️
@user-br1nl6qr2p I am basically 2% Sub-Saharan African. DNA testing is possibly the best thing in the world for me.
When Go Free is mainstream that's when
@user-br1nl6qr2p Knowing ones identity is important. But, without White Positivity in Westernkind with the Go Free practice of love, hope, and wellbeing it will always circle back to hatred of other races rather than love for your own.
Boo-Hooo🥺🥺🥺 “white people get so much hatee!!” Bffr😑
@@eh8079 Stay jeaIous lolol
Can we talk about the fact that ALL races were once enslaved. All of us. White, black, brown, yellow, red. All of US!
Yes! But unfortunately some won't hear it because they love being a victim and blaming others for everything.
Its true, but holds no validity. This is a country where blacks specifically were slaves, and it wasnt long ago either. Your comment is just stupid as shit.
Yep look at the Roman Empire. They didn’t give a fk what your race was and would enslave people for all sorts of reasons. Also, a lot of blacks like to forget that their ancestors were sold to white Europeans by Africans. And not for much either. They would trade like ten people from their tribe for some goats.
@@89Mirageman And such people usually focus on the more 'recent events in history' vs. history as a whole with these kinds of issues.
My Irish ancestors were first to be enslaved to the new world! But I'm not a victim and I don't blame anyone else, it's my history and I embrace it knowing how far we've come. But then again I am educated lol so there's that.
Ok but why do I read yt not as white, but as RUclips? Now I can’t help but think, how many things I’ve seen that would have made much more sense if I knew how to read it correctly??
Revardless, love what you’re doing Amir!
I do the same thing 😅
THANK YOUUUU.
Remember, two wrongs don't make a right. Saying "WHITE PEOPLE STARTED IT" doesn't make you justified in continuing the cycle of something you supposedly hate.
And let's face it white people did not start slavery the word slavery or slave came from the Muslim who imprisoned the Slavic people and guess what the Middle Eastern people the Muslims want white the unit who was their slaves who were the Slavs😂 people need to stop using history as a crutch the Whine & bitching about their life😂 interracial and guess what they've all succeeded I have an engineer I have a medical scientist I have a business owner and my youngest hasn't graduated from high school yet and the reason they have prospered and died well is because I don't care with no bulshit there is no excuse you do the best you can and in my Jesus I know that is excellent I know my 1760s because they have been raised from the time they were babies to be winners they have been raised 20-somethings hard you push through it you do it my youngest used to run 5 case when she was five and six years old and people would be amazed that she would be okay my older boy the star football player and also a track star in high school and he has severe asthma but he did not let that keep him down because I said there's no excuses she takes his inhaler and pushes through I don't allow my children to use crutches it makes them not only physically strong and makes immensely strong I know that when I die in my phone I'll be okay because they are Fighters they know how to work his they know how to succeed that is our job as parents
I encourage people to look at daily events.
It's actually black people that started out and white people ended it.
Slave is literally named after white people in chains ( the Slavs ), which began over 800 years before blacks left Africa to the Americas. The N words are literally the words for black in Spanish. The man who fought in court to get slavery legalized in US history was a black man, Anthony Johnson 1655. History as you know it has been corrupted. The "White" people who owned/ran the trans-Atlantic slave trade, owned all of the auction houses, banks, and made up 67% of slave masters in US history were NOT European.
And the thing is, white people didn't even started it. Africans themselves started the slave trade and sold them to Europeans. Heck even ancient Egypt had slaves in them
As a namibian ( from Africa), this is why I do not relate with or claim to be the same as African Americans because honestly they are tryna claim struggles that they don't face and it's actually sad.
Yeah I've been to SA and y'all are amazing I laughed when I asked our guide that out of curiosity, and they gave almost the exact same answer. I was in Hluhluwe and along the Cape for two weeks, your country is Gorgeous ♥️
@@jessicagislason4855 happy to hear that you had a good experience but, Namibia is its own country, it's not part of South Africa...
@@peureda😂😂😂
My African friends and I used to joke about how so many Black Americans toss around the words Eurocentric and Afrocentric yet cannot name 5 countries on either continent let alone know the history. They literally treat Europe and Africa like a country where everyone speaks the same language, eats the same food, and their history is white American. It would be funny if it was not so embarrassingly stupid.
@@baz3575 I agree lol, even the word eurocentric. I understand that some features and what not are native to Europe but some cultures in some countries have those types of features. Like a culture in my country have prodominatly thin noses and sometimes thin lips, or blue eyes and lighter skin or some cultures with monolids. It's really pathetic. I've been to the states before for a vacation and it was cool and all, but I did not feel a part of,nor did I relate to any black Americans
“I’m not gonna give that power to you” FAX. Such a mature mindset.
8:45 This woman is wrong actually. Im in Canada, Im a straight white person who absolutely faces discrimination in my field of social services. They want to hire people who are lgbtq, Indigenous or a "minority." In the part of the city I live in, I am a minority as a white person. I am over-qualified with work experienced, educated, have great references that have backed my conduct, bahviour and work ethic, Im good at interviews (Ive had so many now) but could never get hired.. Maybe its a coincidence but I dont think so. I got into this field because Im empathic, kind, and sensitive. I dont judge people. I wanted to make a difference but I never got hired. Im now choosing a (completely 180 change) field to get into. A field where I will be accepted and its about skills, showing up and working hard and not about identity/heritage.
That is happening in all areas and all types of jobs too even down to janitors it is happening
I swear Canada backwards sometimes hiring people with a certain box on instead of ppl qualified. It’s spreading down south lmaooo.
the left hate White supremacy which has NOTHING to do with white people, it's about getting rid of CAPITALISM.
My husband used to work in a select field of social services (in the U.S.), and was in the position to hire workers (as part of a hiring committee). A woman once filed an official complaint specifically on him (not the rest of the hiring committee members) saying that he didn't hire her because she is a Latino woman. Welllllll...not much came of it because, no, he didn't hire her...but the person that WAS hired was another Latino woman. But I guess since he was the only white male on the committee, he HAD to be discriminating against her somehow.
@@MochiFamI know, and Canadians have the audacity to day they're more "progressive" and "tolerate" than Americans when they actively discriminate more to their own citizens? Especially towards the White population.
I am white and my grandfather was enslaved by Russian during WW2. He was 14, captured and moved to Russia with his 4 year old brother and my great grandma (my great granpa was killed on the spot). They were moved to Gulag in Siberia, where my grandpa and my great gandma were working morning till evening on the fileds or in the forests cutting trees, even during winters. If you opposed you simply got shot, no questions asked.
When the war finished he was luckily able to move back to Poland with his brother. He spend there the total of 6.years.
I know this because he told me the whole experience.
Poland was left in ruins after WW2 and had to be rebuilt, as you can imagine it lasted years.
I never blamed anyone in my life for my situation and my living standards.
As a Russian I'm so sorry for what your ancestors have come through. Those monsters were locking in gulag people from any nations they could get, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh and many others
@@peaceandlove3225 horrible what people can do to each other.
I hope this will never happen again.
The war lasted about 5 years, if I remember. War crime is NOT slavery.
@@mightye2142 6 years.
What about slave labour camps? Because this is what it was.
People were captured in their own country, transported to gulags and worked there to death.
Apart from this, WW2 is quite recent history. People who witnessed it are still alive.
@@taurus8263 Casualty of war. Enslaved Africans NEVER saw a white man before. Not at war with anybody. Next thing they know they were being loaded a ship to be raped, enslaved and killed with no end in sight. This, my friend, was a terrible existence.
Thanks man, I appreciate the compassion out of u. I hate to see what’s going on I been seeing it for years now, since I was a teenager. Glad to see some ppl are actually acknowledging what’s going on
Thank you for standing up for what's right. Society is insane right now.
Amir, thank you. I’m a black man in ga and just how blatantly racist our people can be is embarrassing, not to mention the victimhood mentality. I feel super alone like I can’t express my disdain for how black people act n move. Not to mention the back card 🙄🙄🙄
Yeah I'm a white female from Seattle, racism is not a huge thing there, moved to Texas for work 3 years back and the racism is a bit alarming, I've never been so concerned to walk at night til I moved to Texas 😔 shame cause I know plenty of good people of all colors but the crazy zealots definitely enjoy playing crazy no matter the color
I am a white guy from ss Atlanta. Yes, in my experience, blacks are more racist.
I can't stand racism no matter who is coming from but i can't stand racial hypocrisy even more and what I've noticed lately is that as a white woman I cant even agree with a comment like yours without being called a racist for it or having my comment deleted. Or see a video of a black person behaving in the stereotypical way and read comments from other black people condemning the behavior in the video and cant weigh in by saying the exact same things as those commenters without risking being deleted or told I can't make comments at all for certain amount of time.
“The energy you give out, is the energy you get.” So true.
You brought me to tears… when you spoke of your grandparents. You are so young, yet so wise. You’re gentle, smart and kind. My father was a first generation American from Eastern Europe. He grew up in Minneapolis and recalled seeing signs at restaurants saying “no Niggers, Jews or dogs”. This was the 1950’s. It was deplorable. But I agree with you. It’s 2023. Keep doing what you’re doing and hopefully you’ll make a change. I have so much faith and admiration in you!❤
Hell yeah dude, it’s hard to find people on the center-right spectrum of politics cuz they’re either really right or really left. This channel is a breath of fresh air. You earned a sub brother!
I really really want a person with Slavic heritage to do an interview about racism with the black chick who pulled out the enslavement card. She'd ask "who was enslaved?", and a Slavic person coud very honestly and proudly answer "my people". Actually, in Russian Empire most peasants were enslaved up until 1861, it's only 4 years prior to the abolition in the USA. I'd like to see her make another argument after that.
This past weekend at work this woman on her phone was implying to her friend that I was racist cuz I quickly looked over the $20 bill she handed me. It’s just a part of my job, and I’ve been doing it with every bill over $5 I receive because I’ve gotten counterfeits as small as $10. It upset me to be accused of such a horrible thing, but also it just really saddened me that this young woman goes through life thinking like that.
As a shop owner .... Seeing people loot like that broke my heart..... 😢
I used to work at a restaurant. A woman came in and before placing her order, looked around, and goes “Yall need some more diversity on this team.”
Not that she bothered to consider we had a completely diverse kitchen staff that she couldn’t see (including someone from Albania).
After trying to appease her with our useless conversation, she decides she wants to make this known to our manager. He comes up and hears the same thing I did. His response, “Well, we can’t hire them if they don’t apply.”
Me: 😲
It’s also stupid to assume that you should hire someone just because they’re a minority. You hire people based on their skills and if they’re a good fit for the job regardless of race, not because you need diversity
I feel this way about ballet. Created in Italy, flourished in France, Russia, eventually America. No black ballerinas in history because, well…Europe! American dancers began changing that. But Misty Copeland rails against the lack of diversity (as if a huge number of black dancers are seeking to be professional ballerinas) & like she’s just fighting racism to be a world famous ballerina 🙄 she’s insufferable. But enjoyable to watch as a dancer. But me, as a white hip hop dancer my whole life & choreographer and teacher, I’m culturally appropriating. Even though it’s been a huge part of who i am since the early 80s.
People like you, Blair white, Amala, Candace Owens, and many more give me so much faith in humanity, a huge breath of fresh air
maybe blair white isnt the best choice
@@even8653why?
@@IsabellaS967 she is transphobic while being trans herself, pretty disgraceful
@@even8653"she" isn't transphobic she lives in reality and not delusion like the majority of human transformers, if most trans people had thought process like her then the majority of people wouldn't have an issue with trans people.
Candace owens??💀
This entire video felt like a hug with a blanket straight out the dryer. Every single point articulate and insightful. I haven’t agreed with someone so much. Definitely gained a subscriber!
I saw this fascinating documentary on PBS 20+ years ago where they had 20 black ppl volunteer to do a DNA ancestry test (Chris Rock was one of them) and it turned out all of them had 15% or more Northern European ancestry.
They all thought they were 100% African and they were all shocked.
Having ancestry from how ever many centuries ago doesn't make you white if your parents and grandparents were all black. 15%, not that that's even how DNA works, matters not at all.
@@Not_Always I never said it didnt make someone black or that it mattered.
That was you.
All I said is that the participants were surprised.
@crankybarista9306 not relevant to the video tho
@@shwix6534
You say that like there's a rule for off-topic comments
@@shwix6534 Amir took a DNA test during this video for a promotion time stamp 3:29
So how is that not relevant?
When I see TikToks like these I get angry, not because I’m offended or anything, but because of how widespread it’s become and how it’s accepted by so many people. It has already started infiltrating institutions, including education and universities, and now it’s becoming more common in _Europe_ ! I’m just waiting for the pendulum to swing back the other way, but who knows how much damage will be done before then.
No, we don't need the pendulum to be swinging the other way. We need it to be swinging in the middle, always. It needs to swing calm and steady and balanced. There are no different human races. Our species is simply just a species. There are different ethnicitys, yes. But there's only one "race". And that's the human "race". Even though we're all individuals and are different in character and maybe in believes. We are still the same in most ways. I just want that Utopia where everybody works together and we just see everyone as "family". Not family by blood of course but by all the things that connect us with each other. I just want love around the world, okay?!😄😊
Just let me dream.😌
Realistically academia is where it started. Academics have pushed this narrative that "minorities" can't be racist because they lack political power. What you are seeing with these social media posts is the narrative reaching the broader public. This is especially evident with the woman being interviewed on the street. She is so confident that she doesn't even know how uneducated she is. She is simply parroting a narrative.
The pendulum already has started swinging back.
The pattern in history is that it'll swing as hard to the other side as it was pushed to the opposite...
All that gaslighting and misleading people was only ever going to work for a generation or two, the following generations will and have already spotted the flaws and falseness in the narrative they're told. They're not stupid, just young. It gives me hope.
As happy as I am to see the swing reverse, we aught to stop this swinging nonsense as soon as we can.
Halt or slow the pendulum as it passes the center.
May the center hold and may we end the repeating cycle of discrimination, may we focus on real progress again some day.
There will be *far* more damage if the pendulum actually swings back the other way.
@@BiggieTrismegistus The pendulum will swing back. It's the way that GROUPS of people respond. All we can do is try to be our best INDIVIDUAL selves.
I literally look for videos like this, and reactions like this to restore my faith in humanity God bless you man. Thank you for the work you do.
Thank you so much ! I’m praising you so much for standing up against racism! My hubby and I were in line at a gas station yesterday and this black woman and her brother were going off on how nasty white people are. I was getting so angry because I would never say anything like that about any skin color. The hatred needs to stop. Period.
Some are just so angry on what happened way before many of us it makes them feel bad to be ugly towards non blacks. I am fortunate I have been around many all my life that have been very beautiful, living, kind hearted souls. I have yet to experience this but if I did any age I know it is a reflection on the person and not me.
Yea that totally happened
white women are terrible though and depending on what ethnicity you are your kind has a history of being horrible. It's weird how the most hateful evil group of people in the west are now being victimised by pro white conservatives just ridiculous. And theirs many videos of white females saying the same about black people and other races.
@@christinamartinez1802"blacks"... And then you wonder why black people don't like white people smh
A black female frito lay deliverer was dropping her load at a dollar general and ooof she went off on how all white people are disgusting rude & drumroll please RaCiSt because some sort of protocol had to happen or something before she could bring the chips in. I was sitting in my vehicle laughing my a$$ off so loud she turned on me next 😂😂😂
Hello Amir. I am glad u r uploading.
I am a mixed person. I am white, black, and a little bit of native American.
I have afro hair.
I didn't make that choice to be born like that. But I am grateful to live, breathe, make choices, and get along with everyone.
During 2020. I was extremely far left. I wasn't happy, but then I avoided politics altogether. Now I am on neither side of the political spectrum.
I am not liberal, nor am I conservative.
Black people on tiktok are showing their true colors.
I have friends who are white. They didn't make that choice. Nor did I made the choice to be biracial.
We are only one race, the human race. None of us made the choice to be born the skin color or the hair texture we were born with.
We should all respect one another, treat others the way you want to be treated, we are the United States.
Not the Divided States of American.
Thank u for making a video and addressing the hate the people on tiktok are spewing.
All this woke stuff, and also the hate towards anybody.
I’m like you. Im mix and don’t take any sides politically anymore. People making this divide themselves is insane 😔
Damn based
United We stand, divided we fall.
@P-P-Panda you're not a dog, you aren't mixed. You have parents from different ethnic groups, that's all
this comment made my heart happy
You really seem like great kid and bless you for making this video this issue needs to be addressed it's so depressing for a 60yr old white with a 24yr old (today) daughter I do trust things will continue to get better for all.
Sure I did I was a pretty far left idiot but I soon realized the middle road was best for me.@BleyBlair
Your outlook of gratefulness for what you have is the attitude every single one of us should have about life
I am so happy that finally people talk about it! I remember like 15 years ago I used to do cheerleading and there were a lot of black girls who would harass me for not having a butt like them or not having curls, telling me I was ugly. I never would have said or even thought something like this the other way round?! They were definitely not only racist against white people but with that kind of attitude separating themselves from the rest of the team and society for sure.
You are so refreshing! This video came up in my suggested and I am so glad it did. It's my fist time seeing you, but it won't be the last. *Subscribed*
Amir you are very wise. Keep telling the truth👍
Much love!!
Amen brotha I feel like a lot more black people have been waking up lately and it’s good to see. Let’s all succeed together
Heck yes.
Blacks and whites together is the governments scariest nightmare. Unity.
*"Let's all succeed together."*
@xl_‐Grimm-_lx Thank you for that beautiful thought.💞
@@amirxodomthe left hate White supremacy which has NOTHING to do with white people, it's about getting rid of CAPITALISM.
@BleyBlair note my comment
Thankyou, not very many people are brave enough to speak up on this type of stuff. This gives me hope for our future, we need more people like this.
Wow, Amir. Thank you so much. I am so tired of what is happening in the world today. I grew up in America before 9/11 when we didn’t see color ( some people did- some people will always be that way).
A friend of mine told me to check you out because you are intelligent and a voice of reason. He is right and I'm so glad I did.
I grew up in Greenwich Village, NYC which was very bohemian and mixed in the 60s & 70s. Things were way cooler back in the day. In the last couple of years I've had random acts of hate aimed at me for absolutely no reason. One black gal rammed into me while I was looking at some makeup in Sephora and yelled "Cracker!" in my face. Another time I was in line at the market and a black woman behind me was loudly talking about "stupid white people". Uhm, she could have just said "stupid people". If I was to start running my mouth loudly in front of black people saying "stupid black people" we all know what would happen. All hell would break loose, I'd be fired from my job, ostracized in my community, and quite possibly be put in jail. The black girl that rammed into me and called me "cracker" and the black woman on line calling white people stupid -- nada -- it's allowed. WHAT?
I'm white, not a racist, for Christ's sake -- my family is mixed, and yet some black folk just hate me because I'm white.😪
This happens far too often and yet you are not allowed to speak ONE word! if you say anything even quietly and reasonable then YOU are in trouble and yes can lose your job, or be verbally attacked etc.
You are one of the clear minded people speaking the truth and shedding light on the disgusting hate speech that is still running rampant in this country. Seems the hate has just changed hands. So many people are so set on continuing the cycle of hate.
You're an incredibly intelligent, considerate person. I hope you're having a good life. Please keep the level head you have and please keep calling out the BS we see in the media and social media.
„But… b-but black people cannot be racist!!“ Pretty sure those people have that mindset and it’s pathetic honestly
You hit the nail on the head racist is racist, will people never learn.
You're a good man, Amir
Thank you for standing up against this woke madness
There's nothing controversial with these videos. Those people are uncontroversially nuts and very dangerous the moment they get some power to their hands.
U can’t ignore fringes completely. That’s how they gain traction
Mad respect, Amir, thank you for all your hard work. I appreciate you.
I am so damn happy to have came across your RUclips channel. All what you are saying makes my brain smile. So glad you are speaking out! It’s truly frustrating at times but people like you bring me hope. You definitely got my support and a new subscriber. Love, from Berlin 🥰 great week everyone!
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Thank you for speaking up on this issue. You seem extremely educated and chill. It crazy people don’t now about the white slavery issues in the past as well oddly enough by black people . Some people just need a lil Thomas sowell in their lives.
that woman being interviewed on the street obviously doesn't know the origin of the word slave.
I haven't seen all of your videos but what I like about them is that you don't talk about politics. You just speak facts. People on both sides of the political spectrum can agree with you. I like that about your channel.
I've played Basketball 🏀 my whole life and been Bullied by Black Guys because of my skin caller. They always assume I can't play well because I'm White. I've never said or done anything to deserve this treatment. In fact I grew up in a multi culture working class community where we were taught not to judge a book by its cover. So it was difficult to deal with that when i grew up and moved to another area.
Yet you were talented enough to play. Good for you
I like all your videos so far many great points but the one random thing is you're the best I've seen in integrating promos into your content. I've never skipped over your Ads. Someone get this man more sponsorships!
I was in a long time relationship with an African American woman, and NONE of my southern Louisiana White family members had problems, and they were nothing but supportive of both of us, my grandma for instance loved her, and she still tells me that I should have married her lol (we just weren't made for each other, no hard feelings). Whereas she had some family that had issues with it and told me to my face that she could do better by dating within her race. Of course 99% of her friends and family were great and supportive but that 1% was VERY NOT OKAY with it.
Covid 1984 really slapped me into an alternate reality. My job in 2021 told me not to turn my camera on for our Zoom meetings cause folks from other orgs attending “didn't want to see [my] white face”. I just ended up not going to those meetings and leaving the org shortly after/as soon as I could. Race relations are worse now than I ever experienced. We are not “making progress” as some say. Medical abuse is off the charts too. Brought to you by BigHarma
"Covid 1984", haha, nice one!
You hit the nail on the head. It’s not race, it’s cultural. If a black acts educated they call them names and say they wanna be white. It’s cultural preference
I was bullied r e l e n t l e s s l y by Hispanic and black kids all throughout school. In no way does it help…. anyone.
exactly! growing up down south as a gay asian dude, i had bullies of all races - white, black, other asian kids, and hispanic kids. it was rough! there wasn't a moment of hesitation for any of them to call me "dog-eater" or a slew of other anti-asian slurs. this whole mentality does nothing but keep us divided :/
As a white person im really mad about these videos that are allowed to put online even it’s hate speech. Thank u for talking about it.
You're a sensible young man, and what you're doing on your channel is absolutely amazing. You're EDUCATING many in the black community who who have been brainwashed into believing that white people are out to get them.
2:01 Your facial expressions are the absolute cherry on top! Thank you for being a voice for people who don’t feel like they can express themselves!
As a foreigner living here, I am baffled by how obsessed this country is with race and how little they know about it at the same time. They confuse nationality with race, they made up a whole new race, "Latino" (it's not even a culture unless you use it in a very broad sense, like you would with the word "European",) and they seem to be blinded to the fact that MOST black Americans are actually not black, but mixed and in MANY cases evidently more white than anything else. They also seem to think that Spanish people are not white, because they speak Spanish... WTH?
Love your content, it's logical and real, and I believe it's the kind of content minority communities should be paying attention to, not that soul-crushing, disempowering, divisive BS rhetoric they are getting from the media.
Spanish are “not white” because of Hispanic lobbying in the U.S. Of course Hispanics are Caucasians. It’s a flippin joke. During the era of quota jobs (1972ish) my Hispanic friend was able to get a quota job but I couldn’t even get them to give me the job application!
You don't belong here.
Debm that’s because many Hispanic people are not white but are of African, Native American and Spanish descent
"Love your content, it's logical and real, and I believe it's the kind of content minority communities should be paying attention to, not that soul-crushing, disempowering, divisive BS rhetoric they are getting from the media."
💯💯💯💯💯
I'm Mexican myself , and I think the term Latino is more often used as a cultural thing and not race or nationality. Since we share a lot of our roots, language and other cultural aspects . I do know is actually incorrect since is used to describe only people from the American continent and not other fellow Latin -derived speaking people.
Bro I freaking love you, you're such a BREATH of fresh air, stay elevated ✨💖🫂
If I ever met Amir, I would be fine. I’m white and not racist, I don’t look down on anyone. But I also don’t have a white savior complex.
I’m glad to hear that. Your mentality should be the norm for our society, but welp, our media continues to divide us and make money out of it.
The whole white savior thing really annoys me. That’s something the left does that is actually just as/more racist than blatant racism. It’s so insidious.
Acting like black people constantly need help, like they can’t think for themselves, the “soft bigotry of low expectations”. Amir and a couple others have really opened my eyes to it 👀
That’s the bare minimum
These folks are entitled to their opinion and freedom of expression. But everyone else should also be entitled to their opinions and freedom of expression. It seems that it’s unacceptable to say things about certain demographics while it’s open season on others. Why is this okay but using the wrong pronouns is a terrible hate crime?
If the opinion they’re entitled to that you’re referring to is hating white people for no other reason other than what our ancestors did or purely cause we’re white then no, I don’t think that’s an opinion you should be entitled to.
Idk how these people find the time to hate on people like this.
Amir, great video, bro. I'm a cashier in a dominantly black city in SE Louisiana. Our store is janky and old. In the last month, I've been called racist because our card reader went out, because I had to reboot my register, because our policy states that $5 must be spent for cash back, and because the person had 20 items and tried coming through the 10 items or less. A co-worker's grandma told her not to call her older co-worker "ma'am" because she was white. I and my boss were told it was racist for our black employees to work on Juneteenth and for any of our white employees to be off because they saw me shopping before work. This wasn't the case when I was growing up. This white hate has changed even MY little city and it's sad.
Thank you sir. So refreshing, your views, your presentation. Well done!
It was never important to me what ethnicity my partners or friends were. But now I notice how I'm becoming more and more intolerant because of all the patronizing and the constant accusations of racism. I tend to avoid other cultures now because I just don't have the strength to deal with all these rules ! :( That makes me sad.
I also wanted to give Amir praise on his channel for having such a relaxed delivery while giving his thoughts and opinions. It makes for such easy and digestible viewing.
Hatred is hatred. I am so tired of all the anger in the world. Get your money up and quit trying to excuse your own prejudice. One love, baby.
I don't live in the USA, I was born in a different country on a different continent.
I've visited the USA a couple of time by now and I love this country.
It's a shame that people (especially younger generations) are so divided just by race.
To me that is mind boggling and just sad really..
Thank you for standing up! Can’t wait to see you hit 100k!
You speak the truth that comes from the heart.
Keep up the great work
"Who was enslaved?" The Slavik and Irish people, oh wait you meant only THAT slavery...
Im Irish/English and was told the Irish are white so by default they are also to blame .. not realising the Irish here in England took years to be seen as white. I hate this stupid hateful divisive lying society we are living in.
Cultures that had slavery mostly enslaved their own.
@@eliavi3251or at least sold their own..
@@eliavi3251so pretty much all nations that travelled and conquered, took slaves, so they took slaves from all over the known world at the time.
@eliavi3251
The trans-atlantic slave trade was only possible because the western africans already enslaved each other anyways and wanted to participate in the european wealth. A few hundred or maybe thousand europeans could never enslaved millions of africans on their own.
the energy you give out is the energy you get...
absolutely true.
for everything in life.
People are victims of their own choices, not society at large.
"Why are we assigning so much control to a word?" HOLY COW eyes opened to so many things, things not even in this video. Amir for real, wise beyond your years (and mine XD).
i had spiraled into believing that everyone around me is racist after a few months of continuous police abuse. eventually i got out but it took another few months to clear my name and get my innocence and he is still roaming free. i havent gotten to my "victim complex" from the online ppl, but i had quit social media to focus on myself to limit the spiral.
i really needed to hear this today. because i dont want to be like this. on pills. crying everyday. i dont want to be a victim
Why do they always think they’re more “educated” than everyone else 😂😂😂😂
Because the morons who taught them convinced the kids they used to be kings and are superior to all.
it’s all just nonsensical bs and another form of black washing history.
I always grew up assuming everyone was equal. I always assumed the best about everyone. Boy am I naive.
Amir!!!! Found you about a month or so ago and I’m hooked! Thanks for bringing truth to all platforms!
As a former white supremacist, I can say without a doubt you’re 100% correct. Racism is taught not inherent. I now have a healthier mindset and a wife who is not white with two beautiful children who will never be told they can’t achieve something because of the color of their skin. Getting out of that mindset was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I encourage ALL people to let racism die. I love the Contant, keep bringing facts and logic.
"A wife who is not white"
ah, that's how it always goes.
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@@dontreadthisplease2416 Huh? Well if she's not white then she's not white. Where's the problem?
How can you be a white supremacist that’s embarrassing
@@Pk-wu9tl He's not any more so that's good.